Research Articles

 

GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

 

Hooi Wei Yeng, Mariana Nor Shamsudin and Raha Abdul Rahim

Construction of an expression vector for Lactococcus lactis based on an indigenous cryptic plasmid

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 5621-5626

 

Tian-Zhang, Wan-ru Hou, Yi-ling Hou, Yan-zhe Hao, Yujie Du, G.uang-fu Wu, Yan-Songz and Zheng-song Peng

cDNA, genomic sequence cloning and overexpression of ribosomal protein s20 gene (RPS20) from the Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 5627-5632

 

H. Mohd Rosli, N. M. Saleh, M. I. Mohd Noor, M. Norwati, B. Norlia and A. Norwati

Analysis of expressed sequence tags derived from inflorescence shoot of Tectona grandis (teak)

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 5633-5640

 

Zahida H. Pervaiz, Malik A. Rabbani, Stephen R. Pearce and Salman A. Malik

Determination of genetic variability of Asian rice (Oryza sativa L.) varieties using microsatellite markers

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 5641-5651

 

John Odipio, Geoffrey Tusiime, Leena Tripathi and Valentine Aritua

Genetic homogeneity among Ugandan isolates of Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum revealed by randomly amplified polymorphic DNA analysis

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 5652-5660

 

J. F. Antiabong, B. Yakubu, O. A. Owolodun, W. Bertu and R. A. Ocholi

Molecular detection of Brucella spp. from broth culture of clinical samples in Nigeria: Its role in vaccine quality control

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 5661-5665

 

Kang Guozhang, Zhu Zhonghou, Guo Tiancai and Ren Jiangping

Isolation and expression pattern of COR15b and KIN1 genes in watermelon and pumpkin

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 5666-5672

 

Liu Hong, Chen Yan, Li Gang, Liu Xue-qun and Qin Rui

Analyses of karyotypes and comparative physical locations of the resistance gene, Xa-5, between Oryza sativa and Oryza officinalis

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 5673-5678

 

 

 

PLANT AND AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY

 

Diabate, S., Franqueville, H (De), Adon, B, Coulibaly, O. A. and Ake, S.

The role of phenolic compounds in the determination of wilt disease tolerance of oil palm (Elaeis guineensis JACQ)

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 5679-5690

 

Alveera Singh, Thangaraj Kandasamy and Bharti Odhav

In vitro propagation of Alternanthera sessilis (sessile joyweed), a famine food plant

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 5691-5695

 

Belma Caliskan, Hatice Colgecen and Sevil Pehlivan

Pollen characteristics and in vitro pollen germination of Cedrus libani A. Rich.

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 5696-5701

 

Chun-Shan Quan, Xin Li, Jun-Hua Wang, Wei Zheng and Sheng-Di Fan

Optimal control of a batch bioreactor for the production of a novel antifungal substance CF66I

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 5702-5710

 

A. Javaid

Growth, nodulation and yield of black gram [Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper] as influenced by biofertilizers and soil amendments

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 5711-5717

 

I. D. Arya, Sudhir Sharma Sudhir Chauhan and Sarita Arya

Micropropagation of superior eucalyptus hybrids FRI-5 (Eucalyptus camaldulensis Dehn x E. tereticornis Sm) and FRI-14(Eucalyptus torelliana F.V. Muell x E. citriodora Hook): A commercial multiplication and field evaluation

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 5718-5726

 

Yoon Ha Kim, Muhammad Hamayun, Abdul Latif Khan, Chae In Na, Sang Mo Kang, Hyun Hee Han and In-Jung Lee

Exogenous application of plant growth regulators increased the total flavonoid content in Taraxacum officinale Wigg

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 5727-5736

 

Murat Zencirkiran

Determination of native woody landscape plants in Bursa and Uludag

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 5737-5746

 

E. Otoo and R. Asiedu

Sensory evaluation: The last hurdle in varietal development of yams (Dioscorea rotundata, poir) in Ghana

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 5747-5754

 

Siamak Shirani, Fatemeh Mahdavi and Mahmood Maziah

Morphological abnormality among regenerated shoots of banana and plantain (Musa spp.) after in vitro multiplication with TDZ and BAP from excised shoot-tips
[Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 5755-5761

 

Irum Naz, Asghari Bano and Tamoor-Ul-Hassan

Isolation of phytohormones producing plant growth promoting rhizobacteria from weeds growing in Khewra salt range, Pakistan and their implication in providing salt tolerance to Glycine max L. 

