Uwimana, B.    

Firstname:B. 
Surname:Uwimana 
Email:b.uwimana@cgiar.org 
Institute:IITA 
Homepage:http://www.iita.org 
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2024

Assessment of genetic diversity and heterotic alignment of CIMMYT and IITA maize inbred lines adapted to sub-Saharan Africa, Gonhi, T.*, Odong, T. L.*, Dramadri, I.*, Ochwo-Ssemakula, M.*, Chiteka, Z. A.*, Adjei, E. A.*, Muungani, D., Menkir, A., Badu-Apraku, B., Adejumobi, I. I., Uwimana, B., Dhliwayo, T., Wegary, D. and Derera, J., in: Crop Science, pages 1-19, ISSN 0011-183X, 2024. [DOI]
 
Prediction of acceptable colour of cooking bananas (matooke) using instrumental and sensory measurements, Khakasa, E.*, Muyanja, C., Mugabi, R.*, Babirye, A., Namuddu, M. G.*, Mukasa, Y.*, Namanya, P.*, Arinaitwe, I. K.*, Uwimana, B., Tumuhimbise, R.* and Nowakunda, K.*, in: Food and Humanity, volume 2, number -: 100268, pages 1-9, ISSN 2949-8244, 2024. [DOI]
 
Long read sequencing and assembly of wild diploid relatives and cultivars in support of banana breeding programs, Chen, A., Zhou, X., Decker, K., Du, E., Brown, A., Aitken, E. A. B., Shah, T., Uwimana, B., Hresko, C., Swennen, R. and Lowdon, R. F., in: bioRxiv preprint, pages 1-22, 2024. [DOI]
 
IITA Musa Improvement - Molecular Breeding Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for off-station banana leaf sampling, handling, and processing for DNA extraction: SOP14, Oparok, T., Awio, M,, Nyanzi, N., Nasuuna, C., Simba, R. and Uwimana, B., International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, 2024.
 
Toward marker-assisted selection in breeding for Fusarium wilt tropical race-4 type resistant bananas, Ferreira, C. F.*, Chen, A., Aitken, E. A. B., Swennen, R., Uwimana, B., de Jesus Rocha, A.*, da Silva Soares, J. M.*, de Souza Ramos, A. P.* and Amorim, E. P.*, in: Journal of Fungi, volume 10, number -: 839, pages 1-10, ISSN 2309-608X, 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]
 
IITA Musa Improvement - Molecular Breeding Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for on-station banana leaf sampling, handling, and processing for DNA extraction: SOP15, Oparok, T., Nyanzi, N., Nasuuna, C., Simba, R. and Uwimana, B., International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, 2024.
 
IITA Musa Improvement - Molecular Breeding Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for banana leaf archiving: SOP16, Oparok, T., Nyanzi, N., Nasuuna, C., Simba, R. and Uwimana, B., International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, 2024.
 
Evidence for metabolite composition underlying consumer preference in sub-Saharan African Musa spp., Drapal, M., Amah, D., Uwimana, B., Brown, A., Swennen, R. and Fraser, P. D., in: Food Chemistry, volume 435, number -: 137481, pages 1-11, ISSN 0308-8146, 2024. [DOI]
 
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]
 

2023

Connecting data for consumer preferences, food quality, and breeding in support of market-oriented breeding of root, tuber, and banana crops, Arnaud, E., Menda, N., Tran, T., Asiimwe, A., Kanaabi, M.*, Meghar, K., Forsythe, L., Kawuki, R.*, Ellebrock, B., Kayondo, S. I., Agbona, A ., Zhang, X., Mendes, T., Laporte, M. A., Nakitto, M., Ssali, R. T., Asfaw, A., Uwimana, B., Ogbete, C.*, Makunde, G., Maraval, I., Mueller, L., Bouniol, A., Fauvelle, E. and Dufour, D., in: Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, pages 1-13, ISSN 0022-5142, 2023. [DOI]
 
