Browsing by Author "Onkware, Augustino"
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Response of Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) De Wit (Leucaena) Provenances to Aluminium in Potted Soil Experiment
Onkware, Augustino; Gudu, Samuel; Palapala, Valerie; Kisinyo, Peter (2015-08-21)Aims: To determine the level of acid or aluminium tolerance provenances in Leucaena (Leucaena leucocephala) a favourite agroforestry tree in Kenya. Study Design: The set up was a 2-factor (provenance-aluminium) experiment ... -
Response of selected sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) germplasm to aluminium stress
Evans, Ouma; Emily Jepkosgei Too; Beatrice Ang’iyo Were; Onkware, Augustino; Justin Hanson Ringo; Kisinyo, Peter; Anders S. Carlsson; Mulatu Geleta; Mulatu Geleta (2015-08-19)Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. (Moench) is an important food security crop in sub-Saharan Africa. Its production on acid soils is constrained by aluminium (Al) stress, which primarily interferes with root growth. Sorghum ... -
Sensory evaluation and consumer acceptability of Snack ValueAdded Rice Products in Eldoret Town, Kenya
Mugalavai, Violet; Onkware, Augustino; Mutinda, Victoria; Aduol, Kevin; Oyalo, Josiah (IOSR Journal of Humanities And Social Science (IOSR-JHSS), 2020-07-31)Farmers in developing countries are greatly affected by post-harvest losses due to poor handling techniques, over maturation, poor storage conditions, infestation by pests and fungal infections. This explains the high ... -
Spatial and temporal variation in community structure of phytoplankton in chebara reservoir-Kenya
Onkware, Augustino; Manyala, Julius O.; Ojunga, Salome (International Journal of Advanced Research in Management and Social Sciences, 2017-04)River impoundments create reservoirs for many of varying, sizes which serve one or more functions, and change transform lotic aquatic systems to lentic ones, with changes in physical and chemical properties, biotic assemblage ... -
Utilization of Post-Harvest Technologies for Improved Food Security: Case of Maize and Mangoes among Smallholder Farmers in Kerio Valley Elgeyo Marakwet County, Kenya
Onkware, Augustino; Violet, Mugalavai; Bunyatta, D.; Adede, W.; Chepwambok, L. (Journal of Experimental Agriculture International, 2021-07-09)Limited availability of improved post-harvest technologies or inappropriate use of available technologies leads to spoilage of food resulting to post-harvest losses. The losses contribute to food insecurity in the sense ... -
Vegetation community structure and diversity in swamps undergoing anthropogenic impacts in Uasin Gishu County, Kenya
Mulei, Josephine M.; Onkware, Augustino; Otieno, Donald F. (International Scholars Journals, 2016-02)Wetlands in Kenya face continuous threat of destruction by agricultural activies, urbanization and pollution. However, their floristic compositions remain unkown since research remains restricted to ...