Green buildings should save energy, be environmentally friendly and offer healthy and safe indoor conditions for the occupants. To reduce energy consumption and improve indoor air quality in buildings require innovative ...

Hot springs are aquatic environments with extremely high temperatures. They harbor a group of extremophiles called haloalkaliphilic bacteria that have developed mechanisms to thrive at high temperature, pH and salinity ...

Poor storage and handling conditions causes over 30% losses in leafy vegetables after harvesting. To increase the shelf life of the vegetables during storage and handling, more efforts are being put forward as there are ...

RNA sequence (RNASeq), a high – throughput sequencing technology that can generate information for characterizing RNA content and the composition of a given sample. African Solanaceae crops survive in very harsh conditions ...

Striga hermonthica is a parasitic weed that causes yield losses in maize-producing countries throughout sub-Saharan Africa. A number of control methods against the noxious weed have been employed with limited success. There ...

The leather industry a key agricultural sub-sectors in Kenya with a high potential towards contributing to economic growth, creation of wealth and employment. The Kenyan government is currently encouraging the setting up ...

Striga hermonthica and low soil phosphorus (P) are major contributors to food insecurity in sub Saharan Africa (SSA). Infestation of cereal fields by S. hermonthica results in about 30% to 90% yield loss hence emerging as ...

Sugarcane, Saccharum officinarum (L.), is one of the most important crops in Kenya and has wide range of economic benefits. However, the industry has been facing several challenges including declining yields due to use of ...