Browsing ILRI BecA articles by Region "AFRICA"

Title:Assessment of the virulence spectrum and its association with genetic diversity in Magnaporthe oryzae populations from sub-Saharan Africa

Authors:Mutiga, Samuel; Rotich, F.; Ganeshan, V.D.; Mwongera, D.T.; Mgonja, E.M.; Were, V.M.; Harvey, Jagger J.W.; Zhou, B.; Wasilwa, L.; Feng, C.; Ouédraogo, I.; Wang, G.L.; Mitchell, T.K.; Talbot, N.J.; Correll, J.C.

Date:2017-06

Type:Journal Article

Status:Open Access

Title:Association between agronomic traits and aflatoxin accumulation in diverse maize lines grown under two soil nitrogen levels in Eastern Kenya

Authors:Mutiga, Samuel; Morales, L.; Angwenyi, Samuel; Wainaina, James; Harvey, Jagger J.W.; Das, Biswanath; Nelsona, R.J.

Date:2017-04-15

Type:Journal Article

Status:Limited Access

Title:Bringing the benefits of sorghum genomics to Africa

Authors:Kelemu, Segenet; Gebrekidan, B.; Harvey, Jagger J.W.

Date:2013

Type:Journal Article

Status:Limited Access

Title:Characterization of Ugandan sweetpotato germplasm using fluorescent labeled simple sequence repeat markers

Authors:Yada, B.; Tukamuhabwa, P.; Wanjala, B.; Kim, D.J.; Skilton, Robert A.; Alajo, B.A.; Mwanga, R.O.M.

Date:2010-02-01

Type:Journal Article

Status:Limited Access

Title:Climate-smart Brachiaria grasses for improving livestock production in East Africa

Authors:Djikeng, Appolinaire; Rao, Idupulapati M.; Njarui, D.; Mutimura, Mupenzi; Caradus, John R.; Ghimire, Sita R.; Johnson, L.; Cardoso, J.A.; Ahonsi, M.; Kelemu, Segenet

Date:2014-03-30

Type:Journal Article

Status:Open Access

Title:Containment studies of transgenic mosquitoes in disease endemic countries: The broad concept of facilities readiness

Authors:Quinlan, M. Megan; Birungi, Josephine; Coulibaly, Mamadou B.; Diabaté, Abdoulaye; Facchinelli, Luca; Mukabana, Wolfgang R.; Mutunga James M.; Nolan, Tony; Raymond, Peter; Traoré, Sékou F.

Date:2018-01-30

Type:Journal Article

Status:Open Access

Title:Cryptosporidium species detected in calves and cattle in Dagoretti, Nairobi, Kenya

Authors:Kang'ethe, Erastus K.; Mulinge, E.K.; Skilton, Robert A.; Njahira, Moses N.; Monda, J.G.; Nyongesa, C.; Mbae, C.K.; Kamwati, S.K.

Date:2012-09-15

Type:Journal Article

Status:Limited Access

Title:Current situation of cavy production in Cameroon: Challenges and opportunities

Authors:Niba, A.T.; Meutchieye, F.; Fon, D.; Laisin, A.G.; Taboh, H.; Njakoi, H.; Bela Tomo, A.; Maass, B.L.; Djikeng, Appolinaire; Manjeli, Y.

Date:2012

Type:Journal Article

Status:Open Access

Title:Development of microsatellite markers and analysis of genetic diversity and population structure of Colletotrichum gloeosporioides from Ethiopia.

Authors:Moges, A.D.; Admassu, B.; Belew, D.; Yesuf, M.; Njuguna, J.; Kyalo, Martina; Ghimire, Sita R.

Date:2016-03-15

Type:Journal Article

Status:Open Access

Title:DNA species surveillance: Monitoring bushmeat poaching and trading in Kenya using partial cytochrome b gene

Authors:Kimwele, C.N.; Karisa B.K.; Stokes M.; Junga J.O.; Hanotte, Olivier H.; Skilton, Robert A.; McElroy D.

Date:2012

Type:Journal Article

Status:Open Access

Title:Effect of breed and Diacylglycerol acyltransferase 1 gene polymorphism on milk production traits in Beninese White Fulani and Borgou cows

Authors:Houaga, I.; Muigai, A.W.T.; Kyallo, Martina; Githae, D.; Youssao, I.A.K.; Stomeo, Francesca

Date:2017-11-30

Type:Journal Article

Status:Open Access

Title:Effects of brachiaria grasses on soil microbial biomass carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus in soils of the semi-arid tropics of Kenya

Authors:Gichangi, E.M.; Njarui, D.M.G.; Gatheru, M.J.; Ndungu-Magiroi, K.W.; Ghimire, Sita R.

Date:2016-05-15

Type:Journal Article

Status:Open Access

Title:The Emergence of Theileria parva in Jonglei State, South Sudan: Confirmation using molecular and serological diagnostic tools

Authors:Marcellino, Wani L.; Salih, Diaeldin A.; Njahira, Moses N.; Ndiwa, Nicholas N.; Araba, A.; El Hussein, A.M.; Seitzer, U.; Ahmed, J.S.; Bishop, Richard P.; Skilton, Robert A.

Date:2017-08-01

Type:Journal Article

Status:Open Access

Title:Environment and farm factors associated with exposure to Theileria parva infection in cattle under traditional mixed farming system in Mbeere District, Kenya

Authors:Gachohi, John M.; Kitala, P.M.; Ngumi, P.N.; Skilton, Robert A.

Date:2011-01-15

Type:Journal Article

Status:Limited Access

Title:Epidemiology of East Coast fever (Theileria parva infection) in Kenya: Past, present and the future

Authors:Gachohi, John M.; Skilton, Robert A.; Hansen, F.; Ngumi, P.N.; Kitala, P.M.

Date:2012-09-07

Type:Journal Article

Status:Open Access

Title:An evaluation of human immunodeficiency virus oral screening test awareness and preferences in the West region of Cameroon

Authors:Nkenfou, C.N.; Kembou, J.T.; Djikeng, Appolinaire; Domkam, I.; Tchuinkam, T.

Date:2015-05-30

Type:Journal Article

Status:Limited Access

Title:Farmers’ perceptions on characteristics of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) varieties used for chips production in rural areas in Benin, West Africa

Authors:Gnonlonfin, G.J.B.; Koudande, O.D.; Sanni, A; Brimer, L.

Date:2011

Type:Journal Article

Status:Open Access

Title:First detection and molecular characterization of sapoviruses and noroviruses with zoonotic potential in swine in Ethiopia

Authors:Sisay, Z.; Djikeng, Appolinaire; Berhe, N.; Belay, G.; Abegaz, W.E.; Wang, Q.H.; Saif, L.J.

Date:2016-10-15

Type:Journal Article

Status:Limited Access

Title:First detection of rotavirus group C in asymptomatic pigs of smallholder farms in East Africa

Authors:Amimo, J.O.; Machuka, E.M.; Okoth, Edward A.

Date:2017

Type:Journal Article

Status:Open Access

Title:First report of Dasheen mosaic virus infecting taro (Colocasia esculenta L.) from Ethiopia

Authors:Kidanemariam, D.B.; Macharia, M.; Harvey, Jagger J.W.; Holton, T.; Sukal, A.; James, A.P.; Harding, R.M.; Abraham, A.

Date:2018

Type:Journal Article

Status:Limited Access