 | OPENING BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE (E.B. Karamura) |
| ADDRESS OF THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE (IITA) (P. Neuenschwander) |
| ADDRESS OF THE NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATION (NARO) OF UGANDA (J. Mukiikbi) |
| ADDRESS OF THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, ANIMAL INDUSTRY AND FISHERIES OF UGANDA (I. Kibirige-Ssebunya) |
| MARKET DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION POTENTIAL FOR BANANA AND PLANTAIN (J.K. Lynam) |
| GEOGRAPHIC SHIFTS IN HIGHLAND BANANA PRODUCTION IN UGANDA (C.S. Gold, F. Bagamba, M. Wejuli, D. Karamura, R. Kalyebara) |
| THE ROLE OF EXTENSION SERVICES FOR THE SUCCESSFUL INTRODUCTION OF NEW MUSA CULTIVARS IN SOUTHEASTERN NIGERIA (S.E.A. Akele, N.U. Isirimah, A.A. Brisibe, R. Ortiz) |
| STATUS AND CONSTRAINTS OF MUSA SPP. PRODUCTION IN A SUB-HUMID ZONE OF NIGERIA (K.P. Baiyeri, A.R. Ajayi) |
| DIVERSITY IN THE GENUS MUSA: ITS SIGNIFICANCE AND ITS POTENTIAL (E. De Langhe) |
| MULTIVARIATE ANALYSES OF SUPPOSEDLY DUPLICATE ACCESSIONS OF EAST AFRICAN HIGHLAND BANANAS IN GERMPLASM COLLECTIONS IN UGANDA (D. Karamura, B. Pickersgrill, D.R. Vuylsteke, C.S. Gold, E. Karamura, A. Kiggundu) |
| BANANA CULTIVARS IN A HIGHLAND UGANDAN VILLAGE: SOME EFFECTS OF FARMER SELECTION ON DIFFUSION OF CULTIVARS AND GENETIC DIVERSITY, 1937-1994 (G. Davies) |
| EVALUATION OF LOCAL BANANA AND PLANTAIN CULTIVARS FOR YIELD POTENTIAL IN MALAWI (D.L.N. Banda, B.M.L. Mwenebanda) |
| CHARACTERIZATION OF BANANA AND PLANTAIN USING RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA MARKERS (A.A. Visser) |
| AGRONOMIC EVALUATION OF PLANTAINS AND OTHER TRIPLOID BANANA (K.P. Baiyeri, R. Ortiz) |
| TAXONOMIC VALUE OF CALCIUM OXALATE CRYSTALS IN MUSA GERMPLASM (J.O. Osuji, B.E. Okoli, R. Ortiz.) |
| BREEDING BANANAS AND PLANTAINS: FROM INTRACTABILITY TO FEASIBILITY (D. Vuylsteke) |
| UNDERSTANDING THE MUSA GENOME: AN UPDATE (R. Ortiz) |
| A TRIPLOID PARENTAL LINE FOR BREEDING DISEASE-RESISTANT COOKING BANANAS FOR EAST AFRICA (P. Rowe, F. Rosales) |
| PLANTAIN BREEDING AT CRBP : STRATEGIES, RESULTS AND OUTLOOK (K. Tomekpé, E. Auboiron, P. Noupadja, E. Fouré) |
| UTILIZATION OF MOLECULAR GENETIC TECHNIQUES IN SUPPORT OF PLANTAIN AND BANANA IMPROVEMENT (J.H. Crouch, R. Ortiz, H.K. Crouch) |
| APPLICABILITY OF AN AGROBACTERIUM-BASED SYSTEM FOR THE TRANSFORMATION OF MUSA SPECIES WITH DIVERSE GENOMIC CONSTITUTION AND PLOIDY LEVEL (N.A. Bosque-Pérez, G.D. May, C.J. Arntzen) |
| PRODUCTION OF TRANSGENIC BANANA AND PLANTAIN (L. Sági, S. Remy, B.P.A. Cammue, K. Maes, T. Raemaekers, H. Schoofs, R. Swennen) |
| NON-CONVENTIONAL BREEDING APPROACHES FOR BANANA AND PLANTAIN IMPROVEMENT AGAINST FUNGAL DISEASES AT AECI (B. Okole, C. Memela, S. Rademan, K.J. Kunert, M. Brunette) |
| EVALUATION OF MUSA SPP FOR SUSCEPTIBILITY TO NEMATODES AND STUDY OF RESISTANCE MECHANISMS (R. Fogain) |
