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Results of Injection and Tracer Tests in Olkaria East Geothermal Field
(Stanford Universit, 1994-01-18)This paper presents results of a six month Injection and Tracer test done in Olkaria East Geothermal Field The Injection tests show that commencement of injection prior to onset of large drawdown in the reservoir leads ... -
Ecological management of cereal stem borers in Ethiopia. Integrated Approaches to Higher Maize Productivity in the New Millennium.
(2002)Three lepidopterous stem borers were reported on maize in Ethiopia. Although complete crop loss is evident in some areas, the average yield loss of maize caused by cereal stem borers in Ethiopia can be estimated between ... -
Phytochemical and biological studies of the genus Croton for the development of agrochemical and pharmaceutical products
(2004)Over the past two centuries, research into the chemical and biological properties of natural products has yielded novel and more effective therapeutic agents for treatment of many human ailments. There is, therefore, need ... -
Progress in transformation and regeneration of tropical inbred maize lines in Kenya
(Maize Genetics Cooperative Newsletter, 2008)Tropical inbred maize lines have a reputation of being difficult to transform, mainly as a result of their inherent limitations associated with resistance to Agrobacterium infection and their recalcitrance to in vitro ... -
Use of a non-mist propagation system to vegetatively propagate 12 E. grandis X E. Camadulensis hybrid clones
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Evolution and diagnostic utility of major surface proteases from trypanosoma vivax, t. Brucei brucei and t. Congolense
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Effect of larval food plants and seasons on the quality of the African wild silkmoth, gonometa postica walker (lepidoptera: lasiocampidae) cocoons
(Kenyatta University, 2009)Wild silkmoth farming offers an economic incentive for forest-adjacent communities to fully participate in forest conservation initiatives. Gonometa postica Walker is known to produce high-quality silk. It is being ... -
Comparative determination of heavy metals bioaccumulation in bamboo as a phytoremediative process to polluted riverine wetlands
(Kenyatta University, 2009)Nairobi's unplanned settlements have resulted into open drained domestic and industrial waste into tributaries that join the larger Nairobi River at different stages of its development. Polluted water, to is either ... -
Animal feed suppliment from avocado residue and other locally available materials
(Kenyatta University, 2009)Kenya's population has been on the increase, and more than 15 million people are poor and live in rural Kenya. Of these, 70% are women, who are particularly vulnerable because they do not have equal access to social ... -
Experimental analysis and modeling of the< i> IV</i> characteristics of photovoltaic solar cells under solar spectrum spot illumination
(Elsevier, 2009-12)In this paper, some models that have been put forward to explain the characteristics of a photovoltaic solar cell device under solar spot-illumination are investigated. In the experimental procedure, small areas of the ... -
Preferred Banana Varieties and their Seed Systems in Eastern and Central provinces of Kenya
(Ruforum, 2010)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 ... -
Regeneration and transformation potential of elite Kenyan highland maize inbred lines
(2010)Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of tropical maize has been manipulated in only a limited number of genotypes, because a majority of maize germplasm isrecalcitrant toin vitroresponse. Establishment of a highly efficiency ... -
Prospecting for bacillus thuringiensis for the control of prostephanus truncatus (horn) and sitophilus zeamais motschulsky
(2010)Three hundred twenty nine samples from different parts of Kenya which had not previously been treated with bio-pesticide were collected for Bacillus thuringiensis isolation. The δ-endotoxin crystals were isolated from ... -
Optimisation of parameters for agrobacterium-mediated transformation of sweet potato
(2010)An Agrobacterium-mediated transformation and somatic regeneration protocol was adapted for a Kenyan sweet potato variety, KSP36. A model cultivar, CTP560 was used as a control. For selection of transformed explants paramomycin ... -
Interaction of cassava mosaic disease and cassava brown streak disease in nicotiana benthamiana
(2010)The interaction of Cassava mosaic geminivirus (CMG)and Cassava brown streak virus (CBSV) were tested in Nicotiana benthamiana. The inoculated virus and/or virus species were CMGs species (ACMV and EACMV-UgV), CBSV and dual ...
