Staff Publications: Recent submissions
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Interaction of Phaseolus vulgaris with thermotolerant isolates of Rhizobium leguminosarum biovarphaseoli from Kenyan soils Interaction dePhaseolus vulgaris avec des isolats thermo-tolérants deRhizobium leguminosarum biovarPhaseoli de sols du Kenya
(Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1989)Thermotolerant strains of Rhizobium leguminosarum biovarphaseoli were isolated from nodules of Phaseolus vulgaris grown in Kenyan soils, where high soil temperatures often exceed 40°C during sunny days. The isolates varied ... -
Biological nitrogen fixation in selected legumes of the semi-arid Makueni District of Southeast Kenya
(Der Tropenlandwirt-Journal of Agriculture in the Tropics and Subtropics, 1999)The major objective of this study was to investigate biological nitrogen fixation in two main legumes (green gram and common bean) grown in semi-arid southeast Kenya. Nodulation experiments on the two legumes were carried ... -
Health education for Primary Health Care Development in Kenya
(Journal of Emerging Trends in Educational Research and Policy Studies, 2012)This paper discusses appropriate ways to strengthen community health education activities and training for health education in order to improve the effectiveness of the National Health Education programme ... -
The Use of Modern Contraceptives Among Women of Child Bearing Age Attending MCH/FP Clinic at Uasin Gishu Sub-County Hospital, Uasin-Gishu County, Kenya
(Science Journal of Public Health, 2015)Family planning is a practice of controlling on when to have children through the use of contraceptives. Contraceptive use in developing countries has decreased the maternal deaths by 40% and could prevent 70% if the full ... -
Challenges of Cervical Cancer Screening Among Women of Reproductive Age in Kisii Town, Kisii County, Kenya
(Science Journal of Public Health, 2016)Cervical cancer is a preventable non communicable disease of public health importance. It is the most common genital cancer and one of the leading causes of death among female population. Cervical cancer is a ... -
Client satisfaction with communication skills of health care providers
(Journal of Emerging Trends in Engineering and Applied Sciences, 2013)Quality face to face communication between health providers and clients lead to information transfer that affects compliance, adherence, clinical outcomes and satisfaction. Safe motherhood plus emotional and psychological ... -
Challenges Facing Nurses While Participating in Continuing Professional Development: A Case of Western Kenya
(Science Publishing Group, 2017-10)Background: The context of work for nurses is rapidly changing due to changes in care, innovative technologies, and emergence of new knowledge. Participation in Continuing Professional Development (CPD) in many countries ... -
Studies on the Ecophysiology of Locally Suitable Cultivars of Food Crops and Soil Fertility Monitoring in the Semi-arid Areas of Southeast Kenya: A Final Report on a Collaborative Research Project Between Kenyatta University, Nairobi/Kenya, and the University of Trier, Germany
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Nitrogen fixation by common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) in pure and mixed stands in semi-arid south-east Kenya
(Elsevier, 2001)Research was carried out in the field on the effect of intercropping common bean and maize crops in a semi-arid zone of south-east Kenya over two rainy seasons in 1997. The experimental design was a randomised complete ... -
Crop water relationships and thermal adaptation of Kathika beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) and green grams (Vigna radiata L. Wilczek) with special reference to temporal patterns of potential growth in the drylands of SE-Kenya
(Academic Press, 2001)High soil temperatures influence seedling emergence as well as the performance of plant organs and yields. Temperatures of above 40°C were recorded in the topsoil of the Ferralsols of the semi-arid areas of SE-Kenya during ... -
Population levels of indigenous bradyrhizobia nodulating promiscuous soybean in two Kenyan soils of the semi-arid and semi-humid agroecological zones
(Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics (JARTS), 2006)Soybeans grown in Africa have been selected to nodulate effectively with indigenous Bradyrhizobium spp. populations since Bradyrhizobium japonicum populations are considered absent or in very low numbers in African soils. ... -
Isolation, molecular characterization and evaluation of local isolates of bacillus thuringiensis against the larger grain borer Prostephanus Truncatus (Horn) And The Maize Weevil Sitophilus Zeamais (Motsch)
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A Review of Image Processing Software Techniques for Early Detection of Plant Drought Stress
(International Journal of Computer Applications Technology and Research, 2016)Water stress is one of the most important growth-limiting factors in crop production around the world, water in plants is required to permit vital processes such as nutrient uptake, photosynthesis, and respiration. Drought ... -
Integration of the Open Government Data platform into existing Content Management Systems in Kenya
(International Journal of Innovations in Engineering and Technology, 2017)Open Government Data (OGD) avails statistical, development, expenditure and demographic data, in digital format for the general public, ICT developers, researchers and policy makers. This evaluation is based on analysis ...