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Evaluation for resistance to the spotted stem borer, Chilo partellus, in a maize (Zea mays L.) population
(CIMMYT, Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), 1999)
Genetic variability and predicted responses to S2 and testcross selection methods were studied in an open-pollinated variety resistant to the spotted stem borer, (Chilo partellus Swinhoe). Evaluation after one cycle of ...
Valuation of the Economic Role of NTFPs Consumption by Rural Households Living Around Kakamega Forest, Western Kenya
(2007)
Rural households greatly depend on non-timber forest products (NTFPs) to sustain livelihoods,
more so in meeting household basic daily needs. Specifically in Kakamega forest
households depend on NTFPs such as firewood ...
A Study of Drying Behaviour of Potato Slices
(University Of Nairobi, 1997)
Potato (Solarium tuberosum) is an underexploited tuber with promising economic value and the potential to help ease the world food problem. It produces more calories per unit area of land than other tropical root crops and ...
Pod quality, pod yield and disease resistance of new bush snap bean lines in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
This study was conducted at Mwea and Embu where 20 F6.7 lines selected from 31 bulk populations were evaluated for reaction to diseases, pod quality and pod yield in on-farm trialsduring the 2013 long rain and short rain ...
Water use Efficiency and Yield of Potato in Potato-legume Based Intercropping Systems in a Semi-humid Region, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2017-07)
Prevalence of rotaviruses in swine raised under small-scale production system in East Africa region
(University of Nairobi, 2013)
The incid ence o f rotavirus (RV) infection i n nursing and weaned pigs on small - scale farms (n = 1 - 25
pigs per farm ) under different management systems was determined. A total of 2 51 fecal samples
collected from ...