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Proceedings of the symposium on alternative approaches to urban market crop wastes management held on July 14, 2005 at Hotel Equatorial, Kampala
(2005-07)
A symposium workshop report aimed at sensitizing people on the merits of garbage as a resource. It was based on a previous project that aimed at assessing the previous ways through which waste could be turned into a resource ...
Density and species diversity of trees in four tropical forests of the Albertine Rift, Western Uganda
(2005-05-18)
We assessed tree species density and diversity in 12 1-ha plots in four forests of the Albertine rift, western Uganda. There were 5747 trees of diameter ≥ 10 cm in 53 families, 159 genera, and 212 species. Density ranged ...
Weaning strategies to improve the performance of sows and their progeny under smallholder farming conditions
(South African Society for Animal Science, 2005-10)
The effect of restricted suckling and split weaning on the reproductive performance of dams and subsequent performance of their litters was studied in an experiment involving 48 Landrace x Large White sows of second and ...
Distribution and biocontrol potential of phlD+ pseudomonads in corn and soybean fields
(The American Phytopathological Society, 2005)
The abundance and diversity of phlD+ Pseudomonas spp. colonizing the rhizospheres of young, field-grown corn and soybean plants were assayed over a 3-year period. Populations of these bacteria were detected on the large ...
Efficacy of manual seed sorting methods in reduction of transmission of rice and cowpea seed-borne diseases
(African Crop Science Society, 2005)
The production of rice and cow pea in Uganda is increasing in acreage rather than productivity. This is attributed to a number of factors, mainly seed-borne diseases. The farmers in Uganda mainly use farm saved seeds for ...