Iliya Mohammed

Makerere University · plant science, Microbiology and Biotechnology

Onion is one of the most important commercial vegetable crops grown intensively in the world. Purple blotch found in all the growing regions is the most destructive of all onion diseases. Detailed studies on the disease's management practices had not been conducted in Uganda. The objective of this study was to establish the effect of purple blotch...

After tomato, onion (Allium cepa) is the second important culinary vegetable in Uganda. Purple blotch disease affects productivity worldwide, with up to 100% losses. Eight onion varieties are grown in Uganda but no screening for resistance to this disease had been done. The objective of this study was to identify resistant varieties and establish e...

An investigation was carried out in Katsina, Katsina State on three dry date fruits cultivars; “Dan-Mali”, "Digila" and “Targal” with the objective of finding the relationship between date fruits characteristics and stored insect pest infestation. Fifty each of date fruits at “tamr” (dark brown and hard) stage were sampled for analysis. The fruit...

This research was aimed to determine the effect of foliar application and seed treatment of bactericides on incidence of bacterial leaf spot of Telfairia occidentalis. This experiment was conducted at the research farm of the National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA), FCT Abuja, Nigeria. Seeds were selected at random, labeled and treated wi...

Fungal infections also called mycosis are important causes of morbidity and mortality in humans. Some fungal infections are endemic, usually caused by fungal spores present in the environment. Barber's shop is a source of infectious agents for both blood borne and other infestation. This study was carried out to isolate and characterize fungi on ba...

The study was conducted to examine the causes of fresh tomato losses in Bauchi State, Nigeria. A multi-stage sampling procedure was used to select 808 supply chain actors comprising of 301 producers, 105 wholesalers, 252 retailers and 150 consumers. Data were collected through the use of a structured questionnaire. The data were analysed using desc...

The study compared the net farm income of fresh tomato supply chain actors (SCAs) among central, western and northern zones of Bauchi State. Primary data were collected with the use of a structured questionnaire. Simple random sampling technique was used to select 658 supply chain actors (producers, wholesalers, and retailers). The data collected w...

Potato, (Solanum tuberosum (L.)) is a valuable stable food grown for its edible starchy tuber. This work was aimed to test the efficacy of indigenous plants extract for controlling wet rot disease of potato caused by Rhizopus stolonifer. The fungi was isolated from decaying bread and grown on potato dextrose agar (PDA) plates. Ripe Ginger (Zingiber...

An experiment was conducted in the Department of Biological Sciences, Federal University Dutsinma, Katsina State Nigeria, between May to August, 2016. A survey was carried out from three farm areas around Dutsin-Ma Metropolis to investigate and determine the incidence and population of plant parasitic nematodes of green amaranth (Amaranthus hybridu...

This study was undertaken to investigate the anti snake venom potential of aqueous extracts of Securidaca longepedunculata leaves and root bark extracts against Snake venom of Spitting cobra (Naja nigricollis). The venom of Naja nigricollis snake was used to test the anti snake venom efficacy of the extracts, using experimental rats. The anti snake...

A field study was conducted on the growth of tomato plants with leaf extracts of Moringa oleifera. Different concentrations of the crude extract measured for treatments: A 20%, B 40%, C 60%, D 80%, and E with 100%. In the treatments used, l00ml of distilled water was sprayed at the stem base of the plant labeled F which served as control. Four (4)...