Identification of a major QTL-controlling resistance to the subtropical race 4 of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense in Musa acuminata ssp. malaccensis, Chen, A., Sun, J., Martin, G., Gray, L. A., Hřibová, E., Christelova, P., Yahiaoui, N., Rounsley, S., Lyons, R., Batley, J., Chen, N., Hamill, S., Rai, K., Coin, L., Uwimana, B., D’hont, A., Doležel, J., Edwards, D., Swennen, R. and Aitken, E. A. B., in: Pathogens, volume 12, number 2: 289, pages 1-13, ISSN 2076-0817, 2023. [DOI]
 
Genetic mapping, candidate gene identification and marker validation for host plant resistance to the race 4 of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense using Musa acuminata ssp. malaccensis, Chen, A., Sun, J., Viljoen, A.*, Mostert, D.*, Xie, Y., Mangila, L., Bothma, S.*, Lyons, R., Hřibová, E., Christelova, P., Uwimana, B., Amah, D., Pearce, S. C., Chen, N., Batley, J., Edwards, D., Doležel, J., Crisp, P., Brown, A., Martin, G., Yahiaoui, N., D'Hont, A., Coin, L., Swennen, R. and Aitken, E. A. B., in: Pathogens, volume 12, number 6: 820, pages 1-28, ISSN 2076-0817, 2023. [DOI]
 
East African highland cooking banana: towards an efficient selection of hybrids with user-preferred food quality traits, Nowakunda, K., Khakasa, E.*, Ceballos, H., Kenneth, A.*, Tumuhimbise, R.*, Bugaud, C., Asasira, M.*, Uwimana, B., Bouniol, A., Nuwamanya, E.*, Forsythe, L., Marimo, P., Dufour, D. and Tushemereirwe, W. K.*, in: Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, pages 1-10, ISSN 0022-5142, 2023. [DOI]
 
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.
 
Sensory characterization of the perceived quality of East African highland cooking bananas (matooke), Khakasa, E.*, Muyanja, C., Mugabi, R.*, Bugaud, C., Forestier-Chiron, N., Uwimana, B., Arinaitwe, I. K.* and Nowakunda, K., in: Journal of The Science of Food and Agriculture, pages 1-8, ISSN 0022-5142, 2023. [DOI]
 

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]
 
Understanding gendered trait preferences: implications for client-responsive breeding programs, McDougall, C., Kariuki, J., Lenjiso, B. M., Marimo, P., Mehar, M.*, Murphy, S ., Teeken, B., Akeste, M. J., Benzie, J., Galie, A., Kulakow, P., Mekkawy, W.*, Nkengla-Asi, L., Ojango, J. M. K., Tumuhimbise, R.*, Uwimana, B. and Orr, A., in: PLOS Sustainability and Transformation, volume 1, number 8: e0000025, pages 1-27, ISSN 2767-3197, 2022. [DOI]
 

2021

Use of timelapse photography to determine flower opening time and pattern in banana (Musa spp.) for efficient hand pollination, Waniale, A.*, Swennen, R., Mukasa, S.*, Tugume, A. K.*, Kubiriba, J.*, Tushemereirwe, W. K.*, Uwimana, B., Gram, G., Amah, D. and Tumuhimbise, R.*, in: Scientific Reports, volume 11, number -: 19480, pages 1-9, ISSN 2045-2322, 2021. [DOI]
 
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]
 
Effect of seasonal drought on the agronomic performance of four banana genotypes (Musa spp.) in the east African highlands, Uwimana, B., Zorrilla-Fontanesi, Y., van Wesemael, J., Mduma, H., Brown, A., Carpentier, S. C. and Swennen, R., in: Agronomy, volume 11, number 1: 4, pages 1-23, ISSN 2073-4395, 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

