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Physicochemical Properties of Bottom Sediments in Maruba Dam Reservoir, Machakos, Kenya
(Hindawi, 2022)Bottom sediments form an integral part of the aquatic ecosystem, where they serve as important sinks for contaminants. However, management options for bottom sediments require an analysis of the physical and chemical ... -
Integrated effect of liquid bioslurry and inorganic fertilizer on selected soil chemical properties, maize (Zea mays) growth, yield and grain quality
(African Journal of Crop Science, 2021)A bottle-neck to maize production in Kenya is expensive fertilizers and insufficient knowledge on use of organic fertilizers, which can be remedied by informed bioslurry use. Field experiments were conducted at Waruhiu Farmers’ ... -
Evaluation of the Performance of Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batatas) Clones under Water Stress in the Coastal Lowlands of Kenya
(Science and Education Publishing, 2020)Abstract The production of sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.) in coastal Kenya is diminishing due to unreliable rainfall, coupled with farmers’ use of unimproved sweet potato varieties that are not drought tolerant. ... -
PHENOTYPIC AND GENOTYPIC VARIATION IN TROPICAL MAIZE INBRED LINES FOR RESISTANCE TO THE MAIZE WEEVIL AND LARGER GRAIN BORER
(TJPRC Pvt. Ltd., 2012)The maize weevil (Sitophilus zeamais) and larger grain borer (Prostephanus truncatus) are economicallyimportant postharvest insect pests that cause severe losses in stored grain. The use of host-plant resistance is the ... -
Performance of sweet potato varieties across environments in Kenya
(http://www.innspub.net, 2012-09-11)Sweetpotato is an important food, feed and cash crop in Eastern Africa but its adoption as a dual purpose crop has not been exploited. Varieties giving high tuber and vine yields would be ideal for small scale farmers who ... -
Mechanisms and Sources of Resistance in Tropical Maize Inbred Lines to Chilo partellus Stem Borers
(Canadian Center of Science and Education, 2013)Developing maize with durable resistance to maize stem borers could be enhanced by identifying genotypes with different mechanisms of resistance and pyramiding the resistances into high yielding genotypes. This study ... -
Responses of tropical maize landraces to damage by Chilo partellus stem borer
(http://www.academicjournals.org/AJB, 2013-03-13)The potential to manage insect pests using host-plant resistance exists, but has not been exploited adequately. The objective of this study was to determine the resistance of 75 tropical maize landraces through artificial ... -
A perspective on proteomics: current applications, challenges and potential uses
(ScienceHuβ, http://www.scihub.org/ABJNA, 2010)Biological sciences are experiencing an ongoing information revolution. Proteome-wide functional classification using bioinformatics approaches is becoming an important method for revealing unknown protein functions. ... -
Sources of Resistance to the Maize Weevil Sitophilus zeamais in Tropical Maize
(Canadian Center of Science and Education, 2012-10-12)The maize weevil, Sitophilus zeamais (Motschulsky) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), is among the major storage pests that enhance food insecurity among maize farmers. New sources of resistance to the maize weevil are critical ... -
An overview of advances in bioinformatics and its application in functional genomics
(http://www.biosciences.elewa.org/JAPS, 2010)Bioinformatics is the scientific discipline that is concerned with the efficient management and useful interpretation of large scale biological information. Functional genomics aims at mapping DNA sequences and the ... -
Utilization of proteins and nucleic acids in the study of gene function: a comparative review
(Journal of Applied Biosciences, 2010-06-09)Proteomics is one of the fastest growing areas in areas of research, largely because the global-scale analysis of proteins is expected to yield more direct understanding of function and regulation than analysis of genes. ... -
Markets and Gender Interaction in Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation: A Case of the Coastal Kenya Sedentary Farm Households’ Experiences
(http://iiste.org, 2012)Climate change is a global concern which manifests on a multilevel perspective and sometimes distinct or nested within some geographical boundaries. At the sedentary farm household systems climate change is real and continues ... -
Resettling Displaced People in a Coastal Zone Mining Project: Evaluating the Agricultural and Land use Potential of the Proposed Resettlement site-A case of Titanium Mining in Kenya
(www.iiste.org, 2013)Preparations to mine titanium in Maumba and Noma areas of Msambweni District, Kwale County are in progress, and farmers affected by the project are to be resettled in another area. The displaced people have made it a ... -
Evaluation of traits of resistance to postharvest insect pests in tropical maize
(International Journal of Agriculture and Crop Sciences, 2013)The maize weevil Sitophilus zeamais (Motschulsky) is among the most grain damaging insect in sub-saharan Africa. The objective of the study was to determine differences in traits associated with resistance to the maize ... -
Phenotypic diversity in local coastal maize landraces in Kenya
(International Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2013-12)Crop genetic diversity is the basis of our food supply and survival. Determination of the phenotypic diversity of Kenya local coastal maize landraces (LCML) was important to understand the dynamics of maize genetic ... -
Influence of drought stress on growth, yield and yield components of selected maize genotypes in coastal lowland Kenya
(International Journal of Agriculture, 2012-06-10)The risk of drought is high in the coastal lowland Kenya because rainfall in the region is unpredictable in quantity and distribution. Despite the availability of improved maize varieties farmers still grow local coastal ...
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