| EVALUATION OF HOST PLANT RESPONSE TO NEMATODES IN MUSA GERMPLASM IN UGANDA (P.R. Speijer, F. Ssango, D. Vuylsteke) |
| EVALUATION OF BANANA CULTIVARS FOR RESISTANCE TO THE BANANA WEEVIL COSMOPOLITES SORDIDUS AND NEMATODE COMPLEX IN WESTERN KENYA (T. Musabyimana, K.V. Seshu Reddy, L. Ngode) |
| PERFORMANCE OF BANANA CULTIVARS IN SOUTH WESTERN KENYA (J.K. Kwach, S. Makworo, O. Nasambu, M. Onyango) |
| BANANA PRODUCTIVITY-THE IMPACT OF AGRONOMIC PRACTICES (J.C. Robinon) |
| PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT OF ROOT SYSTEMS MORPHOLOGY IN MUSA (G. Blomme, R. Ortiz) |
| SECTORAL AND CONVENTIONAL SUCKER SELECTION TECHNIQUE USING TISSUE CULTURE BANANA PLANTS (K. Eckstein, C. Fraser, J.C. Robinson) |
| THE TIMING OF FIRST RATOON SUCKER SELECTION USING TISSUE CULTURE BANANA PLANTS (K. Eckstein, C. Fraser, J.C. Robinson) |
| EFFECT OF MALE BUD REMOVAL ON THE YIELD OF MUSA GENOTYPES IN A HUMID FOREST ZONE OF WEST AFRICA (J. Okoro, D. Vuylsteke, R. Ortiz) |
| SOIL MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR BANANA PRODUCTION ON THE HEAVY SOILS AROUND LAKE VICTORIA IN UGANDA (Y.K. Zake, D.P. Bwamiki, C. Nkwiine) |
| EFFECT OF ORGANIC MULCHES ON GROWTH, YIELD COMPONENTS AND YIELD OF EAST AFRICAN HIGHLAND BANANAS (J.A. Bananuka, P.R. Rubaihayo, J.Y.K. Zake) |
| VARIATION IN SOIL NUTRIENT LEVELS UNDER MULTI-SPECIES HEDGEROW CROPPING WITH PLANTAIN (L.G. Owoeye, O. Ortiz, M.P. Gichuru, D. Vuylsteke) |
| DISEASES AND OTHER BANANA HEALTH PROBLEMS IN TROPICAL AFRICA (R.H. Stover) |
| DISTRIBUTION OF SIGATOKA LEAF SPOTS IN UGANDA AS DETERMINED BY SPECIES-SPECIFIC POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION (PCR) (A. Johanson, W.K. Tushemereirwe, E.B. Karamura) |
| RESPONSE OF EAST AFRICAN HIGHLAND BANANAS TO BLACK SIGATOKA AND CLADOSPORIUM LEAF SPECKLE UNDER TROPICAL HUMID FOREST LOWLAND CONDITIONS IN WEST AFRICA (C. Pasberg-Gauhl, F. Gauhl) |
| EFFECTS OF THE LEAF SPOT COMPLEX AND LEAF PRUNING ON GROWTH AND YIELD IN HIGHLAND BANANAS: RESULTS OF THE FIRST RATOON CROP (W.K. Tushemereirwe, M. Holderness, C.S. Gold, M. Deadman) |
| FUSARIUM WILT OF BANANA IN UGANDA, WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON WILT-LIKE SYMPTOMS OBSERVED ON EAST AFRICAN HIGHLAND COOKING CULTIVARS (MUSA SPP., AAA) (A. Kangire, E.B. Karamura, C. Gold, M.A. Rutherford) |
| VIRUS DISEASES OF MUSA IN AFRICA: EPIDEMIOLOGY, DETECTION AND CONTROL (B.E.L. Lockhart) |
| SYMPTOMATOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT OF BANANA STREAK, A DISEASE CAUSED BY BANANA STREAK BADNAVIRUS, UNDER NATURAL CONDITIONS IN IBADAN, NIGERIA (G. Dahal, J. Hughes, F. Gauhl, C. Pasberg-Gauhl) |
| DEVELOPMENT OF A SEROLOGICAL ASSAY FOR DETECTING SEROLOGICALLY DIVERSE BANANA STREAK VIRUS ISOLATES (T.C.R. Ndowora, B.E.L. Lockhart) |
| NEMATODES OF BANANAS AND PLANTAINS IN AFRICA: RESEARCH TRENDS AND MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES RELATING TO THE SMALL-SCALE FARMER (J. Bridge) |
