Aims: To determine the populations and diversity of beneficial microsymbionts (rhizobia and mycorrhiza) which associates with Acacia senegal varieties at selected sites in semi-arid areas of Kenya. Place and Duration ...

Many peri-urban and rural households use traditional stoves which have low energy use efficiency leading to wasteful use of woodfuel, increase in indoor air pollution and putting more pressure on biomass sources. Energy ...

Background: Globally, there is great concern about expanding agricultural activities due to their impact in the conservation of agrobiodiversity. African continent is known for its richness in biodiversity. In Kenya, there ...

Agroecosystems attract numerous insect species for nesting, breeding and especially for pollination function. While studies have been done in other nations about the ecological factors that determine fruit set in passion ...

A structured questionnare was used to collect information on areas under legume cultivation, grain legume yields, and problems faced by farmers in grain legume production at four selected sublocations in semi-arid Makueni ...

Canotropis procera is a fibre-producing shrub that grows in Africa'sdrylands. Traditionally, the plant is used for medicinal purposes and for fuelwood. However, analysis has shown that fibre produced from its maturefruit ...

Cowpea (Vignaunguiculata L. Walp.) is a drought resistant, multipurpose legume commonly used for food, fodder and soil fertility improvement. Cowpea and commonly cultivated multipurpose shrubs (Calliandracalothyrsus and ...

Promiscuous soybeans are grain legumes that nodulate with diverse strains of indigenous Bradyrhizobium and play a significant role in biological nitrogen fixation through symbiosis. However, experiments on the potential ...

In agroecosystems, microbial communities play a crucial role in delivery of various ecosystem services. These microbial communities are affected by several factors such as soil physicochemical properties which contribute ...

Small-holder farmers have indigenous knowledge on farm soil fertility status. However, the knowledge vary from one place to another and in most cases the information Is scantly documented. To address this problem we ...