Browsing Faculty of Agriculture by Author "Murongo, Marius"

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    • Assessing the effectiveness of ethnomedicinal products on banana weevils using REML 

      Bwogi, Godfrey; Mwine, Julius; Jumba, Francis; Murongo, Marius; Njoroge, Njeri Grace; Kabango, Freddie; Mutumba, Nakulima Kyeswa Pross (Science Publishing Group, 2014)
      This study investigated the effect of applying selected banana pest control treatments on management of banana weevils. The data was collected on 283 banana plants picked at random; from 29 farmers selected using a snowball ...

    • Assessing the effectiveness of ethnomedicinal products on banana weevils using REML 

      Bwogi, Godfrey; Mwine, Julius; Jumba, Francis; Murongo, Marius; Njoroge, Grace Njeri; Kabango, Freddie; Mutumba, Pross Mutumba Nakulima (Science Publishing Group, 2014)
      This study investigated the effect of applying selected banana pest control treatments on management of banana weevils. The data was collected on 283 banana plants picked at random; from 29 farmers selected using a snowball ...

    • Effect of Co-applied Corncob Biochar with Farmyard Manure and NPK Fertilizer on Tropical Soil 

      Aporia, Samuel Obeng; Byalebeka, John; Murongo, Marius; Ssekandi, Joseph; Noel, Gordon Logura (Science Direct, 2021-09)
      Biochar has shown a positive impact on degraded soils. However, the effect of co-applied biochar with farmyard manure and inorganic fertilizer on soil chemical characteristics, yield, nutrient constituent and economic ...

    • Effect of linear view approach of weed management in agro-ecosystem: A review 

      Muli, K. Gideon; Apori, O. Samuel; Ssekandi, Joseph; Murongo, Marius; Hanyabui, Emmanuel (Academic Journals, 2020-12-18)
      Weeds are considered a pest that is detrimental to human interest. Weeds compete with cultivated and desirable plants for space, soil nutrient, and sunlight and soil moisture thereby reducing crop productivity. Weeds also ...

    • Evaluation of Soil Fertility Status in Oil Palm Plantations in the Western Region of Ghana 

      Apori, Samuel Obeng; Adams, Sadick; Hanyabui, Emmanuel; Mohammed, Musah; Murongo, Marius; Kwasi Acheampong, Mark (AIMS Press, 2020-11-20)
      Oil palm is regarded as one of the tree crops that utilize a high amount of soil nutrients for optimum growth and development. Farmers in the western region of Ghana have complained immensely of small fruit bunch of their ...

    • Potential of coffee grounds as a sandy soil amendment and its effect on growth and fruit quality of strawberry 

      Nababi, Joyce; Murongo, Marius; Obeng Apori, Samuel; Balde, Issa; Ssemakula, Joseph (International Scientific Research and Researchers Association, 2023-11-03)
      Coffee grounds are discarded as solid waste in landfills which makes them an environmental hazard since it contains great quantities of caffeine and tannins. The efficiency of coffee grounds use in sandy soils is ...

    • Potential of Termite Mounds and its Surrounding Soils as Soil Amendments in Smallholder Farms in Central Uganda 

      Obeng Apori, Samuel; Murongo, Marius; Hanyabui, Emmanuel; Atiah, Kofi; Byalebeka, John (BMC Research Notes, 2020)
      The low fertility of highly weathered soils has been a major problem for resource-constrained small-holder farmers. In central Uganda, smallholder farmers have been collecting termite mound soils anywhere around the termite ...