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Linkage disequilibrium between alleles at highly polymorphic mini- and micro-satellite loci of Theileria parva isolated from cattle in three regions of Kenya
(2006)
Theileria parva schizont-infected lymphocyte culture isolates from western, central and coastal Kenya were analysed for size polymorphism at 30 T. parva-specific variable number tandem repeat (VNTR) loci using a panel of ...
Diversity of lepidopteran stem borers on monocotyledonous plants in eastern Africa and the islands of Madagascar and Zanzibar revisited.
(University of Nairobi, 2006)
Surveys were completed in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda and Zanzibar to assess the lepidopteran stem borer species diversity on wild host plants. A total of 24,674 larvae belonging to ...
Aquatic biodiversity of Lake Victoria Basin.
(2006)
Lake Victoria is the largest lake in Africa, with the largest freshwater fishery in the world. There are nine main affluent river basins (Sio, Nzoia, Yala, Nyando, Sondu-Miriu, Awach, Kuja, Mara, and Kagera), and one surface ...
African lake management initiatives: The global connection
(2006)
There is a global dimension to lake management in Africa and elsewhere that will require a concerted action not only from
individual riparian states, but also from regional, continental and global communities. The current ...
The reproductive activity of the pearl oyster Pinctada imbricata Röding 1798 (Pteriidae) in Gazi Bay, Kenya
(2006)
This paper describes the reproductive activity of the pearl oyster Pinctada imbricata Röding 1798 in two adjacent areas in Gazi Bay, Kenya, exposed to different tidal current velocity. The annual mean temperature, salinity, ...
Sensitivity of global river discharges under Holocene and future climate conditions
(2006)
A comparative analysis of global river basins shows
that some river discharges are more sensitive to future
climate change for the coming century than to natural
cliniate variability over the last 9000 years. In these ...
Use of Ethnobotanical Data in the Search for and Identification of Potential Drug Plants
(2006)
Traditional medicine has utilized plants to palliate, cure and/or prevent diseases in both humans and animals. The acquisition of knowledge has been through trial and error, and observation. Today, the enhanced search for ...
The bradley-terry model for handling categorical response variables from farmer participatory trials
(Pushpa publishing house, 2006)
This paper looks at responses from participatory on-farm farmer
participatory trials that are often measured as ratings (farmers score
each given treatment on a scale that is ordered but arbitrary) or
rankings (where ...
Diurnal population trends of Megalurothrips sjostedti and Frankliniella occidentalis (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) and their natural enemies on French bean Phaseolus vulgaris (Fabaceae)
(ICIPE, 2006)
A field experiment was conducted to track the daily population trends and
occurrence of the flower thrips Megalurothrips sjostedti Trybom and Frankliniella occidenialis
(Pergande), and their indigenous natural enemies ...