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  1. Using biorational pesticides to control aphids: Lessons for fine-tuning banana aphid management

    Article • Crop Protection, July 2026, Elsevier

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  2. Banana aphid Pentalonia Nigronervosa coquerel (Hemiptera: Aphididae) rearing: optimizing low-cost approaches for banana research purposes

    Article • International Journal of Tropical Insect Science, February 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  3. Screening for the Efficacy of Botanicals and Soaps in Controlling the Banana Aphid Pentalonia nigronervosa (Hemiptera: Aphididae) Under Laboratory and Screenhouse Conditions

    Article • Insects, December 2025, MDPI AG

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  4. Experimental confirmation of the leafhopper Cicadella cosmopolita as a potential vector of Xanthomonas vasicola pv. musacearum of enset in Ethiopia

    Article • European Journal of Plant Pathology, December 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  5. Banana Xanthomonas Wilt Disease Management through Roguing Affects Ground-Dwelling Arthropods Composition, Abundance and Diversity

    Article • East African Journal of Agriculture and Biotechnology, December 2025, East African Nature and Science Organization

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  6. Banana Bunchy Top Disease in Rwanda: Identifying Disease Presence and Potential Areas at Risk

    Article • Phytopathology, December 2025, Scientific Societies

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  7. Field Evaluation of Spent Pleurotus ostreatus Substrate Reveals Limited Suppression of Fusarium Wilt in Banana

    Article • Journal of Fungi, November 2025, MDPI AG

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  8. Aphid control using natural enemies: Lessons for fine-tuning banana-aphid management

    Article • Biological Control, November 2025, Elsevier

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  9. Spent Pleurotus ostreatus Substrate Has Potential for Controlling the Plant-Parasitic Nematode, Radopholus similis in Bananas

    Article • Agronomy, April 2025, MDPI AG

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  10. Pleurotus ostreatus is a potential biological control agent of root-knot nematodes in eggplant (Solanum melongena)

    Article • Frontiers in Agronomy, October 2024, Frontiers

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  11. Mapping the vulnerability of banana production landscapes in Uganda to banana bunchy top disease

    Article • Frontiers in Agronomy, September 2024, Frontiers

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  12. A Functional Analysis of Inflorescence Architecture in Musa L. (Musaceae)

    Article • Food and Energy Security, September 2024, Wiley

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  13. A Functional Analysis of Inflorescence Architecture in Musa (Musaceae)

    Article • June 2024, MDPI AG

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  14. A Functional Analysis of Inflorescence Architecture in Musa (Musaceae)

    Article • April 2024, MDPI AG

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  15. Xanthomonas wilt of banana

    Article • March 2024, Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Limited

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  16. The potential impact of banana Xanthomonas wilt on food systems in Africa: modeling scenarios of policy response and disease control measures

    Article • Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, August 2023, Frontiers

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  17. Banana bunchy top disease in Africa – Predicting continent‐wide disease risks by combining survey data and expert knowledge

    Article • Plant Pathology, May 2023, Wiley

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  18. Assessment of agronomic practices in banana-coffee and banana-cacao systems in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo – an entry point for sustainable and diversified organic systems

    Article • Acta Horticulturae, May 2023, International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS)

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  19. Innovative agroecological practices can restore degraded farmlands and revive crop yields

    Article • Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, March 2023, Frontiers

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  20. Influence of altitude as a proxy for temperature on key Musa pests and diseases in watershed areas of Burundi and Rwanda

    Article • Heliyon, February 2023, Elsevier

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  21. Comparative analysis of the sensory acceptability of introduced Pro-Vitamin A-rich bananas in Eastern Africa

    Article • Fruits, December 2022, CABI Publishing

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  22. Assessing drought effects on banana production and on-farm coping strategies by farmers — a study in the cattle corridor of Uganda

    Article • Climatic Change, August 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  23. Spread of Xanthomonas vasicola pv. musacearum within banana mats: implications for Xanthomonas wilt management

    Article • Journal of Plant Pathology, July 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  24. Mucuna pruriens, Crotalaria juncea, and chickpea (Cicer arietinum) have the potential for improving productivity of banana‐based systems in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

    Article • Legume Science, March 2022, Wiley

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  25. Geographical Distribution and Genetic Diversity of the Banana Fusarium Wilt Fungus in Laos and Vietnam

