Prof. Gitonga N. Mburugu

Faculty Member - SAFS

Biography

Prof. Gitonga N. Mburugu is ………………………………………………………………………..

Specialties: Agriculture, …………………………………………….

Title	Cited by	Year
Lateral flow loop-mediated isothermal amplification test with stem primers: detection of Cryptosporidium species in Kenyan children presenting with diarrhea TS Mamba, CK Mbae, J Kinyua, E Mulinge, GN Mburugu, ZK Njiru Journal of Tropical Medicine 2018	17	2018
Additional file 2: of The monetary value of human lives lost due to neglected tropical diseases in Africa J Kirigia, G Mburugu figshare		2017
Stem loop-mediated isothermal amplification test: comparative analysis with classical LAMP and PCR in detection of Entamoeba histolytica in Kenya F Mwendwa, CK Mbae, J Kinyua, E Mulinge, GN Mburugu, ZK Njiru BMC research notes 10 (1), 1-9	14	2017
The monetary value of human lives lost due to neglected tropical diseases in Africa JM Kirigia, GN Mburugu Infectious Diseases of Poverty 6 (1), 1-16	23	2017
The Indirect Cost of Disability Adjusted Life Years Lost among the Elderly in Kenya MK Joses, NM Gitonga, SH Guyo International Archives of Medicine 10		2017
Loop-mediated isothermal amplification test for Trypanosoma gambiense group 1 with stem primers: a molecular xenomonitoring test for sleeping sickness ZK Njiru, CK Mbae, GN Mburugu Journal of Tropical Medicine 2017	9	2017
The indirect cost of disability adjusted life years lost among the elderly in Kenya JM Kirigia, GN Mburugu, GS Huka International Medical Society	8	2017
Effects of phosphorus deficiency on secondary metabolites and distribution of African Nightshade in Siaya and Kisii Counties, Kenya JO Ogembo Unpublished Master‟ s Thesis). Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya	8	2015
Assessment of Physico-chemical Properties of Kasarani Section of River Thome, Nairobi. Journal of Geography A Karanja, K Kotut, NM Gitonga , Environment and Earth Science International 3 (4), 1-5	4	2015
Low cost micropropagation of local varieties of taro A Ngetich, S Runo, O Ombori, M Ngugi, F Kawaka, P Arusei, N Gitonga British Biotechnology Journal	10	2015
Assessing long-acting and permanent family planning methods uptake among women of reproductive age in Kilifi Sub-County, Kilifi County S Mambo, J Oyore, F Obare, J Maingi, C Shisanya, N Gitonga Int J Innov Res Stud 3, 19-31	2	2014
Enhanced utilization of biotechnology research and development innovations in eastern and central Africa for agro-ecological intensification CW Masiga, C Mugoya, R Ali, A Mohamed, S Osama, A Ngugi, D Kiambi, … Challenges and Opportunities for Agricultural Intensification of the Humid …	8	2014
Enhancing farmers’ access to disease-free sweetpotato planting materials through low cost tissue culture for food security and poverty alleviation in Eastern Africa. K Ogero, M Mwangi, NM Gitonga, O Ombori, M Ngugi		2014
Effect of inoculating selected climbing bean cultivars with different rhizobia strains on nitrogen fixation G Gicharu, N Gitonga, H Boga, R Cheruiyot, J Maingi International Journal of Microbiology Research	30	2013
Managing soybean for enhanced food production and soil bio-fertility in smallholder systems through maximized fertilizer use efficiency EM Njeru, JM Maingi, R Cheruiyot, GN Mburugu Scientific & Academic Publishing	26	2013
Variation in nitrogen fixation among three Bush Bean cultivars grown in Kenya when inoculated with three Rhizobia Strains GK Gicharu, NM Gitonga, B Hamadi, RC Cheruiyot, JM Maingi Greener Journal of Agricultural Sciences	11	2012
Cost-effective nutrient sources for tissue culture of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) KO Ogero, NM Gitonga, M Mwangi, O Ombori, M Ngugi African Journal of Biotechnology 11 (66), 12964-12973	20	2012
Response of Two Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batatas L. Lam) Varieties Regenerated on Low Cost Tissue Culture Medium KO Ogero, GN Mburugu, M Mwangi, O Ombori David Publishing Company, Inc.	1	2012
In vitro micropropagation of cassava through low cost tissue culture KO Ogero, GN Mburugu, M Mwangi, O Ombori, M Ngugi Maxwell Science Publishing	35	2012
