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Available technologies to replenish soil fertility in East Africa
(University of Nairobi, 2007)
Low inherent soil fertility in the highly weathered and leached soils largely accounts for low and unsustained crop yields in most African countries. But in particular, the major nutrients, nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P), ...
Overview on urban and peri-urban agriculture: definition, impact on human health, constraints and policy issues
(2007-11)
To collate and synthesize current knowledge of components of urban agriculture (UA) with a thematic emphasis on human health impact and a geographic emphasis on East Africa.
Data management followed a structured ...
Bean improvement for low soil fertility adaptation in Eastern and Central Africa
(2007)
Low soil fertility is one of the most important common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L) productivity yield limiting factors in Eastern and Central Africa and cause substantial production losses. As a component of integrated ...
Genetic improvement of the Kenya Dual Purpose goat: Influence of economic values and prospects for a practical breeding programme
(2007-09)
This study determined the influence of economic values on genetic gain and explored the prospects for a practical breeding programme for the Kenya Dual Purpose Goat. The economic values for production traits (live weight ...
Breeding goals for the Kenya Dual Purpose goat. II. Estimation of economic values for production and functional traits
(Springer Netherlands, 2007-10)
Economic values for production traits (milk yield, MY, kg; 12-month sale weight, LW, kg; consumable meat percentage, CMP) and functional traits (doe live weight, DoWT, kg; number of kids weaned, NKW; kidding frequency, KF; ...
Localizing genes using linkage disequilibrium in plants: integrating lessons from the medical genetics
(Academic Journals, 2007-03-19)
Finding genes controlling quantitative traits will aid molecular breeding for crops and livestock with
superior yields, growth rates, and evolutionary potential. Such genes can be located using the
candidate gene approach, ...
The effects of non-genetic factors and estimation of genetic and phenotypic parameters and trends for milk yield in Ayrshire cattle in Kenya
(2007)
Dairy cattle production in Kenya has been growing into an important agricultural sector, but it still faces numerous difficulties in environmental constraints. The purpose of this study was to identify significant non-genetic ...
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 ...