selected publications
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- Efficiency of indirect selection for grain yield in maize (Zea mays L.) under low nitrogen conditions through secondary traits under low nitrogen and grain yield under optimum conditions. Euphytica. 216:1-12. 2020
- Genetic Dissection of Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Tropical Maize Through Genome-Wide Association and Genomic Prediction.. Frontiers in Plant Science. 11:474. 2020
- Line × tester analysis of maize grain yield under acid and non-acid soil conditions.. Crop Science. 60:991-1003. 2020
- Genetic variability, stability and heritability for quality and yield characteristics in provitamin A cassava varieties. Euphytica. 216:1-13. 2020
- Genetic Dissection of Grain Yield and Agronomic Traits in Maize under Optimum and Low-Nitrogen Stressed Environments. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 21:543. 2020
- Combining Ability and Genetic Components of Yield Characteristics, Dry Matter Content, and Total Carotenoids in Provitamin A Cassava F1 Cross-Progeny. AGRONOMY-BASEL. 10. 2020
- Contribution of Genetic Resources to Grain Storage Protein Composition and Wheat Quality 2020
- Durum Wheat Storage Protein Composition and the Role of LMW-GS in Quality 2020
- Effects of in vitro polyploidization on agronomic characteristics and fruit carotenoid content; implications for banana genetic improvement. Frontiers in Plant Science. 10:1450-1450. 2019
- Variability of carotenoids in a Musa germplasm collection and implications for provitamin A biofortification.. Food Chemistry. 2:100024-100024. 2019
- Recent advances in banana (musa spp.) biofortification to alleviate vitamin A deficiency.. Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition. 59:3498-3510. 2019
- Measuring the impact of plant breeding on sub-Saharan African staple crops:. Outlook on Agriculture. 47:163-180. 2018
- SNP-based genetic diversity among few-branched-1 (Fbr1) maize lines and its relationship with heterosis, combining ability and grain yield of testcross hybrids. Maydica. 63:14. 2018
- Genetic relationships and heterotic structure of quality protein maize ( Zea mays L.) inbred lines adapted to eastern and southern Africa. Euphytica. 214:172. 2018
- Genetic diversity of improved varieties of intraspecific (O. sativa and O. glaberrima) and interspecific (O. sativa × O. glaberrima) rice. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution. 65:797-809. 2018
- Genetic variation and population structure of maize inbred lines adapted to the mid-altitude sub-humid maize agro-ecology of Ethiopia using single nucleotide polymorphic (SNP) markers. BMC Genomics. 18:1-11. 2017
- Genetic diversity among selected elite CIMMYT maize hybrids in East and Southern Africa. Crop Science. 57:2395-2404. 2017
- Combining ability and testcross performance of drought-tolerant maize inbred lines under stress and non-stress environments in Kenya. Plant Breeding. 136:197-205. 2017
- Diallel analysis of acid soil tolerant and susceptible maize inbred lines for grain yield under acid and non-acid soil conditions. Euphytica. 213:88. 2017
- Estimation of outcrossing rates in intraspecific (Oryza sativa) and interspecific (Oryza sativa × Oryza glaberrima) rice under field conditions using agro-morphological markers. Euphytica. 213:81-81. 2017
- Effect of the few-branched-1 (Fbr1) tassel mutation on performance of maize inbred lines and hybrids evaluated under stress and optimum environments. Maydica. 62. 2017
- Gains in Maize Genetic Improvement in Eastern and Southern Africa: I. CIMMYT Hybrid Breeding Pipeline. Crop Science. 57:168-179. 2017
- Gains in Maize Genetic Improvement in Eastern and Southern Africa: II. CIMMYT Open-Pollinated Variety Breeding Pipeline. Crop Science. 57:180-191. 2017
- Genetic variation and population structure of maize inbred lines adapted to the mid-altitude sub-humid maize agro-ecology of Ethiopia using single nucleotide polymorphic (SNP) markers 2017
- Comparison of Kompetitive Allele Specific PCR (KASP) and genotyping by sequencing (GBS) for quality control analysis in maize. BMC Genomics. 16:908-908. 2015
- Developing Cassava Mosaic Disease resistant cassava varieties in Ghana using a marker assisted selection approach. Euphytica. 203:549-556. 2015
- Relationships between heterosis, genetic distances and specific combining ability among CIMMYT and Zimbabwe developed maize inbred lines under stress and optimal conditions. Euphytica. 204:635-647. 2015
- Introgression of root protein and yield traits from backcross hybrids between cassava and its wild progenitor (Manihot esculenta ssp flabellifolia) 2015
- Genotype × Environment Interaction of Maize Grain Yield Using AMMI Biplots. Crop Science. 54:1992-1999. 2014
- Combining Ability of Certain Agronomic Traits in Quality Protein Maize under Stress and Nonstress Environments in Eastern and Southern Africa. Crop Science. 54:1004-1014. 2014
- Genetic diversity of cassava ( Manihot esculenta Crantz) landraces and cultivars from southern, eastern and central Africa. PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES-CHARACTERIZATION AND UTILIZATION. 11:170-181. 2013
