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Biochemical Systematics and Ecology
(Department of botany, University of Nairobi, 1974)Leaf extracts of 540 plants representing 24 species of the genus Prosopis from North and South America were analyzed by 2-D PC and high voltage electrophoresis for their protein and non-protein amino acids. In addition to ... -
Biochemistry in a developing country. II. Kenya
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Biocontrol potential of the entomogenous fungi Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium anisopliae for tsetse flies (Glossina spp.) at developmental sites
(University of Nairobi.School of Biological Sciences, 1995-11)Spores of two entomogenous fungi, Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium anisopliae, were mixed with sterile sand at two different concentrations (1.0 and 0.5 g/liter) and larvae of tsetse flies Glossina morsitans morsitans ... -
Bioconversion of linear alkanes to dicarboxylic acids using genetically engineered yeast strains
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Biodegradable water hyacinth cellulose-graft-poly(ammonium acrylate-co-acrylic acid) polymer hydrogel for potential agricultural application.
(University of Nairobi, 2019)Swollen cellulose fibres isolated from water hyacinth were utilized in the synthesis of water hyacinth cellulose-graft-poly(ammonium acrylate-co-acrylic acid) polymer hydrogel (PHG). Acrylic acid (AA) partially neutralized ... -
Biodegradation and Detoxification of Malachite Green Dye Using Novel Enzymes from Bacillus cereus Strain KM201428: Kinetic and Metabolite Analysis
(University of Nairobi, 2017)Enzyme based degradation of organic pollutants is a promising detoxifying approach due to the promiscuous nature of the enzyme, efficiency, cost effective and ecofriendly. In the present study, we have carried out detailed ... -
Biodegradation properties of white rot fungi in Karura forest Kenya
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Biodiversity characteristics of small high-altitude tropical man-made reservoirs in the Eastern Rift Valley, Kenya
(University Of Nairobi, 2002)The biodiversity characteristics in eight small (0.065–0.249 km2) public man-made reservoirs in the central part of the Eastern Rift Valley, Kenya, were studied between 1995 and 1998. A total of 71 phytoplankton species ... -
Bioethanol Production from Waste Crops and Crop Residues
(University of Nairobi, 2014-07)Abstract: Rice straws and Husks were converted to reducing sugars by hydrolysis using concentrated sulphuric acid followed by fermentation using bakers yeast. After fractional distillation and purification, 52 ml (87 %) ... -
Biogeochemical proxies of climate change and land use patterns in the Central Kenya highlands
(Department of Geology, University of Nairobi, 2012) -
Biological aspects and feeding behavior of the soil mite, Nenteria hypotrichus ( Uropodina: Uropodidae).
(University of NairobiSchool of Biological and Physical Sciences, 1997)Abstract Not Available -
Biological Nitrogen Fixation: An overview. University of Nairobi Publication, Science News Vol. 2.6:100-102.
(School of Biological Sciences, 1990) -
Biological studies of the predacious miteTyphlodromus pelargonicus a predator of the two spotted spider miteTetranychus urticae on cucumber plants [Acari: Phytoseiidae; Tetranychidae]
(University of NairobiSchool of Biological and Physical Sciences, 1991)The predacious miteTyphlodromus pelargonicus El-Badry preyed on the different developmental stages of the two spotted spider miteTetranychus urticae Koch. The development was quickest and the number of prey consumed was ... -
Biological studies on some predacious mites. MSc. Ain Shams Univ., Cairo, 94 pp
(School of Biological Sciences, 1967) -
The biology and control of the greater wax moth, galleria mellonella
(UoN, 2017)The greater wax moth, Galleria mellonella Linnaeus, is a ubiquitous pest of the honeybee, Apis mellifera Linnaeus, and Apis cerana Fabricius. The greater wax moth larvae burrow into the edge of unsealed cells with pollen, ... -
The biology and epidemiology of HIV-2.
(University Of Nairobi, 1995)HIV-1 was identified before HIV-2. Much of the virologic characterization of both types of HIV is therefore based upon research on HIV-1. HIV-1 and HIV-2 are closely related human lentiviruses, with much of the virus-cell ... -
Biology and predatory efficiency of two phytoseiid mites as affected by long-term pollen feeding
(University of NairobiSchool of Biological and Physical Sciences, 1975)The predatory mites,Amblyseius gossypi Elbadry andPhytoseius plumifer (Canestrini & Fanzago) successfully went through three generations on a diet of castor-oil pollen and were able to return to their natural prey,Tetranychus ... -
Biology for Secondary Schools. Longman Publishers 300 pp.
(University of NairobiCollege of biological and physical science, 1990) -
Biology of the coconut bug Pseudotheraptus wayi on French Beans
(School of Biological Sciences, 1999)The coconut bug, Pseudotheraptus wayi Brown (Heteroptera: Coreidae), is a major pest of a wide range of economically important crops in Eastern and Southern Africa. The suitability of French beans, Phaseolus vulgaris L. ...
