Reviews

Abu Kargbo, Jing Mao and Cai-yun Wang

The progress and issues in the Dutch, Chinese and Kenyan floriculture industries

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 7401-7408

 

 

 

Research Articles

 

 

GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

 

Marie Noelle Ndjiondjop, Fousseyni Cisse, Gezahegn Girma, Mounirou Sow, Roland Bocco, Gustave Djedatin and Fatondji Blandine

Morpho-agronomic and molecular characterisation of Oryza glaberrima germplasm from Mali

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 7409-7417

Naqib Ullah Khan, Huseyin Basal and Gul Hassan

Cottonseed oil and yield assessment via economic heterosis and heritability in intraspecific cotton populations

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 7418-7428

 

Kadri Karim, Abdellawi Rawda, Cheikh-Mhamed Hatem, Ben-Naceur Mbarek and Trifi Mokhtar

Analysis of Genetic diversity and reltionships in local Tunisian barley by RAPD and SSR analysis
[Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 7429-7436

 

Shahram Nanekarani, Cyrus Amirinia, Nour Amirmozafari, Rasoul Vaez Torshizi and Ali Akbar Gharahdaghi

Genetic variation among pelt sheep population using microsatellite markers

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 7437-7445

 

 

 

PLANT AND AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY

A. Manivannan, J. Kaul, A. Singode and S. Dass

Callus induction and regeneration of elite Indian maize inbreds

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 7446-7452

Bimal Kumar Ghimire, Eun Soo Seong, Eun Hye Kim, Kabir Lamsal, Chang Yeon Yu and Ill Min Chung

Direct shoot organogenesis from petiole and leaf discs of Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 7453-7461

 

Saber Kouas, Tarek Slatni, Imen Ben Salah and Chedly Abdelly

Eco-physiological responses and symbiotic nitrogen fixation capacity of salt-exposed Hedysarum carnosum plants
[Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 7462-7469

Hao Wang, Songhe Zhang, Wenjing Zhang, Chen Wei, Peifang Wang

Effects of nitric oxide on the growth and antioxidant response of submerged plants Hydrilla verticillata (L.f.) Royle
[Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 7470-7476

 

 

ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

Shima Keramati, Mehran Hoodaji and Mahmod Kalbasi

Effect of biosolids application on soil chemical properties and uptake of some heavy metals by Cercis siliquastrum
[Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 7477-7486

Ahmed Abdel-Megeed, Naif Abdullah Al-Harbi and Salem Al-Deyab

Hexadecane degradation by bacterial strains isolated from contaminated soils
[Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 7487-7494

 

Mukhtar Ahmed, Fayyaz-ul-Hassan, M. Aslam, Mustazhar Nasib Akram and
M. Aqeel Aslam

Photosynthesis of spring wheat (Triticum aestivum) in rainfed ecology of Pakistan

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 7495-7503

 

Belgin Bayat and Bulent Sari

Bioleaching of dewatered metal plating sludge by Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans using shake flask and completely mixed batch reactor

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 7504-7512

 

Meiyan Xing, Xiaowei Li and Jian Yang

Treatment performance of small-scale vermifilter for domestic wastewater and its relationship to earthworm growth, reproduction and enzymatic activity

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 7513-7520

 

 

 

INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY

 

Isitua, C. C. and Ibeh, I. N.

Novel method of wine production from banana (Musa acuminata) and pineapple (Ananas comosus) wastes

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 7521-7524

 

 

 

APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY

O. R. Ajuwon and O. M. O. Idowu

Vitamin C attenuates copper-induced oxidative damage in broiler chickens
[Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 7525-7530

 

Nagina Rafique, Muhammad Siddique Awan, Habib Ahmed Rathore, Dilnawaz Ahmed Gardezi, Maqsood Ahmad4, Mohsin Tariq and Muhammad Ibrahim Rajoka

Kinetics of endoglucanase and cellobiohydrolase production by parent and mutant derivative of moderately thermotolerant Bacillus subtilis GQ 301542 on optimized medium
[Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 7531-7538

 

 

 

MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

Adeniyi Philip Adeyemi Olu’seun, Ghazal Kamal Olaide, Enaibe Bennad Uforma, Jimoh Olusegun Rabiu, David Joan Adejoke, Adefolaju Gbenga A., Oyewopo Adeoye Oyetunji and Caxton-Martins Ezekiel Ademola

The Cytoarchitectural alterations in the neocortex of Wistar rats: Effects of aqueous tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) leaves extract exposure
[Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 7539-7543

Amala Rajoo, Surash Ramanathan, Sreenivasan Sasidharan and Sharif Mahsufi Mansor

Standardization of Elaeis guineensis with respect to authenticity, assay and chemical constituent analysis

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 7544-7549

 

 

BIOTECHNIQUES

 

Abdelnasser S. S. Ibrahim, Mohamed A. El-Tayeb and Ali A. Al-Salamah

Characterization of immobilized alkaline cyclodextringlycosyltransferase from a newly isolated Bacillus agaradhaerens KSU-A11       

[Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 7550-7559

 

 

AQUACULTURE

 

Chong Zhao, Weijie Zhang, Yaqing Chang and Pingjin Liu

Test and gonad characteristics in different genders of cultivated sea urchins (Strongylocentrotus intermedius, Agassiz): First insight into sexual identification

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 7560-7563

 

 

 

ANIMAL SCIENCE

Hamid Reza Taheri, Hossein Moravej, Ahmad Malakzadegan, Fatemeh Tabandeh, Mojtaba Zaghari, Mahmood Shivazad and Masoud Adibmoradi

Efficacy of Pediococcus acidlactici-based probiotic on intestinal Coliforms and villus height, serum cholesterol level and performance of broiler chickens

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 7564-7567

Jin Hun Kang, Woo Young Bang, Eun Jung Kwon, Yong Hwa Lee, Da Hye Park, Eun Seok Cho, Min Ji Kim, Jong-Soon Choi, Hwa Chun Park, Beom Young Park and Chul Wook Kim

Expression of porcine myosin heavy chain 1 gene in Berkshire loins with a high pH24 value        

[Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 7568-7572