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Spacing and pruning of purple passion fruit.
(University of Nairobi, 1984)
Row spacing of 1.8 m (wide) was compared with that of 1.2 m (narrow) under 4 pruning regimes: severe, selective, light and no pruning. Narrow spacing outyielded wide spacing over a period of 3 years by 40%. The greater ...
Effects of weeding and row spacing on sugar cane at the Kenya coast.
(University of Nairobi, 1981)
Using the sugar cane cultivar Co 421, competition from weeds for the whole growing season was compared at three row spacings with competition for periods ranging from 15 to 120 days at the start of the season or later and ...
Pruning and trellising purple passion fruit. I. Yields and seasonal trends.
(University of Nairobi, 1980)
In an experiment in which one-wire and 3-wire trellising as well as severe, selective, light and no pruning were compared, it was found that pruning did not increase yields or reduce the usual decline in yield over a 3-year ...
Pruning and trellising purple passion fruit. II. Disease incidence, fruit size and quality.
(University of Nairobi, 1980)
Trellising did not affect fruit size or quality. Three-wire trellising produced more diseased [Alternaria passiflorae] laterals and fruit than 1-wire trellising. Light and selective pruning produced heavier and better ...
Preliminary studies on some local materials for propagation media. 1. Physical and chemical properties.
(Univeristy of Nairobi, 1981)
Several materials for raising seedlings in containers before field transplanting were studied, namely coir dust, sawdust, coffee parchments, charcoal dust, local peat moss and sisal waste. Data are presented on their ...