Browsing by Author "Muriithi, Alice Nakhumicha"

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    • Effect of pH and magnesium on colour development and anthocyanin accumulation in tuberose florets 

      Muriithi, Alice Nakhumicha; WAMOCHO, L. S.; NJOROGE, J. B. M. (African Crop Science Conference Proceedings, Vol. 9. pp. 227 - 234, 2009)
      Anthocyanins are a group of plant pigments responsible for colors ranging from red to violet and blue. Anthocyanins are pigments that accumulate in the vacuoles of plant epidermal cells. Chroma and hue are dependent on ...

    • Smallholder summer flower production in Kenya: A myth or a prospect? 

      Muthoka, N.M.; Muriithi, Alice Nakhumicha (XXVII International Horticultural Congress, 2008)
      “Summer flowers”, the general name given to annual species and bulbous perennials traditionally grown during summer in northern Europe, they include Ornithogalum saundersie (commercially known as “Arabicum”), Alstromeria ...