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Effects of Some Land Use Practices On Water Physico-Chemical Parameters, Nutrient Loads and Heavy Metal Concentrations In Water and Sediments Along the Malta River
(Maseno University, 2014)
ABSTRACT
Riverine land uses are among factors that influence water quality. Fresh water quality is
nerlining and coDseqnemtiy imparting on the ecological heab:h of the ecosystem. Within the
Mara River Basin as a result ...
Sorption of sulfonamides by γ-fe2o3 modified natural clay: Isotherms, Kinetics and Thermodynamics studies
(Maseno University, 2018)
ABSTRACT In recent years, research has indicated the ...
Effects and the relationship between nitrogenous fertilizer application rates and plucking intervals on some soil quality indicators and yield of tea (Camellia Sinensis (l.) in eastern Africa tea growing regions
(Maseno University, 2018)
Eastern Africa tea is grown in high rainfall areas causing high nutrients depletion through leaching and surface run-off. Nutrients are also removed with harvested crop. The depletion requires nutrients replenishment through ...
Fate studies of chlorsulfuron in selected soils within the Mara river basin of Kenya
(Maseno University, 2016)
ABSTRACT
Chlorsulfuron is a sulfonylurea herbicide used to control broadleaf and grass weeds in wheat farms within the Mara River Basin. It is assumed to be environmentally safe due to low application rates, relatively ...
Assessment of Levels of Selected Metal Pollutants in Aquatic Samples Along Lake Victoria Shoreline From Rivers Kisat to Kisian Discharge Points, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2015)
Lake Victoria is the largest freshwater and fishery lake in Africa. Kisumu City on the Winam Gulf has industrial activities that dispose of their effluents into the lake which may contaminate aquatic species thus threatening ...
Effects of rates and split applications of nitrogen fertilizer on soil and leaf nutrients levels, quality and harvesting age of Ratoon crop of two Sugarcane varieties in Western Kenya
(Maseno University, 2015)
Sugarcane is the third most important commodity crop in Kenya after tea and coffee. The productivity of the crop has been declining despite existence of recommended agronomic and cultural practices and opening new sugarcane ...
Evaluation of anticonvulsant activity of extracts and isolates from Maytenus Heterophylla
(Maseno University, 2017)
Convulsion is a chronic neurological disorder that develops in up to 5% of the world’s
population with prevalence of nearly 88% occurring in Sub-Saharan Africa, prompting serious
medical, social, health related stigma ...
Survey of greenhouse gas fluxes from different vegetation, seasons and landscape units in small scale farming systems in lower Nyando-Kenya
(Maseno University, 2018)
Greenhouse gases (GHGs) emissions data from large-scale agricultural activities are available. In developing countries, e.g. Kenya, agriculture is dominated by smallholder farming, data on the assessment of possible ...
Dissipation Rate of Chlorpirifos Within Mosquito Larvae Habitats In Maseno and its Activity Against the Larvae Relative to Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane
(Maseno University, 2016)
ABSTRACT
Despite more than a century of efforts to eradicate and control malaria, it still remains a major risk to public health and economies of countries in the tropical and subtropical regions of the world. Control of ...