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Potential for Melia volkensii fruit extract in the control of locusts
(1996)
Fruits from the East African tree, Melia volkensii (Gurke) contain terpenoid compounds with well-establishcd insecticidal activity. At high doses a concentrated M. volkensii extract (Mv) causes death or lack of physical ...
Mineralization, volatilization, and degradation of carbofuran in soil samples from Kenya
(University of Nairobi., 1996-01)
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Mortality and pathology in tsetse flies (Glossina spp.) treated with Neem extracts
(University of Nairobi., 1996)
Acquisition of resistance to the tick Amblyomma variegatum in Boran cattle, Bos indicus and the effects of Trypanosoma congolense and Babesia bigemina on host resistance
(University of Nairobi., 1996-04)
Resistance was induced in cattle to the tick Amblyomma variegatum by five consecutive infestations with nymphs and adults. Using the principal component analysis (PCA), it was found that percentage of adults engorged, ...
Modelling the vertical distribution of insects
(University of Nairobi., 1996)
The Weibull distribution has been used to model the vertical distribution of insects under a number of activities: natural flight without any artificial stimulus, resting behaviour, and response to trapping involving colour ...
NPP Grassland: Nairobi, Kenya, 1984-1994
(University Of Nairobi, 1996)
Net primary production of a savanna grassland in Nairobi National Park, Kenya, was determined from 1984 to 1994 by monitoring monthly dynamics of live biomass and dead matter, above and below ground, together with monthly ...
Enhanced rates of organic dehalogenations in a microemulsion using adsorbed metal phthalocyanines on electrodes
(1996)
Copper and nickel phthalocyanines and their tetrasulfonates adsorbed onto carbon electrodes were used for electrochemical catalytic reduction of 1,2-dibromobutane (DBB), trans-1,2-dibromocyclohexane (DBCH), and trichloroacetic ...
Multicomponent Polymers of Poly(Lactic Acid) Macromonomers with Methacrylate Terminal and Copolymers of Poly(2-Hydroxyethyl Methacrylate
(1996)
Poly(lactic acid) macromonomers with methacrylate terminal functionality have been synthesized from the cyclic dimer of lactic acid (referred to as lactide) with 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA) as initiator and stannous ...