Aluminium toxicity, drought and net blotch coupled with their interactions, biochemical reactions and induction of hormonal signaling are responsible for low barley yields in Kenya. The studies aimed at identifying genotypes ...

Soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merrill) is a versatile crop useful in the economy as human diet, animal feed and for industrial purposes. However, production has been dwindling due to poor seed quality among other constraints. ...

Striga hermonthica (Del.) Benth is one of the major constraints affecting finger millet production in western Kenya causing significant yield losses. Research efforts have resulted in production of some improved finger ...

Water stress is one of the major constraints on plant productivity worldwide and is projected to aggravate with climatic changes while human population is at its exponential phase. On the other hand, Trichoderma spp. ...

Low available phosphorus (P) remains a major limitation to maize (Zea mays L.) productivity in low P soils. Selecting maize hybrids that acquire and use P efficiently could reduce the rising costs of inorganic P. The ...

French bean, a sub-group of the common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.), is grown for its tender green pods and consumed as a green vegetable. It is a major export crop in Kenya but production levels are constrained by ...

Fusarium ear rot of maize is caused by Fusarium verticillioides (=F. moniliforme) and F. proliferatum, with F. verticillioides being the most widespread in Kenya. Fusarium ear rot causes yield loss in maize production ...

Common beans are among the important food security crops in Trans-Nzoia County. Its yield is however low due to insect pest damage with the major insect pest contributing to this yield loss as bean fly. The objective of ...

Net blotch caused by Pyrenophora teres is one of the most destructive foliar diseases of barley (Hordeum vulgare) in the world, Kenya included. Frequent evolution of net blotch pathotypes, continuous overcoming of resistance ...

Potato is ranked fourth most important food crop in the world while in Kenya, it‟s the second most important food crop after maize. Although Potato has the widest genetic diversity among related wild species than any ...