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A survey of insect pest species associated with sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 1979)
The results are presented of a survey of insect pests on sunflower in Kenya in 1974-75. A list is provided of 80 species of Coleoptera, Hemiptera, Lepidoptera, Orthoptera, Diptera and Thysanoptera that were found damaging ...
The erodibility of two soils from Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 1979)
A portable fainfall simulator was used to measure the runoff rates and soil losses from a freshly ploughed luvisol at Katumani, and anitosol at Kabete, on a 6 deg slope at varying rainfall intensities. The soil losses from ...
O2-uptake, thermoregulation and heart rate in the springhare (Pedetes capensis)
(1979)
No abstract available
Competition and Control of Fall Panicum (Panicum Dichotomiflorum Michx.) in Soybeans (Glycine Max (L.) Merr.)
(University of Nairobi, 1979)
Fall panicum (Panicum dichotomiflorum Michx.) has become oneof the most serious weed problems in row crops, particularly in corn(Zea mays L.) and soybeans (GLycine max (L.) Merr.), in the Northeastern
U.S. in recent years. ...
Potassium fixation in some Kenyan soils.
(University of Nairobi, 1979)
Potassium fixation was measured for 13 Kenyan soils with a range of applied potassium (0 to 1000 mg kg-1). The fixed potassium was measured, and hence is defined in this study, by the difference between the amount of applied ...
The influence of breed and age on the prevalence of bovine fascioliasis in Kenya
(Univeristy of Nairobi, 1979)
An abbatoir survey was carried out on 2431 cattle from a high rainfall area of Kenya. Fasciola hepatica was less prevalent, and less numerous in Boran cattle (Bos indicus) than in Bos taurus types, such as Aberdeen Angus, ...
Helminthosporium maydis on maize
(1979)
A severe outbreak of leaf blight on maize in Apr. 1978 in the Nyanza Province, Kenya, was caused by H. maydis [Cochliobolus heterostrophus: CMI Map 346], a previously unrecorded disease
Levels of vitamins A and C in some Kenyan vegetable plants
(Univerisyt of Nairobi, 1979)
Leaves of Crotalaria brevidens, Amaranthus lividus, Gynandropsis gynandra and Corchorus olitorius all grown in Kenya had vitamin C 100 to 150 mu g/g. C. brevidens and A. lividus had most vitamin A, 250 to 300 and 200 mu ...
Control of sub-clinical mastitis by intramammary antibiotics infusion during lactation in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 1979)
Intramammary antibiotics therapy with 600 000 IU penicillin G sodium, 600 000 IU dihydrostreptomycin sulphate and 10 000 IU vitamin A palmitate, was studied in 3 dairy herds in the Kiambu district of Kenya. One herd consisted ...
Lesions of the canine penis and prepuce.
(University of Nairobi, 1979)
In 185 dogs treated for penile or preputial problems in Nairobi, 197 lesions were observed including 86 tumours (of which 84 were transmissible venereal tumours), 40 cases of balanoposthitis, 38 wounds, 14 urethral calculi ...