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PUBLICATIONS

NAME

NUMBER OF PUBLICATIONS

TITLES

MAGAZINE/ PLATFORM

R. Mavuka

 

5

 Use tested and approved pesticides only: the TRB`s pesticide approval scheme service

  Agrochemicals approved by the Tobacco Research Board

  Agrochemicals approved by the Tobacco Research Board

  Agrochemicals approved by the Tobacco Research Board

  Agrochemicals approved by the Tobacco Research Board

 

13th ed 2018 Boka Farmers’ magazine

July 2019 Dear Grower

 

October 2018 Dear Grower

 

January 2019 Dear Grower

 

April 2019 Dear Grower

 

Dr Chinheya

 

1

  Fusarium wilt/ root knot disease complex- A re-emerging problem in tobacco lands

 

Jan 2019 Dear Grower

 

 

Dr. D. Garwe

2

  Kutsaga takes new cigar seed to Manicaland

 

  Innovative tobacco barn unveiled

 

22-29 March Manica-post newspaper

11 June 2019 Herald newspaper

 

TRB

3

  TRB develops new tobacco barn

 

  Potato virus alert

 

  Great tobacco, fantastic fuel efficiency

 

20 May 2019 Herald newspaper

Oct/ Nov 2018 Zimunda magazine

May 2019 Tobacco today magazine

 

Dr. D. Rukuni

1

  Managing drought in tobacco production

Nov 2018 Dear Grower

 

C. Mukungurutse.

1

  Parasitic weed striga gesnerioides in tobacco

April 2019 Dear Grower

 

Dr. C. Chinheya and R. Mavuka

1

  Aphid alert: management of tobacco aphid vectors in the seedbeds and lands

Sept 2018 Dear Grower

 

Dr. D. Rukuni and C. Mukungurutse

 

1

  Production of vegetable and flower seedlings using the float system

The Farming magazine 2018/19

Mr O. Mharapara, G. Khuddu, Dr. C. Kashangura and R. Magama

1

  Kutsaga tobacco improved productivity scheme: creating opportunities for all tobacco growers to win

14th ed 2018 Boka farmers` magazine

T. Mahere and P. Makunde

1

  Alternative fumigant nematicides to EDB: importance in nematode management

 

Oct/ Nov 2018 Zimunda magazine

Mrs.C Musuna-Garwe, C Mudyawabikwa, C Kashangura and Dr S Dimbi

 

1

  TRB’s analytical chemistry laboratory: Center for Profession Analytical chemistry services

14th ed 2018 Boka farmers` magazine

Mr. O Mharapara, G Khuddu, C Kashangura and R Magama

1

  Kutsaga Tobacco Improved Productivity Scheme (TIPS): An Opportunity for all Tobacco growers

14th ed 2018 Boka farmers` magazine

W. Munanga and W. Muzavazi

 

1

  Timely barn maintenance: key to successful curing

15th ed 2018 Boka farmers` magazine

C. Chibudu and D. Chinamo

 

1

  Recommended planting practices for successful tobacco production

15th ed 2018 Boka farmers` magazine

Dr. Magama and S Banana

 

2

  Agronomic performance of new kutsaga varieties; feedback from growers

  Agronomic attributes of recently released tobacco varieties; feedback from growers

 

16th ed 2019 Boka farmers` magazine

July 2019 Tobacco Today

Dr Magama and T Mahere.

1

  Kutsaga’s new tobacco hybrid varieties – to fumigate or not fumigate?

 

16th ed 2019 Boka farmers` magazine

D. Chinamo and C. Chibudu

 

1

 Benefits of early ploughing and soil testing in tobacco production

The Farming magazine 2018/19

Dr. D. Garwe, Dr. S. Dimbi, F. Mufunda and M. Chamunorwa

1

  Enhancing potato production in Zimbabwe through tissue culture technology

Agri- business 2018 magazine

R. Ruzane, S. Dimbi, F. Magama

1

  Agronomic performance of some exotic tobacco cultivars under the Zimbabwean environmental conditions

CORESTA May 2019

F. Mukoyi, F. Magama, L. Guild, E. Edmondson and D. Garwe

1

  Cigar wrapper production in Zimbabwe: an overview of past, present and future prospects

CORESTA May 2019

M. Shamudzarira, F. Magama and Dr. D.Garwe

1

  Alkaloid content of wide tobacco germplasm: The search for high and low nicotine content accumulating genotypes

CORESTA May 2019

M. Shamudzarira, F. Magama and Dr. S. Dimbi

1

  Development of Short season tobacco varieties for marginal tobacco growing regions

CORESTA May 2019

Justify Gotami Shava, Susan Kageler, Shorai Dari, Frank Magama and Dzingai Rukuni

1

  Genotype × environment interaction effects on cured leaf colour distribution in Zimbabwean Virginia tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L),

Indian Journal Of Agricultural Research 2018

Justify Gotami Shava, Susan,Richardson-Kageler, Shorai Dari, Frank Magama and Dzingai Rukuni

1

  Incorporation of root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne javanica (Treub) Chitwood) resistance in the Zimbabwean elite Virginia tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) germplasm

Agricultural Reviews,2019

AUTHOR

NUMBER OF PUBLICATIONS

TITLE

MAGAZINE/ PLATFORM

W. Munanga and H. Mahomed

1

·        Next generation energy saving sustainable tobacco curing system: Twin turbo barn

