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THESES AND DISSERTATIONS · NaCRRI · 2019Pest and Disease Control
Identification of Essential Gene Targets in Cassava, for Effective Whitefly Management using Rna Interference
Kaweesi Tadeo Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz), as a food security crop in Africa is devastated by many biotic
factors which include pests and diseases. Of these, diseases caused by cassava brown streak viruses
and cassava mosaic viruses, transmit…
THESES AND DISSERTATIONS · NaCRRI · 2016Plant Pathology
Construction and Characterization of Ugandan Cassava Brown Streak Virus (UCBSV) Full-Length Infectious Clones
Sarah Nanyiti Cassava is one of the most important staple foods to most of the African populations with over 800 million
people depending on cassava as the main source of starch. However, low average yields of cassava are caused
by a number of facto…
THESES AND DISSERTATIONS · NARL · 2016Biotechnology
Molecular and Biochemical Characterisation of Transgenic Banana Lines Containing Iron Uptake and Storage Enhancing Genes
Moses Matovu Overthree billion people in developing countries face iron deficiency anaemia (IDA) (WHO,
2000). Further, nutritional deficiencies like iron (Fe24), zinc (Zn2+) and vitamin A account for
almost two-thirds of the child mortality worldwide…
THESES AND DISSERTATIONS · NaCRRI · 2013Plant breeding
Breeding and Evaluation of Cassava for High Storage Root Yield and Early Bulking in Uganda
Robooni Tumuhimbise Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz), is the world’s most widely grown starch storage root
crop. It is a principal food staple in sub-Saharan Africa where it accounts for approximately
one-third of the total production of staple food cro…
