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Seed Potato Growth, Harvest Index and Net Economic Benefit Improvement through Irrigation Water, Nitrogen and Phosphorus Management
(Columbia International Publishing, 2016)
A study was conducted in a Rainshelter (RTrial) at Egerton University to determine the correlation between irrigation water, nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) application on seed potato growth, harvest index (HI) and net ...
Participatory Germplasm Conservation and Seed Production of Naturalized Pumpkin Landraces in Kenya
(2016)
Although seeds come first in the food chain, local and international companies find it unprofitable to invest in provision of African indigenous vegetable seeds to growers. The present study trained farmers in on-farm ...
Evaluation of Quantitative Yield Performance of Pumpkin Accessions in Kenya Using Mother Trials
(2016)
Quantitative yield performance of pumpkin (Cucurbita moschata (Lam.) Poir.) accessions was evaluated for two seasons in 2012 and 2013. Accessions were planted on-station in KALRO Kakamega and Embu farms at a spacing of 2 ...
Phenomic prediction of maize hybrids.
(Elsevier Ireland Ltd, 2016-08)
Phenomic experiments are carried out in large-scale plant phenotyping facilities that acquire a large number of pictures of hundreds of plants simultaneously. With the aid of automated image processing, the data are converted ...
Improving seed potato leaf area index, stomatal conductance and chlorophyll accumulation efficiency through irrigation water, nitrogen and phosphorus nutrient management.
(Macrothink Institute, 2016-01)
A study was conducted in a Rainshelter (RTrial) at Horticultural Research and Teaching Farm, Egerton University to determine the effect of integration of irrigation water, nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) application on ...