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Evaluating the macropropagation efficiency of banana varieties preferred by farmers in Eastern and Central Kenya
(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, ...
Farmers’ Knowledge, Attitude and Practice towards African Indigenous Vegetables in Kenya
(Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, 2016)
Food and nutrition insecurity has been a major challenge in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). With land frontier closing, farmers in SSA must intensify and diversify food production to alleviate food and nutrition ...
Effect of water stress on growth of three linseed ( Linum usitatissimum L.) varieties
(Springer, 2017)
Linseed (Linum usitatissimumL.) is an annual oil crop that accounts for approximately 1% of the world’s oilseed supplies. It produces seeds that are rich in the health-promoting ω-3 fatty acid, α-linolenic. In Kenya, linseed ...
Development of a Non-Mist Vegetative Propagation Protocol for Eucalyptus Hybrid Clones
(Journal of East African Natural Resources Management, 2009)
Eucalyptus trees have proved to be a popular species for farm forestry,however their vegetative propagation has not been optimised mainly due to the high cost of infrastructure used to propagate them in mist ...
Cassava production and limitation of propagation through tissue culture
(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 ...
A low-cost medium for sweet potato micropropagation
(African Crop Science Conference Proceedings, 2011)
Tissue culture has not been optimised in sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas (L) Lam) propagation due to high costs. With an
aim of producing affordable disease-free seedlings, a low cost medium was developed and used to ...
The use of power ultrasound for the accelerated curing of pork
(58 th International Congress of Meat Science and Technology, 2012)
Meat curing is a time consuming and labor intensive process. Power ultrasound (US) induces cell disruption and
increases mass transfer. This study aims to assess whether US can accelerate the transfer of ...
Impact of drought on the spatial pattern of transmission of Schistosoma haematobium in coastal Kenya
(The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2011)
We analyzed temporal changes in spatial patterns of active Schistosoma haematobium infection in different age groups and associated them with ponds infested with Bulinus snails. A major drought between 2001 and 2009 ...
Sequence Variation in the rDNA Region of Root - Knot Nematodes ( Meloidogyne spp) Infecting Indigenous Leafy Vegetables in Kisii and Transmara Sub - counties, Kenya
(SCIENCEDOMAIN internationa, 2016)
Place and Distribution of Study:Nematology Laboratory, Kenyatta University and International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) Laboratories, Nairobi, between March 2009 to September 2011.Samples were obtained from ...
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 ...