| IMPROVED PLANT HEALTH THROUGH BIOLOGICAL ENHANCEMENT OF BANANA PLANTING MATERIAL WITH MUTUALISTIC ENDOPHYTES (R.A. Sikora, R.F. Schuster, M. Griesbach) |
| SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE LESION NEMATODE, PRATYLENCHUS GOODEYI, IN STOOLS OF EAST AFRICAN HIGHLAND BANANA (A.S.S. Mbwana, S.W. Waudo) |
| STUDIES ON HOST RANGE OF THE BANANA LESION NEMATODE, PRATYLENCHUS GOODEYI (J.M. Namaganda, E. Karamura, P. Namanya, S.R. Gowen) |
| STUDIES ON THE LONGEVITY OF PRATYLENCHUS GOODEYI IN BANANA-BASED CROPPING SYSTEMS (J.S. Prasad, K.V. Seshu Reddy, L. Ngode) |
| THE BIOGEOGRAPHY OF THE BANANA NEMATODES RADOPHOLUS SIMILIS AND PRATYLENCHUS GOODEYI (N.S. Price) |
| THE INFLUENCE OF OXIHUMATE ON NEMATODE CONTROL AND ON YIELD (MUSA AAA, CAVENDISH SUB-GROUP) (M.S. Daneel, K. de Jager, S. Dreyer, J. Dekker, J.P. Joubert) |
| YIELD LOSS FROM PLANT PARASITIC NEMATODES IN EAST AFRICAN HIGHLAND BANANA (MUSA SPP. AAA) (P.R. Speijer, C. Kajumba) |
| RATE OF NEMATODE INFESTATION OF CLEAN BANANA PLANTING MATERIAL (MUSA SPP. AAA) IN UGANDA (P.R. Speijer, C.S. Gold, B. Goossens, E.B. Karamura, A. Elsen, D. De Waele) |
| THE ELUSIVE BANANA WEEVIL COSMOPOLITES SORDIDUS GERMAR (E.B. Karamura, C.S. Gold) |
| BANANA WEEVIL, COSMOPOLITES SORDIDUS (GERMAR), OVIPOSITIONAL PREFERENCES, TIMING OF ATTACK AND LARVAL SURVIVORSHIP IN A MIXED CULTIVAR TRIAL IN UGANDA (A.M. Abera, S. Kyamanaywa, E.B. Karamura) |
| UNE METHODE POUR LA DETECTION RAPIDE DE LA SENSIBILITE DES BANANIERS AU CHARANÇON, COSMOPOLITES SORDIDUS GERM. (COLÉOPTÈRE, CURCULIONIDAE): APPLICATION À LA RECHERCHE DE L'EFFICACITÉ DES INSECTICIDES (M. Kehe, C.T. Hawe, P. Gnonhouri) |
| RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN SOIL FERTILITY, BANANA WEEVIL AND NEMATODES IN THE EAST AFRICAN HIGHLAND COOKING BANANA IN NTUNGAMO, SOUTH WESTERN UGANDA (S.H.O. Okech, C.S. Gold, P. Speijer, H. Ssali, E. Karamura) |
| RECENT ADVANCES IN POSTHARVEST TECHNOLOGIES OF BANANA AND PLANTAIN IN AFRICA (A.O. OLorunda) |
| A REVIEW OF THE POSTHARVEST RESEARCH ISSUES FOR COOKING BANANA AND PLANTAIN WITH SPECIFIC REFERENCE TO GHANA, NIGERIA, UGANDA AND TANZANIA (J. Aked, H. Wainwright, D. Rees, A. Westby) |
| REGULATION OF BANANA RIPENING BY GASEOUS BLOCKERS OF ETHYLENE RECEPTOR (E.C. Sisler, M. Serek) |
| STATISTICAL TOOLS TO EVALUATE SENSORY DATA FOR TESTING FRUIT QUALITY OF MUSA (R.S.B. Ferris, S. Korie, P. Walker, R. Ortiz, D. Vuylsteke) |
| QUALITY AND ACCEPTABILITY OF THE NEW BANANA CULTIVAR FHIA 3 COMPARED TO INDIGENOUS UGANDA CULTIVARS FOR MATOOKE PREPARATION (J.K. Ssemwanga, A.K. Thompson, J. Aked) |
| TRADITIONAL PRODUCTION METHOD AND STORAGE CHARACTERISTICS FOR BANANA BEER (TONTO) IN UGANDA (R.M. Gensi, W. Kyamuhangire, J.F. Carasco) |
| DEVELOPMENT AND SENSORY EVALUATION OF SOYAMUSA: A SOYBEAN-PLANTAIN BABY FOOD (P.O. Ogazi, F.A. Oyewusi, A.U. Ozumba, H.O. Ogundipe, B.O.A. Osifo, F.A. Lukambi) |
| SHELF-LIFE OF SOYAMUSA: A PLANTAIN BASED BABY WEANING FOOD IN NIGERIA (P.O. Ogazi, O. Smith-Kayode) |
