Five elite tropical maize inbred lines; CML395, CML443, CML442, MAS [MSR/312]-117-2-2-1-B-5-B) and CML216 as a control, were evaluated for their regenerability making use of calli derived from immature zygotic embryos. 

The growing scourge of malnutrition due to unhealthy and imbalanced diets has led to increased public health awareness and advocacy for diversifying diets with highly nutritious indigenous vegetables and fruits. 

Nutritional characteristics of QPM genotypes that have been released are limited. A breeding program has been initiated in 2008 in DR-Congo using varieties selected from several agro-ecological regions.

Xanthomonas campestris pv.musacrearum causes Banana wilt disease (BXW disease) which occurs at different epidemic phases in East and Central Africa (ECA).

Catechins (flavan-3-ols) are polyphenolic plant secondary metabolites that have been strongly associated with a wide variety of beneficial health effects in vitro, in vivo and clinically. 

In Kenya, foliar fertilizers have not found use in tea production despite their numerous advantages as exhibited in other crops.

The antimutagenic effects of the aqueous tea extracts from Kenyan black, green and purple cultivars were evaluated by the Ames test using Salmonella typhimurium tester strains TA 1538.

Polyphenolic fractions in tea are potent bioactive molecules. In this study, the polyphenolic composition; of 25 different types of Kenyan tea cultivars was determined using the HPLC and the Folins Ciocalteus; spectrophotometric methods.