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 5762-5768

 

Esin Akçam Oluk and Ali Çakır

Micropropagation of Origanum sipyleum L., an endemic medicinal herb of Turkey

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 5769-5772

 

Xiaoshan Wang, Guoqi Zhao and Hongru Gu

Physiological and antioxidant responses of three leguminous species to saline environment during seed germination stage

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 5773-5779

 

 

 

ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

 

Harrison Ifeanyichukwu Atagana

Biodegradation of PAHs by fungi in contaminated-soil containing cadmium and nickel ions

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 5780-5789

 

Shu-Peng Liu, Chun-Ying Niu, Xue-Ling Li and Heng Chen

Ultramicroscopic observation of recombinant adeno-associated virus type 2 on the surface of formvar-carbon coated copper grids under different relative humidity and incubation time using negative stain transmission electron microscopy

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 5790-5798

 

Md. Kamal Uddin, Abdul Shukor Juraimi, Mohd. Razi Ismail, Radziah Othman and Anuar Abdul Rahim

Growth response of eight tropical turfgrass species to salinity

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 5799-5806

 

Farah Nadia Omar, Nor’Aini Abdul Rahman and Halimatun

Separation and recovery of organic acids from fermented kitchen waste by an integrated process
[Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 5807-5813

 

H. Özbay and A. Altındag

Zooplankton abundance in the River Kars, Northeast Turkey: Impact of environmental variables

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 5814-5818

 

Braj Raj Singh, Aminuddin, Abdulaziz A. Al-Khedhairy, Fahad Al-Qurainy and Javed Musarrat

Molecular diagnostics and phylogenetic analysis of ‘Candidatus phytoplasma asteris’ (16SrI- Aster yellow group) infecting banana (Musa spp.)

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 5819-5824

 

P. J. Oberholster, A-M. Botha and J. G. Myburgh

Linking climate change and progressive eutrophication to incidents of clustered animal mortalities in different geographical regions of South Africa

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 5825-5832

 

Hamidreza Taheri, Fatemeh Tabandeh, Hossein Moravej, Mojtaba Zaghari, Mahmood Shivazad and Parvin Shariati

Potential probiotic of Lactobacillus johnsonii LT171 for chicken nutrition

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 5833-5837

 

Ş. Alp, F. Çelik N. Türkoğlu and S. Karagöz

The effects of different warm stratification periods on the seed germination of some Rosa taxa

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 5838-5841

 

 

 

INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY

 

Cristian J. Bolner de Lima, Luciana Fontes Coelho, Kate Cristina Blanco and Jonas Contiero

Response surface optimization of D(-)-lactic acid production by Lactobacillus SMI8 using corn steep liquor and yeast autolysate as an alternative nitrogen source

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 5842-5846

 

A. Ganesh and J. Lin

Diesel degradation and biosurfactant production by Gram-positive isolates

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 5847-5854

 

M. A. Baset Mia, Z. H. Shamsuddin, Z. Wahab and M. Marziah

The effect of rhizobacterial inoculation on growth and nutrient accumulation of tissue-cultured banana plantlets under low N-fertilizer regime

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 5855-5866

 

Nadia Ikram, Shumaila Naz, M. Ibrahim Rajoka, Saima Sadaf and M. Waheed Akhtar

Enhanced production of subtilisin of Pyrococcus furiosus expressed in Escherichia coli using auto-inducing medium

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 5867-5872

 

Abdulla D. Altalhi

Plasmids profiles, antibiotic and heavy metal resistance incidence of endophytic bacteria isolated from grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.)

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 5873-5882

 

 

 

 

FOOD TECHNOLOGY

 

Oluyege, A. O., Dada, A. C., Ojo, A. M. and Oluwadare, E.

Antibiotic resistance profile of bacterial isolates from food sold on a University campus in south western Nigeria

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 5883-5887

 

Taiwo A. Abidemi, Oyedepo J. Adebayo, Oluwadare Idowu and M. O. Agbotoba

Nutrient content and anti-nutritional factors in shea butter (Butryospermum parkii) leaves

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 5888-5890

 

 

 

APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY

 

Adediji, J. F., Obaleye, J. A., Adediran, G. O., Adebayo, M. A. and Olayinka, E. T.

