Reviews

 

Jishan Niu and Dexian He

Molecular basis of powdery mildew resistance in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 4708-4716

 

Zhao Xining, Wu Pute, Feng Hao, Wang Youke and Shao Hongbo

Constructing ecological-protecting barrier: Basic research of rainfall runoff regulation and application in the Loess Plateau of China and its implications for global arid areas

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 4717-4723

 

Tian Xie, Anming Wang, Lifeng Huang, Haifeng Li, Zhenming Chen, Qiuyan Wang and Xiaopu Yin

Recent advance in the support and technology used in enzyme immobilization

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 4724-4733

 

Hai-Tao Liu, Fei Li, Rong-Hua Luan, Jin-Liang Xing, Rui-An Wang, Wen-Yi Guo and Hai-Chang Wang

Telomerase activity is not enough for tumor initiation in human cells

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 4734-4737

 

M. Rahimnejad, N. Mokhtarian and M. Ghasemi

Production of protein nanoparticles for food and drug delivery system

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 4738-4743

 

 

 

Research Articles

 

GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

 

H. F. Li, W. Q. Zhu, K. W. Chen, X. Wu, Q. P. Tang, Y. S. Gao, W. T. Song, W. J. and Xu, H. L.

Polymorphism in NPY and IGF-I genes associate with reproductive traits in Wenchang chicken

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 4744-4748

 

Wilfred Fon Mbacham, Marie-Solange Bebandoue Evehe, Palmer Masumbe Netongo, Innocent Mbuli Ali, Nfor Emmanuel Nfor, Ateh Isabel Akaragwe, Patrice Nsangou Mimche, Akindeh Nji, Cyrille Finyom Djoko, Bantar Tawe, Bidla Gawa, Theresia Asongna, Gang Boniface Toh, Barbara Atogho-Tieudeu, Nabi Nge, Raymond Ebeng, John Ahmadou Mokube, Christopher Kuaban, Jean Bickii, Veronique Penlap, Vincent Pryde Titanji and Njifutie Njikam

Mutations within folate metabolising genes of Plasmodium falciparum in Cameroon

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 4749-4754

 

J. N. Chi, G. Y. Han, X. F. Wang, G. Y. Zhang, Y. X. Sun and Z. Y. Ma

Isolation and molecular characterization of a novel homogalacturonan galacturonosyl transferase gene (GbGAUT1) from Gossypium barbadense

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 4755-4764

 

Boney Kuriakose, V. Ganesan, George Thomas, Arun Viswanathan and Narayanaswamy Anand

Random amplification of genomic ends (RAGE) as an efficient method for isolation and cloning of promoters and uncloned genomic regions

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 4765-4773

 

Zhang Qingxia, Xu Xuefeng, Wang Yi, Li Tianzhong, Kong Jin and Han Zhenhai

Isolation and preliminary function analysis of a Na⁺/H⁺ antiporter gene from Malus zumi

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 4774-4781

 

Peng Li, Yangdong Wang, Yicun Chen and Shanshan Zhang

Genetic diversity and association of ISSR markers with the eleostearic content in tung tree (Vernicia fordii)

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 4782-4788

 

Bingyu Zhang, Xianghua Zhang, Hong Li, Xiangming Zhou and Xiaohua Su

Cloning and expression analysis of an E-class MADS-box gene from Populus deltoides

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 4789-4796

 

Yousef Mehmannavaz, Cyrus Amirinia, Mortaza Bonyadi and Rasoul Vaez Torshizi

Effects of bovine prolactin gene polymorphism within exon 4 on milk related traits and genetic trends in Iranian Holstein bulls

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 4797-4801

 

Muhammad Babar, Yehoshua Saranga, Zafar Iqbal, Muhammad Arif, Yusuf Zafar, Edward Lubbers and Peng Chee

Identification of QTLs and impact of selection from various environments (dry vs irrigated) on the genetic relationships among the selected cotton lines from f6 population using a phylogenetic approach

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 4802-4810  [RETRACTION NOTICE]

 

A. Gorbani, R. Vaez Torshizi, M. Bonyadi and C. Amirinia

A MspI PCR-RFLP within bovin growth hormone gene and its association with sperm quality traits in Iranian Holstein bulls

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 4811-4816

 

Rami Sirelkhatem and Eisa E. l. Gaali

Phylogenic analysis in Acacia senegal using AFLP molecular markers across the Gum Arabic Belt in Sudan

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 4817-4823

 

Nada B. Hamza, Rami S. Habeballa and Isra E. Abdalla

Phylogenetic relationships within indigenous Sudanese Cassia senna (L.) using RAPD molecular markers

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 4824-4829

 

Ahmet Ipek, Erdogan Barut, Hatice Gulen and Meryem Ipek

Genetic diversity among some blackberry cultivars and their relationship with Boysenberry assessed by AFLP Markers

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 4830-4834

 

Marjanovic-Jeromela Ana, Kondic-Spika Ankica, Saftic-Pankovic Dejana, Marinkovic Radovan and Hristov Nikola

