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Soils of the Allidina and Lutindi estates in Kilosa District and their agricultural potential

Msanya, Balthazari, M (Sokoine University of Agriculture, 1991-06)

This report presents the results of a feasibility study of agricultural development of the Allidina and Lutindi Estates in Kilosa district, following a request by the owners (Azania Agricultural Enterprises Ltd). The ...
Importance of intersectoral co-ordination in the control of communicable diseases, with special reference to plague in Tanzania

Kilonzo, B.S (1994-07)

Human health, agriculture, including livestock, energy, education, wildlife, construction, forestry and trade sectors are inter-related and their co-ordination is an important pre-requisite for successful control of most ...
Soils of Kitulanghalo forest reserve area, Morogoro district, Tanzania

Msanya, Balthazari, M; Kimaro, Didas, N; Shayo-Ngowi, Alfonce J (Sokoine University of Agriculture, 1995)

The report presents the results of a detailed soil survey (publication scale 1:1,000) of 12 ha of land in the Kitulanghalo Forest Reserve in Morogoro, Tanzania. The objective of the study was to make an inventory of the ...
Rodent pest management in East Africa—an ecological approach

Makundi, Rhodes H.; Oguge, Nicholas O.; Mwanjabe, Patrick S. (Rodent Pest Management in East Africa, 1999)

Rodents are by far the greatest vertebrate pest problem in East Africa. They are responsible for substantial damage to food and cash crops, structures and industrial and domestic property. More than 25 species of rodents ...
The effect of clay on the persistence of BTi toxicity against mosquito larvae in Morogoro, Tanzania IA

Kilonzo, B.S; Madoffe, S.S; Maliondo, S.M.S; Msanya, Balthazari, M; Mabagalla, R; Kitojo, D.H (2001)

Laboratory colonies of Anopheles gambiae and Culex quinquefasciatus were reared from parental larvae obtained from the Ifakara Health Research Centre and septic tanks ill Morogoro Municipality respectively. Water ponds ...
Newly recorded species of Chaetocnema, vector of rice yellow mottle virus in Tanzania

Banwo, O. O.; Makundi, R. H.; Abdallah, R. S.; Mbapila, J. C. (Taylor & Francis, 2001)

Rice yellow mottle virus (RYMV) belongs to the Sobemovirus group and causes the only known virus disease of rice (Oryza sativa L.) peculiar to the African continent to date. It was first recorded in Kenya in 1966 and ...
The Rodent fauna of Tanzania : a cytotaxonomic report from the Maasai Steppe

Fadda, N. di C.; Castiglia, R.; Colangelo, P.; Corti, M.; Machang’u, R.; Makundi, R.; Scanzani, A.; Tesha, P.; Capanna, W. V. E. (Nella seduta del 12 gennaio, 2001)

The rodent fauna of Tanzanian savannahs is poorly known. For this reason, the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei sponsored a project together with the Biology Department of Antwerp and the Sokoine University of Agriculture ...
Identification of vectors of rice yellow mottle virus in Tanzania

Banwo, O. O.; Makundi, R.H.; Abdallah, R. S.; Mbapila, J. C. (Taylor & Francis, 2001)

countries in East Africa and almost all the countries in West Africa. At present, it is undoubtedly the most important disease of rice in Tanzania. It was first reported in the 1980's. It has spread fast and is now found ...
Short communication - effects of azadirachta indica (neem) extract on livestock fleas in Morogoro district, Tanzania

Kilonzo, B. S.; Ngomuo, A. J.; Sabuni, C. A.; Mgode, G. F. (International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, 2001)

Aqueous neem seed kernels extracts (NSKE) were used to treat flea-infested goats in Morogoro, Tanzania to determine their efficacy for flea control. Mean population densities of the insects were significantly lower in the ...
Comparative efficacy of neem, Azadirachta indica, extract for- mulations and the synthetic acaricide, Amitraz (Mitac), against the two spotted spider mites, Tetranychus urticae (Acari: Tetra- nychidae), on tomatoes, Lycopersicum esculentum.

