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A comparative study on development of the bean beetle Acanthoscelides obtectus (Say) in bean, cowpea, and pigeon pea seed diets
(University of Nairobi,, 1980)
Results indicated that the differences in the numbers of beetles developing in beans, pigeon peas, and cowpeas were statistically significant at the third generation level. The average life cycle in a generation was shorter ...
The human aspects in the utilization of science and technology for agricultural development
(University of Nairobi,, 1980)
Technology available for fisheries residue and prospects of their utilisation in Kenya
(University of Nairobi,, 1981)
Constraints to fertilizer use in the management of insect and other pest
(University of Nairobi,, 1983)
Control of Bedbugs in Kenya
(University of Nairobi,, 1987)
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 ...
Estimation of the survival rates of field populations of malaria vectors in Kenya
(University of Nairobi,, 1985)
Results revealed that the average survival rates between the dry and the wet seasons mosquito populations of individual species was possible in An gambiae s. str. The survival for this species was higher during the dry ...