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       Table of Contents: 18 August 2008; 7(16)

 

 

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

 

Soetan, K. O.

The dynamic and ubiquitous nature of biotechnology

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 2768-2772

 

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

  

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 

 

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

 

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

 

  

  

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

   

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

 

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

 

   

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 

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 

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 

 

David F. Apata

Effect of cooking methods on available and unavailable carbohydrates of some tropical grain legumes

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 2940-2945 

 

 

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

   

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

 

 

 

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 

 

 

 

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 

 

 

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