Browsing Faculty of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine (FAg / FVM) by Subject "Greenhouse"
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Levels of control of Chilo partellus stem borer in segregating tropical Bt maize populations in Kenya
(Department of Plant Science and Crop Protection, University of Nairobi, 2011-06)In Kenya, stem borers destroy an estimated 400,000 metric tons, or 13.5%, of farmers' annual maize harvest costing about US$80 millions. Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) maize controls stem borers without harming humans, ... -
Phosphate sorption isotherms of selected soils of Kenya and maize response to phosphate fertilizer in the greenhouse
(Department of soil science, University of Nairobi, 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, ...