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Genetic Diversity And Effectiveness Of Elite Indigenous Nodulating Rhizobia On Soybean Productivity In South Kivu Province, Democratic Republic Of Congo
(University of Nairobi, 2021)Soybean (Glycine max L. Merr.) is an important crop in South Kivu Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), but its productivity has been limited by poor soil fertility. Inoculation of rhizobium is touted ... -
Genetic Diversity And Population Abundance Of The Wild Penaeid Shrimps Of Malindi–Ungwana Bay In Kenya: Implications For Aquaculture And Conservation
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Penaeid shrimps have recently become one of the most valuable fishery resources in Malindi–Ungwana Bay in the north coast of Kenya that resulted to the adoption of a Prawn Fisheries Management Plan 2010. The genetic diversity ... -
Genetic diversity and relationship of indigenous goats of sub-saharan Africa using microsatellite DNA markers
(University of NairobiDepartment of Animal Production, 2006)This study was undertaken to determine the genetic structure, relationship and genetic diversity among 18 populations of goats from sub-Saharan Africa including Uganda (4), Tanzania (5), Kenya (2), Mozambique (2), Nigeria ... -
Genetic Diversity and Resistance to Bacterial Blight Among Kenyan Cassava (Manihot Esculent Crantz) Germplasm
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) has high carbohydrate content and is grown in Africa as an alternative staple crop for food, feed, and bioethanol production. However, the production of cassava encounters limitation due ... -
Genetic diversity in banana weevil Cosmopolites sordidus, populations in Banana growing regions of the world.
(Department of Crop Protection, University of Nairobi, 2001)Genetic variability in banana weevil populations was analyzed in a large number of samples obtained from 15 banana growing tropical countries using random amplified polymorphism DNA (RAPD). A total of 46 RAPD markers ... -
Genetic diversity in Tanzanian pigeonpea [cajanus cajan (L.) millsp.J landraces
(University of NairobiDepartment of plant science and crop protection, 2007)A total of 123 pigeonpea landraces from farmers' fields in four pigeonpea growing regions (low altitude Coastal , Eastern and Southern plains and Northern highlands) of Tanzania were characterized for 16 qualitative and ... -
Genetic Diversity of Cassava (Manihot Esculenta Crantz) Germplasm and Effect of Environment on Resistance to Cassava Brown Streak and Cassava Mosaic Diseases in Burundi
(University of Nairobi, 2021)Cassava is an important cash crop for many small scale farmers in Burundi. Most small scale farmers use local landraces and though they have farmer preferred traits, their genetic diversity is unknown and marred by phenotypic ... -
Genetic diversity of indigenous chicken (gallus domesticus) population in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2017)This study was conducted with the aim of analyzing the diversity, relationship and population structure of the local indigenous chicken ecotypes in Kenya at the genetic level. Ecotypes from different regions were compared ... -
Genetic evaluation of Kenyan Boran herds and Kenya Boran embryo export in Kenya
(University of NairobiDepartment of animal production, 2010)The Kenyan Boran cattle has remained a breed of interest for beef production by many countries because of its superiority in terms of growth, reproduction, carcass traits, maternal traits and cow productivity indices in ... -
Genetic evaluation of the dairy cattle herd at the University of Nairobi veterinary farm
(University of NairobiDepartment of animal production, 2005)A total of 963 performance records were collected from 250 daughters of 71 sires, covering a period of 15 years (1989-2003), were used to genetically evaluate the performance of a dairy herd at the UoN veterinary farm ... -
Genetic improvement for grain yield under drought stress, composition and gene action on elite sorghum Genotypes of Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2020)World food security is greatly challenged by climate change effect. Sub Saharan Africa is adversely affected by drought with considerable yield losses. The solution to food insecurity in these areas depends on the breeding ... -
Genetic Polymorphism Of beta-lactoglobulin In Kenyan Small East African Goat (Capra Hircus) Breed Using PCR_RFLP And Sequencing
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Polymorphism in the beta-lactoglobulin gene has been successfully studied in many goat populations of the world. However, this has not been clarified yet in the local Kenyan goat (Capra hircus) breeds. The objectives of ... -
Genetic resistance of scottish blackface sheep to gastric nematodes association with the eosinophil
(University of NairobiFaculty of Veterinary Medicine, 1994)The gastric nematodes, Haemonchus contortus and Ostertagia (TeladrosagiaJ circumcincta, are the most pathogenic and economically important parasites of sheep in tropical and temperate areas, respectively. There are no ... -
Genetic studies of earliness, yield and fiber length upland cotton ( gossypium hirsutum L.)
(Plant Science & Crop Protection, University of Nairobi, 1979)The Inheritance of yield, fibre length and airlines in Upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) w s studied using Pi. P2r F1' F2, B1' 82 populations in five Inter varietal crosses. The commercial variety., UKAS9/240. (Pi) ... -
Genetic studies of five white pine species and their interspecific hybrids by isozymes
(Faculty of Forestry, University Of Toronto, 1991)The genetic structure, linkage relationships and genetic variation of Pinus strobus, P. monticola, P. griffithii, P. peuce and~. koraiensis were investigated by isozyme analysis, using starch gel electrophoresis, based ... -
A genetic study of the Kenya Sahiwal breed
(Department of Animal Science, 1978)A study of the production traits of the Kenya Sahiwal cattle was conducted with a view to obtaining reliable parameters for planning breeding programmes in this breed. Altogether, 3993 normal lactation records of 1183 ... -
Genetic variability and responses to selection for the spotted stem borer, chilo partellus (swinhoe) resistance in a maize (zea mays L.) population
(University of NairobiDepartment of Crop Science, 1996)The maj or obj ecti ves of this study were to determine genetic variability for parameters of resistance to Partellus and other desired agronomic traits, construct and test appropriate selection procedures, and ... -
Genetic variation in Isozyme patterns in the genus Amaranthus
(Department of Plant Science and Crop Protection, University of Nairobi, 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 ... -
Genetic variation in wild anopheles pharaensis theobald (dipteral : culicidae) of Mwea Irrigation scheme
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Genetic variation of the Lake Victoria Nile Perch
(University of NairobiDepartment of Animal Production, 2013)Recent decline in Nile perch abundance in Lake Victoria as deduced from decreasing catches is a concern to the fishing industry and conservation biology, as population on the decline is expected to lose most of its genetic ...