OWSD PhD Fellowship
OWSD Early Career
2020
Munganyinka Esperance
February 2018
Esperance Munganyinka > Other Awards
The award was meant for a competitive research publication in Refereed Journal. My Research Paper ''Cassava brown streak disease in Rwanda, the associated viruses and disease phenotypes'' Published in Plant Pathology allowed me to win this award
October 2015
Esperance Munganyinka > Other Awards
Travel grant award to attend and give an oral presentation on ‘’ Variability of Cassava brown streak disease associated symptom phenotypes in Rwanda’’during the World Congress on Root and Tubers Crops, Nanning, Guangxi, China.
May 2018
Esperance Munganyinka > Other Awards
Travel grant award to attend and give an oral presentation on ‘’ Development of an in situ hybridization method to detect and localize cassava brown streak virus in tobacco and cassava hosts based on RNAscope® technology’’ during International conference on cassava, Cotonou, Benin
November 2019
Esperance Munganyinka > Other Awards
Award of place on CONNECTED ‘The application of molecular diagnostics for plant virus surveillance’ at IITA, Ibadan, Nigeria from 4th – 8th November 2019.
Full Member
Dr. Esperance Munganyinka
Membership since:
2020
Field of activity:
Awards
Other Memberships/Affiliations
University of Rwanda
National Council for Science and Technology
East African Science and Technology Commission
Degrees:
2018
Doctorate
Agricultural Sciences
2013
Master
Agricultural Sciences
2008
Undergraduate
Agricultural Sciences
Publications resulting from Research
Esperance Munganyinka, Paolo Margaria, Samar Sheat, Elijah M. Ateka, Fred Tairo, Joseph Ndunguru and Stephan Winter (2018). Localization of cassava brown streak virus in Nicotiana rustica and cassava Manihot esculenta (Crantz) using RNAscope® in situ hybridization. Virology Journal (2018) 15: 128
E. Munganyinka, E. M Ateka, A. W. Kihurani, M. C. Kanyange, F. Tairo, P. Sseruwagi and J. Ndunguru (2018) Cassava brown streak disease in Rwanda, the associated viruses and disease phenotypes. Plant Pathology 67: 377-387
Esperance Munganyinka, Richard Edema, Jimmy Lamo, Paul Gibson 2016. The reaction of intraspecific and interspecific rice cultivars for resistance to rice yellow mottle virus disease. European Journal of Experimental Biology, 6(3); 13-18.
E. Munganyinka, R. Edema, J. Lamo, P. Gibson, D. Gahakwa 2015. Maternal genetic effect of resistance to rice yellow mottle virus disease in rice. International Journal of Agronomy and Agricultural Research, Vol 6, p213-221.
Esperance Munganyinka, Richard Edema, Jimmy Lamo, Paul Gibson, Placide Rukundo 2015. Combining ability for resistance to rice yellow mottle virus disease in interspecific and intraspecific rice genotypes. African Journal of Crop Science ISSN: 2375-1231 Vol.3 (1), pp.102-107.
E. Munganyinka, R. Edema, J. Lamo, P. Gibson 2015. Heritability of resistance to rice yellow mottle virus disease and of yield related attributes in segregating generations of rice. International Journal of Agronomy and Agricultural Research, Vol 7, p111-120.
