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Differential Gene Expression of Resistant and Susceptible Sweetpotato Plants after Infection with the Causal Agents of Sweet Potato Virus Disease
(2009)
Sweet potato virus disease (SPVD) is one of the most devastating diseases affecting sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas), an important food crop in developing countries. SPVD develops when sweetpotato plants are dually infected ...
Detection and Distribution of Viruses Infecting Field-grown Sweetpotato in East Africa
(2006)
Sweetpotato is an important staple food crop in Sub-Saharan Africa, with production being concentrated in East Africa, particularly around Lake Victoria. Productivity of the crop is greatly constrained by viral diseases. ...
Report on the German alpine dairy goat project on health and breeding policy in Central Kenya. GTZ Library reports, 2000.
(University of Nairobi, 2001)
No abstract available
The fertility of acyclic and repeat breeder cows and heifers following gonabreed and estroplan treatment.
(University of Nairobi, 2006)
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Improving camel production in Kenya through improvement of camel reproductive efficiency.
(University of Nairobi, 2005)
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Introduction: higher education for sustainable development
(University of Nairobi, 2002)
Over the past 30 years, the global community has been debating the signi(cance of
environmental problems and the meaning and urgency of sustainable development. The
major purpose of the World Summit on Sustainable ...
Respiratory stratagems, mechanisms, and morphology of the ‘lung’ of a tropical swamp worm, Alma emini Mich. (Oligochaeta: Glossoscolecidae): a transmission and scanning electron microscope study, with field and laboratory observations
(University of Nairobi,, 2006)
The swamp worm Alma emini subsists in the highly productive waterlogged swamps around the East African Lake Victoria. The soil consists of putrefying plant matter from which gases like methane, carbon dioxide, and hydrogen ...
Allometry of the limb bones of mammals from shrews (Sorex) to elephant (Loxodonta)
(University of Nairobi, 2009-08-20)
Measurements have been made of the principal leg bones of 37 species representing almost the full range of sizes of terrestrial mammals. The lengths of corresponding bones tend to be proportional to (body mass)0·35 and the ...
Thermoregulation and metabolism in a small desert carnivore: the Fennec fox (Fennecus zerda) (Mammalia)†
(2009-08-20)
In controlled laboratory experiments the effects of ambient temperatures on thermoregulation, metabolism, heat balance, heart rate, and total evaporative water loss were studied in the Fennce fox (Fenneus Zerda) from the ...