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Abstracts of the 8th annual graduate workshop of the Faculty of Agriculture, Makerere University
Nalukenge, Imelda; Talwana, Herbert; Balirwa, Elizabeth; Musinguzi, Patrick; Sentumbwe, Samuel; Fungo, Robert (2006-04-13)An abstracts report of the Faculty of Agriculture graduate workshop conducted on the theme: “Generating demand driven technologies: the role of graduate agricultural research” -
Morphological and agronomic traits variations for Mungbean variety selection and improvement in Uganda
Waniale, Allan; Wanyera, Nelson; Talwana, Herbert (African Crop Science Journal, 2014)Mungbean (Vigna radiata L. Wilczek), is a pulse species that is widely cultivated in sub-tropical and tropical regions of the world. Unfortunately, the yield of mungbean in Uganda is very low mainly due to inherent genotype ... -
Resistance to the weevils Cylas puncticollis and Cylas brunneus conferred by sweetpotato root surface compounds
Anyanga, M. Otema; Muyinza, Harriet; Talwana, Herbert; Hall, David R.; Farman, Dudley I.; Ssemakula, Gorrettie N.; Mwanga, Robert O. M.; Stevenson, Philip C. (Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2013-08-01)Seven resistant varieties of sweetpotato were compared with three susceptible varieties in field trials and laboratory bioassays and showed that resistance was an active process rather than an escape mechanism, as field ...