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Foundation-Funded
Research on Banana
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Esther
Kahangi, JKUAT:
Banana
tissue culture dissemination
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Andrew
Kiggundu, INIBAP:
Weevil-resistant
highland bananas
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Eli
Osir, ICIPE: Banana IPM for weevil control
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Daphrose Gahakwa, NARO:
Highland
banana improvement in Uganda
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Daphrose
Gahakwa, NARO: Banana resistant to weevils, nematodes and black Sigatoka
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Harvest
Biotech Foundation International, Nairobi, Kenya: Improving
access of poor farmers in Kenya to lower-cost, disease- and
insect-free tissue culture banana plantlets, thereby raising
their farm productivity, food security and incomes.
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International
Plant Genetic Resources Institute, Rome, Italy: To
assess biotechnology-oriented research strategies for improving
East African Highland Bananas.
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To enhance the ability of
Kenya Agricultural Research Institute
to identify and characterize Banana Streak Virus isolates,
through training
of one of its scientists at the John Innes Centre in England
Grantee:
Kenya Agricultural Research Institute
Principal Investigator: John Stanley
Country:
Kenya
Grant No:
2004 FS 026
Amount:
$46,620
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For
University of California, San Diego, Division of Biological Sciences to
determine whether certain toxins from Bacillus thuringensis
(Bt) are effective control agents against nematodes that affect
plantains and East African Highland Bananas
Grantee:
University of California, San Diego
Country:
La Jolla, California
Grant No:
2003 FS 009
Amount:
$197,541
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University of Florida, Citrus Research and
Education Center to determine whether certain toxins from
Bacillus thuringensis (Bt) are effective control agents
nematodes that affect plantains and East African Highland
Bananas
Grantee:
University of Florida
Country:
Gainesville, Florida
Grant No:
2003 FS 109
Amount:
$32,693
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Banana Research in Uganda: Photo
Gallery |
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 Dr.
Tusheremwe of the National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO)
explains to visitors about banana breeding and germplasm
evaluation at Kawanda Agricultural Research Institute |
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 Visitors
study banana seeds, flour and chips in an exhibit at the Kawanda
Agricultural Research Institute
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 A a research technician at Kawanda Agricultural Research
Institute of NARO Ms Priver Namanya conducting a
demonstration on banana micropropagation using rooting banana plantlets
derived from hybrid seeds
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 Mr.
Michael Batte a research technician at Kawanda Agricultural Research
Institute of NARO conducting a demonstration on banana
pollination using male and female pollen grains at the Institute
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