2023

Abubakar, M., Wasswa, P., Masumba, E., Kulembeka, H., Mkamilo, G., Kanju, E., Mrema, E., Abincha, W., Edema, R., Tulkamuhabwa, P., Kayondo, S. and Ongom, P. (2023). Pasting properties of high-quality cassava flour of some selected improved cassava varieties in Tanzania for baking. African Journal of Agricultural Research 19(1): 1-7

2022

Kabasiita, J.K.; Opolot, E.; Malinga, G.M. 2022. Quality and Fertility Assessments of Municipal Solid Waste Compost Produced from Cleaner Development Mechanism Compost Projects: A Case Study from Uganda. Agriculture 2022, 12, 582. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture 12050582.

Mugisa I, Karungi J, Musana P, Odama R, Alajo A, Chelangat DM, Anyanga MO, Oloka BM, Gonçalves dos Santos I, Talwana H, Ochwo-Ssemakula M, Edema R, Gibson P, Ssali R, Campos H, Olukolu BA, da Silva Pereira G, Yencho C and Yada B (2022) Combining ability and heritability analysis of sweetpotato weevil resistance, root yield, and dry matter content in sweetpotato. Front. Plant Sci. 13:956936. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.956936

Mugisa Immaculate, Karungi Jeninah, Musana Paul, Odama Roy, Alajo Agnes, Chelangat Doreen M., Anyanga Milton O., Oloka Bonny M., Gonçalves dos Santos Iara, Talwana Herbert, Ochwo-Ssemakula Mildred, Edema Richard, Gibson Paul, Ssali Reuben, Campos Hugo, Olukolu Bode A., da Silva Pereira Guilherme, Yencho Craig, Yada Benard. 2022. Combining ability and heritability analysis of sweetpotato weevil resistance, root yield, and dry matter content in sweetpotato. Frontiers in Plant Science VOLUME 13 (2022) www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2022.956936. DOI=10.3389/fpls.2022.956936 ISSN=1664-462X

Wasswa, P., Ssamula, A., Ssengo, J. and Okiror, A.(2022). Efficacy of Ipomoea setosa as an alternative detection technique for propagation of virus-free sweetpotato. Makerere University Journal of Agricultural Sciences 11(1): 1-24

Kugonza, D.R. 2022. Bee Keeping: Theory and Practice (2^nd Edition). Fountain Publishers, Kampala. 461 pages. ISBN: 978-9970-02-965-5.

Beyihayo, G.A, Ndyomugyenyi, E.K., Echodu, R. and Kugonza, D.R. 2022. In-situ morphological characterization of indigenous chicken Ecotypes in Uganda. Ecological Genetics and Genomics 24(2022) 100129; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2405985422000180

Burikukiye, J.M., Ntahonshikira, C., Biryomumaisho, S. and Kugonza, D.R. 2022. Major health problems of the Boer goats introduced in Bugenyuzi agriculture and livestock research center, Karusi Province of Burundi. Journal of Veterinary Research Advances, 4(1): 09-12. https://jvra.org.in/archive/major-health-problems-of-the-boer-goats-introduced-in-bugenyuzi-agriculture-and-livestock-research-center-karusi-province-of-burundi

Burikukiye, J.M., Ntahonshikira, C., Biryomumaisho, S. and Kugonza, D.R. 2022. Characteristics of smallholder goat production systems and effect of Boer crossbreeding on body measurements of goats in Burundi. Int. Journal of Novel Res. & Dev. 7(6): 905-916.

J. Bisikwa, P. Nampala, D.L. Nsibo, N. Kwikiriza, C. Bukenya, M.H. Otim, I. Kapting, F.M. Kabuye and J. Felix (2022). Assessment of Striga hermonthica infestation and effectiveness of current management strategies in maize-based cropping systems in eastern Uganda. African Crop Science Journal, Vol. 30, No. 4, pp. 525 – 538. www.ajol.info/ and www.bioline.org.br/cs  DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4314/acsj.v30i4.10. ISSN 1021-9730/2022.

 2021

Nyirahabimana, H.; Turinawe, A.; Lederer, J.; Karungi, J.; Herrnegger, M. What Influences Farmer’s Adoption Lag for Soil and Water Conservation Practices? Evidence from Sio-Malaba Malakisi River Basin of Kenya and Uganda Borders. Agronomy 2021, 11, 1985. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy11101985.

Amann, A., Herrnegger, M., Karungi, J., Komakech, A.J., Mwanake, H., Schneider, L., Schürz, C., Stecher, G., Turinawe, A., Zessner, M., Lederer, J. 2021. Can local nutrient-circularity and erosion control increase yields of resource-constraint smallholder farmers? A case study in Kenya and Uganda, Journal of Cleaner Production 318 (2021) 128510. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.128510.

Katono K, Macfadyen S, Omongo AC, Odong TL, Colvin J, Karungi J and Otim MH. 2021. Influence of cassava morphological traits and environmental conditions on field populations of Bemisia tabaci, Insects 2021, 12, 604. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects12070604

Katono K, Macfadyen S, Omongo AC, Odong TL, Colvin J, Karungi J and Otim MH. 2021. Mortality factors acting on field populations of Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) SSA1 on cassava in Uganda, Eur. J. Entomol. 118: 148-158. https://doi.org/10.14411/eje.2021.016

Ijala, A.R., Kyamanywa, S., Cherukut, S., Sebatta, C., Kyamanywa, S. and Karungi, J. 2021. Can Occurrence and Distribution of Ground Beetles (Carabidae) Be Influenced by the Coffee Farming System in the Mount Elgon Region of Uganda? Neotrop. Entomol. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13744-021-00872-4

Ssekkadde, P., Ribeiro, C.S.C., Ochwo-Ssemakula, M.N., Tukamuhabwa, P. and Karungi, J. 2021. Fruit traits associated with resistance to fruit pests of hot pepper, Makerere University Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Vol. 10 (1). pp. 22 – 46.

Ijala, A.R., Kyamanywa, S., Cherukut, C., Sebatta, C., Hilger, T. and Karungi, J. 2021. Host- plant and insect- pest compensations, and microclimate as drivers for intensity of Toxoptera aurantii (Hemiptera: Aphididae) in Arabica coffee-banana farming system of Mount Elgon region, Uganda, African Crop Science Journal Vol. 29(2). Available https://www.ajol.info/index.php/acsj/article/view/207674

Kityo R., J.B. Odoi, A. Ozimati, I.O. Dramadri, P. Nampala, R. Edema, Karungi, J., P. Gibson And P.R. Rubaihayo. 2021. New sources and stability of resistance to aphids in cowpea germplasm across locations in Uganda, African Crop Science Journal Vol. 29(2). Available https://www.ajol.info/index.php/acsj/article/view/207659

Badji, A., Machida, L., Kwemoi, D.B., Kumi, F., Okii, D., Mwila, N., Agbahoungba, S., Ibanda, A., Bararyenya, A., Nghituwamhata, S.N., Odong, T., Wasswa, P., Otim, M., Ochwo-Ssemakula, M., Talwana, H., Asea, G., Kyamanywa, S. and Rubaihayo, P. 2021. Factors Influencing Genomic Prediction Accuracies of Tropical Maize Resistance to Fall Armyworm and Weevils. Plants 10: 29. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ plants10010029

Olupot, G., Smucker, A. J. M., Kalyango,S., Opolot, E., Orum, B., Musinguzi, P., Twaha, A. B., Singh, B.R. 2021. Novel climate smart water and nutrient conservation technologies for optimizing productivity of marginal coarse-textured soils. in: Sustainability in Natural Resources Management and Land Planning. Springer International.

Kabasiita, J.K.; Malinga, G.M., Odongo, J.C. W. and Opolot, E. 2021. Factors influencing utilization of municipal solid waste compost among urban farmers in western Uganda. CABI Agriculture and Bioscience,2:47: https://doi.org/10.1186/s43170-021-00067-2

Ivanova, A.; Denisova, E.; Musinguzi, P.; Opolot, E.; Tumuhairwe, J.B.; Pozdnyakov, L.; Manucharova, N.; Ilichev, I.; Stepanov, A.; Krasilnikov, P. Biological Indicators of Soil Condition on the Kabanyolo Experimental Field, Uganda. Agriculture 2021, 11, 1228. https://doi.org/10.3390/ agriculture11121228

Musinguzi, P., Ebanyat, P., Basamba, T.A., Tumuhairwe, J.B., Opolot, E., Olupot, G., Tenywa, J.S., and Majaliwa, M.J.G. 2021. Sustainable Land Management Paradigm: Harnessing Technologies for Nutrient and Water Management in the Great Lakes Region of Africa. In book: Sustainability in Natural Resources Management and Land Planning. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-76624-5_12; Springer International.

