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Effect of Modified Atmosphere Packaging (MAP) on the Shelf Life and Postharvest Quality of Purple Passion Fruit (Passiflora Edulis Sims)
(2014-07-03)
Passion fruit (Passiflora edulis Sims) being highly perishable is susceptible to rapid water loss after harvest leading to diminished quality. This study evaluated the efficacy of activebag® which is a new modified atmosphere ...
Mathematical modeling of insulin therapy in patients with diabetes mellitus
(International Journal of multidisciplinary sciences and Engineering, 2015-06-01)
This study presents a Mathematical Model Insulin Therapy in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus which includes external rate at which blood glucose, insulin and epinephrine are being increased in the form, (Y=AY+r ⃗(t)) ̇ ...
Effect of Rhizobium inoculation and nitrogen fertilizer application on growth, nodulation and yield of two garden pea genotypes.
(FACT Limited, 2012)
Nitrogen is the most limiting nutrient in smallholder garden pea farms in Kenya and can be corrected by application of inorganic fertilizers and Rhizobium inoculation. A study was conducted to compare the effects of Rhizobium ...
Variation of nutritional and anti-nutritional contents in finger millet (Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn) genotypes
(2014-11)
Variation in nutritional and anti-nutritional contents among six finger millet genotypes was
determined. Improved finger millet genotypes Gulu-E and FMV-1 from Kenya Agricultural Research Institute,
KNE-479 and KNE 1034 ...
A HIV/AIDS model in a homogeneous population with time lags in the transmission
(HIKARI Ltd: Applied Mathematical Sciences, 2014-01-01)
We investigate a simple HIV/AIDS epidemic model in a heterosexual population by by modifying a Susceptible-Infective-Removed (SIR) model. The model considers sexual transmission of HIV where individuals are being recruited ...
Effects of ethephon and potassium nitrate on off-season flower induction in mango
(2014)
Mango (Mangifera indica) fruit production in Kenya is seasonal with peak and off seasons
– one of the contributing factors to postharvest losses. Off-season flower induction is a
strategy that can be used to address mango ...
A review of production, post-harvest handling and marketing of sweetpotatoes in Kenya and Uganda
(Enviro Research Publishers, 2016-11-16)
Sweetpotato (Ipomea batatas) is a versatile crop that serves the roles of food and nutrition
security, cash crop in both raw and processed forms. It is a source of livestock feed and has great
potential as a raw material ...
A Novel Statistical Model for Poverty Estimation
(LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2013-02-26)
In this study, individual consumption as a function of income generated by a cow under one-cow-one family program is modelled. The model was applied on sample data collected from Nyaruguru District in Rwanda. The poverty ...
Farmer perception and adaptation strategies on climate change in lower Eastern Kenya: A case of finger millet (eleusine coracana (L.) gaertn) production
(2016)
Eastern Kenya, a semi-arid region, is characterized by low and erratic rainfall, high temperatures, and low soil
fertility. Climate change has further worsened the situation leading to frequent droughts and hence ...
Evaluation of relative competitive ability and fitness of sorghum bicolor×sorghum halepense and sorghum bicolor×Sorghum sudanense F1 hybrids
(2015)
Introgression of crop alleles in weedy sorghum populations may have an additive
effect on the adaptive character of the weeds making them more competitive. The
relative fitness in the F1 generation derived from weedy and ...