Browsing Department of Crop Science by Author "Ateka, E.M."

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EVALUATION OF SWEETPOTATO VARIETIES FOR RESISTANCE TO SWEET POTATO VIRUS DISEASE AND ADAPTABILITY

P.W, Muturi; Mburu, M.W.K.; Mwololo, J.K; Ateka, E.M.; Njeru, R.W; Njoroge, K. (2011)

Sweetpotato virus disease (SPVD) is caused by dual infection of the aphidborne sweetpotato feathery mottle virus (SPFMV) and the whitefly-borne sweetpotato chlorotic stunt virus (SPCSV) and it greatly reduces tuber ...
Strategies of maintaining sweetpotato nurseries free from insect vectors that spread sweetpotato virus disease

Muturi, P.W; Mwololo, J.K; Mburu, M.W.K.; Njeru, R.W; Kiarie, N; Munyua, J.K; Ateka, E.M.; Muinga, R.W; Kapinga, R.E; Lemaga, B. (African Crop Science Society, 2007)

Sweetpotato is a food security crop for smallholder farmers in East Africa especially during natural disasters, civil unrest or severe economic hardships. Pest and disease constraints are the most important biotic stresses ...