Browsing School of Agriculture & Food Science by Author "Ombori, Omwoyo"

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    • Cassava production and limitation of propagation through tissue culture 

      Ogero, Kwame; Gitonga, NM; Ombori, Omwoyo; Ngugi, Michael (Contribution of Agricultural Sciences towards achieving the Millenium Development Goals, 2010)
      With the unrelenting increase in human population it is important that concerted efforts be made to increase crop productivity so as to match the expected increase in food demand. The gravity of this problem is well ...

    • In vitro micropropagation of cassava through low cost tissue culture 

      Ogero, Kwame O; Mburugu, Gitonga N; Mwangi, Maina; Ombori, Omwoyo; Ngugi, Michael (Maxwell Science Publishing, 2012)
      Adoption of drought-tolerant crops such as cassava can help alleviate food insecurity in sub-Saharan Africa. However, production is constrained by lack of disease-free planting materials. This can be circumvented through ...

    • Low Cost Micropropagation of Local Varieties of Taro 

      Ngetich, Alex; Runo, Steven; Ombori, Omwoyo; Ngugi, Michael; Kawaka, Fanuel; Arusei, Perpetua; Gitonga, Nkanata (British Biotechnology Journal, 2015)
      Aims: This study was conducted to evaluate low cost protocol for the micropropagation of three varieties of taro (Dasheen, Eddoe and wild) from eastern Kenya. Study Design: The plants were grown in polythene bags arranged ...

    • Low cost tissue culture technology in the regeneration of sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas (L) Lam) 

      Ogero, Kwame Okinyi; Mburugu, Gitonga Nkanata; Mwangi, Maina; Ngugi, Michael Mugambi; Ombori, Omwoyo (Res J Biol, 2012)
      Sweet potato production in Eastern Africa has been declining due to lack of healthy planting materials. Developing countries have not maximised in vitro sweet potato regeneration due to the high costs incurred. The objective ...

    • Response of Two Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batatas L. Lam) Varieties Regenerated on Low Cost Tissue Culture Medium 

      Ogero, Kwame Okinyi; Mburugu, Gitonga Nkanata; Mwangi, Maina; Ombori, Omwoyo (David Publishing Company, Inc., 2012)
      Plant tissue culture continues to be of great interest within the realms of molecular biology, plant breeding and plant health. However, different plant cultivars have different culture efficiencies to tissue culture. In ...