School of Biological and Physical Sciences: Recent submissions
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Effect of Biochar Amendment On Ph, Selected Nutrients Availability and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in A Paddy Soil from Yala Basin Under Anaerobic Conditions
(Maseno University, 2021)Although tropical paddy soils have high levels of phosphorous (P), most of it is in forms that are not available for crops. Water logging of paddy soils during rice cultivation leads to anaerobic conditions which could ... -
Effects of nitrogenous fertilizer application rates and intervals and prunings management on soil properties, mature leaf nutrients and tea yields in Kenya
(Maseno University, 2021)High tea production depletes soil nutrients through harvesting. Leaching, surface run-offs and fixation also degrade soils. To improve soil quality and tea production, lost nutrients are replenished. In Kenya, Nitrogen ... -
Genetic Diversity of Clinical Isolates of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Circulating Within Western Kenya Between 2013 And 2014
(Maseno University, 2021)Tuberculosis (TB) is a pulmonary disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. It is a major global public health problem with an estimated 8 million incidences and 3 million mortalities annually. In Kenya, the ... -
Effects of Gender on Employee Pay And Retention In Five Star Hotels In Nairobi County
(Maseno University, 2021)Labor turnover have proven to be a global crises, especially in the hospitality industry. Generally, majority of hotels are grappling with employee retention that is a resultant of employee turnover. While many studies ... -
A Surveillance Study on The Spleen Microbiome Of Wild Rodents And Shrews Caught In Marigat, Baringo County, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2021)There is an observed global increase in emerging infectious diseases, with 13% of over 1400 known human pathogens being classified as emerging or re-emerging. Majority of the emerging pathogens are zoonoses, majority of ... -
Phytochemical Composition, Larvicidal Activity of Cocos Nucifera Extracts on Busseola Fusca Fuller and Its Effects on Growth And Yield of Maize
(Maseno University, 2021)Maize forms the staple food for most Kenyans. Although, current trends show Busseola fusca as the major pest causing a decline of about 400,000 tonnes of maize in Kenya. Most farmers use synthetic insecticides to control ... -
Characterisation of Phaeoisariopsis Griseola, Phytochemical Screening and Fungicidal Activity of Selected Plant Extracts Against Phaeoisariopsis Griseola of Common Bean Var. Glp 1127 (Mwezi Moja) Maseno, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2020)v ABSTRACT Angular leaf spot disease (ALS) caused by Phaeoisariopsis griseola is a major constrain of common bean leading to production of less than 25% of the potential yield thus posing a chronic threat to food security ... -
Monitoring and Cancer Risk Assessment of Selected Persistent Organic Pollutants in Nairobi City, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2021)In Kenya, cancer is the third cause of death, after infectious and cardiovascular diseases. However, the causes of these high cancer burdens are not fully documented. Analysis of human milk from Nairobi City revealed ... -
Syntheses and Application of Nitrogen - Donor Zinc(Ii) and Copper(Ii) Complexes as Catalysts In Ring Opening Polymerization of Lactides and Caprolactones
(Maseno University, 2018)Petrochemicalderived plastics have numerous advantages, however, there are several drawbacks arisingfromnon-renewable sources and their accumulation in the environment due to their nondegradablenature. This has led to the ... -
Effects of Rates and Split Applications of Nitrogen Fertilizer on Soil and Leaf Nutrients Levels, Quality and Harvesting Age of Ratoon Crop of Two Sugarcane Varieties in Western Kenya
(Maseno University, 2015)Sugarcane is the third most important commodity crop in Kenya after tea and coffee. Though high yielding and early maturing varieties have been introduced in Kenya Sugar Industry to overcome low yields, the problem ... -
Microsatellites Polymorphism Within Pfnhe-L And Pfmdr-6 Genes in Association with ant malarial Drug Susceptibility in Kenyan Plasmodium Falciparum Isolates Circulating In 2010-2011
(Maseno University, 2014)Drug resistance continues to undermine malaria control, threatening malaria elimination efforts. Resistance to artemisinin has now been confirmed in Southeast Asia and quinine monotherapy clinical failure, although rare, ... -
Optical Properties of Seloo-Xbix Thin Films Deposited On Glass Substrates by Flash Evaporation Method
(Maseno University, 2014)The global need for sustainable energy production is pushing scientific research towards the development of inexpensive thin film solar cells which can compete with established commercial silicon-based technologies. These ... -
Physiological and Developmental Response of Selected Rice Genotypes to Water and Nutrient Stress in Different Soils in Western Kenya
(Maseno University, 2014)Drought is a major challenge for all agricultural crops, but for rice, it is even more serious, becauseof its semi aquatic phylogenetic origins and the diversity of rice ecosystems and growing conditions. The most important ... -
Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants, Phytochemical Analysis, Educational and Economic Values Of The University Botanic Garden, Maseno - Kenya
(Maseno University, 2014)ABSTRACT A botanic garden is an area set aside and maintained by an organization for growing and studying various groups of plants for aesthetic, conservation, economic, educational, recreational and scientific purposes. ... -
The Role of Resource Partitioning and Size Structure in The Coexistence of Nile Perch (Lates Niloticus Linnaeus 1758) Al'.1) Haplochromine Spp., In Lake Sare, Western Kenya
(Maseno University, 2014)The disappearance of haplochromines in Lake Victoria has been attributed to. among other factors, predation by the introduced Nile perch, Lates niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758). Lake Sare a satellite lake with an open direct ... -
Growth, quality and yield responses of some new sugarcane Varieties to rates of nitrogen and potassium fertilizers in Kibos -western Kenya
(Maseno University, 2014)About 60% of the world's sucrose comes from sugarcane (Saccharum ojjicinarum L.). In Kenya, sugar is produced exclusively from sugarcane grown in the Nyanza, part of the Rift Valley the Western Kenya sugar belts and Kwale ... -
Abstraction of tebuconazole and clomazone pesticide Residues from water by zeolite x: kinetics and Thermodynamics studies
(Maseno University, 2014)The presence of pesticide residues in water sources is of great environmental concern due to the detrimental health problems to human and organisms in the aquatic environment '-. associated with pesticide toxicities. ... -
Differences in Growth Rate of African Catfish (Clarias Gariepinus) And Plankton Diversity Between Ponds Fertilized by Organic and Inorganic Fertilizers
(Maseno University, 2018)Aquaculture offers opportunity for safeguarding local and global food security in the face of declining capture fisheries. However, agrochemicals used in aquaculture negatively impact biodiversity through pollution effects ... -
Immunoglobulin g subclass responses to plasmodium Falciparum antigens during a period of low to absent Malaria transmission in the highlands of western Kenya
(Maseno University, 2014)Malaria control strategies have significantly reduced malaria transmission in many parts of Africa, including Kenya, yet the extent to which interruption of malaria transmission might affect immune correlates to malaria ... -
Survey of levels of some heavy metals in soil, sugarcane and some sugarcane products from Muhoroni and south Nyanza sugar companies nucleus estates, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2016)Sugarcane is an important cash crop in Kenya. Due to its economic value, efforts are in progress to increase its production. The efforts include intense use of fertilizers, besides the use of high-yielding varieties. The ...