Cornelis W.M., Verbist K., Araya T., Opolot E., Wildemeersch JCJ., Al-Barri B. (2021). Fully Coupled Surface–Subsurface Hydrological Modeling to Optimize Ancient Water Harvesting Techniques. Book Chapter 4 In Handbook of Water Harvesting and Conservation: Case Studies and Application Examples, First Edition. Edited by Saeid Eslamian and Faezeh Eslamian. 16p. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119776017.ch4

Badji, A., Machida, L., Kwemoi, D.B., Kumi, F., Okii, D., Mwila, N., Agbahoungba, S., Ibanda, A., Bararyenya, A., Nghituwamhata, S.N., Odong, T., Wasswa, P., Otim, M., Ochwo-Ssemakula, M., Talwana, H., Asea, G., Kyamanywa, S. and Rubaihayo, P. 2021. Factors Influencing Genomic Prediction Accuracies of Tropical Maize Resistance to Fall Armyworm and Weevils. Plants 10: 29. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ plants10010029

Kasule, F., Wasswa, P. and Okiror, A. 2021. Capacity building for cassava clean seed production using the 250 m isolation distance in eastern Uganda. Discovery Agriculture, , 7(18), 181-188.

Murera, A., Marco, V. and Kugonza, D.R. 2021. Assessment of the adoption of recommended fishing practices of Limnothrissa miodon (Tanganyika sardine) in Lake Kivu. International Journal of Fisheries and Aquaculture 13(1): 1-14. doi.org/10.5897/IJFA2019.0753; https://academicjournals.org/journal/IJFA/article-full-text-pdf/2A5A2DC66232

Harun Murithi, Michelle L Pawlowski, Tizazu Degu, Deresse Hunde, Molla Malede, Tonny Obua, Hapson Mushoriwa, Daniel Leigh Coyne, Phinehas Tukamuhabwa, and Glen L Hartman. 2021. Evaluation of Soybean Entries in the Pan-African Trials for Response to Coniothyrium glycines, the Cause of Red Leaf Blotch. Plant Disease. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-05-21-1017-RE.

Nsabagwa, M., Mwije, A., Nimusiima, A., Odongo, R.I., Ogwang, B.A., Wasswa, P., Mugume, I. Basalirwa, C., Nalwanga, F., Kakuru, R., Nahayo, S., Sansa-Otim, J. and Musiime, I. 2021. Examining the Ability of Communities to Cope with Food Insecurity due to Climate Change. Sustainability 13: 11047.

Obua, T., Sserumaga, J.P., Awio, B., Nganga, F., Odong, T.L., Tukamuhabwa, P., Tusiime, G., Mukasa, S.B., Nabasirye, M. 2021. Multi-Environmental Evaluation of Protein Content and Yield Stability among Tropical Soybean Genotypes Using GGE Biplot Analysis. Agronomy 11 (7), 1265. https:// doi.org/10.3390/agronomy11071265.

Ssendikadiwa, J.K., Bisikwa, J. and Ssebuliba, J.M. (2021). Yield performance and stability of elite groundnut varieties in multi-location experiments in central Uganda – A short communication. Makerere University Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Vol. 10 (2). pp. 163 – 177, 2021 Printed in Uganda. All rights reserved ©Makerere University 2021  ISSN 1563-3721  

Lado Aquilino, A. Pariyo, Y. Baguma, R. Edema, P. Gibson and J. Bisikwa  (2021). Genotypes by environment effect on flowering and seed set in cassava, Manihot esculenta Crantz in Uganda. Journal of Food, Nutrition and Agriculture 2021, 4: 26-37 https://doi.org/10.21839/jfna.2021.v4.7222  

Joseph Ekwangu, John Steven Tenywa, Jenipher Bisikwa, Charles Andiku, Helen Opie, Paul Anguria, Monday Moses Paga, Deborah Lillian Nambirye,  Michael Adrogu Ugen, Nelson Wanyera (2021). The Profitability of Fertilizer Micro Dosing and Timing of Weeding in Finger Millet Production in the Semi-Arid Areas of Uganda. International Journal of Agricultural Economics 2021; 6(3): 139-144. http://www.sciencepublishinggroup.com/j/ijae doi: 10.11648/j.ijae.20210603.16 ISSN: 2575-3851 (Print); ISSN: 2575-3843 (Online).

Bisikwa, Roger L. Becker, Vince A. Fritz, Kevin Natukunda and Martha I.  Natukunda (2021). Response of giant foxtail and wild proso millet to artificial light quality alteration. Journal of Scientific Agriculture 2021, 5: 26-31 doi:10.25081/jsa.2021.v5.6898. http://updatepublishing.com/journal/index.php/jsa. ISSN: 2184-0261

Jenipher Bisikwa, Roger L. Becker, Vince A. Fritz, Kevin Natukunda and Martha I. Natukunda (2021). Effect of crop canopy manipulation on light interception, growth, and development of wild proso millet and giant foxtail in row-cropping systems. African Journal of Agricultural Research, Vol. 17(1), pp. 147-155, January, 2021 DOI: 10.5897/AJAR2020.15223 Article Number: 1DC3E0165851 ISSN: 1991-637X Copyright ©2021 Author(s) retain the copyright of this article http://www.academicjournals.org/AJAR

2020

Kugonza, D.R. 2020. Africa under attack: a continent-wide mapping of pathogens, parasites and predators afflicting the hived honey bee Apis mellifera L. (Hymenoptera: Apidae). African Journal of Rural Development 5(2): 1-27.

Badji, A., Kwemoi, D.B., Machida, L., Okii, D., Mwila, N., Agbahoungba, S., Kumi, F., Ibanda, A., Bararyenya, A., Solemanegy, M., Odong T., Wasswa, P., Otim, M., Asea, G., Ochwo-Ssemakula, M., Talwana, H., Kyamanywa, S. and Rubaihayo, P. 2020. Genetic Basis of Maize Resistance to Multiple Insect Pests: Integrated Genome-Wide Comparative Mapping and Candidate Gene Prioritization. Genes 689-761

Kasule, F., Wasswa, P., Mukasa, S.B., Okiror, A., Nghituwamhata, S.N., Rono, E.C., Mukuze, C. and Mwang’ombe, A.W. 2020. Farmer Preference of Cassava Cultivars in Eastern Uganda: A Choice Beyond Disease Resistance. Agricultural Science 2:169-177. DOI: https://doi.org/10.30560/as. v2n2p169.

Kasule, F., Wasswa, P., Mukasa, S.B., okiror, A. and Mwang’ombe, A.W. 2020. Effective isolation distance for prevention of cassava virus infections in Uganda. African Crop Science Journal. 1 – 13.

Ssengo, J., Wasswa, P., Mukasa, S.B., Okiror, A. and Kyamanywa, S. 2020. Portable PCR field-based detection of sweetpotato viruses.African Crop Science Journal. 363 – 375.

Badji, A., Kwemoi, D.B., Machida, L., Okii, D., Mwila, N., Agbahoungba, S., Kumi, F., Ibanda, A., Bararyenya, A., Solemanegy, M., Odong T., Wasswa, P., Otim, M., Asea, G., Ochwo-Ssemakula, M., Talwana, H., Kyamanywa, S. and Rubaihayo, P. 2020. Genetic Basis of Maize Resistance to Multiple Insect Pests: Integrated Genome-Wide Comparative Mapping and Candidate Gene Prioritization. Genes 689-761

Ruley A.J., Tumuhairwe J.B., Amoding A., Twaha B.A., Opolot E., Oryem-Origa H. (2020). Enhancement effect of organic manure on phytoremediation of hydrocarbon-contaminated soils in the Sudd wetlands, South-Sudan. Applied and Environmental Soil Science. https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/4614286

Sebatta, C., Mugisha, J., Bagamba, F., Nuppenau, E.A., Domptail, S.E., Ijala, A. and Karungi, J. 2020. Efficiency and possibilities for Arabica coffee-banana management systems switching in the Mt. Elgon landscape of Uganda. African Crop Science Journal, Vol. 28, No. 3, pp. 421 – 439. Available https://www.ajol.info/index.php/acsj/article/view/200003

Fischer, S., Hilger, T., Piepho, HP., Jordan I., Karungi J., Towett E., Shepherd K. and Cadisch G. 2020. Soil and farm management effects on yield and nutrient concentrations of food crops in East Africa. Science of the Total Environment, Volume 716, 10 May 2020, 137078. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137078

Jjagwe J, Chelimo K, Karungi J, Komakech A J and Lederer J, 2020. Comparative Performance of Organic Fertilizers in Maize (Zea mays L.) Growth, Yield, and Economic Results, Agronomy 2020, 10, 69; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy10010069

Clever Mukuze, Phinehas Tukamuhabwa, Mcebisi Maphosa, Shorai Dari, Tonny Obua, Hellen Kongai and Patrick Rubaihayo. 2020. Evaluation of the performance of advanced generation soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] genotypes using GGE biplot. Journal of Plant Breeding and Crop Science 12(3): 246-257. DOI: 10.5897/JPBCS2020.0905.