Fe (III) complex of mefloquine hydrochloride: Synthesis, antimicrobial and toxicological activities

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 5891-5896

 

Hunsa Punnapayak, Sehanat Prasongsuk, Kurt Messner, Khanchai Danmek and Pongtharin Lotrakul

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) degradation by laccase from a tropical white rot fungus Ganoderma lucidum

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 5897-5900

 

 

 

MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

 

Miguel A. Zavala-Sánchez, Cuauhtémoc Pérez-González, Lucina Arias-García and Salud Pérez-Gutiérrez

Anti-inflammatory activity of Wigandia urens and Acalypha alopecuroides

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 5901-5905

 

Y. Safdari and S. K. Kazemitabar

Plant tissue culture study on two different races of purslane (Portulaca oleracea L.)

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 5906-5912

 

Eichie, F. E. and Kudehinbu, A. O.

Effect of particle size of granules on some mechanical properties of paracetamol tablets

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 5913-5916

 

Hai-Tao Liu, Fei Li, Yue-Min Wang, Wayne Bond Lau, Ling Tao, Yuan Yuan and Hai-Chang Wang

A comparison of efficacy between conventional and modified methods of the chronic myocardial ischemia/reperfusion model

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 5917-5921

 

Enosolease Mathew Ebose and Imarengiaye Charles Osalumese

Blood shortage situation: An audit of red blood cells order and pattern of utilization

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 5922-5925

 

 

 

ENTOMOLOGY

 

Sakine Serap Avgın and Iskender Emre

A taxonomic review of the species of the genus Amara Bonelli (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Pterostichinae) from south-central Turkey

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 5926-5936

 

Fikremariam Abebe, Tadele Tefera, Stephen Mugo, Yoseph Beyene and Stefan Vidal

Resistance of maize varieties to the maize weevil Sitophilus zeamais (Motsch.) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 5937-5943

 

 

 

BIOTECHNIQUES

 

Ertan Sait Kurtar, Ahmet Balkaya, Mehtap Ozbakir and Tenzile Ofluoglu

Induction of haploid embryo and plant regeneration via irradiated pollen technique in pumpkin (Cucurbita moschata Duchesne ex. Poir)

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 5944-5951

 

M. M. Khalafalla, H. M. Daffalla, H. A. El-Shemy and E. Abdellatef

Establishment of in vitro fast-growing normal root culture of Vernonia amygdalina - a potent African medicinal plant

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 5952-5957

 

Ricardo Tovar-Miranda, Raúl Cortés-García, Samuel Cruz-Sánchez, Rodolfo Méndez Bellido, Arturo Coaviche and Héctor Luna

Enzymatic hydrolysis of esters from 2-carboxy-6-methoxy-2,3-dihydrobenzofuran acid

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 5958-5963

 

Mehmet Budakci, Ayhan Ozcifci, Hamza Cinar and Abdullah Sonmez

Effects of application methods and species of wood on color changes of varnishes

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 5964-5970

 

 

 

AQUACULTURE

 

Zuharlida Tuan Harith, Fatimah Mohd Yusoff, Mohd Shamzi Mohamed, Mohamed Shariff Mohamed Din and Arbakariya B. Ariff

Effect of different flocculants on the flocculation performance of microalgae, Chaetoceros calcitrans, cells

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 5971-5978

 

 

 

PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES

 

Stella O. Olagbende-Dada, Grace E. Ukpo, Herbert A. B. Coker and Samuel A. Adesina

Oxytocic and anti-implantation activities of the leaf extracts of Graptophyllum pictum (Linn.) Griff. (Acanthaceae)

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 5979-5984

 

F. C. Nwiny and H. O. Kwanashie

Evaluation of Sorghum bicolor leaf base extract for gastrointestinal effects

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 5985-5994

 

Bindu Arora and Trupti Jagdale

Altered membrane permeability in multidrug resistant Escherichia coli isolated from extra-intestinal infections

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 5995-5999

 

 

 

ANIMAL SCIENCE

 

Imran, G. T.,  Ayeni, O. D.,  Okunade, A. S. and  Oyeleye, B.

Potential of replacing pawpaw fruit and leaves with cabbage peels as a natural feedstuff in the diet of Achatina achatina linne (African giant land snail)
[Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 6000-6003

 

S. G. Zaku, F. A. Abdulrahaman, P. A. Onyeyili, O. C. Aguzue and S. A. Thomas

Phytochemical constituents and effects of aqueous root-bark extract of Ficus sycomorus L. (Moracaea) on muscular relaxation, anaesthetic and sleeping time on laboratory animals

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 6004-6006