    Article • Journal of Fungi, January 2022, MDPI AG

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  26. Scaling Banana Bacterial Wilt Management Through Single Diseased Stem Removal in the Great Lakes Region

    Article • January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  27. Estimating Yield Components, Limiting Factors, and Yield Gaps of Enset in Ethiopia Using Easily Measurable Above-Ground Plant Traits

    Article • Sustainability, November 2021, MDPI AG

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  28. Spent Pleurotus ostreatus Substrate Has Potential for Managing Fusarium Wilt of Banana

    Article • Journal of Fungi, November 2021, MDPI AG

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  29. Spread of Xanthomonas vasicola pv. musacearum within banana mats: implications for Xanthomonas wilt management

    Article • November 2021, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  30. First report of banana bunchy top disease caused by Banana bunchy top virus in Uganda

    Article • New Disease Reports, October 2021, Wiley

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  31. Farmer Friendly Options for Sterilizing Farm Tools for the Control of Xanthomonas Wilt Disease of Banana

    Article • Frontiers in Agronomy, April 2021, Frontiers

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  32. Comparing effectiveness, cost- and time-efficiency of control options for Xanthomonas wilt of banana under Rwandan agro-ecological conditions

    Article • European Journal of Plant Pathology, March 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  33. The Integration of Shade-Sensitive Annual Crops in Musa spp. Plantations in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo

    Article • Agronomy, February 2021, MDPI AG

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  34. A Multi-Objective Model Exploration of Banana-Canopy Management and Nutrient Input Scenarios for Optimal Banana-Legume Intercrop Performance

    Article • Agronomy, February 2021, MDPI AG

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  35. Sensitivity and Tolerance of Different Annual Crops to Different Levels of Banana Shade and Dry Season Weather

    Article • Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, November 2020, Frontiers

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  36. Collection and evaluation of banana and plantain landraces in Africa

    Article • November 2020, Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Limited

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  37. Can the timely removal of outer symptomatic leaves of enset plants following a tool-mediated infection with Xanthomonas vasicola pv. musacearum lead to recovery?

    Article • Fruits, November 2020, CABI Publishing

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  38. Detection of banana plants and their major diseases through aerial images and machine learning methods: A case study in DR Congo and Republic of Benin

    Article • ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, November 2020, Elsevier

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  39. Banana pest risk assessment along banana trade axes running from low to high altitude sites, in the Eastern DR Congo and in Burundi

    Article • African Journal of Agricultural Research, September 2020, Academic Journals

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  40. A literature review on yield gaps of various root, tuber and banana crops as a background for assessing banana yield reductions due to pests and diseases at a field site in western Burundi

    Article • African Journal of Agricultural Research, August 2020, Academic Journals

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  41. Responding to future regime shifts with agrobiodiversity: A multi-level perspective on small-scale farming in Uganda

    Article • Agricultural Systems, August 2020, Elsevier

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  42. Impact and Opportunities of Agroecological Intensification Strategies on Farm Performance: A Case Study of Banana-Based Systems in Central and South-Western Uganda

    Article • Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, June 2020, Frontiers

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  43. Xanthomonas Wilt of Banana Drives Changes in Land-Use and Ecosystem Services Across Infected Landscapes

    Article • Sustainability, April 2020, MDPI AG

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  44. The performance of a wide range of plantain cultivars at three contrasting altitude sites in North Kivu, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

    Article • Fruits, February 2020, CABI Publishing

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  45. Pro‐vitamin A carotenoid content of 48 plantain (Musa AAB genome) cultivars sourced from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

    Article • Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, November 2019, Wiley

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  46. Xanthomonas Wilt of Banana Drives Changes in Land-use and Ecosystem Services across Infected Landscapes

    Article • November 2019, MDPI AG

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  47. The suckering behaviour of plantains (Musa, AAB) can be viewed as part of an evolved reproductive strategy

    Article • Scientia Horticulturae, November 2019, Elsevier

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  48. Banana leaf pruning to facilitate annual legume intercropping as an intensification strategy in the East African highlands

    Article • European Journal of Agronomy, October 2019, Elsevier

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  49. Management of Banana Xanthomonas Wilt: Evidence from Impact of Adoption of Cultural Control Practices in Uganda

