African Journal of Biotechnology - 10 (11), 2011

Contents:


Wang, Quanzhen and Cui, Jian

Perspectives and utilization technologies of chicory (Cichorium intybus L.): A review


Shiragambi Hanumantagouda Manohar and Hosakatte Niranjana Murthy

Estimation of phenotypic divergence and powdery mildew resistance in a collection of Cucumis sativus L.


Yasser M. Ahmed, Emad A. Shalaby and Nermeen T. Shanan

The use of organic and inorganic cultures in improving vegetative growth, yield characters and antioxidant activity of roselle plants (Hibiscus sabdariffa L.)


Cagatay Tanriverdi, Hasan Degirmenci and Sertan Sesveren

Assessment of irrigation schemes in Turkey based on management types


Mitra Mohammadi Bazargani, Badraldin Ebrahim Sayed Tabatabaei and Mansoor Omidi

Multiple shoot regeneration of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) via shoot apex culture system


Iffat Siddiqui, Rukhsana Bajwa and Arshad Javaid

Optimization of epidemiological conditions to enhance the mycoherbicidal efficacy of Alternaria alternata against Chenopodium album


Muhammad Aasim, Sibel Day, Fereshteh Rezaei, Mortaza Hajyzadeh, Syed Tahir Mahmud and Sebahattin Ozcan

In vitro shoot regeneration from preconditioned explants of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) cv. Gokce


Weon Tai Jeon, Bongsu Choi, S. A. M. Abd El-Azeem and Yong Sik Ok

Effect of different seeding methods on green manure biomass, soil properties and rice yield in rice-based cropping systems


Yasin Ucarli

Usability of large carnivore as a keystone species in Eastern Black Sea Region, Turkey


Ching-Lin Ho, Sheau-Ming Chen and Yun-Hwei Shen

Effects of acid leaching aluminum from reservoir bottom sediment soil as a lightweight aggregate matrix


Aliyu Salihu, Md. Zahangir Alam, M. Ismail AbdulKarim and Hamzah M. Salleh

Suitability of using palm oil mill effluent as a medium for lipase production


Faruk Kutbay, Ismail Varol, Mustafa Bayram and Adile Ozdemir

The effect of carbon dioxide at high pressure under different developmental stages of Callosobruchus maculatus (F.) hosting on chickpeas


Agbagwa, O. E. and Okpokwasili, G. S. C.

Pollution studies on harbours and jetties in Nigeria


Ajuzie Christopher Uche and Bright Amadin Osaghae

The bacterial and physico-chemical properties of hair salon wastewater and contaminated soil in Benin metropolis


Ozlem Osmanagaoglu, Fadime Kiran and Ingolf F. Nes

A probiotic bacterium, Pediococcus pentosaceus OZF, isolated from human breast milk produces pediocin AcH/PA-1


Yanchun Zhang, Shengyu Li, Chunhong Zhang, Yongkang Luo, Heping Zhang and Zhennai Yang

Growth and exopolysaccharide production by Lactobacillus fermentum F6 in skim milk


Yong Wang, Yucai Zheng, Mingfeng Jiang, Zi Liang and Lushu Liu

Comparison of the biochemical components and characteristic of milk between Tibetan sheep and goat in neighboring area


D. H. X. Quay, F. D. A. Bakar, A. Rabu, M. Said, R. M. Illias, N. M. Mahadi, O. Hassan and A. M. A. Murad

Overexpression, purification and characterization of the Aspergillus niger endoglucanase, EglA, in Pichia pastoris


Nizar Tlili, Ezzeddine Saadaoui, Faouzi Sakouhi,Walid Elfalleh, Mohamed El Gazzah, Saîda Triki and Abdelhamid Khaldi

Morphology and chemical composition of Tunisian caper seeds: variability and population profiling


Aleena Sumrin, Waqar Ahmad, Bushra Ijaz, Muhammad Tahir Sarwar, Sana Gull, Humera Kausar, Imran Shahid, Shah Jahan, Sultan Asad, Mureed Hussain and Sheikh Riazuddin

Purification and medium optimization of ?-amylase from Bacillus subtilis 168


Belsem Marzouk, Zohra Marzouk, Maha Mastouri, Nadia Fenina and Mahjoub Aouni

Comparative evaluation of the antimicrobial activity of Citrullus colocynthis immature fruit and seed organic extracts


E. A. Eze, B. N. Ukwah, P. C. Okafor and K. O. Ugwu

Prevalence of malaria and typhoid co-infections in University of Nigeria, Nsukka District of Enugu State, Nigeria


Jingyu Liu and Zhenhua Li

Decreased ADAM9 expression in patients with pulmonary sarcoidosis


Tülin Özsisli and Sultan Çobanoglu

Mite (Acari) fauna of some cultivated plants from Kahramanmaraş, Turkey


Shuang Lu, Zongcheng Tian, Yi Lu and Peng Shang

Preparation and characterization of the polyclonal antibody against GAR domain of microtubule actin cross-linking factor 1 (MACF1)


Muhammad Aqeel Ashraf, Abdul Wajid, Karamat Mahmood, Mohd. Jamil Maah and Ismail Yusoff

Removal of heavy metals from aqueous solution by using mango biomass


Ibrahim Mehmeti, Fadime Kiran and Ozlem Osmanagaoglu

Comparison of three methods for determination of protein concentration in lactic acid bacteria for proteomics studies


ChunLei Wang, Min Zhao, Lei Lu, XingDong Wei and TaiLun Li

Characterization of spore laccase from Bacillus subtilis WD23 and its use in dye decolorization



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