African Journal of Biotechnology - 10 (22), 2011

Contents:


Leonardo Sepúlveda, Alberto Ascacio, Raúl Rodríguez-Herrera, Antonio Aguilera-Carbó and Cristóbal N. Aguilar

Ellagic acid: Biological properties and biotechnological development for production processes


Liguo Feng, Lixia Sheng, Dawei Shao, Jun Tao and Lanyong Zhao

Fluorescent ampli?ed fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) analysis of genetic diversity and relationship of Chinese Rosa rugosa germplasm resources


Muthu Kumar A and Pratibha Sharma

Molecular and morphological characters: An appurtenance for antagonism in Trichoderma spp.


R. Vasudevan, C. P. N. Fathihah and I. Patimah

Analysis of three polymorphisms in Bidayuh ethnic of Sarawak population: A report from Malaysia


Syed Aneel Gilani, Rizwana A. Qureshi, Amir M. Khan, Faizan Ullah, Zarqa Nawaz, Ijaz Ahmad and Dan Potter

A molecular phylogeny of selected species of Genus Prunus L. (Rosaceae) from Pakistan using the TRN-L & TRN-F spacer DNA


Haythem Mhadhbi, Saifallah Chihaoui, Rakia Mhamdi, Bacem Mnasri, Moez Jebara and Ridha Mhamdi

A highly osmotolerant rhizobial strain confers a better tolerance of nitrogen fixation and enhances protective activities to nodules of Phaseolus vulgaris under drought stress


Mirza Muhammad Qadeer Baig, Ishfaq Ahmad Hafiz, Azhar Hussain, Touqeer Ahmad and Nadeem Akhtar Abbasi

An efficient protocol for in vitro propagation of Rosa gruss an teplitz and Rosa centifolia


Anwar Khalid, Uzair-ur-Rehman, Ayesha Sethi, Sonia Khilji, Urooj Fatima, Muhammad Imran Khan, Muhammad Khurram Waqas, Qazi Najam-us-Saqib, Muhammad Hassham Hassan Bin Asad, Kalsoom Farzana, Seema Mahmood, Amir Waseem, Tariq Ismail and Ghulam Murtaza

Antimicrobial activity analysis of extracts of Acacia modesta, Artimisia absinthium, Nigella sativa and Saussurea lappa against Gram positive and Gram negative microorganisms


Sayed Amin Mohamed Amer and Mohammed Shobrak

The efficiency of mitochondrial DNA markers in constructing genetic relationship among Oryx species


Zafer Olmez

Effects of cold stratification and H2SO4 on seed germination of sea buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides L.)


Mehmet Demir Kaya and Ozer Kolsarici

Seed yield and oil content of some sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) hybrids irrigated at different growth stages


Ai-ying Wang, Bing-gan Lou, Tong Xu and Chai Lin

Defense responses in tomato fruit induced by oligandrin against Botrytis cinerea


Roya Karamian and Massoud Ranjbar

Somatic embryogenesis and plantlet regeneration from protoplast culture of Muscari neglectum Guss


Adesina, Felicia C., Fasidi, I. O. and Adenipekun, Oyin C

Cultivation and fruit body production of Lentinus squarrosulus Mont. (Singer) on bark and leaves of fruit trees supplemented with agricultural waste


Aisha Nazir and Firdaus-e-Bareen

Synergistic effect of Glomus fasciculatum and Trichoderma pseudokoningii on Heliathus annuus to decontaminate tannery sludge from toxic metals


Eniolorunda, O. O., Apata, E. S., Fajemisin, A. N., Adeyemi, B.O and Okubanjo, A.O.

Performance and carcass characteristics of Yankasa ram fed with variable levels of biscuit waste and Leucaena leucocephala based diets


Boddireddy Sridevi and M. A. Singara Charya

Isolation, identification and screening of potential cellulase-free xylanase producing fungi


Gehan M. Abou-Elela, Hassan A. H. Ibrahim, Sahar W. Hassan, Hanan Abd-Elnaby and Nabil M. K. El-Toukhy

Alkaline protease production by alkaliphilic marine bacteria isolated from Marsa-Matrouh (Egypt) with special emphasis on Bacillus cereus purified protease


Subuntith Nimrat and Verapong Vuthiphandchai

In vitro evaluation of commercial probiotic products used for marine shrimp cultivation in Thailand


Eqbal Dauqan, Halimah Abdullah Sani, Aminah Abdullah and Zalifah Mohd Kasim

Effect of different concentrations of red palm olein on antioxidant enzymes activity of rat liver


Mara Tabaković-Tošić, Miloš Koprivica, Dragutin Tošić and Vesna Golubović-Ćurgu

Biological efficacy of the ecotoxically favourable insecticides and their mixture in the control of gypsy moth


Lim Li Yin, Ranjetta Poobathy, Jessica James, Advina Lizah Julkifle and Sreeramanan Subramaniam

Preliminary investigation of cryopreservation by encapsulation-dehydration technique on Brassidium Shooting Star orchid hybrid



Milan P. Petrovic, Dragana Ruzic Muslic, Violeta Caro Petrovic and Nevena Maksimovic

Influence of environmental factors on birth weight variability of indigenous Serbian breeds of sheep


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