Like anyinsurance product, index-based insurance aims to compensate clients in theevent of a loss. Unlike traditional insurance, which makes payouts based oncase-by case assessments of individua...
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The innovation bulletins for early warning in pastoral areasfeatures a summary of weather indicators as well as their interpretation andreliability to communities. This is particularly important given the weatherextreme events and manifesta...
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Cultural control practices seem feasible in the management of Banana Xanthomonas Wilt. However, there is an option of removing a single infected plant from the infected mat, th...
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Development of Kenyan FPSV Ochuti (with Striga resistance)technology; was done using Marker Assisted Selection to introgress Strigaresistance Quantitative Trait Loci (QTLs) from an Indian durra N13 into alocally preferred s...
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The backcross seeds of Ochuti, a farmer-preferred sorghum variety in Kenya wereintrogressed with Striga resistance QTL. Backcross seeds of Ochuti weredeveloped from the following backcrosses: Marker Assisted Selection was used to...
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The root hemiparasitic weed Striga hermonthica is a serious constraint to sorghum grain production in the ECA. A genetic linkage map of sorghum of N13X E36-1 based -RIL populations are geared at displaying locations of candidate striga genes he...
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