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Evapotranspiration crop coefficients for mixed riparian plant community and transpiration crop coefficients for Common reed, Cottonwood and Peach-leaf willow in the Platte River Basin, Nebraska-USA
(Elsevier, 2013)
Application of two-step approach of evapotranspiration (ET) crop coefficients (Kc) to ‘‘approximate’’ a very complex process of actual evapotranspiration (ETa) for field crops has been practiced by water management community. ...
Enhancement of somatic embryogenesis in recalcitrant East African hybrid bananas.
(2013)
Lack of appropriate in vitro protocols has limited advances in the use of tissue culture in rapid multiplication of planting material and development of reliable genetic transformations for AAA-EA banana. Embryogenic callus ...
Physiological and morphological responses of farmer preferred cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) cultivars to drought stress in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2013)
Cassava is the most important staple food crop in the tropics feeding over 800 million people, mainly resource poor small scale-farmers. In Uganda, cassava ranks 2nd to bananas in terms of total production and per capita ...
Factors influencing farmers’ choice to sell milled versus unmilled rice
(Makerere University, 2013-06)
The number of rice mills in Uganda has increased rapidly during the past decade, presumably in response to the increasing demand for rice milling services by rice farmers. However, recent studies show that despite the ...
Effects of season and genotype on grazing behaviour, forage intake and digesta kinetics of pure Ankole and Ankole X Holstein crossbred cows
(Makerere University, 2013-01)
Grazing behaviour and forage utilization of pure Ankole and Ankole x Holstein crossbreds was evaluated in the dry and rainy seasons. The grazed pastures were evaluated for quantity and quality according to the seasons and ...
Determination of optimum sesame population in the finger millet + sesame additive intercropping system
(Makerere University, 2013-03)
Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) and finger millet (Eleusine coracana) are important food security crops in Northern and Eastern Uganda, with the latter being established in most parts of the two regions. The two crop species ...
Economic evaluation of the potato market chains in Uganda.
(Makerere University, 2013-07)
Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is one of the major staple foods for most Ugandans and a source of income for most rural households especially in the south western region of the country. Farmers produce and sell potato to ...
Optimizing inoculation methods of pest-suppressing root-endophytic fungi for mass application in a commercial banana tissue culture
(Makerere University, 2013-10)
Two in vivo studies were conducted at Namulonge, Uganda, to 1) To optimize inoculation methods, spore concentration, age of the plantlets and time of spore exposure facilitating the mass application and colonization of TC ...
Phenotypic characterisation and starch profiles of the false banana (Ensete species) in Uganda.
(Makerere University, 2013-07)
Enset is a diploid (2n=18) species that phenotypically resembles a banana plant but the edible parts are formed by the pseudostem and the underground corm rather than by the fruit. Enset is an important staple crop for ...
Effect of access to market of agricultural commodities on soil and water conservation investment in Sebei Sub Region, Eastern Uganda.
(Makerere University, 2013)
Soil and water conservation (SWC) investments cannot be undertaken in isolation from development dimensions that frame the livelihood strategies of households in a specific area. A study was conducted in Kapchorwa and Bukwo ...