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Coastal change: it's implications for Eastern Africa
(1995)
The coastal region of East Africa and the
Western Indian Ocean encompasses the coastlines
of four mainland countries extending from
Somalia in the Horn of Africa through Kenya and
Tanzania to Mozambique in the south, ...
Biocontrol potential of the entomogenous fungi Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium anisopliae for tsetse flies (Glossina spp.) at developmental sites
(University of Nairobi., 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 ...
Glutathione S-Transferases: α-Naphthyl Acetate Activity and Possible Role in Insecticide Resistance
(1995)
Rat liver and house fly, Musca domestica L., glutathione S-transferases were purified by affinity chromatography and chromatofocusing. The specific activity with α-naphthyl acetate (a substrate, for general esterase activity) ...
Acaricidal activity of Margaritaria discoidea (Euphorbiaceae) plant extracts against the ticks Rhipicephalus appendiculatus and Amblyomma variegatum (Ixodidae)
(Uniiversity of Nairobi., 1995)
A water soluble extract of M. discoidea, an African indigenous plant induced high mortalities in nymphs of both Rhipicephalus appendiculatus, and Amblyomma variegatum and in adult R. appendiculatus, but not in adult A. ...
Lithostratigraphy, provenance and facies distribution of Archaean cratonic successions in western Kenya
(Elsevier,, 1995)
The greenstone belt of the Tanzanian shield in Western Kenya is composed of two supracrustal successions, which form the Nyanzian and Kavirondian Groups. The Nyanzian Group at the base is composed of mafic tholeiitic ...
Effects of a biologically active fraction from Melia volkensii on Culex quinquefasciatus
(1995)
A chromatographically enriched fraction designated Fraction B from dry fruits of the plant Melia volkensii (family Meliaceae) was evaluated with the objective of determining its toxic and growth inhibiting effects on the ...