In a 3-year field study, Premier rabbiteye blueberry plants were sampled at three hierarchical levels (leaf, shoot, and bush) to assess severity of Septoria leaf spot (caused by Septoria al- bopunctata) and incidence of defoliation. A positive linear relationship (R2= 0.977, P< 0.0001, n = 2127) ...
Ojiambo, P.S.
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Scherm, H.
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[Optimum sample size for determining disease severity and defoliation associated with Septoria leaf spot of blueberry]
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Optimum sample size for determining disease severity and defoliation associated with Septoria leaf spot of blueberry
Rios, A.A.
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Kroschel, J.
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[Evaluation and implications of Andean potato weevil infestation sources for its management in the Andean region.]
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Evaluation and implications of Andean potato weevil infestation sources for its management in the Andean region.
Good density estimates for low abundance tree species are costly to achieve especially in rugged or disturbed forest landscapes. More efficient methods would be of considerable value to managers and conservationists. Here we assess a method that has been neglected in this context. We examine and ...
Kissa, D.O.
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Sheil, D.
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[Visual detection based distance sampling offers efficient density estimation for distinctive low abundance tropical forest tree species in complex terrain]
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Visual detection based distance sampling offers efficient density estimation for distinctive low abundance tropical forest tree species in complex terrain
Effective management and conservation of wildlife populations require reliable estimates of population size, which can be difficult and costly to obtain. We evaluated how precision in estimates of herd size and abundance varies with sample size and strip width using two field surveys and bootstra...
Ogutu, J.
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Bhola, N.
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Piepho, Hans-Peter
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Reid, Robin S.
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[Efficiency of strip- and line-transect surveys of African savanna mammals]
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Efficiency of strip- and line-transect surveys of African savanna mammals
Bacterial wilt caused by Ralstonia solanacearum is considered among the most damaging diseases of potato in Sub-Saharan Africa. In Kenya, majority of farmers visually select and save seed from harvested potato tubers and reuse the same tubers for several seasons. Latently infected seed tubers whi...
Tannins limit the use of fodder trees as feed for ruminants. Removal of the effects of tannins would thus improve the nutritional quality of these trees. This prompted the study to evaluate the effect of rumen or faecal mixed cultures from different animals on tannin degradation. Tannin extracts,...
Ephraim, E.
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Odenyo, A.A.
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Ashenafi, M.
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[Screening for tannin degradation by rumen and faecal samples of wild and domestic animals in Ethiopia]
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Screening for tannin degradation by rumen and faecal samples of wild and domestic animals in Ethiopia
The relationship between succession and tropical forest diversity has been much debated. A fundamental disagreement hinges on whether high local species richness is a transient successional property, albeit one that can be maintained by disturbance, or is rather a property of stable late successi...
Sheil, Douglas
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[Long-term observations of rain forest succession, tree diversity and responses to disturbance]
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Long-term observations of rain forest succession, tree diversity and responses to disturbance
The maximum likelihood parameters estimated in logistic analysis are in terms of a transformation of the original response variable and, although inferences are easily made about the sources of variation in the linearized model using standard procedures applied in regression analysis, the varianc...
Rege, J.E.O.
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Sherington, J.
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[A method for estimating sampling variances of predicted probabilities from maximum likelihood estimates in logit response function]
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A method for estimating sampling variances of predicted probabilities from maximum likelihood estimates in logit response function
Presents a study conducted in five different sites, Debre Berhan, Dejen, Deneba, Tulu Meko and Wereilu in the highlands of Ethiopia, from June 1988 to December 1989, to determine the prevalences of endoparasites of the highland sheep in Ethiopia. Analyses data to determine nematode log egg counts...
Bekele, T.
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Kasali, O.B.
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Wolde-Mariam, W.A.
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[Endoparasite prevalences of the highland sheep in Ethiopia]
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Endoparasite prevalences of the highland sheep in Ethiopia
Four proximal soil sensors were tested at four smallholder farms in Embu County, Kenya: a portable X-ray fluorescence sensor (PXRF), a mobile phone application for soil color determination by photography, a dual-depth electromagnetic induction (EMI) sensor, and a LED-based soil optical reflectanc...
Piikki, Kristin
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Söderström, Mats
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Eriksson, Jan
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Muturi, John Jamleck
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Muthee, Patrick Ireri
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Wetterlind, Johanna
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Lund, Eric
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[Performance evaluation of proximal sensors for soil assessment in smallholder farms in Embu County, Kenya]
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Performance evaluation of proximal sensors for soil assessment in smallholder farms in Embu County, Kenya