Research Articles

 

GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Mohammad Hassan Shahhosseiny, Pargol Ghavam Mostafavi, Seyed Mohammad Reza Fatemi and Elnaz Karimi

Clade identification of symbiotic zooxanthellae of dominant sclerectinian coral species of intertidal pools in Hengam Island

        [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1502-1506

        DOI: 10.5897/AJB10.1093

 
Sajjad Toghiani

Genetic parameters and correlations among linear type traits in the first lactation of Holstein Dairy cows

        [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1507-1510

        DOI: 10.5897/AJB10.2156

 

Y. Danso, R. Akromah and K. Osei

Molecular marker screening of tomato, (solanum lycopersicum L.) Germplasm for root-knot nematodes (Meloidogyne species) resistance

        [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1511-1515

        DOI: 10.5897/AJB10.2095

M. Adeli Sardou, A. Baghizadeh, A. Tavasoli and S. Babaei

The use of microsatellite markers for genetic diversity assessment of genus Hordeum L. in Kerman province (Iran)

        [Abtstract]  [Full Text]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1516-1521

        DOI: 10.5897/AJB10.959

       

 

Sharifi Yazdi MK, Akbari A. and Soltan Dallal MM

Multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay for simultaneous detection of shiga-like toxin (stx1 and stx2), intimin (eae) and invasive plasmid antigen H (ipaH) genes in diarrheagenic Escherichia coli

        [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1522-1526

        DOI: 10.5897/AJB10.1443

 

 

 

PLANT AND AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY

 

L. L. Pelegrini, L. L. F. Ribas, F. Zanette and H. S. Koehler

Micropropagation of Ocotea porosa (Nees & Martius) Barroso

        [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1527-1533

        DOI: 10.5897/AJB09.976

 

Rozina Hamayoon, Hamayoon Khan, Shahenshah, Lubna Naz, Iqbal Munir, M. Arif, Ibni Amin Khalil and Amir Zaman Khan

Performance of chickpea genotypes under two different environmental conditions

        [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1534-1544

        DOI: 10.5897/AJB10.1061

Yeşim Okay, Asli Günöz and Khalid Mahmood Khawar

Effects of cold stratification pretreatment and pH level on germination of Centaurea tchihatcheffii Fisch. et Mey. seeds

        [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1545-1549

        DOI: 10.5897/AJB10.1364

 

Muhd Azlan Abd Ghani, Yahya Awang and Kamaruzaman Sijam

Disease occurrence and fruit quality of pre-harvest calcium treated red flesh dragon fruit (Hylocereus polyrhizus)

        [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1550-1558

        DOI: 10.5897/AJB10.1440

 

I. Rajpar, I. Jandan, Zia-ul-hassan, G. M. Jamro and A. N. Shah

Enhanced fodder yield of maize genotypes under saline irrigation is a function of their increased K accumulation and better K/Na ratio

        [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1559-1565

        DOI: 10.5897/AJB10.1525

 

Derya Eşen, Oktay Yıldız, Şemsettin Kulaç, Emrah Çiçek, Cengiz Çetintaş, Bilal Çetin, Neval Güneş, and Çiğdem Kutsal

Early growth performances of various seed sources of black (Prunus serotina Erhr.) and wild cherry (Prunus avium L.) seedlings on low and high elevation sites in the western Black Sea Region of Turkey

        [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1566-1572

        DOI: 10.5897/AJB10.1706

Sabriye Yazici, Yusuf Yanar and Isa Karaman

Evaluation of bacteria for biological control of early blightdisease of tomato

        [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1573-1577

        DOI: 10.5897/AJB10.1718

Nevzat Çakicier, Süleyman Korkut and Fatma Deniz Güler

Effects of heating treatment on some of the physical properties of varnish layers applied on various wood species

        [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1578-1585

        DOI: 10.5897/AJB10.1341

 

Mehreen Abbas, S. M. Nizami, Aamir Saleem, Saeed Gulzar and Irshad A. Khan

Biomass expansion factors of Olea ferruginea (Royle) in sub tropical forests of Pakistan

        [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1586-1592

        DOI: 10.5897/AJB10.2028

       

 

Simon A. Mng’omba, Festus K. Akinnifesi, Gudeta Sileshi, Oluyede C. Ajayi, Betserai I. Nyoka and Ramni Jamnadass

Water application rate and frequency affect seedling survival and growth of Vangueria infausta and Persea americana

        [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1593-1599

        DOI: 10.5897/AJB10.710

 

P. Wongtiem, D. Courtois, B. Florin, M. Juchaux, D. Peltier, P. Broun and J.P. Ducos

Effects of cytokinins on secondary somatic embryogenesis of selected clone Rayong 9 of Manihot esculenta Crantz for ethanol production

        [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1600-1608

        DOI: 10.5897/AJB10.1820

 

 

 

ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

 

D. Štajner, S. Orlović, B. M. Popović, M. Kebert and Z. Galić

Screening of drought oxidative stress tolerance in Serbian melliferous plant species

