Browsing Department of Botany by Title
Now showing items 167-186 of 229
-
Performance of some quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) genotypes in Kenya
(Taylor & Francis, 2010-01-01)Quinoa (Chenopdium quinoa Willd.) has been cultivated for thousands of years in South America for its nutritious grain and leaves. Demand for the crop has risen in the recent past. In order to satisfy the demand, there is ... -
Phase II final technical report for the Tobacco-to-Bamboo Research Project in Kenya (19th December, 2009 - 18th June, 2013)
(IDRC, 2013)Four farmer co-operatives were trained in bamboo harvesting, preservation and treatment techniques in collaboration with the International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR). In all sites, an average of 200 more bamboo ... -
Physiological and biochemical responses of five nerica rice varieties (Oryza sativa L.) to water deficit at vegetative and reproductive stage
(2012)Food shortage is a major problem in sub Saharan Africa as population increases. Over 89% of Kenyans are food poor and are malnourished especially in rural areas. NERICA (New Rice for Africa) are high yielding rainfed rice ... -
Phytochemical Analysis of Pyrethrum Plant Extract and its Anti-Aphid Effect On African Nightshades (Solanum Scabrum Mill)
(EAS Journal of Biotechnology and Genetics, 2021)African nightshades (Solanum scabrum) are one of indigenous vegetables widely consumed in Kenya. Yield losses due to aphids are estimated to about 84-96% in Kenya. Aphids have developed resistance to synthetic pesticides. ... -
Phytochemical analysis of some selected plants and families in the university botanic garden Of Maseno, Kenya
(IOSR journal of pharmacy and biological sciences, 2017)There has scarcely been any attempt to carry out phytochemical analysis on various insitu and ex situ plants conserved at the University Botanic Garden and no research has been done to document the educational and economic ... -
Phytochemical and antimicrobial properties of leaf extracts of Calliandra calothyrsus, Leucaena diversifolia and Sesbania sesban
(Bacterial Empire, 2020)Phytochemical compounds are secondary metabolites of plants useful as antimicrobial agents. Botanicals are being explored for bioactive compounds with antimicrobial properties against phytopathogens. Little information ... -
Phytochemical and fungicidal activity of selected plant extracts against Phaeoisariopsis griseola of common bea
(Research gate, 2020)Plant extracts are effective in plant pathogens control and are now becoming popular throughout the world. Allium sativum, Azadirachta indica and Tithonia diversifolia extracts have been reported to exhibit antimicrobial ... -
Phytochemical compounds and antimicrobial activity of extracts of indigofera spicata (creeping indigo) against candida albicans, streptococcus mutans and e. Coli
(BACTERIAL EMPIRE, 2022)Indigofera spicata has been used by Kamba community of Kenya as an herbal medicine over a long period to treat coughs and toothaches. There is scanty information on the phytochemical compounds and the antimicrobial ... -
Phytochemical Screening and Antimicrobial Effects of Leaf and Root Extracts of Crotalaria Brevidens on Candida Albicans, Staphylococcus Aureus and Escherichia...
(2017)Crotalaria brevidens (slenderleaf) leaves and shoots are used as food and have medicinal properties when consumed by human beings. It also acts as an agent in promotion of suicidal germination of striga, a parasitic plant ... -
Phytochemical Screening, Antioxidant Activity and Inhibitory Potential of Five Kenyan Medicinal Plants
(Journal of Advances in Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences(JAMPS), 2021)The present study was conducted to evaluate preliminary phytochemical analysis and in vitro antioxidant activities of five plants (Olea europaea, Kigelia africana, Terminalia mollis, Croton macrostachyus and Bridella ... -
Phytochemicals and Antibacterial Activities of Leaf Extract of Tridax procumbens Linn. On Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli
(East African Scholars Journal of Biotechnology and Genetics, 2019)Medicinal plants have been used as remedies for human diseases because they contain components of therapeutic value. Plants serve as the greatest source to obtain new antimicrobials. An increasing interest in herbal remedies ... -
Population genetic structure and migration patterns of the maize pathogenic fungus, Cercospora zeina in East and Southern Africa
(Elsevier, 2021)Cercospora zeina is a causal pathogen of gray leaf spot (GLS) disease of maize in Africa. This fungal pathogen exhibits a high genetic diversity in South Africa. However, little is known about the pathogen’s population ... -
Potential of bamboo as an alternative crop and livelihood strategy to smallholder tobacco farmers in South Nyanza region, Kenya
(Maseno University, Kenya School of Environment and Earth Sciences, Maseno, KENYA, 2009)he presentation reviews successful crop diversification of 120 farm trial sites in Kenya, where bamboo seedlings were planted under the same growing conditions as tobacco crops in terms of soil, altitude, rainfall and ... -
Potential of corporate social responsibility for poverty alleviation among contract sugarcane farmers in the Nzoia Sugarbelt, Western Kenya
(Springer Netherlands, 2009-10-01)Although contract sugarcane farming is the most dominant and popular land use among farmers in Nzoia Sugarbelt, results from a 2007 study suggests that the intended goal of increasing farmers’ incomes seems to have failed. ... -
Potential salinity resistance in spiderplant (Cleome gynandra L.)
(2002)Seeds of spiderplant (Cleome gynandra L.) were sown in soil-filled 20-litre plastic pots. The study was conducted to investigate the potential for the existence of salinity resistance in C. gynandra. The experimental design ... -
Rainfed Rice Production and there Germplasm Development in Kenya
(U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information, 1999-07-01)ice (Oryza Sativa L.) has been grown in Kenya for several centuries and during this time has been locally selected by farmers for adaptation in the dry climate of Kenya highlands and coastal region. this history of selection ... -
The rate of outcrossing in grain amaranths
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 1991-09-01)Studies of intra specific and inter specific out crossing rates were carried out for grain amaranths using two populations of A. hypochondriacus (populations 1008 and 1024) and two populations of A. cruentus (populations ... -
Reaction of Some Coffea arabica Genotypes to Strains of Colletotrichum kahawae, the Cause of Coffee Berry Disease
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2000-01-01)Pathogenicity tests were performed on 11 genotypes of Coffea arabica using single‐isolate suspensions of Colletotrichum Kahawae obtained from 90 monoconidial isolates. The objective of this study was to estimate the ...