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INTESTINAL GEOHELMINTH NEMATODES INFECTIONS IN LANGAS
(2016-05-19)
The prevalence and intensity of intestinal geohelminth nematodes was assessed among school children in Langas Primary School in Eldoret Municipality. The main objective of the study was to determine the relationships between ...
INVESTIGATION OF ETHREL GAMETOCIDE IN FINGER MILLET (Eleusine coracana, L. Gaertn) HYBRIDS THROUGH GENETIC ANALYSIS
(2016-05-19)
Finger millet is a staple food crop of in Africa due to; desirable attributes like being highly nutritious, good grain storagability and strong cultural value. In Kenya, therefore, finger millet is on high demand for food, ...
EVALUATION OF BEAUVERIA BASSIANA (Hyphomycetes) ISOLATES AS POTENTIAL AGENTS FOR CONTROL OF TEA WEEVILS
(2016-05-18)
ABSTRACT
Tea (Camellia sinensisKuntze) is an important cash crop in Kenya. Several insect pests, however, have been recorded on tea affecting production; prominent among which is the tea weevil. Common tea weevils reported ...
COMMUNITY STRUCTURE AND PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY OF
(2016-05-19)
River impoundments transform lotic aquatic systems to lentic with changes in physical and chemical properties, biotic assemblage and productivity. Chebara reservoir is located at 3605E and 022S and situated within ...
EFFICACY OF FIPRONYL 200 G/L AND TERMIDOR IN CONTROLLING TERMITES.A LABORATORY AND GRAVEYARD TRIAL TEST
(2016-05-18)
Fipronyl is chemical formulations of phenyl pyrazole insecticide acting on the chloride channel of nervous system of insects to hinder chloride metabolism of γ- amino butyric acid of insect’s nervous system. It has good ...
EFFICACIES OF CHLORFENVINPHOS, AMITRAZ AND ALPHACYPERMETHRIN AND THEIR COMBINATIONS ON RHIPICEPHALUS (BOOPHILUS) DECOLORATUS TICKS FROM CATTLE IN NANDI COUNTY, KENYA
(2018)
The one-host tick, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) decoloratus, is a ubiquitous ectoparasite
of cattle in Nandi County, Kenya. For more than one decade, the County has used
plunge dips to apply, either chlorfenvinphos, amitraz ...
SPATIO -TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION AND RISK FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH PHLEBOTOMINE SAND FLIES AND LEISHMANIASIS IN Mt. ELGON REGION, KENYA
(2018)
This study determined the spatio–temporal distribution, natural infection and
risk factors associated with phlebotomine sand flies and leishmaniasis in Mt.
Elgon focus in 2015. Collections of sandflies were carried out ...
OPTIMISING A RESTING BOX TO ENHANCE ADULT GRAVID FEMALE MOSQUITOE AUTO-DISSEMINATE LARVICIDE IN A SEMI FIELD
(2018)
Malaria control strategies that target adult mosquitoes are challenged by the emergence of
insecticide resistance and behavioral changes of vectors. The conventional approach of
applying larvicides is limited by high ...
Genetic diversity and gene flow in Clarias gariepinus from Lakes Victoria and Kanyaboli, Kenya
(African Journal of Aquatic Science 2014, 2014-11)
The African catfish Clarias gariepinus is an important species in the rapidly expanding aquaculture industry in
East Africa. Most Kenyan catfish farmers use stocks with unknown genetic characteristics, with uncertified ...