• Efficacy of Plant Extracts for Management of Potato Bacterial Wilt (Ralstonia Solanacearum Smith) in Rwanda 

  Mutimawurugo, Marie Chantal (Egerton University, 2021-05)

  Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is one of staple foods for food security program and income generation in Rwanda. However, potato yield in Rwanda is still below the potential yield. Bacterial wilt caused by Ralstonia ...
• Biochemical Changes and Microbial Profiles Affecting Quality and Vase Life of Cut Gladioli (Gladiolus Grandiflorus L. ‘Fado’) Following Pulsing and Cold Wet Storage 

  Chore, Judith Kavulani (Egerton University, 2021-04)

  Floriculture in Kenya remains among the top three foreign exchange earners. Gladiolus is one of the famous cut flowers in the world. Annual losses amounting to 30,000 metric tonnes valued at USD; 166.6 is incurred by farmers ...
• Molecular products, thermal emissions, and radical kinetics from the thermal degradation of croton megalocarpus biodiesel and binary transport fuels 

  Chelangat, Mosonik Bornes (Egerton University, 2020-06)

  There is an urgent interest initiated to develop clean energy resources with the aim of reducing exposure to environmental pollutants and explore model fuels that can hasten the achievement of clean energy combustion. In ...
• Antiplasmodial and toxicity activities and characterization of chemical compounds extracted from selected medicinal plants in Uganda 

  Kodi, Philip (Egerton University, 2018-11)

  Malaria caused by Plasmodium parasite is at the moment the one of the highest killer disease in the tropics. In developing countries, where malaria is one of the most prevalent diseases, some people still rely on traditional ...
• Antimicrobial activity and phytochemical studies of turraea abyssinica, meyna tetraphylla and leonotis mollissima 

  Kinuthia, Esther Wanjiru (Egerton University, 2019-11)

  Due to the high bills involved in the importation of modern medicinal drugs, about 80% of the African population use traditional medicine from plants to treat common infectious diseases caused by microorganisms. The main ...
• Screening and characterization of some anticancer compounds from Salicaceae, Myrtaceae, Euphorbiaceae and Solanaceae families 

  Kipngeno, Chirchir Denis (Egerton University, 2019-10)

  The chemistry of natural products is very important since it has been used in the search for bioactive compounds for management of various human diseases including cancer. The increase in the incidence of cancer coupled ...
• Chemical characterisation and antimicrobial activity of Compounds from some selected medicinal Kenyan ganoderma and trametes species 

  Mayaka, Regina Kemunto (Egerton University, 2020-06)

  They are a unique group of fungi usually ignored by most fungi enthusiasts because of their typical inedibility, unfamiliar habitat and general opacity. In addition to their traditional use, contemporary research has ...
• Physico-chemical qualities of selected potato (solanum tuberosum l.) cultivars and their suitability for product diversification in Rwanda 

  Ndungutse, Vedaste (Egerton University, 2019-11)

  Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is bulky and perishable with up to 50% of losses in 3-5 months of storage. Losses can be reduced through processing into less bulky and more stable products. The aim of this study was to ...
• Models for sequentially selecting between two and three experiments for optimal estimation of prevalence rate with imperfect tests 

  Matiri, George Munene (Egerton University, 2017-09)

  The idea of pool testing originated from Dorfman during the World War II as an economical method of testing blood samples of army inductees in order to detect the presence of infection. Dorfman proposed that rather than ...
• Models for sequentially selecting between two and three experiments for optimal estimation of prevalence rate with imperfect tests 

  Matiri, George Munene (Egerton University, 2017-09)

  The idea of pool testing originated from Dorfman during the World War II as an economical method of testing blood samples of army inductees in order to detect the presence of infection. Dorfman proposed that rather than ...
• Haematological and tissue enzyme changes in a sheep model infected with Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense 

  Mavura, Hawa (Egerton University, 2017-11)

  Control and management of human African trypanosomosis faces many challenges including limited available drugs that are stage specific and also toxic, treatment failures and post treatment CNS and cardiac pathology which ...
• Effects of some abiotic and biotic factors on the zooplankton community in Lake Baringo, Kenya 

  Omondi, Reuben (Egerton University, 2014-10)

  Lake Baringo is a turbid lake that lies in a closed drainage basin of the Kenyan East African Rift Valley. The lake’s water quality has deteriorated in the recent past mainly due to sedimentation from its catchment arising ...
• Influence of nutrition and value chain governance on enterprise performance in smallholder pig production in Kenya 

  Muthui, Jonah N. (Egerton University, 2019-01)

  Smallholder pig production in Kenya is a popular livelihood strategy but is faced with serious challenges, key among them being high cost and poor quality of feeds and weak value chain governance which result in high ...
• Analysis of micronutrients and heavy metals of indigenous reed salts and soils from selected areas in Western Kenya 

  Tsikhungu, Phanice Wangila (Egerton University, 2016-11)

  Most communities in Western Kenya use plant indigenous salts for cooking, medicinal and numerous uses. Typha latifolia and Cyperus rotundus reeds are widely used in Busia and Lugari regions of Western Kenya to prepare ...
• Molecular characterization of Trypanosoma brucei brucei and Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense isolates and responses of Glossina pallidipes to Trypanosoma brucei brucei challenge 

  Bateta, Rosemary Wanyona (Egerton University, 2016-04)

  African trypanosomiases are a group of related diseases that affect humans (Human African Trypanosomiasis - HAT) and their livestock (Animal African Trypanosomiasis), with devastating medical and economic consequences for ...
• Antiplasmodial and toxicity activities and characterization of chemical compounds extracted from selected medicinal plants in Uganda 

  Kodi, Philip (Egerton University, 2018-11)

  Malaria caused by Plasmodium parasite is at the moment the one of the highest killer disease in the tropics. In developing countries, where malaria is one of the most prevalent diseases, some people still rely on traditional ...
• Molecular characterisation of tsetse-endosymbiont interactions in Kenyan populations of glossina austeni and glossina pallidipes tsetse flies 

  Wamwiri, Florence Njeri (Egerton University, 2014-03)

  Tsetse flies (Diptera: Glossinidae), which are the major vectors of human and animal trypanosomes, harbour bacterial gut symbionts Wigglesworthia glossinidia, Wolbachia pipientis and Sodalis glossinidius in close association ...
• Relationship between realization of right to adequate food and food security: A study among pastoral and small farm holder households 

  Muthoka, Stellamaris (Egerton University, 2010-08)

  The Universal Declaration of Human Rights and International Convention on Economic and Social Cultural Rights underpin freedom from hunger and dignified lives for all. The study aimed at developing an innovative methodology ...
• Occurrence, variability and management of Ralstonia solanacearum in potato production systems in Kenya. 

  Nyangeri, Johnson Bwomwenga (Egerton University, 2011-03)

  Production of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) in Kenya is constrained by many biotic, abiotic and socio-economic factors. Among the biotic constraints, bacterial wilt, caused by Ralstonia solanacearum (Yabuuchi et al., 1995) ...
• Molecular characteristics and putative functions of reproduction-associated proteins of Anopheles gambiae mosquito 

  Ayehngwo, Achinko Daniel (Egerton University, 2013-05)

  In Anopheles gambiae mosquito vector of malaria, mating is mediated by transfer of a plug (mating plug protein) from males to females. In the females, the constituents of the plug include male accessory glands (MAGs) ...

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