Review

 

Nicholas Ozor

Challenges and impacts of agricultural biotechnology on developing societies

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 322-330

 

Kwadwo Owusu Ayeh

Expressed sequence tags (ESTs) and single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs): Emerging molecular marker tools for improving agronomic traits in plant biotechnology

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 331-341

 

Michael Gastrow

Great expectations: The state of biotechnology research and development in South Africa

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 342-348

  

Emmanuel C. Ibezim and Uche Odo

Current trends in malarial chemotherapy

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 349-356

 

 

 

Research

 

MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

 

R. Thirugnanasampandan, G. Mahendran and V. Narmatha Bai

Antioxidant properties of some medicinal Aristolochiaceae species

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 357-361

 

Mohsen Jahanshahi, Ghasem Najafpour and Mostafa Rahimnejad

Applying the Taguchi method for optimized fabrication of bovine serum albumin (BSA) nanoparticles as drug delivery vehicles

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 362-367

 

L. A. Nwaogu, C. S., Alisi, C. U. Igwe and C. O. Ujowundu

A comparative study of the antimicrobial properties of the ethanolic extracts of Landolphia owariensis leaf and root

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 368-372

  

F. Khemiss, R. Massoudi, S. Ahmadi, S. Ghoul-Mazgar, S. Safta, A. A. Moshtaghie and D. Saidane

Aeromonas hydrophila disturbs water and electrolyte transport in Mugil cephalus L. intestine

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 373-380

 

 

 

 PLANT AND AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY

 

Sunday E. Aladele and Danladi D. Kuta

Environmental and genotypic effects on the growth rate of in vitro cassava plantlet (Manihot esceulenta)

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 381-385

 

M. Shahin-uz-zaman, M. Ashrafuzzaman, M. Shahidul Haque and Lutfun Nahar Luna

In vitro clonal propagation of the neem tree (Azadirachta indica A. Juss.)

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 386-391

 

Turkmen O., Sensoy S., Demir S. and Erdinc C.

Effects of two different AMF species on growth and nutrient content of pepper seedlings grown under moderate salt stress

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 392-396

 

Biniam, T. and Tadesse M

A survey of viral status on potatoes grown in Eritrea and in vitro virus elimination of a local variety ‘Tsaeda embaba’

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 397-403

 

Nathalie Colpaert, Sofie Tilleman, Marc van Montagu, Godelieve Gheysen and Nancy Terryn

Composite Phaseolus vulgaris plants with transgenic roots as research tool

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 404-408

 

Manoj Kumar Mishra, N. Sandhya Rani, A. S. Ram, H. L. Sreenath and Jayarama

A simple method of DNA extraction from coffee seeds suitable for PCR analysis

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 409-413

 

 

 

 GENETIC AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

 

A. D. Abraham, M. Varrelmann and H. J. Vetten

Molecular evidence for the occurrence of two new luteoviruses in cool season food legumes in Northeast Africa

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 414-420

 

Asibuo James Yaw, Akromah Richard, Safo-Kantanka, Osei, Adu-Dapaah, Hans Kofi Ohemeng-Dapaah, Seth and Agyeman, Adelaide

Inheritance of fresh seed dormancy in groundnut

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 421-424

 

Ismet Berber and Suat Ekin

Discrimination and numerical analysis of human pathogenic Candida albicans strains based on SDS-PAGE protein profiles

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 425-429

 

Nouhi, A., Amiri, R., Haghnazari. A., Saba, J. and Mesbah, M.

Tagging of resistance gene(s) to rhizomania disease in sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.)

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 430-433

 

Borthakur D, Lu JL, Chen H, Lin C, Du YY and Liang YR

Expression of phytoene synthase (psy) gene and its relation with accumulation of carotenoids in tea [Camellia sinensis (L) O Kuntze]

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 434-438

 

 

 

ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

 

Ano A. O. and Okwunodulu F. U.

Effect of population and level of industrialization on underground water quality of Abia state, Nigeria - physico-chemical properties

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 439-443

 

B. S. Akin, T. Atici and H. Katircioglu

Physicochemical, toxicological and ecological analysis of Gökçekaya Dam Lake

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 444-449

   

O. O. Fawole, T. A. Yekeen, A. A. Ayandele, A. Akinboro, M. A. Azeez and S. O. Adewoye

Polluted Alamuyo River: Impacts on surrounding wells, microbial attributes and toxic effects on Allium cepa root cells

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 450-458

   

L. O. Odokuma and F. C. Akubuenyi

Effect of agricultural pesticides on the degradation of medium spill concentrations of Bonny light crude oil in a tropical rain forest soil

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 459-471

   

 

 

APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY

 

Hossein Tayefi-Nasrabadi

Catalytic properties of three catalases from Kohlrabi (Brassica oleracea gongylodes)

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 472-475

 

Magano S. R., Thembo K. M., Ndlovu S. M. and Makhubela N. F. H.

The anti-tick properties of the root extracts of Senna italica subsp. arachoides

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 476-481 

 

R. Zaidi–Yahiaoui, F. Zaidi and A. Ait Bessai

Influence of gallic and tannic acids on enzymatic activity and growth of Pectobacterium chrysanthemi (Dickeya chrysanthemi bv. chrysanthemi)

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 482-486

 

 

 

FOOD TECHNOLOGY

 

José Armando Ulloa, Héctor Escalona and Lourdes Díaz

Colour behaviour on mango (Mangifera indica) slices self stabilized in glass jars by hurdle technology during storage

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 487-494