Articles: Department of Water and Agricultural Resources Management: Recent submissions
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Yield of three Commercial Watermelon Cultivars in Kenya as compared to a local landrace
(2010)High yield is a major goal for watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) breeders. The objective of this study was to measure the yield potential of some watermelon accessions available in Kenya and identify high yielding ones for ... -
Selection within Coffea arabica cv. Ruiru 11 for high cup quality
(Academic Journals, 2012-09-26)In recent years, consumer awareness about the quality of different coffees has increased and therefore production and supply of coffee with excellent quality attach more significance. As a result, many coffee producing ... -
Selection of Ruiru 11 hybrid sibs on raw coffee quality
(2012-06)The economic value of Arabica coffee (Coffea arabica L.) is determined mainly by the yield potential, the size and shape of raw beans and beverage quality. Bean quality reportedly differ depending on the variety, environmental ... -
Early Agronomic Performance of Some New and Existing Arabica Coffee Varieties in Kenya
(2015)The primary goal of plant breeding is to improve yield, quality and disease resistance. However, majority of reported work on coffee breeding primarily concerns agronomical improvement that directly impinges on either ... -
Coffee Breeding in Kenya: Achievements, Challenges and Current Focus
(2015)Coffee production in Kenya is seriously constrained by two fungal diseases namely Coffee Berry Disease (CBD) caused by Colletotrichum kahawae (Waller & Bridge) and Coffee Leaf Rust (CLR) caused by Hemileia vastatrix (Berk. ... -
Antimicrobial Activity of Foliar Fertilizer Formulations and their Effect on Ice Nucleation Activity of Pseudomonas syringae Pv. garcae Van Hall; the Causal Agent of Bacterial Blight of Coffee
(Academic Journals, 2011)This study was carried out with the broad objective of assessing the potential for control of Bacterial Blight of Coffee (BBC) using foliar fertilizer applications to Inhibit Ice Nucleation Activity (INA) of the causative ... -
Combining CBD Resistance with High Yields and Good Cup Quality: Success case in Ruiru 11 Cultivar
(2015)Coffea arabica cv. Ruiru 11 is a composite of sixty six (66) F1 hybrid sibs each derived from a cross between a specific female and male population. The pedigree of Ruiru 11 consist of CBD resistance donors, Rume Sudan ... -
Coffee Sustainability in Kenya: Role Played by Improved Varieties
(2015)Coffee production in Kenya has been sinking since 1980s. The condition has been worsened by climate change phenomenon which has brought new production challenges in recent years. The biggest challenge is the changing ... -
Suitability of Selected Supplemented Substrates for Cultivation of Kenyan Native Wood Ear Mushrooms (Auricularia auricula)
(Academic Journals, 2011)Different organic substrates namely maize cobs, wheat straw, grass straw and sugarcane bagasse supplemented with either wheat or rice bran were evaluated for production of two Kenyan native strains of wood ear mushroom ... -
Effects of Selected Plants' Extracts on in vitro Growth of Rahtonia slanacearum (Smith), the Causal Agent of Bacterial Wilt of Irish Potatoes
(Asian Network For Scientific Information, 2011)The antibacterial effect of crude medicinal plant extracts of Ocimum gratissimum, Brassica oleracea var. botrytis and Ipomoea batatas on Rahtonia solanacearum (Smith) extracted from infected potato tubers was determined ... -
Morphological Characterization of Five Newly Developed Lines of Arabica Coffee as Compared to Commercial Cultivars in Kenya
(ACADEMIC JOURNALS, 2010)Five new lines of Arabica coffee and two existing commercial cultivars planted in the field were characterized morphologically. The objective of this study was to determine the level of morphological variation within and ... -
Response of French Bean {Phaseolus vulgaris L.) to Intra-row Spacing in Maseno Division, Kenya
(Asian Network for Scientific Information, 2012)The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of intra-row spacing on growth of French bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) in Maseno Division, Kenya. The study was carried out at Maseno University Horticultural Farm. ... -
Comparative Antibacterial Effects of Raw Extracts and Essential Oils of Ocimum gratissimum L. against Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith)
(Knowledge Review, 2011)Raw and processed products of Ocimum gratissimum reportedly contain some antibacterial effects. In this study, raw plant extracts and essential oils derived from leaves of Ocimum gratissimum were screened for their ... -
Agronomic Performance of three most Popular Commercial Watermelon Cultivars in Kenya as Compared to one newly introduced cultivar and one local Landrace grown on Dystric Nitisols under Sub- Humid Tropical Conditions
(Asian Research Publishing Network (ARPN)., 2008-11)Agronomic performance trial involving five cultivated watermelon accessions available in Kenya was conducted at Maseno University Research Fields for two seasons between year 2007 and 2008. The accessions included three ... -
Occurrence of Ck-1 gene conferring resistance to Coffee Berry Disease in Coffea arabica cv. Ruiru 11 and its parental genotypes
(SCIENCEWEB PUBLISHING, 2014-03)Abstract. Resistance to Coffee Berry Disease (CBD) in Coffea arabica cv. Ruiru 11 is known to be controlled by among others, the T (Ck-1) gene from Robusta coffee (Coffea canephora Pierre). The cultivar reportedly presents ... -
Genetic Characterization of Arabusta Coffee Hybrids and their Parental Genotypes using Molecular Markers
(2015)Twenty coffee genotypes were characterized comprising of eleven F1 interspecific Arabusta hybrids, three induced tetraploid Robusta parental genotypes, four Arabica parental genotypes, one diploid Robusta accession and ... -
Drought and heat tolerance in coffee: a review
(International Research Journals, 2012-12)Climatic variability is the main factor responsible for the fluctuations in the coffee yield in the world. The relationships between the climatic parameters and the agricultural production are quite complex, because ...