Reviews

Kamal Payghamzadeh and Sayyed Kamal Kazemitabar

In vitro propagation of walnut - A review

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 290-311

        DOI: 10.5897/AJB10.324

 

Eyualem Abebe, Tesfamariam Mekete and William K. Thomas

A critique of current methods in nematode taxonomy

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 312-323

        DOI: 10.5897/AJB10.1473

 

Salihu Aliyu and Muntari Bala

Brewer’s spent grain: A review of its potentials and applications

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 324-331

        DOI: 10.5897/AJBx10.006
 

       

 

 

 

Research Articles

 

GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

 

Amtul Jamil Sami, Muhammad Tahir Nazir, Zohra Jabeen and AR Shakoori

Gene study within the 5' flanking regions of growth hormone gene of first exon in Bos indicus

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 332-336

        DOI: 10.5897/AJB10.1221

 

Moddassir Ahmed, Saima Iqbal, Farhatullah and Aftab Bashir

Isolation and identification of differentially expressed genes between Gossypium arboreum and Gossypium hirsutum species

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 337-343

        DOI: 10.5897/AJB10.215

 

Mohammad Haroon Khan, Hamid Rashid and Asif Mir

Phylogenetic analysis of human Tp53 gene using computational approach

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 344-349

        DOI: 10.5897/AJB10.589

 

 

PLANT AND AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY

 

Nwe Nwe Htwe, Mahmood Maziah, Ho Chai Ling, Faridah Qamaruz Zaman and Abdullah Mohd Zain

Responses of some selected Malaysian rice genotypes to callus induction under in vitro salt stress

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 350-362

        DOI: 10.5897/AJB10.097

 

Vahideh Ahmadzadeh, Jafar Majidi, Nader Chaparzadeh, Jalal Abdolalizadeh and Mohammad Reza Aliparasti

Production and purification of polyclonal anti-hamster immunoglobulins in rabbits

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 363-367

        DOI: 10.5897/AJB10.377

D. H. Lyra, L. S. Sampaio, D. A. Pereira, A. P. Silva and C. L. F. Amaral

Pollen viability and germination in Jatropha ribifolia and Jatropha mollissima (Euphorbiaceae): Species with potential for biofuel production

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 368-374

        DOI: 10.5897/AJB10.808

Wei Yan, Ming Zhao, Yan Ma, Ying-hong Pan and Wen-xia Yuan

Primary purification of two antifungal proteins from leaves of the fig (Ficus carica L.)

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 375-379

        DOI: 10.5897/AJB10.1089

 

Maryam Peyrovi, S.H. Goldansaz and Kh. Talebi Jahromi

Using Ferula assafoetida essential oil as adult carob moth repellent in Qom pomegranate orchards (Iran)

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 380-385

        DOI: 10.5897/AJB10.1232

 

Leyla Uslu, Oya Işik, Kemal Koç and Tolga Göksan

The effects of nitrogen deficiencies on the lipid and protein contents of Spirulina platensis

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 386-389

        DOI: 10.5897/AJB10.1547

 

K. M. Pofu and P. W. Mashela

Using relative penetration and maleness indices in Meloidogyne incognita to establish resistance type in Cucumis myriocarpus

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 390-393

        DOI: 10.5897/AJB10.1584

 

 

 

ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

Randy H. Adams, Kikey Kanga-Leyva, Francisco J. Guzmán-Osorio and Erika Escalante-Espinosa

Comparison of moisture management methods for the bioremediation of hydrocarbon contaminated soil
[Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 394-404

DOI: 10.5897/AJB09.1868

Makhera, M., Gumbo, J. R. and Chigayo, K.

Monitoring of microcystin-LR in Luvuvhu River catchment: Implications for human health
[Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 405-412

DOI: 10.5897/AJB10.1280

 

 

 

INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY

Oyagbemi, A. A., Ogunleye, A. O., Lawal, T. O. and Azeez, I. O.

The effect of Cnidoscolus aconitifolius on multi-drug resistant micro-organisms

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 413-415

        DOI: 10.5897/AJB10.353

 

 

 

FOOD TECHNOLOGY

A. S. Olawale

Studies in concentration and preservation of sorrel extract

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 416-423

        DOI: 10.5897/AJB09.540

 

Simin Hagh Nazari

Sonicated date syrup media preparation for microbial culture

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 424-432

        DOI: 10.5897/AJB10.582

 

L. C. Okpala and E. C. Okoli

Nutritional evaluation of cookies produced from pigeon pea, cocoyam and sorghum flour blends

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 433-438

        DOI: 10.5897/AJB10.1318

       

Samareh Fallah, Mohammad Chamani, Mehdi Aminafshar and Hamid Ezzatpanah

Genomic study of the cereolysin A and B genes in Bacillus cereus isolated from raw and pasteurized milk
[Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 439-441

DOI: 10.5897/AJB10.1118

 

 

 

MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

S. Amiri, S. K. Kazemitabar, G. A. Ranjbar and M. Azadbakht

In vitro propagation and whole plant regeneration from callus in Datura (Datura stramonium. L)

[Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 442-448

DOI: 10.5897/AJB09.1968  

 

 

BIOTECHNIQUES

 

Haidong Tan, Yueguang Li, Ling Chen, Tomonari Kasai and Masaharu Seno

Construction of a high-efficiency multi-site-directed mutagenesis

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 449-452

        DOI: 10.5897/AJB10.1408

 

 

 

AQUACULTURE

 

Yasemin Bulut Mutlu, Oya Işık, Leyla Uslu, Kemal Koç and Yaşar Durmaz

The effects of nitrogen and phosphorus deficiencies and nitrite addition on the lipid content of Chlorella vulgaris (Chlorophyceae)

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 453-456

        DOI: 10.5897/AJB10.1390

 

 

 

PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES

Ebi, G. C. and Afieroho, O. E.

Phytochemical and antimicrobial studies on Detarium microcarpum Guill and Sperr (Caesalpinioceae) seeds coat

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 457-462

        DOI: 10.5897/AJB09.2009

Rafiq R. A. Abou-Shaaban, Riyadh M. Al-Ashban, Hassan Sher and Arif H. Shah

Effect of a calcineurin inhibitor tacrolimus (FK506) treatment on meiotic chromosomes in testes, epididymal spermatozoa and fertility in Swiss Albino male mice

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 463-469

        DOI: 10.5897/AJB10.1688