A review of crop protection in Kenya.

Abstract

Crop protection research has been conducted and documented in Kenya since the turn of the century, but much of it has not been readily accessible. Every Kenyan research station since at least 1907 has published annual reports. The purpose of this review is to provide an entry to these reports, as well as to papers in refereed journals, on crop protection topics of concern to smallholder agriculture. University theses and conference proceedings are also listed where appropriate. The bibliography contains over 900 references. Major items in the 'grey' literature have been abstracted, but not all annual reports could be examined. Some Kenyan research centres have commodity mandates (for example wheat and barley at Njoro, root and tuber crops at Tigoni and cotton and sugar at Kibos) and so the reader is advised to consult reports from the relevant centres if an in -depth investigation is necessary.