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Enumeration and Identification of Rhizospheric Microorganisms of Sugarcane Variety CO 421 in Kibos, Kisumu County, Kenya
(Asian Economic and Social Society, 2018)Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L.) is known to have microbial organisms associated with its rhizosphere which have potential antagonistic activity against other microorganisms. However numerous studies on rhizosphere ... -
Enumeration and Identification of Rhizospheric Microorganisms of Sugarcane Variety CO 421 in Kibos, Kisumu County, Kenya
(Asian Economic and Social Society, 2018)Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L.) is known to have microbial organisms associated with its rhizosphere which have potential antagonistic activity against other microorganisms. However numerous studies on rhizosphere ... -
Environmental Management Practices amongst Tobacco Farmers in Migori County, Kenya
(SCIENCEDOMAIN International, 2017-04-17)Aim: To assess environmental management practices carried out by both tobacco farmers and companies. Methodology: Purposive sampling was employed for data collection where by tobacco farmers were randomly selected from the ... -
Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used by Sabaots of Mt. Elgon Kenya.
(africanethnomedicines, 2010)Though the majority of people in Kenya and at Kopsiro Division in species to manage human ailments, the indigenous knowledge largely remains undocumented. Therefore, an ethnobotanical study was conducted on medicinal plant ... -
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 ... -
Evaluation of different improved upland rice varieties for low soil nitrogen adaptability
(IJPSS, 2015)Scarcity of nitrogen fertilizer is a major constraint to rice production particularly in developing countries. Low soil fertility prevalent in farmer’s fields has led to low rice yields and the ever escalating fertilizer ... -
Evaluation of ecologies and severity of Striga weed on rice in sub-Saharan Africa
(Science Hub, LLC, 2011)Striga spp. is renowned for causing great losses in cereal production in sub-Saharan Africa. Crop competitiveness with parasitic weeds such as Striga is an important criterion for selection in an initiative to produce ... -
Evaluation of selected Acremonium zonatum Saw. Gams. mycoherbicide-oil mixtures for Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms. Laubach) biocontrol in Lake Victoria (Kenya
(IOSR-JAVS, 2017)The use of microbial innoculum oil formulations has shown great promise for enhancing the efficacy of fungal agents that show potential as insecticides, fungicides and herbicides. When used in mycoherbicide formulation, ... -
Evaluation of selected Acremonium zonatum Saw. Gams. mycoherbicide-oil mixtures for Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms. Laubach) biocontrol in Lake Victoria (Kenya
(2017)The use of microbial innoculum oil formulations has shown great promise for enhancing the efficacy of fungal agents that show potential as insecticides, fungicides and herbicides. When used in mycoherbicide formulation, ... -
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 ... -
extracts against Xanthomonas campestris Pv vesicatoria isolated from diseased African nightshade (Solanum scabrum)
(2018-09-30)Solanum scabrum Mill is widely cultivated for consumption as a leafy vegetable, for medicinal purposes and as a source of income. Its productivity is faced with many challenges as farmers in Kenya have been recording low ... -
Face attack and patients’ response strategies in a Kenyan hospital†
(Journal of social linguistics, 2010)Social power can be exercised by face attack where power differentials are sufficiently great and significant retaliation or sanctions are unlikely. Such exercise of social power is common in military contexts. It is not ... -
Female gametophyte in two Kenyan species of Inversodicraea (Podostemaceae).
(Academic Journals, 2009)The ontogeny and organization of the female gametophyte in I. bifurcata and Inversodicraea keniensis sp. nov. in Kenya were studied. The ontogeny of the female gametophyte was classified under the Apinagia type. The primary ... -
Field evaluation of selected NERICA rice cultivars in Western Kenya
(Academic Journals, 2011-01-04)Food shortage is a major problem in sub-Saharan Africa as population increases. NERICA (New Rice for Africa), the high yielding rice cultivars with short growth cycle were developed to solve the food crisis. The progeny ... -
Field transmission efficiency of Alternaria sesami in sesame from infected seed
(Elsevier, 2003-11-30)Four sesame accessions with varying levels of susceptibility to Alternaria sesami were selected from an advanced germplasm collection of the Sesame Improvement Project to determine transmission efficiency of A. sesami from ... -
Foliar Diseases and the Associated Fungi in Rice Cultivated in Kenya.
(MDPI, 2022)We conducted a survey to assess the occurrence and severity of rice blast and brown spot diseases on popular cultivars grown in the Busia, Kirinyaga, and Kisumu counties of Kenya in 2019. Working with agricultural extension ... -
Four Domains Of Parenting In Kenya
(Routledge, 2021)The goals of this study were to track changes in parental warmth and rules/limit-setting over time and to examine parents’ age at the time of their child’s birth, parents’ education, and child gender in relation to changes ... -
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 ... -
Genetic diversity analysis reveals genetic differentiation and strong population structure in Calotropis plants
(Nature Publishing Group, 2018)The genus Calotropis (Asclepiadaceae) is comprised of two species, C. gigantea and C. procera, which both show significant economic potential for use of their seed fibers in the textile industry, and of their bioactive ... -
Genotype and Environment Interactions of Yields and Yield Components of Tea (Camellia sinensis) Cultivars in Kenya
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2016-04-05)The tea crop provides income and employment to rural populations in many countries. In Kenya, tea, which is the leading export commodity crop, is grown in highlands east and west of the Rift Valley at altitudes ranging ...