Browsing by Author "Muhumuza, Edgar"

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    Combining ability analysis of dry matter content, reducing sugars and yield of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) genotypes in Uganda
    (Journal of Scientific Agriculture, 2020) Muhumuza, Edgar; Edema, Richard; Namugga, Prossy; Barekye, Alex
    Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) in Uganda is a major food and cash crop mainly grown in the highland regions by small-scale farmers. The increasing importance of potato as a processed product requires new varieties possessing quality processing attributes with acceptable yield. The objectives of this study were to estimate the combining ability effects for dry matter content, reducing sugars, and yield related traits in potato. Nineteen F1 families generated from eight parents using a half diallel mating design were evaluated for dry matter content, reducing sugars, average weight per tuber and total tuber yield at Kachwekano research station. Additive genetic effects were predominant for dry matter content while non-additive effects for the other traits. The GCA/SCA ratios were 0.58, 0.28, 0.17 and 0.44 for dry matter content, reducing sugars, average weight per tuber and total tuber yield respectively. Broad sense heritability estimates were 50.6% for dry matter content, 77.8% for reducing sugars, 90.3% for average weight per tuber and 29.5% for total tuber yield. Parents NAROPOT 3 and 395096.2 had desirable GCA effects for both dry matter content and reducing sugars. Families of nkrk19.17 x Rutuku had desirable SCA effects for dry matter content while Rutuku x 393077.54 and nkrk19.17 x 392657.8 had desirable SCA effects for reducing sugars. Additive genetic effects for dry matter content imply that, genetic gains can be achieved through different selection methods and trait transferred to the respective progenies. The selected parents and families will be subjected to further clonal evaluation and selection.
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    Perovskite-Type LaCoO 3 as an Efficient and Green Catalyst for Sustainable Partial Oxidation of Cyclohexane
    (Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2020) Muhumuza, Edgar; Wu, Pingping; Zhao, Lianming; Mintova, Svetlana
    Perovskite-type LaCoO3 catalysts were studied for cyclohexane oxidation with molecular oxygen in a solvent-free system. Catalysts with various Lanthanum to Cobalt molar ratios were prepared through a modified citric acid procedure and characterized by different techniques. Among all catalysts, the best cyclohexane conversion results (8.3%) with a K/A oil (cyclohexanone and cyclohexanol) selectivity of 90% were obtained over LaCoO3 with a La to Co molar ratio of 1:1. The high catalytic activity on the perovskite-type LaCoO3 catalyst was explored by experimental and theoretical methods. Density functional theory-based calculations clarified the role of La and Co ions in oxygen and cyclohexane adsorption, respectively. The characterization results indicated that a single-phase LaCoO3 perovskite with a dominance of surface Co3+ species and relatively high concentration of adsorbed oxygen species on the catalyst surface enhances the catalytic performance. This study presents insights into the design of a highly active, cost-effective, and green catalyst for cyclohexane partial oxidation.