School of Agricultural Sciences

Watershed Improvement Review Board Calendar Year 2006 Annual Report, January 31, 2007

Simtowe, F; Muange, Elijah (2007)

The Iowa Watershed Improvement Review Board (WIRB) was created by the Iowa Legislature and signed into law by the Governor in 2005 as Senate File 200. This statute is now codified in Iowa Code Chapter 466A. The fifteen-member ...

Expression of a 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate (ACC) oxidase gene in peach (Prunus persica L.) fruit in response to treatment with carbon dioxide and 1-methylcyclopropene: possible role of ethylene

Mathooko, Francis M.; Tsunashima, Yuki; Kubo, Yasutaka; Inaba, Akitsugu (2004)

In this study we investigated the effect of exogenous ethylene treatment on ethylene production, 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate (ACC) oxidase activity and expression of an ACC oxidase (PP-ACO1) gene ...

Response of French Bean {Phaseolus vulgaris L.) to Intra-row Spacing in Maseno Division, Kenya

Mureithi, Daniel Mwangi; Onyango, M. A.; Jeruto, P.; Gichimu, Bernard M. (orgz, 2012)

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of intra-row spacing on growth of French bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) in Maseno Division, Kenya. The study was carried out at Maseno University Horticultural Farm. ...

Resources and Facilities for Secondary School Agriculture: A Beacon for RuralTransformation and Development in Kenya

Konyango, Jacob J.J. Ochieng’; Onyango, Christopher A.; Asienyo, Benard O. (2015)

Integrating agriculture teaching with rural transformation and development requires resources and facilities. This has been a beacon, a philosophy and a mission of school agriculture in Kenya since 1959. ...

Timed Strategy for Control of Bollworm for Sustainable Sorghum Crop Yield under Varied Regimes of Rainfall, Temperature and Soil Fertility

Mutisya, Daniel L.; Khamala, Canute P. M.; Konyango, Jacob J. J. O.; Kamau, Clement K.; Matolo, Lawrence K. (2016)

Various environmental factors influence yield of sorghum grain, Sorghum bicolor (L) in Sub-Sahara Africa. Various production conditions of rainfall amount, temperature regimes, soil fertility levels and bollworm Helicoverpa ...

Promoting Evergreen Agriculture Among Secondary Schools in Arid and Semi-Arid Lands of Kenya

Kyule, Miriam N.; Konyango, Jacob J.J. Ochieng’; Nkurumwa, Agnes O. (2015)

Pastoralism has been a major source of livelihood for most of the families in Arid and Semi Arid Lands(ASALs). Studies have shown that the range land available to support enough livestock that can providesufficiently for ...

Influence of Teaching and Learning Resources On Students’ Choice of Agriculture Subject in Secondary Schools in Nakuru County, Kenya

Cheruiyot, Joshua Kipkorir; Kibett, J. K; Konyango, Jacob J.J. Ochieng’ (2017)

Subject choice leading to post secondary school career choice for school leavers in Kenya has become more challenging in the light of competition for admissions to relevant University, tertiary institutions’ courses and ...

What values motivate farmers to adopt climate-smart practices? Empirical evidence from a means-end chain analysis in Kenya

Ngigi, Marther W. (2015)

Farmers in Kenya are vulnerable to climate variability and extreme weather events such as droughts and floods.The resilience of farming households and communities is thus dependent on their ability to adopt climate-smart ...

The Policy Landscape for Climate Change Adaptation A Cross-Country Comparison of Stakeholder Networks

Aberman, Noora-Lisa; Birner, Regina; Haglund, Eric; Ngigi, Marther W.; Ali, Snigdha; Okoba, Barrack; Koné, Daouda; Alemu, Tekie (2015)

An increasing body of research is focusing on the question of how poor agricultural households will both perceive and be affected by climate change. In view of its predicted effects, the need to identify effective adaptation ...

Consumers’ Willingness to Pay for Food Safety in Nairobi: The Case of Fresh Vegetables

Lagerkvist, Carl Johan; Hess, Sebastian; Ngigi, Marther W; Okello, Julius Juma (2011)

Large urban areas in developing countries represent currently the most dynamically growing markets for food products. This study investigates the willingness to pay of consumers in Nairobi for safer leafy vegetables. We ...

Means-End Chain approach to understanding farmers’motivations for pesticideuse in leafy vegetables: The case of kale in peri-urban Nairobi, Kenya

Lagerkvist, Carl Johan; Ngigi, Marther; Okello, Julius J.; Karanja, Nancy (Elsevier, 2012)

Peri-urban farmers play a significant role in the production of vegetables consumed in the urban centers in most African countries. The production of vegetables in the peri-urban areas in these countries is strategic with ...

Spatio-temporal vegetation dynamics and relationshipwithclimate over East Africa

Musau, John; Patil, Sopan; Sheffield, Justin; Marshall, Michael (Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. Discuss, 2016)

Vegetation plays a key role in the global climate system via modification of the water and energy balance. Its coupling to climate is therefore important particularly in the tropics, where severe climate change impacts ...

Expression Characteristics of CS-ACS1, CS-ACS2 and CS-ACS3, ThreeMembers of the 1-AminocycIopropane-l-Carboxylate Synthase Gene Familyin Cucumber {Cucumis sativus L.) Fruit under Carbon Dioxide Stress

Mwaniki, Mercy W.; Nakatsuka, Akira; Shiomi, Shinjiro; Mathooko, Francis M. (1999)

We investigated the expression pattern of three 1-aminocydopropane-1-carboxylate (ACC) synthase genes,CS-ACS1, CS-ACS2 and CS-ACS3 in cucumber (Cucumissativus L.) fruit under CO2 stress. CO2 ...

Effects of malting and fermentation treatments on group B-vitamins of red sorghum, white sorghum and pearl millets in Kenya

Ochanda, Simon Oduor; Akoth, Onyango Christine; Mwasaru, Alfred Mwanjallah; Kagwiria, Ochieng Joy; Mathooko, Francis Mutiso (Journal of Applied Biosciences, 2010)

Objectives: To enhance the safety and nutritive values and shelf life of sorghums and millet flours through malting and fermentation. Methodology and results: Malting and fermentation were carried out for a period of seven ...