Chuka University Institutional Repository: Recent submissions
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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 ... -
Application of Response Surface Methodology in Optimization of the Yields of Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) Using Animal Manures
(Science and Education Publishing, 2020-07)The objective of design and analysis of experiments is to optimize a response variable which is influenced by several independent variables. In agriculture, many statistical studies have focused on investigating the effect ... -
EMERALD KNOWLEDGE AMBASSADORS CHUKA UNIVERSITY
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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 ... -
Features Selection in Statistical Classification of High Dimensional Image Derived Maize (Zea Mays L.) Phenomic Data
(Science and Education Publishing, 2022)Phenotyping has advanced with the application of high throughput phenotyping techniques such automated imaging. This has led to derivation of large quantities of high dimensional phenotypic data that could not have been ... -
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. ... -
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 ... -
Genetic and phenotypic diversity of microsymbionts nodulating promiscuous soybeans from diferent agro-climatic conditions
(Springer Open, 2022)Background: Global food supply is highly dependent on feld crop production that is currently severely threatened by changing climate, poor soil quality, abiotic, and biotic stresses. For instance, one of the major challenges ... -
Chlorido-(η 6 -p-cymene)-(bis(pyrazol-1-yl)methaneκ 2N,N0 )Osmium(II) Tetrafluoroborate, C17H22BClF4N4Os
(MDPI, 2022)The powder of the arene osmium(II) complex, [Os(II)(dpzm)(η 6 -p-cym)Cl]BF4 (dpzm = di(1H-pyrazol-1-yl)methane; η 6 -p-cym = para-cymene), with a formula of C17H22BClF4N4Os (referred to herein as 1) was isolated ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Effects of dibenzylbutyrolactone lignans arctigenin and trachelogenin on the motility of isolated rat ileum
(Elsevier, 2022)Dibenzylbutyrolactone-type lignans are phenolic compounds of medical importance. The purpose of the study was to determine the effects of two such lignans, arctigenin and trachelogenin on the motility of isolated rat ileum ... -
Transitivity Action of the Cartesian Product of the Alternating Group Acting on a Cartesian Product of Ordered Sets of Triples
(Asian Research Journal of Mathematics, 2021-12)In this paper, we investigate some transitivity action properties of the cartesian product of the alternating group 𝐴𝑛 (𝑛 ≥ 5) acting on a cartesian product of ordered sets of triples using the Orbit-Stabilizer ... -
Spectral Picture Of Almost Similar Operators
(Journal of Multidisciplinary Engineering Science and Technology (JMEST), 2022)Various results that relate to almost similarity and other classes of operators such as isometry, normal, unitary and compact operators have been extensively discussed. In this paper, we describe the spectral picture ... -
INFLUENCE OF UTILIZATION OF IMPROVISED MATERIALS ON ACQUISITION OF NUMBER WORK SKILLS AMONG PRE-PRIMARY SCHOOL LEARNERS IN KIAMBU SUB-COUNTY, KIAMBU COUNTY, KENYA
(African Journal of Emerging Issues (AJOEI), 2022)Background Information: Use of instructional media resources plays an important role in enhancing learners’ acquisition of number work skills. However, in Kiambu Sub-county, acquisition of number work skills by pre-primary ... -
INFLUENCE OF NUTRITION ON QUALITY OF PRE-PRIMARY IN TURKANA CENTRAL SUB-COUNTY, TURKANA COUNTY, KENYA
(African Journal of Emerging Issues (AJOEI), 2022)Statement of the Problem: Nurturing care plays an important role in enhancing the quality of pre-primary school education. However, in Turkana Central Sub-county, the quality of preprimary school education is a challenge. ... -
Norm- Attainability of Generalized Finite Operators on C*- Algebra
(Modern Scientific Press Company, 2022)Norm -attainability of elementary operators on Hilbert and Banach spaces have been Characterized by many mathematicians. However, there is little information on Normattainability of generalized finite operators on C*-algebra. ... -
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. ...