Faculty of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine (FAg / FVM): Recent submissions
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Effect of increased intimacy between maize and beans in an intercrop system on growth and yield of maize under varying nitrogen levels.
(Department of Plant Science and Crop Protection, University of Nairobi, 1992)Field Nairobi's experiments Faculty of increasing were conducted at the University Agriculture farm to investigate of the merits plants of the proximity between maize and bean in an intercrop system and how ... -
Influence of soil parent materials on potassium availability to maize in western Kenya
(University of NairobiDepartment of Crop Science, 2006)Potassium (K) deficiency is an emerging problem in intensively cropped soils of Kenya; which contradicts a hitherto existing belief that Kenyan soils have adequate K to meet crop needs. The emerging K deficiency is ... -
Effect of mycorrhizae on phosphorus uptake and growth of onions (allim cepa l.) in Kenyan soils
(Department of Soil Science, 1988)This study aimed at determining the presence of mycorrhizal fungi in Kenyan soils. Using onion as a test crop, the interaction between mycorrhizal fungi and phosphorus was investigated in five different - phosphorus ... -
Effect of pre- and postpartum supplementation on performance of red Maasai sheep and small East African goat
(Department of animal production, 1981)Two experiments were conducted at Kitenge!a Station, Machakos District, of Kenya to examine the effect of pre- and postpartum supplementation on performance of Red Masai sheep and Small East African goats under range ... -
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 ... -
The effects of using antisepsis on the healing of dehorning wounds in cattle
(University of NairobiDepartment of Veterinary Medicine, 1987)Dehorning of cattle is a common procedure worldwide, and it has been reported that it is often carried out without any antiseptic preparation of the skin around - the horn prior to the operation. The aseptic technique ... -
Modified atmosphere packaging of freshwater fish
(Loughborough University of Technology, 1986)A preservation method that could extend the shelflife of fresh, freshwater fish would be of nutritional and economic importance to a nation like Kenya, where 90% of all the fish landed comes from the freshwater environment, ... -
Etiology of septoria leaf spot on cowpea (vigna unguiculata (l.) walp.). Its interaction with some genotypes of cowpea and other food legumes, and its chemical control
(University of NairobiDepartment of plant science and crop protection, 1992)The study was initiated to determine the etiology of Septaria leaf spot disease of cowpea that caused severe leaf defoliation in cowpea plots at National Dryland Farming Research Centre (N.D.F.R.C. )-Katumani (Machakos ... -
The effect of varieties, spacings and fertilizers on the performance of grounonuts (arachis hypogaea L.) in kakamega district, western province, Kenya
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Survey of viruses affecting East African major food crops
(Faculty of Agriculture, University of Nairobi, 1972) -
Reproductive traits and milk yield relationship of the Kenya sahiwal cattle
(University of NairobiDepartment of animal production, 1989)Records of the Kenya Sahiwal Stud were analysed with regard to factors affecting reproductive traits and milk yield in temales born in the period 1963 through 1983. Genetic parameters and the relationship among the ... -
The association between biological characteristics and thiabendazole resistance in haemonchus contortus
(University of NairobiINSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY, McGILL UNIVERSITY, MONTREAL QUEBEC, 1989) -
Stability, sensory and storage properties of whey-based beverages flavoured with juices from selected fruits available in Kenya
(Department of Food and Nutrition Technology, 1989) -
Evaluation of selected cowpea cultivars for resistance to c0wpea aphid, aphis craccivora koch (homoptera: Aphididae) in kenya
(Faculty of Agriculture, University of Nairobi, 1985) -
Malakisi tobacco veinal necrosis, a strain of potato virus Y isolated from nicotiana tabacum L.cultivar speight G.28 in western Kenya
(University of NairobiDepartment of plant science and crop protection, 1985)A tobacco virus disease, causing mainly mottling, vein-clearing and necrosis on leaves and stem bias recently noticed throughout the tobacco growing areas in Western Kenya and seemed to have a serious effect on leaf losses, ... -
The role of sand dams in water supply in arid areas (Machakos, district - Kenya)
(Department of Agricultural Economics, 1989)In the arid and semi-arid areas of Kenya, inadequate water supply is a majbr constraint to development and various methods have been attempted to increase the water supply. In this project, a case study was carried out ... -
Investigation into the agricultural potential of the cowpea, vigna ungiculata (l) walp. In uganda
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Community based resource management:Constraints and potentials - a Kenyan case study
(Palhousie University. Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1994)This thesis evaluates the suitability of a Community-Based Resource Management (CBRM) strategy to resolve the resource use conflicts in Tana Delta, Kenya and proposes a model of CBRM which would protect the environment. ... -
Field evaluation of very low pressure center-pivot sprinkler devices in the pacific Northwest, U.S.A
(GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO, 1987)The continued viability of center-pivot sprinkler irrigation in the Pacific Northwest may depend on increasing the efficiency with which water and energy are used. Very low pressure sprinkler devices can contribute greatly ... -
Bovine trypanosomiasis: susceptibility of East African cattle to African trypanosomiasis
(University of NairobiDepartment of Veterinary Pathology and Microbiology, 1984)