Review
Maryam Yaldagard, Seyed Ali
Mortazavi and Farideh Tabatabaie
The principles of ultra
high pressure technology and its application in food
processing/preservation: A review of microbiological and
quality aspects
[Abstract]
[Full Article - PDF] pp.
2739-2767
DOI: 10.5897/AJB07.923
Soetan, K. O.
The dynamic and
ubiquitous nature of biotechnology
[Abstract]
[Full Article - PDF] pp.
2768-2772
DOI: 10.5897/AJB08.282
Research
MEDICAL AND
PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY
Chidozie E. U. and Daniyan
S. Y.
Urinary schistosomiasis
epidemiological survey of urinary schistosomiasis among
children in selected schools: A preliminary study in
Minna, Nigeria
[Abstract]
[Full Article - PDF] pp.
2773-2776
DOI: 10.5897/AJB08.336
A. U. Wurochekke, A. E.
Anthony and W. Obidah
Biochemical effects on
the liver and kidney of rats administered aqueous stem
bark extract of Xemenia americana
[Abstract]
[Full Article - PDF] pp.
2777-2780
DOI: 10.5897/AJB08.278
Mehmet Emin Zumrutdal,
Mehmet Ozaslan, Mehmet Tuzcu, Mehmet Emin Kalender,
Kenan Daglıoglu, Atilla Akova, Isık Didem Karagöz,
İbrahim Halil Kilic, Omer Colak and Fatih Köksal
Effect of Lawsonia
inermis treatment on mice with sarcoma
[Abstract]
[Full Article - PDF] pp.
2781-2786
DOI: 10.5897/AJB08.566
M. Gundidza, N. Gweru, V.
Mmbengwa, N. J. Ramalivhana, Z. Magwa and A. Samie
Phytoconstituents and
biological activities of essential Oil from Rhus
lancea L. F
[Abstract]
[Full Article - PDF] pp.
2787-2789
DOI: 10.5897/AJB08.136
GENETICS AND MOLECULAR
BIOLOGY
Ibrahim A.B., Heredia F.F.,
Pinheiro C.B., Aragao F.J.L. and Campos F.A.P.
Optimization of somatic
embryogenesis and selection regimes for particle
bombardment of friable embryogenic callus and somatic
cotyledons of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz)
[Abstract]
[Full Article - PDF] pp.
2790-2797
DOI: 10.5897/AJB08.249
Reza Zarghami, Mostaffa
Pirseyedi, Shabnam Hasrak and Babak Pakdaman Sardrood
Evaluation of genetic
stability in cryopreserved Solanum tuberosum
[Abstract]
[Full Article - PDF] pp.
2798-2802
DOI: 10.5897/AJB08.087
Abdel-Aziz R. A., Al-Barakah
F. N. and Al-Asmary H. M.
Genetic identification
and symbiotic efficiency of Sinorhizobium meliloti
indigenous to Saudi Arabian soils
[Abstract]
[Full Article - PDF] pp.
2803-2809
DOI: 10.5897/AJB08.241
Ercan Ceyhan, Mehmet Ali
Avci and Serdar Karadaş
Line X tester analysis in
pea (Pisum sativum L.): Identification of
superior parents for seed yield and its components
[Abstract]
[Full Article - PDF] pp.
2810-2817
DOI: 10.5897/AJB08.399
Chen Niu, Hirut Kebede, Dick
L. Auld, Jason E. Woodward, Gloria Burow, and Robert J.
Wright
A safe inexpensive method
to isolate high quality plant and fungal DNA in an open
laboratory environment
[Abstract]
[Full Article - PDF] pp.
2818-2822
DOI: 10.5897/AJB08.504
PLANT AND AGRICULTURAL
TECHNOLOGY
Ambang Zachée, Ndongo Bekolo,
Bime, Ngoh Dooh, Maho Yalen and Ntsomboh Godswill
Effect of mycorrhizal
inoculum and urea fertilizer on diseases development and
yield of groundnut crops (Arachis hypogaea L.)
[Abstract]
[Full Article - PDF] pp.
2823-2827
DOI: 10.5897/AJB07.443
Mamadou Saliou Diallo, Aliou
Ndiaye, Maurice Sagna and Yaye Kčne Gassama-Dia
Plants regeneration from
African cowpea variety (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp.)
