THESES AND DISSERTATIONS · NaLIRRI · 2009Water Quality and Conservation
Effect of Upper Catchment Management and Water Cover Plants on Quantity and Quality of Water in Reservoirs and their Implications on Livestock Water Productivity (LWP)
Zziwa Emmanuel Seasonal water fluctuations both in quality and quantity negatively affect livestock production
and subsequently reduce livestock-water productivity (LWP) in rainfed pastoral production
systems. The major contributing factors to this phe…
Effectiveness of Diatomaceous Earth, Selected Botanicals and Pesticides Against Sitophilus Zeamais (MOTSCH) and Acanthoscelides Obtectus
Merabel Komurembe Among the storage problems of maize and beans, insect pests are a major
constraint.
In order to minimize storage losses, farmers usually apply
different methods which include physical or inert materials, cultural means,
botanical a…
THESES AND DISSERTATIONS · NaFIRRI · 2009Water Quality and Conservation
Molecular and Chemical Characterisation of Microcystin Producing Cyanobacteria in Ugandan Freshwater Habitats
William Okello, Karl Gademann, Rainer Kurmayer Cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) occur in freshwater all over the world and frequently
dominate the phytoplankton community. Beside ecophysiological adaptations such as
buoyancy due to the synthesis of gas vesicles or the efficient upt…
THESES AND DISSERTATIONS · NaFORRI · 2009Forest Ecology
Predicting the Functional Role of Forest Tree Species in Restoring Degraded Forests: A Case of Mabira Forest, Uganda
Muthalib Balikitenda Katumba This dissertation is structured into three chapters; that is General introduction and two
manuscripts. Chapter One describes the background and scope of the study. Chapter Two is
titled “Patterns of Specific Leaf area of trees in Mabira …