Clever Mukuze, Phinehas Tukamuhabwa, Mcebisi Maphosa, Shorai Dari, Isaac Onziga Dramadri, Tonny Obua, Hellen Kongai and Patrick Rubaihayo. 2020. Genetic diversity analysis among soybean genotypes using SSR markers in Uganda. African Journal of Biotechnology 19(7): 439-448. DOI: 10.5897/AJB2020.17152.

Mwije, A., Hoffman, E.W. and Lötze, E. 2020. Apple Peel Biochemical Changes after Foliar Application of Boron Combined with Calcium I. Phenolics and Physico-Chemical Attributes. American Journal of Plant Sciences 11: 965-986.

Mwije, A., Hoffman, E.W. and Lötze, E. 2020. Apple Peel Biochemical Changes after Foliar Application of Boron Combined with Calcium II. Photosynthetic Pigments, Total Peroxides, and Photochemical Efficiency. American Journal of Plant Sciences 11: 939-964.

Tonny Obua, Julius P. Sserumaga, Stephen O. Opiyo, Phinehas Tukamuhabwa, Thomas L. Odong, Josiah Mutuku & Nasser Yao. 2020. Genetic Diversity and Population Structure Analysis of Tropical Soybean (Glycine Max (L.) Merrill) using single Nucleotide Polymorphic Markers. Global Journal of Science Frontier Research 20 (6): 35-43.

Tonny Obua, Julius P. Sserumaga, Fredrick Nganga, Phineas Tukamuhabwa, Thomas L. Odong, Josiah Mutuku & Nasser Yao. 2020. Nutrient Profiling of Tropical Soybean (Glycine Max) Core Collection. Global Journal of Science Frontier Research 20 (7): 23-30.

T Obua, M Nabasirye, M Namara, G Tusiime, M Maphosa and P Tukamuhabwa. 2020. Yield stability of tropical soybean genotypes in selected agro-ecologies in Uganda. South African Journal of Plant and Soil 37(2): 168-173. DOI: 10.1080/02571862.2019.1678687.

Bisikwa, J., Walukano, W., Ugen, M.A., Muyinda, A.M. and Muyonga, J.H. (2020). Effect of variety and soil fertility management on performance of grain amaranth in different agro-ecological zones in Uganda. Makerere University Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Vol. 9 (1). pp. 39 – 57, 2020. Printed in Uganda. All rights reserved © Makerere University 2020. ISSN 1563-3721

Joseph Ekwangu, John Steven Tenywa, Jenipher Bisikwa, Charles Andiku, Paul Anguria, Monday Moses Paga, Deborah Lillian Nabirye, Michael Adrogu Ugen & Nelson Wanyera (2020). Effect of Inorganic Fertilizer Micro-dosing and Weed Management Regimes on Finger Millet Productivity in Uganda. Journal of Agricultural Science; Vol. 12, No. 12; 2020 ISSN 1916-9752 E-  ISSN 1916-9760 Published by Canadian Center of Science and Education. ISSN: 2184-0261

Ekwangu J., Anguria P., Andiku C., Tenywa J. S., Bisikwa J., Wanyera N. & Ugen M. A. (2020). Fertilizer Micro-dosing and Timing of Weeding for Enhancing Finger-Millet Production in Eastern Uganda. Journal of Agricultural Science; Vol. 12, No. 11; 2020 ISSN 1916-9752 E-ISSN 1916-  9760 Published by Canadian Center of Science and Education.

Martha Ibore Natukunda, Kevin Natukunda, Gerald Kyeyune, Sharon Mbabazi Tusiime, Isaac Agbemafle and Jenipher Bisikwa (2020). Management strategies for the noxious invasive parthenium weed (Parthenium hysterophorus L.) in Uganda. African Journal of Agricultural Research, Vol. 15(1), pp. 1-9, January, 2020 DOI: 10.5897/AJAR2019.14569 Article Number: 6652D2F62620 ISSN: 1991-637X Copyright ©2020 Author(s) retain  the copyright of this article. http://www.academicjournals.org/AJAR  

2019

Ijala A.R., Samuel Kyamanywa, Scola Cherukut, Christopher Sebatta, Jeninah Karungi, 2019. Parasitism of Hypothenemus hampei (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) in different farming systems and altitudes of Mount Elgon, Uganda, Journal of Applied Entomology, https://doi.org/10.1111/jen.12689.

Jjagwe J, Komakech A.J., Karungi J., Amann A., Wanyama J. and Lederer J. 2019. Assessment of a Cattle Manure Vermicomposting System Using Material Flow Analysis: A Case Study from Uganda; Sustainability 2019, 11, 5173; https://doi.org/10.3390/su11195173.

Namara, N., J. Karungi, R. Edema, P. Gibson and P. Tukamuhabwa. 2019. Potential for yield loss reduction and profitability assessment of pesticide control of groundnut leaf miner among soybean genotypes, African Crop Science Journal, Vol. 27, No. 2, pp. 183 – 192.

Sebatta C, Mugisha J, Bagamba F, Nuppenau EA, Domptail SE, Kowalski B, Hoeher M, Ijala AR and Karungi J. 2019. Pathways to sustainable intensification of the coffee-banana agroecosystems in the Mt. Elgon region, Cogent Food & Agriculture (2019), 5: https://doi.org/10.1080/23311932.2019.1611051.

Charles Andiku, Phinehas Tukamuhabwa, James Mukasa Ssebuliba, Hebert Talwana, Silver Tumwegamire and Wolfgang J. Grüneberg. 2019. Evaluation of the American Yam Bean (Pachyrhizus spp.) for storage root yield across varying eco-geographic conditions in Uganda. Journal of Agricultural Science; Vol. 11 (8): 100 – 112. doi:10.5539/jas.v11n8p100

Ruley A.J., Tumuhairwe J.B., Amoding A., Opolot E., Oryem-Origa H., Twaha B.A. (2019). Assessment of plants for phytoremediation of hydrocarbon-contaminated soils in the Sudd Wetland of South Sudan. Plant, Soil and Environment. https://doi.org/10.17221/322/2019-PSE

Finke, P., Opolot, E., Balesdent, J., Berhed, A.A., Boeckx, P., Cornu, S., Harden, J., Hatte, C., Williams, E., Doetterl, D. (2019). Can SOC modelling be improved by accounting for pedogenesis? Geoderma, 338: 513–524.

Ojok J., Omara P., Opolot E., Odongo W., Olum S., Gijs D.L., Gellynck X., De Steur H., Ongeng D. (2019). Iodine Agronomic Biofortification of Cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) and Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L.) Is Effective under Farmer Field Conditions. Agronomy, 9, 797; doi:103390/agronomy9120797

Olupot, G., Twaha A. A. B., Ebanyat, P., Musinguzi, P., Opolot, E., Katusabe, A.A., Bekunda, M.A., Singh, B.R. (2019). Making Sense Out of Soil Nutrient Mining and Depletion in Sub-Saharan Africa. Book Chapter (3), in Soil Degradation and Restoration in Africa. Advances in Soil Science, 23p. Edited By Rattan Lal, B. A. Stewart

Hirwa, C.D., Kugonza, D.R., Kayitesi, A., Murekezi, T., Semahoro, F., Uwimana, G. and Habimana, R. 2019. Phenotypes, production systems and reproductive performance of indigenous chickens in contemporary Rwanda. International Journal of Livestock Production, 10(10): 213–231. doi.org/10.5897/IJLP2019.0618

Ssamula, A., Okiror, A., Avrahami-Moyal, L., Tam, Y., Gaba, V., Gibson R.W., Gal-On, A., Mukasa S.B., and Wasswa, P. 2019. Factors influencing reversion from virus infection in sweetpotato. Annals of Applied Biology. 1–13.

Ssamula, A., Ogwal, G., Okiror, A., Mukasa S.B., and Wasswa, P. 2019. Heritability of reversion from Sweet potato feathery mottle virus infection in sweetpotato. African Journal of Agricultural Research. 14(32): 1601-1612.

Ssamula, A., Okiror, A., Avrahami-Moyal, L., Tam, Y., Gal-On, A., Gaba, V., Mukasa S.B., and Wasswa, P. 2019. In silico prediction and segregation analysis of putative virus defense genes based on SSR markers in sweet potato F1 progenies of cultivars ‘New Kawogo’ and ‘Resisto’. African Journal of Biotechnology. 18(16): 334-346.

Nkurunziza, G., Asea, G., Kwemoi, D.B. and Wasswa, P. 2019. Performance and inheritance of yield and maize streak virus disease resistance in white maize and yellow conversions. African Crop Science Journal 27: 13-27.

Musabyemungu, A., Wasswa, P., Alajo, A., Chelagat, D.M., Otema, M.A., Musana, P., Rukundo, P., Gibson, P., Edema, R., Pecota, K.V., Yencho, G.C. and Yada, B. 2019. Adaptability of a U.S. purple-fleshed sweetpotato breeding population in Uganda. Australian Journal of Crop Science. 13: 17-25.