[Abstract]
[Full Article - PDF] pp.
2828-2833
DOI: 10.5897/AJB07.619
Azra Ataei-Azimi, Babak
Delnavaz Hashemloian Hassan Ebrahimzadeh and Ahmad Majd
High in vitro
production of ant-canceric indole alkaloids from
periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus) tissue culture
[Abstract]
[Full Article - PDF] pp.
2834-2839
DOI: 10.5897/AJB08.110
Michael G. Likoswe, Joyce P.
Njoloma, Weston F. Mwase and Clement Z. Chilima
Effect of seed collection
times and pretreatment methods on germination of
Terminalia sericea Burch. ex DC
[Abstract]
[Full Article - PDF] pp.
2840-2846
DOI: 10.5897/AJB08.373
V. M. Mwale, J. M. Bokosi,
C. M. Masangano, M. B. Kwapata, V. H. Kabambe and C.
Miles
Yield performance of
dwarf bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) lines under
Researcher Designed Farmer Managed (RDFM) system in
three bean agro-ecological zones of Malawi
[Abstract]
[Full Article - PDF] pp.
2847-2853
DOI: 10.5897/AJB08.374
Ercan Ceyhan, Mustafa Önder,
Özden Öztürk, Mustafa Harmankaya, Mehmet Hamurcu and
Sait Gezgin
Effects of application
boron on yields, yield component and oil content of
sunflower in boron-deficient calcareous soils
[Abstract]
[Full Article - PDF] pp.
2854-2861
DOI: 10.5897/AJB08.402
Digdem Kaydan and Mehmet
Yagmur
Germination, seedling
growth and relative water content of shoot in different
seed sizes of triticale under osmotic stress of water
and NaCl
[Abstract]
[Full Article - PDF] pp.
2862-2868
DOI: 10.5897/AJB08.512
C. S. Ekwuribe, J. A. Osakwe,
E. C. Chuku and T. T. Epidi
Effect of oil palm
sludge on cowpea nodulation and weed control in the
humid forest zone of Nigeria
[Abstract]
[Full Article - PDF] pp.
2869-2873
DOI: 10.5897/AJB08.531
S. T. Anjorin and E. A.
Salako
Comparative
nematotoxicity and fungitoxicity of crude and
partitioned ethanolic leaf extracts of three plant
species
[Abstract]
[Full Article - PDF] pp.
2874-2877
DOI: 10.5897/AJB08.398
S. I. Ogwulumba, K. I.
Ugwuoke and C. Iloba
Prophylactic effect of
paw-paw leaf and bitter leaf extracts on the incidence
of foliar myco-pathogens of groundnut (Arachis
hypogaea L.) in Ishiagu, Nigeria
[Abstract]
[Full Article - PDF] pp.
2878-2880
DOI: 10.5897/AJB08.502
ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY
K. Chuks Ugochukwu, N. C.
Agha and J. N. Ogbulie
Lipase activities of
microbial isolates from soil contaminated with crude oil
after bioremediation
[Abstract]
[Full Article - PDF] pp.
2881-2884
DOI: 10.5897/AJB08.093
Matthew Tenywa Mwanja and
Wilson Waiswa Mwanja
Preliminary results of
the analysis of the population structure of the Nile
perch (Lates niloticus linnaeus, 1758) of Lake
Victoria using microsatellite markers
[Abstract]
[Full Article - PDF] pp.
2885-2892
DOI: 10.5897/AJB07.814
FOOD MICROBIOLOGY
V. O. Adetunji and G. O.
Adegoke
Formation of biofilm by strains of Listeria
monocytogenes isolated from soft cheese 'wara' and
its processing environment
[Abstract]
[Full Article - PDF] pp.
2893-2897
DOI: 10.5897/AJB08.506
Okonko, Iheanyi Omezuruike,
Ogunjobi, Adeniyi Adewale, Fajobi, Enobong Aloysius,
Onoja Bernard Anyebe, Babalola, Eunice Temilade, and
Adedeji Adetola Olamide
Comparative studies and
microbial risk assessment of different Ready-to-Eat
(RTE) frozen sea-foods processed in Ijora-olopa, Lagos
State, Nigeria
[Abstract]
[Full Article - PDF] pp.
