Browsing University Journals/ Articles by Author "Ngigi, Anastasiah Njoki"
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Chlorpyrifos Degradation in Soils with Different Treatment Regimes Within Nzoia River Drainage Basin, Kenya
Mutua, Gershom Kyalo; Ngigi, Anastasiah Njoki; Getenga, Zachary Moranga (Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2015-03-24)Two organic amendments, filter mud compost and Tithonia diversifolia leaves generated within a sugarcane growing area were used to enhance the degradation of chlorpyrifos in soil. Filter mud compost and T. diversifolia ... -
Degradation characteristics of metribuzin in soils within the Nzoia River Drainage Basin, Kenya
Mutua, Gershom Kyalo; Ngigi, Anastasiah Njoki; Getenga, Zachary Moranga (Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry, 2015-12-31)Metribuzin, a triazinone herbicide, is heavily used within the expansive Nzoia River Drainage Basin in Kenya for the optimization of sugarcane yields. For field experiments, soils were spiked with metribuzin and amended ...