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Participatory development, testing and validation of concepts and technologies for site-specific detection and control of plant parasitic nematodes infecting tomatoes in Mwea, Kenya

J.K. Birgen · V. Gathaara · F.W. Kariuki · G.M. Kariuki

Tomato production in Kenya has been a lucrative business for smallholder farmers who cannot afford huge capital to invest in other cash crops. It is a major source of household incomes and has created employment that has resulted in improv…

RUF-34557 2010 CC BY 4.0 4 Sep 2015

Towards Development of Site Specific Technologies for Identification of Fields Infested with Root-knot Nematodes (RKN) under Tomato Cropping System in Mwea, Kenya

J.K. Birgen · F.W. Kariuki · G.M. Kariuki · G.W. Ngundo +2 more

This study was conducted in Mwea, central Kenya with the aim of developing a soil-characteristic-based site specific technology for identification of root-knot nematode (RKN) Meloidogyne spp. infested soils. This involved analysis of eda…

RUF-32078 2012 CC BY 4.0 13 May 2014