Kenyans obtain most of their food, livelihood, employment and foreign exchange from the agricultural sector. Banana contribution toward this cannot be over looked. Recently banana has become an important cash crop, especially ...

Fungal rots have been reported as a limiting factor to cassava production in the humid forests of Central and West Africa. Starting April 2003 tuber rots were studied for one year as part of a diagnostic survey designed ...

Banana is an important crop for food security in Kenya. Its production has been hindered by scarcity of seedlings and pests, among other factors. A recent survey in eastern and central Kenya showed that desert varieties ...

Tissue culture has not been optimised in sweet potato ( Ipomoea batatas (L) Lam) propagation due to high costs. With an aim of producing affordable disease-free seedlings, a low cost medium was developed and used to ...

The effects of land use practices on the soil invertebrate populations is well documented, but their potential as indicators of soil status is little understood. A study was undertaken to test the hypothesis that soil ...

Objective: Bananas (Musa spp) are an important crop for food security, income for small holders and fodder among other uses. Banana production is greatly constrained by lack of affordable clean planting material. ...

Bananas constitute an important component of farm enterprises in the mid altitudes of central and eastern provinces of Kenya. In recent years the crop has steadily gained importance over traditional cash crops, e.g. ...

Objective: One impediment to adoption of tissue culture technology is the differential response of various crop varieties to the process necessitating development of protocols that target specific varieties or focus on a ...

Banana (Musa spp) is one of the most important crops providing food security, nutrition and income for many smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa. However, production is hindered by scarcity of high quality seedlings, ...