• Multiple origins and a narrow genepool characterise the African tea germplasm: concordant patterns revealed by nuclear and plastid DNA markers 

  Wambulwa, Moses C.; Meegahakumbura, Muditha K.; Kamunya, Samson; Muchugi, Alice; Möller, Michael; Liu, Jie; Xu, Jian-Chu; Li, De-Zhu; Gao, Lian-Ming (Nature Publishing Group, 2017-06-22)

  Despite the highly economic value of tea in Africa, its genetic and geographic origins remain largely unexplored. Here we address this by collecting 439 samples across 11 countries in Africa and Asia to investigate the ...
• Insights into the Genetic Relationships and Breeding Patterns of the African Tea Germplasm Based on nSSR Markers and cpDNA Sequences 

  Wambulwa, Moses C.; Meegahakumbura, Muditha K.; Kamunya, Samson; Muchugi, Alice; Möller, Michael; Liu, Jie; Xu, Jian-Chu; Ranjitkar, Sailesh; Li, De-Zhu; Gao, Lian-Ming (Frontiers Media, 2016-08-30)

  Africa is one of the key centers of global tea production. Understanding the genetic diversity and relationships of cultivars of African tea is important for future targeted breeding efforts for new crop cultivars, specialty ...
• Paracoccus burnerae (HOMOPTERA; PLANOCOCCIDAE) AS A VECTOR OF Banana streak virus 

  Muturi, S. M.; Wachira, Francis N.; Karanja, L. S.; Wambulwa, Moses C.; Macharia, E. (Horizon Publisher India, 2013-11)

  The Banana streak virus ( BSV ) is a causative agent of the banana streak disease (BSD) which causes considerable damage to banana production in tropical countries. The virus is vectored by several ...
• The influence of host and pathogen genotypes on symptom severity in banana streak disease 

  Wambulwa, Moses C.; Wachira, Francis N.; Karanja, L. S.; Kiarie, S. M.; Muturi, S. M. (Academic Journals, 2013-01-02)

  Banana is the fourth most important food crop worldwide. However, its production has been threatened by banana streak disease, caused by banana streak virus (BSV). Despite this situation, little is known about the ...
• Indications for three independent domestication events for the tea plant (Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze) and new insights into the origin of tea germplasm in China and India revealed by nuclear microsatellites 

  Meegahakumbura, M. K.; Wambulwa, Moses C.; Thapa, K. K.; Li, M. M.; Möller, M.; Xu, J. C.; Yang, J. B.; Liu, B. Y.; Ranjitkar, S.; Liu, J.; Li, D. Z.; Gao, L. M. (Public Library of Science, 2016-05-24)

  Background Tea is the world’s most popular non-alcoholic beverage. China and India are known to be the largest tea producing countries and recognized as the centers for the domestication of the tea plant (Camellia ...

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