selected publications
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article
- ‘NABIO808’ (Syn. ‘NAROBAN5’): A tasty cooking banana cultivar with resistance to pests and diseases. Crop Breeding and Applied Biotechnology. 19:491-495. 2019
- Assessing the potential of trees to sustain soil fertility in the banana agroforestry system in Uganda. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems. 43:662-677. 2019
- Corm damage caused by banana weevils Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar) collected from different banana growing regions in Uganda. Agricultural and Food Science. 7:1-8. 2018
- Silencing of the Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases (MAPK) Fus3 and Slt2 in Pseudocercospora fijiensis Reduces Growth and Virulence on Host Plants.. Frontiers in Plant Science. 9:291. 2018
- Agrobacterium tumefaciens-Mediated Transformation of Pseudocercospora fijiensis to Determine the Role of PfHog1 in Osmotic Stress Regulation and Virulence Modulation.. Frontiers in Microbiology. 8:830-830. 2017
- Biochemical and molecular tools reveal two diverse Xanthomonas groups in bananas.. Microbiological Research. 183:109-116. 2016
- Xanthomonas vasicola pv. musacearum down-regulates selected defense genes during its interaction with both resistant and susceptible banana. Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology. 90:21-26. 2015
- Field resistance of transgenic plantain to nematodes has potential for future African food security. Scientific Reports. 5:8127-8127. 2015
- Field trial of Xanthomonas wilt disease-resistant bananas in East Africa.. Nature Biotechnology. 32:868-870. 2014
- Inheritance of resistance to Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense race 1 in bananas. Euphytica. 194:425-430. 2013
- Cooking Enhances but the Degree of Ripeness Does Not Affect Provitamin A Carotenoid Bioavailability from Bananas in Mongolian Gerbils. Journal of Nutrition. 142:2097-2104. 2012
- Transgenic banana expressing Pflp gene confers enhanced resistance to Xanthomonas wilt disease.. Transgenic Research. 21:855-865. 2012
- Expression of sweet pepper Hrap gene in banana enhances resistance to Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum.. Molecular Plant Pathology. 11:721-731. 2010
- Xanthomonas Wilt: A Threat to Banana Production in East and Central Africa. Plant Disease. 93:440-451. 2009
- Assessment of banana planting practices and cultivar tolerance in relation to management of soilborne Xanthomonas campestris pv musacearum. Crop Protection. 26:1203-1208. 2007
- Development of a semiselective medium for isolating Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum from insect vectors, infected plant material and soil. Plant Pathology. 56:383-390. 2007
- Development of a semi-selective medium for isolation of Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum from banana plants. European Journal of Plant Pathology. 117:177-186. 2007
- Conclusions and implications for research policy 2007
- Reproductive efficiency and breeding potential of East African highland (Musa AAA-EA) bananas. Field Crops Research. 95:250-255. 2006
- The potential of using botanical insecticides for the control of the banana weevil, Cosmopolites sordidus (Coleoptera : Curculionidae). African Journal of Biotechnology. 5:1994-1998. 2006
- Effects of two pheromone trap densities against banana weevil, Cosmopolites sordidus, populations and their impact on plant damage in Uganda. Journal of Applied Entomology. 129:265-271. 2005
- Conventional breeding strategies to enhance the sustainability of Musa biodiversity conservation for endemic cultivars. African Crop Science Journal. 12:58-65. 2004
- Diseases threatening banana biodiversity in Uganda. African Crop Science Journal. 12:19-26. 2004
- Enhancing banana weevil ( Cosmopolites sordidus ) resistance by plant genetic modification: A perspective. African Journal of Biotechnology. 2:563-569. 2003
- Genetic Variation in Banana Cultivar ‘ Sukali Ndizi \' Grown in Different Regions of Uganda. African Crop Science Journal. 11. 2003
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editorial article
- ‘Kiwangaazi’ (syn ‘KABANA 6H’) Black Sigatoka Nematode and Banana Weevil Tolerant ‘Matooke’ Hybrid Banana Released in Uganda. Hortscience. 50:621-623. 2015