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Genetics of stripe rust (Puccinia striiformis Westend.) resistance in the sort white spring wheat, Owens
(University of Alberta, 1992)
Stripe rust (yellow rust), caused by Puccinia striiformis Westend. is a major
disease of wheat and barley, particularly in cool, moist growing seasons. The Canadian soft
white spring wheat, Owens, is known to possess ...
Health and productivity of calves in smallholder dairy farms in Kiambu District Kenya
(1992)
This thesis describes an investigation into the health
and prOductivity of calves on smallholder dairy farms in
Kiambu District, Kenya. The objectives were to determine the
distributions of important health and production ...
Utilization of sorghum, millet and amaranth for the development of high energy weaning foods for Kenyan pre-school children
(u, 1992)
The weaning period defined as the period in a young child's life when supplementary
foods are introduced to complement breast milk poses great nutritional risks to children
in Kenya. Traditionally unfermented cereal ...
''Histological and ultrastructural study of the male reproductive system of non-breeding naked mole rats (heterocephalus glaber, ruppell) and in vitro interstitial (leydig) cell response to luteinizing hormone (LH)''
(University of Nairobi, 1992)
The morphology of the male reproductive system of the
naked mole rats was studied. The testes of these animals are located
intra-abdominally and on histological examination; they reveal the
presence of a continuous mass ...
The influence of crop cover on soil erosion by splash
(1992-03)
This study involved determining the influence of crop
cover on splash erosion. This was done on 16 plots of
4 treatments of maize, beans, intercrop (maize &
beans) and bare fallow (control), with 4 replications
of each ...
Genetic variation in Isozyme patterns in the genus Amaranthus
(1992)
six cultivars of five species of grain amaranth were used to
study electrophoretic differences for six isozyme markers namely,
:- esterase (Est.), peroxidase (Per.), phosphoglucoisomerase (Pgi),
6-phosphogluconate ...
Social and Demographic Determinants of Fertility in Kakamega District, Kenya:examples from Kisa Central Location
(University of Nairobi, 1992)
Studies on erythropoietin responses in cattle experimentally infected with trypanosoma congolense
(1992)
Since the anaemia of T. congolense infection, which has been
shown to be mainly due to erythrocyte destruction by macrophages of
the mononuclear phagocytic system, has been shown to be associated
with poor reticulocyte ...
The influence of sublethal doses of insecticides on the reproduction of glossina-pallidipes austen and glossina morsitans morsitans westwood (Diptera: Glossinidae)
(1992)
Insecticides utilised in the field to control tsetse flies often do not reach
their targets in sufficient quantities to kill them. The effects of such sublethal
doses on the reproduction of these flies is therefore ...
Ethno archaeological investigations on domestic stock age spectra from pastoral Neolithic sites in Kenya
(1992)
This study is designed to address an interpretive problem that has arisen during the study of animal bones from Pastoral Neolithic sites in Kenya. A solution to this problem, it is suggested, could be obtained through ...