Review

 

Mehmet Karakaş

RNA interference in plant parasitic nematodes

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 2530-2534

        DOI: 10.5897/AJB08.064

 

 

Research

 

MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

 

Ogbonnia Steve O., Odimegwu Joy I. and Enwuru Veronica N.

Evaluation of hypoglycaemic and hypolipidaemic effects of aqueous ethanolic extracts of Treculia africana Decne and Bryophyllum pinnatum Lam. and their mixture on streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic rats

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 2535-2539

        DOI: 10.5897/AJB08.508

 

Patience O. Adomi

Screening of the leaves of three Nigerian medicinal plants for antibacterial activity

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 2540-2542

        DOI: 10.5897/AJB07.639

 

   

  

 

GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

 

Meenakshisundaram Kandhavelu and S. John Vennison

Persistence of plasmid DNA in different soils

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 2543-2546

        DOI: 10.5897/AJB07.737
 

 

Chunderika Mocktar, Usha Govinden, A. Willem Sturm and Sabiha Essack

The effect of mutations in the AmpC promoter region on β-lactam resistance from an Escherichia coli clinical isolate in a public sector hospital in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 2547-2550

        DOI: 10.5897/AJB08.400
 

 

S. Abdolhamid Angaji

Mapping QTLs for submergence tolerance during germination in rice

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 2551-2558

        DOI: 10.5897/AJB08.511
 

 

H. Y. Zhang, Y. M. Yang, F. S. Li, C. S. He and X. Z. Liu

Screening and characterization a RAPD marker of tobacco brown-spot resistant gene

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 2559-2561

        DOI: 10.5897/AJB08.407

 

 

 

PLANT AND AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY

 

V. Shanmugaiah, N. Mathivanan, N. Balasubramanian and P.T. Manoharan

Optimization of cultural conditions for production of chitinase by Bacillus laterosporous MML2270 isolated from rice rhizosphere soil

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 2562-2568

        DOI: 10.5897/AJB07.346

 

Evueh, G. A. and Ogbebor, N. O.

Use of phylloplane fungi as biocontrol agent against Colletotrichum leaf disease of rubber (Hevea brasiliensis Muell. Arg.)

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 2569-2572

        DOI: 10.5897/AJB07.757

 

Martin Lagat, Jedidah Danson, Michael Kimani and Alex Kuria

Quantitative trait loci for resistance to maize streak virus disease in maize genotypes used in hybrid development

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 2573-2577

        DOI: 10.5897/AJB07.800
 

 

Demo, P., Kuria, P., Nyende, A. B. and Kahangi, E. M.

Table sugar as an alternative low cost medium component for in vitro micro-propagation of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.)

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 2578-2584

        DOI: 10.5897/AJB08.263

 

S. Eyob, B. K. Martinsen, A. Tsegaye, M. Appelgren and G. Skrede

Antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of extract and essential oil of korarima (Aframomum corrorima (Braun) P.C.M. Jansen)

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 2585-2592

        DOI: 10.5897/AJB08.265
 

 

A. Y. Kamara, J. Kwari, F. Ekeleme, L. Omoigui and R. Abaidoo

Effect of phosphorus application and soybean cultivar on grain and dry matter yield of subsequent maize in the tropical savannas of north-eastern Nigeria

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 2593-2599

        DOI: 10.5897/AJB08.329

 

S. Peral Eyduran, Ecevit Eyduran, Khalid Mahmood Khawar and Y. Sabit Agaoglu

Adaptation of eight American blackberry (Rubus fructicosus L.) cultivars for Central Anatolia

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 2600-2604

        DOI: 10.5897/AJB08.423
 

 

Ng Chea Yee, Janna Ong Abdullah, Maziah Mahmood, Nazir Basiron

Co-transfer of gfp, CHS and hptII genes into Oncidium Sharry Baby PLB using the biolistic gun

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 2605-2617

        DOI: 10.5897/AJB08.458

 

O. Oluwadayo Sonibare and I. Effiong

Antibacterial activity and cytotoxicity of essential oil of Lantana Camara L. leaves from Nigeria

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 2618-2620

        DOI: 10.5897/AJB08.345

 

 

 

ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

 

Al-Zboon, Kamel and Al-Ananzeh, Nada

Performance of wastewater treatment plants in Jordan and suitability for reuse

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 2621-2629

        DOI: 10.5897/AJB08.909

 

Akram Ali, Ahmed Alfarhan, Ibrahim Aldjain, Nagat Bokhari, Wafa’a Al-Taisan, Khaled Al-Rasheid and Saleh Al-Quraishi

Photosynthetic responses of pea plants (Pisum sativum L. cv. Little marvel) exposed to climate change in Riyadh city, KSA

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 2630-2636

        DOI: 10.5897/AJB08.014

 

Nageswarara Rao Amanchi and Mohd Masood Hussain

Cytotoxic effects of delfin insecticide (Bacillus thuringiensis) on cell behaviour, phagocytosis, contractile vacuole activity and macronucleus in a protozoan ciliate Paramecium caudatum

