African Journal of Biotechnology - 10 (63), 2011

Contents:


Review


Ali Mansour Ali Saad, Noresah Mohd Shariff and Sanjay Gairola

Nature and causes of land degradation and desertification in Libya: Need for sustainable land management


Jin Ho Cho and In Ho Kim

Effect of stocking density on pig production


Mohammad Sayyar Khan

Role of sodium and hydrogen (Na+/H+) antiporters in salt tolerance of plants: Present and future challenges


Research Articles

 
GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY


Zhao-Lun Li, Wu-Jun Xue, Pu-Xun Tian, Tie Chong, Wei-Min Gan and Zhi-Ming Wang

Adenovirus vectors can induce activation of endothelial cells: CD40-CD40L interactions partly participate in the endothelial cells activation induced by adenovirus vectors in an NF-kappaB-dependent manner


Guanyu Hou, Meng Huang, Xue Gao, Junya Li, Huijiang Gao, Hongyan Ren and Shangzhong Xu

Association of Calpain 1 (CAPN1) and HRSP12 allelic variants in beef cattle with carcass traits


Yang Liu, Xiaojing Zhou, Jianhua Zhang, Huaizhi Li, Tianming Zhuang, Runqing Yang and Huoying Chen

Bayesian analysis of interacting quantitative trait loci (QTL) for yield traits in tomato


PLANT AND AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY

 
H. S. Rattanpal, Gagandeep Kaur and Monika Gupta

In vitro plant regeneration in rough lemon (Citrus jambhiri Lush) by direct organogenesis


Xing-jun Lin, Yin-li Liang and Ze-xiu Wei

Hysteresis of soil temperature under different soil moisture and fertilizer in solar greenhouse conditions


Wajad Nazeer, Jehanzeb Farooq, Muhammad Tauseef, Saghir Ahmed, Mueen Alam Khan, Khalid Mahmood, Altaf Hussain, Mohammad Iqbal and Hafiz Muhammad Nasrullah

Diallel analysis to study the genetic makeup of spike and yield contributing traits in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)


Yuyang Shan, Quanjiu Wang and Chunxia Wang

Simulated and measured soil wetting patterns for overlap zone under double points sources of drip irrigation


Yaghoob Tahery

Growth characteristics and biomass production of kenaf


Nor Azlina Hasbullah, Azani Saleh and Rosna Mat Taha

Establishment of somatic embryogenesis from Gerbera jamesonii Bolus EX. Hook F. through suspension culture


Beena Saeed, Hasina Gul, Said Wahab, Yasser Durrani, Bibi Haleema, Muhammad Ayub, Ali Muhammad, Ahmad Said and Ijaz Ahmad

Effect of phosphorus and potassium on seed production of berseem


Marike Trytsman, Abraham Erasmus van Wyk and Elizabeth Letty Masemola

Systematics, diversity and forage value of indigenous legumes of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland


Yaqing Chang, Shengbao Shi, Chong Zhao and Zhaoheng Han

Characteristics of papillae in wild, cultivated and hybrid sea cucumbers (Apostichopus japonicus)


Bozoglu, Hatice and Sozen, Omer

A sample for biodiversity in Turkey: Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) landraces from Artvin


Yaghoob Tahery

Comparative water relation of three varieties of Hibiscus cannabinus L. (Kenaf)


Hui Zhao, Huaxiao Yan, Shixue Zhou, Yanhui Xue, Chao Zhang, Lihuozhang, Xue Dong, Qing Cui, Yan Zhang, Baoqi Zhang and Zhe Zhang

The growth promotion of mung bean (Phaseolus radiatus) by Enterobacter asburiae HPP16 in acidic soils


Beena Saeed, Yasser Durrani, Hasina Gul, Ahmad Said, Said Wahab, Muhammad Ayub, Ali Muhammad, Bibi Haleema and Ijaz Ahmad

Forage yield of berseem (Trifolium alaxandrium) as affected by phosphorus and potassium fertilization


ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

 
Rashmi Saini, Manash C. Majhi, Rupam Kapoor, Rita Kumar and Anil Kumar

Carbon dioxide (CO2) utilizing strain database


Khannous, L., Abid, D., Gharsallah, N., Kechaou, N. and Boudhrioua Mihoubi, N.

