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Impact of Agronomic Inputs in Sugarcane Farming on River Kuywa Surface Water Quality Traversing Sugarcane zones in Western Kenya.
(Maasai mara university, 2011)For sustainable agriculture, the health of people indulged in this activity is paramount. Disease causative agents in these areas should be constantly checked and mitigation measures taken. This research determined levels ... -
Influence of nitrogen fertilizer rates and harvesting intervals on the clonal tea green leaf fatty acids levels in the Lake Victoria Basin of Kenya
(CABI, 2011)Tea agronomic recommendations in Lake Victoria basin are uniform, despite different regions producing teas of different qualities and yields. It is not known if these differences arise from variations in cultivars, agronomic ... -
Effects of long term fertilizer use on a high yielding tea clone S15/10: Soil pH, mature leaf nitrogen, mature leaf and soil phosphorus and potassium
(CABI, 2011)Harvesting (plucking) the young tender shoots of Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze to make tea beverages results in removal of high amounts nutrients from the soil. AHPS15/10 is a high-yielding tea clone with average annual ... -
Natural Resources Management and Land Use. Proceedings of the Cluster Workshop, Nairobi, Kenya, 30th November - 2nd December 2011.
(CABI, 2011)This proceedings contains twenty papers presented at the Cluster Workshop, held in Nairobi, Kenya, from 30 November to 2 December 2011. The papers detail natural resources management and land use in Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda ... -
Yield response of tea clone 6/8 to growing environments, nitrogenous fertiliser application and plucking intervals in East Africa.
(Inter-University Council for East Africa Lake Victoria Research Initiative, 2011)In East Africa, tea growing areas fall in several agro-ecological regions, differing widely in elevation and climatic factors. Despite the differences, agronomic inputs are uniform throughout the region. Clone TRFK 6/8 is ... -
Effect of nitrogenous fertilizer application and harvesting intervals on yield of tea clone TRFK 6/8 in Tanzania
(Inter-University Council for East Africa Lake Victoria Research Initiative, 2011)The response of tea clone TRFK 6/8 to nitrogenous fertilizer application and plucking intervals was examined at two sites in Lake Victoria basin in Tanzania between October 2008 and May 2011. The yield varied among locations ... -
Response of tea cultivars to growing environments in Kenya.
(Inter-University Council for East Africa Lake Victoria Research Initiative, 2011)In East Africa, tea growing areas fall in several agro-ecological regions differing widely in elevation, climatic factors and soil conditions. However, environmental and climatic factors which control growth vary with ... -
Effects of genotype, environment and management on yields and quality of black tea Authors
(Springer Netherlands, 2011)The tea beverages processed from the young tender shoots of Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze, are claimed to be the most widely consumed fluids after water. The tea plant originates from the point of confluence of ... -
Effects of autoclaving and mercuric chloride sterilization on PAHs dissipation in a two-liquid-phase soil slurry
(Elsevier, 2011-02-01)A two-liquid-phase (TLP) soil slurry system was employed to quantify the efficiencies of autoclaving and mercuric chloride sterilization in the dissipation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). The fates of 11 PAHs ... -
Chimie Minérale 1
(2011-02-01)Le cours commence par un examen attentif du tableau périodique des éléments et de la façon dont il est organisé. La connaissance du tableau permet de saisir facilement et rapidement les concepts et les propriétés de la ... -
Enhanced microbial degradation of humin-bound phenanthrene in a two-liquid-phase system
(Elsevier, 2011-02-28)Humin, the main component of soil organic matter, greatly influences the nonlinear sorption and desorption hysteresis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in soil. However, little is known about the bioavailability ... -
Metribuzin mobility in soil column as affected by environmental and physico-chemical parameters in Mumias sugarcane zone, Kenya
(2011-03)The physico-chemical parameters of soil, influences the soil solution characteristics and that may affect the sorption of soil applied herbicides. The present investigation reports the influence of physico-chemical ... -
Extracellular polymeric substances enhanced mass transfer of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the two-liquid-phase system for biodegradation
(Springer-Verlag, 2011-05-01)The objective was to elucidate the role of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) in biodegradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in two-liquid-phase system (TLPs). Therefore, biodegradation of phenanthrene (PHE) ... -
7α-Acetylugandensolide and antimicrobial properties of Warburgia ugandensis extracts and isolates against sweet potato pathogens
(Elsevier, 2011-06-15)7α-Acetylugandensolide together with thirteen known drimane-type sesquiterpenes have been isolated from Warbugia ugandensis bark extracts. Their structures were established by spectroscopic and physical methods as well ... -
Variation in indoor levels of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from burning various biomass types in the traditional grass-roofed households in Western Kenya
(Elsevier, 2011-07-31)Biomass burning as fuel in the traditional grass-roofed rural households of Western Province of Kenya in open fire places, in poorly ventilated conditions, lead to accumulation of soot under the roofs. This study ... -
Improved biodegradation of 1, 2, 4-trichlorobenzene by adapted microorganisms in agricultural soil and in soil suspension cultures
(Elsevier, 2011-08-01)Inoculating soil with an adapted microbial community is a more effective bioaugmentation approach than inoculation with pure strains in bioremediation. However, information on the potential of different inocula from sites ... -
Antimicrobial Compounds from Terminalia brownii against Sweet Potato Pathogens
(Bentham Science Publishers, 2011-10)Phytochemical evaluation of Terminalia brownii extracts led to the isolation of five compounds namely - sitosterol, stigmasterol, monogynol A, betulinic acid and arjungenin. Their structures were established by ... -
Chemical extraction to assess the bioavailability of chlorobenzenes in soil with different aging periods
(Springer-Verlag, 2011-12-01)Bioavailability is mainly influenced by aging and desorption of contaminants in soil. The purpose of this study was to investigate the desorption kinetics of chlorobenzenes (CBs) in soil and to investigate whether chemical ...