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The effects of chemical pretreatments on the postharvest physiology of lisianthus (eustoma grandiflorum shinn.) cut flowers
(2008)
This study was conducted to investigate the role of exogenously applied 6-
benzylaminopurine (BA) and gibberellic acid (GA3) in the postharvest physiology of cut
lisianthus flowers. The suitability of biocides that ...
Replication of Viruses Responsible for Sweet Potato Virus Disease in Resistant and Susceptible Sweetpotato Genotypes and Identification of Molecular Markers Linked to Resistance
(2008)
Virus diseases are a major constraint to sweetpotato production in East Africa. The most important is the Sweet potato virus disease (SPVD), a result of co-infection of Sweet potato chlorotic stunt virus (SPCSV) and Sweet ...
Fungal and aflatoxin contamination in maize from Eastern Kenya and evaluation of possible management strategies
(University of Nairobi, 2008)
Survey on fungal and aflatoxin contamination and evaluation of possible management
strategies was carried after 2006/07 cropping season in nine agro ecological zones of
greater Machakos district (Kangundo, Machakos and ...
Evaluation Of Sweetpotato Varieties Response To Sweetpotato Virus Disease
(University of Nairobi., 2008)
Sweet potato is an important food, feed and cash crop in Eastern Africa but its productivity is
greatly reduced by the sweetpotato virus disease (SPVD). Variety based tolerance to SPVD is
a cheap and sustainable way of ...
The socio-economic, food security and nutritional status of urban farmers in Nakuru town Kenya: a comparative study of programme and non- programme households
(University of Nairobi, 2008)
A comparative cross-sectional survey was conducted from October to December 2000, to
assess and compare the socio-economic and food security status as well as the nutritional
status of children less than five years and ...
Psychological Outcomes of Current Infant Feeding Dilemma for HIV-Infected Mothers
(University of Nairobi, 2008)
Infant feeding (IF) in the context of HIV is challenged by the potential and cumulative
risk of MTCT of HIV through breastfeeding (BF), and the risks associated with
replacement feeding (RF). The human rights approach ...
Methods for breaking dormancy of potato seed tubers (solanum tuberosum l.)
(2008)
Experiments were conducted between June 2005 and December 2006 at the Kenya
Agricultural Research Institute (KARl) National Potato Research Center (NPRC) - Tigoni,
to evaluate alternative methods of dormancy breaking and ...
Genetic characterization of some selected east african indigenous cattle
(University of Nairobi, 2008)
The indigenous cattle breeds of Kenya have special adaptations (resistance to diseases,
utilization oflow quality feeds and surviving under high tropical temperatures). There is
a risk of loosing these unique adaptive ...
Cerebrospinal Fluid Responses In The Monkey Model As A Means Of Predicting Late Stage Human African Trypanosomiasis
(University of Nairobi, 2008)
Molecular epidemiology of african animal trypanosomiasis in western Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2008)
Studies on the epidemiology of African bovine trypanosomiasis have concentrated
on the temporal aspects with the longitudinal studies rarely considering the spatial
dimension of disease prevalence. The problem is amplified ...