Wambui, Caroline C; Muir, James P; Githiori, John; Lambert, Barry D(Taylor & Francis, 2013-12-01)
In vitro organic matter disappearance (IVOMD) of African browse species often indicates artificially low nutritive
value due to the presence of condensed tannins (CT). Diet of the rumen liquor donor may change this if it ...
For a long time, farmers in Nyanza and Western provinces in Kenya have had to deal
with the Striga problem. To most of them, Striga had become a way of life and they had
given up hope. Striga affects their mainstay crops, ...
The Striga species are obligate root parasitic plants. Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria could
enhance Striga suicidal germination. In screen-house studies we quantified the effect of bacterial inoculation
with ...
For a long time, farmers in Nyanza and Western provinces in Kenya have had to deal with the Striga problem. To most of them Striga had become a way of life and they had given up hope. Striga affects their mainstay crops, ...
Manyong, Victor M; Alene, Arega D; Odhiambo, George D; Mignouna, H.D; Bokanga, M; Omanya, G; Nindi, S.J(2008-11)
Striga hermonthica (del) Benth is threatening rural livelihoods in western Kenya where maize is the major food
and cash crop. Vulnerability analysis was conducted on a sample of 802 households in eight districts of ...
Maize (Zea mays L.) is one of the most important crops in East Africa serving both as a staple
food and cash crop to millions of people. As a vegetable, it is produced as green maize cobs,
sweet corn or baby corn. Yields ...
Woomer, Paul L; Bokanga, Mpoko; Odhiambo, George D(SAGE Publications, 2008-12)
Striga asiatica and S. hermonthica are widespread plant parasites of cereals in Sub-Saharan Africa. In maize cropland alone, Striga has infested about 2.4 million ha, resulting in yield loss of 1.6 million tons per year, ...
Obongoya, O.B; Wagai, S.O; Odhiambo, G(Rural Outreach Program (Kenya), 2009)
Fusarium yellows is a disease of common beans (Phaseolus vulgaris, L.) caused by Fusarium oxysporum Schl. F. sp. phaseoli, it has been found to be important in Busia district of Western province, Kenya. The study on ...
An experiment on intercropping systems at Maseno, western Kenya sought to evaluate the yield potential of maize indifferent maize+artemisia spacing regimes in comparison to a standard maize+bean system, by identifying the ...
Groote, Hugo D; Rutto, Esther; Odhiambo, George; Kanampiu, Fred; Khan, Zeyaur; Coe, Richard; Vanlauwe, Bernard(Elsevier, 2010-06-01)
Maize is becoming the major food crop around Lake Victoria. Major constraints to its production are Striga, stem borer, and declining soil fertility. Innovative integrated technologies have been developed: the ‘push–pull’ ...
Striga hermonthica is a parasitic weed that poses a serious threat to the production of economically important cereals in sub‐Saharan Africa. The existence of genetic diversity within and between S. hermonthica populations ...
Ransom, Joel; Kanampiu, Fred; Gressel, Jonathan; Groote, Hugo De; Burnet, Michael; Odhiambo, George(Weed Science Society of America, 2012-04)
Striga is a major constraint to food production in Africa. Most technologies developed for the eradication of Striga asiatica from the United States are not adaptable to Africa. Imazapyr and pyrithiobac coated imidazolin ...
Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is an important food and cash crop particularly in Eastern, Southern and Great lake region. The efficacy of water based crude plant extracts of Neem (Azadirachta indica), Mexican marigold ...
Intercrops can smother weeds in cereal crops and improve the overall productivity. Although intercropping with beans has long been practised in the region, a practical bean population and arrangement is required in the ...
Groote, Hugo De; Vanlauwe, Vanlauwe; Rutto, Esther; Odhiambo, George D; Kanampiu, Fred; Khan, Zeyaur R; Khan, Zeyaur R(Blackwell Publishing Inc, 2010-09-01)
The major biotic constraints to the production of maize, the major staple food in Western Kenya, are field pests such as Striga and stem borers, and low soil fertility. To counter these constraints, new cropping systems ...
Alene, Arega D; Manyong, Victor M; Omanya, Gospel O; Mignouna, Hodeba D; Bokanga, Mpoko; Odhiambo, George D(Pergamon, 2008-07-01)
This paper assessed the relative economic efficiency and output supply and input demand responses of women farmers in western Kenya. The results showed that women are as technically and allocatively efficient as men. ...
Vanlauwe, Bernard; Kanampiu, Fred; Odhiambo, GD; Groote, Hugo D; Wadhams, LJ; Khan, ZR(Elsevier, 2008-05-10)
Striga hermonthica (Delile) Benth., stemborers, and declining soil fertility are serious threats to sustainable food production in the Lake Victoria zone of Kenya. To address these constraints, promising integrated crop ...
Experiments were conducted in pots to determine the growth effect of different rhizobacteria on maize
under Striga hermonthica infestation. Three bacteria were selected based on their plant growth
promoting effects. Whole ...
This paper assessed the effects of transactions costs—relative to price and non-price factors—on smallholder marketed surplus and input use in Kenya. A selectivity model was used that accounts for the effects of transactions ...
Emukule, Justus I; Kipsat, Mary J; Wambui, Caroline C(2018-02-09)
Market participation in sub-Saharan Africa has been assessed mainly based on already producing households by
looking at whether they sold or not, and if they sold, what quantities. The objective of this study was to
determine ...