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Food Availability and Household Dietary Diversity in Ruiri-rwarera Area of Meru County in Kenya
(Science and Education Publishing, 2019)
Food security broadly encompasses availability, accessibility and utilization of food. Household dietary diversity that relies on the number of food groups consumed over a given period has previously been used to measure ...
Extension of Shelf-life by Limited Duration of Propylene and 1-MCP Treatments in Three Kiwifruit Cultivars
(The Japanese Society for Horticultural Science, 2016)
In order to extend the “eating window”, the optimum ripening phase suitable for eating, the combination of
treatment with propylene (an ethylene analog) and 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP; an ethylene inhibitor) was
assessed ...
Effect of MA Storage and 1-MCP on storability and quality of ‘Sanuki Gold’ kiwifruit harvested at two different maturity stages
(The Japanese Society for Horticultural Science, 2011)
The effects of modified atmosphere (MA) storage and application of 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP) at harvest
on the storability and quality of ‘Sanuki Gold’ kiwifruit harvested at two different maturity stages were
investigated. ...
Characterization of ethylene biosynthesis and its regulation during fruit ripening in kiwifruit, Actinidia chinensis ‘Sanuki Gold’
(Elsevier, 2010)
Ethylene biosynthesis in kiwifruit, Actinidia chinensis ‘Sanuki Gold’ was characterized using propylene, an ethylene analog, and 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP), an inhibitor of ethylene perception. In fruit harvested between ...
Simulating Hybrid-seed Contamination Risk with Selfed Seeds from Residual Fertility in a Male-sterile T-4 Mutant Tomato, Solanum lycopersicum L.
(Journal of the Japanese Society for Horticultural Science, 2010)
Environmental dependence of male sterility may sometimes result in residual fertility under ‘sterility conditions’, causing hybrid-seed contamination risk. An experiment was conducted to assess the risk factor and methods ...
Response of leaf yield and nutritive value of African nightshade (Solanum Villosum) genotypes to nitrogen application
(African Journal of Horticultural Science, 2010-12)
The wild-type Solanumu villosum is an important leafy vegetable in Kenya, which however is low-yielding mainly due to the early flowering and prolific fruiting. Two new genotypes of S. villosum, T-5 and octoploid with ...
Immunopotentiation of Pleurotus eryngii (DC. ex Fr.) Quel
(Elsevier, 2014)
Pleurotus eryngii (DC. ex Fr.) Quel has been collected from the wild, cultivated and used in traditional medicines to treat various disorders and diseases since antiquity. In traditional Chinese medicine, the powdered ...
Isolation and Testing the Cholesteral Reduction ability (in-vitro) of Lactococcus Lactis from Fermented smooth Pigweed (amaranthus hybridus) Leaves
(African Scholarly Science Communications Trust, 2011)
Probiotics are live microbial feed supplements, which positively affect the host animal by improving its intestinal microbial balance. Studies have shown probiotic activities of Lactococci isolated from dairy foods, which ...
Molecular characterization of tsetse’s proboscis and its response to Trypanosoma congolense infection
(PLOS, 2017)
Tsetse flies (Glossina spp.) transmit parasitic African trypanosomes (Trypanosoma spp.), including Trypanosoma congolense, which causes animal African trypanosomiasis (AAT). AAT detrimentally affects agricultural activities ...
A fine-tuned vector-parasite dialogue in tsetse's cardia determines peritrophic matrix integrity and trypanosome transmission success
(PLoS Pathog, 2018)
Arthropod vectors have multiple physical and immunological barriers that impede the development and transmission of parasites to new vertebrate hosts. These barriers include the peritrophic matrix (PM), a chitinous barrier ...