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Screening for resistance to floury leaf spot of beans
(University of Nairobi,college of agriculture and veterinary sciences,, 1997) -
Screening legume cover crops for dry-season survival in a semi-arid environment of Kenya
(Department of soil science, 2000) -
Screening of legume germplasm in Kenya: Effect of rhizobia inoculation on performance of best-bet legumes
(Department of veterinary medicine, 1998) -
Screening of some Kenyan Medicinal Plants for Antibacterial Activity
(Department of Public Health, Pharmacology & Toxicology, University of NairobiDepartment of clinical studies, University of Nairobi, 2006)This study reports on the bioactivity and in vitro antimicrobial action of methanol extract of Withania somnifera using in vitro cultures of Staphylococcus aureus,Escherichiacoli,Candidaalbicans,Salmonella typhimurium ... -
Screening of some Kenyan Medicinal Plants for Antibacterial Activity.
(Department of Public Health, Pharmacology & Toxicology, University of NairobiDepartment of clinical studies, University of Nairobi, 2010)Eleven medicinal plants used by traditional healers in Machakos and Kitui District were screened, namely: Ajuga remota Benth, Aloe secundijlora Engl, Amaranthus hybridus L, Cassia didymobotrya Fes, Croton macrostachyus ... -
Screening upland Rice genotypes for grain yield and grain quality in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Smallholder farmers in Kenya grow local rice cultivars that have low yield potential and poor culinary qualities. Therefore, urban consumers prefer imported rice. The imported rice is expensive and unaffordable to the ... -
SEABIRD TEMPERATURE REGULATION
(University of Nairobi,college of agriculture and veterinary sciences,, 1992) -
Search in the available cowpea germplasm for sources of resistance to the common pod-sucking bugs Riptortus dentipes (F.) and Anoplocnemis curvipes (F.).
(University of Nairobi, 1985)In trials at Ibadan, Nigeria, and Kikambala, Kenya, none of the 4180 Vigna unguiculata cultivars screened were highly resistant in the field, although 33 were moderately resistant to both pests, sustaining 20-39% pod damage. ... -
Season, method of harvesting, container type and storage duration effects on seed Germination of four rangeland grasses
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Seasonability as an ecological factor in Africa. The Proceedings of the second East African Wildlife Symposium, Kilaguni Lodge, Tsavo National Park (West), Kenya, 9-11 July, 1974.
(University of Nairobi, 1975)Papers of interest have been abstracted separately in Herbage Abstracts. -
seasonal availability and consumption of wild edible plants insemiarid Ethiopia: lmplications to food security and climate change adaptation.
(Department of Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technology,, 2011)Quantitative ethnoecological analysis of seasonal availability and implication to food security of wild edible plants (WEPs) was conducted in Boosat and Fantalle districts of semiarid east Shewa, Ethiopia from October, ... -
Seasonal availability of gastrointestinal nematode larvae to cattle on pasture in the central highlands of Kenya.
(University of Nairobi.Department of Veterinary Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nairobi, Kenya., 2002-06)The type and level of infective strongylid nematode larvae on pasture were monitored fortnightly from July 1995 to June 1996 in the central highlands of Kenya. The number of larvae on pasture was moderate, reaching > 1,200 ... -
Seasonal botanical and chemical composition of sheep and goat diets on a common range in eastern Africa
(Department of Range Management, University of Nairobi, 2004)he botanical and chemical composition, intake and digestibility of local sheep (Ovis aries) and goat (Capra hirtus) diets were evaluated over the wet (growing) and dry (dormant) seasons. Diet botanical composition was ... -
Seasonal Botanical Characteristics of the Diets of Grant’s (Gazella Granti Brooke) and Thompson’s (Gazella Thompsoniguenther) in the Dry Land Habitats of South-central Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Understanding of dietary requirements of different wildlife populations is critical in wildlife habitat conservation especially in Sub-Saharan Africa where wildlife contributes much to the National GDP of many countries. ... -
Seasonal botanical characteristics of the diets of Grant’s (Gazella granti Brooke) and Thomson’s (Gazella Thomsoni Guenther) in the dryland habitats of south-central, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Understanding of dietary requirements of different wildlife populations is critical in wildlife habitat conservation especially in Sub-Saharan Africa where wildlife contributes much to the National GDP of many countries. ... -
Seasonal conservation tillage reports (1999-2001) for Iiuni Conservation Tillage Trials Site, Machakos, Kenya
(College of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences, University of Nairobi, 2001) -
Seasonal Dynamics and Alternate Hosts of Thrips Transmitted Iris Yellow Spot Virus in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Thrips-transmitted Iris yellow spot virus (IYSV) (Family Tospoviridae, Genus Orthotospovirus) is a major constraint to onion (Allium cepa L.) production in Kenya. Determining seasonal patterns of the vector and alternate ... -
Seasonal energy extraction patterns by agropastoral herds in semiarid south-eastern Kenyaa
(Department of Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technology, 2009)primary energy extraction patterns by livestock under agropastoralism anci ranching were investigated by the bite count method in semiarid south-eastern Kenya. Sward biomass for optimal energy intake by cattle was derived ... -
Seasonal patterns of gastrointestinal nematode infections in sheep in a semi-arid Kajiado District of Kenya
(Department of Veterinary Pathology, Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Nairobi, 2006)The seasonal patterns of trichostrongylid nematode infections in Dorper yearlings in a semi-arid area of Kajiado District, Kenya were investigated by analysis faecal egg output, herbage infectivity and post-mortem worm ...