        [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1609-1614

        DOI: 10.5897/AJB10.485

Khin Thuzar Win, Aung Zaw Oo, Tadashii Hirasawa, Taiichiro Ookawa and Hirata Yutaka

Genetic analysis of Myanmar Vigna species in responses to salt stress at the seedling stage

        [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1615-1624

        DOI: 10.5897/AJB10.1298

       

 

Azamalsadat Hosseini Alhashemi, Abdol Reza Karbassi, Bahram Hassanzadeh Kiabi, Seyed Massoud Monavari and Mohammad Bagher Nabavi

Accumulation and bioaccessibility of trace elements in wetland sediments

        [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1625-1636

        DOI: 10.5897/AJB10.981

       

       

Lee, S. H., Woo, S.Y., Nasr, Z., Zineddine, M., Khaldi, A. and Rejeb, M. N.

Can net photosynthesis and water relations provide a clue on the forest decline of Quercus suber in North Tunisia?

[Abstract]  [Full Text]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1637-1639

DOI: 10.5897/AJB10.2026

 

 

 

INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY

Teo, K. C. and Teoh, S. M.

Preliminary biological screening of microbes isolated from cow dung in Kampar
[Abstract]  [Full Text]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1640-1645

DOI: 10.5897/AJB10.1589

 

 

FOOD MICROBIOLOGY

 

Şenol Köse and Elvan Ocak

Changes occurring in plain, straining and winter yoghurt during the storage periods

[Abstract]  [Full Text]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1646-1650

DOI: 10.5897/AJB10.1786

 

Ismaila Yada Sudi, Nandita De, and Umaru Ali Dunkrah

Nigerian indigenous yoghurt (kindirmo) production using Lactobacillus bulgaricus and Streptococcus thermophilus mutants as starter culture
[Abstract]  [Full Text]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1651-1654

DOI: 10.5897/AJB10.1829

 

 

 

APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY

A. Nouani, F. Moulti- Mati, S. Belbraouet and MM. Bellal

Purification and characterization of a milk-clotting protease from Mucor pusillus: Method comparison

[Abstract]  [Full Text]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1655-1665

DOI: 10.5897/AJB10.1665

 

Pakorn Winayanuwattikun, Chutima Kaewpiboon, Kingkaew Piriyakananon Warawut Chulalaksananukul, Tikamporn Yongvanich and Jisnuson Svasti

Immobilized lipase from potential lipolytic microbes for catalyzing biodiesel production using palm oil as feedstock
[Abstract]  [Full Text]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1666-1673

DOI: 10.5897/AJB10.1802

Shazia Khurshid, Muhammad Akram Kashmiri, Zahid Quershi and Waqar Ahmad

Optimization of glucose oxidase production by Aspergillus niger

[Abstract]  [Full Text]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1674-1678

DOI: 10.5897/AJB08.100

 

H. N. Ongendangenda and T. V. Ojumu

The effect of initial pH on the kinetics of ferrous-iron biooxidation at low temperature
[Abstract]  [Full Text]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1679-1683

DOI: 10.5897/AJB10.1363

Chee Wun How, Rasedee Abdullah and Roghayeh Abbasalipourkabir

Physicochemical properties of nanostructured lipid carriers as colloidal carrier system stabilized with polysorbate 20 and polysorbate 80

[Abstract]  [Full Text]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1684-1689

DOI: 10.5897/AJB10.1667

 

 

 

MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

Hesham H. Radwan, Ihab M. Moussa and Ibrahim A. Alsarra

Optimization of a fed-batch fermentation process for production of bleomycin by Streptomyces mobaraensis ATCC 15003
[Abstract]  [Full Text]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1690-1695

DOI: 10.5897/AJB10.1671

Muhammad Nisar, Salimullah Khan, Ahsana Dar, Wajid Rehman, Razaullah Khan6 and Irfanullah Jan

Antidepressant screening and flavonoids isolation from Eremostachys laciniata (L) Bunge

[Abstract]  [Full Text]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1696-1699

DOI: 10.5897/AJB10.1254

A. O. Idowu, B. B. Oluremi and N. I. Seidu

Incidence and susceptibility pattern of clinical isolates from pus producing infection to antibiotics and Carica papaya seed extract

        [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1700-1704

        DOI: 10.5897/AJB10.1277

Ajani, Emmanuel O., Ajibola, Abdulwaheed, Salau, Bamidele A., Odufuwa, Temitope K. and Odewabi, Adesina Olalekan

Preliminary report on hepatic and cardiovascular risk assessment of automobile mechanics in Nigeria

        [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1705-1711

        DOI: 10.5897/AJB10.1629

 

 

 

ENTOMOLOGY

 

Ting Ji, Ling Yin and Guohong Chen

Genetic diversity and population structure of Chinese honeybees (Apis cerana) under microsatellite markers

        [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1712-1720

        DOI: 10.5897/AJB10.753

 

 

 

FISHERY SCIENCE

 

Ali Ulaş and Ilker Aydin

The effects of jig color and lunar bright on coastal squid jigging

        [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1721-1726

        DOI: 10.5897/AJB10.1775