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Research and development of a weighted most recent common ancester algorithm for metagenomic taxonomic assignment

Butungi, Hellen (University of Nairobi, 2012)

The new generation of metagenomics has gained tremendous popularity in recent years. This has been majorly due to rapid advances in DNA sequencing technology, which has produced large amounts of sequence data in relatively ...
Assessment of Adoption of Watershed Management Approaches for Sustainable Constituency Development Fund Projects in Funyula Constituency, Kenya

Naburi, Namenya Daniel (Kenyatta University, 2013)

Management of the natural resource of a drainage basin primarily for the production and protection is considered essential for soil and water conservation. Despite an increase in CDF allocations, watershed management ...
Characterization of soil bacteria capable of degrading selected organic pesticides applied in horticultural farms in Kenya

Miriti, Philip Mwenda (Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, 2011)

Pesticide use has been one of the major factors in improving productivity in agricultural enterprises. Pesticide residues in food and drinking water when ingested affect human health while ecosystems are also affected ...
Importance of arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi in the restoration of a disturbed site in Kakamega forest

Wandeto, Simon N (University of Nairobi, 2014)

Kakamega forest, a major reservoir of biodiversity in Kenya has experienced degradation over a long period of time due to human disturbance. This disturbance has resulted in a heterogeneous mixture of vegetation including ...
Biodiesel Production From Candlenut And Calodendrum Capense Seeds: Process Design And Technological Assessment

Ndaya, Dennis Mogire (University of Nairobi, 2013)

This project was based on biodiesel production from candlenut and calodendrum capense seeds using conventional and biotechnological technique and determination of the oil yields and biodiesel quality. The driving force for ...
Economic assessment of losses due to fruit fly infestation in mango and the willingness to pay for an integrated pest management package in Embu district, Kenya

Mugure, Caroline M. (University of Nairobi, 2012)

Mango production is a major form of income generation for Kenyan large and small-scale farmers. However, it is confronted with the major threat of fruit fly infestation which causes reduction of quality and quantity of ...
Diversity and infestation levels of arthropod pests attacking dolichos lablab (l.), grown in Meru central and Yatta Sub-counties, Kenya

Kanyi, Nahashon Chege (Kenyatta University, 2015)

Dolichos lablab (L.) is one of the many crop species that are neglected and undercultivated in Kenya. This crop is different from the other grain legume crops due to the fact that its economic potential has been poorly ...
Optimization of growth conditions of Bacillus thuringiensis isolates from various sources in Kenya and toxicity assays of their delta-endotoxin against Chilo partellus

Kwalimwa, Daniel Anyika (Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, 2012)

Chemical pesticides have disadvantages such as high production costs, short persistence, comparative low efficacy, development of resistance to toxin and causing ecological damage. In order to obtain cheaper biopesticides, ...
philosophy in the school of pure and applied sciences of kenyatta university A Study on the biology and the impact of natural enemies on the African wild silk moth, Gonometa sp. at Kamaguti, Uasin Gishu District, Kenya

Ngoka, Bonface (Kenyatta University, 2003)

The steadily growing demand for silk in all silk consuming countries provides excellent opportunities for any country to venture into wild silk production. In East Africa, 58 wild silk moth species have been found to occur ...
Socio-economic importance of Liriomyza leaf miners of vegetable crops in Tanzania: a study of farmers’ knowledge, attitudes and Practices in Arumeru and Moshi-Rural Districts

Mboya, Beatus J. (University of Dar es Salaam, 2012)

This study assessed the socio - economic importance of Liriomyza Leafminers (LMF) of vegetable crops in Northern Tanzania focusing on farmers’ knowledge, attitude and practices towards management of this insect pest in ...
Relative abundance of the Wild silkmoth, Argema mimosae boisduval on different Host plants and host selection Behaviour of parasitoids, at Arabuko Sokoke forest

Ngoka, Bonface (Kenyatta University, 2012)

Sustainable utilization of natural resources and biodiversity conservation form the basis of the livelihood and existence of communities living in Africa and in other developing countries. Overexploitation of natural ...
Effect of farmer’s knowledge and attitudes on management of the tomato spotted wilt virus in Sironko District

Nabuzale, Rita (Makerere University, 2014)

Over 80 percent of the population in Uganda live in rural areas and is mainly engaged in subsistence agriculture for their livelihood. Crop farming especially tomato growing is an activity that communities rely on for their ...
Cytokine Levels and T cell Apoptosis Associated With Cerebral Malaria Immunopathology During Plasmodium berghei Anka Infection In A Mouse Model

Mugweru, Julius Ndirangu (Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, 2013)

During the course of malaria infection, a range of pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines are produced by the host immune system. Successful recovery from malaria involves striking a balance between these counteracting ...
Using participatory video materials for learning and disseminating push-pull technology among smallholder farmers in selected districts in Western Kenya

Olumola, Sammy Shirima (Moi University, 2015)

Push-Pull Technology (PPT) has been promoted as innovative and effective agriculture technology of addressing yield losses in the maize fields of resource-poor famers due to Striga weeds and Stem borers’ infestation in ...
Effect of temperature on the life history of Liriomyza trifolii Burgess (Diptera: Agromyzidae)

Owino, Albert Otieno (University of Nairobi, 2014)

Liromyza trifolii Burgess (Diptera: Agromyzidae) belongs to a group of phytophagous insects whose larvae feed inside the leaf of a wide variety of horticultural crops like snow peas (Pisum sativum L.), french beans (Phaseolus ...
Molecular analysis of the knockdown resistance (kdr) gene in the Anopheles gambiae s.l. and Anopheles funestus populations in Kenya

Mutunga, Mutuku James (Jomo Kenyatta University of Agricultural Technology, 2005)

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Log Ratio Methodology for Analysis of Compositional Data: A case of Olfactometer Bioassay Data from Insect Behavioural Studies

Epel, Anthony Raymond (Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, 2013)

Researchers are often times confronted with compositional data in insect choice studies. The choice of a statistical method to model this type of data is always not obvious. In this study, three approaches for analysis of ...
Responses to Pyrethroids in Heavy metal tolerant Anopheles gambiae vector of Malaria

Musasia, Fauzia Khagai (Egerton University, 2013)

Anopheles gambiae mosquito, the principle Afro-tropical vector of malaria, has been documented in habitats with heavy metals in excess of natural loads. The mosquito has also displayed resistance to most conventional ...
Survival Analysis and Generalized Estimating Equations for Repeated Measures in Mosquito Dose-Response

Okello, Gabriel Otieno (Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, 2013)

Dose-response studies in arthropod research usually involve observing and collecting successive information at different times on the same group of organisms (insects) exposed to different concentrations of stimulus such ...
Socio-economic analysis of dairy feed technologies promoted in the Kenyan highlands

Sikumba, Gregory Ndwandwa (Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, 2013)

The cost of feed is one of the major constraints to dairy cattle production in sub-Saharan Africa. East Africa dairy development project is promoting several feed technologies for dairy cattle in order to reduce costs and ...

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