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INTROGRESION OF MAIZE STREAK VIRUS TOLERANCE INTO SELECTED PHOSPHORUS EFFICIENT AND ALUMINIUM TOLERANT KENYAN MAIZE LINES
(2018)
Maize is one of the most important cereals produced globally. It has a number of uses such as the production of feed, food, as well as industrial products. However, its productivity is limited by both biotic and abiotic ...
MAIZE-SOYBEAN PRODUCTION AND MICROBIAL DIVERSITY AS AFFECTED BY RHIZOBIA INOCULATION AND CROPPING SYSTEMS IN A FERRALSOL IN WESTERN KENYA
(2018)
The use of promiscuous soybean varieties and commercial inoculants has been shown to increase production and improve soil fertility. However, most cropping systems are characterized by indigenous bradyrhizobia whose ...
ASSESSMENT OF GENETIC DIVERSITY AND YIELD OF SELECTED SESAME (Sesamum indicum L.) GENOTYPES IN WESTERN KENYA
(2018)
Sesame is one of the most important oilseed crops in the tropical and subtropical regions of the world. Despite its importance, sesame yields in Kenya is very low due to lack of improved and high yielding varieties as well ...
IMPROVEMENT OF NITROGEN IN FERTILITY DEPLETED SUGARCANE SOILS THROUGH SHORT- TERM PREPLANTING OF LEGUMINOUS PLANTS
(2018)
Sugarcane is the main cash crop in the sugar belt of western Kenya and provides income for farmers, particularly poverty stricken smallholders, in the region. However, due to declining soil fertility particularly, soil ...
EVALUATION OF CHICKPEA GENOTYPES FOR RESISTANCE TO ASCOCHYTA BLIGHT IN RIFT VALLEY, KENYA
(2018)
In Kenya dry highlands where wheat, maize and barley are main crop, chickpeas are considered as off-season crop (October-February) before the next cropping season providing an alternative source of income to farmers. ...
FARMYARD MANURE, LIME AND ZINC IMPROVE MAIZE (Zea mays) AND DESMODIUM (Desmodium intortum) RESPONSE TO MINERAL FERTILIZERS IN VIHIGA COUNTY
(2018)
Persistent food and fodder yield gaps witnessed in Vihiga County even with the application of recommended fertilizer are becoming an issue of concern to most smallholder farmers residing in the region. Closing these yield ...
FUNGAL PATHOGENS AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON PROTEIN CONTENT IN BARLEY GRAINS
(2018)
Barley (Hordeum vulgare) is an annual cereal crop and is ranked fourth in terms of production and utilization after maize, rice and wheat. Its main economic usage all over the world is for malt production. Good quality ...
DIVERSITY OF ELITE KENYAN BREAD WHEAT MUTANT LINES IN STEM RUST (Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici) RESISTANCE
(2018)
Stem rust caused by Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici is a major constraint to wheat production in Kenya. The re-emergence of a new fungal race Ug99 and its variants have caused devastating losses to wheat production since ...
EVALUATION OF KENYAN DOLICHOS (Lablab purpureus L.) GENOTYPES FOR RESISTANCE TO LEGUME POD BORERS (Maruca vitrata and Helicoverpa armigera) USING MORPHOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL MARKERS
(2018)
Dolichos (lablab purpureus) is an important highly proteinous human food and animal feeds. It is grown in the tropics and subtropics of the world. Common production constraints of Dolichos lablab are low yields, poor cooking ...
Effective Adoption of Striga Control Technologies in Maize by Association and Non-Association Farmers in Bungoma County
(Kenya,African Journal of Education, Science and Technology,2018, 2018)
Striga species also known as witchweeds decimate agriculture in most parts of Africa, attacking the major cereal grains and legumes, and halving the already very low yields of subsistence farmers in Kenya, Bungoma County ...