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Mycotoxins in Poultry Feed and Feed Ingredients from Sub-Saharan Africa and Their Impact on the Production of Broiler and Layer Chickens: A Review
(MDPI, 2021-09)
: The poultry industry in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is faced with feed insecurity, associated
with high cost of feeds, and feed safety, associated with locally produced feeds often contaminated
with mycotoxins. Mycotoxins, ...
Genome-Wide Identification, Phylogenetic and Expression Pattern Analysis of GATA Family Genes in Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.)
(MDPI, 2021)
GATA transcription factors are a class of transcriptional regulatory proteins that contain a
characteristic type-IV zinc finger DNA-binding domain, which play important roles in plant growth
and development. The GATA ...
Phthalate Levels in Wastewater Treatment Plants of Lake Victoria Basin
(Science and Education Publishing, 2021)
Phthalates are examples of EDCs, which have been used as plasticizers for longtime worldwide.
However, their occurrence in these environments causes adverse effects such as congenital anomalies, endocrine
disruption and ...
STUBBORN DISEASE OF CITRUS CAUSED BY SPIROPLASMA CITRI: A SHORT NOTE
(EScience Press, 2021-08)
Citrus fruit is considered a very nutritious and delicious diet. Citrus consists of
lemon, oranges, mandarin, and grapefruit which have economic value in the world.
Significant losses occur in citrus due to numerous ...
Quality of Climate-Smart Agricultural Advice Offered by Private and Public Sectors Extensionists in Mbeere North Sub-County, Kenya
(agdevresearch.org, 2022)
This research adds to the knowledge of extension education by revealing the quality of climate-smart agricultural (CSA) advice offered by private and public extension sectors. The study was aimed at addressing the paucity ...
Effects of Agricultural Nutrients Influx on Water Quality in Thiba River basin, a sub-catchment of Tana River Basin in Kirinyaga County, Kenya
(East African Nature & Science Organization, 2022-04)
Excessive enrichment of waters with nutrients and the associated adverse biological effects leads to eutrophication, which is one of the major environmental problems across the world. ...
Culture as a Predictor of Effective Adoption of Climate-Smart Agriculture in Mbeere North, Kenya
(agdevresearch.org, 2022)
The research advances the existing extension education knowledge by illustrating the relationship between culture and adoption of Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA). Using a sample of 127, the study adopted a descriptive ...
Genome-Wide Identification of the B-Box Gene Family and Expression Analysis Suggests Their Potential Role in Photoperiod-Mediated β-Carotene Accumulation in the Endocarp of Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) Fruit
(MDPI, 2022)
Carotenoids are indispensable to plants and essential for human nutrition and health.
Carotenoid contents are strongly influenced by light through light-responsive genes such as B-Box (BBX)
genes. BBX proteins, a class ...
PRODUCTION OF MINERAL NUTRIENT-RICH MULTIPURPOSE PUMPKIN LEAFY VEGETABLES USING INTEGRATED NITROGEN, MULCH AND GA3
(2022-04)
Understanding the effect of nitrogen, mulch and gibberellic acid on minerals and metabolites in multipurpose
pumpkin (Cucurbita moschata Duch) is important since it is a dependable source of food, providing families
producing ...
Occurrence of fungal foliar diseases of tomato in different agro-ecological zones of Kirinyaga County, Kenya
(Fundamental and Applied Agriculture, 2022-03)
Tomato production is characterized by inconsistent quality and yields due to
biotic constraints such as fungal foliar diseases. Information on the occurrence of the diseases in different agro-ecological zones of Kenya is ...