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Application Of Plant Tissue Culture In Horticultural Production
(University of Nairobi, 1988)
The term 'plant tissue culture' is normally used as a 'blanket' term to cover the cultivation of all plant parts whether a single cell, a group of cells or an organ on an artificial medium. The in vitro cultures are now ...
Growth And Runner Production Of Everbearing Strawberries In Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 1985)
Strawberry production in the tropics is hampered by lack of enough propagative material. Propagation in Kenya is mainly by crown division because the continuous short day condition in the tropics does not favour enough ...
Growth performances of everbearing strawberries in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 1985)
In Kenya propagation is mainly by crown division because the continuous short-day conditions favour branch crown development over runner production. Continuous crown division and flowering resulted in a decline in vegetative ...
Flower Bulb Forcing In Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 1986)
Cut flowers are among the most important horticultural produce in Kenya for domestic and export markets. Other than carnations, roses, statice, mollucela etc., bulbous plants such as liatris, arabicum, tuberose, ornithogalum, ...
Growth And Flowering Patterns Of Liatris Corms In Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 1985)
Terminal and axillary buds of Liatris corms require cold treatment for flower induction and release from dormancy. The terminal and a few axillary buds closest to the terminal one develop into flower buds after chilling. ...