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Effects of plant density and phosphate levels on growth, yield and yield components of field beans phaseolus vulgaris l.
(1982)
Field bean (Phaseolusvulgaris)grown mainly for its
protein rich dry bean seeds, is the most important
legume and the second most important crop in Kenya.
Bean yields have been shown to be increased by
phosphate fertilizers ...
Evaluation of barley germplasm for resistance to Rhynchosporium secalis at seedling stage in Kenya
(University Of Nairobi, 1991)
Barley lines in the Barley National Performance Trial (BNPT) and introductions in the national germplasm program were evaluated for resistance to an isolate of Rhynchosporium secalis at Njoro. Potted plants were artificially ...
Surface specialization of the capillary endothelium in the pecten oculi of the chicken, and their overt roles in pectineal haemodynamics and nutrient transfer to the inner neural retina
(Univesity of Nairobi, 1997)
The structure of the capillary endothelium in the pecten oculi of the domestic fowl was investigated by scanning and transmission electron microscopy. Scanning electron microscopy results demonstrated the existence of a ...
Caseous lymphadenitis in goats: The dose of infection and the serologicai response
(1998)
Goats were infected intradermally with caseous pus containing between 1 x 105 and 5 x 10¹ colony forming units(CFU) of Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis. Animals infected with doses of equal and above 1 x 10² CFU of ...
Planning irrigation cropping systems
(University of Nairobi,, 1993)
Farmers of the Sagana irrigation project, Kenya, have identified fluctuating and low prices for their agricultural produce as their main constraint. This paper reports results from a study carried out to identify an ...
Antibiotic residues in milk received by dairy cooperative societies in Kiambu district, Kenya
(1994)
A survey of antibiotic inhibitors in milk received by dairy cooperative societies in Kiambu district was done qualitatively using microbiological assay method. No antibacterial inhibitors were detected in all the samples ...
Disease progress of angular leaf spot caused by isariopsis griseola sacc. and its implications on resistance of some bean (phaseolus vulgaris l.) cultivars
(1988)
Disease progress of angular leaf spot caused by Isariosis griseola Sacc. was determined in the field on 14 bean cultivars after artificially induced infection. Isolate IG1-77 of the fungus was used to cause the infection, ...
Relapses in dogs experimentally infected with Trypanosoma brucei and treated with diminazene aceturate or isometamidium chloride.
(University of Nairobi., 1988-03)
Twenty dogs of mixed local East African breeds were used. Five of the dogs were uninfected controls and 15 were infected with T. brucei (ILRAD 273). Five of the infected dogs were untreated controls, five were treated with ...
Progesterone and 5B-pregnanediol production by isolated fetal placental binucleate cells from sheep and goats
(University of Nairobi, 1991-05)
Enzymic dispersion and density gradient separation were used for the isolation of enriched populations (60-90%) of cells from the corpus luteum, placenta and peripheral blood of pregnant sheep and goats. Analysis of the ...
Organochlorine pesticide residues in commercial infants' milk formulas on the Kenyan market
(1991)
Organochlorine contaminants were not detected in any of the 5 commercial infant formulas examined. This is in contrast to the high levels of some organochlorine pesticide residues which have been found in mothers’ milk and ...