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Enzyme heterogeneity and genetic variation In aedes (stegomyia) Aegypti L. of a coastal area in Kenya
(University of Nairobi,, 1979)
Enzyme heterogeneity and genetic variation were studied
in Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti L. in the Rabai area, Coast
Province Kenya. Mosquitoes were collected from inside houses
(domestic habitat), from the immediate vicinity ...
The Ecology And Reproductive Biology Of The Lizard, Agama Atrico11is Smith 1849
(University of Nairobi,, 1976)
Except for Harris' (1964) detailed
investigation, on a single species of agamid
lizard, Agama agama, studies on other agamids
of the genus Agama in Africa have been confined
either to taxonomic descriptions or to ...
The effects of beta-ecdysone and ponasterone a on the soft tick ornithodoros porcinus porcinus walton,1962
(University of Nairobi, 1979)
The lack of basic information in the field of tick endocrinology
led to this investigation on the effects of an insect moulting
hormone, beta-ecdysone, and a phytoecdysone, ponasterone A, on
adult and nymphal O. p. ...
Protein components of the blood meal of tsetse flies during a digestion cycle
(1972)
Due to the economic importance of the type of trypanosomiasis
that infects man, wild and domestic animals, there is growing
interest in studies of tsetse flies that are known to be vectors of this
disease. Trypanosomes ...
A study of Bukangama copper ore bodies Kilembe mine Uganda
(1972)
Several hundred assay values of the bore holes drilled
within the ore body at Bukangama deposit of Kilembe Mines
Uganda were collected. The dips and the thickness of the ore
body at each bore hole, and whether the o;re ...
A study of the ecdysone content of some selected East African plants
(1974)
Ecdysone is a steroid hormone involved in the induction of
moulting and metamorphosis in Arthropods. The initial discovery
of the two zooecdysones , and B- ecdysones,was followed in 1966
by the discovery of these and ...
Paleomagnetic and rock magnetic properties of rocks from south western and western parts of Kenya
(1977)
This thesis presents the results of paleomagnetic
and rock magnetic studies of the rocks from South West"
Kenya and of the Precambrian Granites from the Western
part of Kenya.
The rocks from South Western Kenya consist ...
Evapotranspiration rates over a crop of sunflower of the giant variety as estimated by the energy balance method
(1975)
In this study the energy balance approach is applied to
determine the evapotranspiration rates over a crop of sunflower
of the giant variety. Three series of measurements were taken
when the crop was 1 meter high, 1! ...
Analysis of pentad rainfall for agricultural purposes in Kenya
(1979)
During some phenological stages of crop development J
water stress of even short duration would significantly influence
yields. The study of variability of rainfall during the
sensitive stages of the crop is of great ...