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Mechanisms and Sources of Resistance in Tropical Maize Inbred Lines to Chilo partellus Stem Borers
(2013)
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 ...
Evaluation of micronutrients in seeds of Pumpkin varieties grown by smallholder farmers in the Lake Victoria Basin.
(2013-12)
This study shows micronutrients malnutrition and its devastating effects taking toll of the world,
affecting over two billion of its population. Measures have been put in place that includes
supplementation, fortification ...
Variation of micronutrients in pumpkin fruit varieties grown by smallholder farmers within Lake Victoria Basin.
(2013)
Food shortage is a common occurrence in the developing countries. The shortage is emancipated in both low quantity and poor quality resulting in deficiency based diseases. The fact that pumpkins have an easy production ...
Spatial-temporal Changes in Land Use Land Cover and its Impacts on Wildlife Conservation in Meru Conservation Area, Kenya
(2019)
Habitat conversion can be a major threat to biodiversity. Recent and current levels of human activities on landscapes appear to be overriding the natural changes to ecosystems brought about by climate variations in the ...
Promoting Effective Community Participation in Land Use Planning and Management of Wildlife Conservation Areas
(2014)
The major threat facing conservation of wildlife within and outside protected areas presently is the continuous loss of wildlife corridors and dispersal areas. This is as a result of increase in human settlements and the ...
Marketability of value-added pumpkin (Cucurbita moschata Duch.) fruit in selected Kenyan markets.
(Science Publishing Group, 2019-03-19)
Abstract
Pumpkin (C. moschata Duch.) fruit is a highly nutritious horticultural crop with great potential for commercialization. However, in Kenya many households do not buy and utilize pumpkins regularly, leading to low ...
Shelf-life of pumpkin-blended products, flour and fruit slices of different presentation formats
(Science Publishing Group, 2019-04-10)
Pumpkin has high potential of generating income and overcoming food insecurity. Today’s consumer looks upon the food industry to provide healthy, attractive convenience products that remain wholesome for long. However, ...
Genetic diversity of pumpkin accessions in Kenya revealed using morphological characters, diversity index, CATPCA and factor analysis
(2018-02)
Pumpkin is one of the most morphologically variable genera in the entire plant kingdom. In
Kenya, its genetic diversity is undocumented and distribution is haphazard. An expedition
was done in Kakamega and Nyeri regions ...
Evaluation of endogenous phytocomponents and amino acids associated with direct somatic embryogenesis of coffee (Coffea arabica L.).
(Khalsa Publications, Punjab, India, 2018-03-01)
Coffee is one of the most important crops cultivated in the world for use in beverages and confectionaries. Embryogenesis is a complex process that begins with a single cell and ends with the formation of mature embryos. ...
Relationships of Selected Endogenous Factors Associated with Direct Somatic Embryogenesis of Coffee (Coffea arabica L.)
(2018-05-30)
Coffee is one of the most important cash crops produced in the world with great economic returns to growers
and national gross domestic product. Somatic embryogenesis is a morphogenetic processes leading to
plantlet ...