Browsing by Author "Gichuru, Virginia"
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Pathogenicity of Pythium species on hosts associated with bean-based cropping system in south western Uganda
Opio, Fina.; Gichuru, Virginia; Okori, Patrick.; Buruchara, Robin (Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Crop Science, Makerere University, Kampala,, 2004)A pathosystem is a subsystem of an ecosystem and is characterised by the phenomenon of parasitism. The bean-Pythium pathosystem consists of the host (bean), the pathogen (Pythium) and their host-pathogen relation. Of ... -
The role of mixed cropping systems on bean root rot epidemics in south western Uganda
Opio, Fina; Gichuru, Virginia; Okori, P.; Buruchara, R. (National Agricultural Laboratories Institute, 2006)In south western Uganda, beans are largely grown as intercrops with sorghum, maize, sweet potato and potato . Continuous cropping of beans, has increased bean root rot epidemics. Since some of the root rot causing organisms ...