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Arinaitwe Abel Byarugaba
Researcher at Makerere University
Publications - 8
Citations - 118
Arinaitwe Abel Byarugaba is an academic researcher from Makerere University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Blight & Phytophthora infestans. The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 6 publications receiving 56 citations. Previous affiliations of Arinaitwe Abel Byarugaba include Mbarara University of Science and Technology.
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Stacking three late blight resistance genes from wild species directly into African highland potato varieties confers complete field resistance to local blight races
Marc Ghislain,Arinaitwe Abel Byarugaba,Eric Magembe,Anne Njoroge,Cristina Rivera,Maria Lupe Roman,Jose Carlos Tovar,S. Gamboa,Gregory A. Forbes,Jan Kreuze,Alex Barekye,A. Kiggundu +11 more
TL;DR: It is shown here that the transfer of three resistance (R) genes from wild relatives into potato provided complete resistance in the field over several seasons, and these late blight resistant potato varieties could be rapidly adopted and bring significant income to smallholder farmers in sub‐Saharan Africa.
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Interactive effects of Potato virus Y and Potato leafroll virus infection on potato yields in Uganda
Arinaitwe Abel Byarugaba,Arinaitwe Abel Byarugaba,Settumba B. Mukasa,Alex Barekye,Patrick Rubaihayo +4 more
TL;DR: The high yield loss suggested that effective resistance strategy targeting PVY, PLRV and their combination was required to save the potato industry in Uganda.
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Bridging the gap in quality and quantity of seed potatoes through farmer managed screen houses in Uganda
TL;DR: This study showed that production of disease free mini-tuber at farmer level is possible using screen house technology and has a potential of reducing the seed availability gap through production of quality seed that can be accessed by other farmers.
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Comparative Phenotypic and Agronomic Assessment of Transgenic Potato with 3R-Gene Stack with Complete Resistance to Late Blight Disease.
Arinaitwe Abel Byarugaba,Gerald Baguma,Douglas Mutebi Jjemba,Aharinta Kenneth Faith,Arthur Wasukira,Eric Magembe,Anne Njoroge,Alex Barekye,Marc Ghislain +8 more
TL;DR: In this article, the transgenic potato event Vic.172 was evaluated for resistance to late blight, phenotypic characterization, and agronomic performance in field conditions at three locations during three seasons in Uganda.
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Prevalence of R Genes for Resistance to Potato Viruses in Uganda Germplasm
Arinaitwe Abel Byarugaba,Arinaitwe Abel Byarugaba,Settumba B. Mukasa,Alex Barekye,Patrick Rubaihayo +4 more
TL;DR: The study screened 71 potato accessions from the National Potato Breeding Programme at Kachwekano Zonal Agricultural Research and Development Institute for the presence of resistance genes to viruses using diagnostic molecular markers and indicated that 21 out of 71 genotypes had resistance markers.