Phinehas Tukamuhabwa, Tonny Obua, Mercy Namara, Dennis Okii, Paul Kabayi and George Yiga. 2019. Soybean Research and Development in Uganda: Highlights 2002-2018. Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.

Elbeltagy, A., Bertolini, F., Fleming, D.S., Van Goor, A., Ashwell, C.M., Schmidt, C.J., Kugonza, D.R., Lamont, S.J. & Rothschild, M.F. 2019. Natural selection footprints among African chicken breeds and village ecotypes. Frontiers in Genetics, 10:376. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2019.00376.

Aryemo, I.P., Akite, I., Kule, E.K., Kugonza, D.R., Okot, M.W. & Mugonola, B. 2019. Drivers of commercialization: a case of indigenous chicken production in northern Uganda. African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development, 11(6): 739-748. doi:10.1080/20421338.2019.1573957.

Siya, A., Bazeyo, W., Tuhebwe, D., Tumwine, G., Ezama, A., Manirakiza, L., Kugonza, D.R. and Rwego, I.B. 2019. Lowland grazing and Marburg virus disease (MVD) outbreak in Kween district, Eastern Uganda. BMC Public Health 19: 136 doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-6477-y.

Mbeyagala E.K., Bisikwa J., Tukamuhabwa P., and Mukasa S.B. (2018). Trait Association and Stability of Virus Resistance among Cowpea Genotypes in Uganda. African Crop Science Journal, Vol. 26, No. 2, pp. 259 – 275 ISSN 1021-9730/2018 Printed in Uganda. All rights reserved © 2018, African Crop  Science Society  

2018

Kugonza, D.R. 2018. Inyambo cattle and their critical roles: Royalty through inheritance but facing adversity. African Union – InterAfrican Bureau for Animal Resources, Nairobi, Kenya.

Kiyimba, F. & Kugonza, D.R. 2018. Effect of dietary protein level on growth, survival and feed utilization in Guinea fowl keets. African Journal of Rural Development, 3(2): 799–811.

Danny L. Coyne, Laura Cortada, Johnathan J. Dalzell, Abiodun O. Claudius-Cole, Solveig Haukeland, Nessie Luambano, and Herbert Talwana. 2018. Plant-Parasitic Nematodes and Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa. Annual Review of Phytopathology, 56: 381-403. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-phyto-080417-045833

Okii, D., Mukankusi, C., Sebuliba, S., Tukamuhabwa, P., Tusiime, G., Talwana, H., Odong, T., Namayanja, A., Paparu, P., Nkalubo, S., Otim, M., Ugen, M., Buah, S. and Gepts, P. (2018). Genetic variation, Heritability estimates and GXE effects on yield traits of Mesoamerican common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L) germplasm in Uganda. Plant Genetic Resources: Characterization and Utilization (2018) 16(3); 237–248

Niyiragira, V.,Kugonza, D.R. & Hirwa, C.D. 2018. Success drivers of pig artificial insemination based on imported fresh semen. International Journal of Livestock Production, 9(6): 102–107.

Onzima, R.B., Gizaw, S., Kugonza, D.R., van Arendonk, J.A.M.& Kanis, E. 2018. Production systems, breeding objectives and farmer preferences for indigenous goat breeds in Uganda. Small Ruminant Research, 163: 51–59.

Lubandi, C., Lwasa, S., Kugonza, D.R., Babigumira, B.M., Semahoro, F., Nadiope, G.& Okot, M.W. 2018. Analysis of the indigenous chicken value chain in Uganda. African Journal of Rural Development, 3(3): 895–912.

Siya, A., Kugonza, D.R. & Muwanika, V. 2018. Commercialisation of alternative livestock feeds could save fish stocks in Lake Victoria. African Journal of Tropical Hydrobiology and Fisheries, 16: 48–50.

Akite, I., Kule, E., Mugonola, B., Aryemo, I.P., Kugonza, D.R. & Okot, M.W. 2018. Gender dimensions in the local chicken value chain in northern Uganda. African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation & Development, 10: 367–380.

Bamundaga, G.K., Natumanya, R., Kugonza, D.R. & Owiny, D.O. 2018. Reproductive performance of single and double artificial insemination protocol in swine. Bulletin of Animal Health and Production in Africa, 66(1): 143-157.

Babigumira, B.M., Nabukalu, R.G., Masaba, J.K., Egadu, G.W., Mulindwa, E.H., Oluka, J. & Kugonza, D.R. 2018. Growth characteristics of Sahiwal x Zebu F1 crossbred cattle in Uganda. International Journal of Livestock Research, 8(6): 35–40.

Gorla, E., Bertolini, F., Strillacci, M.G., Cozzi, M.C., Roman-Ponce, S.I., Ruiz, F.J., Vega, V.V., Dematawewa, C.M.B., Kugonza, D.R., Elbeltagy, A., Schmidt, C.J., Lamont, S.J., Bagnato, A., Rothschild, M.F. 2018. Genomic diversity using copy number variations in worldwide chicken populations. International Journal of Animal Health & Animal Science Food Safety, 5(1): 49–50.

Wasswa, P., Mukasa, S.B. and Gibson R.W. 2018. Identification of a ‘mild’ strain of sweet potato chlorotic stunt virus and impact on titres of co-infecting SPFMV. African Crop Science Journal 26: 349-363.

Jackson, V.M.L., Rubaihayo, P., Wasswa, P., Kanaabi, M. and Hashim, A.T. 2018. Identification of Resistant Germplasm to Rice Blast under Silicon Amendment in Uganda. Journal of Experimental Agriculture International. 1-11

Sebatta, C., J. Mugisha, F. Bagamba, E. A. Nuppenau, S.E. Domptail, A. Ijala and J. Karungi. 2018. Barriers and opportunities for intensification of the coffee-banana agroecosystem of the Mt. Elgon in Uganda; African Journal of Rural Development, Vol. 3 (4):1005-1011.

Ibanda A. P., Karungi J., Malinga G. M., Tanzito G. A., Ocan D., Badji A., Mwila N, Odong T.L., Tukamuhabwa P., and Rubaihayo P. (2018) Influence of environment on Soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] resistance to groundnut leaf miner, Aproaerema modicella (Deventer) in Uganda. Journal of Plant Breeding and Crop Science. 10(12): 336-346. https://doi.org/10.5897/JPBCS2018.0764.

Ibanda A. P., G. M. Malinga, G. A. Tanzito, D. Ocan, A. Badji, N. Mwila, U. Msiska, T. L. Odong, J. Karungi, P. Tukamuhabwa, P. R. Rubaihayo. 2018. Combining ability and heritability of soybean resistance to groundnut leaf miner, Euphytica, 214: 192. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10681-018-2271-7.

Atukunda R., Sseruwagi P., Karungi J., Kyamanywa S., Erbaugh M. and Ochwo-Ssemakula M., 2018. Farmers’ knowledge of passion fruit virus diseases and their management in central Uganda, Afr. J. Hort. Sci. 13: 53-64.

Karungi J., Cherukut S., Ijala AR., Tumuhairwe, JB., Bonabana-Wabbi, J., Nuppenau, EA. Hoeher M., Domptail S., and Otte A. 2018. Elevation and cropping system as drivers of microclimate and abundance of soil, macrofauna in coffee farmlands in mountainous ecologies, Applied Soil Ecology, Volume 132, December 2018, Pages 126-134. DOI: https://doi.org10.1016/j.apsoil.2018.08.003.

Agbahoungba S., Karungi J., Sadik K., Gibson, P., Edema R., Assogbadjo A.E. and Rubaihayo P.R. 2018. Microsatellites markers associated with resistance to flower bud thrips in a cowpea F2 population derived from genotypes TVU-123 and WC36, African Journal of Biotechnology, Vol. 17(25): 767-778.

Agbahoungba S. Karungi J., Badji A., Sadik K., Gibson P. 2018. Inheritance of cowpea resistance to flower thrips in Uganda germplasm, Journal of Plant Breeding and Crop Science, Vol. 10(1): 21-32.

Agbahoungba, S., Karungi, J. Odong, T.L., Badji, A., Kumi, F., Mwila, N. and Rubaihayo, P.R. 2018. Biochemical constituents influencing the resistance of flower bud thrips in cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp) germplasm, Journal of Animal and plant sciences, 28(1): 128-137.

Ssepuuya, G., C.M. Tanga, I. Yekko, F. Sengendo, C.T. Ndagire, K.K.M. Fiaboe, J. Karungi, D. Nakimbugwe. 2018. Suitability of egg hatching conditions and commonly available food plants for rearing the long-horned grasshopper Ruspolia differens Serville (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae), Journal of Insects as Food and Feed, 4 (4)- Pages: 253 – 261. https://doi.org/10.3920/JIFF2018.0005.

