Staff Profiles

Karatina University

Mr. Shivachi Allan

Assistant Lecturer

School: School of Agriculture & Biotechnology

Department: Agricultural Sciences

 

Email Address

ashivachi@karu.ac.ke
ashivachi2002@gmail.com

 

 

Area/ Field of specialization: Plant Breeding & Biotechnology

Research interests: Application of marker assisted selection in pyramiding resistance genes to major diseases in common bean

 

 

 

 

 

Biography

Mr. Shivachi Allan is an Assistant Lecturer in the school of agriculture and biotechnology at Karatina University where he has been a faculty member since 2012 and specializes in plant breeding and biotechnology. Mr. Shivachi is pursuing for a PhD in Genetics at University of Embu. I completed my undergraduate studies at University of Nairobi. Area of research is application of modern biotechnological tools in plant breeding.

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