Browsing School of Agriculture & Food Science by Author "Gitonga, N"
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Banana distribution and their seed systems in central and eastern Kenya.
Kasyoka, MR; Mwangi, M; Kori, N; Mbaka, JJ; Gitonga, N (African Crop Science Society, 2011)Bananas (Musa spp.) serve as food, income resource and animal feed in addition to other environmental benefits. In Kenya, the crop is mainly grown and managed by smallholder farmers. Over the last two decades, banana ... -
Biological nitrogen fixation by promiscuous soybean (Glycine max L. Merril) in the central highlands of Kenya: response to inorganic fertilizer soil amendments.
Mugendi, E; Gitonga, N; Cheruiyot, R; Maingi, J (IDOSI Publications, 2010)Biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) by promiscuous soybean cultivars offers a potential for minimizing the investment made by resource-limited farmers in central highlands of Kenya. Nitrogen fixation in this grain legume ... -
Effect of inoculating selected climbing bean cultivars with different rhizobia strains on nitrogen fixation
Gicharu, G; Gitonga, N; Boga, H; Cheruiyot, R; Maingi, J (International Journal of Microbiology Research, 2013)Experiments were designed to investigate biological nitrogen fixation in indeterminate (climbing) bean cultivars namely Cargamanto, NG224-4 and G59/1-2. Greenhouse and field studies were carried out to determine ... -
Evaluating the macropropagation efficiency of banana varieties preferred by farmers in Eastern and Central Kenya
Muasya, Reuben M; Kasyoka, MR; Mwangi, M; Kori, N; Gitonga, N (Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, 2010)Kenyan farmers are threatened by overreliance on few crops whose yields are reduced by adverse climatic changes. Bananas are more resilient and produce year round, making it a more suitable crop. To increase banana production, ...