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  1. 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

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

    Article • Biological Control, November 2025, Elsevier

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  3. 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

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

    Article • June 2024, MDPI AG

    Mr Walter Ocimati

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

    Article • April 2024, MDPI AG

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. 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

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

    Article • Journal of Fungi, November 2021, MDPI AG

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  13. 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

  14. 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

  15. 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

  16. 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

  17. 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

  18. 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

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

    Article • Sustainability, April 2020, MDPI AG

    Mr Walter Ocimati

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

    Article • November 2019, MDPI AG

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  21. 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

  22. 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

  23. 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

  24. 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

  25. 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

  26. 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

  27. 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

  28. Challenges and opportunities for smallholders in banana value chains

    Article • October 2018, Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Limited

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  29. 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

  30. 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

  31. 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

  32. 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

  33. 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

  34. 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

  35. Banana and Enset bacterial diseases in a single document

    Article • Frontiers in Plant Science, July 2017, Frontiers

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  36. 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

  37. 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

  38. 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

  39. 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

  40. 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

  41. 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

  42. 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

  43. 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

  44. Genotyping the local banana landrace groups of East Africa

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

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  45. 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

  46. 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

  47. 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

  48. 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

  49. 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

  50. 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

  51. 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

  52. 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

  53. Importance of banana Xanthomonas wilt infection routes

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

    Mr Walter Ocimati, Gloria Valentine Nakato

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

    Article • Plant Pathology, September 2014, Wiley

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  55. 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

  56. 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

  57. 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

  58. 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

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

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

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  60. 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

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

    Article • Plant Pathology, October 2012, Wiley

    Mr Walter Ocimati

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

    Article • CABI Publishing

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  63. 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

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

    Article • CABI Publishing

    Mr Walter Ocimati

  65. 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

  66. 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

  67. 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

  68. 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

  69. 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

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

    Article • CABI Publishing

    Mr Walter Ocimati

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

    Article • Wageningen UR Library

    Mr Walter Ocimati