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 2637-2643

        DOI: 10.5897/AJB08.098

 

Neveen Abdel-Raouf and Ibraheem B. M. Ibraheem

Antibiotic activity of two Anabaena species against four fish pathogenic Aeromonas species

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 2644-2648

        DOI: 10.5897/AJB08.356

 

Hajira Tahir, Muhammad Sultan and Qazi Jahanzeb

Removal of basic dye methylene blue by using bioabsorbents Ulva lactuca and Sargassum

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 2649-2655

        DOI: 10.5897/AJB08.459

 

Lacina Coulibaly, Jacques Kouakou, Issiaka Savané and Germain Gourène

Domestic wastewater treatment with a vertical completely drained pilot scale constructed wetland planted with Amaranthus hybridus

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 2656-2664

        DOI: 10.5897/AJB07.634
 

 

  

  

ANIMAL SCIENCE  

 

F.O.I. Anugwa and A.I. Okwori

Performance of growing pigs of different genetic groups fed varying dietary protein levels

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 2665-2670

        DOI: 10.5897/AJB08.157

   

Mohammad Reza Nassiry, Balal Sadeghi, Reza Tohidi, Jalil Tavakkoli Afshari and Mahdi Khosravi

Comparison of bovine lymphocyte antigen DRB3.2 allele frequencies between two subpopulations of Iranian holstein cattle

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 2671-2675

        DOI: 10.5897/AJB07.767
 

 

C. D. Tuleun and F. Igba

Growth and carcass characteristics of broiler chickens fed water soaked and cooked velvet bean (Mucuna utilis) meal

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 2676-2681

        DOI: 10.5897/AJB08.155

   

M. Mohammadi, M. T. Beigi Nasiri, K h. Alami-Saeid, J. Fayazi, M. Mamoee and A. S. Sadr

Polymorphism of calpastatin gene in Arabic sheep using PCR- RFLP

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 2682-2684

        DOI: 10.5897/AJB08.393
 

 

Mohammad Reza Nassiry, Frydoun Eftekhari Shahroudi, Alireza Heravi Mousavi, Balal Sadeghi, Ali Javadmanesh

The diversity of leptin gene in Iranian native, Holstein and Brown Swiss cattle

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 2685-2687

        DOI: 10.5897/AJB07.782

 

 

 

BIOTECHNIQUES  

 

Echeonwu, GON, Iroegbu, CU, Ngene, A, Junaid, SA, Ndako, J, Echeonwu, IE, Okoye, JOA

Survival of Newcastle disease virus (NDV) strain V4-UPM coated on three grains offal and exposed to room temperature

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 2688-2692 

           DOI: 10.5897/AJB08.105

 

Mohammad Hossein Torabi Sirchi, M. A. Kadir, M. A. Aziz, A. A. Rashid, Arash Rafat and M. B. Javadi

Plant regeneration as affected by plant growth regulators (PGR) in mangosteen (Garcinia mangostana L.)

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 2693-2701

        DOI: 10.5897/AJB08.232

 

José Tavares de Sousa, Israel Nunes Henrique, Rui de Oliveira, Wilton Silva Lopes, Valderi Duarte Leite

Nitrification in a submerged attached growth bioreactor using Luffa cylindrica as solid substrate

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 2702-2706

        DOI: 10.5897/AJB08.329

 

 

 

FOOD TECHNOLOGY 

 

Edmond Ahipo Dué, Jean Parfait E.N. Kouadio, Hilaire Tanoh Kouakou, Soumaila Dabonné, Sebastien Lamine Niamké and Lucien Patrice Kouamé

Purification and physicochemical properties of α-amylase from cockroach, Periplaneta americana (LINNAEUS), for starches saccharification

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 2707-2716

        DOI: 10.5897/AJB08.871
 

 

B. Daramola and O. O. Makanju

Assessment of selected cooking characteristics of prime starch and food grade fibre isolated from cassava (Manihot esculenta) pulp

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 2717-2720

        DOI: 10.5897/AJB07.803
 

 

Johnson Oluwasola Agbede, Muyiwa Adegbenro, Gbenga Emmanuel Onibi, Christian Oboh and Valentine Ayobore Aletor

Nutritive evaluation of Telfairia occidentalis leaf protein concentrate in infant foods

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 2721-2727

        DOI: 10.5897/AJB08.198

 

 

 

INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY

 

T. Selva Mohan, A. Palavesam and G. Immanuel

Isolation and characterization of lipase-producing Bacillus strains from oil mill waste

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 2728-2735 

           DOI: 10.5897/AJB08.383

 

 

APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY

 

Adeogun, A. I., Odozi, N. W., Obiegbedi N. O., and Bello O. S.

Solvents effect on n®p*and p®p* transition of 9-fluorenone

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 2736-2738 

           DOI: 10.5897/AJB08.361