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MICROBIAL PROFILES OF SMALL HOLDER FARMS UNDER DIFFERENT CROPPING SYSTEMS ALONG RIVER ISIUKHU WATERSHED OF KAKAMEGA COUNTY
(MMUST, 2020-10-12)
The River Isiukhu watershed is endowed with rich agricultural soils. However, the region is characterized with high population density and therefore farm land is under enormous pressure as it is put under continuous ...
THREE-STAGE ADAPTIVE BATCH TESTING MODEL FOR ESTIMATING PREVALENCE OF A TRAIT WITH ERRORS WITHOUT TRUNCATION
(MMUST, 2021-02)
Batch testing is a fundamental testing scheme that results into substantial saving in terms of cost and time. It is mainly applicable in cases with large population sizes and low prevalence rates. Studies on Batch testing ...
CERTAIN GEOMETRIC ASPECTS OF A CLASS OF ALMOSTCONTACT STRUCTURES ON A SMOOTH METRIC MANIFOLD
(MMUST, 2020-07-20)
The classification of Smooth Geometric Manifolds still remains an open problem. Theconcept of almost contact Riemannian manifolds provides neat descriptions and distinc-tions between classes of odd and even ...
EVALUATION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH RISKS OF ABATTOIR WASTES ON RECEIVING WATER SOURCES
(2023)
include condemned meat parts, aborted foetuses, trimmings, horns, undigested ingesta,
bones, and hairs while the liquid consist of blood, dissolved solids, urine, gut contents,
and wastewater. Various studies have shown ...
ANTIBIOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY PATTERNS OF PATHOGENIC BACTERIA RECOVERED FROM UNPROCESSED BOVINE MILK PRODUCED IN NDIVISI WARD, BUNGOMA COUNTY
(2023)
Milk is an essential and nutritive product that fulfills the increasing demand for food in the rising population in the former western province of Kenya. Milk can be easily contaminated by bacteria posing a health risk to ...
MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION AND MINERALIZATION POTENTIAL OF PHOSPHORUS SOLUBILIZING BACTERIA COLONIZING COMMON BEAN (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) RHIZOSPHERE IN WESTERN KENYA
(2023)
Phosphorous solubilizing bacteria (PSB) are a category of microbes that transform insoluble phosphates in soil into soluble forms that crops can utilize for growth and development. Phosphorous in natural soils is abundant, ...
ABUNDANCE, MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION AND SYMBIOTIC POTENTIAL OF ENDOPHYTIC ROOT NODULATING RHIZOBIA COLONISING SOYBEAN IN SOILS OF KAKAMEGA COUNTY
(2023)
Root nodulating bacteria are a diverse group of bacteria that may coexist with legumes and non-legumes in a symbiotic relationship. These bacteria have a wide range of symbiotic flexibility. Rhizobia inoculants have ...
TARGET-SITE MUTATIONS, BASELINE SUSCEPTIBILITY AND CROSSRESISTANCE EVALUATION OF FALL ARMYWORM INFESTING MAIZE IN KENYA
(2023)
The fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda, is a pest of gramineous crops known
worldwide. It is resistant to various insecticides presenting a serious challenge in its wake.
Sodium channels that are voltage-gated, ryanodine ...