Xanthomonas wilt, caused by Xanthomonascampestris pv. musacearum has, since 2001, becomethe most important and widespread disease of Musa inEast and Central Africa. Over the past decade, newresearch findings and especially feedback from smallscalefarmers have helped in fine-tuning Xanthomonaswilt...
Blomme, Guy
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Jacobsen, K.
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Ocimati, W.
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Beed, Fen D.
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Ntamwira, J.
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Sivirihauma, C.
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Ssekiwoko, F.
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Nakato, V.
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Kubiriba, J.
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Tripathi, L.
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Tinzaara, W.
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Mbolela, F.
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Lutete, L.
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Karamura, E.B.
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[Finetuning banana Xanthomonas wilt control options over the past decade in East and Central Africa]
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Finetuning banana Xanthomonas wilt control options over the past decade in East and Central Africa
The banana weevil, Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar), is a nocturnal insect that is not readily observed in banana fields. Knowledge on its distribution is essential for the design of management strategies that target the adult stage. Marked weevils were released into seven-year-old banana plots. Te...
Gold, C.S.
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Night, G.
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Ragama, P.E.
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Kagezi, G.H.
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Tinzaara, W.
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Abera, A.M.
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[Field distribution of banana weevil (Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar) adults in cooking banana stands in Uganda]
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Field distribution of banana weevil (Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar) adults in cooking banana stands in Uganda
Vegetatively propagated crops, suffer from yield loss and reduced stand density and longevity caused by the buildup of certain pests and pathogens between successive plantings via via infected planting material. We reviewed six seed‐borne phytosanitary problems to evaluate whether a seed degenera...
Jacobsen, K.
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Omondi, B.A.
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Almekinders, Conny J.M.
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Álvarez, E.
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Blomme, Guy
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Dita, M.
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Iskra Caruana, M.L.
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Ocimati, W.
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Tinzaara, W.
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Kumar, P.L.
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Staver, C.
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[Seed degeneration of banana planting materials: strategies for improved farmer access to healthy seed]
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Seed degeneration of banana planting materials: strategies for improved farmer access to healthy seed
Ochola, D.
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Ocimati, W.
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Tinzaara, W.
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Blomme, Guy
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Karamura, E.B.
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[Effects of water stress on the development of banana xanthomonas wilt disease]
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Effects of water stress on the development of banana xanthomonas wilt disease
Banana Xanthomonas wilt (BXW) is a devastating disease for banana and enset in east, central and Horn of Africa since 1968. The disease has spread to all banana growing countries in the region in the last decade, causing yield losses of up to 80 to 100%. Several efforts have been undertaken to de...
Tinzaara, W.
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Ssekiwoko, F.
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Kikulwe, E.
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Karamura, E.
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[Effectiveness of learning and experimentation approaches for farmers as a community based strategy for banana xanthomonas wilt management]
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Effectiveness of learning and experimentation approaches for farmers as a community based strategy for banana xanthomonas wilt management
Karamura, E.B.
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Jogo, Wellington
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Rietveld, A.M.
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Ochola, D.
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Staver, Charles
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Tinzaara, W.
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Karamura, D.A.
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Kubiriba, J.
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Weise, S.F.
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[Effectiveness of agro-ecological intensification practices in managing pests in smallholder banana systems in East and Central Africa]
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Effectiveness of agro-ecological intensification practices in managing pests in smallholder banana systems in East and Central Africa
The banana bacterial wilt caused by the Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum (Xcm) is one of the major constraints to banana production in Uganda. Field observations suggest that the primary means of disease spread is by insect transmission through the male flowers. This study carried out an inv...
Tinzaara, W.
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Gold, C.
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Ssekiwoko, F.
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Tushemereirwe, W.K.
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Bandyopadhyay, Ranajit
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Abera, A.
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Eden-Green, S.
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[Role of insects in the transmission of banana bacterial wilt]
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Role of insects in the transmission of banana bacterial wilt
An optimal control framework is designed inwhich the use of clean plantingmaterials, debudding, disinfection of tools, and roguing
are considered as control measures of Banana Xanthomonas Wilt (BXW) within a plantation of multiple cultivars. A model for a
special case of two cultivars (AAA- and A...
Nakakawa, J.
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Mugisha, J.Y.T.
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Shaw, M.W.
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Tinzaara, W.
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Karamura, E.B.
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[Banana Xanthomonas wilt infection: the role of debudding and roguing as control options within a mixed cultivar plantation]
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Banana Xanthomonas wilt infection: the role of debudding and roguing as control options within a mixed cultivar plantation
Banana xanthomonas wilt (BXW) remains a major threat to banana, an important food and income crop for 12 million poor small-holder farmers in Uganda. Although, BXW has been controlled to some extent in parts of South-western Uganda, it is still a big problem in banana growing areas of Central and...
Kubiriba, J.
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Karamura, E.B.
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Jogo, Wellington
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Tushemereirwe, W.K.
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Tinzaara, W.
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[Community mobilization: a key to effective control of banana Xanthomonas wilt]
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Community mobilization: a key to effective control of banana Xanthomonas wilt