Faculty of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine (FAg / FVM): Recent submissions
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X-Ray Fluorescence Detected Variation in Nutraceutic-Implied Mineral Density in Underutilized Plants Mapped as Women-Operated Smallholder Units in the Lake Victoria Basin
(2009)Indigenous plant biodiversity plays a key role in providing nutritional and medicinal (nutraceutical) need for smallholder farming communities. The objective of this paper was to relate farming decisions, farm landscape ... -
Evaluation of elite lines of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) (L.) Walp.) for leaf/fodder plus grain (i.e. dual purpose)
(1990)A systematic programme of cowpea breeding was initiated at IITA, Ibadan, Nigeria, to identify potential dual purpose varieties and parents for use in breeding dual purpose germplasm. Generally, lower total fresh leaf yields ... -
Profitability of agro-forestry based soil fertility management technologies: the case of small holder food production in Western Kenya
(Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2006)Persistent food insecurity accompanied by low and declining farm household incomes are a common feature of many small holder maize and bean producers in western Kenya. This has been largely attributed to soil nutrient ... -
Training lawyers for the sub-Saharan African market: what role for academics? Perspectives from Kenya
(The Wangari Maathai Institute for Peace and Environmental Studies, 2009)Skilled professionals such as lawyers are imperative for any society. Their training is even more critical, as it shapes their eventual role in transforming society. They play an important role since the law influences ... -
Cytotoxicity of antimalarial plant extracts from Kenyan biodiversity to the brine shrimp, Artemia salina L.(Artemiidae)
(Department Of Veterinary Pathology, Microbiology and Parasitology, 2012)Artemia salina (Artemiidae), the brine shrimp larva, is an invertebrate used in the alternative test to determine toxicity of chemicals and natural products. In this study the medium lethal concentration fifty (LC50 values) ... -
Characterization of trypanosome isolates from naturally infected horses on a farm in Kenya
(Department of Clinical Studies, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Nairobi, 2000-04)Following an outbreak of trypanosomosis in horses on a farm in Kenya, 18 trypanosome isolates were collected from the infected animals over a period of one and a half years and cryopreserved for characterization. The ... -
Cost effective slow growth in vitro conservation of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) using table sugar as an alternative carbon source
(Department of Plant Science and Crop Protection, 2012)The potential of table sugar as an alternative low cost carbon source for potato in vitro conservation media at normal propagation temperature was investigated using a two factor experiment in a randomized complete block ... -
A study of postharvest moisture loss in carrots (Daucus carota L.) during short term storage
(Faculty of Agriculture, 1996)Postharvest moisture loss leads to wilting of horticultural produce which shortens their shelf life and reduces their commercial value. Effects of preharvest water stress, potassium (K), cultivar, water vapour pressure ... -
Genetic diversity of Kenyan potato germplasm revealed by simple sequence repeat markers
(Faculty of Agriculture, 2011-10)International potato germplasm (Solanum tuberosum L.) has been long introduced to and bred in Kenya and the accumulated Kenyan Solanum germplasm is unique in its geographical and climatic ranges of adaptation to tropical ... -
Changes in water potential, osmotic potential, and tissue electrolyte leakage during mass loss in carrots stored under different conditions
(Faculty of Agriculture, 2002)Mass loss, water potential (ψ), osmotic potential (ψπ) and tissue permeability of carrots (Daucus carota L. cv. Eagle) stored for 30 days at 2 °C and 80% relative humidity (RH) (optimal shelf condition (OSC)), 13 °C and ... -
Potassium nutrition and postharvest moisture loss in carrots (Daucus carota L.)
(Faculty of Agriculture, 1998)The effect of potassium (K) nutrition on the shelf life of carrots was studied using a hydroponics system involving rockwool slabs as support. Carrots were grown for 192 days under greenhouse conditions and supplied with ... -
Short Communication: Use of a Prepaid Cellulase Solution for Screening Forage Grass Germplasm for Digestibility
(Faculty of Agriculture, 1993)A reliable rapid and inexpensive laboratory procedure is needed to screen native African forage grass species for forage quality. This study determined the potential of using a prepared cellulase solution to assess in vitro ... -
Use of a Prepaid Cellulase Solution for Screening Forage Grass Germplasm for Digestibilit
(Faculty of Agriculture, 1993)A reliable rapid and inexpensive laboratory procedure is needed to screen native African forage grass species for forage quality. This study determined the potential of using a prepared cellulase solution to assess in vitro ... -
The interhemal membrane of the spotted hyena: An immunohistochemical reappraisal
(Department of Vetinary Anatomy And Physiology, 1990)On the basis of specific immunohistochemical staining for vimentin and cytokeratin, we conclude that in the mature placenta of the spotted hyena the interhemal membrane is haemomonochorial rather than endotheliochorial, ...
