Akech, V.    

Firstname:V. 
Surname:Akech 
Email:v.akech@cgiar.org 
Institute:IITA - Uganda 
Homepage:http://www.iita.org 
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2025

Post-composing ontology terms for efficient phenotyping in plant breeding, Menda, N., Ellebrock, B., Simoes, C. C., Karaikal, S. K., Nyaga, C., Flores-Gonzalez, M., Tecle, I. Y., Lyon, D., Agbona, A., Agre, A. P., Peteti, P., Akech, V., Asiimwe, A.*, Fauvelle, E., Meghar, K., Tran, T., Dufour, D., Cooper, L., Laporte, M. A., Arnaud, E. and Mueller, L., in: Database-The Journal of Biological Databases and Curation, volume 2025, number -: baaf020, pages 1-12, ISSN 1758-0463, 2025. [DOI]
 

2024

Identification of the Loci associated with resistance to Banana Xanthomonas Wilt (Xanthomonas vasicola pv. musacearum) using DArTSeq markers and continuous mapping, Uwimana, B., Nakato, V., Kanaabi, R., Nasuuna, C., Mahuku, G., Mwanje, G., Akech, V., Vuylsteke, M., Swennen, R. and Shah, T., in: Horticulturae, volume 10, number 1: 87, pages 1-15, ISSN 2311-7524, 2024. [DOI]
 
Genetic diversity and population structure in banana (Musa spp.) breeding germplasm, Akech, V., Bengtsson, T., Ortiz, R ., Swennen, R., Uwimana, B., Ferreira, C. F.*, Amah, D., Amorim, E. P.*, Blisset, E., Van den Houwe, I., Arinaitwe, I. K.*, Nice, L., Bwesigye, P.*, Tanksley, S., Uma, S.*, Suthanthiram, B.*, Saraswathi, M. S.*, Mduma, H. and Brown, A., in: Plant Genome, number -: e20497, pages 1-15, ISSN 1940-3372, 2024. [DOI]
 

2023

Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for phenotyping and data management of early evaluation trials in Matooke (AAA) breeding: SOP08, Akech, V., Swennen, R., Brown, A. and Arinaitwe, I. K.*, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, 2023.
 
Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for poidy analysis in banana: SOP09, Akech, V., Oparok, T., Nyanzi, N., Simba, R., Nasuuna, C., Nabukenya, C., Arinaitwe, I. K.* and Uwimana, B., International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, 2023.
 

2022

Breedbase: a digital ecosystem for modern plant breeding, Morales, N., Ogbonna, A. C., Ellebrock, B., Bauchet, G. J., Tantikanjana, T., Tecle, I. Y., Powell, A., Lyon, D ., Menda, N., Simoes, C. C., Saha, S., Hosmani, P., Flores, M., Panitz, N., Preble, R. S., Agbona, A ., Rabbi, I. Y., Kulakow, P., Peteti, P., Kawuki, R.*, Ezuma, W.*, Kanaabi, M.*, Chelangat, D. M.*, Uba, E.*, Olojede, A. O.*, Onyeka, J.*, Shah, T., Karanja, M., Egesi, C., Tufan, H. A., Agre, A. P., Asfaw, A., Jannink, J., Wolfe, M., Birkett, C. L., Waring, D. J., Hershberger, J. M., Gore, M. A., Robbins, K., Rife, T., Courtney, C., Poland, J., Arnaud, E., Laporte, M. A., Kulembeka, H.*, Salum, K.*, Mrema, E.*, Brown, A., Bayo, S., Uwimana, B., Akech, V., Yencho, C., de Boeck, B., Campos, H., Swennen, R., Edwards, J. D. and Mueller, L., in: G3-Genes Genomes Genetics, volume 12, number 7: jkac078, pages 1-12, ISSN 2160-1836, 2022. [DOI]
 
Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for banana hybridization: SOP06, Akech, V., Swennen, R. and Brown, A., International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, 2022.
 
Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for field establishment of banana crosses: SOP07, Akech, V., Swennen, R. and Brown, A., International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, 2022.
 

2021

Traits that define yield and genetic gain in east African highland banana breeding, Batte, M., Swennen, R., Uwimana, B., Akech, V., Brown, A., Geleta, M. and Ortiz, R ., in: Euphytica, volume 217, number -: 193, pages 1-10, ISSN 0014-2336, 2021. [DOI]
 
Continuous mapping identifies Loci associated with weevil resistance [Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar)] in a triploid banana population, Uwimana, B., Mwanje, G., Batte, M., Akech, V., Shah, T., Vuylsteke, M. and Swennen, R., in: Frontiers in Plant Science, volume 12, number -: 753241, pages 1-14, ISSN 1664-462X, 2021. [DOI]
 

2020

Significant progressive heterobeltiosis in banana crossbreeding, Batte, M., Nyine, M ., Uwimana, B., Swennen, R., Akech, V., Brown, A., Hovmalm, H. P., Geleta, M. and Ortiz, R ., in: BMC Plant Biology, volume 20, number -: 489, pages 1-12, ISSN 1471-2229, 2020. [DOI]
 

2019

Crossbreeding east African highland bananas: lessons learnt relevant to the botany of the crop after 21 years of genetic enhancement, Batte, M., Swennen, R., Uwimana, B., Akech, V., Brown, A., Tumuhimbise, R.*, Hovmalm, H. P., Geleta, M. and Ortiz, R ., in: Frontiers in Plant Science, volume 10, number 81, pages 1-9, ISSN 1664-462X, 2019. [DOI]
 
Association genetics of bunch weight and its component traits in east African highland banana (Musa spp. AAA group), Nyine, M., Uwimana, B., Akech, V., Brown, A., Ortiz, R ., Doležel, J., Lorenzen, J. and Swennen, R., in: Theoretical and Applied Genetics, pages 1-14, ISSN 0040-5752, 2019. [DOI]
 

2018

Genomic prediction in a multiploid crop: genotype by environment interaction and allele dosage effects on predictive ability in banana, Nyine, M., Uwimana, B., Blavet, N., Hřibová, E., Vanrespaille, H., Batte, M., Akech, V., Brown, A., Lorenzen, J., Swennen, R. and Doležel, J., in: Plant Genome, volume 11, number 2:170090, pages 1-16, ISSN 1940-3372, 2018. [DOI]