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Effect of N-fertilization on yield components of nightshade
(International Symposium on Underutilized Plants for Food Security, Nutrition, Income and Sustainable Development, 2008-03-03)
Nightshades (Solanum L. section Solanum, e.g., S. scabrum, S. tarderomotum, S. villosum, S. americanum and S. grossidentatum) are widely cultivated in East and West Africa due to their potential nutritional and economic ...
Effect of planting density on yield components of nightshade
(International Symposium on Underutilized Plants for Food Security, Nutrition, Income and Sustainable Development 806, 2008-03-03)
Nightshade species (Solanum L. section Solanum, e.g., S. scabrum, S. tarderomotum, S. villosum, S. americanum and S. grossidentatum) are widely cultivated in East and West Africa due to their potential nutritional and ...
Relationship between leaf water status and varietal adaptation of
(East African Agricultural and Forestry Journal, 2008-09-15)
Field and greenhouse experiments were conducted to examine differences in leaf water status between bean cultivars from low and high rainfall areas of Kenya, and hence investigate the relationship between this parameter ...
δ13 values of the Centrospermeae species and their ecological implications in the semi arid conditions
(Asian Network for scientific infomation, 2008)
13C values of the Centrospermeae species are presented. 69.5, 28.45, 1.25 and 0.8% of the total species are C3, C4, C3-C4 and CAM photosynthetic species. The δ13C values are species dependent. δ13C values for the C3 range ...
Influence of region of production on clonal black tea chemical characteristics
(Elsevier, 2008-05-01)
Production of black tea from the same vegetatively propagated (VP) cultivars, in Kenya and Malawi, shows variations in both chemical composition and quality. Whereas it is possible to produce black teas with similar total ...
Growth performance of bamboo in tobacco-growing regions in South Nyanza, Kenya
(Academic Journals, 2008)
The study was carried out on 120 field experimentation sites where 2420 bamboo cuttings were planted under the same natural tobacco growing conditions in five different zones (that is, zone A = hillside/steep sloping ...