Faculty of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine (FAg / FVM): Recent submissions
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La guarigione delle ferite da decornuazione.
(University of Nairobi,college of agriculture and veterinary sciences,, 1990) -
Survey of bacterial and parasitic organisms causing disease and lowered production in indigenous chickens in Southern Nyanza, Kenya
(University of Nairobi,Department of Public Health, 2013)A cross-sectional study was carried out to identify bacteria and parasites that caused disease and lowered productivity in indigenous chickens in Rachuonyo and Migori districts in Southern Nyanza, Kenya. A total of 21 ... -
] A preliminary report on an evaluation and detailed mapping of erosion susceptibility at Kaloleni, Kilifi District
(Department of soil science, 1983) -
Targeting the poor: taxation of marketed forest products in developing countries
(University of Nairobi,Wangari Maathai Institute for Peace and Environmental Studies, 2008)In this article, we investigate whether taxation of households’ production of marketed forest products in developing countries is likely to assist in achieving the general development objectives of resources conservation ... -
The potential of agro-organic wastes to reduce nitrogen losses from cattle manure used by smallholder farmers in the central Kenyan highlands.
(University of NairobiCollege of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, 2005)Livestockmanure is a valuable source of plant nutrients for crop production in the Central Kenyan highlands but its quality in terms of available nitrogen is low due to considerable nitrogen losses through ammonia ... -
Some Characteristics Of Pea Necrosis Elicitor From Compatible Interactions Of Pseudomonas Syringae P.v. Pisi And Pisum Sativum,
(University of NairobiPlant Science and Crop Protection, 1996)Specific elicitors of pea necrosis were obtained from intercellular fluids of compatible race-cultivar interactions of Pseudomonas syringae pv. pisi and pea (Pisum sativum ). These elicitors induced necrosis in resistant ... -
Hilderbrantia sepalosa herbal remedies against mixed natural sheep helminthosis in Samburu district, Kenya
(University of Nairobi,college of agriculture and veterinary sciences,, 2004) -
BIOLOGICAL SCREE IG OF KE YA MEDICI AL PLA TS USI G ARTEMIA SALI A L.(ARTEMIIDAE)
(University of Nairobi,college of agriculture and veterinary sciences,, 2013)Medicinal plants constitute important components of flora and are widely distributed in different regions of Kenya. Based on ethnopharmacological sig nificance, we collected several medicinal plants from South Coast, ... -
Schematic Models for Potato Tuber Blight Infection Based on Foliar Blight Severity, Cultivar Resistance, Soil and Atmospheric Variables
(College of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences, University of Nairobi, 2007) -
Agricultural intensification, soil biodiversity and ecosystem function in the tropics: the role of nitrogen-fixing bacteria
(University of NairobiCollege of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, 1997-08)Among the nitrogen (N2)-fixing bacteria, the rhizobia in symbiosis with legumes are generally the most important in agriculture, although Frankia, cyanobacteria and heterotrophic free-living N2 -fixers may fix significant ... -
In vitro anthelmintic potential and phytochemical composition of ethanolic and aqueous crude extracts of Zanthoxylum chalybeum Engl.
(University of Nairobi,college of agriculture and veterinary sciences,, 2013)Development of helminthes resistance to chemotherapeutic drugs coupled with high costs and misuse of conventional drugs call for the search of med icinal plants as alternative source of helminthes control. In vitro studies ... -
Carbon dynamics in slash-and-burn agriculture and land use alternatives of the humid forest zone in Cameroon
(University of NairobiDepartment of Soil Science, 1997-11)One of the environmental consequences of slash-and-burn farming is the loss of forest system carbon which in turn contributes to atmospheric change and impacts upon global climates. International attention has become focused ... -
Citrus Greening Disease In Kenya And Recommendations For Its Control.
(University of NairobiPlant Science and Crop Protection, 1982) -
Effect of heat moisture – treated Cassava starch and amaranth malt on the quality of sorghum – cassava- amaranth bread
(Food Technology Division, Kenya Industrial Research and Development Institute, KenyaDepartment of Food Technology and Nutrition, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2013)Gluten-free batter and bread was prepared from modified cassava starch, sorghum and amaranth flour. Heat-moisture treatment (80°C, 18, 24 or 30% moisture content, and 8, 16 or 24 h incubation) of cassava starch increased ... -
Diagnostic indicators of soil quality in productive and non-productive smallholders' fields of Kenya's Central Highlands
(University of NairobiDepartment of Soil Science, 2000-06)Food security in the East African Highlands is dependent upon the productivity of lands managed by smallholders who face difficult challenges in maintaining the fertility of their soils. A study was conducted to identify ...
