Faculty of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine (FAg / FVM): Recent submissions
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Traditional antimalarial phytotherapy remedies used by the South Coast
(2010)Aim of the study: This study was conducted to document herbal medicines used in the treatment of malaria as well as the existing knowledge, attitudes and practices related to malaria recognition, control and treatment in ... -
Evaluation of Acute Toxicity of Crude Plant Extracts from Kenyan Biodi-versity using Brine Shrimp, Artemia salina L. (Artemiidae)
(2012)Purpose: Artemia salina L. (Artemiidae), the brine shrimp larva, is an invertebrate used in the alternative test to determine toxicity of chemicals and natural products. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the acute toxicity ... -
Evaluation of host-pathogen interaction of Mycovellosiella' Cajan with pigeonpea
(Department of Plant Science and Crop Protection, 2003)Although Mycovellosiella cajan is an important pathogen limiting production of pigeon pea through transmission of Mycovellosiella leafspot, little is known about the structural formation of either the host (pigeonpea) or ... -
Cultural characteristics, pathogenicity and vegetative compatibility of Fusarium udum isolates from pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.) in Kenya
(Department of Plant Science and Crop Protection, 2002)Seventy-nine single-spore isolates of Fusarium udum, the causal agent of wilt disease of pigeonpea, from Kenya, India' and Malawi were characterized according to their cultural characteristics, pathogenicity and vegetative ... -
Hypoglycemic Activity of Some Kenyan Plants Traditionally used to Manage Diabetes Mellitus in Eastern Province
(2011)In this study five aqueous extracts; Bidens pilosa, Strychnos henningsii, Aspilia pluriseta, Catha edulis and Erythrina abyssinica were screened for anti-diabetic activity and their in vivo safety evaluated. The anti-diabetic ... -
Characterization of Kenyan Isolates of Fusarium udum from Pigeonpea [CaJanus cajan (L.) Millsp. ] by Cultural Characteristics, Aggressiveness and AFLP Analysis
(2002)Isolates of Fusarium UdWI1 from plgeonpea (Cajanus cajan) plants with wilt symptoms were collected from various districts in Kenya and were characterized using cultural characteristics, aggressiveness and amplified fragment ... -
Biological screening of Kenya medicinal plants using artemia salina (ARTEMIIDAE).
(2011)Medicinal plants constitute important components of flora and are widely distributed in different regions of Kenya. Based on ethnopharmacological significance, we collected several medicinal plants from South Coast, Kenya ... -
Resistance of Coffea arabica cv. Ruiru 11 tested with different isolates of Colletotrichum kahawae, the causal agent of coffee berry disease
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Survey of pigeonpea production systems, utilization and marketing in semi-arid lands of Kenya
(2001)In order to assess the status of pigconpca (Cajanus cajon (L.) Millsp.) production in KenY;1, two surveys were carried out in Mac~lIeni and Mhecre Districts in arcus representative or the main agro-ccological pigcoupca ... -
Histology of resistant and susceptible pigeonpea infected with Fusarium udum
(Department of Plant Science and Crop Protection, 2001)Fusarium wilt caused by Fusarium udum Butler, is an economically important disease of pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan (L.) Mill). Information on the mechanisms of resistance to this disease in pigeonpea is limited. To study the ... -
Distribution of lesion nematodes associated with maize in Kenya and susceptibility of maize cultivars to pratylenchus zeae
(Department of Plant Science and Crop Protection, 1998)The distribution and impact of lesion nematodes (Pratylenchus spp.) in Kenyan maize producing areas were evaluated. Soil and root samples were taken from 120 farms in three districts of Kenya, namely Kakamega, Machakos and ... -
Cytotoxicity of antimalarial plant extracts from Kenyan biodiversity to the brine shrimp, Artemia salina L.(Artemiidae)
(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) ... -
Cultural studies of pigeonpea, mycovellosiella_ cajani (henn) rangel extrotcter (syn. cercospora . cajani henn)
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Effect of intercropping maize with different bean genotypes on the incidence and severity of flourly leaf spot disease and yield of beans
(Department of Plant Science and Crop Protection, 2000)A study was undertaken to characterise the virulence variability in Phaeoisariopsis griseola, the causal agent of angular leaf spot of common bean (Phaseolus vUlgaris l.) and to determine the physiological races of the ... -
Virulence, variability and physiological races of the angular leaf spot pathogen Phaeoisariopsis griseola in Kenya
(2005)A study was undertaken to characterise the virulence variability in Phaeoisariopsis griseola, the causal agent of angular leaf spot of common bean (Phaseolus vUlgaris l.) and to determine the physiological races of the ... -
Herbal management of diabetes mellitus: a rapidly expanding research avenue
(Department of Veterinary Pathology, Microbiology and Parasitology,, 2012)Conventional drug therapy though effective in the management of diabetes mellitus is expensive and has toxic side effects. Herbal medicine would thus provide alternative therapy if effective and less toxic. This paper ... -
Participatory analysis of the farming system and resources in Wundanyi location, Taita district, Kenya : A livestock perspective
(Department of Plant Science and Crop Protection, 2010)This study was carried out using two of the methods of farming systems analysis namely Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) and Static Survey. The objective was to analyze the mixed farming system in this area in view of ... -
Screening common bean accessions for resistance to charcoal rot (Macrophomina Phaseolina) in Eastern Kenya
(Department of Crop Science, 1997)Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) germplasm was screened for resistance to charcoal rot (Macrophomina phaseolina) under field conditions at Kiboko and Katumani, eastern Kenya. Of the 313 bean accessions evaluated, 50 ... -
Reaction of potato c~lt!vars ,to ralston!~ solana cearumin Kenya
(Department of Plant Science and Crop Protection, 2001)A survey of bactenal wilt (BW) incidence was carried out in three potato producing districts of Kenya, namely, Nyeri, Nyandarua, and Meru in 1997. The survey was carried out in 30 randomly selected farms in each district. ... -
Technical Efficiency in Kenya’s Sugar Production: a Stochastic Frontier Approach.
(In Press, 2009)This study measured technical efficiency overtime and explored sources of technical inefficiency of sugar mills in Kenya. A time varying translog stochastic production frontier was simultaneously estimated with inefficiency ...
