Browsing Faculty of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine (FAg / FVM) by Subject "Wheat"

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    • The effect of Pellet fertilizer application on Wheat Yield and its Components 

      Eyvazi, Jeiran; Irannejad, Hamid; Kianmehr, Mohammad Hussein; Esmaeili, Mohammad; Akbari, Qolam Ali; Onwonga, Richard N. (Department of Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technology, 2010)
      Increased use of fertilizer nitrogen (N) in agricultural production continues to raise concerns, because of the risk of surplus N leaving the plant-soil system and thereby causing environmental contamination. Therefore, ...

    • Evaluation of bread wheat for both seedling and adult plant resistance to stem rust 

      Nzuve, F.M.; Bhavani, S.; Tusiime, G.; Njau, P.; Wanyera, R. (Department of Plant Science and Crop Protection, University of Nairobi, 2012)
      Wheat is an important staple food crop in sub-Saharan Africa. However, the current wheat consumption of 900 000 tons in Kenya outweighs the wheat production of 350 000 tons given the high population growth and inflation. ...

    • The occurrence of Fusarium species and mycotoxins in Kenyan wheat 

      Muthomi, J W; Ndung'u, J K; Gathumbi, J K; Mutitu, E W; Wagacha, J M (Department of Plant Science and Crop Protection, University of Nairobi, 2008)
      presence of head blight-causing Fusarium species. Fungal contaminationwas determined by isolation on agar media, while mycotoxin analysis was by direct competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The wheat ...

    • Susceptibility of Kenyan wheat varieties to head blight, fungal invation and Deoxynivalenol accumulation inoculated with Fusarium graminearum 

      Muthomi, J W; Orke, E C; Dehne, H W; Mutitu, E W (Department of Plant Science and Crop Protection, University of Nairobi, 2002)
      Fifteen wheat varieties commercially grown in Kenya were tested for their susceptibility to head blight and mycotoxin accumulation after inoculation with Fusarium gramineanuu in pot experiments. The strain or the pathogen ...