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Nodulation and nitrogen fixation in promiscuous and non promiscuous soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merrill) varieties in Eastern Kenya
(Kenya Society of Microbiology, 2010)
Soil nitrogen deficiency is a major factor limiting soybean production. This problem can be alleviated by the use of nitrogen
fertilizers which on the other hand adversely affect the environment, are expensive and ...
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, ...
Biological nitrogen fixation by promiscuous soybean (Glycine max L. Merril) in the central highlands of Kenya: response to inorganic fertilizer soil amendments.
(IDOSI Publications, 2010)
Biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) by promiscuous soybean cultivars offers a potential for minimizing the investment made by resource-limited farmers in central highlands of Kenya. Nitrogen fixation in this grain legume ...
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 ...
Low technology tissue culture materials for initiation and multiplication of banana plants
(African Crop Science Society (Uganda), 2010)
Tissue culturing has become a routine method for propagating plants in high technology laboratories. The cost of
production using conventional tissue culture is, however, high for most of the countries in the sub-Saharan ...
Development of an Acoustic Measurement System for Analyzing Crispiness during Mechanical and Sensory Testing
(Wiley, 2010)
The objective of this study was to develop an acoustic measurement system for analyzing crispiness and correlate its results with sensory evaluation. Four biscuits (Crackerbread, Table Water, Rich Tea and Shortbread) were ...
Effect of Water Activity on the Crispiness of a Biscuit (Crackerbread): Mechanical and Acoustic Evaluation
(Elsevier, 2010)
The objective of this study was to use mechanical and acoustic methods developed in our laboratory to monitor the changes in crispiness of a Crackerbread biscuit following equilibration at different water activities (aw). ...
Diamidines for human African trypanosomiasis
(Thomson Reuters, 2010)
Aromatic diamidines are potent trypanocides. Pentamidine, a diamidine, has been used for more than 60 years to treat human African trypanosomiasis (HAT); however, the drug must be administered parenterally and is active ...
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 ...