Phenotypic and molecular evaluation of genetic diversity of rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) genotypes

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 4835-4844

 

Z. N. Hao, J. Wang, L. P. Wang and R. X. Tao

Influences of the disease resistance conferred by the individual transgenes, Pi-d2, Pi-d3 and Xa21, on the transgenic rice plants in yield and grain quality

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 4845-4848

 

Yong Zhang, Kejun Deng, Liyuan Xie, Xiulan Li, Bin Wang and Li Chen

Genetic diversity analysis and conservation of the Chinese herb Salvia miltiorrhiza collected from different geographic origins in China

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 4849-4855

 

Kang Wang, Junmei Kang, He Zhou, Yan Sun, Qingchuan Yang, Jie Dong and Lin Meng

Genetic diversity of Iris lactea var. chinensis germplasm detected by inter-simple sequence repeat (ISSR)

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 4856-4863

 

 

 

PLANT AND AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY

 

Taha Roodbar Shojaei, Niaz Ali Sepahvand, Mansour Omidi, Hamid Reza Abdi and Sepehr Mohajeri Naraghi

The effect of plant growth regulators, cultivars and substrate combination on production of virus free potato minitubers

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 4864-4871

 

Hacı Ahmet Yolasığmaz and Sedat Keleş

Changes in carbon storage and oxygen production in forest timber biomass of Balci Forest Management Unit in Turkey between 1984 and 2006

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 4872-4883

 

Ismail Cimen, Vedat Pirinc, Abuzer Sagır, Cagdas Akpinar and Sadettin Guzel

Effects of solarization and vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus (VAM) on phytopthora blight (Phytophthora capsici leonian) and yield in pepper

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 4884-4894

 

Mohamed T. Lahai and Indira J. Ekanayake

Accumulation and distribution of dry matter in relation to root yield of cassava under a fluctuating water table in inland valley ecology

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 4895-4905

 

G. Olaoye

Evaluation of new generation maize steak virus (MSV) resistant maize varieties for adaptation to a southern guinea savanna ecology of Nigeria

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 4906-4910

 

Xiaohong Liu, Hongmei Zhang, Chunlian Wu, Zhenbo Tan, Daowen He and Linhui Li

Establishment of a high-efficiency plant regeneration and transformation system for the elite maize inbred lines from three heterotic groups

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 4911-4917

 

E. B. Carpici, N. Celık and G. Bayram

Effects of salt stress on germination of some maize (Zea mays L.) cultivars

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 4918-4922

 

J. O. Saka and B. O. Lawal

Determinants of adoption and productivity of improved rice varieties in southwestern Nigeria

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 4923-4932

 

O. O. Aina, A. G. O. Dixon, Ilona Paul and E. A. Akinrinde

G×E interaction effects on yield and yield components of cassava (landraces and improved) genotypes in the savanna regions of Nigeria

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 4933-4945

 

Özhan Boz

Effects of olive processing waste, chicken manure and Dazomet on weeds with or without soil solarisation
[Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 4946-4952

 

Rasool Azarmi, Mousa Torabi Giglou and Behzad Hajieghrari

The effect of sheep-manure vermicompost on quantitative and qualitative properties of cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) grown in the greenhouse

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 4953-4957

 

Leyla Idikut, Iskender Tiryaki, Selahattin Tosun and Huseyin Celep

Nitrogen rate and previous crop effects on some agronomic traits of two corn (Zea mays L.) cultivars Maverik and Bora

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 4958-4963

 

Z. Olmez, A. Gokturk, B. Karasah and H. Yilmaz

Effects of cold stratification and sulphuric acid pre-treatments on germination of three provenances of smoke-tree (Cotinus coggygria Scop.) seeds in greenhouse and laboratory conditions

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 4964-4968

 

Mikdat Simsek

Evaluation of selected fig genotypes from Southeast Turkey

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 4969-4976

 

 

 

ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

 

Xiao Tan, Fan-xiang Kong, Yang Yu and Min Zhang

Spatio-temporal variations of phytoplankton community composition assayed by morphological observation and photosynthetic pigment analyses in Lake Taihu (China)

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 4977-4982

 

Göknur Şişman Aydın, Ahmet Kocataş and Baha Büyükışık

Effects of light and temperature on the growth rate of potentially harmful marine diatom: Thalassiosira allenii Takano (Bacillariophyceae)

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 4983-4990

 

 

 

INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY

 

Ananthagiri Komuraiah, Krishna Bolla, Kollu Narasimha Rao, A. Ragan, V. S. Raju and M. A. Singara Charya

Antibacterial studies and phytochemical constituents of South Indian Phyllanthus species

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 4991-4995

 

Amenan A. Yao, Carine Dortu, Moutairou Egounlety, Cristina Pinto, Vinodh A. Edward, Melanie Huch (née Kostinek), Charles M. A. P. Franz, Willhelm Holzapfel, Samuel Mbugua, Moses Mengu and Philippe Thonart

