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Prevalence And Management Of Viral Diseases And Associated Vectors In Hot Pepper (Capsicum Spp.) Production In Rwanda
(University of Nairobi, 2021)
Hot pepper (Capsicum spp.) is a source of income, employment and foreign exchange in Rwanda. However, production of the crop is constrained by diseases and pests, mainly viruses and their vectors. Reports on presence of ...
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 ...
Effectiveness Of Patrolling Protected Areas Against Bushmeat Poaching Through Snaring In The Soysambu Conservancy, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2021)
Bushmeat poaching – illegal hunting of wildlife for their meat – is seen as a severe threat to
wildlife by both the Kenyan Wildlife Service (KWS) and managers of Kenyan protected areas.
Protected areas must therefore be ...
Effectiveness of Patrolling Protected Areas Against Bushmeat Poaching Through Snaring in the Soysambu Conservancy, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2021)
Bushmeat poaching - illegal hunting of wildlife for their meat - is seen as a severe threat to wildlife by both the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) and managers of Kenyan protected areas. Protected areas must therefore be ...
Assessment of woody plants species diversity in Rusinga island, Homa bay county, Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2021)
Land degradation is a major environmental problem as manifested in global decline in woody vegetation and loss of biodiversity. Understanding the dynamics of plant communities is imperative in developing appropriate ...
Effect of intercropping sorghum with cowpea and nitrogen application on growth and yield of sorghum (sorghum bicolor (l.) moench).
(University of Nairobi, 2021)
Intercropping is an important sustainable cropping system in which two or more crops are grown in the same piece of land. Despite the development of high yield varieties, sorghum yields have remained low due to low soil ...
Diversity and performance of egg parasitoids occurring on fall armyworm (spodoptera frugiperda j.E smith) on maize in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2021)
Fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) is an insect of economic importance, indigenous to tropical and sub-tropical regions of America. This pest mainly attacks maize crop and it also has ...
Determinants of household dietary diversity among smallholder maize farmers in Uasin Gishu county, Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2021)
Kenya’s economy is highly dependent on agriculture with maize being grown nearly in all parts
of the country mainly under rain fed environmental conditions and is a food for 98% of the
population in Kenya. With most of ...
Effect of Urbanization on Urban Forestry and Air Quality- a Case Study of Ngong Road Forest Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2021)
Urban forest though playing a vital role in sequestering air pollutants in cities, they have been on the verge of depletion due to rapid urbanization of cities in Sub-Saharan Africa including Kenya. The research aimed on ...
Occurrence of passion fruit dieback in Uasin-Gishu county and reaction of passion fruit varieties to inoculation with dieback pathogens.
(University of Nairobi, 2021)
Dieback is the most important fungal disease of passion fruits causing over 70% of crop loss. The disease is difficult and complex to manage due to the complexity of symptoms exhibited diversity of causal organisms and the ...