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The Construction of Corrugated Roofing Sheets Using Sisal-cement
(University of Nairobi, 1979)
Effect of physicochemical conditions on growth rates of cyanobacteria species isolated from Lake Magadi, a soda lake in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
Cyanobacteria contribute significantly to primary productivity by adding nitrogen into the ecosystem through nitrogen fixation. They are also used as biofertilizers, food and feed while others produce compounds that have ...
Contribution of Africa’s Coastal and Marine Sectors to Sustainable Development
(University of Nairobi, 2001)
More than half of the world's population lives within 60 km of the shoreline, and in Africa
trends in population growth indicate that this figure could rise to three quarters by the next
century. The lives and reasonable ...
Insect and disease control
(University of Nairobi,, 1979)
Insect species associated with Cajanus cajan (L) Millsp. (Pigeon pea) in Kenya and their seasonal occurrence, Kenya
(University of Nairobi,, 1978)
Insect pests of Cowpeas Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. and studies on Cowpea yield assessment under different chemical spray regimes and minimum use of insecticides against the dominant insect pest species at Katumani Dryland Research Station, Kenya
(University of Nairobi,, 1984)
Studies to identify major insect pests attacking cowpea, Vigna unguiculata (L) Walp., in the field and to assess cowpea yields under different chemical control regimes were conducted at Katumani, Kenya during the short and ...
Homogenious Climatic Zoning
(University of Nairobi,, 1999)
Mechanisms of Sorghum resistance to the spotted stalkborer, Chilo partellus (Swinhoe) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)
(University of Nairobi,, 1985)
The spotted stalkborer Chilo partellus is one of the most notorious pests in Kenya of cereal crops especially maize and sorghum particularly in semi-arid areas. These studies showed that ovipositing maize stalkborers have ...
Evaluation of resistance to insecticides in the mosquito larvae of Anopheles gambae Giles and its control by microbial bacterial pathogens
(University of Nairobi,, 1989)
It was found that resistance factors of mosquito larvae were near unity for dieldrin, and 2 to 3 times for Malathion at both Ahero and Mwea, and 2 times for DDT at Ahero. These low resistance factors indicated little or ...