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Smallholder dairy production in high altitude Nyandarua milk-shed in Kenya: Status, challenges and opportunities
(2011-05)
A stratified sampling method was used to select 156 dairying households from representative Divisions in Nyandarua County. The stratification was based on cattle grazing systems (CGS) and agro-ecological zones (AEZs) across ...
Nuclear ribosomal DNA diversity of a cotton pest (Rotylenchulus reniformis) in the United States
(2008)
The reniform nematode (Rotylenchulus reniformis) has emerged as a major cotton pest in the United
States. A recent analysis of over 20 amphimictic populations of this pest from the US and three other
countries has shown ...
Biocontrol of Fusarium root rot in beans by antagonistic Trichoderma fungi
(University of Nairobi, 2013)
Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) is one of the most important economic crop which is attacked by serious diseases such as Fusarium root rot. In this study, the efficacy of Trichoderma viride and T. koningii were evaluated ...
Soil physicochemical properties under Acacia senegal varieties in the dryland areas of Kenya
(2011)
Acacia senegal is a multipurpose drought-tolerant tree or shrub legume and is commonly used in agroforestry systems in sub-Saharan Africa for gum arabic production and soil fertility improvement. Despite its wide distribution ...
A novel 57-kDa merozoite protein of Babesia gibsoni is a prospective antigen for diagnosis and serosurvey of canine babesiosis by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
(2007)
We isolated a novel single copy gene encoding a 57-kDa merozoite protein of Babesia gibsoni (BgP57). The nucleotide sequence of the cDNA was 2387 bp with an open reading frame (ORP) of 1644 bp encoding a 57-kDa predicted ...
Effect of Nitrogen Source, Crop Maturity Stage and Storage Conditions on Phenolics and Oxalate Contents in Vegetable Amaranth (Amaranthus hypochondriacus
(Canadian Center of Science and Education, 2012)
This study was designed to assess the effect of Diammonium Phosphate (DAP) fertilizer and cattle manure on the
accumulation of total phenolics, quercetin and oxalates during growth and storage of vegetable amaranth ...
Climate forecast information: the status, needs and expectations among smallholder agro-pastoralists in Machakos district, Kenya
(2011)
The potential use of seasonal climate forecasts in farm and resource management has been studied
in a number of cultural contexts around the world. Many of these studies reveal difficulties that
smallholders encounter ...
Survey of pigeonpea production systems, utilization and marketing in semi-arid lands of Kenya
(2001)
In order to assess the status of pigconpca (Cajanus cajon (L.) Millsp.) production in KenY;1, two surveys were carried out in Mac~lIeni and Mhecre Districts in arcus representative or the main agro-ccological pigcoupca ...
Cloning, Expression, and Characterization of Babesia gibsoni Dihydrofolate Reductase-Thymidylate Synthase: Inhibitory Effect of Antifolates on Its Catalytic Activity and Parasite Proliferation
(2008)
Dihydrofolate reductase-thymidylate synthase (DHFR-TS) is a well-validated antifolate drug target in certain pathogenic apicomplexans, but not in the genus Babesia, including Babesia gibsoni. Therefore, we isolated, cloned, ...