- Combining ability of cassava genotypes for cassava mosaic disease and cassava bacterial blight, yield and its related components in two ecological zones in Ghana. Euphytica. 194:13-24. 2013
- Association of parental genetic distance with heterosis and specific combining ability in quality protein maize. Euphytica. 191:205-216. 2013
- Increased storage protein from interspecific F1 hybrids between cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) and its wild progenitor (M. esculenta ssp. flabellifolia). Euphytica. 185:303-311. 2012
- Diallel analysis of field resistance to brown streak disease in cassava ( Manihot esculenta Crantz) landraces from Tanzania. Euphytica. 187:277-288. 2012
- Local scale patterns of gene flow and genetic diversity in a crop–wild–weedy complex of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) under traditional agricultural field conditions in Kenya. Conservation Genetics. 13:1059-1071. 2012
- QTL Analysis for Root Protein in a Backcross Family of Cassava Derived from Manihot esculenta ssp flabellifolia. Tropical Plant Biology. 5:161-172. 2012
- Introgression of whitefly (Aleurotrachelus socialis) resistance gene from F1 inter specific hybrids into commercial cassava. Euphytica. 183:19-26. 2012
- Introgression of whitefly (Aleurotrachelus socialis) resistance gene from F1 inter-specific hybrids into commercial cassava 2012
- Variation in qualitative and quantitative traits of cassava germplasm from selected national breeding programmes in sub-Saharan Africa. Field Crops Research. 122:151-156. 2011
- Protein quality and endosperm modification of quality protein maize (Zea mays L.) under two contrasting soil nitrogen environments. Field Crops Research. 121:408-415. 2011
- Genetic structure and relationships within and between cultivated and wild sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) in Kenya as revealed by microsatellite markers.. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 122:989-1004. 2011
- Yield traits as selection indices in seedling populations of cassava. Crop Breeding and Applied Biotechnology. 10:191-196. 2010
- Ecogeographical distribution of wild, weedy and cultivated Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench in Kenya: implications for conservation and crop-to-wild gene flow. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution. 57:243-253. 2010
- Effect of genotype on physicochemical and functional properties of cassava starch 2010
- Embryo rescue as a method to develop and multiply a backcross population of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) from an interspecific cross of Manihot esculenta ssp flabellifolia. African Journal of Biotechnology. 9:7058-7062. 2010
- Identification, characterisation and application of single nucleotide polymorphisms for diversity assessment in cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz). Molecular Breeding. 23:669-684. 2009
- Comparison of SSR and AFLP analysis for genetic diversity assessment of Ethiopian arabica coffee genotypes 2009
- Bringing wild alleles back into the primary gene pool : Introgression of high protein content from Manihot esculenta ssp labelillifolia into cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) 2008
- Genotype by environment interaction for native cassava(Manihot esculenta Crantz) starch quality and its use in the commercial sector 2007
- Components of resistance to banana weevil (Cosmopolites sordidus) in Musa germplasm in Uganda. Entomologia Experimentalis Et Applicata. 122:27-35. 2006
- Genetic distance analysis of elite cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) genotypes in Malawi using morphological and AFLP marker techniques. The South African Journal of Plant and Soil. 23:58-61. 2006
- Genotype x enviroment interaction effects on native cassava starch quality and potential for starch use in the commercial sector. African Crop Science Journal. 12:205-216. 2005
- Stability of native starch quality parameters, starch extraction and root dry matter of cassava genotypes in different environments. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. 84:1381-1388. 2004
- Native starch quality of Malawian cassava genotypes in different environments 2004
- Reliability of constant traits in morphological characterization of cassava as compared to AFLP markers 2004
- Levels of host plant resistance to banana weevil, Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), in Ugandan Musa germplasm. Euphytica. 133:267-277. 2003
- Genotype-by-environment interaction for native cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) starch quality and its use in the commercial sector 2003
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- Segregation of selected agronomic traits in six S1 cassava families 2011
- Ethnobotany, morphology and genotyping of cassava germplasm from Malawi 2010
- Progress in determining the genetic basis and genetic linkage mapping of cassava brown streak disease tolerance in Tanzania 2008
- Genetic diversity of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) in Ghana using SSR markers 2004
- Genetic diversity of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) landraces in Ghana using SSR markers 2004
- Genetic distance of elite cassava genotypes in Malawi using morphological and AFLP marker techniques : Book of Abstracts 2003