Browsing Faculty of Agriculture by Author "Wangai, K. John"
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Farmer-based dynamics in tissue culture banana technology adoption: a socio-economic perspective among small holder farmers in Uganda
Murongo, Marius, Flarian; Wangai, K. John; Mwine, T. Julius; Ayuke, O. Frederick (Academic Journals, 2018-12-13)The rates at which tissue-culture banana technology at smallholder farmer level in Uganda are adopted have reduced since the late 1990s. The study assessed the socio-economic factors influencing adoption of this technology ... -
Spatio-temporal distribution of banana weevil Cosmopolites Sordidus [Germar] and nematodes of various genera in Uganda: A case of smallholder banana orchards in Western Uganda
Murongo, M. Flarian; Ayuke, O. Frederick; Mwine, T. Julius; Wangai, K. John (Academic journals, 2019-05-07)Smallholder farmers’ banana orchards in Western Uganda were used to study the spatio-temporal factors influencing the distribution of banana weevils and parasitic nematodes in tissue culture and non-tissue culture banana ... -
Variations in soil chemical properties and growth traits of tissue culture banana under bio-slurry soil amendments in Uganda
Murongo, Marius Flarian; Ayuke, Frederick O.; Apori Obeng, Samuel; Wangai, K. John; Wacal, Cosmas (Springer Link, 2023-09-06)Organic bio-slurry soil amendments’ effect on soil chemical properties and the growth traits of tissue culture banana (TCB) were studied from 2017 to 2020 at Uganda Martyrs University Farm. Mpologoma and Kibuzi banana ...