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Prof. Douglas W. Miano Bio

Prof. Douglas Watuku Miano is an Associate Professor at the Department of Plant Science and Crop Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, College of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences, University of Nairobi. He holds a Ph.D degree (Plant Virology) which he attained in May 2008 from Louisiana State University, USA. He also holds MSc. in Plant Pathology (1999) and BSc. Agriculture (1995) degrees, both from the University of Nairobi. He is an accomplished scholar with proven track record in training, agricultural research and publications.

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(Last updated: August 24, 2020)

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2013

Stomeo, F;, Wamalwa, M;,, Harvey J;, Miano DW;, Boonham N;, Kilalo D;, Adams J;, Djikeng A;.  2013.  Plant virome ecology in African farming systems: A genomics and bioinformatics framework for high-throughput virus detection and pathogen discovery.

2012

Maina, S;, Miano DW;, Runo SM;, Njiru PN;, John I;, Mbogo E.  2012.  Partial Nucleotide Sequences Of Sweet Potato Leaf Curl Virus Occurring In Kenya And Its Phylogenetic Relationship With Other Members Of Begomoviruses. Abstract

Sweet potato leaf curl virus has been reported in different sweet potato growing regions of Kenya. Partial nucleotide sequences of Kenyan Sweet potato leaf curl virus isolates were compared with other isolates from different parts of the world. Sequences from ORFs AV1 (in the virion sense) and ORFs AC1, AC2, and AC4 (in the complementary sense) were analyzed using OMEGA 5 software. Samples from Central, and Coast Kenya were closely related to isolates from Spain and India with nucleotide sequence identities that varied from 61 to 96%. AV1 sequences of four samples from central were related with over 92% nucleotide sequence identity. AC2 fragments of Isolates from Western and Coast had 95% and 96% nucleotide sequence identity and amino acid sequence identity respectively indicating that the AC2 protein may have had common ancestry. The study reports the first partial sequences of begomovirus infecting sweet potato inform different parts of Kenya and their phylogenetic relationship with other begomoviruses from other parts of the world.

2011

Miano, D.  2011.  Multi-county project cooperation on hardening transgenic tissue culture cassava plantlets.

2004

Miano, DW;, Kimenju JW;, Mutitu EW;, Waudo SW;, Samson JM.  2004.  Management of Root-knob Nematodes(meloidogyne ssp)using organic amendments.

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