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Cherax quadricarinatus is an Alien Invasive Species (AIS) native to Australia and Papua New Guinea, which has been introduced into Lake Kariba and the Kafue Floodplain and has since established its populations. Continued population growth and spread of C. quadricarinatus threatens the integrity...

Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is a disease caused by an acid-fast staining pathogenic bacterium, Mycobacterium tuberculosis that is resistant to at least isoniazid (INH) and rifampicin (RIF), the two most potent TB drugs. Drug-resistant tuberculosis poses a significant problem for...

Growth and mortality of Oreochromis andersonii, Oreochromis macrochir and Oreochromis niloticus of the Kafue Floodplain fishery were investigated between September, 2015 and November, 2015. This study was aimed at investigating the growth and mortality of mouth brooding tilapiines of the Kafue...

Mining and smelting processes are among the key sources of soil contamination by heavy metals resulting in dramatic disturbances and loss of biodiversity. Phytoremediation is a cost effective technology that involves the efficient use of plants to eliminate or immobilize environmental...

Presently in Zambia, physico-chemical methods are employed to monitor water quality of the country’s rivers and other freshwater bodies. These conventional methods have not only proved to be expensive, but also tell us very little about impacts of pollution on aquatic organisms. With this...

The study was undertaken to assess the genetic diversity among some selected Zambian rice (Oryza sativa L.) accessions using Simple Sequence Repeat (SSR) molecular markers. There appears to be little or no information on the genetic or agronomic traits of the locally grown rice crop in Zambia....

Effects of Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis (Bti) and Bacillus sphaericus (Bs) biolarvicides, on mosquito abundance, diversity and distribution in selected areas of Lusaka urban district, Zambia, were investigated. Four study areas including parts of the dam/stream systems of the...

The spotted stem borer, Chilo partellus (Swinhoe) is one of the most destructive pests of maize in the warm, low altitude regions of Zambia. A study was carried out in Sinazongwe district, which is located at about 600 metres above sea level in the Southern Province to determine the incidence of...

This study was carried out at the Middle Zambezi basin in Lusaka province to determine freshwater snail diversity, its relationship to the presence of schistosomiasis and the impact of prevailing environmental factors on snail diversity. The study was carried out during the cool-dry season...

The effect of vesicular arbuscular mycorrhiza (VAM) and rhizosphere pseudomonads on chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) wilt caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. ciceri (Matuo and Sato) in Zambia was investigated. Vesicular arbuscular mycorrhiza was isolated from three soils obtained from Kasama area of...