Optimization of coagulation-flocculation process for pastas industry effluent using response surface methodology


Qixiang Sun, Zhenhua Peng, Jianfeng Zhang and Junming Jiang

Response of Oncomelania snail distribution on land use in Sichuan, China


Apichat Boontawan and Pailin Boontawan

Isolation and characterization of Jatropha oil-degradation by Enterococcus faecalis and Burkholderia cenocepacia W-1 under anaerobic condition


Zubair Ahmad

Acute toxicity and haematological changes in common carp (Cyprinus carpio) caused by diazinon exposure


Khalid Abdullah Al-Ghanim

Impact of nickel (Ni) on hematological parameters and behavioral changes in Cyprinus carpio (common carp)


INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY


Ratanaporn Leesing and Phajongjit Karraphan

Kinetic growth of the isolated oleaginous yeast for microbial lipid production


Boubekeur Badji, Abdallah Mostefaoui, Nasserdine Sabaou and Florence Mathieu and Ahmed Lebrihi

Identification of a new strain of Actinomadura isolated from Saharan soil and partial characterization of its antifungal compounds


K. Nathiya, Sooraj S. Nath, J. Angayarkanni and M. Palaniswamy

Optimised production of L-glutaminase: A tumour inhibitor from Aspergillus flavus cultured on agroindustrial residues


FOOD TECHNOLOGY

 
S. K. Tavassoli, S. M. Mousavi, Z. Emam-Djomeh and S. H. Razavi

Chemical composition and evaluation of antimicrobial properties of Rosmarinus officinalis L. essential oil


P. A. Asare, I. K. A. Galyuon, J. K. Sarfo and J. P. Tetteh

Morphological and molecular based diversity studies of some cassava (Manihot esculenta crantz) germplasm in Ghana


APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY

 
Pongthep Ariyajarearnwong, Lakkana Laopaiboon, Prasit Jaisil and Pattana Laopaiboon

Repeated-batch ethanol fermentation from sweet sorghum juice by free cells of Saccharomyces cerevisiae NP 01


Marwah Mohamed, I. M. Moussa, Kh. F. Mohamed, Ahmed Samir, E. A. Nasr, M. H. Ashgan, Salim AlRejaie and M. E. Hatem

BACTEC MGIT 960 TM system for screening of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex among cattle


ENTOMOLOGY

 
Motshwari Obopile, Keamogetse Masiapeto and Chiyapo Gwafila

Variation in reproductive and developmental parameters of Callosobruchus maculatus (F) reared on ten Botswana cowpea landraces


Haibo Zhou, Julian Chen, Dengfa Cheng, Frédéric Francis, Yong Liu, Jingrui Sun, Ying Huang, Xiaosong Wang, Xingwang Liu, Liu Xiaoming and Jiandong Zeng

Evaluation on the resistance to aphids of wheat germplasm resources in China


FISHERY SCIENCE

 
Tingming Liang, Ting Wu, Jie Du, Hong Ji, Yue Li, Wei Gu and Wen Wang

Characterization of a tailless white spot syndrome virus from diseased Penaeus vannamei and Procambarus clarkii in China


BIOTECHNIQUES

 
Hao Zhou, Shenkui Liu and Chuanping Yang

Expression, purification and characterization of Oryza sativa L. NAD-malic enzyme in Escherichia coli


ANIMAL SCIENCE

 
Cem Aygen

Diversity of micro-crustaceans in temporary habitats of the province of Sasali (Izmir, Turkey)


S. Golchin-Gelehdooni, A. Teimouri-Yansari and A. Farhadi

The effects of alfalfa particle size and acid treated protein on ruminal chemical composition, liquid, particulate, escapable and non escapable phases in Zel sheep


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