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Cytogenetic effects of the food preservatives — Sodium benzoate and sodium sulphite on Vicia faba root meristems
(1982-11)
Sodium sulphite and sodium benzoate induce in Vicia faba root meristems: (1) dose-dependent reduction in mitotic figures, (2) intact and severed anaphase bridges, (3) premature chromosome condensation heading to pycnofic ...
Species combination in tilapia culture
(University of Nairobi, 1982)
Preliminary determinations for the best species combination for the fastest rate of growth of Tilapia nilotica (Saro therodon niloticus) and T. zillii indicated that T. nilotica grew better (1.3 g/day) when raised with T. ...
The kinetic properties of nad-linked malic enzyme from muscle of the dung beetle Catharsius
(University of Nairobi, 1982)
Nad-linked malic enzyme (L-malate: NAD+ oxidoreductase (decarboxylating), E.C. 1.1.1.38) was purified from muscle of the dung beetle Catharsius to a specific activity of 28 μmol/min/mg of protein. Its molecular weight was ...
A Gravity Survey Of The Jombo Hill Area, South Coast Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 1982)
The aeromagnetic survey of the Jombo Hill Area conducted in l977 revealed an anomaly of 2000 gammas in amplitude in the area of the intrusive rocks. This value gtands,out as one of the highest values ever recorded in Kenya. ...
Locust antifeedant activity from Melia volkensii
(University of Nairobi, 1982)
Changes in the contents of intermediates of proline and carbohydrate metabolism in flight muscle of the tsetse fly Glossina morsit ans and the fleshfly Sarcophaga tibialis
(University of Nairobi, 1982)
1. The contents of intermediates of proline metabolism, the tricarboxylate cycle and glycolysis were measured over the initial phases of flight in the thorax of the tsetse fly Glossina morsitans and the fleshfly Sarcophaga ...
Sampling techniques for Populations of Pine Woolly Aphid Pineus pini (Gmelin) (Homoptera)
(1982)
From observations on Pinus patula at 4 places in Kenya, procedures for sampling populations of all stages in the life history of Pineus pini (Gmel.) are given. The distribution pattern of the aphids within the tree crown ...
Effects of prescribed seasonal burning on a comretum-commiphora plant community in south central Kenya
(Texas A and M University, USA, 1982)
Studies of prescribed seasonal burning on a combretum-commiphora plant community were conducted in Kenya on the National Range Research Station, Kiboko, in 1980-81. Dry and early rainy season burns were applied in different ...