selected publications
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article
- The Integration of Shade-Sensitive Annual Crops in Musa spp. Plantations in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo. AGRONOMY-BASEL. 11. 2021
- Sensitivity and tolerance of different annual crops to different levels of banana shade and dry season weather. FRONTIERS IN SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS. 4. 2020
- Detection of banana plants and their major diseases through aerial images and machine learning methods: A case study in DR Congo and Republic of Benin. Isprs Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. 169:110-124. 2020
- Responding to future regime shifts with agrobiodiversity: A multi-level perspective on small-scale farming in Uganda. Agricultural Systems. 183:102864. 2020
- Impact and Opportunities of Agroecological Intensification Strategies on Farm Performance: A Case Study of Banana-Based Systems in Central and South-Western Uganda 2020
- Xanthomonas wilt of banana drives changes in land-use and ecosystem services across infected landscapes. Sustainability. 12:1-20. 2020
- The suckering behaviour of plantains (Musa, AAB) can be viewed as part of an evolved reproductive strategy. Scientia Horticulturae. 261:108975. 2020
- The performance of a wide range of plantain cultivars at three contrasting altitude sites in North Kivu, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Fruits. 75:21-35. 2020
- Pro‐vitamin A carotenoid content of 48 plantain (Musa AAB genome) cultivars sourced from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. 100:634-647. 2020
- Can the timely removal of outer symptomatic leaves of enset plants following a tool-mediated infection with Xanthomonas vasicola pv. musacearum lead to recovery?. Fruits. 75:258-266. 2020
- AI-powered banana diseases and pest detection. Plant Methods. 15:1-11. 2019
- Banana leaf pruning to facilitate annual legume intercropping as an intensification strategy in the East African highlands. European Journal of Agronomy. 110:125923. 2019
- Contributions of biodiversity to the sustainable intensification of food production: thematic study for The State of the World's Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture 2019
- Effect of timing of diseased plant cutting, altitude and banana cultivar on efficacy of singly removing Xanthomonas wilt infected banana plants. European Journal of Plant Pathology. 154:477-489. 2019
- The risk posed by Xanthomonas wilt disease of banana: Mapping of disease hotspots, fronts and vulnerable landscapes.. PLOS ONE. 14. 2019
- Controlling Xanthomonas wilt of banana: Influence of collective application, frequency of application, and social factors on the effectiveness of the Single Diseased Stem Removal technique in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Crop Protection. 118:79-88. 2019
- Farmer Reported Pest and Disease Impacts on Root, Tuber, and Banana Crops and Livelihoods in Rwanda and Burundi. Sustainability. 11. 2019
- Management of Banana Xanthomonas Wilt: Evidence from Impact of Adoption of Cultural Control Practices in Uganda. Sustainability. 11. 2019
- Risks posed by intercrops and weeds as alternative hosts to Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum in banana fields. Frontiers in Plant Science. 9:1471. 2018
- Agroecological integration of shade- and drought-tolerant food/feed crops for year-round productivity in banana-based systems under rain-fed conditions in Central Africa 2018
- Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) as a bean intercrop or rotation crop contributes to the survival of bean root rot pathogens and perpetuation of bean root rots. Plant Pathology. 66:1480-1486. 2017
- Bacterial Diseases of Bananas and Enset: Current State of Knowledge and Integrated Approaches Toward Sustainable Management. Frontiers in Plant Science. 8:1290-1290. 2017
- A control package revolving around the removal of single diseased banana stems is effective for the restoration of Xanthomonas wilt infected fields. European Journal of Plant Pathology. 149:385-400. 2017
- Plantain cultivars (Musa spp. AAB) grown at different altitudes demonstrate cool temperature and photoperiod responses relevant to genetic improvement.. Field Crops Research. 194:103-111. 2016
- Breaking the Cycle of Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum in Infected Fields through the Cultivation of Annual Crops and Disease Control in Adjacent Fields. Journal of Phytopathology. 164:659-670. 2016
- Agrobiodiversity 4-Cell Method: a rapid system diagnosis tool 2016
- Introduced banana hybrids in Africa: seed systems, farmers? experiences and consumers? perspectives 2016
- On-farm banana (Musa) cultivar diversity status across different altitudes in North and South Kivu provinces of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo 2016
- Suppression of the ubiquitin E2 gene through RNA interference causes mortality in the banana weevil,Cosmopolites sordidus(Germar) 2016
- Variation in nectar volume and sugar content in male flowers of Musa cultivars grown in Rwanda and their non-effect on the numbers of visiting key diurnal insect vectors of banana Xanthomonas wilt 2016
- The banana weevil, Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar), is a potential vector of Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum in bananas. Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology-revue Canadienne De Phytopathologie. 37:427-434. 2015
- Effects of water stress on the development of banana xanthomonas wilt disease. Plant Pathology. 64:552-558. 2015
- Incomplete systemic movement of Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum and the occurrence of latent infections in xanthomonas wilt‐infected banana mats. Plant Pathology. 64:81-90. 2015
- Comparative importance of infection routes for banana Xanthomonas wilt and implications on disease epidemiology and management. Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology-revue Canadienne De Phytopathologie. 36:418-427. 2014
- Fine-tuning banana Xanthomonas wilt control options over the past decade in East and Central Africa. European Journal of Plant Pathology. 139:271-287. 2014
- Musa germplasm diversity status across a wide range of agro-ecological zones in Rwanda 2014
- Systemicity of Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum and time to disease expression after inflorescence infection in East African highland and Pisang Awak bananas in Uganda. Plant Pathology. 62:777-785. 2013
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document
- A community resource persons? training guide: improving food and nutrition security through banana-based farming systems and foods 2017
- Multi-locational evaluation of cooking banana cultivars NARITA 4 hybrid and Mpologoma in Rwanda 2017
- Agronomic performance of local and introduced plantains, dessert, cooking and beer bananas (Musa spp.) across different altitude and soil conditions in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo 2016
- Intensification and diversification of banana production systems: Key drivers for increased income and food and nutritional security in the Great Lakes region: proceeding (poster) 2016
- Household uses of the banana plant in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo 2015
- Interactive effects of fertilizer and inoculum concentration on subsequent development of xanthomonas wilt in banana 2014
- Banana genotype composition along the Uganda-Democratic Republic of Congo border: a gene pool mix for plantain and highland bananas 2013
- On-farm Musa germplasm diversity in different agroecologies of Burundi 2013
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review
- Seed degeneration of banana planting materials: strategies for improved farmer access to healthy seed. Plant Pathology. 207-228. 2019