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Effect of increased intimacy between maize and beans in an intercrop system on growth and yield of maize under varying nitrogen levels.
(1992)
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were conducted at the University
Agriculture farm to investigate
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the
merits
plants
of the proximity between maize and bean
in an intercrop system and how ...
Maize - Pigeon pea Intercrop Resource Use Under Semi-Arid Conditions of Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2004)
A field experiment was conducted at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and
Technology between October 2001 and June 2002 to determine light, water and nitrogen
use in maize-pigeonpea intercrop system. The experiment ...
Elastoplastic and viscoelastic behaviour of cohesionless shelled Maize en masse
(2005)
Cereal maize continues to be one of the most important crops in the world both for
human and livestock use. Bulk harvesting, transportation, handling and processing of
cereal maize is therefore important if the increasing ...
Phosphate sorption isotherms of selected soils of Kenya and maize response to phosphate fertilizer in the greenhouse
(1997)
Phosphate sorption characteristics of eight selected soils of Kenya were determiner order to establish the influence of previous manure and phosphate (P) fertilizer applications. The soils were two ando-humic Nitisols, ...
Effect of alley cropping with Calliandra calothyrsus (Meissm) on sequentially grown maize and cowpeas
(1991)
A series of trials were conducted at the International Institute
of Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan, Nigeria, between January and
December 1988 to evaluate the potential of calljandra for alley
cropping. In a field experiment, ...
Isolation, characterization and evaluation of potency of native bacillus thuringiensis against maize insect pests and aflatoxin producing fungi
(University of Nairobi, 2010)
Bio-control of pests using Bacillus thuringiensis represents the most potential use of
biological control agents to date. Among major constraints to maize production, safety
and hence food sufficiency in Kenya is ...
Aflatoxigenic strains of aspergillus species isolated from soil, cereals (maize, sorghum, millet) and animal feeds in Nandi County rift valley province, Kenya
(2013)
Aspergillus flavus are fungi found naturally in the soil and they are associated with aflatoxin
production which are of public health importance due to their effects on human health and
also threaten food security and ...
A comparative analysis of costs and benefits of Jatropha, maize and orange production in Kenya: case of contracted farmers in Shimba Hills
(2010-08-27)
Energy demand and supply imbalances are a major challenge to development in Sub
Saharan African countries. Reliance on petroleum as well as biomass energy sources
is both uneconomical and unsustainable. These call for ...
Combining ability among multiple borer resistant,maize (zea mais, L.) inbred lines, resistant to chilo partellus and busseola fusca stem borers
(2006-04)
Maize (Zea mays L.) is an important cereal crop of the world. It has worldwide significance as human
food, animal feed and raw material for the manufacture of many industrial products. The most
important insect pests of ...