Browsing Faculty of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine (FAg / FVM) by Title
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A study of the applicability of steam distillation as a potential tool in determination of pesticide residues
(Department of Public Health, Pharmacology and Toxicology, 1981)The present study has involved many pesticides and various analytical techniques characteristic for analysis of pesti- cide residues. A brief description of pesticides, termino- logy and some general analytical principles ... -
A Study Of The Chemical Control And Bionomics It Of Aphis Craccivora Koch And Their Effects On Rosette Disease Attack And Yield Of Groundnuts
(University of NairobiFaculty of Agriculture, 1969)The thesis describes a study of groundnut rosette disease with particular reference to the aphid vector, its alternative hosts and control with the systemic insecticide,menazon. The vector was shown to enter the growing ... -
A study of the drainage problems in some part of The Mwea Irrigation Scheme, Kenya
(University of NairobiDepartment of Soil Science, 1981)The red soils occupy some parts of Mwea Irrigation Scheme. In particular, the Tebere Section of the Scheme has these. soils occurring at higher elevations than the black cotton soils which occur in the depressions. ... -
A study of the effect of phosphate fertilizers on maize and sorghum production in some East African soils
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The study of the effects of some Kenyan soils on the corrosion of the underground pipes
(University of NairobiFaculty of Agriculture. University of Nairobi, 1989)Corrosion of metallic structures buried in the soil, or in contact with soils, has been a serious engineering and economic problem in most par ts of the world. A research programme was conducted to investigate the ... -
Study of the Efficacy of Oberon 240SC (Spiromesifen) and D-C-TronPlus on the Red Spider Mite (Tetranychus spp) on Tomatoes(Lycopersicon esculentum) (Mill) and their Effect on Predatory Mite (Phytoseiulus persimilisi (Athias Henriot)
(University of NairobiDepartment of plant science and crop protection, 2005)The overall objective of this study was to establish a cost effective and environmentally friendly control strategy of the red spider mites, Tetranychus spp, in tomatoes using Oberon 240SC and D-C- Tron Plus mineral oil. ... -
A study of the fermentation process <, and microbiological characteristics of Amabere Amaruranu, a Kisii fermented milk product
(2014)Abstract Amabere amaruranu is a popular traditionally fermented milk product from the Kisii community. Kenya. The objective of this study was to document the production process of amabere amaruranu. to determine and ... -
A study of the foetal membranes and placenta of the african cane rat (thryonomys swinderianus) with some observations on the placentation in the elephant shrews - family macroscelididae
(Department of Veterinary Anatomy, University of Nairobi, 1979) -
A study of the implementation of a facility-based growth monitoring programme: the Nairobi City councll
(Department of Food Science, Nutrition and Technology, University of Nairobi, 1999-08)This study was conducted to assess the implementation of the growth monitoring programme in the City Council health facilities. This was to determine whether the physical and structural components necessary to implement ... -
A study of the influence of the Parchment Hull in the thin-layer drying of Parchment coffee
(University of NairobiDepartment of Environmental and Bio-systems Engineering, 2005)This research was conducted at the University of Nairobi with the broad objective being to determine the influence of the parchment hull on the thinlayer drying of parchment coffee. Parchment coffee consists of a soft ... -
A study of the inheritance of resistance to angular leaf spot, phaeoisariopsis griseola (saac.) ferr. in beans (phaseolus vulgaris L.) in Uganda
(Plant Science & Crop Protection, University of Nairobi, 1980) -
A study of the nutritive value of East African pastures for ruminant livestock with special reference to mineral nutrition in grazing dairy cattle
(Department of Range Management, University of Nairobi, 1977)The literature was reviewed on the nutritive value of pasture with special reference to mineral nutrition in grazing dairy cattle in East Africa. It is known that the gr-o.rth of herbage to maturity is accompanied by both ... -
A study of the occurrence of avian salmonellosis in some farms and a slaughter house in Kenya
(Agriculture, 1979)Salmonellosis is a zoonotic disease which causes severe gastroenteritis and septicemia in man and animals. In chickens, the disease causes high losses by death during the first three weeks after hatching, reduced ... -
A study of the physio chemical heterogeneity of Gamma Globulin in cattle experimentally infected with East coast fever(Theileria parva infection)
(University of NairobiDepartment of Veterinary Pathology and Microbiology,, 1977)The formation, of physically heterogeneous capillary agglutinating antibodies during experimental infection of cattle with Theileria parva was followed in anion-exchange chromatographic fractions. Early agglutinating ... -
A Study of the Physiological and Ecological Adaptatton of Comhon Beans ( Phaseolus Vulgaris L) to Drought Stress
(Department of soil science, University of Nairobi, 1991)Two experiments were conducted in the field and one in the ~leenhollse to s t udy d i. f ferences in drought response in ten varieties of common heans, collected from different ecological zones. The bean varieties were ... -
A study of the workplace environment with respect to aspects of safety and occupational health in a sugar processing plant: the case for Mumias sugar company, Kenya
(University of NairobiDepartment of Agricultural Engineering, 1997)A study was undertaken at Mumias Sugar Company to establish the status of the workplace environment with respect to some aspects of Safety and Occupational health in a Sugar Processing Plant between December, 1996 and ... -
A study of water use efficiency in field crops of Maize and beans
(College of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1970-05)Crop water use efficiency nay be defined aa the ratio of total dyy matter produced to total evaporation from the orop and the aoil. In Bast Africa, the areas of high photosynthetic potential (highest number of sunshine ... -
A Study of Women's Access to Agricultural Production Inputs in Murang'a District, Kenya
(University of NairobiDepartment of Agricultural Economics, 1988)This study looks at women's access to agricultural production inputs in the small scale sector. Field work was carried out in Murang'a District. It was postulated, ali a basis for research, that among the factors causing ... -
Study on drought resistance in pigeon peas (cajanus cajan l. Hillsp)
(Faculty of Agriculture, University of Nairobi, 1980)Two experiments were conducted over two seasons. The f'irst "'experiment (Experiment I) ran from October 1979 to March, 1980 while the second experiment (Experiment II), which was a repeat ot experiment I,'was conducted ... -
A study on drought resistance in pigeon peas (Cajanus cajan L.Millsp.)
(University of Nairobi, 1980)