Browsing Doctoral Degrees (Plant Breeding) by Issue Date
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A comparative analysis of conventional and marker assisted selection methods in screening for resistance to maize (Zea mays L.) streak virus disease.
(2006)Maize (Zea mays L.) streak virus disease (MSD) is the most important virus disease in Africa but farmers are unaware of its status. A project was initiated to assess the current status of MSD and to breed for its resistance. ... -
Studies of drought tolerance in interspecific progenies of Oryza glaberrima (Steud) and O. Sativa (L) and an appraisal of the use of male gametocides in rice hybridisation.
(2006)Rice production in Sub-Sahara Africa is hampered by drought stress, low farmer adoption of improved varieties, un-adapted germplasm, problems of crossability between species and problems of efficient emasculation. This ... -
Characterization of sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (l.) Moench] parental lines and prediction of their hybrid performance under simulated water and population density stress.
(2006)Sorghum breeders have not made much yield improvement in new sorghum varieties in Kenya since Serena in was released in the late 1960s. KARI Mtama-1 which was released in 1993 has no yield advantage over Serena. A yield ... -
Study of anthracnose (Colletotrichum lindemuthianum) resistance and its inheritance in Ugandan dry bean germplasm.
(2006)The common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is an important crop grown widely in Uganda. It is also an important source of income for smallholder farmers particularly women. Despite its importance, production in the cool ... -
Participatory-based development of early bulking cassava varieties for the semi-arid areas of Eastern Kenya.
(2006)Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is an important food security crop in the semi-arid areas of Eastern Kenya. It provides food for more days in a calendar year than any other crop grown. Kenya has relied on varieties ... -
Development of high yielding pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan) germplasm with resistance to Fusarium wilt (Fusarium udum) in Malawi.
(2007)Pigeon pea [Cajanus cajan (L.) Millspaugh] is a very important grain legume crop for food, cash and firewood in Malawi. However, its production is affected by Fusarium wilt (Fusarium udum Butler), which causes up to 100% ... -
Response to selection for downy mildew (Peronosclerospora sorghi) and maize streak virus resistance in three quality protein maize populations in Mozambique.
(2007)Quality protein maize (QPM) has high nutritional value, but production is threatened by downy mildew (DM) and maize streak virus disease (MSVD) among other constraints. There are few studies of DM and MSVD resistance in ... -
Recurrent selection for drought tolerance in Maize (Zea mays L. and study of heterotic patterns of maize populations from Eastern Kenya.
(2007)There are few maize varieties that are drought tolerant in semi-arid eastern Kenya and farmer perceptions of drought tolerant maize cultivars have not been studied in this region. Farmers in this region use maize landraces ... -
Breeding investigations of maize (Zea mays L.) genotypes for tolerance to low nitrogen and drought in Zambia.
(2007)Low soil nitrogen (N) and drought impede maize production in the small-scale farming sector in Zambia; and adoption of new cultivars with improved tolerance might enhance production. This study: a) assessed farmer ... -
Occurrence of cowpea aphid-borne mosaic virus and prospects of improving resistance in local cowpea landraces in Uganda.
(2007)Viral diseases are a major limiting factor to cowpea production in many countries of Africa. In Uganda, studies indicated that the cowpea aphid-borne mosaic virus (CABMV) is common and a potential threat to cowpea ... -
A study of bruchid resistance and its inheritance in Malawian dry bean germplasm.
(2007)Dry bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is economically and nutritionally an important legume, not only in Malawi, but in many parts of Africa and Latin America. Unfortunately, two bruchid species (Acanthoscelides obtectus Say, ... -
Recurrent selection for gray leaf spot (GLS) and phaeosphaeria leaf spot (PLS) resistance in four maize populations and heterotic classification of maize germplasm from western Kenya.
(2007)Maize (Zea mays L.) production is constrained by a number of stresses, amongst the most important are gray leaf spot (GLS) caused by a fungus Cercospora zeaemaydis Tehon and E.Y. Daniels and Phaeosphaeria leaf spot (PLS) ... -
Breeding investigations of finger millet characteristics including blast disease and striga resistance in Western Kenya.
(2008)Finger millet (Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn. ssp. coracana) is an important food, food security and cash crop in eastern and southern Africa where small-scale farmers grow it in low input farming systems. The crop has ... -
Quantitative genetic analysis of agronomic and kernel endosperm traits in quality protein maize (QPM) and investigations of the putative nutritional value of contaminated QPM crops.
(2008)The importance of maize in sub-Saharan Africa and the potential of quality protein maize (QPM) to alleviate the nutritional gap caused by lack of access to adequate protein rich foods were highlighted. Frustrations from ... -
Breeding for Cassava brown streak resistance in coastal Kenya.
(2008)Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz ssp. esculenta) is the second most important food crop and a main source of income for the rural communities with potential for industrial use in the coastal region of Kenya. However, its ... -
Improving resistance to Fusarium root rot [Fusarium solani (Mart.) Sacc. f. sp. phaseoli (Burkholder) W.C. Snyder & H.N. Hans] in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)
(2008)Fusarium root rot (FRR) disease, caused by the fungus Fusarium solani f. sp. phaseoli (FSP), is an important soil-borne disease reducing common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) yields, and hence food security, in Uganda and ... -
Genetic diversity of proprietary inbred lines of sunflower, determined by mapped SSR markers and total protein analysis.
(2008)This study compared DNA based SSR markers with total seed protein markers, used to evaluate genetic diversity of sunflower. The multiplex-ability, cost effectiveness and applicability of microsatellites as molecular markers ... -
Breeding investigations for resistance to Phaeosphaeria Leaf Spot (PLS) and other important foliar diseases and a study of yield stability in African maize germplasm.
(2009)Maize (Zea mays L.) yields in the smallholder (SH) farming sector in Southern Africa have remained low. despite the availability of many improved varieties. Among the major constraints contributing to tow yields and ... -
Combining ability and heterosis for stem sugar traits and grain yield components in dual-purpose sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) germplasm.
(2009)Sorghum is the fifth most important cereal crop in the world and ranks third in Africa, and it is potentially the number one cereal for the semi-arid environments in sub-Saharan Africa. Sorghum varieties have been developed ...