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Relationship between Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Viruses and the Whitefly Vector
(African Journals Online, 2010)
Tomato yellow leaf curl is prevalent in tomato growing districts of Uganda. The disease is known
to be spread by a whitefly (Bemisia tabaci) in a persistent manner. Some of its symptoms are leaf curl,
marginal leaf ...
Evaluation of Co-compost of Oil Palm Empty Fruit Bunch and Cow Dung as Fertilizer in Oil Palm Nurseries
(African Journals Online, 2010)
Oil palm empty fruit bunch (EFB) is one of the readily available crop residues that can serve as
cheap organic fertilizer source for crop. EFB-cow dung composts (EFB: cow dung ratios of 100:0, 80:20,
60:40, and 0:100) ...
Effect of Qualifi cation in ICT, Age and Income on Use of Computers among Postgraduate Students in Makerere University School of Education
(African Journals Online, 2009)
The purpose of this study was to establish the relati onship between: qualifi cati on in using ICT, age and
level of income; and use of computers among postgraduate students in Makerere University School
of Educati on. ...
Application and Effectiveness of New Public Management in National Water and Sewerage Corporation
(African Journals Online, 2009)
Worldwide, public uti liti es are undergoing reforms, including the adopti on of New Public
Management (NPM)—a managerial strategy that departs from monopolisti c forms of public uti liti es
to argue for the adopti on ...
Effectiveness of Chlorinated Water, Sodium Hypochlorite, Sodium Chloride and Sterile Distilled Water in Killing Pathogenic Bacteria on Fresh Produce
(African Journals Online, 2010)
This study evaluated the efficacy of chlorinated water, sodium hypochlorite solution, sodium
chloride solution and sterile distilled water in eliminating pathogenic bacteria on the surfaces of raw
vegetables. Lettuce ...
Readiness of Kampala International University Doctoral Students for Open and Distance Education
(African Journals Online, 2010)
This study examined the readiness of Kampala International University Doctoral Students for open
and distance education and related this readiness to gender, income and perceived user friendliness of ICT.
Using a ...
Biotechnology in Organic Agriculture in Africa: Myth or Oversight?
(African Journals Online, 2009)
Biotechnology refers to scienti fi c methods and practi ces that are based on biological systems or
components. Its applicati ons vary from simple system to amino acids (i.e. DNA and RNA) based
applicati ons and are ...
Antimicrobial Properties of Grape Fruit, Pawpaw and Black Pepper Extracts on Organisms associated with Fish Spoilage
(African Journals Online, 2009)
On average, Nigeria loses 30- 0% of its fi sh harvest to spoilage. This exacerbates her fi sh demand-
supply gap; hence the need to devise means of miti gati ng the spoilage. This paper reports the
fi ndings of a study ...
Sesame: the Underexploited Organic Oilseed Crop
(African Journals Online, 2009)
Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) is an important oilseed crop that ranks sixth among vegetable oils
worldwide. Asia and Africa respecti vely account for 2. and 0.9 of the 3.66 million tons produced
worldwide. However, Africa’s ...
Mother Tongue Word Order Competence and Second Language Writing Skills: A Case Study of Acoli and English
(African Journals Online, 2009)
This paper reports the fi ndings of a study that delved into the relati onship between mother tongue
(L1) word order competence and second language (L2) writi ng skills, taking the case of Acoli and
English respecti vely. ...