Browsing School of Agricultural Sciences (SAS) by Author "Aritua, V."
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Characterization and distribution of a Potyvirus associated with passion fruit woodiness disease in Uganda
Ochwo-Ssemakula, M.; Sengooba, T.; Hakiza, J.J.; Adipala, E.; Edema, R.; Redinbaugh, M.G.; Aritua, V.; Winter, S. (The American Phytopathological Society, 2012)This article describes the incidence and etiology of a viral disease of passion fruit in Uganda. Symptoms, including those characteristic of passion fruit woodiness disease (PWD), were observed on 32% of plants in producing ... -
A preliminary analysis of diversity among East African sweet potato landraces using morphological and simple sequence repeats (SSR) markers
Gichuru, V.; Aritua, V.; Lubega, G.W.; Edema, R.; Adipala, E.; Rubaihayo, P.R. (International Society for Hoticultural Science, 2006)East Africa is known to have a wide range of sweet potato landraces and, therefore, is considered to be a secondary center of diversity. In this study, we assessed the diversity among sweet potato landraces from Kenya, ...