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Ultrastructure of the infection of sorghum bicolor and zea mays by pythium species
The practice of cultivating mixed crops is common in Tropical Africa and elsewhere especially in areas of high population density. The practice of mixed cropping can promote disease spread especially in multi-host pathosystems. ...
Analysis of diversity among East African sweet potato cultivars (ipomoea batatas) using morphological and simple sequence repeats dna markers
East Africa is considered to be a secondary centre of origin of sweet potato and it is suspected that the wide morphological variation observed indicates wide genetic diversity in the region. To conserve and utilize the ...
Pathogenicity of pythium species on hosts associated with bean-based cropping system in south western Uganda
A pathosystem is a subsystem of an ecosystem and is characterised by the phenomenon of parasitism. The bean-Pythium pathosystem consists of the host (bean), the pathogen (Pythium) and their host-pathogen relation. Of ...
Enhancing the careers of East African women scientists
A Three-Year Program supported by The Rockefeller Foundation and implemented by the Gender and Diversity Program (G&D) of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)
The Role of mixed cropping systems on bean root rot epidemics in south western Uganda
In south western Uganda, beans are largely grown as intercrops with sorghum, maize, sweet potato and potato . Continuous cropping of beans, has increased bean root rot epidemics. Since some of the root rot causing organisms ...