Browsing Research Papers by Author "Kabira, Jackson N"

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    • Effects of pit, dark and cold pre-storage treatments and their duration on dormancy breaking and sprouting of seed potato tubers (Solanum tuberosum L.) 

      Menza, Mwalimu K; Shibairo, Solomon I; Nyankanga, Richard O; Demo, Paul; Kabira, Jackson N; Gildemacher, Peter (Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, National Horticultural Research Center, Thika, KenyaPlant Science and Crop Protection Department, University of NairobiInternational Potato Centre, Sub-Sahara Region, Nairobi, KenyaKenya Agricultural Research Institute, National Potato Research Center, Limuru, Kenya, 2008)
      Potato is the second most important food crop after maize in Kenya. In the traditional areas of potato production with a bimodal rainfall pattern in the country, poor sprouting, due to seed tuber dormancy, is a major ...