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Effects of biocontrol bacteria and earthworms on the severity of Alternaria brassicae disease and the growth of oilseed rape plants
(Elsevier, 2017-04)
Biological control of plant diseases through the addition of microbial biocontrol agents and the promotion of
earthworms can be an environmentally friendly alternative to the chemical control of plant diseases. ...
Morphological variation of Ridged Frogs of the Taita Hills, Kenya
(Firenze University Press, 2011-12)
Comparing of morphological character variation within taxa continues to
play an important role in improving species inventories. Using morphometrical and
non-meristic morphological adult characters, the diversity of the ...
Trophic interactions among soil arthropods in contrasting land-use systems in Kenya, studied with stable isotopes
(Elsevier, 2017-04)
Understanding how land use intensification changes organism communities and trophic
interactions in soil is important for development of sustainable agriculture and forestry.
We analysed the food web of soil arthropods ...
Evaluation of prokaryotic diversity of five hot springs in Eritrea
(BioMed Central, 2017-09)
Background: Total community rDNA was used to determine the diversity of bacteria and archaea from water, wet
sediment and microbial mats samples of hot springs in the Eastern lowlands of Eritrea. The temperatures of ...
Yeast Extract Peptone Based Co-cultivation Media Promotes Transient GUS Expression in Tropical Maize Genotypes
(2017)
Background and Objective: Tropical maize is the most cultivated crop in sub-Saharan Africa and is a staple food to over 220 million
people. This study, evaluated the competence of four tropical maize (Zea mays L.) inbred ...
Performance Evaluation of Proximal Sensors for Soil Assessment in Smallholder Farms in Embu County, Kenya
(MDPI, 2016-08)
Four proximal soil sensors were tested at four smallholder farms in Embu County, Kenya:
a portable X-ray fluorescence sensor (PXRF), a mobile phone application for soil color determination
by photography, a dual-depth ...
Spatial population dynamics of a specialist aphid parasitoid, Lysiphlebus hirticornis Mackauer (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae): evidence for philopatry and restricted dispersal
(Macmillan Publishers Limited, 2010-01)
Within insect communities, the population ecology of organisms
representing higher trophic levels, for example, hymenopterous
parasitoids, may be influenced by the structure of
their insect hosts. Using microsatellite ...
Mating Strategies in Solitary Aphid Parasitoids: Effect of Patch Residence Time and Ant Attendance
(Springer, 2012-01)
Mate finding and dispersal from the natal patch in parasitoid Hymenoptera are influenced by the availability of host resources and interactions with other organisms. We compared the mating behavior of three solitary aphid ...
Stay at home aphids: comparative spatial and seasonal metapopulation structure and dynamics of two specialist tansy aphid species studied using microsatellite markers
(The Linnean Society of London, 2011-06)
Two tansy-feeding aphids, Macrosiphoniella tanacetaria (MA) and Metopeurum fuscoviride (ME), were studied at a
small spatial scale in and around Jena (< 80 km2) using polymorphic microsatellite markers. Both species were ...
Genetic Improvement of African Maize towards Drought Tolerance: A Review
(IISTE, 2016)
Africa supports a population of over 1 billion people with over half of them depending on maize for food and
feed either directly or indirectly. Maize in Africa is affected by many stresses, both biotic and abiotic ...