Low cost tissue culture technology in the regeneration of sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas (L) Lam) KO Ogero, GN Mburugu, M Mwangi, MM Ngugi, O Ombori Res J Biol	46	2012
Cost-efficient nutrient sources for tissue culture of cassava (manihot esculenta crantz) M Ngugi, O Ombori, M Mwangi, NM Gitonga, KO Ogero Faculty of Agriculture, University of Nairobi		2011
Banana distribution and their seed systems in central and eastern Kenya. MR Kasyoka, M Mwangi, N Kori, JJ Mbaka, N Gitonga 10th African Crop Science Conference Proceedings, Maputo, Mozambique, 10-13 …	4	2011
Response of two sweet potato varieties regenerated on low cost tissue culture medium. KO Ogero, NM Gitonga, M Mwangi, O Ombori, M Ngugi 10th African Crop Science Conference Proceedings, Maputo, Mozambique, 10-13 …	2	2011
A low-cost medium for sweet potato micropropagation KO Ogero, NM Gitonga, M Mwangi, O Ombori, M Ngugi African Crop Science Conference Proceedings	7	2011
Effect of fecal manure from cattle fed Calliandra, Gliricidia and Luecaena browse/maize silages on soil productivity H Kato, FB Bareeba, EN Sabiiti Second RUFORUM Biennial Regional Conference on” Building capacity for food …		2010
Evaluating the macropropagation efficiency of banana varieties preferred by farmers in Eastern and Central Kenya. MR Kasyoka, M Mwangi, N Kori, N Gitonga, R Muasya Second RUFORUM Biennial Regional Conference on” Building capacity for food …	6	2010
Nodulation and nitrogen fixation in promiscuous and non promiscuous soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merrill) varieties in Eastern Kenya MN Gitonga, GW Gatheri, R Cheruiyot, NM Gitonga, JM Maingi Kenya Society of Microbiology	4	2010
Preferred banana varieties and their seed systems in Eastern and Central provinces of Kenya RM Muasya, MR Kasyoka, J Mbaka, N Kori, N Gitonga, M Mwangi		2010
Preferred banana varieties and their seed systems in Eastern and Central provinces of Kenya MR Kasyoka, M Mwangi, J Mbaka, N Kori, N Gitonga, R Muasya Second RUFORUM Biennial Meeting 20-24 September 2010, Entebbe, Uganda	2	2010
Cassava production and limitation of propagation through tissue culture K Ogero, NM Gitonga, O Ombori, M Ngugi Contribution of Agricultural Sciences towards achieving the Millenium …	4	2010
Evaluating the macropropagation efficiency of banana varieties preferred by farmers in Eastern and Central Kenya RM Muasya, MR Kasyoka, M Mwangi, N Kori, N Gitonga Kenya Agricultural Research Institute	1	2010
Low technology tissue culture materials for initiation and multiplication of banana plants NM Gitonga, O Ombori, KSD Murithi, M Ngugi African Crop Science Journal 18 (4)	40	2010
Biological nitrogen fixation by promiscuous soybean (Glycine max L. Merril) in the central highlands of Kenya: response to inorganic fertilizer soil amendments. E Mugendi, N Gitonga, R Cheruiyot, J Maingi World journal of agricultural sciences 6 (4), 381-387	34	2010
Plant regeneration via somatic embryogenesis of tropical maize (Zea mays L.) commercial hybrid lines O Omwoyo, NM Gitonga, JM Machuka Journal of Tropical Microbiology and Biotechnology 4 (1), 24-31	5	2008
Somatic embryogenesis and plant regeneration from immature embryos of tropical maize (Zea mays L.) inbred lines O Ombori, NM Gitonga, J Machuka	48	2008
Performance of improved cowpea varieties in the ASALs of eastern Kenya under integrated soil fertility management JM Kimiti, B Vanlauwe, DW Odee, NM Gitonga International Center for Tropical Agriculture		2007
Performance of improved cowpea varieties in the ASALs of eastern Kenya under integrated soil fertility management [abstract][on line]. JM Kimiti, B Vanlauwe, DW Odee, NM Gitonga Bationo, André; Okeyo, Jeremiah M.; Waswa, Boaz S.; Mapfumo, Paul; Maina …		2007
Evaluation of nitrogen fixation using ¹⁵N dilution methods and economy of a maize-tepary bean intercrop farming system in semi-arid SE-Kenya CA Shisanya, NM Gitonga Advances in Integrated Soil Fertility Management in sub-Saharan Africa …	6	2007
