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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Soybean is the world’s most important vegetable oil crop with approximately 20% oil content and 40% protein. Soybean yields in Uganda have remained low over the years despite the increasing area under soybean production. ...

Soybean is one of the most important legume crops in East Africa since it is a great source of both protein and oil. Soybeans have a high demand for plant nutrients in particular nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium because ...

Weeds remain a major constrain to soybean production, contributing up to 96% yield reduction of the soybean. The major weeds that have been reported to infest soybean fields include Cynodon dactylon, Cyperus rotundus, ...

Foliar fertilizers as well as nitrogen and potassium fertilization have given variable results in soybean production and little is known about effect of foliar fertilizers on soybean production. More information is needed ...

Weeds are the most economically important biotic stressor in soybean production in Uganda and Sub-Saharan Africa as a whole. Several selective chemical herbicides provide control over a wide range of weed species however, ...