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In vitro micropropagation of cassava through low cost tissue culture
(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 ...
In Vitro Production of Trichothecenes and Zearalenone by Fusarium Isolates from Equatorial Barley (Hordeum vulgare l.) grown in Kenya
(African Scholarly Science Communications Trust, 2012)
ABSTRACT
Fusarium head blight (scab) is a devastating disease of wheat and barley throughout the world. The disease has been reported worldwide wherever cereals are grown, cutting across diverse ecological and geographical ...
Human impacts on two wetlands in Nairobi National Park
(Asian Journal of Wetlands Ecology, 2012)
Environmental gradients in physico-chemical properties and distance to human settlements at two wetlands (around Hyena and Nalogomon dams) in the Nairobi National Park were studied. Ordination showed that over 84% of the ...
Plant Species Diversity and Composition of Two Wetlands in the Nairobi National Park, Kenya
(Asian Journal of Wetlands Ecology, 2012)
Two wetlands (Hyena and Nalogomon) in the Nairobi National Park were investigated by comparing plant composition in and around their immediate vicinity. The most common aquatic plant species in the Hyena wetland was Cyperus ...
Pharmacology of DB844, an orally active aza analogue of pafuramidine, in a monkey model of second stage human African trypanosomiasis
(PLOS, 2012)
Novel drugs to treat human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) are still urgently needed despite the recent addition of
nifurtimox-eflornithine combination therapy (NECT) to WHO Model Lists of Essential Medicines against second ...
Knowledge, Attitude and Practices of Students Enrolled in Health Related Courses at Saint Louis University towards Human Papillomavirus (Philippines)
(Journal of Natural Sciences Research,, 2012)
Introduction: College students are at high risk for Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, yet their knowledge,
attitude and practices appear inadequate. Researcher has paid attention to college students in health ...
Tsetse fly saliva: Could it be useful in fly infection when feeding in chronically aparasitemic mammalian hosts.
(Open Veterinary Journal, 2012)
Sleeping sickness and nagana are two important diseases cuased by African trypanosomes in humans and animals
respectively, in tropical african countries. A number of trypanosome species are implicated in these diseases, ...