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Research Interests
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Development of new and improved Rice varieties (OryzaSativa) through plant breeding to enhance food security
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Applied biotechnology/molecular approach to crop improvement for instance use of Marker assisted selection techniques
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Mitigating climate change using bio-fuel crops (Application of tissue culture in plant propagation, especially in crops such as Jatropha curcas
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Improvement of seed value chain to ensure use of High Quality Seeds, especially the certification process and farmer adoption.
Conference Presentations
- Sylvia A HengaongoingFingerprinting and Relating juvernile characters of Rice to yield and yield componentsNACOSTI & Kenyatta UniversitySylvia A Henga2006- 2010Development of Roots and Shoots in-vitro and optimization of germination conditions of Jatropha curcasVillage E-Science for Life
Research
- Sylvia A Henga, ongoing, Fingerprinting and Relating juvernile characters of Rice to yield and yield components, NACOSTI & Kenyatta University
- Sylvia A Henga, 2006- 2010, Development of Roots and Shoots in-vitro and optimization of germination conditions of Jatropha curcas, Village E-Science for Life
Publication
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Ndungu, J., Danga, B., Henga, S., & Makumbi, D. (2023). Estimation of Combining Ability of Maize Inbred Lines for High Plant Density Tolerance in Medium Altitudes of Kenya. International Journal of Agriculture, 8(2), 54–79. https://doi.org/10.47604/ija.2066
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Selamawit A.G; Danga O. Danga, O.B; Henga S.A; Fekadu Gurmu: Evaluatingndices for selection of drought tolerant Orange Fleshed Sweet Potato (OFSP) genotypes in Ethiopia. International Journal of Agricultural Science and Food Technology, August 2021, DOI:10.17352/2455-815X.000115
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Selamawit. A.G; Benjamin.O. B.; Henga. S.A Phenotypic characterization of sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas L.) genotypes in Ethiopia for selection of those possessing optimal dual-purpose: International Journal of Agricultural Science and Food Technology, IJASFT March 2021, DOI:10.17352/2455-815X.000095-
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Henga S.A, Muriira G, M.W.Githendu, W.M.Thagana Fingerprinting and Accessing Relatedness of Selected Rice (Oryza sativa L) Genotypes in Kenya. International organisation of Scientific Research (IOSR)
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Henga, S.A, Githendu,M, Thagana W, Rice seedling, vegetative growth and vigour as influenced by seed storage period.African Journal of Environmental Science and Technology(AJEST)
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Henga, S.A, Githendu,M, Thagana W, Assessing Seed Vigor Characters of Selected Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Genotypes Using Accelerated ageing method. Asian Journal of Agricultural and Horticultural Research (AJAHR)
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Henga S.A., Assessment of the effect of Media and container on germination of Jatropha curcas, International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research Academy
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