Grevillea robusta is a widely grown agroforestry tree and is regarded as a pioneering coloniser of disturbed sites. Our current understanding on changes of species due to disturbance, abiotic conditions and biotic interactions ...

Beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) are important legumes in ASALs of South Eastern Kenya. However, lack of uniformity in germination and establishment associated with seed coat permeability and ...

The fundamental molecular basis for phenotypic and genetic similarities among many described cases of plant hybrid necrosis has not been fully described. Plants can be good models for studying the basis of such gene flow ...

Dry beans (Phaseolus Vulgaris L.) are important source of proteins, carbohydrates, essential elements and vitamins to both rural and urban households. However, cooking time is influenced by slow water imbibitions due to ...

In late 2019, there was an emergence of a SARS-CoV-2 strain of the coronavirus with the first reports coming from Wuhan China. This strain has since spread and mutated across the world causing a pandemic as of June 2021. ...

Moringa oleifera Lam (syn. M. Pterygosperma Gaertn) is one of the most economically important crops widely cultivated globally. Traditionally, it has been used as a remedy for conditions such as diabetes, inflammation, ...

The African ebony (Dalbergia melanoxylon) is a tree that is crucial in making of high value wooden traditional artifacts, however its slow growth in the arid and semi-arid lands (ASALs), poor germination and low seedling ...

The effects of habitat fragmentations on the forage grass Leymus thinness (Trin.) Tzvel, which has high genetic diversity in northeast China were investigated. Four natural populations of the same ecotype (Grey-green leaf, ...

The term globalization captures the attention of everyone and especially economic development researchers. However, despite the prior prosperity promises of globalization and the benefits of an information accessing society, ...

Freesia hybrida is an important worldwide cut flower, especially in America and Europe. For efficient regeneration of this flower from young inflorescence and rachillae in tetraploid, we developed a simple in vitro ...