Mbeyagala E. K., Tukamuhabwa P., Bisikwa J., Holton T., Mukasa S. B  (2018). Next-Generation Sequencing Reveals the First Complete Genome Sequence of Cowpea aphid-borne mosaic virus from Uganda. American Society for Microbiology Volume 6 Issue 3 Genome Announc 6:e01491-17. https://doi.org/10.1128/genomeA.01491-17.  

2017

Kyallo, M., Sseruwagi, P., Skilton, R.A., Ochwo-Ssemakula, M., Wasswa, P. and Ndunguru, J. 2017. Deinbollia mosaic virus: a novel begomovirus infecting the sapindaceous weed Deinbollia borbonica in Kenya and Tanzania. Archives of Virology DOI 10.1007/s00705-016-3217-9.

Mwije, A. 2017. Pioneering a new paradigm of sunburn mitigation in apples. In: Bringing Science to Communities: Voices from the Field (Issue 1) (Ed. Withers, J). A RUFORUM Publication. Kampala, Uganda.

Okii, D., P. Tukamuhabwa, G. Tusiime, H. Talwana, T. Odong, C. Mukankusi, A. Male, W. Amongi, S. Sebuliba, P. Paparu, S. Nkalubo, M. Ugen, S. Buah, P. Gepts. (2017) Agronomic qualities of genetic pyramids of common bean developed for multiple-disease-resistance. African Crop Science Journal, 25 (4): 457 – 472.

Lederer, J. Ogwang, F. and Karungi, J. 2017. Knowledge identification and creation among local stakeholders in CDM waste composting projects: A case study from Uganda. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 122: 339–352. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.RESCONREC.2017.03.005

Agbahoungba, S., Karungi, J. Odong, T.L., Badji, A., Sadik, K. and Rubaihayo, P.R. 2017. Stability and extent of resistance of cowpea lines to flower bud thrips in Uganda. African Crop Science Journal, Vol. 25, No. 1, pp. 1 – 24.

Agbahoungba, S., Karungi, J., Talwana, H., Badji, A., Kumi, F., Mwila, N., Edema, R., Gibson, P. and Rubaihayo P. 2017. Additive main effects and multiplicative interactions analysis of yield performances in cowpea genotypes under Ugandan environments, International Journal of Advanced Research 5(6):349-360.

Hirwa, C.D., Kugonza, D.R., Amahoro, E., Ingabire, C., Niyiragira, V., Myambi, C., Manzi, M., Murekezi, T., Nyabinwa, P., Nshimiyimana, A.M., Kanyandekwe, C. & Gahakwa, D. 2017. Influence of breed, season and age on bovine semen used for artificial insemination. International Journal of Livestock Production, 8(6): 72–78.

Hirwa, C.D., Kugonza, D.R., Murekezi, T., Rwemarika, J.D., Kayitesi, A., Musemakweri, A., Shabayiro, J.P., Shumbusho, F., Manzi, M. & Safari, T. 2017. Management and phenotypic features of indigenous cattle in Rwanda. International Journal of Livestock Production, 8(7): 95–112.

Elbeltagy, A., Bertolini, F., Fleming, D., Van Goor, A., Ashwell, C., Schmidt, C., Kugonza, D.R., Lamont, S. & Rothschild, M. 2017. Evidence of natural selection footprints among some African chicken breeds and village ecotypes. International Journal of Animal & Veterinary Sciences, 11(8), urn:dai:10.1999/1307-6892/63529

Philipsson, J., Zonabend, E.K., Strandberg, E., Albihn, A., Atkisson, A., Chagunda, M., Frid, G., Kugonza, D.R., Okeyo, M., Ojango, J. & Peters, K.J. 2017. Sustainable agricultural production and food security: use of livestock resources for food security in the light of climate change. Swedish International Agricultural Network Initiative (Siani) and SLU Global. Uppsala, Sweden. 4 pp.

Ojango, J.M.K., Mrode, R., Okeyo, A.M., Rege, J.E.O., Chagunda, M.G.G. & Kugonza, D.R. 2017. Improving Smallholder Dairy Farming in Africa. In: Belzen, N. Van. 2017. Achieving Sustainable Production of Milk Vol. 2: Safety, quality and sustainability. Cambridge, UK: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Limited, 1–26, http://dx.doi.org/10.19103/AS.2016.0005.38. (Book Chapter 38).

Kugonza, D.R., Hirwa, C.A., Rwemalika, D., Mayigane, L.N., Safari, S., Kayitesi, A. & Gahakwa, D. 2017. Kuroiler chickens: A new chicken ecotype for Rwanda, its growth and survival performance under restricted range conditions. (Chapter 3.10) In: Gaidashova, S., Kagabo, D. and Gahakwa, D. (Eds), Confronting the challenges of food insecurity in the era of climate change and variability. CABI,UK, 288-294.

Kugonza, D.R., Lubandi, C., Kirembe, G., Taabu, H.L., Mugala, L.K. & Lusembo, P. 2017. Enhancing pig productivity in Lake Victoria crescent zone through genotype and post-weaning diet interventions. (Chapter 3.9) In: Gaidashova, S., Kagabo, D. and Gahakwa, D. (Eds), Confronting the challenges of food insecurity in the era of climate change and variability. CABI,UK, 277-287.

Hirwa, C.D., Kugonza, D.R., Wallace, P., Manzi, M., Murekezi, T., Nyabinwa, P., Semahoro, F., Rwemarika, D., Nshimiyimana, A.M. & Gahakwa, D. 2017. Efficacy of progesterone releasing intra-vaginal device (PRID) in pure Ankole cattle and crossbreds with three exotic breeds. (Chapter 1.15) In: Gaidashova, S., Kagabo, D. and Gahakwa, D. (Eds), Confronting the challenges of food insecurity in the era of climate change and variability. CABI,UK, 123-128.

Mwiza, W.K., Kugonza, D.R. & Mutimura, M. 2017. Growth performance of Cavia porcellus (Guinea pig) under intensive feeding regime. (Chapter 1.19) In: Gaidashova, S., Kagabo, D. and Gahakwa, D. (Eds), Confronting the challenges of food insecurity in the era of climate change and variability. CABI,UK, 148-153.

Ntirugulirwa, B., Gakwerere, E., Mwiza, W.K. & Kugonza, D.R. 2017. Comparative yield of honey for two locations in Ruhande arboretum across twelve months. (Chapter 1.22) In: Gaidashova, S., Kagabo, D. and Gahakwa, D. (Eds), Confronting the challenges of food insecurity in the era of climate change and variability. CABI,UK, 172-176.

Rodenburg J, Cissoko M, Kayongo N, Dieng I, Bisikwa J, Irakiza R, Masoka I, Midega CAO and Scholes JD (2017). Genetic variation and host–parasite specificity of Striga resistance and tolerance in rice: the need for predictive breeding. New Phytologist 214 (3) 1267–1280.  

2016

Namayanja, D., Akol, A.M. & Kugonza, D.R. 2016. Prevalence of Varroa mite infestations among honey bee colonies in Uganda. RUFORUM Working Document Series, 14(2): 459–465.

Aryemo, I.P., Kule, E., Kugonza, D.R., Okot, M.W. & Mugonola, B. 2016. Extent of commercialization of indigenous chicken production in northern Uganda. RUFORUM Working Document Series, 14(2): 951 – 956.

Nabikyu, J.R. & Kugonza, D.R. 2016. Profitability analysis of selected piggery businesses in peri-urban communities of Kampala, Uganda. Livestock Research for Rural Development, 28(5): 1–10.

Akol, A.M., Namayanja, D., Agaba, A., Kajobe, R., Kasangaki, P. and Kugonza, D.R. 2016. The state of knowledge on key pests and parasites afflicting honeybee colonies in Uganda. RUFORUM Working Document Series, 14(1): 755–758.

Kayitesi, A., Nakkazi, C., Kugonza, D.R., Okot, M.W. & Mulindwa, H. 2016. Local chicken production in northern Uganda: Breeding practices and flock productivity. In: Research Application Summary pp. 291–292.

Kugonza, D.R., Lubandi, C., Kirembe, G., Taabu, H.L. &Lusembo, P. 2015. Effect of genotype and post-weaning diet in enhancing pig production within Lake Victoria crescent in Uganda. Agricultural Innovations for Sustainable Development, 4(3): 296–304.

Kabi, S., Karungi, J., Sigsgaard, L. and Ssebuliba, J.M. 2016. Dysmicoccus brevipes (Cockerell) occurrence and infestation behaviour as influenced by farm type, cropping systems and soil management practices. Agriculture Ecosystems and Environment 222:23-29. https://orcid.org/10.1016/j.agee.2016.01.040.

Awio T., Karungi J., Bua B. and Lamo, J. 2016. Relating water management regimes and rice genotypes with occurrence of insect pests and diseases of rice in Uganda. Journal of Global Agriculture and Ecology, 4(1): 12-20.

