In Uganda, highland banana yields (5-30 t ha-1yr-1) are low in comparison to potential yields (70 t ha-1yr-1) due to high pest and disease pressure, soil fertility decline, and poor management. Although it is generally accepted that soil exhaustion is a major cause of low and declining yields, th...
Asten, Piet J.A. van
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Gold, C.S.
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Wendt, J.
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Waele, D. de
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Okech, S.H.
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Ssali, H.
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Tushemereirwe, W.K.
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[Contribution of soil quality to banana yield problems and its relation with other banana yield loss factors]
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Contribution of soil quality to banana yield problems and its relation with other banana yield loss factors
Banana (Musa spp.) is the most important food crop in Uganda as indicated by consumption rate, annual production (9.5 M t ha-1) and agricultural land committed to the crop. This level of productivity (6.3 t ha-1 yr-1) is extremely low when compared to the yields obtained on station and well-manag...
The use of mutualistic fungal endophytes to control the banana weevil (Cosmopolites sordidus) and banana parasitic nematodes (Radopholus similis, Pratylenchus goodeyi and Helicotylenchus multicinctus) is currently being investigated at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture. Fungal e...
Paparu, P.
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Dubois, T.
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Gold, C.S.
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Adipala, E.
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Niere, B.
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Coyne, D.
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[Inoculation, colonization, and distribution of fungal endophytes in Musa tissue culture plants]
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Inoculation, colonization, and distribution of fungal endophytes in Musa tissue culture plants