Esperance Munganyinka, Richard Edema, Jimmy Lamo, Paul Gibson (2012). Inheritance of resistance to rice yellow mottle virus in interspecific and intraspecific rice in Uganda. Third RUFORUM Biennial Meeting 24 - 28 September 2012, Entebbe, Uganda
Daphrose Gahakwa, Theodore Asiimwe, Ntizo Senkesha, Joelle Kajuga, Placide Rukundo, Esperance Munganyinka, Jane Wanjiku Kahia. 2013. Biotechnology for improving food security in Rwanda. Rwanda Journal ISSN 2305-2678 Volume 28, Series 2012: Agricultural Science
Niyibituronsa M, Mukantwali C, Nzamwita M, Hagenimana G, Niyoyita S, Niyonshima A, Hakizimana C, Ndilu L, Nyirahanganyamunsi G, Niyonteze G, Muhutu JC, Shingiro JB, Umuhire J, Nyirahorana C, Ingabire AC, Nyiranshuti A, Sibomana E, Usabyembabazi M, Munganyinka E, Gasana AP, Kamaraba I, Izamuhaye JC, Nkundanyirazo E, Ngaboyisonga C, Bucagu C and P Karangwa 2020. Assessment of aflatoxin and fumonisin contamination levels in maize and mycotoxins awareness and risk factors in Rwanda. African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development, ISSN 16845374
E. Munganyinka, E. M Ateka, A. W. Kihurani, M. C. Kanyange, F. Tairo, P. Sseruwagi and J. Ndunguru (2018) Cassava brown streak disease in Rwanda, the associated viruses and disease phenotypes. Plant Pathology 67: 377-387
Esperance Munganyinka, Richard Edema, Jimmy Lamo, Paul Gibson 2016. The reaction of intraspecific and interspecific rice cultivars for resistance to rice yellow mottle virus disease. European Journal of Experimental Biology, 6(3); 13-18.
E. Munganyinka, R. Edema, J. Lamo, P. Gibson, D. Gahakwa 2015. Maternal genetic effect of resistance to rice yellow mottle virus disease in rice. International Journal of Agronomy and Agricultural Research, Vol 6, p213-221.
Esperance Munganyinka, Richard Edema, Jimmy Lamo, Paul Gibson, Placide Rukundo 2015. Combining ability for resistance to rice yellow mottle virus disease in interspecific and intraspecific rice genotypes. African Journal of Crop Science ISSN: 2375-1231 Vol.3 (1), pp.102-107.
E. Munganyinka, R. Edema, J. Lamo, P. Gibson 2015. Heritability of resistance to rice yellow mottle virus disease and of yield related attributes in segregating generations of rice. International Journal of Agronomy and Agricultural Research, Vol 7, p111-120.
Esperance Munganyinka, Richard Edema, Jimmy Lamo, Paul Gibson (2012). Inheritance of resistance to rice yellow mottle virus in interspecific and intraspecific rice in Uganda. Third RUFORUM Biennial Meeting 24 - 28 September 2012, Entebbe, Uganda
Daphrose Gahakwa, Theodore Asiimwe, Ntizo Senkesha, Joelle Kajuga, Placide Rukundo, Esperance Munganyinka, Jane Wanjiku Kahia. 2013. Biotechnology for improving food security in Rwanda. Rwanda Journal ISSN 2305-2678 Volume 28, Series 2012: Agricultural Science
Niyibituronsa M, Mukantwali C, Nzamwita M, Hagenimana G, Niyoyita S, Niyonshima A, Hakizimana C, Ndilu L, Nyirahanganyamunsi G, Niyonteze G, Muhutu JC, Shingiro JB, Umuhire J, Nyirahorana C, Ingabire AC, Nyiranshuti A, Sibomana E, Usabyembabazi M, Munganyinka E, Gasana AP, Kamaraba I, Izamuhaye JC, Nkundanyirazo E, Ngaboyisonga C, Bucagu C and P Karangwa 2020. Assessment of aflatoxin and fumonisin contamination levels in maize and mycotoxins awareness and risk factors in Rwanda. African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development, ISSN 16845374
Grand Challenges Annual Meeting 2019
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Eleventh Triennial African Potato Association Conference, Leveraging Potato and Sweetpotato Contribution to Sustainable, Nutritious Food Systems
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Development of an in situ hybridization method to detect and localize cassava brown streak virus in tobacco and cassava hosts based on RNAscope® technology
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Is there a correlation between root necrosis symptoms and virus titre in cassava brown streak disease-affected cassava roots?
Sixth Joint Meeting of the DPG working Group “Virus Diseases of Plants” and the “Nederlandse Kring voor Plante virologie
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Symptoms of Cassava brown streak viruses - UCBSV and CBSV – in single and mixed infected Nicotiana sp.
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Eleventh Triennial African Potato Association Conference
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Fourth International Cassava Conference of the Global Cassava Partnership for the 21st Century
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Sixth Joint Meeting of the DPG working Group “Virus Diseases of Plants” and the “Nederlandse Kring voor Plante virologie
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Fifth Annual Meeting for Disease Diagnostics for Sustainable Cassava Productivity in Africa Project
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