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Making meteorological services more beneficial to farmers
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Malaria Infection Increases Attractiveness of Humans to Mosquitoes
(Department of Zoology, 2005)Do malaria parasites enhance the attractiveness of humans to the parasite's vector? As such manipulation would have important implications for the epidemiology of the disease, the question has been debated for many years. ... -
Malaria panel assay versus PCR: detection of naturally infected Anopheles melas in a coastal village of Equatorial Guniea.
(University Of Nairobi, 2004)Background: A study was carried out in a village of the mainland region of Equatorial Guinea in order to ascertain a) which members of Anopheles gambiae complex could be involved in malaria transmission and b) the rate ... -
Maltohexaose production by a recombinant Bacillus halodurans α-amylase
(University of NairobiCollege of biological and physical science, 2004) -
Management implications of the response of two tilapiine cichlids to long-term Changes in Lake level, allodiversity and exploitation in an equatorial lake
(School of Biological Sciences, 2011)The tilapiine cichlids Oreochromis leucostictus and Tilapia zillii were introduced into Lake Naivasha, Kenya, in 1956. Previous studies on data collected to 1987 revealed they were persistent following establishment, despite ... -
Management issues in Lake Victoria watershed
(2001)Lake Victoria is the largest lake in Africa (68 800 km2) and is the eighth largest lake in the world by volume. The three East African countries of Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya share Lake Victoria and its resources. The total ... -
Management of cassava green mite Mononychellus progresivus (Acari: Tetranychidae) in different agro-ecological zones of Kenya
(2015)The cassava green mite (CGM), Mononychellus progresivus Doreste, causes serious leaf damage on cassava leading to low root yield in the dry savanna regions of Africa. A study to compare effectiveness of the predatory phytoseiid ... -
Management of Fusarium head blight of wheat and deoxynivalenol accumulation using antagonistic microorganisms
(2008)Laboratory and green house studies were conducted at the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Nairobi, to evaluate the efficacy of Epicoccum sp., Alternaria sp., Trichoderma sp. and Bacillus sp. in control of Fusarium ... -
Management Of Healthcare Waste In National Teaching And Referral Hospitals In Kenya
(2014-08)Healthcare waste management in health facilities should include quantification of all categories to support minimisation strategies. The hazardous healthcare waste categories under study, infectious, pathological, sharps ... -
Management of snap bean insect pests and diseases by use of antagonistic fungi and plant extracts.
(University of Nairobi, 2017)Use of synthetic pesticides reduces the competitiveness of Kenyan snap bean pods due to stringent regulations by importers as a result of presence of chemical residues. This study was conducted to determine the effectiveness ... -
Management of Technological Change: Kenya Case Study
(University of NairobiCollege of biological and physical science, 1989) -
Management of thrips (Thrips tabaci) in bulb onion by use of vegetable intercrops
(© International Academic JournalsSchool of biological sciences, 2012-05)Field experiments were conducted between July 2008 and May 2009 to evaluate the effectiveness of intercropping carrot (Daucus carota), spider plant (Cleome gynandra) and French bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) with onion in the ... -
Management of Thrips (Thysanoptera: Thr ipidae) on French Beans (Fabaceae) ir Kenya: Economics of Insecticide Applications
(Academic Journals Inc.Department of Plant Science and Crop Protection, University of Nairobi,2Centre for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn, Postfasch: Walter-Flex-Str.3, 53113 Bonn, GermanyDepartment of Zoology, University of Nairobi, 2008)TIlls study was conducted to measure economic benefit of using different spray schedules to control thrips on French beans. It was done using different spray regime scenarios of two insecticides: Lambda cyhalothrin (Karate ... -
Managing Food Security Implications of Food Price Shocks in Africa
(School of Physical Sciences, 2009)Until the food price alarm went off, discussions on how to reduce hunger and malnutrition in Africa took place in an environment of declining food prices with estimates indicating that real food prices declined by about ... -
Managing protected areas in the face of ecosystem change and anthropogenic stress, lake Naivasha Kenya
(University Of Nairobi, 2004) -
Mapping potential Anopheles gambiae s.l. larval distribution using remotely sensed climatic and environmental variables in Baringo, Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Anopheles gambiae s.l. (Diptera: Culicidae) is responsible for the transmission of the devastating Plasmodium falciparum (Haemosporida: Plasmodiidae) strain of malaria in Africa. This study investigated the relationship ... -
Market samples as a source of chronic aflatoxin exposure in Kenya
(2012)Surveillance of food and feed quality in Kenya has not reached effective level due to the expensive procedures of mycotoxin analysis and poor structures in quality control. Most foodstuffs and feeds sold in local markets ... -
Mass mosquito trapping for malaria control in western Kenya: study protocol for a stepped wedge cluster-randomised trial.
(University of Nairobi, 2016)BACKGROUND: Increasing levels of insecticide resistance as well as outdoor, residual transmission of malaria threaten the efficacy of existing vector control tools used against malaria mosquitoes. The development of ... -
Massive and prolonged deep carbon emissions associated with continental rifting
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Carbon from Earth’s interior is thought to be released to the atmosphere mostly via degassing of CO2 from active volcanoes1, 2, 3, 4. CO2 can also escape along faults away from active volcanic centres, but such tectonic ...