Alex Ngetich

Low Cost Micropropagation of Local Varieties of Taro (Colocasia esculenta spp.)

Alex Ngetich, Steven Runo, Omwoyo Ombori, Michael Ngugi, Fanuel Kawaka, Arusei Perpetua & Gitonga Nkanata · Biotechnology Journal International · 2015

Aims: This study was conducted to evaluate low cost protocol for the micropropagation of three varieties of taro (Dasheen, Eddoe and wild) from eastern Kenya. Study Design: The plants were grown in polythene bags arranged in a completely randomized block design (CRBD) replicated...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BBJ/2015/15614

Plants as Expression Systems for Recombinant Proteins

Fanuel Kawaka & Alex Ngetich · Asian Journal of Biology · 2017

Plants provide a wide range of important biological molecules that are needed in research, medicine and industry. Currently, there is a growing interest in the use of plants as expression systems for the production of recombinant proteins using different host cells. The synthesis...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJOB/2017/34748