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Kenya: road-traffic accidents
(Elsevier, 1997)
RTAs exert a huge burden on the country's economy in terms of vehicle repairs, the treatment of injuries, and compensation claims. The annual economic costs are estimated to have risen from an equivalent of 1.6% of gross ...
Road traffic accidents in Kenya: An epidemiological appraisal
(Nairobi Medical Association of East Africa, 1995)
A descriptive analysis of road traffic accident (RTA) and injury data in Kenya was done using routine accident reports, official statistical abstracts, published and unpublished surveys. The characteristics of injury-producing ...
Evaluation of an advanced breeding population of arabica coffee
(COLLOQUE SCIENTIFIQUE INTERNATIONAL SUR LE CAFE, 1999)
An advanced breeding population of Coffea arabica comprising 32 multiple cross families were preselected in the laboratory for resistance to coffee berry disease (CBD) and evaluated in the field for yield, quality and ...
Evidence of antibiosis resistance to the spotted stemborer, Chilo partellus (Swinhoe) in a maize (Zea mays L.) population
(Cambridge University Press, 1998-09)
S2 line and S2 test-cross recurrent selection procedures were initiated to improve the resistance of a maize (Zea mays L.) population to the spotted stemborer, Chilo partellus (Swinhoe) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). Thirty-five ...
SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE FOR FOOD, ENERGY AND INDUSTRY pp669-675 1998 James & James (Science Publishers) Ltd Changes in nitrogen related characters in German spring barley
(James & James Science Publishers, 1998)
High costs of fertiliser and environmental implications like ground water pollution are causing a concern to the use of nitrogen. Therefore, the efficient use of nitrogen fertiliser is an important goal in plant breeding ...
Variation for adaptability to dryland conditions in sorghum
(African Crop Science Society, 1996)
African Crop Science Journal Vol.5. No.2, pp.127-138 1997 Variation for adaptability to dryland conditions in sorghum G.O. OMANYA, P.O. AYIECHO and J.O. NYABUNDI Code Number: CS96049 Sizes of Files: Text: 33.9K Graphics: ...
Genetic diversity among isolates of Colletotrichum kahawae causing coffee berry disease
(Association Scientifique Internationale du Café (ASIC) 17th Colloque, Montpellier, France, 1997)
En este trabajo, aislamientos de una conidia de/Colletotrichum kahawae/, se sometieron a un análisis genético usando pruebas de patogenicidad y marcadores de proteínas, isoenzimas y RAPD. Para comparar, se incluyeron las ...
Isozyme variation among Amaranthus cultivars.
(Discovery and Innovation, 1996)
Electrophoretic variation of esterase (Est), peroxidase (Per), phosphoglucoisomerase [glucose-6-phosphate isomerase] (Pgi) and phosphoglucomutase (Pgm) was studied in seven Amaranthus populations, namely, Jumla, F1 Jumla, ...
Soil properties along a gradient from hillslopes to the savanna plains in the Lambwe Valley, Kenya
(Elsevier, 2015-12-01)
Changes in land use and management strongly affect the physical and chemical properties of soils and their ecological functions. Especially, regions in East Africa have experienced dramatic land use changes in the past, ...
Patterns of CO2 exchange and productivity of the herbaceous vegetation and trees in a humid savanna in western Kenya
(Springer Netherlands, 2015-10-01)
Factors governing the dynamics between woody and herbaceous vegetation in the savanna are of ecological interest since they determine ecosystem productivity and stability. Field measurements were conducted in a humid savanna ...