Research

 

MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

 

Toyin M. Salman, Luqman A. Olayaki and Wahab A. Oyeyemi

Aqueous extract of Telfairia occidentalis leaves reduces blood sugar and increases haematological and reproductive indices in male rats

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 2299-2303

 

J.K. Mensah, R.I. Okoli, J.O. Ohaju-Obodo and K. Eifediyi

Phytochemical, nutritional and medical properties of some leafy vegetables consumed by Edo people of Nigeria

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 2304-2309

 

Junaid Aslam, Mohammed S. Mohajir, Saeed A. Khan and Abdul Q. Khan

HPLC analysis of water-soluble vitamins (B1, B2, B3, B5, B6) in in vitro and ex vitro germinated chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 2310-2314

 

Beow Chin Yiap, A .K. Radhakrishnan and Nadimpalli Ravi S. Varma

DSN1 deletion is deleterious to the Saccharomyces cerevisiae while Dsn1p disrupts nuclear segregation process of Chinese Hamster Ovary cell

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 2315-2320

   

Oloke, J. K.

Immunomodulating properties of Trino IB immunobooster

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 2321-2323

   

  

 

GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

 

Ahmed L. Abdel-Mawgood

Molecular markers for predicting end-products quality of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 2324-2327

 

A. Temel, F. Şentürk-Akfırat, F. Ertuğrul, A. Yumurtacı, Y. Aydın, T. Talas-Oğraş, N. Gözükırmızı, N. Bolat, Ö. Yorgancılar, S. Belen, M. Yıldırım, M. Çakmak, E. Özdemir, L. Çetin, Z. Mert, H. Sipahi, S. Albustan, K. Akan, F. Düşünceli and A. Altınkut Uncuoğlu

Yr10 gene polymorphism in bread wheat varieties

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 2328-2332

 

Chiveu Chemulanga Josiah, Dangasuk Otto George, Omunyin Michael Eleazar and Wachira Francis Nyamu

Genetic diversity in Kenyan populations of Acacia senegal (L.) willd revealed by combined RAPD and ISSR markers

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 2333-2340

 

 

 

PLANT AND AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY

 

T. Y. Bayoumi, Manal H. Eid and E. M. Metwali

Application of physiological and biochemical indices as a screening technique for drought tolerance in wheat genotypes

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 2341-2352

 

Kwadwo Owusu Ayeh and Jon N. E. Ramsell

The use of biolistic inoculation of cassava mosaic begomoviruses in screening cassava cultivars from Ghana for resistance/susceptibility to cassava mosaic disease

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 2353-2358

 

O. A. Oyelana and R. E. Ugborogho

Phenotypic variation of F₁ and F₂ populations from three species of Solanum L. (Solanaceae)

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 2359-2367

 

Ande, O. T., Adediran, J. A., Ayoola, O. T. and Akinlosotu, T. A.

Effects of land quality, management and cropping systems on cassava production in southern western Nigeria

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 2368-2374

 

El-Sayed, M. Soltan, Rehab, M. Mohamed and Ahmed, A. Shoreit

Behavioral response of resistant and sensitive Pseudomonas aeruginosa S22 isolated from Sohag Governorate, Egypt to cadmium stress

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 2375-2385

 

Y. M. Ntupanyama, W. F. Mwase, B. Stedje, M. B. Kwapata, J. M. Bokosi and A. K. Hvoslef-Eide

Indigenous knowledge of rural communities in Malawi on socio-economic use, propagation, biology, biodiversity and ecology of Uapaca kirkiana Muell. Arg

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 2386-2396

 

Rasool Azarmi, Mousa Torabi Giglou and Rahim Didar Taleshmikail

Influence of vermicompost on soil chemical and physical properties in tomato (Lycopersicum esculentum) field

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 2397-2401

 

Samuel Toba Anjorin, Hussaini Anthony Makun, Titilayo Adesina and Ibrahim Kudu

Effects of Fusarium verticilloides, its metabolites and neem leaf extract on germination and vigour indices of maize (Zea mays L.)

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 2402-2406

 

Sanusi I. S., Odofin W. T., Aladele S. E., Olayode M. N., Gamra E. O. and Fajimi O.