2898-2901
DOI: 10.5897/AJB08.455
Okonko, Iheanyi Omezuruike,
Ogunjobi, Adeniyi Adewale, Adejoye, Oluseyi Damilola,
Ogunnusi, Tolulope Adeola, and Olasogba Mojisola Clara
Comparative studies and
microbial risk assessment of different water samples
used for processing frozen sea-foods in Ijora-olopa,
Lagos State, Nigeria
[Abstract]
[Full Article - PDF] pp.
2902-2907
DOI: 10.5897/AJB08.456
FOOD TECHNOLOGY
Mechai Abdelbasset and
Kirane Djamila
Antimicrobial activity
of autochthonous lactic acid bacteria isolated from
Algerian traditional fermented milk “Raďb”
[Abstract]
[Full Article - PDF] pp.
2908-2914
DOI: 10.5897/AJB07.753
K. G. Masamba and M. Nguyen
Determination and
comparison of vitamin C, calcium and potassium in four
selected conventionally and organically grown fruits and
vegetables
[Abstract]
[Full Article - PDF] pp.
2915-2919
DOI: 10.5897/AJB07.810
Adetuyi, F.O., Akinadewo,
L.T., Omosuli S.V. and Ajala, Lola
Antinutrient and
antioxidant quality of waxed and unwaxed pawpaw
Carica papaya fruit stored at different temperatures
[Abstract]
[Full Article - PDF] pp.
2920-2924
DOI: 10.5897/AJB08.132
Sebastian Chakeredza, Festus
K. Akinnifesi, Oluyede Clifford Ajayi, Gudeta Sileshi,
Simon Mngomba and France M. T. Gondwe
A simple method of
formulating least-cost diets for smallholder dairy
production in sub-Saharan Africa
[Abstract]
[Full Article - PDF] pp.
2925-2933
DOI: 10.5897/AJB08.382
APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY
Peloewetse E., Thebe M. M.,
Ngila J. C. and Ekosse G. E.
Inhibition of growth of
some phytopathogenic and mycotoxigenic fungi by aqueous
extracts of Combretum imberbe (Wawra) wood
[Abstract]
[Full Article - PDF] pp.
2934-2939
DOI: 10.5897/AJB08.240
David F. Apata
Effect of cooking
methods on available and unavailable carbohydrates of
some tropical grain legumes
[Abstract]
[Full Article - PDF] pp.
2940-2945
DOI: 10.5897/AJB08.317
ANIMAL SCIENCE
Naser Maheri-Sis, Mohammad
Chamani, Ali-Asghar Sadeghi, Ali Mirza- Aghazadeh and
Abolfazl Aghajanzadeh-Golshani
Nutritional evaluation of
kabuli and desi type chickpeas (cicer
arietinum L.) for ruminants using in vitro
gas production technique
[Abstract]
[Full Article - PDF] pp.
2946-2951
DOI: 10.5897/AJB08.501
P. O. Uaboi-Egbenni, P. N.
Okolie, O. D. Adesanya, E. Omonigbehin4, A.O. Sobande
Epidemiological studies of the incidence of pathogenic
Campylobacter spp. amongst animals in Lagos
metropolis
[Abstract]
[Full Article - PDF] pp.
2952-2956
DOI: 10.5897/AJB07.379
ENTOMOLOGY
Asawalam E. F, Emosairue S.
O and Hassanali A.
Contribution of different
constituents to the toxicity of the essential oil
constituents of Vernonia amygdalina (Compositae)
and Xylopia aetiopica (Annonaceae) on maize
weevil, Sitophilus zeamais Motschulsky (Coleoptera:
Curculionidae)
[Abstract]
[Full Article - PDF] pp.
2957-2962
DOI: 10.5897/AJB08.121
INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY
T. T. Kadere, T. Miyamoto,
R. K. Oniang`o, P. M. Kutima and S. M. Njoroge
Isolation and
identification of the genera Acetobacter and
Gluconobacter in coconut toddy (mnazi)
[Abstract]
[Full Article - PDF] pp.
2963-2971
DOI: 10.5897/AJB08.390
