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The role of Kenya in the trans-african spread of maize streak virus strain a
(Elsevier, 2017-03-15)
Maize streak virus (MSV), the causal agent of maize streak disease (MSD), is the most important viral pathogen of Africa’s staple food crop, maize. Previous phylogeographic analyses have revealed that the most widely-distributed ...
Combining ability of parents and hybrids for sugar yield and its attributing traits in sweet sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench]
(Springer India, 2017-02-01)
An investigation was carried out to assess the combining ability and nature of gene action in respect of sugar yield and its attributing traits in 25 new hybrids of sweet sorghum developed by crossing five (5) high-sugar ...
Sowing the seeds of transformative practice to actualize women’s rights to respectful maternity care: reflections from Kenya using the consolidated framework for imp...
(BioMed Central, 2017-12)
Despite years of growing concern about poor provider attitudes and women experiencing
mistreatment during facility based childbirth, there are limited interventions that specifically
focus on addressing these issues. ...
Carpet Characteristics of Eichhornia Crassipes [Mart.] Solms (Water hyacinth) in the Winam Gulf (Lake Victoria, Kenya)
(Asian Economic and Social Society, 2017)
The occurrence and spread of the water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes [Mart.] Solms), in the
Winam gulf has created numerous attributes to the human population that live around the
lake, thereby making its control a ...