Muasya, Reuben M.; Maina, F. N.; Gohole, L. S.(2011)
Jute mallow (Corchorus olitorius L.) is an important African leafy veg etable in Kenya. It is highly nutritious and has commercial importance. Jute mallow seeds exhibit dormancy, reducing seed germination and adversely ...
Muasya, Reuben M.; Kamotho, G. N.; Mathenge, P. W.; Dulloo, M. E.(2012)
Two experiments were conducted to determine the critical moisture content and the best storage
conditions for spiderplant seeds with a view to addressing the poor seed quality and promote
conservation of this plant genetic ...
Mathu, Eliud M.; Ambrose, S.; Nyamai, C.; Williams, M.(Cleveland Museum of Natural History, 2007)
The Lemudong’o Formation is defined here as part of a late Miocene to Late Pleistocene sequence of stratified lavas, air-fall and waterlain tuffs, lacustrine, alluvial, and fluvial sediments, and paleosols, that crop out ...
Muasya, Reuben M.; Okeyo, M. M.; Ochoudho, J. O.; Omondi, W. O.(2009)
Zanthoxylum gilletii (African satinwood) is an indigenous tropical tree species that is valued for its structural timber, agroforestry and medicinal properties. Seed of many Zanthoxylum species have been reported to have ...
The Mutito and the Ikoo faults, two dextral strike-slip faults located in eastern Kenya about 160 km east of Nairobi, represent major dislocations in rocks of the late Proterozoic Pan-African Mozambique belt. They intersect ...
Muasya, Reuben M.; Ng'ang'a, M. N.; Omami, E.; Ohiokpehai, O.(2009-01)
Amaranth (Amaranthus spp.) is an important indigenous vegetable in Kenya, yet factors affecting leaf yield have not been fully investigated. Besides being rich in micronutrients, it has several medicinal properties compared ...
Mathu, Eliud M.; Ngecu, W. M.(Springer Verlag, 1999-10)
Kenya experienced extraordinarily heavy rainfall between May 1997 and February 1998 due to the El-Nino weather phenomenon. This period of about 10 months heavy rainfall caused widespread landslides and floods which were ...
Muui, Catherine W.; Muasya, Reuben M.; Kirubi, D. T.(2013)
Eastern Province is a major sorghum growing zone in Kenya. There exist different landraces of sorghum that are not yet known. The landraces continue to be maintained by cultural preferences and traditional practices by the ...
The geology of the Ithanga Hills area is composed of high grade late Precambrian metamorphic rocks of the Mozambique belt, Tertiary (?) volcanics, largely tuffs, that overlie the Mozambiquian rocks unconformably and Recent ...
Kamotho, G. N.; Mathenge, P. W.; Muasya, Reuben M.; Dulloo, M. E.(2014)
Cleome gynandra (L.) is a weed that grows throughout the tropics and sub-tropics. In Kenya it is gradually
being domesticated and grown as a vegetable that is used in many culinary systems for its remarkable
nutritional ...
Kenya is in a unique environmental setting by virtue of its geographical location, range of altitudes and perhaps most importantly, the Great Rift System that traverses it. The country displays virtually every facet of ...
Mathu, Eliud M.; Attahiru, Stephen; Shiundu, Paul M.; Onyari, John M.(Multi-Science Publishing, 2003-04)
A micaceous mineral (MicaM) available locally in Kenya was utilized as an inexpensive and effective adsorbent for the removal of Cu2+ ions from aqueous solution. The effects of contact time, pH, temperature, adsorbate and ...
Muasya, Reuben M.; Muui, C. W.; Rao, N.; Anjichi, V. E.(2007)
Maize (Zea mays L.) is the most important staple crop in Kenya with the small holder farming systems accounting for about 75-80% of the total production. Most of the small-scale farmers plant locally adapted
landraces and ...
Sugarcane planted at wide row spacing grows slowly in the early stages, and this is detrimental to both the soil and the crop because the delayed closure of the crop canopy in wide rows hinders efficient use of light, water ...