Opolot, E., Tesfay Araya, W., Nyssen, J., Bashar, A.,Verbist, K., Cornelis, W. (2016): Evaluating in situ water and soil conservation practices with a fully coupled, surface/subsurface process-based hydrological model in Tigray, Ethiopia, Land Degradation & Development, Volume 27, Issue 8; DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2335.

Ebinu J.A., V. Nsabiyera, M.H. Otim, S. Nkalubo, M. Ugen, A.J. Agona and H. L. Talwana. 2016. Susceptibility to bruchids among common beans in Uganda. African Crop Science Journal, 24(3): 289 – 303

Herbert Talwana, Zibusiso Sibanda, Waceke Wanjohi, Wangai Kimenju, Nessie Luambano-Nyoni, Cornel Massawe, Rosa H Manzanilla-López, Keith G Davies, David J Hunt, Richard A Sikora, Danny L Coyne, Simon R Gowen and Brian R Kerry. 2016. Agricultural nematology in east and southern Africa: Problems, management strategies and stakeholder linkages. Pest management Science 72(2): 226 – 245.

2015

Nakkazi, C., Kugonza, D.R., Kayitesi, A., Mulindwa, H. & Okot M.W. 2015. The effect of diet and feeding system on the on-farm performance of local chickens during the early growth phase. Livestock Research for Rural Development, 27(10): 1–11.

Semakula, J., Lusembo, P., Mwesigwa, M., Ssennyonjo, J., Lumu, R., Kugonza, D.R. & Mutetikka, D. 2015. Infectious causes of mortality in smallholder mature scavenging chickens in central Uganda. Livestock Research for Rural Development, 27(4): 1–8.

Nonnecke, G., McMillan, D., Kugonza, D.R. & Masinde, D. 2015. Leaving the Door Open to New Beneficiaries. (Chapter 7). In:Butler, L.M. & McMillan, D.E. (Eds.). Tapping Philanthropy for Development: Lessons Learned from a Public-Private Partnership in Rural Uganda. Kumarin Press, Lynne Rienner Publishers, 250 pages. ISBN: 978-1-62637-194-1.

Tukamuhabwa P. and Obua T. 2015. Soybean Production Guide in Uganda. Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.

Opolot, E., Yu, Y. Y., Finke, P. A. (2015). Modelling soil genesis at pedon and landscape scales: Achievements and problems, Quat. Int.,34–46, doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2014.02.017.

Opolot, E., Finke, P. A. (2015). Evaluating sensitivity of silicate mineral dissolution rates to physical weathering using a soil evolution model (SoilGen2.25), Biogeosciences, 12, 6791- 6808, doi: 10.5194/bg-12-6791-2015.

Kiryowa M., S. T. Nkalubo, C. Mukankusi, H. Talwana, P. Gibson, P. Tukamuhabwa. 2015. Effect of Marker Aided Pyramiding of Anthracnose and Pythium Root Rot Resistance Genes on Plant Agronomic Characters among Advanced Common Bean Genotypes. Journal of Agricultural Science 7(3): 96 – 104.

Geofrey Kawube, Herbert Talwana, Mogens Nicolaisen, Titus Alicai, Michael Otim, Jolly Kabirizi, Anthony Mukwaya, Steen Lykke Nielsen. 2015. Napier grass stunt disease prevalence, incidence, severity and genetic variability of the associated phytoplasma in Uganda. Crop Protection 75: 63 – 69.

Omiat E. G., J. M. Ssebuliba, V. A. Ochwoh and J. Bisikwa (2015). Sweetpotato tuber yield and carotenoid response to green manure and inorganic fertilizers in eastern Uganda. African Journal of Applied Agricultural Sciences and Technologies 2[1]: 92-103

Ddungu S.P., W. Ekere, J. Bisikwa, R. Kawooya, D. Okello Kalule, M. Biruma (2015). Marketing and Market integration of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp) in Uganda. Journal of Development and Agricultural Economics 7(1): 1-11  

Mugisa, I.O., Karungi, J., Akello, B., Ochwo-Ssemakula, M.K.N., Biruma, M., Okello, D.K. and Otim, G. 2015. Determinants of groundnut rosette virus disease occurrence in Uganda. Crop Protection 79: 117-123. https://orcid.org/10.1016/j.cropro.2015.10.019.

Ssekandi W., J. W. Mulumba, P. Colangelo, R. Nankya, C. Fadda, J. Karungi, M. Otim, P. De Santis & D. I. Jarvis. 2015. The use of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) traditional varieties and their mixtures with commercial varieties to manage bean fly (Ophiomyia spp.) infestations in Uganda, Journal of Pest Science, DOI: https://orcid.org/10.1007/s10340-015-0678-7.

Lederer J, Karungi J, and Ogwang, F. 2015. The potential of wastes to improve nutrient levels in agricultural soils: A material flow analysis case study from Busia District, Uganda. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, DOI:10.1016/j.agee.2015.03.024. https://orcid.org/10.1016/j.agee.2015.03.024.

Mugisa, I.O., Karungi, J., Akello, B., Ochwo-Ssemakula, M.K.N., Biruma, M., Okello, D.K., and Otim, G. 2015. Assessing the effect of farmers’ practices on the severity of groundnut rosette virus disease in Uganda. African journal of Agricultural Research, 10(9): 995-1003.

Awio, T. Bua, B. Karungi, J. 2015. Assessing the Effects of Water Management Regimes and Rice Residue on Growth and Yield of Rice in Uganda, American Journal of Experimental Agriculture, 7(2): 141-149. https://orcid.org/10.9734/AJEA/2015/15631.

Karungi, J., Nambi, N., Ijala, A. R., Jonsson, M., Kyamanywa, S. and Ekbom B. 2015. Relating shading levels and distance from natural vegetation with hemipteran pests and predators occurrence on coffee, Journal of Applied Entomology, 139 (9), 669-678DOI: 10.1111/jen.12203.

2014

Kugonza, D.R., Stalder, K. & Rothschild, M.F. 2014. Effect of buck and doe size on the growth performance and survival of their progeny. Livestock Research for Rural Development, 26(3):1–8.

Nakkazi, C., Kayitesi, A., Mulindwa, H., Kugonza, D.R. & Okot, M.W. 2014. The status of local chickens (Gallus domesticus) production in northern Uganda. Livestock Research for Rural Development, 26(11): 1–9.

Kabugo, S., Mutetikka, D., Mwesigwa, R., Beyihayo, G.A. & Kugonza, D.R. 2014. Utilisation of brewers’ yeast as a substitute for fish meal in diets of growing pigs. African Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology, 2(5): 116–121.

Kugonza, D.R. 2014. Ring-Fence Budgets for Agricultural Research. In: Life Stories of African Women and Young Professionals in Science. CTA/IFS, pp. 30-31.

Kawube, G., T. Alicai, M. Otim, A. Mukwaya, J. Kabirizi and H. Talwana. 2014. Resistance of Napier grass clones to Napier grass stunt disease. African Crop Science Journal, 22(3): 229 – 235

Arinaitwe, I.K. , E. Hilman, R. Ssali, A. Barekye, J. Kubiriba, G. Kagezi, H. Talwana, C. Nankinga, P.E. Ragama and W.K. Tushemereirwe. 2014. Response of banana hybrids to the banana weevil (Cosmopolites sordidus Germar) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Uganda. Uganda Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 15 (1): 73 – 85.

Waniale, A., Wanyera, N. and Talwana H. 2014. Morphological and agronomic traits variation for Mungbean variety selection and improvement in Uganda. African Crop Science Journal 22(2): 123 – 136.

Jonsson M., Ijala, A.R., Ekbom, B., Kyamanywa, S. and Karungi, J. 2014. Contrasting effect of shade levels and altitude on two important coffee pests. Journal of Pest Science. DOI: https://orcid.org/10.1007/s10340-014-0615-1.

Lederer, J., Karungi, J. and Ogwang, F. 2014. Nährstoffflüsse in Uganda: Eine Fallstudie aus dem Busia District, Österr Wasser- und Abfallw, 66:40-50. DOI 10.1007/s00506-013-0129-8.

Mwije, A., Mukasa, S.B., Gibson, P., Kyamanywa, S. 2014. Heritability analysis of putative drought adaptation traits in sweetpotato African Crop Science Journal Vol. 22 (1): 79-87.

Gibson, R.W., Wasswa, P. and Tufana, H.A. 2014. The ability of cultivars of sweetpotato in East Africa to ‘revert’ from Sweet potato feathery mottle virus infection. Virus Research 186: 130-134.

