Browsing CW-Department of Plant and Microbial Sciences by Issue Date
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Use of agro-industrial waste and organic amendments in managing root- knot nematodes in black nightshade in selected parts of Kenya
(African Crop Science Societ, 2011)A study was conducted in both greenhouse and field to determine the use of agro-industrial waste and organic amendments in the management of root-knot nematodes (RKN) in Solanum nigrum. Treatments included cattle manure ... -
Levels of fumonisin b1 and aflatoxin b1 in sorghum and finger millet in western Kenya
(2012)Sorghum and finger millet grains were collected from ten randomly selected farms in five locations in Nyamira, Kakamega, Busia and Teso districts. . Fumonisin B1 and Aflatoxin analyses were done using ELISA methods. The ... -
Incidence of fusarium species in sorghum and finger millet from western Kenya
(2012)Sorghu (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench), finger millet (Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn) and maize (Zea mays L.) comprise the major components of human diet in Africa. Other crops such as wheat, groundnuts, pulses(cowpeas and ... -
Optimizing pumpkin production and value addition in Kenya: baseline survey findings
(2012)Traditionally considered a “poor man’s food”, the pumpkin is increasingly being recognized as an important food crop in Kenya mainly due to increased knowledge of its nutritional value and ease of crop cultivation in several ... -
Low cost tissue culture strategies for selected cassava and sweet potato varieties in Kenya
(2012)Tissue culture (TC) has gained prominence in propagation of vegetative crops. The technology is important as it enables production of disease-free planting materials on a timely basis. However, its adoption among small ... -
Seasonal Variability in the Diversity of Microbial Assemblages and Antibiotic Resistance Determinants of an Estuary System
(2015)Antibiotic resistance (AR) promoted by heavy metal pollution, is widely found in environmental microbes [1-3]. The mobility and acquisition of AR genes depends on mobile genetic elements (MGEs) [4]. Estuaries are metals ...
