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RHIZOCTONIA SOLANI OF POTATO AND ITS MANAGEMENT: A REVIEW
(EScience Press, 2021)
Potatoes are an annual and the most cultivated tuberous crop worldwide. Potatoes play
an important role to fulfil the world’s basic food requirements because of enriched
nutrients and delicious taste. Rhizoctonia solani ...
Effect of Rhizobium Inoculation and Phosphate Rock Fertilizer Application on Biomass Production, Nutrient use Efficiency and Yield Parameters of Green Gram (Vigna radiata)
(Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate (KEPHIS), Kenya, 2022)
The research was focused on an ecologically sound and highly production of legumes particularly
green gram through the application of Rhizobium and rock phosphate fertilizer. Therefore, biomass
production, nutrient use ...
APPLICATION OF BOX-BEHNKEN DESIGN AND RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY FOR OPTIMISATION OF BUTTERNUT (CUCURBITA MOSCHATA) FRUIT YIELD USING FERTILISERS AND PINCHING
(Afr. J. Hort. Sci., 2022)
Butternut (Cucurbita moschata) production is constrained by poor agronomic practices
such as suboptimal application of fertilizers and lack of appropriate pinching practices
aimed at improving the number of female flowers. ...
Use of Cost-Effective Biofertilizers Interventions for Enhanced food Security and Soil Management Amidst Covid-19 Crisis. Review
(Infogain Publication, 2022-04)
Current soil management strategies are mainly dependent on inorganic chemical-based
fertilizers, which are expensive and have led to a serious threat to human health and environment.
Moreover, COVID-19 pandemic caused ...
Effects of Agricultural Land Use Practices on Soil Organic Carbon Stocks, Total Nitrogen and Available Phosphorous in Smallholder Farms in Embu County, Kenya
(Asian Journal of Environment & Ecology, 2022-04)
A study was conducted to determine soil organic carbon stocks (SOCs), total nitrogen (TN) and
available phosphorous (AP) changes in agricultural land use practices with a focus on maize and
coffee based agricultural ...
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. ...
UTILIZATION OF ALATE TERMITES (Macroterme Spp) TO IMPROVE NUTRITIONAL SECURITY AMONG HOUSEHOLDS IN VIHIGA COUNTY-KENYA.
(Journal of Agriculture Science & Technology, 2021)
Among key food nutritional concerns all over the globe is the rising demand for high-value protein,
which is projected to double by 2050 due to the rapidly growing population in developing
economies, such as Kenya. To ...
Transcriptome and Metabolome Analyses Reveal New Insights into the Regulatory Mechanism of Head Milled Rice Rate
(MDPI, 2022)
The head milled rice rate (HMRR) is the most important trait of milling quality, which
affects the final yield and quality of rice. However, few genes related to HMRR have been identified
and the regulatory mechanism of ...
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 ...
Household responses to COVID-19 shocks: A food security implication in Kenya
(Prime Scholars Library, 2022)
The primary objective of this study was to determine household coping mechanisms
under COVID-19 pandemics and its implication on food security in the country. Poisson
regression model was used to describe the relationship ...