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Dynamics of potato late blight on tubers and farmers' management of the disease in Kenya highlands.
(2003)From 1998 to 2001, field experiments were conducted in New York, USA, and Kenya to study the relationship between foliage late blight control and tuber infection in the control of tuber blight (Phytophthora infestans). ... -
Dynamics of soil nematodes and earthworms in urban vegetable irrigated with wastewater in the Nairobi river basin, Kenya
(Urban Harvest, International Potato Centre (CIP),Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technology, University of NairobiDepartment of Plant Science and Crop Protection, Faculty of Agriculture University of Nairobi, 2010)The effects of heavy metals lead (Pb), Cadmium (Cd) and Cromium (Cr) on nematode communities and earthworm density and biomass were studied in the wastewater irrigated farms of the Nairobi river basin. The levels of Cr and ... -
Dystocia in Kenyan dairy cattle
(University of Nairobi.Department of Clinical Studies, Veterinary Faculty, University of Nairobi, Kenya., 1981-02)No abstract available -
Earliness and yield in maize: An evaluation of some Katumani maize varieties
(University of Nairobi, 1982)No Abstract Available -
Early complementary feeding: the role of social support networks.
(1997)This study examined the role of social support networks in promoting early complementary feeding in Kangemi, Kenya. Employing both qualitative and quantitative methods, this study was conducted in 3 phases. Phase 1 included ... -
Early manual pregnancy diagnosis in dairy cattle in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi,, 1980)Rectal palpations for the purpose of pregnancy diagnosis were performed on 200 dairy cows and heifers at 35, 70 and 150 days of gestation. The cardinal signs used were: membrane slip and amniotic vesicle at 35 days; membrane ... -
Early placentation in the African green monkey (Cercopithecus aethiops)
(Department of Veterinary Anatomy, University of NairobiInstitute of Primate Research, NairobiCalifornia Primate Research CenterDepartment of Human Anatomy, University of California, 1986)Placentation in the green monkey (Cercopithecus aethiops) from gestational ages of 18–30 days was studied by light and electron microscopy. The placentae show many features in common with that of the rhesus monkey and other ... -
Early testicular response to intraperitoneal administration of ethane dimethanesulphonate (EDS) in the goat (Capra hircus).
(Department of Veterinary Anatomy, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2001)Early morphological changes in the goat testis after a single intraperitoneal injection of ethane dimethanesulphonate (EDS) were investigated using both light and electron microscopy. The compound was administered at two ... -
The Earth Charter in Higher Education for Sustainability
(University of NairobiThe Wangari Maathai Institute for Peace and Environmental Studies, 2009)A central challenge of sustainable development is to provide material sufficiency for the human population while preserving the integrity of Earth’s biosphere. Current modes of economic production and consumption accomplish ... -
The East AfricanRhizobium MIRCEN; A framework for promoting regionally co-ordinated biological nitrogen fixation
(Department of Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technology, 1986)The Nairobi MIRCEN, which addresses itself to N2-fixation by legume-rhizobia systems, was established in 1977 in the Departments of Soil Science and Botany of the University of Nairobi as one of the first four MIRCENs. The ... -
East and West African milk products are reservoirs for human and livestock-associated Staphylococcus aureus
(University of Nairobi, 2017-08)Staphylococcus aureus frequently isolated from milk products in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is a major pathogen responsible for food intoxication, human and animal diseases. SSA hospital-derived strains are well studied but ... -
Echinococcosis in Kenya: transmission characteristics,incidence and control measures
(Department of Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 1990)Kenya has the highest reported incidence of human hydatid disease in the world. Up to about 30% of cattle, 15% of goats and 13% of sheep harbour the infection. The causative agent of the disease in Kenya is Echinococcus ... -
Ecological and subject-level drivers of interepidemic Rift Valley fever virus exposure in humans and livestock in Northern Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Nearly a century after the first reports of Rift Valley fever (RVF) were documented in Kenya, questions on the transmission dynamics of the disease remain. Specifically, data on viral maintenance in the quiescent years ... -
Ecological bulletins
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Ecological considerations of the introduction of Cotesia flavipes Cameron Hymenoptera: Braconidae for biological control of Chilo partellus Swinhoe Lepidoptera: Pyralidae in Africa.
(University of NairobiAgricultural Economics, 1994)The exotic parasitoid, Cotesia flavipes, was released in 1993 in Kenya for biological control of the introduced stemborer, Chilo partellus. The release has been criticised in some quarters as being potentially ecologically ... -
Ecological risk assessment of heavy metals and water bird distribution in rift valley lakes, Kenya
(Journal of Ecology and The Natural Environment, 2017)The study was carried out in six Kenyan rift valley lakes, Nakuru, Magadi, Oloiden, Crater (Sonachi), Bogoria and Elementaita with the aim to determine the levels of heavy metals and other metal elements (Co, Mn, Zn, Cu, ... -
Ecological studies of some grasslands in Kenya: structure and net primary productivity in four grassland [rangeland] ecosystems.
(University of Nairobi, 1992)