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Programme: Wednesday
6 to Thursday 7 November 2002
Wednesday,
6 November 2002
08:00-17:00
Field trip to NARO research stations at Kawanda and Namulonge
19:00-21:00
Reception hosted by NARO at The Windsor Lake Victoria Hotel,
Entebbe
Thursday,
7 November 2002
8:30-9:00
Developing the smallholder seed market in Uganda:
The Harvest Farms Seed Company Experience.
J.A. Okot
9:00-9:30
Opportunities and issues in private seed supply in Africa.
F. Mohammed
9:30-10:00
Development of adapted and high-yielding maize varieties for the
stressful Lake Victoria Region. M.J.F.
Onim and M. Dida
10:00-10:30
Towards sustainable maize seed production and supply systems in
western Kenya and Uganda. S. Mugo, M. Siambi, G.
Bigirwa, G. Odhiambo, D. Beck, A. Diallo and P. Kibwika
10:30-10:50
Tea break
10:50-11:20
Striga weed control in maize using herbicide seed coating
technology.
F.K. Kanampiu, J.K. Ransom, D.K.
Friesen and J. Gressel
11:20-11:50
Germplasm exchange and seed multiplication of cassava in Kenya:
Challenges and opportunities. H.M. Obiero, P.J. Ndolo, M.S. Akhwale and K.. Orondo
11:50-12:20
Assessment of marketing and utilization of improved maize seed in
southern Africa: The case
of Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
M.A.R.
Phiri
12:20-12:50
Alternative biotechnologies for controlling Striga: the next
generations.
J.
Gressel
12:50-13:00
Presentation Summary by Session Chair
13:00-14:00
Lunch
14:00-17:00
Begin Concurrent Sessions (III) in Biotechnology and Breeding
Biotechnology
Concurrent Session IIIa.
Chairperson: J. Kling
14:00-14:20
Multiple Cry genes for avoiding build-up of resistance among
insects to Bt toxins: Learning from Bt-rice.
I. Altosaar and M. Zaidi
14:20-14:40
Will transformation systems for the large seeded grain legumes,
peas, lupins or chickpeas be adaptable to cowpea?
T.J.V.
Higgins, L. Molvig, W. Tate, S. Gollasch and L.M. Tabe
14:40-15:00
Evaluation of cowpea aphid-borne mosaic virus coat protein and
RNA mediated resistance strategies in Nicotiana
benthamiana. R. Mundembe and
I. Sithole-Niang
15:00-15:20
Gene flow between cultivated and wild cowpea in Kenya.
R.S. Pasquet, A. Ochieng’ and K. Thoen
15:20-15:40
Tea break
15:40-16:00
The genetics of virulence of the maize streak mastrevirus.
R.
Edema, D.T. Gordon and D.M. Bisaro
16:00-16:20
Preliminary results on surveys of banana streak badnavirus (BSV)
in Kenya.
A.
Wangai and L. Karanja
16:20-16:40
Development of highland banana cell suspension system; a critical
stage in genetic improvement of the banana.
P. Namanya, G.Mutumba, S.M.
Magambo and W. Tushemereirwe
Biotechnology
Concurrent Session IIIb.
Chairman: P. Quail
14:00-14:20
Development of Agrobacterium-ediated clean gene (marker free)
technology for rice transformation using a novel dual binary plasmid
pgreen/psoup.
A.S.
Afolabi, J. Snape and P. Vain
14:20-14:40
Molecular characterization of a novel stress-inducible
antioxidant gene, xvper1, from the resurrection plant Xerophyta
viscose Baker.
S. B. Mowla, J. A. Thomson, J. M. Farrant and S. G. Mundree.
14:40-15:00
Review of tissue culture and genetic studies of East African
Highland bananas in Uganda. P.R. Rubaihayo, S.
Kassim, S. Nanteza and A.K. Tugume
15:00-15:20
Control of the witchweed Striga
hermonthica by intercropping with Desmodium
spp. Z.R. Khan, A. Hassanali, W. Overholt, T.M. Khamis, J.A. Pickett and L.J.
Wadhams
15:20-15:40
Tea Break
15:40-16:00
Chemistry of Desmodium root exudates and Striga
control: research status and prospects.
A. Hassanali, T.K. Muniru,
A.M. Hooper, Z.R. Khan, F. Kaberia, J.A.
Pickett and L.J. Wadhams
16:00-16:20
Allelochemical mechanisms of Striga
hermonthica suppression by Desmodium
uncinatum. J. A.
Pickett, Z.R. Khan, A. Hassanali, W. Overholt, T.M. Khamis, A.M. Hooper,
L.J. Wadhams and C.M. Woodcock
16:20-16:40
Biotechnology applications in breeding for Striga
asiatica resistance at the University of Zimbabwe.
P.B. Tongoona, C.S.
Mutengwa, C. Musimwa, I. Sithole-Niang and A. Matibiri
Breeding
Concurrent Session III.
Chairperson: M. Jones
14:00-14:20
The impact of root rot resistant bush and climbing bean varieties
on household livelihoods in Western Kenya.
S. David, M. Odendo and R.
Otysula
14:20-14:40
Breeding bean cultivars resistant to angular leafspot and root
rots in Eastern and Central Africa.
P.M. Kimani, R. Buruchara,
R. Otsyula and G. Rachie
14:40-15:00
Inheritance of angular leaf spot resistance and marker assisted
selection for disease resistance in common bean.
A. Namayanja, R. Buruchara,
P. Kimani, G. Mahuku and P. Rubaihayo
15:00-15:20
Breeding climbing beans resistant to angular leaf spot, pythium
root rots and fusarium wilt. A. Musoni, R. Buruchara
and P. Kimani
15:20-15:40
Tea break
15:40-16:00
Banana weevil resistance in musa and prospects for genetic
improvement.
A.
Kiggundu, C.S. Gold, M.T. Labuschagne, D. Vuylsteke, S. Louw S, A.
Hassanali and W. Tushemereirwe
16:00-16:20
Regional disease nursery (REGNUR): A unique opportunity for
developing multiple-disease-resistant maize.
B. Vivek, K. Pixley, O.
Odongo, J. Njuguna, J. Imanywoha, G. Bigirwa and A. Diallo
16:20-16:40
Sources of resistance to seed –transmission and variation in
responses of cowpea varieties to infection by four seed- borne viruses.
S. A. Shoyinka, M.A. Ittah, I. Fawole and J.A. Hughes
End
of Concurrent Sessions III
16:50-17:30 Closing
Session with statements by Hon. Isaac
Musumba, Minister of State for Planning
and Monty Jones, Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Committee
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