Reviews

Babatunde C. Akande, Patrick A. Ndakidemi, Olalekan Fatoki and James
Odendaal

The possible effect of the bioaccumulation of disinfectant by-products on
crops irrigated with treated wastewater

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1280-1287

 

 

 

Research Articles

 

GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

 

Chun You, Hanying Yuan, Qiang Huang and Hong Lu

Substrate molecule enhances the thermostability of a mutant of a family 11 xylanase from Neocallimastix patriciarum

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1288-1294

 

Md. Shafiqul Islam Sikdar and Jung-Sup Kim

Expression of a natural fusion gene for uracil phosphoribosyltransferase and uridine kinase from rice shows growth retardation by 5-fluorouridine or 5-fluorouracil in Escherichia coli

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1295-1303

 

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

Cloning and characterization of a nitrite reductase gene related to somatic embryogenesis in Gossypium hirsutum

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1304-1311

 

F. M. Abbasi, H. Ahmad, F. Perveen, Inamullah, M. Sajid and D. S. Brar

Assessment of genomic relationship between Oryza sativa and Oryza australinesis

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1312-1316

 

 
 

PLANT AND AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY

 

Simon A. Mng’omba, Festus K. Akinnifesi, Gudeta Sileshi and Oluyede C. Ajayi

Rootstock growth and development for increased graft success of mango (Mangifera indica) in the nursery

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1317-1324

 

Xia Li, Kun Cao, Chao Wang, Zhi-wei Sun and Lina Yan

Variation of photosynthetic tolerance of rice cultivars (Oryza sativa L.) to chilling temperature in the light

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1325-1337

 
Maralian Habib

Sugarbeet (Beta vulgaris L.) seed pre-treatment with water and HCl to improve germination

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1338-1342

 

Ertan Sait Kurtar

Modelling the effect of temperature on seed germination in some cucurbits

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1343-1353

 

Zhigang Li, Aiqin Liu, Huasong Wu, Lehe Tan, Yuzhou Long, Yafeng Gou, Shiwei Sun and Liwei Sang

Influence of temperature, light and plant growth regulators on germination of black pepper (Piper nigrum L.) seeds

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1354-1358

 

 

 

INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY

 

M. A. Ramos-López, S. Perez-G, C. Rodríguez-Hernández, P. Guevara-Fefer and Miguel A. Zavala-Sánchez

Activity of Ricinus communis (Euphorbiaceae) against Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1359-1365 

 

 

 

APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY

 

Hai-feng Pan , Wen-na Bao, Zhi-peng Xie and Jian-guo Zhang

Optimization of medium composition for cis-epoxysuccinate hydrolase production in Escherichia coli by response surface methodology

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1366-1373

 

 

 

MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL BIOCHEMISTRY

 

Azu, O. O., Duru, F. I. O., Osinubi, A. A., Noronha, C. C., Elesha, S. O. and Okanlawon A. O.

Preliminary study on the antioxidant effect of Kigelia africana fruit extract (Bignoniacieae) in male Sprague-Dawley rats

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1374-1381

 

Say-yed Hesameddin Tafreshi, Saeed Mirdamadi, Dariush Norouzian, Shohreh Khatami and Soroush Sardari

Effect of non-nutritional factors on nisin production

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1382-1391 

 

 

BIOTECHNIQUES

 

Tingheng Zhu, Weixia Wang, Hann-lin Wong, Xiao Yang, Kun Wang and Zhifeng Cui

Construction of gateway-compatible yeast two-hybrid vectors for high throughput analysis of protein interaction

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1392-1396