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Application Of Fish Pond Effluent To French Beans Through Drip Irrigation At Sagana, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 1999)
Nirogen Replenishment In The East African Highlands Through Biological Nitrogen Fixation And Legume Inoculation.
(University of Nairobi, 1998)
Nutrient Replenishment In Small Holder Farms Of Western Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2003)
Soil Organic Carbon Fractions In A Long-term Experiment And The Potential For Their Use As A Diagnostic Assay In Highland Farming Systems Of Central Kenya Highlands.
(University of Nairobi, 1998)
Soil organic matter fractions provide insight into soil quality and the maintenance of crop productivity in smallhold cropping systems. Soil organic carbon (SOC) pools were measured and compared to crop performance during ...
Managing manure heaps with agro-organic wastes and cover to reduce nitrogen losses during storage on smallholder farms
(University of Nairobi, 2007)
Livestock manure is a valuable source of plant nutrients for crop production in the Central Kenyan highlands but its quality in terms of available nitrogen (N) is low due to considerable N losses through ammonia volatilization. ...
Selecting Rhizobium Phaseoli Strains For Use With Beans (Phaseolus Vulgaris L.) In Kenya . I. Ineffectiveness And Tolerance Of Acidity And Aluminium.
(University of Nairobi, 1988)
Forty one strains of Rhizobium phaseoli were screened for the ability to multiply at high temperatures on yeast extract-mannitol agar. Most strains were tolerant of 30°C, eight strains were tolerant of 45°C and two of 47°C ...
Nematodes Associated With Beans And The Response Of Bean Germplasm To Meloidogyne Ineognita
(University of Nairobi, 2000)
The Effect Of Tithonia Diversifolia (Hemsley) A. Gray Biomass On The Solubility Of Rock Phosphates: A Laboratory Incubation Experiment. Tropical And Subtropical Agro Ecosystems.
(University of Nairobi, 2004)
A 16-week laboratory incubation experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of
Tithonia diversifolia leaves on the dissolution of Minjingu (MPR) and Busumbu (BRP) rock phosphates in a Kenyan Oxisol. Triple superphosphate ...
Cases Studies
(University of Nairobi,, 2002)
Common bean (
Phaseolus vulgaris
L.) is the most important legume
crop in Kenya and is cultivated on an estimated 700,000 ha. A low
average yield of 750 kg/ha is realized, against a potential of 1500 kg/
ha (Rheenen
et ...