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The Distribution Of Geophilic Dermatophytes In Kenyan Soils
(University of Nairobi, 1978)
Two hundred and eighty one soil samples from different provinces of Kenya were examined for dermatophytes by the hair baiting technique. Dermatophytes were recovered from 84 samples. Microsporum gypseum constituted 75.8% ...
A comparison of student performance in two parallel physiology tests in multiple choice and short answer forms
(University of Nairobi,, 1978-07)
Two parallel tests in physiology, one in multiple choice answer form and one in short answer form, were administered consecutively to a group of 104 students. The construction of the questions in the two papers and marking ...
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 ...
Five-day oscillation in East African low-level jet
(University of Nairobi, 1978-04)
EASTERN edges of the continents are favourable for the deflection of tropical easterlies from the winter hemisphere to the summer hemisphere. Low-level southerly jet stream along the East African coast is the most pronounced ...
Evaluation of pine woolly aphid damage to Pinus patula and its effect on yield in Kenya
(1978)
It is reported in this further paper on the damage caused by Pineus pini (Gmel.) to Pinus patula in Kenya [see preceding abstract] that reduction in the elongation of the needles and stems occurs only after crown damage ...
Pressure wind adjustment relationships during dynamic initialization process with tropical wind data
(University of Nairobi, 1978)
In an attempt to understand the kind of balance the initially imbalanced low latitude mass and motion fields tend to adjust to during an iterative dynamic initialization process we carry out a systematic investigation of ...
Diglyceride-ransporting lipoproteins and flight in Locusta
(University of Nairobi, 1978)
Random Chromosome Breakage By Colchicine Inviscum Fischeri (Loranthaceae)
(University of Nairobi, 1978)
When the shoot-tips ofViscum fischeri Engl. were treated with various concentrations of colchicine for different lengths of time, it was found that in this plant chromosome breakage was not localized to centromeric region ...