The Farming magazine, no.33

J.G Shava, S.R Kageler, S. Dari, F Magama and D Rukuni

1

·        Breeding for Flue-cured Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L) Foliar Pest and Disease Resistance in Zimbabwe

Agricultural Reviews, Volume 40 issue 2 (April-June 2019)

Z. Jazi

6

·        Agrochemicals approved by the Tobacco Research Board

·        Agrochemicals approved by the Tobacco Research Board

·        Agrochemicals approved by the Tobacco Research Board

·        Agrochemicals approved by the Tobacco Research Board

·        Agrochemicals approved by the Tobacco Research Board

·        Agrochemicals approved by the Tobacco Research Board

 

 

 

30 October 2019 Dear grower

 

31 January 2020 Dear grower

 

27 April 2020 Dear grower

 

06 August 2020 Dear grower

 

30 October 2020 Dear grower

 

29 January 2021 Dear grower

Dr. S. Dimbi and W. Munanga

1

·        Towards sustainable tobacco production in Zimbabwe: managing tobacco – related deforestation

Maricho :December 2019

R. Mavuka

1

·        Some herbicides for use on tobacco

Maricho :December 2019

Dr. F. Magama, Dr. C.Chinheya and Dr. S.Dimbi

1

·        A short brief on some emerging pest and disease threats to tobacco production

Zimbabwe Tobacco today  (May 2020)

Dr. F. Magama and M. Shamudzarira

1

·        Drought tolerance breeding: The Tobacco Research board acquires a new photosynthesis and gaseous exchange measuring instrument

ZPBA Newsletter (Issue 1 of 2020)

Zinyandu F

1

·        Mitigating Salt Injury In The Tobacco Float Seedling Production System

 

ZTA Magazine 2020. In Press

Mavuka R

1

·        Tips For Effective Tobacco Float Seedling Production

ZTA Magazine 2020. In Press

Magama F

1

·        Drought Tolerance Breeding: The Tobacco Research Board Acquires a New Photosynthesis and Gaseous Exchange Measuring Instrument

Plant Breeders Association Newsletter, 2020

TRB

1

·        Great tobacco, fantastic fuel efficiency

 

Tobacco today magazine 2019

 M. Marunda and Dr. C. Chinheya

1

·        Management of pythium and rhizoctonia in tobacco floatbeds

The Farming magazine issue no.35 June 2020

C.Chibudu

1

·       The impact of soil compaction on tobacco yield

Maricho 3rd ed. June 2020

D. Chinamo and C.Chibudu

1

·       Soil sampling and timely land preparation as a foundation for superior tobacco yield and quality.

Maricho 3rd ed. June 2020

M. Ganda, Dr. G. Zvobgo. T. Mushapaidze and M. Chamunorwa

1

·       The use of molecular viral indexing techniques to detect plant viruses.

Agri-business, August 2020 issue

Dr. Rukuni

1

·       Managing drought in tobacco production

Maricho Oct 2020 issue

Dr. S. Dimbi

1

·       Tobacco Research Board steps up research into economically viable alternatives to tobacco

Tobacco today magazine Dec 2020 issue

Dr. S. Dimbi

1

·       Responsible pesticide use on tobacco: for the protection of the handler and the environment.

NOT YET PUBLISHED

P.T. Makunde, T.S. Mahere, C.C. Chinheya and S. Dimbi (2020)

 

1

·        Evaluation of an improved Katambora grass (Chloris gayana) for root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne javanica) management on tobacco.

 

South African Journal of Plant and Soil Science and Soil Research.  In Press

Zvobgo G.

1

·        Molecular Characterisation of PVY Strains Affecting Tobacco in Zimbabwe

CORESTA 2019

Bellington Mudyawabikwa

1

·        Activating the carbon in tobacco stalks for industrial application

CORESTA 2019

Cabinet Musuna-Garwe

1

·        Developing and implementing a Quality Management system for an Agricultural analytical laboratory: the case of TRB ACS

CORESTA 2019

Mahere T

1

·        Damage functions for Meloidogyne javanica on Kutsaga varieties and breeding lines

CORESTA 2019

Marunda M

1

·        Isolation and screening of Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR) for their ability to induce drought tolerance on tobacco

CORESTA 2019

Shamudzarira G

1

·        Management of the Fusarium wilt/Root-knot Nematode Complex  in tobacco – A Re-emerging Problem in Zimbabwe

CORESTA 2019

Munhanga W

1

·        Alternative sustainable tobacco curing fuels

CORESTA 2019

Ruzane and Magama

1

·       Agronomic evaluations of exotic cultivars under local environmental conditions

 

CORESTA 2019

Shamudzarira, Dimbi & Magama

1

·       Development of short season tobacco varieties for marginal tobacco growing regions of Zimbabwe

 

CORESTA 2019

Magama, Shamudzarira & Garwe

1

·       Alkaloid contents of select tobacco germplasm: The search for high and low producing tobacco genotypes

 

CORESTA 2019

Mukoyi, Magama, Guild and Dimbi

1

·       Cigar wrapper production in Zimbabwe: The evaluation of suitable varieties, industry prospects and challenges

 

CORESTA 2019

Betty Mawire

1

·        Handling missing data in Crop experiments

CORESTA 2019

Dadirai Chinamo

1

Augmenting available soil nutrients through the use of growth promoting microbes in tobacco production

CORESTA 2019