Emily Wabuyele, Agnes Lusweti, Jenipher Bisikwa, Gerald Kyenune, Krissie Clark, Wayne D. Lotter, Andrew J. McConnachie and Mersie Wondi (2014). A Roadside Survey of the Invasive Weed Parthenium hysterophorus (Asteraceae) in East Africa. Source: Journal of East African Natural History, 103(1):49-57. 2014. Published By: Nature Kenya/East African Natural History Society,DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.2982/028.103.010 URL:http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.2982/028.103.0105  

Emmanuel K. Mbeyagala, Blasio S. Mukasa, Phinehas Tukamuhabwa & Jenipher Bisikwa (2014). Evaluation of Cowpea Genotypes for Virus Resistance Under Natural Conditions in Uganda. Journal of Agricultural Science; Vol. 6, No. 10; 2014 ISSN 1916-9752 E-ISSN 1916-9760 Published by Canadian Center of Science and Education

J. Bisikwa, W. Walukano, M.A.Ugen, A. M. Muyinda, and J. H. Muyonga (2014). Effect of plant density and cropping pattern on grain amaranth [Amaranthus sp.] performance in selected agroecological zones in Uganda. African Journal of Applied Agric.l Sciences and Technologies 1[2]: 115-130 22.

J. Bisikwa, R. Kawooya, J.M. Ssebuliba, S.P. Ddungu, M. Biruma and D.K. Okello (2014). Effects of plant density on the performance of local and elite cowpea [Vigna unguiculata L. (Walp)] varieties in Eastern Uganda. African Journal of Applied Agricultural Sciences and Technologies 1[1]: 28-41

J.M. Ssebuliba, R. Kawooya, J. Bisikwa , S.P. Ddungu, M. Biruma and D.K. Okello (2014). Influence of intercropping on the performance of elite cowpeas [Vigna unguiculata L. (Walp)] varieties and maize [Zea mays L.] in Eastern  Uganda. African Journal of Applied Agric. Sci. and Technologies [1]: 42-51  

2013

Kugonza, D.R., Kayitesi, A., Semahoro, F., Ingabire, D., Manzi, M., Hirwa, C.A. & Gahakwa, D. 2013. Factors affecting suitability of surrogate dams for embryo transfer in cattle. Journal of Animal Science Advances, 3(4): 203–210.

Musoni, A., Kugonza, D.R. & Gahakwa, D. 2013. Do neighbours of agricultural research stations learn anything from them: the case of Rubona station, Rwanda? Livestock Research for Rural Development, 25(11): 1–9.

Mwesigwa, R., Mutetikka, D. & Kugonza, D.R. 2013. Performance of growing pigs fed diets based on by-products of maize and wheat processing. Tropical Animal Health and Production, 45(2): 441–446.

Kagoya, T., Natukunda, K. & Kugonza, D.R. 2013. Profitability of smallholder dairy cattle farming in the Kamuli plains of eastern Uganda. Agricultural Journal, 8(5): 248–255.

Mwesigwa, R., Mutetikka, D., Kabugo, S., & Kugonza, D.R. 2013. Varying levels of wheat processing by-products in diets for growing pigs: effect on growth and carcass Traits. Tropical Animal Health and Production, 45(8): 1745–1749.

Manzi, M., Mutabazi, J., Hirwa, C.D. & Kugonza, D.R. 2013. Socio-economic assessment of indigenous goat production systems in rural areas of Bugesera district in Rwanda. Livestock Research for Rural Development, 25(11): 1–8.

Bett, R.C., Okeyo, A.M., Malmfors, B., Johansson, K., Agaba, M., Kugonza, D.R., Bhuiyan, A.F.K., Filho, E.V., Mariante, A., Mujibi, D. & Philipsson, J. 2013. Cattle breeds: extinction or quasi-extant? Resources, 2: 335–357.

Kugonza, D.R. 2013. Apiculture and Food security. In: Mukungurutse, C., Mbeye, N., Zhang, Y. & Liu, D. (Eds). Sustainable agriculture and food security: National and Global perspectives. International Rural Development (IRD) Matters. Spring 2013 Edition. Royal Agricultural College, Gloucestershire, UK. 36 pp.

Karungi J., T. Obua, S. Kyamanywa , C. N. Mortensen and M. Erbaugh. 2013. Seedling protection and field practices for management of insect vectors and viral diseases of hot pepper (Capsicum chinense Jacq.) in Uganda, International Journal of Pest Management, 59:2, 103-110

Obua T. 2013.Soybean Rust Diversity and Response of Elite Soybean Lines to Ugandan Environment. MSc. thesis. Makerere University, Kampala

Frank Olwari, Jenipher Bisikwa, Archileo Natigo Kaaya and David Kalule Okello (2013). Tolerance Levels of Peanut Varieties against Aspergillus flavus Infection. The International Open Access Journal of Plant Pathology &  Microbiology. ISSN:2157-7471  

Opolot, E. (2013). Application of remote sensing and geographical information systems in flood management: A review, Res. J. Appl. Sci. Eng. Technol. vol.: 6 issue: 10 pag.: 1884 – 1894, 2013

Finke, P. A., Vanwalleghem, T., Opolot, E., Poesen, J., Deckers, J. (2013). Estimating the effect of tree uprooting on variation of soil horizon depth by confronting pedogenetic simulations to measurements in a Belgian loess area, J. Geophys. Res. Earth Surf, 118(4), 2124–2139, doi:10.1002/jgrf.20153.

Kamira M., S. Hauser, P. Van Asten, D. Coyne and H.L. Talwana. 2013. Plant parasitic nematodes associated with banana and plantain in eastern and western Democratic Republic of Congo. Nematropica 43:216-225.

Nakacwa, R., A. Kiggundu, H. Talwana, J. Namaganda, C. Lilley, W. Tushemereirwe, H. Atkinson. 2013. Nematode 18S rRNA gene is a reliable tool for environmental biosafety assessment of transgenic banana in confined field trials. Transgenic Research 22: 1003–1010. DOI 10.1007/s11248-013-9712-9

Anyanga Milton, Muyinza Harriet, Talwana Herbert, Hall David, Farman Dudley, Ssemakula Gorrettie, Mwanga Robert, Stevenson Philip.2013. Resistance to the Weevils Cylas puncticollis and C. brunneus conferred by Sweetpotato root surface compounds. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 61, 8141−8147

Maphosa Mcebisi, Herbert Talwana, Phinehas Tukamuhabwa. 2013. Assessment of Comparative Virulence and Resistance in Soybean Using Field Isolates of Soybean Rust. Journal of Agricultural Science 5(5): 249 – 257.

Nampeera, E. Lugwana, Talwana Herbert and Potts Mitcheal.2013. Bioefficacy of Crude Leaf Extracts of Cupressus lusitanica, Nicotiana tabacum, Azadirachta indica and Lantana camara against Sweet Potato Weevil for Organic Farming. Biopesticides International, 9(2): 204–212.

Kirinya, J., D.B. Taylor, S. Kyamanywa, J. Karungi, J.M. Erbaugh, and J. Bonabana-Wabbi. 2013. Adoption of integrated pest management (IPM) technologies in Uganda: review of economic studies. International Journal of Advanced Research (2013), Volume 1, Issue 6, 401-420.

Ssemwogerere, C., Ochwo-Ssemakula, M.K.N., Kovach, J., Kyamanywa, S. and Karungi, J. 2013. Species composition and occurrence of thrips on tomato and pepper as influenced by farmers’ management practices in Uganda. Journal of Plant Protection Research, 53(2):158:164. DOI: https://orcid.org/10.2478/jppr-2013-0024.

Karungi, J., T. Obua, S. Kyamanywa, C.N. Mortensen and M. Erbaugh. 2013. Seedling protection and field practices for management of insect vectors and viral diseases of hot pepper (Capsicum chinense Jacq.) in Uganda, International Journal of Pest Management 59(2):103-110. https://orcid.org/10.1080/09670874.2013.772260.

Bua, B., Karungi, J. and Kawube, G. 2013. Occurrence and effects of pineapple mealybug wilt disease in Central Uganda, Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology A 3: 410-416.

2012

Kugonza, D.R., Kiwuwa, G.H., Mpairwe, D., Jianlin, H., Nabasirye, M., Okeyo, A.M. & Hanotte, O. 2012.Accuracy of pastoralists’ memory based kinship assignment of Ankole cattle: a microsatellite DNA analysis. Journal of Animal Breeding & Genetics, 129: 30–40.

Kugonza, D.R., Nabasirye, M., Hanotte, O., Mpairwe, D. & Okeyo, A.M.2012. Pastoralists’ indigenous selection criteria and other breeding practices of the long-horned Ankole cattle in Uganda. Tropical Animal Health and Production, 44(3): 557–565.

Kugonza, D.R., Kirembe, G., Tomusange-Nvule, E., Lutalo, D. & Drani, E.2012.Experimental validation of farmer innovations in incubation and brooding management of chickens. Livestock Research for Rural Development, 24(5): 1-7.

Lubanga, U. K., Karungi, J., Kyamanywa, S. and Ekbom, B. 2012. Assessing the potential of trap cropping in the management of different insect taxa on white cabbage. International Journal of Tropical Insect Science, Vol. 32(4): 218-223. https://orcid.org/10.1017/S1742758412000306.

