Mary Kamaa Musyoki

Area of Expertise

Current Research

Research Countries

Professional Experience

Research Assistant at TSBF-CIAT and INADES

Current FSC Status

PhD Scholar

Year of FSC Scholarship

2011-2014

Institute during FSC Scholarship

Institute of Plant Production and Agroecology in the Tropics and Subtropics, University of Hohenheim, Germany

Home Institute

Tropical Soil Biology and Fertility, Insitute of the International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT-TSBF)

Doctoral Institute

Institute of Plant Production and Agroecology in the Tropics and Subtropics, University of Hohenheim, Germany

Dissertation

Degrees

M.Sc. in Environmental Studies (Kenyatta University, Kenya);
B.Sc. in Environmental Studies (Kenyatta University, Kenya)

Important Publications

Rasche, F., Musyoki, M.K., Röhl, C., Muema, E.K., Vanlauwe, B., Cadisch, G., 2014. Lasting influence of biochemically contrasting organic inputs on abundance and community structure of total and proteolytic bacteria in tropical soils. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 74, 204-2013.

Kamaa, M., Mburu, H., Blanchart, E., Livingstone, C., Chotte, J.L., Kibunja, C., Lesueur, D. (2011). Effects of organic and inorganic fertilization on soil bacterial and fungal microbial diversity in the Kabete long-term trial, Kenya. Biology and Fertility of soils 47(3):315-321.

Musyoki, M., Majengo, C., Mutegi, E., Thonar, C., Faye, A., Okalebo, R.,Thuita, M., Lesueur, D., Pypers P (2011). Increased soybean production through rhizobial inoculation under smallholder conditions in distinct agro-ecological zones of Kenya. Nitrogen & Global Change Key Findings – Future Challenges Conference, Edinburgh; April, 11-15, 2011.

Kamaa, M.M., Mburu, H.N., Blanchart, E., Livingstone, C., Chotte, J.L., Kibunja, C.N., Lesueur, D. (year unknown). Effects of organic and inorganic applications on soil micro and macro faunal diversity in Kabete Long-term trial, Kenya. Book chapter in: Bationo et al. (eds.), Towards appropriate soil fertility management recommendations in sub-Saharan Africa: The use of long-term trials and simulations models.

Muema, E., Kamaa, M.M., Mugadi, D., Chotte, J.L., Mburu, H., Vanlauwe, B., Kibunja, C.N., Lesueur, D. (2008). Impact of soil organic matter applications combined with mineral fertilization on both microbial and fungal soil communities in Kenya. A poster paper presentation on the 13th African Association for Biological Nitrogen Fixation (AABNF) congress Hammamet, Tunisia.