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Effect of Nitrogen, Mulch and Gibberellic Acid on Quality of Multi-Purpose Pumpkin (Cucurbita moschata Duchesne) Fruits
(Infogain Publication, 2021)Emergence of multi-purpose pumpkin (Cucurbita moschata Duchesne) as an African indigenous vegetable is attracting great attention. This is due to its adaptation to a wide range of climates and high-yielding potential. ... -
Opportunities for Quality Seed Production and Diffusion through Integration of the Informal Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa
(videleaf, 2020)In perpetuating the preferred crop species, seed is exchanged among family members, neighboring communities or between tribes and regions according to customs and practices in many African traditions. Overtime, this ... -
Mechanisms and Sources of Resistance in Tropical Maize Inbred Lines to Chilopartellus Stem Borers
(Journal of Agricultural Science, 2020)Developing maize with durable resistance to maize stem borers could be enhanced by identifying genotypes with different mechanisms of resistance and pyramiding the resistances into high yielding genotypes. This study was ... -
The analogy of simple and inter simple sequence repeat markers in the assessment of genetic diversity of pumpkin accessions in Kenya
(Innspub, 2020-09)Pumpkin is found growing in many parts of Kenya although its genetic variation has not been determined using available molecular markers. This study compared SSR and ISSR efficacy in assessing diversity of 139 pumpkin accessions ... -
Effects of Earthing up and Pruning Systems on Growth and Yield of Tomato (Solanum lycopersicon.)
(Research gate, 2020)Tomato (Solanum lycopersicon) is an important crop cultivated and consumed worldwide. It provides wide variety of nutrients with many health-related benefits like, protection against cancer, maintains blood pressure and ... -
Effect of Institutional and Farmer Based Climate Change Adaptation Measures on Crop Production in Mavuria Ward, Mbeere South Sub-county, Embu County, Kenya
(Research gate, 2020)Africa is under pressure from climate stresses and is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. In Kenya, agriculture is the backbone of the economy making it an important contributor to food security of rural ... -
Analysis of Institutional Factors Affecting Optimization of Coffee Yields in Chuka Sub-County, Tharaka-Nithi County, Kenya
(Research gate, 2020)The importance of coffee production in the world economy cannot be ruled out due to its contribution in the developing countries in areas such as creation of employment and rise in foreign exchange. Most of the coffee ... -
Variation in Seagrass Carbon Stocks Between Tropical Estuarine and Marine Mangrove-Fringed Creeks
(Frontiers in Marine Science, 2020)Seagrass and associated blue carbon ecosystems are important carbon sinks, and hence understanding their spatial and temporal variability is vital in appreciating their potential roles in climate change mitigation and ... -
Nutrient management options for enhancing productivity and profitability of conservation agriculture under on-farm conditions in central highlands of Kenya
(AIMS Agriculture and Food, 2020)Decline in soil fertility is one of the major constraints to sustainable crop production and profitability. To meet the increasing demand for the growing population the issue of low soil fertility needs to be addressed. ... -
Restoration of degraded grasslands, but not invasion by Prosopis julifora, avoids trade‑ofs between climate change mitigation and other ecosystem services
(Nature research, 2020)Grassland degradation and the concomitant loss of soil organic carbon is widespread in tropical arid and semi-arid regions of the world. Aforestation of degraded grassland, sometimes by using invasive alien trees, has ... -
Multi-Mycotoxin Occurrence in Dairy Cattle and Poultry Feeds and Feed Ingredients from Machakos Town, Kenya
(MDPI, 2020-12)Mycotoxins are common in grains in sub-Saharan Africa and negatively impact human and animal health and production. This study assessed occurrences of mycotoxins, some plant, and bacterial metabolites in 16 dairy and 27 ... -
Assessment of the Effect of Solar Powered Milk Cooling Technology on Small Holder Dairy Farmer Earnings, Siaya County, Kenya
(IAR Journal of Agriculture Research and Life Sciences, 2020)The dairy industry in Kenya is dominated by small-scale farmers and is the most developed of the livestock sub-sectors. Yet, 85% of the approximately 850,000 small-scale dairy farmers have no access to electricity. The ... -
Factors Affecting Profitability of Agribusiness Activities: A Case Study of Smallholder Pig Farming in Tharaka-Nithi County, Kenya
(Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology, 2020)Aims: There have been concerted efforts to commercialize the pig sub-sector so as to make it more profitable to farmers, especially smallholder farmers. Despite the development, the profitability in the sector has not ... -
Are the AgriTech Technologies Available, Adaptable and Practical to Young Farmers? Lessons from Tomato farmers in Kirinyaga County, Kenya
(Journal of Agricultural Science and Food Research, 2020)Information and communication technologies (ICTs) in particular mobile phone applications and internet are transforming how agribusiness is carried out in some parts of developing countries including Kenya. The spread ... -
EVALUATION OF TOMATO VARIETIES FOR RESISTANCE TO TOMATO LEAFMINER (TUTA ABSOLUTA) IN KIRINYAGA COUNTY, KENYA
(African Journal of Horticultural Science, 2020-07)The tomato leafminer (Tuta absoluta) (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) is an invasive insect pest of tomato crops in many parts of Africa. It causes substantial economic losses to tomato crops in Kenya. Majority of ... -
Fine Mapping and Transcriptome Analysis of Virescent Leaf Gene v-2 in Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.)
(Frontiers in Plant Science, 2020)Leaf color mutants are the ideal materials to explore the pathways of chlorophyll metabolism, chloroplast development and photosynthesis system. In this study, a new virescent leaf mutant 104Y was identified by spontaneous ... -
Food safety knowledge and practices of street food vendors in selected locations within Kiambu County, Kenya
(African Journal of Food Science, 2020)The safety of street foods remains a public health concern especially in developing countries like Kenya where foodborne illnesses associated with these foods have often been reported. This study determined the food ... -
COLONIAL ROOTS OF FOOD SHORTAGE IN KENYA: THE MARGINALIZAION OF THE AGIKUYU WOMEN’S INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE SYSTEM ON FOOD CROP PRODUCTION
(International Journal of Liberal Arts and Social Science, 2020-08)Since pre-colonial period, the Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS) on food crop production have played a significant role in enhancing the supply of food in the society. This paper examines the effects of marginalization ... -
Tomato Cultivation and Farmers’ Knowledge on Selected Foliar Fungal Diseases in AgroEcological Zones of Kirinyaga County, Kenya
(2022)Diseases are hindrance to tomato production in Kirinyaga County, Kenya. However, information on farmer’s knowledge about tomato diseases to warrant pesticide usage is scanty. Further, there is information gap on disease ... -
Genome-Wide Identification of GASA Gene Family in Ten Cucurbitaceae Species and Expression Analysis in Cucumber
(MDPI, 2022)Gibberellic acid-stimulated in Arabidopsis (GASA), a unique small molecular protein of plants, plays an essential role in plant growth and development. The GASA family genes have been identified and studied in many plants. ...
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