Aims: The aim of this study was to establish the effect of field treatment with selected soil amendments on bacterial wilt incidences in Tomatoes, Capsicum and Potatoes. Study Design: The study was laid out as randomized complete block design (RCBD) in split plot arrangement fo...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2019/v41i130387
Aims: This study was carried out to evaluate the influence of organic and inorganic soil amendments on soil moisture content and micronutrients in semi and arid areas. Methodology: The study was laid out as randomized complete block design (RCBD) in split plot arrangement for t...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v29i530156
Aims: The aim of this study was to establish the effect of selected soil amendments on Ralstonia solanacearum isolates in greenhouse on selected solaneceous crops. Study Design: The study was laid out as randomized complete block design (RCBD) in split pot arrangement for two se...
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Research Article10.9734/jaeri/2019/v19i230081
Aims: The aim of this study was to characterize bacteria isolated from circulating Kenyan banknotes and also antibiotic susceptibility profiles within Nyeri County. Study Design: This was a cross-sectional study and simple random sampling was used to collect 25 of each paper cur...
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Research Article10.9734/mrji/2019/v28i230125
The popularity of using the Inorganic and organic soil amendments is based on the current status of soil degradation that led to decline in fertility of soils, resulting to low yields. The objective of current study was to evalute different organic and inorganic soil amendme...
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Research Article10.9734/jaeri/2019/v18i430064
Aims: Bacterial wilt, caused by Ralstonia solanacearum, is a devastating disease resulting in tremendous losses of economic crops such as plants in the Solanaceae. Studies have shown that R. solanacearum is spreading from the lowlands to the highlands. This has seen increased nee...
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Research Article10.9734/BJI/2018/43906
Aims: Bacterial wilt disease is a very serious yield limiting problem in crops in the solanaceae family grown in regions of Kenya. The very much encouraged field sanitation and use of clean planting materials have been inadequate in combating this challenge. This has seen increas...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2017/32547
The objective of this study was to determine the effect of inorganic compounds treatment(s) namely: ChalimTM (CM), a chlorine-containing compound, metham sodium (MS) (positive control) and Co (negative control) versus organic compound such as Brassica tissue treatment (BT), on so...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/5573