Browsing Faculty of Science & Technology (FST) by Subject "Biomass"
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Cassava Variety Tolerance to Spider Mite Attack in Relation to Leaf Cyanide Level
(KARI-Katumani, MachakosDepartment of Entomology, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2013)Cassava, Manihot esculenta Crantz is grown in the tropics as an important staple root crop. The major herbivore pest is cassava green mite (CGM) of the Mononychellus species. The pest mite Mononychellus progresivus Doreste ... -
Influence of diet patterns on fuelwood consumption in Kenyan boarding schools and implications for data and energy policies
(2003)A study was devised to inquire into the influence of diet patterns in Kenyan boarding schools on the fuelwood consumption rates in these institutions and the implications of the findings on national data and energy policies. ... -
Population structure and secondary productivity of Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri (Claparede) and Branchiura sowerbyi Beddard in the profundal zone of Lake Naivasha, Kenya
(Kluwer Academic PublisherDepartment of Fisheries, Moi UniversityDepartment of Biology, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, U.KDepartment of Zoology, University of Nairobi,, 2002)Lake Naivasha has been well studied since the 1930s but attempts to understand its ecological functioning have had to wait until enough was known about its structure. The energetics of the lake has only been studied to ...