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The effects of nitrogen rates on yield, quality and nodulation, and storage temperatures on water and ascorbic acid changes in cowpea (vigna unguiculata (L) walp) leaf vegetable
(1991)
Two experiments were carried out between October and
December 1988, and repeated between January and May 1989 at the
Field Station, Faculty of Agriculture, Kabete \campus, University
of Nairobi, Kenya, to investigate ...
Response of diminazene resistant and diminazene susceptible trypanosoma congolense to treatment with diminazene when occurring as a mixed infection in goats
(1992)
The research described in this thesis was carried out to investigate the
phenotypic basis of resistance to diminazene (Berenil R) in Trypanosoma
congolense.
Earlier work has shown that, in both goats and mice, the ...
Effect of legume intercrop management practices and inorganic nitrogen application on growfh and yield of finger millet (eleusine coracana l.).
(1995)
Two-phased field experiments were conducted at Kabete Field Station, University
of Nairobi, Faculty of Agriculture, Kabete Campus and Field 3, Egerton University,
Njoro Campus to investigate the effects of legume intercrop ...
Effect of land use on physical and hydrological characteristics of Kabete soils
(1990)
Soil physical and hydrological properties of kabete soils were
evaluated at three different land use sites namely forest,
grass la n d , and cropland sites. The purpose of this work was to
determine the effect of selected ...
Genetics of stripe rust (Puccinia striiformis Westend.) resistance in the sort white spring wheat, Owens
(University of Alberta, 1992)
Stripe rust (yellow rust), caused by Puccinia striiformis Westend. is a major
disease of wheat and barley, particularly in cool, moist growing seasons. The Canadian soft
white spring wheat, Owens, is known to possess ...
Effects of cow dung manure on some physical And chemical properties on saline - sodic soils in Kiboko Makueni district (Kenya)
(University of Nairobi, 1998)
The effect of cow dung manure on some physical and chemical properties of salinesodic
soils in Kiboko, Makueni district were examined. Two soil types, namely, chromo- haplic
Lixisols for site 1 and mollic and sodic ...
Studies of the dissipation of p,p'-ddt in Mtwapa, Kilifi district, of the coast province, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 1994)
The rate of disappearance of the insecticide, p,p'-DDT,
[l,l,1-trichloro-2,2'-(4-chlorophenyl)ethane], in Mtwapa,
Kilifi District, Coast Province, Kenya, was carried out using
nuclear techniques. A plot was prepared by ...
Development of a heterosexual transmission animal model of HIV using the East African baboon
(1999)
Human immunodeficiency virus, (HIV), is transmitted sexually by both homosexual and
heterosexual contact. Heterosexual transmission is the major route of HIV spread in
Africa, accounting for over 70% of all transmissions, ...
Effect of benzyladenine, gibberellic acid, and Ethephon on growth and flower yield of chamomile (matricaria chamomilla L.) Plants
(1998)
An experiment at the University of Nairobi's Institute of Dryland Research Development
and Utilization (IDRDU) in Kibwezi was conducted to study the effect of plant growth regulators
benzyladenine, gibberellic acid, and ...
Mechanical properties of sisal,fibre reinforced concrete
(University of Nairobi, 1993)
Reinforcement of brittle matrices with fibres of different
kinds has been shown to improve the mechanical properties
of these materials.
In this study, mechanical properties of sisal fibre
reinforced concrete were ...