Conventional banana breeding for pest and disease resistance is a very difficult and slow process due to the limited sources of resistance, sterility of cultivated banana varieties, high polyploidy levels, long cropping cycle and the lack of rapid screening methods.Molecular breeding using the tr...
Banana Xanthomonas wilt (BXW), caused by Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum, is one of the most important diseases of banana (Musa sp.) and currently considered as the biggest threat to banana production in Great Lakes region of East and Central Africa. The pathogen is highly contagious and it...
Adikini, S.
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Mukasa, S.B.
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Mwanga, R.O.M.
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Gibson, R.W.
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[Effects of sweet potato feathery mottle virus and sweet potato chlorotic stunt virus on the yield of sweet potato in Uganda]
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Effects of sweet potato feathery mottle virus and sweet potato chlorotic stunt virus on the yield of sweet potato in Uganda
The distribution and frequency of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) is an excellent tool for discerning evolutionary relatedness between cultivated and wild plant genomes. This type of information is scanty for the genus Manihot, and thus limiting systematic approaches in the genetic improve...
Beyene, D.
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Mukasa, S.B.
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Jansson, C.
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Villiers, Etienne P. de
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Ferguson, M.
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Rabbi, Ismail Y.
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Kyamanywa, S.
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Sebuliba, J.
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Baguma, Yona K.
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[Patterns on nucleotide diversity in Meisa1 and G3PHD in wild and cultivated cassava]
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Patterns on nucleotide diversity in Meisa1 and G3PHD in wild and cultivated cassava
We present here the first complete genome sequence of Cowpea aphid-borne mosaic virus (CABMV) isolated from cowpea in Uganda and compare it with five CABMV complete genome sequences from Brazil (2), India (2), and Zimbabwe (1). It most resembled the genomes of two Brazilian isolates (MG-Avr and B...
Mbeyagala, E.K.
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Tukamuhabwa, Phinehas
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Bisikwa, J.
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Holton, T.
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Mukasa, S.B.
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[Next-Generation Sequencing Reveals the First Complete Genome Sequence of Cowpea aphid-borne mosaic virus from Uganda]
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Next-Generation Sequencing Reveals the First Complete Genome Sequence of Cowpea aphid-borne mosaic virus from Uganda
Adikini, S.
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Mukasa, S.B.
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Mwanga, R.O.M.
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Gibson, R.W.
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[Sweetpotato cultivar degeneration rate under high and low sweetpotato virus disease pressure zones in Uganda.]
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Sweetpotato cultivar degeneration rate under high and low sweetpotato virus disease pressure zones in Uganda.
The increasing demand for cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) for food and non-food uses in the tropics necessitates that its breeding for increased root productivity be made faster. The characteristic long breeding cycle and heterozygous nature of this crop, pose a major obstacle to its rapid gen...
Baguma, J.K.
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Mukasa, S.B.
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Kawuki, R.
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Tugume, A.K.
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Buttibwa, M.
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Nalela, P.
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Eyokia, M.
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Oshaba, B.
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Ceballos, Hernan
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Lentini, Z.
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Baguma, Y.
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[Fruit set and plant regeneration in cassava following interspecific pollination with castor bean]
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Fruit set and plant regeneration in cassava following interspecific pollination with castor bean
Sweetpotato is usually propagated in Uganda by vine cuttings from mature crops, but sometimes sprouts from storage roots are used, especially in drought-prone areas. No information is available on whether the storage of roots of Ugandan cultivars are infected with the viruses and whether the spro...
Adikini, S.
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Mukasa, S.B.
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Mwanga, R.O.M.
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Gibson, R.W.
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[Virus movement from infected sweetpotato vines to roots and reversion on root sprouts]
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Virus movement from infected sweetpotato vines to roots and reversion on root sprouts