Evaluation of Mchare and Matooke Bananas for Resistance to Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense Race 1, Ndayihanzamaso, P.*, Mostert, D.*, Matthews, M. C.*, Mahuku, G., Jomanga, K., Mpanda, H. J., Mduma, H., Brown, A., Uwimana, B., Swennen, R., Tumuhimbise, R.* and Viljoen, A.*, in: Plants, volume 9, number 9: 1082, pages 1-15, ISSN 2223-7747, 2020. [DOI]
 
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

Evaluation of banana germplasm and genetic analysis of an F1 population for resistance to Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense race 1, Arinaitwe, I. K.*, Teo, C. H.*, Kayat, F.*, Tumuhimbise, R.*, Uwimana, B., Kubiriba, J.*, Swennen, R., Harikrishna, J. A.* and Othman, R. Y.*, in: Euphytica, volume 215, number : 175, pages 1-11, ISSN 0014-2336, 2019. [DOI]
 
Chromosome painting facilitates anchoring reference genome sequence to chromosomes In Situ and integrated karyotyping in banana (Musa Spp.), Simonikova, D., Nemeckova, A., Karafiatova, M., Uwimana, B., Swennen, R., Doležel, J. and Hřibová, E., in: Frontiers in Plant Science, pages 1-12, ISSN 1664-462X, 2019. [DOI]
 
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

Molecular and cytogenetic study of east African highland banana, Nemeckova, A., Christelova, P., Cizkova, J., Nyine, M., Van den Houwe, I., Svacina, R., Uwimana, B., Swennen, R., Doležel, J. and Hřibová, E., in: Frontiers in Plant Science, volume 9, number -:1371, pages 1-13, ISSN 1664-462X, 2018. [DOI]
 
Sources of resistance in Musa to Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum, the causal agent of banana xanthomonas wilt, Nakato, V., Christelova, P., Were, E., Nyine, M., Coutinho, T.*, Doležel, J., Uwimana, B., Swennen, R. and Mahuku, G., in: Plant Pathology, pages 1-11, ISSN 0032-0862, 2018. [DOI]
 
Progress in understanding Pseudocercospora banana pathogens and the development of resistant Musa germplasm, Alakonya, A. E., Kimunye, J., Mahuku, G., Amah, D., Uwimana, B., Brown, A. and Swennen, R., in: Plant Pathology, pages 1-12, ISSN 0032-0862, 2018. [DOI]
 
Suitability of existing Musa morphological descriptors to characterize east African highland 'matooke' bananas, Batte, M., Mukiibi, A., Swennen, R., Uwimana, B., Pocasangre, L., Hovmalm, H. P., Geleta, M. and Ortiz, R ., in: Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, volume 65, pages 645-657, ISSN 0925-9864, 2018. [DOI]
 
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]
 

2017

Bananas and plantains (Musa spp.), Brown, A., Tumuhimbise, R.*, Amah, D., Uwimana, B., Nyine, M., Mduma, H., Talengera, D.*, Karamura, D., Kuriba, J.* and Swennen, R., pages 219-240, chapter 7, Springer, ISBN 978-3-319-59817-8, 2017. [DOI]
 
Trait variation and genetic diversity in a banana genomic selection training population, Nyine, M., Uwimana, B., Swennen, R., Batte, M., Brown, A., Christelova, P., Hřibová, E., Lorenzen, J. and Doležel, J., in: PLoS ONE, volume 12, number 6(e0178734), pages 1-23, ISSN 1932-6203, 2017. [DOI]
 

2014

Abiotic stress QTL in lettuce crop-wild hybrids: comparing greenhouse and field experiments, Hartman, Y., Hooftman, D.A.P., Uwimana, B., Schranz, M.E., van de Wiel, C.C.M., Smulders, M.J.M., Visser, R.G.F., Michelmore, R.W. and van Tienderen, P.H., in: Ecology and Evolution, volume 4, number 12, pages 2395-2409, ISSN 2045-7758, 2014.