Antibiotic resistance of bacteria isolated from Nairobi River. NLM Budambula, EC Mwachiro, NM Gitonga	1	2006
Population levels of indigenous bradyrhizobia nodulating promiscuous soybean in two Kenyan soils of the semi-arid and semi-humid agroecological zones JM Maingi, NM Gitonga, CA Shisanya, B Hornetz, GM Muluvi Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics …	36	2006
Crop water relationships and thermal adaptation of Kathika beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) and green grams (Vigna radiata L. Wilczek) with special reference to temporal patterns … B Hornetz, CA Shisanya, NM Gitonga Journal of Arid Environments 48 (4), 591-601	20	2001
Nitrogen fixation by common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) in pure and mixed stands in semi-arid south-east Kenya JM Maingi, CA Shisanya, NM Gitonga, B Hornetz European Journal of Agronomy 14 (1), 1-12	147	2001
Ical Nitrogen Fixation: A Case Study of Semi-Arid Soils in SE-Kenya NM Gitonga, CA Shisanya, B Hornetz		2000
Studies on the Ecophysiology of Locally Suitable Cultivars of Food Crops and Soil Fertility Monitoring in the Semi-arid Areas of Southeast Kenya: A Final Report on a … B Hornetz, CA Shisanya, NM Gitonga Geographische Gesellschaft Trier	13	2000
Biological nitrogen fixation in selected legumes of the semi-arid Makueni District of Southeast Kenya JM Maingi, CA Shisanya, NM Gitonga, B Hornetz Der Tropenlandwirt-Journal of Agriculture in the Tropics and Subtropics	8	1999
Nitrogen fixation by Vigna radiata L. Wilczek in pure and mixed stands in SE-Kenya NM Gitonga, CA Shisanya, B Hornetz, JM Maingi Symbiosis	14	1999
Development of an efficient plant regeneration protocol for sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas L.). R Hammond, JN Buah, GN Mburugu Orgz		1998
Transformation of recalcitrant maize elite inbreds using in vitro shoot meristematic cultures induced from germinated seedlings. O Ombori, NM Gitonga Orgz		1997
Effect of Rhizobium inoculation and fertiliser nitrogen and phosphorus on the grain yield of beans in Western Kenya. CA Shisanya, JM Anderson, NM Gitonga Orgz		1993
Interaction dePhaseolus vulgaris avec des isolats thermo-tolérants deRhizobium leguminosarum biovarPhaseoli de sols du Kenya NM Gitonga, D Widdowson, SO Keya MIRCEN journal of applied microbiology and biotechnology 5, 493-504		1989
Interaction of Phaseolus vulgaris with thermotolerant isolates of Rhizobium leguminosarum biovarphaseoli from Kenyan soils Interaction dePhaseolus vulgaris avec des isolats … SO Keya, D Widdowson, NM Gitonga Kluwer Academic Publishers		1989
Interaction of Phaseolus vulgaris with thermotolerant isolates ofRhizobium leguminosarum biovarphaseoli from Kenyan soils SO Keya, D Widdowson, NM Gitonga		1989
Interaction of Phaseolus vulgaris with thermotolerant isolates of Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar phaseoli from Kenyan soils NM Gitonga, D Widdowson, SO Keya MIRCEN journal of applied microbiology and biotechnology 5 (4), 493-504	10	1989
Somatic Embryogenesis and Agrobacteriummediated Transformation of Selected Maize (Zea Mays L.) Genotypes in Kenya J Machuka, GN Mburugu
ISOLATION, MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION AND EVALUATION OF LOCAL ISOLATES OF BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS AGAINST THE LARGER GRAIN BORER PROSTEPHANUS TRUNCATUS (HORN) AND THE MAIZE … JM Wamaitha, JM Songa, NK Maniania, NM Gitonga, J Machuka, …
Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics ACUR Utility, A Zones, D Kyaw, JK Routray, B Karlı, A Bilgiç, Y Çelik, …
Gibson Kamau Gicharu Nkanata Mburugu Gitonga Hamadi Boga Richard Chelule Cheruiyot John M. Maingi NM Gitonga
Enhancing access to disease-free sweetpotato planting materials through low cost tissue culture for food security and poverty alleviation in Eastern Africa KO Ogero, M Mwangi, NM Gitonga, O Ombori, M Ngugi
In Vitro Micropropagation of Cassava through Low Cost Tissue Culture M Mwangi, KO Ogero, GN Mburugu, O Ombori, M Ngugi

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