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The effects of blending clonal leaf on black tea quality
(Elsevier, 1999-08-01)Although most clones are selected for quality and yields, there are clones in production with superior yields but producing inferior black tea quality and vice versa. Some of these clones with superior yield give very poor ... -
Split application of nitrogen fertilizer rates in two tea cultivars grown in the Eastern and Western highlands of Kenya: I. Confirmatory results on yield effects.
(Tea Research Foundation of Kenya, 2000)Two experiments were conducted in Kericho and Kangaita, Kenya during 19991-98 to investigate the effects of nitrogen fertilizer rates (50, 100, 200, 400 and 800 kg/ha) and frequencies of application (1, 2 and 4 split ... -
Factors impeding tea production in smallholder sub-sector of the Kenya tea industry: an assessment extension staff awareness of existing technologies.
(Tea Research Foundation of Kenya, 2000)This study assessed the level of extension staff in the various technological packages when compared to the agronomic research recommendations. The survey covered 76 extension staff in Kirinyaga, Nyambene, Nandi and Nyamira ... -
Chlorophyll meter use on field grown tea: 1. The optimum leaf age and measuring positions on a leaf blade.
(Tea Research Foundation of Kenya, 2000)In a field experiment conducted in Kenya, a Hydro N-tester chlorophyll meter was used to determine the optimum age and reading position for the measurement of chlorophyll in leaves of tea (clone 6/8). Meter readings were ... -
Quality response of clonal black tea to nitrogen fertiliser, plucking interval and plucking standard
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2000)Variations in the black tea quality of high‐yielding clone S15/10 in response to rates of NPKS 25:5:5:5 fertiliser of 200 and 400 kg N ha−1 year−1, plucking intervals of 7, 14 and 21 days and a selective plucking standard ... -
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 ... -
Infection of sesame seed by Alternaria sesami (Kawamura) Mohanty and Behera and severity of Alternaria leaf spot in Kenya
(Taylor & Francis Group, 2000-01-01)Infection levels of Alternaria sesami in sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) seeds collected from farmers in western districts of Kenya were detected using the oatmeal agar plate method. Infection levels varied from 9% in Kakamega ... -
Yield and Yield Stability of Four Population Types of Grain Sorghum in a Semi‐Arid Area of Kenya
(Crop Breeding, Genetics & Cytology, 2000-03-01)Sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] is widely grown in semi‐arid tropics where local farmers depend on the adaptability of their rainfed crops to unpredictable drought and other stress factors. To investigate the effects ... -
Yield improvement of Kenyan sesame varieties
(University of Nairobi, 2001)In an effort to improve the yield of Kenyan sesame cultivars the seeds of three cultivars, SPS SIK6, SIK 096 and SPS SIK 50/1 were subjected to 300Gy, 400Gy and 600Gy of gamma rays. A first batch of seeds were subjected ... -
A test for relative efficiency in the Smallholder Tea Sub-sector in Kenya
(Department of Agricultural Economics; University of Nairobi., 2001)Despite availability of tea growing technologies to all Kenya tea farmers, green leaf production in smallholder sub-sector remains low. Tea in Kenya is grown in the East of the Rift Valley and the West of the Rift Valley ... -
A Measure of Economic Rationality in the Smallholder Tea Sub-Sector in Kenya
(Department of Agricultural Economics; University of Nairobi., 2001)The smallholder tea sub-sector in Kenya is considered the largest and one of the most successful smallholder schemes in the world. However, tea productivity in this sub-sector has been persistently low when compared with ... -
Effects of fertilisers on tea yields and quality: A review with special reference to Africa and Sri Lanka.
(Tea Research Foundation of Kenya, 2001)Introduction the increase in world demand, consequently tea Camellia sinensis L. 0 . Kuntze plants are commercially grown under different climatic conditions with latitudes ranging from 49' N (Outer Carpathians) to 33' S ... -
Understanding yields in alley cropping maize (Zea Mays L.) and Cassia siamea Lam. under semi-arid conditions in Machakos, Eastern Kenya
(IOS Press, 2001-01-01)Six seasons of experiments in Machakos, Kenya, revealed that above about 150 mm of rainfall, maize yields per row in alley cropped "replacement" agroforestry (AF) plots, of Cassia siamea Lam. and maize (Zea mays, cv. ... -
Comparative responses in plain black tea quality parameters of different tea clones to fermentation temperature and duration
(Elsevier, 2001-02-01)The amounts of black tea theaflavins, brightness, and sensory evaluations varied with clones in the order clone 6/8>SC12/28>S15/10, while thearubigins and total colour changed in the reverse order. The rates of change of ... -
Química Inorgânica 1
(African Virtual University U i i Vi ll Af i i, 2001-02-07)O módulo começa com um olhar crítico à Tabela Periódica de elementos e a razão para a respectiva forma de classificação. A tabela torna mais fácil a compreensão e mais rápido, dos conceitos e factos da química dos elementos. ... -
Resistance of Coffea arabica cv. Ruiru 11 tested with different isolates of Colletotrichum kahawae, the causal agent of coffee berry disease
(Springer Netherlands, 2001-08-01)Seven single conidia isolates of Colletotrichum kahawae varying in pathogenicity were used to inoculate hybrid progenies from 66 crosses ofCoffea arabica cv. Ruiru 11. The objective of this study was to investigate the ... -
Changes in the chemical and sensory quality parameters of black tea due to variations of fermentation time and temperature
(Elsevier, 2001-12-31)The changes in theaflavins and residual catechin compositions, thearubigins TRSI and TRSII, sensory characteristics of total colour, brightness and briskness of black tea were investigated. It was demonstrated that the ... -
Halitusis: Analysis of the various contribution sites
(university of Nairobi reaserch archive, 2002)o remove or modify fluorotic enamel stains using a combined chemical micro-abrasion and bleaching technique. Design: An in-vivo study was carried out. A sample of 21 participants was randomly selected from patients ... -
Water Hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) Management and Utilization in the Lake Victoria Region
(Department of Horticulture Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, JKUAT, 2002)Water hyacinth has long been perceived as a problem for shipping and fishing industries and only more recently as a threat to bio-diversity. It can undergo rapid proliferation, forming dense mats of plants that cover water ... -
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 ...