Muasya, Reuben M.; Ochieng, L. A.; Mathenge, P. W.(2012)
Sorghum (<i>Sorghum bicolor</i> L. Moench) is an important crop that enhances food security in a region. As a food crop, sorghum is nutritious, containing starch (75-79%) as the major component, followed by protein (6.0-16.1%) ...
Mathu, Eliud M.; Onyancha, Caroline K.; Mwea, Sixtus K.; Ngecu, Wilson M.(Academic Research Publishing Agency Network 9 (2) November 2011, 2011-11)
Nairobi City is mainly underlain by pyroclastic volcanic rocks that were deposited during the formation of the East African Rift Valley. Some of the volcanic rocks were deposited in aqueous conditions over a long period ...
Muasya, Reuben M.; Ogutu, M. O.; Owuoche, J. O.; Ouma, G.(2012)
Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaries) is an important crop in Kenya. Good quality seed availability for farmers is usually a major constraint. Bean seed quality is often affected by soil deficient nutrients and suboptimal ...
Muasya, Reuben M.; Ochieng, L. A.; Mathenge, P. W.(2011)
Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) is one of the important cereal crops utilized worldwide for human food, animal feed and to a lesser extent as a raw material in commercial food industries. The crop is a strategic commodity ...
Mathu, Eliud M.; Ambrose, S.; Nyamai, C.; Williams, M.(Cleveland Museum of Natural History, 2007)
The Lemudong’o Formation is defined here as part of a late Miocene to Late Pleistocene sequence of stratified lavas, air-fall and waterlain tuffs, lacustrine, alluvial, and fluvial sediments, and paleosols, that crop out ...
Mathu, Eliud M.; Ngecu, W. M.(Springer Verlag, 1999-10)
Kenya experienced extraordinarily heavy rainfall between May 1997 and February 1998 due to the El-Nino weather phenomenon. This period of about 10 months heavy rainfall caused widespread landslides and floods which were ...
Muui, Catherine W.; Muasya, Reuben M.; Kirubi, D. T.(2013)
Eastern Province is a major sorghum growing zone in Kenya. There exist different landraces of sorghum that are not yet known. The landraces continue to be maintained by cultural preferences and traditional practices by the ...
The geology of the Ithanga Hills area is composed of high grade late Precambrian metamorphic rocks of the Mozambique belt, Tertiary (?) volcanics, largely tuffs, that overlie the Mozambiquian rocks unconformably and Recent ...
Kamotho, G. N.; Mathenge, P. W.; Muasya, Reuben M.; Dulloo, M. E.(2014)
Cleome gynandra (L.) is a weed that grows throughout the tropics and sub-tropics. In Kenya it is gradually
being domesticated and grown as a vegetable that is used in many culinary systems for its remarkable
nutritional ...
Kenya is in a unique environmental setting by virtue of its geographical location, range of altitudes and perhaps most importantly, the Great Rift System that traverses it. The country displays virtually every facet of ...
Mathu, Eliud M.; Attahiru, Stephen; Shiundu, Paul M.; Onyari, John M.(Multi-Science Publishing, 2003-04)
A micaceous mineral (MicaM) available locally in Kenya was utilized as an inexpensive and effective adsorbent for the removal of Cu2+ ions from aqueous solution. The effects of contact time, pH, temperature, adsorbate and ...
Muasya, Reuben M.; Muui, C. W.; Rao, N.; Anjichi, V. E.(2007)
Maize (Zea mays L.) is the most important staple crop in Kenya with the small holder farming systems accounting for about 75-80% of the total production. Most of the small-scale farmers plant locally adapted
landraces and ...
Nairobi City is underlain by volcanic materials that resulted from the formation of the rift valley. Some of the challenges that face design of structures in the city include: the need to develop structures in areas with ...
Muasya, Reuben M.; Maina, F. N.; Gohole, L. S.(2011)
Jute mallow (Corchorus olitorius L.) is an important African leafy veg etable in Kenya. It is highly nutritious and has commercial importance. Jute mallow seeds exhibit dormancy, reducing seed germination and adversely ...
Mburu, Mary W. K.; Maobe, S. N.; Akundabweni, L. S.; Ndufa, J. K.; Mureithi, J. G.; Gachene, C. K. K.; Okello, J. J.; Makini, F.(2011)
On-farm experiment was carried out in southwest Kenya in the period 2002 to 2005. The objective was to determine the most profitable source of nitrogen for maize production, and assess various application quantities to ...
Mburu, Mary W. K.; Maobe, S. N.; Ndufa, J. K.; Akundabweni, L. S.; Mureithi, J. G.; Gachene, C. K. K.; Makini, F.; Okello, J. J.(Paraclete Publishers, 2010)
Knowledge on the possible influence of mucuna green manure application rate, and variable soil
moisture conditions on decomposition of its biomass and available soil nitrogen levels is vital ...