Breeding for Striga resistance in sorghum and other cereals is recognized as the most sustainable control measure, however there is a lack of cereal germplasm that exhibit post attachment to Striga that limits this ...

Stem rust (Puccinia graminis tritici) is a disease of economic importance in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) worldwide. The objective of this study was to determine the disease severity of the BC1F1 plants in the nursery at ...

Meloidogyne incognita causes huge yield losses in rice which is the third most important cereal crop in Kenya. The aim of this study was to identify M. incognita-resistant rice cultivars from Kenya and relate the responses ...

The lepidopteran Chilo partellus Crambid, an introduced pest in East and southern Africa from Asia, is the most economically important stem borer species infesting cereals in Africa. Chilo partellus causes more than 40% ...

Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) is an important cereal food crop in semi-arid tropics, but its productivity is curtailed mainly by insect pests and diseases. The African stem borer, Busseola fusca Fuller (Lepidopteran: Noctuidae), ...

This study was aimed at determining the virulence diversity of Colletotrichumkahawae, and their correlation with coffee growing regions and interaction with coffee varieties in Kenya. A total of 34 single conidia isolates ...

Aim: The objective of this study was to assess the introgression of the stem rust resistance genes into the BC1F1 plants using molecular markers. Place and Duration of Study: Field experiments were carried out in a ...