In vitro culture of Telfairia occidentalis under different cytokinins and auxin combination

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 2407-2408

 

 

 

ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

 

S. E. Agarry, B. O. Solomon and S. K. Layokun

Optimization of process variables for the microbial degradation of phenol by Pseudomonas aeruginosa using response surface methodology

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 2409-2416

 

S. E. Agarry, B. O. Solomon and S. K. Layokun

Kinetics of batch microbial degradation of phenols by indigenous binary mixed culture of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Pseudomonas fluorescence

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 2417-2423

 

Pei-Fang Wang, Chao Wang, Xiao-rong Wang, Jun Hou and Song-He Zhang

The effect of hydrodynamics on nitrogen accumulation and physiological characteristics of Vallisneria spiraslis L in eutrophicated water

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 2424-2433

 

Asia, Imohimi O., Ekpo, K. E. and Chukwuedo, M. E.

Economic importance and application options of some industrial sludge conditioned by different treatment methods

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 2434-2440

 

F. N. Nweke, A.N.C. Okaka and E. C. Offor

Lead, zinc and pH concentrations of Enyigba soils in Abakaliki Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, Nigeria

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 2441-2443

 

  

 

INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY  

 

Damisa, D., Ameh, J. B. and Umoh, V. J.

Effect of chemical pretreatment of some lignocellulosic wastes on the recovery of cellulase from Aspergillus niger AH3 mutant

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 2444-2450

   

S. Y. Daniyan and H. B. Muhammad

Evaluation of the antimicrobial activities and phytochemical properties of extracts of Tamaridus indica against some diseases causing bacteria

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 2451-2453

 

Yemin Xue, Jinjin Yu, Xiangfei Song, Jingjing Peng, Weilan Shao

Over-expression of xylanolytic α-glucuronidase from Thermotoga maritima in the pHsh system of Escherichia coli for the production of xylobiose from xylan

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 2454-2461

   

O. Oluwadayo Sonibare and K. Olakunle

Chemical composition and antibacterial activity of the essential oil of Pinus caribaea from Nigeria

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 2462-2464

 

 

 

APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY 

 

Maryam Yaldagard, Seyed Ali Mortazavi and Farideh Tabatabaie

Influence of ultrasonic stimulation on the germination of barley seed and its alpha-amylase activity

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 2465-2471 

 

L.H du Plessis, F.H. van der Westhuizen and H.F. Kotzé

The protective effect of plasma antioxidants during ozone autohemotherapy

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 2472-2477

 

 

FISHERY SCIENCE 

 

Afamdi Anene and Peter U. Okorie

Some aspects of the reproductive biology of Tilapia mariae (Boulenger 1901) in a small lake in south-eastern Nigeria

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 2478-2482 

 

Jamabo, N. A. and Alfred-Ockiya, J. F.

Effects of dietary protein levels on the growth performance of Heterobranchus bidorsalis (Geoffroy-Saint-Hilaire, 1809) fingerlings from the Niger Delta

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 2483-2485

 

 

 

BIOTECHNIQUES

 

M. Laamari, L. Khelfa and A. Cœur d’Acier

Resistance source to cowpea aphid (Aphis craccivora Koch) in broad bean (Vicia faba L.) Algerian landrace collection

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 2486-2490 

 

Hayrettin Kendir, Nurdan Sahin-Demirbag, Khalid Mahmood Khawar, and Muhammad Aasim

In vitro plant regeneration from Narbon Vetch (Vicia narbonensis L.) using cotyledonary node explants

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 2491-2494 

 

 

ENTOMOLOGY

 

Hanife Genç and James L. Nation

Survival and development of Bactrocera oleae Gmelin (Diptera:Tephritidae) immature stages at four temperatures in the laboratory

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 2495-2500 

 

 

 

FOOD MICROBIOLOGY

 

Xiao-E Chen, Xu-Bo Fang and Wen-Sui Xia

Strain improvement and optimization of the media composition of chitosanase-producing fungus Aspergillus sp. CJ 22-326

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 2501-2508 

 

 

FOOD TECHNOLOGY

 

Lovejoy Tembo, Z.A Chiteka, Irene Kadzere, Festus K Akinnifesi and F. Tagwira

Ripening stage and drying method affecting colour and quality attributes of Ziziphus mauritiana fruits in Zimbabwe

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 2509-2513 

 

 

AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY

 

Kori-Siakpere, Ovie

Acute toxicity of potassium permanganate to fingerlings of the African catfish, Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822)

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 2514-2520 

 

 

ANIMAL SCIENCE

 

O. K. Samuel Fajemilehin and A. E. Salako

Body measurement characteristics of the West African Dwarf (WAD) Goat in deciduous forest zone of Southwestern Nigeria

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 2521-2526 

 

A. S. Sadr, M. T. Beigi Nasiri, Kh. Alami-Saeid, J. Fayazi, H. Roshanfekr and M. Mohammadi

DNA polymorphism of butyrophilin gene by PCR-RFLP technique

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 2527-2529