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Vector-related case-control study of severe malaria in Kilifi District, Kenya
(1999)
A case-control study examined vector-related and environmental parameters associated with severe
malaria in Kilifi District along the coast of Kenya. Over an 11-month period, 119 children identified with severe
malaria ...
Determination of damage threshold of cassava green mite (Acari: Tetranychidae) on different cassava varieties for pest management
(2014)
Density threshold has been least considered in efforts to control cassava green mite (CGM) of
the Mononychellus species. Nine cassava varieties of varied cyanogenic contents were evaluated for
CGM density threshold. Mite ...
Cassava Variety Tolerance to Spider Mite Attack in Relation to Leaf Cyanide Level
(2013)
Cassava, Manihot esculenta Crantz is grown in the tropics as an important staple root crop. The major herbivore pest is cassava green mite (CGM) of the Mononychellus species. The pest mite Mononychellus progresivus Doreste ...
Insect podborer infestations and their influence on developing pods and final seed yields by pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan) in Kenya.
(1980)
In Kenya, 8 species of insects were found to be common borers into the developing pods of pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan), feeding on the developing seeds and reducing seed yield. They were Heliothis armigera (Hb.), Maruca ...
Studies on insect podborer infestations on Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp. (pigeon pea) under different insecticidal spraying regimes in the Kenya Highlands
(1978)
Three insecticides were tested in sprays in the field in Kenya in 1976 for the control of podboring insects, especially the noctuids Pardasena virgulana (Mab.) and Heliothis armigera (Hb.) and the agromyzid Melanagromyza ...
Establishment of pine woolly aphid, Pineus pini (Gmelin) (Adelgidae) on some host trees in Kenya
(1982)
The establishment of Pineus pini (Gmel.) on 6 common species of pine in Kenya was examined in the laboratory in relation to possible causes for observed differences in the rates of infestation on different host species in ...
Mermithidae (Nematoda) infection of the aquatic stages of Simulium (Edwardsellum) from the Nine river systems in Kenya
(1987)
Mermithid juveniles recovered from S. damnosum in Kenya were placed in the genus Agamomermis. Varying rates of infection by the mermithids from nine river systems were recorded between 1981 and 1983. In both the Isiukhu ...