Banana (Musa sp.) represents one of the most important world food crops after maize, rice, wheat and cassava. Many pests and diseases have significantly affected banana cultivation. Banana Xanthomonas wilt (BXW), caused by the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum, is one of the most im...
Tripathi, L.
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Tripathi, J.N.
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Tushemereirwe, W.K.
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Arinaitwe, G.
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Kiggundu, A.
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[Transgenic bananas with enhanced resistance against Xanthomonas wilt disease]
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Transgenic bananas with enhanced resistance against Xanthomonas wilt disease
Tripathi, L.
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Tripathi, J.N.
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Kiggundu, A.
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Korie, S.
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Shotkoski, F.
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Tushemereirwe, W.K.
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[Field trial of Xanthomonas wilt diseaseresistant bananas in East Africa]
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Field trial of Xanthomonas wilt diseaseresistant bananas in East Africa
RNA interference (RNAi) is a natural defense mechanism triggered by double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) for protection of cells against foreign parasitic nucleic acids. The RNase III enzyme Dicer processes dsRNAs into short small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) that degrade the specific mRNA. RNAi has been dem...
Ocimati, W.
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Kiggundu, A.
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Bailey, A.
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Niblett, C.L.
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Pedun, H.
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Tazuba, A.F.
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Tushemereirwe, W.K.
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Karamura, E.B.
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[Suppression of the ubiquitin E2 gene through RNA interference causes mortality in the banana weevil, Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar)]
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Suppression of the ubiquitin E2 gene through RNA interference causes mortality in the banana weevil, Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar)
Karamura, D.
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Kiggundu, A.
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Karamura, E.B.
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[The complementarity of farmers and botanical descriptors of the East African Highland banana cultivars (Musa, AAA)]
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The complementarity of farmers and botanical descriptors of the East African Highland banana cultivars (Musa, AAA)
Ssekiwoko, F.
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Kiggundu, A.
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Tushemereirwe, W.K.
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Karamura, E.B.
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Kunert, Karl J.
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[Xanthomonas vasicola pv. musacearum down-regulates selected defense genes during its interaction with both resistant and susceptible banana]
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Xanthomonas vasicola pv. musacearum down-regulates selected defense genes during its interaction with both resistant and susceptible banana
Thirty-seven pairs of accessions of East African highland bananas, listed under the same name in the Ugandan germplasm collections at Kawanda and Kabanyolo, were surveyed for 50 morphological characters. The data were subjected to cluster analysis and principal components analysis. Duplicates kno...
Pickersgrill, B.
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Vuylsteke, D.R.
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Gold, C.
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Karamura, E.B.
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Kiggundu, A.
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Karamura, D.
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[Multivariate analyses of supposedly duplicate accessions of east African highland bananas in germplasm colections in Uganda]
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Multivariate analyses of supposedly duplicate accessions of east African highland bananas in germplasm colections in Uganda
Between 1970 and 1990, highland green cooking banana production rapidly declined in the traditional growing areas in the central region, while during the same period banana production expanded in the country's southwest. Thus, Kampala's growing urban market for banana became dependent upon new gr...
Gold, C.
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Karamura, E.B.
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Kiggundu, A.
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Abera, A.
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Bagamba, F.
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Wejuli, M.
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Karamura, D.
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Ssendge, R.
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Kalyebara, R.
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[Geographic shifts in highland banana production in Uganda]
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Geographic shifts in highland banana production in Uganda
In this study, both healthy tissue culture plantlets and maiden suckers of the Nakitembe cultivar were used to assess the damage level variation caused by banana weevils collected from different banana growing regions. Seventy-nine (79) tissue culture plantlets and fifty (50) suckers were establi...
Twesigye, C.K.
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Ssekatawa, K.
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Kiggundu, A.
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Tushemereirwe, W.K.
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Matovu, E.
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Karamura, E.B.
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[Corm damage caused by banana weevils Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar) collected from different banana growing regions in Uganda]
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Corm damage caused by banana weevils Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar) collected from different banana growing regions in Uganda
The highland green cooking banana (Musa spp. Type AAA-EA) is the most important staple crop in southern Uganda and throughout the East African Great Lakes Region. The crop is a key component in both the food security and agricultural sustainability of the region.
Gold, C.S.
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Karamura, E.B.
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Kiggundu, A.
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Bagamba, F.
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Abera, A.M.
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[Geographic shifts in highland cooking banana (Musa, group AAA EA) production in Uganda: site and data summaries]
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Geographic shifts in highland cooking banana (Musa, group AAA EA) production in Uganda: site and data summaries
Musa balbisiana is a wild banana genotype with important traits such as drought tolerance and disease resistance. Uniform and clean plants are often required to study these traits in different laboratories but plants can only be generated through a tissue culture process yet for a long time a pro...
Ssekiwoko, F.
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Talengera, D.
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Kiggundu, A.
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Namutebi, M.K.
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Karamura, E.B.
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Kunert, Karl J.
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[In-vitro proliferation of Musa balbisiana improves with increased vitamin concentration and dark culturing]
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In-vitro proliferation of Musa balbisiana improves with increased vitamin concentration and dark culturing