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Exploiting grain-filling rate and effective grain-filling duration to improve grain yield of early-maturing maize
(Crop Science Society of America, 2013)
Early-maturing maize (Zea mays L.) genotypes yield 15 to 30% less than late-maturing genotypes. One strategy for improving grain yield in the early-maturing group involves assessment of grain-filling traits as secondary ...
Microbial safety of Lake Nabugabo water for recreation
(Makerere University., 2015-11)
The study was carried out between November 2013 and May 2014, it aimed at assessing the suitability of Lake Nabugabo water for recreation. Faecal microbial indicator contaminants and physic-chemical characteristics of Lake ...
Documentation and propagation of medicinal plants used for HIV/AIDS management in Mpigi District, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2013-03)
HIV/AIDS continues to exact a large toll on humans everywhere in the world. Currently western medicine remains the treatment of choice. However, it does not provide a complete cure. Treatment outcome from HAART is further ...
Early growth and insect herbivory of Neoboutonia Macrocalyx seedlings in different sized gaps in Kabale National Park
(Makerere University, 2010-10)
Gap size is considered as a key factor to tree colonization and succession. Small gaps often show a species composition that is distinctly different from larger gaps. This species niche differentiation is influenced by ...
Inheritannce and genotype by environment interaction of high Iron and zinc content in Rwandan and Ugandan common bean seed.
(Makerere University, 2013-12)
Bio-fortification of beans can sustainably and substantially increase iron (Fe) and zinc
(Zn) in the diet, and so reduce ailments associated with their deficiencies. Despite the
large consumption of beans in Rwanda and ...
Tamarindus indica l genetic structure and niche ecology.
(Makerere University, 2010-12)
Worldwide, tamarind (Tamarindus indica L.) is an economically valued tree species.
Nevertheless, research on tamarind has been minimal, its conservation status and
even knowledge on its genetic structure and niche ecology ...
Analysis of the implementation and enforcement of the Fish Act, CAP.197 (2000) on Lake Victoria in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2010-09)
The study conducted from 1964 to 2008 examined the adequacy of the implementation and enforcement of Uganda’s Fish Act, Cap. 197 of 2000 in controlling the exploitation and conservation of fisheries resources of Lake ...
Co-deployment of legume nodulating bacteria and arbuscular mycorrhizae fungi for improved performance of common bean in an acid soil
(Makerere University, 2011-06)
Nitrogen and phosphorus are by far the most limiting nutrients for crop production in
sub-Saharan Africa, yet low-input natural systems are potentially the most dependable
sources of these elements among the small-scale ...
Nutrition education intervention promoting dried Moringa oleifera Leaf products to improve diets of rural households
(2014-08-06)
Moringa has been predominantly used as medicine but less utilized as food in Uganda yet it is one of the plant species nutritionally rich in protein and micronutrients which are usually deficient in most of the rural ...
Nematode 18S rRNA gene is a reliable tool for environmental biosafety assessment of transgenic banana in confined field trials
(Springer, 2013-10)
Abstract Information on relatedness in nematodes is commonly obtained by DNA sequencing of the ribosomal internal transcribed spacer region. How- ever, the level of diversity at this locus is often insufficient for ...