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Ethnopharmacological practices in management of livestock helminthes by pastoral communities in the drylands of Uganda
(2011)
A two stage sampling ethno-pharmacological study was carried out with agro-pastoralists in Nakasongola district involving two sub-counties namely; Nabiswera and Nakitoma. Participatory methods were used to establish a ...
Identification and distribution of viruses infecting sweet potato in Kenya
(2004)
Four hundred and forty-eight symptomatic and 638 asymptomatic samples were collected from sweet potato fields throughout Kenya and analysed serologically using antibodies to Sweet potato feathery mottle virus (SPFMV), Sweet ...
Evaluation of Verticillium chlamydosporium and Arthrobotrys oligospora for biological control of Meloidogyne incognita in celery and tomato
(2007)
The ability of nematode trapping fungi and egg-parasitising fungi to colonize and persist in the rhizosphere of crop plants is thought to be an important factor influencing the success of biological control of root infecting ...
Seasonal variations of nematode assemblages and diversity in vertisols, cambisols and arenosols soil groups in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
Soil health assessment has been based on narrow
disciplinary approaches that overlook the multiple
and interacting biological processes that are the
basis of sustainable crop productivity. This study
was carried out ...
Genetic variation for tolerance to low soil nitrogen (N) in common beans (Phaseolus vulgaries L.)
(2003)
Low soil nitrogen is an important biophysical constraint to common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) production in East and Central Africa. An average of 660 kg N ha-1 has been lost during the last 30 years from about 200 million ...
Suitability of Locally Available Substrates for Oyster Mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus) Cultivation in Kenya
(2009)
This study aimed at evaluating the suitability of selected substrates for mushroom production. Ten different substrates namely water hyacinth ( Eichhornia crassipes ), maize cobs ( Zea mays ), coconut fibre ( Cocos nucifera ...