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Allanblackia, a new tree crop in Africa for the global food industry: market development, smallholder cultivation and biodiversity management

Kadu, Caroline A. C.; Jamnadass, Ramni; Dawson, Ian K.; Anegbeh, Paul; Asaah, Ebenezar; Atangana, Alain; Cordeiro, Norbert J.; Hendrickx, Harrie; Caroline, Samuel H.; Katta, Cyril; Misbah, Maha; Muchugi, Alice; Munjuga, Moses; Mwaura, Lucy; Ndangalasi, Henry J.; Njau, Chrispine S.; Nyame, Samuel K.; Ofori, Daniel; Peprah, Theresa; Russelv, Joanne; Rutatina, Fidelis; Sawe, Corodius; Schmidt, Lars; Tchoundjeu, Zac; Simons, Tony (Taylor & Francis, 2010)

The seeds of Allanblackia trees produce edible oil with significant global market potential. Consequently, a private-public partnership involving Unilever and known as ‘Novella Africa’ is engaged in the development of ...
Bioactive constituents in Prunus africana: Geographical variation throughout Africa and associations with environmental and genetic parameters

Muluvi, Geoffrey M.; Kadu, Caroline A. C.; Parich, Alexandra; Schueler, Silvio; Konrad, Heino; Eyog-Matig, Oscar; Muchugi, Alice; Williams, Vivienne L.; Rarnarnonjisoa, Lolona; Kapinga, Consolatha; Foahom, Bernard; Katsvanga, Cuthbert; Hafashirnana, David; Obama, Crisantos; Vinceti, Barbara; Schumacher, Rainer; Ceburek, Thomas (Elsevier, 2012)

Prunus ojricana - an evergreen tree found in Afromontane forests - is used in traditional medicine to cure benign prostate hyperplasia. Different bioactive constituents derived from bark extracts from 20 tree populations ...
Calotropis procera: A New Investment for African Drylands

Muchugi, Alice; Gachuiri, Agnes; Gacheri, Nkatha; Mutiso, Festus M.; Kimiti, Jacinta M.; Jamnadass, Ramni; Xu, Jianchu (2017)

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 ...
Divergent pattern of nuclear genetic diversity across the range of the Afromontane Prunus africana mirrors variable climate of African highlands

Muluvi, Geoffrey M.; Kadu, Caroline A. C.; Konrad, Heino; Schueler, Silvio; Eyog-Matig, Oscar; Muchugi, Alice; Williams, Vivienne L.; Ramamonjisoa, Lolona; Kapinga, Consolatha; Foahom, Bernard; Katsvanga, Cuthbert; Hafashimana, David; Obama, Crisantos; Geburek, Thomas (Oxford University Press, 2013)

†Background and Aims Afromontane forest ecosystems share a high similarity of plant and animal biodiversity, although they occur mainly on isolated mountain massifs throughout the continent. This resemblance has long provoked ...
Genetic diversity in Napier grass (Pennisetum purpureum) cultivars: implications for breeding and conservation

Wachira, Francis N.; Wanjala, Bramwel W.; Obonyo, Meshack; Muchugi, Alice; Mulaa, Margaret; Harvey, Jagger; Skilton, Robert A.; Proud, Janice; Hanson, Jean (Oxford University Press, 2013-03-27)

Napier grass is an important forage crop for dairy production in the tropics; as such, its existing genetic diversity needs to be assessed for conservation. The current study assessed the genetic variation of Napier grass ...
Genetic Variation of Kenyan Populations of Warburgia ugandensis, an Important East African Highlands Medicinal Tree Species

Muluvi, Geoffrey M.; Muchugi, Alice; Kindt, Roland; Muge, Edward; Kipruto, Hillary; Jamnadass, Ramni H. (Kamla-Raj Enterprises, 2012)

Warburgia ugandensis is an important medicinal tree species in Eastern Africa used to treat several ailments. Wild populations are under great threat due to unsustainable harvesting for medicines and indiscriminate felling ...
Insights into the Genetic Relationships and Breeding Patterns of the African Tea Germplasm Based on nSSR Markers and cpDNA Sequences

Wambulwa, Moses C.; Meegahakumbura, Muditha K.; Kamunya, Samson; Muchugi, Alice; Möller, Michael; Liu, Jie; Xu, Jian-Chu; Ranjitkar, Sailesh; Li, De-Zhu; Gao, Lian-Ming (Frontiers Media, 2016-08-30)

Africa is one of the key centers of global tea production. Understanding the genetic diversity and relationships of cultivars of African tea is important for future targeted breeding efforts for new crop cultivars, specialty ...
Introduction from the wild and growth characterization of three provenances of Calotropis procera (Ait) in a domesticated state in dry lands of South Eastern Kenya

Mutiso, Festus M.; Kimiti, Jacinta M.; Muchugi, Alice; Gachuiri, Agnes; Jamnadass, Ramni; Xu, Jianchu; Kimatu, Josphert N. (2017-12)

Calotropis procera is a wild species that is drought-resistant and important in production of wool, fibre, biomass among other uses. There exist high demand of the wool in Asian countries and collection from the wild has ...
Multiple origins and a narrow genepool characterise the African tea germplasm: concordant patterns revealed by nuclear and plastid DNA markers

Wambulwa, Moses C.; Meegahakumbura, Muditha K.; Kamunya, Samson; Muchugi, Alice; Möller, Michael; Liu, Jie; Xu, Jian-Chu; Li, De-Zhu; Gao, Lian-Ming (Nature Publishing Group, 2017-06-22)

Despite the highly economic value of tea in Africa, its genetic and geographic origins remain largely unexplored. Here we address this by collecting 439 samples across 11 countries in Africa and Asia to investigate the ...
Prevalence, severity and causative agents of dieback in Calotropis procera in semi-arid regions of Kenya

Mandila, Brexidis; Odhiambo, Kenneth; Muchugi, Alice; Nyamai, Daniel; Musyoka, Damaris (2020-06)

Calotropis procera has a great potential for domestication and commercialization in Kenya for fibre production. However, the shrub experiences dieback condition caused by unidentified fungi. This makes it difficult ...
Soil ecology and bioaccumulation of heavy metals by Calotropis procera (Ait) in drylands of South Eastern Kenya

Mutiso, Festus M.; Kimiti, Jacinta M.; Muchugi, Alice; Kimatu, Josphert N. (2021-07)

Calotropis procera is a wild species that is drought-resistant and plays a number of economic and ecological uses. The species is important in soil fertility improvement, pollution control by monitoring sulphur dioxide ...

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