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Some aspect of logical way of studying dinitrogen fixation in an agroforestry context for improving food production
(2001)
Dinitrogen fixation in an agroforestry context requires a careful approach which initially require derivation of the methods to be used and careful selection of the priorities of factors which influence the process. Nitrogen ...
The major environmental factors that influence rapid disappearance of pesticides from tropical soils in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2001)
Results of field and laboratory studies on adsorption/desorption, leaching, dissipation, bound residue formation and metabolism of DDT, DDE, lindane, parathion, malathion, dimethoate and carbofuran in tropical soils in ...
Microfungus Diversity and Conservation Agenda in Kenya. In Moore, D., Nauta, M.M., S. Evans, & Rotherroe, M. (eds).
(University of Nairobi, 2001)
Effect of permethrin-impregnated nets on exiting behavior, blood feeding success, and time of feeding of malaria mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in western Kenya
(2001)
The impact of permethrin-treated bednets on the feeding and house entering/exiting behavior of malaria vectors was assessed in two studies in western Kenya. In one study, matched pairs of houses were allocated randomly to ...
Efficacy of microencapsulated repellents based on Psiadia punctulata exudate and Daphne essential oils
(2001)
This paper presents the results of testing the efficacy of microencapsulated repellents isolated from P. punctulata leaves, and the Daphne repellents. The active compound of Daphne is a mixture of more than twenty natural ...
Valerianaceae
(2001)
Phenotypic nutrient up-take differences in an alley cropping system in Semi-arid Machakos, Kenya
(2001)
Alley cropping of Cassia siamea and maize was studied in semi-arid Kenya for soil fertility improvement. Katumani composite maize was planted except in the short rains of 1988 (SR88) when a hybrid variety was sown. Therefore ...