    Article • Sustainability, May 2019, MDPI AG

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  50. The risk posed by Xanthomonas wilt disease of banana: Mapping of disease hotspots, fronts and vulnerable landscapes

    Article • PLOS One, April 2019, PLOS

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  51. Farmer Reported Pest and Disease Impacts on Root, Tuber, and Banana Crops and Livelihoods in Rwanda and Burundi

    Article • Sustainability, March 2019, MDPI AG

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  52. Controlling Xanthomonas wilt of banana: Influence of collective application, frequency of application, and social factors on the effectiveness of the Single Diseased Stem Removal technique in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

    Article • Crop Protection, December 2018, Elsevier

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  53. Risks Posed by Intercrops and Weeds as Alternative Hosts to Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum in Banana Fields

    Article • Frontiers in Plant Science, October 2018, Frontiers

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  54. Challenges and opportunities for smallholders in banana value chains

    Article • October 2018, Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Limited

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  55. Effects of Xanthomonas wilt and other banana diseases on ecosystem services in banana-based agroecosystems

    Article • Acta Horticulturae, March 2018, International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS)

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  56. Agroecological integration of shade- and drought-tolerant food/feed crops for year-round productivity in banana-based systems under rain-fed conditions in Central Africa

    Article • Acta Horticulturae, March 2018, International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS)

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  57. Ecologically sustainable technologies for management of highland banana pests in East and Central Africa

    Article • Acta Horticulturae, February 2018, International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS)

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  58. Diversity and morphological characterization of Musa spp. in North Kivu and Ituri provinces, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

    Article • International Journal of Biodiversity and Conservation, October 2017, Academic Journals

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  59. Multi-locational evaluation of cooking banana cultivars NARITA 4 hybrid and Mpologoma in Rwanda

    Article • African Journal of Agricultural Research, October 2017, Academic Journals

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  60. Symptomless banana suckers sourced from Xanthomonas wilt infected fields are a viable alternative for seed within infected banana-based landscapes lacking access to clean planting materials.

    Article • African Journal of Agricultural Research, August 2017, Academic Journals

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  61. Banana and Enset bacterial diseases in a single document

    Article • Frontiers in Plant Science, July 2017, Frontiers

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  62. Diversity of cultural practices used in banana plantations and possibilities for fine-tuning: Case of North Kivu and Ituri provinces, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

    Article • African Journal of Agricultural Research, June 2017, Academic Journals

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  63. Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor ) as a bean intercrop or rotation crop contributes to the survival of bean root rot pathogens and perpetuation of bean root rots

    Article • Plant Pathology, March 2017, Wiley

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  64. A control package revolving around the removal of single diseased banana stems is effective for the restoration of Xanthomonas wilt infected fields

    Article • European Journal of Plant Pathology, March 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  65. Macropropagation of banana/plantain using selected local materials: a cost-effective way of mass propagation of planting materials for resource-poor households

    Article • European Journal of Horticultural Science, February 2017, International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS)

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  66. Agronomic performance of local and introduced plantains, dessert, cooking and beer bananas (Musa spp.) across different altitude and soil conditions in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

    Article • African Journal of Agricultural Research, October 2016, Academic Journals

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  67. Plantain cultivars (Musa spp. AAB) grown at different altitudes demonstrate cool temperature and photoperiod responses relevant to genetic improvement

    Article • Field Crops Research, August 2016, Elsevier

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  68. An alternative to complete banana mat uprooting: Assessing the effectiveness of continuous cutting at soil level of all shoots in a mat on speed for corm decay

    Article • African Journal of Agricultural Research, July 2016, Academic Journals

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  69. Breaking the Cycle ofXanthomonas campestrispv.musacearumin Infected Fields through the Cultivation of Annual Crops and Disease Control in Adjacent Fields

    Article • Journal of Phytopathology, May 2016, Wiley

    Mr Walter Ocimati, Mr Alexandre AR Rutikanga

  70. Genotyping the local banana landrace groups of East Africa

    Article • Acta Horticulturae, March 2016, International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS)

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  71. Introduced banana hybrids in Africa: seed systems, farmers’ experiences and consumers’ perspectives

    Article • Acta Horticulturae, March 2016, International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS)

