ACADEMIC STAFF PROFESSIONAL PROFILE FORM
1. Personal Data
Name: Catherine Muui
Title/Qualifications: Doctor (PhD)
Department/Unit/Section: Agricultural Science and Technology
Contact Address:P.O. Box 43844-00100, Nairobi
Position: Lecturer
Area of Specialization: Agronomy; Seed Science; Plant breeding
Research Interests:
1. Germplasm conservation 2. crop improvement 3. Agronomic aspects affecting crop
Production 4. Seed science and technology
2. Conference Presentations
S/
No
1.
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3.
4.
Presenter
Title of Paper presented
City/Cou
ntry
Date of
Conference
P.G. Kabui,
C.W. Muui and
W.M. Thagana
Gohole, L.S.,
Muasya, R.M.
and Muui, C.W.
C. W. Muui, R.
M.Muasya, N.
K. Rao, V. E.
Anjichi and L.S.
Gohole
Muui, C.W.,
Muasya, R. M.
and D. T. Kirubi
Efficacy of a local and
commercial rooting powder
on roses.
Varietal preferences and
production of cowpea
vegetable in western kenya
Effect of temperature and
relative humidity on maize
pollen longevity
Nairobi,
Kenya
1st- 5th
December,
2014
Eldoret,
Kenya
2006
RUFORU
M
Kampala,
Uganda
5-9
December
2005
IPGIR
2010
NACOSTI
Ksh. 1.2
million
Promoting sorghum production Nairobi,
and use through improved seed Kenya
production technologies for
food security in eastern Kenya
Funding
(US$)
-
3. Research
S/
No
1.
Researcher
Year
Title
Catherine Muui
20102015
Identification and
characterization of Sorghum
(Sorghum bicolor (L.)
Moench landraces and
improvement of on- farm
seed production in eastern
1
Do Funding (US$)
nor
NA KSH. 1,200,000
CO
STI KSH 70,000
&
Ke
nya
rta
Uni
ver
sity
Kenya
2.
20062007
3.
20042005
4.
20042006
5.
20002004
6.
20002004
7.
20002004
8.
19982000
Cowpea morphological
characterization and farmers’
preference selection in
western Kenya
Overcoming Seed Dormancy
in Cleome gynadra L. to
improve germination
Modeling gene flow to assess
risk to biodiversity in
traditional cropping systems
of maize in western Kenya
Chickpea (Cicer arietinum)
selection for adaptation
to the environmental conditions
of Kenya’s Northwestern
highland
Selection of Chickpea (Cicer
arietinum) for adaptation to
Kenya’s highlands
Determining the effects of
seed type, seed treatment
and Rhizobium inoculation on
emergence, growth, yield and
seed size of Chickpea (Cicer
arietinum)
Crop physiological analysis
of seed quality variation in
common bean (Phaseolus
vulgaris L.)
4. Funded projects
S/ No
1.
Researcher
Year
Title
Granting Body
Catherine
Muui
2010-2015
Characteriza
tion and
improving
on farm seed
production
of sorghum
landraces in
Eastern
Kenya
NACOSTI
2
Funding
(US$)
KSH. 1.2
5. Publications
S/
No
Author
Year
Title
1
Catherine Muui
2014
Identification and characterization of Thesis
Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor
L.) Moench landraces and
improvement of on- farm seed
production in eastern Kenya
2
CW Muui, RM
Muasya, DT
Kirubi
2013
Participatory identification and
evaluation of sorghum (Sorghum
bicolor (L.) Moench landraces from
lower eastern Kenya.
3
CW Muui, RM
Muasya, DT
Kirubi
2013
Baseline survey on factors affecting African journal of
sorghum production and use in food, agriculture,
eastern Kenya
Nutrition
and
development
Vol
13(1):7339-7353
4
RM Muasya, JN
Simiyu, CW
Muui, NK Rao,
ME Dulloo, LS
Gohole
R.M. Muasya,
W.J.M. Lommen,
C.W. Muui, P.C.
Struik
2009
Overcoming seed dormancy in
Cleome gynandra L. to
improve germination.
.
Seed
technology,
134-143
2008
How weather during development
of common bean (Phaseolus
vulgaris L.) affects the crop’s
maximum attainable seed quality.
NJAS – Wageningen
Journal
of
Life
Sciences 56(1/2): 85100
6
Muui, C.W.,
Muasya, R.M.,
Rao, N.K. and
Anjichi, V.E
2007
Geneflow in Maize:Pollen
longevity in ecologically different
zones of western Kenya.
.
African Crop
Science
Journal
Vol.15, No. 1, pp.4349
7
R. M. Muasya, J.
N. Simiyu, C. W.
Muui, N. K. Rao,
2008
Overcoming Seed Dormancy in
Cleome gynadra L. to
improve germination.
Seed Technology
Journal pp.134-143
5
Journal
3
International
Research Journal of
Agricultural Science
and Soil Science Vol
3 (8): 283- 290
ISB
N/I
SSN
Ref
eren
ce
No.
KU
M. E. Dulloo and
L. S. Gohole
6. Consultancy and community service
S/No.
Consultant (s)
Consulting
Person/ Body/
Organization
Year
Title
Consultancy
Service
Payment
(US$)
7. Affiliation to Professional Bodies
S/No Name of professional body
8. National and International awards and Recognitions
S/No Name of award or
Recognition
Awarding Organization/Body
Year
9. External Examination (if any)
S/No Institution
Year
10. Supervision of postgraduate students (if any)
S/No Name of student
1
2
Thesis title
Mahinda Timothy
Effects of leaf harvest initiation time
Muchiri
and frequency on grain yield in dual
(A144/CE/24935/2012) purpose cowpea crop in Tharaka
south, Tharaka-Nithi county
Martha Akello
Effects of organic and inorganic
Odhiambo
fertilizers on seed quality of upland
(A144/OL/20299/2012) NERICA rice varieties in Siaya
county.
4
Status of project(e.g.Fiest
year etc)
First Year
First year
11. Patents (if any)
S/No
12. Administrative positions held to date
1. Ag. Departmental Postgraduate Studies Cordinator,
Department of Agricultural Science and Technology
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