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Effects of Market Reforms on Irish Potato Price Volatility in Nyandarua District, Kenya
(2013)
This paper evaluates the effects of market reform policies on the volatility of Irish potato prices in Kenya through an analysis of a 20 year monthly time series data set from Nyandarua district using an autoregressive ...
Effects of Zeolites X and Y on the Degradation of Malathion in Water
(2013)
The inclusion of both zeolites X and zeolite Y significantly affected the dissipation of malathion in water. In the fresh water, malathion degradation followed a pseudo-first order kinetics with concomitant half-life ...
Segregation disortion of anthocyanin morphological marker in F2 population of cross between basmati and environment genic male sterile rice lines
(2013)
Basmati rice (Oryza sativa L.) is preferred by many Kenyans yet its yield per hectare is low. This challenge led to initiation of Basmati hybrid rice project in Kenya with a goal of leaping yield benefits of heterosis. ...
Tracking the expression of photosensitive genic male sterility genes in rice
(Academic Journals, 2013-11)
Photoperiod sensitive genic male sterile rice lines contain genes that induce complete sterility in high temperature and long day light length period, and revert to fertility in optimum low temperature and short day light ...
Disappearing medicinal plants in mt. kenya forests, kenya: a case study of east african green heart (Warburgia ugandensis sprague)
(2013-07)
Natural disturbances and human activities are significantly affecting indigenous trees species in forests.
Warburgia ugandensis is a plant highly valued for its medicinal properties, timber and fuel among other uses.
Many ...
Methods for early evaluation for resistance to bacterial blight of coffee
(Academic Journals, 2013)
Bacterial Blight of Coffee (BBC) caused by Pseudomonas syringae pv garcae has become of major concern in Kenya due to its increasing incidence and severity. For decades, the disease was confined within and to the west of ...
Hepatitis B virus subgenotype A1, occurrence of subgenotype D4, and S gene mutations among voluntary blood donors in Kenya
(Springer, 2013-05-24)
Kenya is one of the high endemic zones for hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. The consensuses on prevalence of the HBV genotypes and the existence of their
variants have not been fully established in Kenya. Hence, there ...
Isolation and characterization of actinobacteria from Lake Magadi, Kenya
(2013-05-29)
Actinobacteria are ubiquitous and have been detected in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Although, various studies have focused on the ecology of this phylum, data on the ecology of actinobacteria endemic to soda lakes ...
Isolation, characterization and identification of roundup degrading bacteria from the soil and gut of Macrotermes michaelseni
(2013-09-10)
Roundup degrading bacteria were isolated from the soil and gut of fungus cultivating termites Macrotermes michaelseni using MM7 media supplemented with the pesticide as the sole source of carbon and energy. The isolates ...
The potential for second generation bio-ethanol production from agro-industrial waste in South Africa
(Academic Journals, 2013)
There has been a sustained and growing interest in the production of liquid fuel from biomass in recent years. South Africa is a large producer of sugar, maize and wheat among other agricultural products that release big ...