Gafishi Kanyamasoro, M., Karungi, J., Asea, G. and Gibson, P. 2012. Determination of the heterotic groups of maize inbred lines and the inheritance of their resistance to the maize weevil. African Crop Science Journal, Vol. 20(1): 99 – 104

Mudiope J., D. L. Coyne, E. Adipala and H. A. L. Talwana. 2012. Damage to yam (Dioscorea spp.) by root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne spp.) under field and storage conditions in Uganda. Nematropica 42: 137-145.

Maphosa M., Talwana H. and Tukamuhabwa P. 2012. Enhancing soybean rust resistance through Rpp2, Rpp3 and Rpp4 pair wise gene pyramiding. African Journal of Agricultural Research, 7(30): 4271-4277.

Maphosa, M., H. Talwana, P. Gibson, P. Tukamuhabwa. 2012. Combining ability for resistance to soybean rust in F2 and F3 soybean populations. Field Crops Research 130: 1–7

Harriet Muyinza, Herbert L. Talwana, Robert O. M. Mwanga and Philip C. Stevenson (2012) Sweetpotato weevil (Cylas spp.) resistance in African sweetpotato germplasm. International Journal of Pest Management 58: 73 – 81

Nabasirye, M., Kugonza, D.R. & Mpairwe, D. 2012. Population structure and dynamics of Ankole cattle in Uganda: implications for sustainable utilisation of the breed. African Journal of Agricultural Research, 7(34):4819–4829.

Magala, H., Kugonza, D.R., Kwizera, H. & Kyarisiima, C.C. 2012. Influence of management system on growth and carcass characteristics of Ugandan local chickens. Journal of Animal Science Advances, 2(6): 558–567.

Magala, H., Kugonza, D.R., Kwizera, H. & Kyarisiima, C.C. 2012. Influence of varying dietary energy and protein on growth and carcass characteristics of Ugandan local chickens. Journal of Animal Production Advances 2(7): 316–324.

Mujuni, A. Natukunda, K. & Kugonza, D.R. 2012.Factors affecting the adoption of beekeeping and associated technologies in Bushenyi district. Livestock Research for Rural Development, 24(8): 1-16.

Frank Olwari, Archileo N. Kaaya, and Jenipher Bisikwa (2012). Evaluation  of peanuts for Mold Infection and Aflatoxin Contamination. LAP LAMBERT  Academic Publishing. ISBN: 978-8465-1925-7  

2011

Wasswa, P., Otto, B., Maruthi, M.N., Mukasa, S.B., Monger, W. and Gibson, R.W. 2011. First identification of a sweet potato begomovirus (sweepovirus) in Uganda: characterization, detection and distribution. Plant Pathology 60: 1030-1039.

Kugonza, D.R., Nabasirye, M., Mpairwe, D., Hanotte, O. & Okeyo, A.M. 2011. Productivity and morphology of Ankole cattle in three livestock production systems in Uganda. Animal Genetic Resources, 48: 13–22.

Kugonza, D.R., Jianlin, H., Nabasirye, M., Mpairwe, D., Kiwuwa, G.H., Okeyo, A.M. & Hanotte, O. 2011. Genetic diversity and differentiation of Ankole cattle populations in Uganda inferred from microsatellite data. Livestock Science, 135: 140–147.

Natukunda, K., Kugonza, D.R. & Kyarisiima, C.C.2011. Indigenous chickens of the Kamuli plains in Uganda: I. Production system and flock dynamics. Livestock Research for Rural Development, 23(10): 1-13.

Kagoda F., DereraJ., Tongoona,P., Coyne D.L. and Talwana H.L. 2011. Grain yield and heterosis of maize hybrids under nematode infested and nematicide treated conditions. Journal of Nematology 43: 209 – 219.

Ndabikunze B.K., Talwana H.A.L., Mongi R.J., Issa-Zacharia A., Serem A.K., Palapala V. and Nandi J. O. M. 2011. Proximate and mineral composition of cocoyam (Colocasia esculenta L. and Xanthosoma sagittifolium L.) grown along the Lake Victoria Basin in Tanzania and Uganda. African Journal of Food Science Vol. 5(4): 248 – 254

Talwana, H. L., Tumuhimbise R. and D.S.O. Osiru. 2010. Comparative performance of a wetland taro cultivar grown in an upland production system as influenced by different plant densities and seedbed preparations in Uganda. Journal of Root crops 36: 65 – 71

Natukunda, K., Kugonza, D.R. & Kyarisiima, C.C. 2011. Indigenous chickens of the Kamuli plains in Uganda: II. Factors affecting their marketing and profitability. Livestock Research for Rural Development, 23(10): 1-8.

Mugisha, A., Hoona, J., Oluka, J. & Kugonza, D.R. 2011. Socio-economics of goat productivity interventions in Uganda. Africa Journal of Animal and Biomedical Sciences, 6(1): 9-17.

Kyarisiima, C.C., Nagujja, F.A., Magala, H., Kwizera, H., Kugonza, D.R. & Bonabana-Wabbi, J. 2011. Perceived tastes and preferences of chicken meat in Uganda. Livestock Research for Rural Development, 23(11): 1-7.

Semakula, J., Lusembo, P., Kugonza, D.R., Mutetikka, D., Ssennyonjo, J. & Mwesigwa, M. 2011.Estimation of live body weight using zoometrical measurements for improved marketing of indigenous chicken in the Lake Victoria basin of Uganda. Livestock Research for Rural Development, 23(8): 1-8.

2010

Semakula, J., Mutetikka, D., Kugonza, D.R. & Mpairwe, D. 2010. Variability in body morphometric measurements and their application in predicting live body weight of Mubende and Small East African goat breeds in Uganda. Middle-East Journal of Scientific Research, 5(2): 98–105.

Muyinza, H., Stevenson, P.C., Talwana H., Hall, D. R.,Farman, D. I., Mwanga, R. O. M. 2010. Root Chemicals could offer opportunities for breeding for Sweet Potato Resistance to the Weevil Cylas puncticollis Boheman (Coleoptera: Apionidae). Aspects Of African Biodiversity: Royal Society Of Chemistry Special Publication, 321: 49–57.

Semakula, J., Mutetikka, D., Kugonza, D.R. & Mpairwe, D. 2010. Smallholder goat breeding systems in humid, sub-humid and semi-arid agro-ecological zones of Uganda. Global Veterinarian, 4(3): 283–291.

Semakula, J., Mutetikka, D., Kugonza, D.R. & Mpairwe, D. 2010. Comparison of breeding systems by smallholder goat keepers in the humid sub-humid and semi-arid agro-ecological zones of Uganda. Agricultural Journal, 5(2): 89–97.

Emuron, N., Magala, H., Kyazze, F.B., Kugonza, D.R. & Kyarisiima, C.C. 2010. Factors influencing the trade of local chickens in Kampala city markets. Livestock Research for Rural Development, 22(4): 1-12.

Lutalo, R., Tomusange-Nvule, E., Kirembe, G., Kugonza, D.R., Lutalo, S. & Critchley, W. 2010. Trying Out Joint Experimentation in Poultry Farming in Uganda: An Experiment in Itself. (Chapter 10) In: Wettasinha, C. & Waters-Bayer, A. (Eds). Farmer-led joint research: Experiences of PROLINNOVA partners. Silang, Cavite, Philippines: IIRR/Leusden, ETC EcoCulture. pp. 64–69.

Wasswa, P., Alicai, T. and Mukasa, S.B. 2010. Optimisation of in vitro techniques for Cassava brown streak virus elimination from infected cassava clones. African Crop Science Journal 18: 235-241.

Okello, D. K., Kaaya, A. N., Bisikwa, J., Were, M., & Oloka, H. K. (2010).  Management of Aflatoxins in Groundnuts: A manual for Farmers, Processors, Traders and Consumers in Uganda. National Agricultural Research Organisation, Entebbe. ISBN: 978-9970-401-00-0  

Karungi, J., Kyamanywa, S and Ekbom, B. 2010. Organic soil fertility amendments and tritrophic relationships on cabbage in Uganda: experiences from on-station and on-farm trials, African Journal of Agricultural Research, Vol. 5(21), pp. 2862 – 2867.

Karungi, J., Lubanga, U.K., Kyamanywa, S and Ekbom, B. 2010. Oviposition preference and offspring performance of Crocidolomia pavonana (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) on different host plants. Journal of Applied Entomology, 134: 704–713. https://orcid.org/10.1111/j.1439-0418.2010.01518.x

Karungi, J., Agamile, P., Kovach, J. and S. Kyamanywa, S. 2010. Cover cropping and novel pesticide usage in the management of pests of hot pepper (Capsicum chinense). International Journal of Tropical Insect Science, Vol. 30, No. 2, pp. 84–92. https://orcid.org/10.1017/S1742758410000160.