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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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...