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Evidence of antibiosis resistance to the spotted stemborer, Chilo partellus (Swinhoe) in a maize (Zea mays L.) population
(Cambridge University Press, 1998-09)
S2 line and S2 test-cross recurrent selection procedures were initiated to improve the resistance of a maize (Zea mays L.) population to the spotted stemborer, Chilo partellus (Swinhoe) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). Thirty-five ...
SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE FOR FOOD, ENERGY AND INDUSTRY pp669-675 1998 James & James (Science Publishers) Ltd Changes in nitrogen related characters in German spring barley
(James & James Science Publishers, 1998)
High costs of fertiliser and environmental implications like ground water pollution are causing a concern to the use of nitrogen. Therefore, the efficient use of nitrogen fertiliser is an important goal in plant breeding ...
The changes in black tea quality due to variations of plucking standard and fermentation time
(Elsevier, 1998)
Catechin levels in green leaf, total theaflavins, brightness, thearubigins, colour, flavour index
and sensory evaluation decrease with coarse plucking standard in clone 6/8. The sum of
Group I volatile flavour compounds ...
The changes in black tea quality due to variations of plucking standard and fermentation time
(Elsevier, 1998-04)
Catechin levels in green leaf, total theaflavins, brightness, thearubigins, colour, flavour index and sensory evaluation decrease with coarse plucking standard in clone 6/8. The sum of Group I volatile flavour compounds ...
Effect of infection level of sesame (sesamum indicum L.) seed by alternaria sesami on severity of alternaria leaf spot
(Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna. Kamburupitiya, 1998)
Alternaria sesami infection in sesame seed samples collected from farmers in Busia, Kakamega and Siaya districts of Kenya was detected by oat meal agar method. Infection levels in seed samples varied from 8.96% in Kakamega ...
A Geographic Information System Applied To A Malaria Field Study In Western Kenya
(Masaimara university, 1998)
This paper describes use of the global positioning system (GPS) in differential mode (DGPS) to obtain highly accurate longitudes, latitudes, and altitudes of 1,169 houses, 15 schools, 40 churches, four health care centers, ...
Hybrid performance of sorghum and its relationship to morphological and physiological traits under variable drought stress in Kenya
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 1998-07-01)
Sorghum, Sorghum bicolor L. Moench, is grown mostly in semi‐arid climates where unpredictable drought stress constitutes a major production constraint. To investigate hybrid performance at different levels of drought stress, ...