Prof. Dr.

John C. Onyango

Coordinator

Phone: +254 (0)722 659155
e-Mail: jconyango(at)yahoo.com


Maseno University
P.O. Private Bag 40105
Maseno
Kenya
http://www.maseno.ac.ke/

 

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Maseno University Botanic Garden

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Director of Maseno University Botanic Garden

Prof. Onyango established the University Botanic Garden, Maseno, as a Research Infrastructure and Centre for Ethno-botanical Plant Conservation in the Tropics of self sourced research funds from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research [BMB+F], Germany. The garden is a centre piece development for the university and compares to none in this region. It is a member of Botanic Gardens Conservation International with headquarters at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, U.K.

Research Fields:

• Food security in Kenya 

• Crop plant stress physiology, agronomic and cultural methods of producing grain cereals with emphasis to upland rice (Oryza sativa L.)

• Screening for agronomic potential of the indigenous rainfed landraces of rice (Oryza sativa L.) and traditional vegetables germplasm collection in Kenya
• Eco-physiological and agronomic evaluation of rainfed landraces of rice (Oryza sativaL.) indigenous to Kenya

• Adaptive technology in traditional (indigenous) vegetables and crop plants production and usage

• Economic use of wetlands for food production at minimum input level technology
• Biological control of Water Hyacinth through its physiological reproductive biology and predator/pray responses

• National impartial development strategy of infrastructure and human resources  

• Moist savanna in Ruma National Park

• Ecosystem biodiversity and indigenous knowledge conservation for sustainable development

• Ecological systematics and vegetation analysis of high mountains of Kenya: Mount Kenya, Mount Elgon and Mau forest

• Croton species - an indigenous tree with great potential in Kenya as lubricants and medicinal

 

Projects:

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