Makundi, R. H.; Kashenge, Sophia (Eugen Ulmer GmbH & Co., Stuttgart, 2002)

We evaluated the efficacy of commercial formulations of neem (Azadirachta indica) extracts against the two-spotted spider mites, Tetranychus urticae (Acari: Tetranychidae), on tomatoes and compared them with the synthetic ...
Vector bionomics of two species of chaetocnema (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in rice yellow mottle virus transmission in lowland rice in Tanzania

Banwo, O. O.; Makundi, R. H.; Abdallah, R. S.; Mbapila, J. C.; Kimmins, F. M. (The Haworth Press, Inc., 2002)

Regular samplings of two important vectors in farmers’ fields were made at crop stages susceptible to rice yellow mottle virus on a traditional rice variety (Supa) under rainfed lowland conditions to pro- vide information ...
Interaction between rodent species in agro-forestry habitats in the western Usambara Mountains, north-eastern Tanzania, and its potential for plague transmission to humans

Makundi, R. S.; Kilonzo, B. S.; Massawe, A. W. (Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, 2003)

This study was carried out to determine rodent species composition and abundance, the interaction between them, and the possible implication in plague dissemination to humans. Over 2000 rodents were captured, identified ...
Chromosomal and molecular characterization of Aethomys kaiseri from Zambia and Aethomys chrysophilus from Tanzania (Rodentia, Muridae)

Corti, Castiglia, R.; Colangelo, M; Annesi, P (Wiley, 2003)

Aethomys is a common and widespread rodent genus in the African savannas and grasslands. However, its systematics and taxonomy are still unclear as no study has covered the entire range. In fact it might not be a monophyletic ...
Molecular variability and distribution of rice yellow mottle virus in Tanzania

Banwa, O. O; Winter, S.; Koerbler, M.; Abdallah, R.S.; Makundi, R. H. (Acta virologica, 2003)
Effect of land preparation methods on spatial distribution of rodents in crop fields

Massawe, Apia W.; Leirs, Herwig; Rwamugira, W. P.; Makundi, Rhodes H. (Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, 2003)

A mark–capture–release (CMR) study was carried out in Morogoro, Tanzania, from April 1999 to August 2000 to investigate the effect of slashing and burning versus tractor ploughing on the population of rodents in ...
Mice, rats, and people: the bio-economics of agricultural rodent pests

Stenseth, Nils Chr; Leirs, Herwig; Skonhoft, Anders; Davis, Stephen A; Pech, Roger P; Andreassent, Harry P; Singleton, Grant R.; Lima, Mauricio; Machang'u, Robert S; Makundi, Rhodes H; Zhang, Zhibin; Brown, Peter R; Shi, Dazhao; Wan, Xinrong (Wiley, 2003)

Mice, rats, and other rodents threaten food production and act as reservoirs for disease throughout the world. In Asia aldne, the rice loss every year caused by rodents could feed about 200 million people. Damage to crops ...
Rats, mice and people: rodent biology and management

Singleton, Grant R.; Hinds, Lyn A.; Krebs, Charles J.; Spratt, Dave M. (Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, 2003)

Infectious diseases in rodent populations are discussed from the twin viewpoints of their threat to human health and their role in rodent population dynamics. This is not, though, a definitive or exhaustive review, but ...
Serological and molecular characterization of leptospira serovar Kenya from captive African giant pouched rats (Cricetomys gambianus) from Morogoro Tanzania

Machangu, R.S.; Mgode, G.F.; Assenga, J.; Mhamphi, G.; Weetjens, B.; Cox, C.; Verhagen, R.; Sondij, S; Goris, M.G.; Hartskeerl, R.A. (2004-03-07)

Two identical leptospiral isolates coded Sh9 and Sh25 obtained from the urine of captive African giant pouched rats (Cricetomys gambianus), destined for use as biodetector of antipersonnel landmines were typed as serovar ...
Mitochondrial phylogeny reveals diVerential modes of chromosomal evolution in the genus Tatera (Rodentia: Gerbillinae) in Africa

Colangelo, P.; Corti, M.; Verheyen, E.; Annesi, F.; Oguge, N.; Makundi, R. H.; Verheyen, W. (Elsevier Inc., 2005)

The African gerbils of the genus Tatera are widespread and abundant throughout sub-Saharan Africa. There is still today a certain controversy concerning the taxonomy of these rodents and very few attempts have been made ...
Evaluation of thiram and cinnamamide for protection of maize seeds against multimammate mice, Mastomys natalensis, in Tanzania

Ngowo, Victor H.; Mulungu, Loth; Lodal, Jens; Makundi, Rhodes H.; Massawe, Apia W.; Leirs, Herwig (2005)

Farmers in Tanzania consider rodents to be the major vertebrate pest of maize, especially at planting and seedling stages and annual losses are high. We evaluated the potential of two seed-dressing compounds, thiram and ...

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