research-article | 22-February-2021
Kenya. The potential importance of this nematode as a pest of finger millet was evidenced by its dense population in the soil sample and its presence observed in the finger millet root system (revealed by the fuchsin staining method). Nematode characterization was carried out based on morphological information obtained from light microscopy (LM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) studies. Illustrations, morphometrics, and molecular information of ITS, 18S, and 28S of rDNA and COI of mtDNA are
Phougeishangbam Rolish Singh,
Gerrit Karssen,
Kelvin Gitau,
Cecilia Wanjau,
Marjolein Couvreur,
Njira Njira Pili,
Godelieve Gheysen,
Wim Bert
Journal of Nematology, Volume 53 , 1–14
research-article | 30-November-2020
Potato, Solanum tuberosum L., is the second most important food crop in Kenya after maize. It is also ranked third globally in terms of human consumption (Birch et al., 2012). Potatoes in Kenya are mainly produced by small holder farmers owning, on average, less than 2 ha (Gildemacher et al., 2011; Janssens et al., 2013). With potato yields less than 10 metric tons per hectare, the productivity is far below the production potential of >40 metric tons per hectare reported among the leading
James M. Mwangi,
Grace N. Mwangi,
Maria R. Finckh,
Sebastian Kiewnick
Journal of Nematology, Volume 53 , 1–13
research-article | 30-November-2020
as phosphorous, thus enhancing plant growth (Gebremikael et al., 2016; Pokharel, 2011; Wang et al., 2004). The purpose of this study was to assess the influence of decomposing maize residues on the abundance and diversity of free-living nematodes. In this context, we also evaluated the ecological role of these nematodes.
Materials and methods
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This study was carried out in two separate trials (March–July 2018 and October–February 2019) at Nyangati, Mwea Sub-county, Kenya
Samuel Maina,
Hannah Karuri,
Rossa Nyoike Ng’endo
Journal of Nematology, Volume 53 , 1–12