Production of freeze-dried lactic acid bacteria starter culture for cassava fermentation into gari

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 4996-5004

 

Fan-Suo Zeng, Wei-Wei Wang, Ya-Guang Zhan and Ying Xin

Establishment of the callus and cell suspension culture of Elaeagnus angustifolia for the production of condensed tannins

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 5005-5010

 

 

 

FOOD TECHNOLOGY

 

Messaouda Boukhemis, Baida Djeghri-Hocine, Ali Tahar and Abdeltif Amrane

Phenotypic characterization of Lactobacillus strains isolated from different biotopes

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 5011-5020

 

K. Sinan Dayisoylu, Ahmet D. Duman, M. Hakki Alma and Metin Digrak

Antimicrobial activity of the essential oils of rosin from cones of Abies cilicica subsp. cilicica

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 5021-5024

 

 

 

APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY

 

Fawzi Alsheyab, Moh'd Abbas, Yousef Mosameh and Shawter Ali

Immunohistochemical prognostic indicators of lymphoma tumors

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 5025-5029

 

Hamideh Ghodrati Azadi, Gholam Hossein Riazi, Seyed Mahmood Ghaffari, Shahin Ahmadian and Tahereh Javdani Khalife

Effects of Allium hirtifolium (Iranian shallot) and its allicin on microtubule and cancer cell lines

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 5030-5037

 

Fozia Anjum, Haq Nawaz Bhatti, Muhammad Afzal Ghauri, Ijaz Ahmad Bhatti, Muhammad Asgher and Muhammad Rafique Asi

Bioleaching of copper, cobalt and zinc from black shale by Penicillium notatum

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 5038-5045

 

Gölge Sarıkamış, Ahmet Balkaya and Ruhsar Yanmaz

Glucosinolates within a collection of white head cabbages (Brassica oleracea var. capitata sub.var. alba) from Turkey

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 5046-5052

 

Özlem Yildirim

The effect of vitamin C and cobalt supplementation on antioxidant status in healthy and diabetic rats

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 5053-5058

 

 

 

MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

 

A. W. Obianime and J. S. Aprioku

Comparative study of artesunate, ACTs and their combinants on the biochemical parameters of male guinea-pigs

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 5059-5065

 

Ali Qahtan Sulaiman, Farid Azizi Jalilian, Shuhaimi Mustafa, Zamberi Sekawi, Hasanah Mohd Ghazali, Anis Shobirin Meor Hussin and Abd Manap Yazid

Cholic acid resistance and the adherence ability of Bifidobacterium pseudocaenulatum G4

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 5066-5070

 

Jato Denis Mbako, Zainab Adamu, Jacob Kotei Afutu, Atiku Aliyu, Shamaki David, M. B. Umar and Chudy Nduaka

Effects of the aqueous extract of fresh leaves of Calotropis procera on haematological and biochemical parameters in female rabbits

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 5071-5075

 

S. N. Masola, R. D. Mosha and P. N. Wambura

Assessment of antimicrobial activity of crude extracts of stem and root barks from Adansonia digitata (Bombacaceae) (African baobab)

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 5076-5083

 

B. Ahmad, N. Ali, S. Bashir, M. I. Choudhary, S. Azam and I. Khan

Parasiticidal, antifungal and antibacterial activities of Onosma griffithii Vatke

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 5084-5087

 

Li, Ming-Yong, Li, Bin, Yan, Hong, Li, Yu-Long, Zhao, Ling-Cheng, Yan, Zi-Qiang, Li, Zhun and Ma and Xuang-Xiang

Modal analysis of maxillary central incisor tooth

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 5088-5096

 

Tzu Tai Lee, Chung Li Chen, Zhao Han Shieh, Jun Chen Lin and Bi Yu

Study on antioxidant activity of Echinacea purpurea L. extracts and its impact on cell viability

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 5097-5105

 

Panan Pattiyathanee, Ratha-korn Vilaichone and Nuntaree Chaichanawongsaroj

Effect of curcumin on Helicobacter pylori biofilm formation

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 5106-5115

 

Samina Shahid, Muhammad Asam Raza and Shafiq-Ur-Rehman

Synthesis, characterization and antimicrobial potential of transition metal complexes of triacetic lactone

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 5116-5121

 

Wings T. Y. Loo, L. J. Jin, Mary N. B. Cheung and Min Wang

The impact of diabetes on the success of dental implants and periodontal healing

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 5122-5127

 

 

 

ENTOMOLOGY

 

Sabri Unal and Erol Akkuzu

Larvaecidal effects of azadirachtin on the pine processionary moth

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 5128-5131

 

 

 

BIOTECHNIQUES

 

Jian-ping Zou, Jing Xu, Licheng Liu, Shuxiang Li, Chunfu Wu and Guanhua Du

Solubilization and purification of Escherichia coli expressed GST-fusion human vascular endothelial growth factors with N-Lauroylsarcosine

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 5132-5136