Author - Robert Tumusiime

Major Pests and diseases of groundnuts and their control measures

Robert Tumusiime2020-11-12T05:44:31+00:00

Groundnuts are exposed to pests and diseases that reduce yield and quality and increase the cost of production wherever the crop is grown. Major Diseases of Groundnuts. A large number of fungal, viral, nematode and bacterial diseases have been reported on groundnuts, most of which are widespread, but only a few of them...

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Groundnut growing in Uganda

Robert Tumusiime2020-11-11T15:10:10+00:00

As one of the most important Legumes widely grown and consumed in Uganda, Groundnuts commonly translated in Luganda as Ebinyebwa is Ugandan’s second grown legume after beans in the country. The plant is unique in that after pollination its flowers bend until the ovary touches the ground where the pod...

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