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  72. The banana Xanthomonas wilt epidemic in east and central Africa: current research and development efforts

    Article • Acta Horticulturae, March 2016, International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS)

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  73. On-farm banana (Musa) cultivar diversity status across different altitudes in North and South Kivu provinces of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

    Article • Acta Horticulturae, March 2016, International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS)

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  74. Altitude effect on plantain growth and yield during four production cycles in North Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

    Article • Acta Horticulturae, March 2016, International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS)

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  75. Suppression of the ubiquitin E2 gene through RNA interference causes mortality in the banana weevil,Cosmopolites sordidus(Germar)

    Article • Acta Horticulturae, March 2016, International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS)

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  76. Variation in nectar volume and sugar content in male flowers of Musa cultivars grown in Rwanda and their non-effect on the numbers of visiting key diurnal insect vectors of banana Xanthomonas wilt

    Article • African Journal of Agricultural Research, February 2016, Academic Journals

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  77. Household uses of the banana plant in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

    Article • Journal of Applied Biosciences, January 2016, African Journals Online (AJOL)

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  78. The banana weevil,Cosmopolites sordidus(Germar), is a potential vector ofXanthomonas campestrispv.musacearumin bananas

    Article • Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology, October 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  79. Importance of banana Xanthomonas wilt infection routes

    Article • Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology, September 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Mr Walter Ocimati, Gloria Valentine Nakato

  80. Effects of water stress on the development of banana xanthomonas wilt disease

    Article • Plant Pathology, September 2014, Wiley

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  81. Interactive effects of fertilizer and inoculum concentration on subsequent development of xanthomonas wilt in banana

    Article • African Journal of Agricultural Research, August 2014, Academic Journals

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  82. Incomplete systemic movement ofXanthomonas campestrispv.musacearumand the occurrence of latent infections in xanthomonas wilt-infected banana mats

    Article • Plant Pathology, May 2014, Wiley

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  83. Fine-tuning banana Xanthomonas wilt control options over the past decade in East and Central Africa

    Article • European Journal of Plant Pathology, March 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  84. Farmers awareness and perceived benefits of agro-ecological intensification practices in banana systems in Uganda

    Article • AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY, July 2013, Academic Journals

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  85. DOES XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS PV. MUSACEARUM COLONIZE BANANA CORD ROOT TISSUE?

    Article • Acta Horticulturae, April 2013, International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS)

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  86. WHY SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF XANTHOMONAS WILT OF BANANA IN EAST AND CENTRAL AFRICA HAS BEEN ELUSIVE

    Article • Acta Horticulturae, April 2013, International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS)

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  87. within banana plant/mat spread of Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum in floral infections

    Article • Plant Pathology, October 2012, Wiley

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  88. Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum spread within banana plants after tool use

    Article • CABI Publishing

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  89. Musa germplasm diversity status across a wide range of agro-ecological zones in Rwanda, Burundi and Eastern Democratic republic of Congo.

    Article • CABI Publishing

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  90. Agronomic practices for Musa across different agro-ecological zones in Burundi, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda.

    Article • CABI Publishing

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  91. Growth and yield of plantain cultivars at four sites of differing altitude in North Kivu, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

    Article • CABI Publishing

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  92. Banana genotype composition along the Uganda-Democratic Republic of Congo border: a gene pool mix for plantain and highland bananas.

    Article • CABI Publishing

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  93. Banana Xanthomonas wilt management: effectiveness of selective mat uprooting coupled with control options for preventing disease transmission. Case study in Rwanda and eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

    Article • CABI Publishing

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  94. Xanthomonas wilt incidence in banana plots planted with asymptomatic suckers from a diseased field compared with plots using suckers from a disease-free zone in North Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

    Article • CABI Publishing

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  95. Effect of length of fallow period after total uprooting of a Xanthomonas wilt-infected banana field on infection of newly established planting materials: case studies from Rwanda and eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

    Article • CABI Publishing

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  96. Communication approaches for sustainable management of banana Xanthomonas wilt in East and Central Africa.

    Article • CABI Publishing

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  97. Sustainability of banana-based agroecosystems affected by Xanthomonas wilt disease of banana

    Article • Wageningen UR Library

    Mr Walter Ocimati