African Journal of Biotechnology: 17 August 2006; 5(16)

African Journal of Biotechnology

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Table of Contents: 17 August 2006; 5(16)

Reviews

Ongoka P. R., Banzounzi J. T., Poupat, C., Ekouya, A., Ouamba, J. M. and Moudachirou, M.

Fatty acids isolated from Milletia versicolor Baker (Fabaceae)

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Research Articles

GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Jedida Danson, Martin Lagat, Jane Ininda and Michael Kimani

Application of simple sequence repeats (SSRs) markers to study the resistance of locally adapted maize hybrids to damaging maize streak virus disease

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L. Khaleda and M. Al-Forkan

Genotypic variability in callus induction and plant regeneration through somatic embryogenesis of five deepwater rice (Oryza sativa L.) cultivars of Bangladesh

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M.I.B. Efombagn, O. Sounigo, S. Nyassé, M. Manzanares-Dauleux, C. Cilas, M. A.B. Eskes and Kolesnikova-Allen

Genetic diversity in cocoa germplasm of southern Cameroon revealed by simple sequences repeat (SSRS) markers

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Ghaffari, S.M.

Occurrence of diploid and polyploid microspores in Sorghum bicolor (Poaceae) is the result of cytomixis

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Haranatha, Reddy P. and Kaiser, Jamil

Polymorphisms in the GST (M1 andT1) gene and their possible association with susceptibility to childhood acute lymphocytic leukemia in Indian population

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INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY

Tatiana Krasova-Wade, Omar Diouf, Ibrahima Ndoye, Ciré Elimane Sall, Serge Braconnier, and Marc Neyra

Water-condition effects on rhizobia competition for cowpea nodule occupancy

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Jonathan Gbolagade, Ayodele Sobowale and Damilola Adejoye

Optimization of sub-merged culture conditions for biomass production in Pleurotus florida (mont.) Singer, a Nigerian edible fungus

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PLANT AND AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY

B. Singh, S. Sharma, G. Rani, G.S. Virk, A.A. Zaidi and A. Nagpal

In vitro flowering in embryogenic cultures of Kinnow mandarin (Citrus nobilis Lour ? C. deliciosa Tenora)

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APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY

ABIA, A. A. and ASUQUO, E. D,

Lead (II) and nickel (II) adsorption kinetics from aqueous metal solutions using chemically modified and unmodified agricultural adsorbents

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Amuda O.S. and Ibrahim A.O.

Industrial wastewater treatment using natural material as adsorbent

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Tomader Errabii, Christophe Bernard Gandonou, Hayat Essalmani, Jamal Abrini, Mohamed Idaomar and Nadia Skali-Senhaji

Growth, proline and ion accumulation in sugarcane callus cultures under drought-induced osmotic stress and its subsequent relief

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FOOD TECHNOLOGY

Titus U. Nwabueze and Ugochinyere Otunwa

Effect of supplementation of African breadfruit (Treculia africana) hulls with organic wastes on growth characteristics of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

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Rabi Shekhar Mukherjee, Banani Ray Chowdhury, Runu Chakraborty and Utpal Ray Chaudhuri

Effect of fermentation and drying temperature on the characteristics of goat meat (Black Bengal variety) dry sausage

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Ashaye O. A.

Effect of gamma irradiation on moisture sorption isotherms of cowpeas

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MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

R.M. Coopoosamy and M.L. Magwa (Not Available)

Antibacterial activity of chrysophanol isolated from Aloe excelsa (Berger)

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