Papaya (Carica papaya L.) is an important fruit crop cultivated in many parts of the world. Its cultivation happens in different stages; from seeds, to seedling and finally to a grown papaya crop. Papaya crop in its ...

Neem is fast growing tree of the mahogany family Meliaceae used in traditional medicine as a source of many therapeutic agents by many communities and grows well in tropical countries. The aim of the study was to evaluate ...

Emilia discifolia is a species of plants in the family Asteraceae and is classified as a medicinal plant due to its antimicrobial activities. The aim of the study was to evaluate the antimicrobial activity of Emilia ...

The use of Kigelia Africana also known as “Sausage tree” as a source of medicine among the Traditional African Society has tremendously been exploited in the past for their medicinal value playing a critical role in ...

Research indicates that agricultural management practices affect the diversity of organic farms. Theoretically, organic farming should lead to a higher diversity of free living nematodes (FLNs) compared to conventional ...

Soil disturbances affects the community structures of soil organisms and the deterioration of the soil environment can be evaluated by studying these changes. Many experimental results have been published on the effects ...

Cellulose is the most abundant biological compound on terrestrial and aquatic ecosystem and is the main component of plant biomass.it is dominant in waste materials from agricultural industry in the form of stalks, stems ...

Soils are complex porous media comprising of minerals, water, air and organic matter. Soil serves as a media for growth of various types of plant and reservoir of the hydrological cycle. Soil moisture is the amount of ...

Indigenous chicken production in most African countries including Kenya is traditionally based on free feed resources available in the surrounding environment. There is high risk of zoonosis that could be an important ...

Root-knot nematodes are parasitic microorganisms that attack the roots of almost all species on plants. They cause devastating effects on important crops throughout the world. The aim of this study was to evaluate the ...