Research by Staff

Banana Research</strong<

• • endophyte-enhanced banana tissue culture: technology transfer through public-private partnerships in kenya and uganda

  • occurrence and distribution of banana bunchy top disease in the great lakes region of africa

  • in vitro screening of endophytic fusarium oxysporum against banana nematode (helicotylenchus multicinctus)

  • effect of endophytic fusarium oxysporum on growth of tissue-cultured banana plants

  • effect of endophytic fusarium oxysporum on paralysis and mortality of pratylenchus goodeyi

  • bio-enhanced seeds and seedlings for east africa

  • non-pathogenic< i> fusarium oxysporum</i> endophytes provide field control of nematodes, improving yield of banana (< i> musa</i> sp.)

  • isolation and screening of endophytic fusarium oxysporum for biological control of nematodes in tissue culture bananas

  • isolation and identification of endophytic bacteria of bananas (musa spp.) In kenya and their potential as biofertilizers for sustainable banana production

• analyses of extra-cellular enzymes production by endophytic fungi isolated from bananas in kenya

• benefits and potential use of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (amf) in banana and plantain (musa spp.) Systems in africa

• genetic characterization of cultivated bananas and plantains in kenya by rapd markers

• screening selected isolates of endophytic fusarium oxysporum for biological control of banana nematodes in tissue culture banana

• screening musa genotypes for banana bunchy top disease resistance in burundi

• growth effects of microorganisms based commercial products inoculated to tissue cultured banana cultivated in three different soils in kenya

• efficacy of selected microbiological products on growth, health and nutrient uptake of tissue cultured banana in different soils in kenya

• understanding banana bunchy top disease epidemiology in burundi for an enhanced and integrated management approach

indigenous vegetable

• plant growth and leaf n content of solanum villosum genotypes in response to nitrogen supply

• partial fertility restoration as affected by night temperature in a season-dependent male-sterile mutant tomato, lycopersicon esculentum mill

• effect of african nightshade species (solanaceae) on developmental time and life table parameters of tetranychus evansi (acari: tetranychidae)

• response of leaf yield and nutritive value of african nightshade (solanum villosum) genotypes to nitrogen application

beans

• modelling french bean (phaseolus vulgaris l.) Growth as influenced by competition and biotic stress

• a simulation model for growth and development of french beans in kenya

papaya research

• papaya industry in kenya: production, consumption and outlook
• the distribution and prevalence of papaya ring spot virus (prsv) in kenyan papaya

others

• the transmission and management of tobacco mosaic virus in a greenhouse environment