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Agronomic traits and yield components of elite soybean varieties from MAKCSID and SEEDCO
(Makerere University, 2021-02)
Soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merrill) is among the most valuable crops worldwide due to its numerous uses in human food and animal feed. The agronomic traits and yield components of soybean could facilitate on the expansion ...
Optimum rate and timing of supplemental nitrogen for soybean inoculated with bradyrhizobia- USDA 110
(Makerere University, 2021-02)
Soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) is a legume crop which is increasingly being adopted by farmers in Uganda. Given its versatility as human food, an industrial raw material and an animal feed, the crop has a proven potential ...
Comparative efficacy of post-emergence herbicides in soybean in central Uganda
(Makerere University, 2021-02)
In Uganda, farmers depend on hand weeding to manage weeds in soybean fields and this has restricted the expansion of soybean production area. Labour shortages, particularly during the critical crop-weed competition period, ...
Effectiveness of biological pesticides in control of soybean rust
(Makerere University, 2021)
Soybean rust is a major disease limiting soybean production in many areas of the world. Previous
studies and farmers have used chemical fungicides such as Mancozeb to control the disease,
however, this is only effective ...
Impacts of soybean monoculture on soil physical and chemical properties
(Makerere University, 2021-04)
Monoculture is a common farming practice in most farming households that causes undesirable
effects on the quality of soil. Legumes as a crop species are being used for soil productivity
improvement, given the fact that ...