International Journal of Plant Sciences - 174 (1), 2013

Contents:

Front Cover(pp. Front Cover-I) 

Editorial Announcement

    Change in Leadership for International Journal of Plant Sciences(p. 1) 
   
Coulter Review

    Natural Variation in Abiotic Stress and Climate Change Responses in Arabidopsis: Implications for Twenty-First-Century Agriculture(pp. 3-26) 
    Sarah M. Assmann
  
Development and Structure

    The Bitter and the Sweet: Inference of Homology and Evolution of Leaf Glands in Prunus (Rosaceae) through Anatomy, Micromorphology, and Ancestral–Character State Reconstruction(pp. 27-46) 
    Siew-wai Chin, Sue Lutz, Jun Wen, and Dan Potter

Reproductive Biology

    Trimorphic Incompatibility in Pontederia subovata (Pontederiaceae): An Aquatic Macrophyte from Lowland South America(pp. 47-56) 
    Adriana Puentes, William W. Cole, and Spencer C. H. Barrett

Ecology

    Geographical Variation in Hybridization of Ipomopsis (Polemoniaceae): Testing the Role of Photosynthetic Responses to Temperature and Water(pp. 57-64) 
    Diane R. Campbell and Carrie A. Wu
  
    Consequences of Mycorrhizal Colonization for Piriqueta Morphotypes under Drought Stress(pp. 65-73) 
    Paul Sochacki, Jennifer Rhode Ward, and Mitchell B. Cruzan
 
    Floral Water Costs and Size Variation in the Highly Selfing Leptosiphon bicolor (Polemoniaceae)(pp. 74-84) 
    Susan C. Lambrecht
  
    Advantages of Multivariate Analysis of Profiles for Studies with Temporal Variation of Treatment Effects in Plants(pp. 85-96) 
    Luiz Roberto Martins Pinto, Charles Leonel Galvao Sanches, Carlos Tadeu dos Santos Dias, and Leandro Lopes Loguercio
  
Systematics

    Phylogenetic Relationships within Ruellieae (Acanthaceae) and a Revised Classification(pp. 97-137) 
    Erin A. Tripp, Thomas F. Daniel, Siti Fatimah, and Lucinda A. McDade
   
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Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics - 43, 2012

Contents:

Scaling Up in Ecology: Mechanistic Approaches
Mark Denny and Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi

Adaptive Genetic Variation on the Landscape: Methods and Cases
Sean D. Schoville, Aurélie Bonin, Olivier François, Stéphane Lobreaux, Christelle Melodelima, and Stéphanie Manel

Endogenous Plant Cell Wall Digestion: A Key Mechanism in Insect Evolution
Nancy Calderón-Cortés, Mauricio Quesada, Hirofumi Watanabe, Horacio Cano-Camacho, and Ken Oyama

New Insights into Pelagic Migrations: Implications for Ecology and Conservation
Daniel P. Costa, Greg A. Breed, and Patrick W. Robinson

The Biogeography of Marine Invertebrate Life Histories
Dustin J. Marshall, Patrick J. Krug, Elena K. Kupriyanova, Maria Byrne, and Richard B. Emlet

Mutation Load: The Fitness of Individuals in Populations Where Deleterious Alleles Are Abundant
Aneil F. Agrawal and Michael C. Whitlock

From Animalcules to an Ecosystem: Application of Ecological Concepts to the Human Microbiome
Noah Fierer, Scott Ferrenberg, Gilberto E. Flores, Antonio González, Jordan Kueneman, Teresa Legg, Ryan C. Lynch, Daniel McDonald, Joseph R. Mihaljevic, Sean P. O'Neill, Matthew E. Rhodes, Se Jin Song, and William A. Walters

Effects of Host Diversity on Infectious Disease
Richard S. Ostfeld and Felicia Keesing

Coextinction and Persistence of Dependent Species in a Changing World
Robert K. Colwell, Robert R. Dunn, and Nyeema C. Harris

Functional and Phylogenetic Approaches to Forecasting Species' Responses to Climate Change
Lauren B. Buckley and Joel G. Kingsolver

Rethinking Community Assembly through the Lens of Coexistence Theory
J. HilleRisLambers, P.B. Adler, W.S. Harpole, J.M. Levine, and M.M. Mayfield

The Role of Mountain Ranges in the Diversification of Birds
Jon Fjeldsa, Rauri C.K. Bowie, and Carsten Rahbek

Evolutionary Inferences from Phylogenies: A Review of Methods
Brian C. O'Meara

A Guide to Sexual Selection Theory
Bram Kuijper, Ido Pen, and Franz J. Weissing

Ecoenzymatic Stoichiometry and Ecological Theory
Robert L. Sinsabaugh and Jennifer J. Follstad Shah

Origins of New Genes and Evolution of Their Novel Functions
Yun Ding, Qi Zhou, and Wen Wang

Climate Change, Aboveground-Belowground Interactions, and Species' Range Shifts
Wim H. Van der Putten

Inflammation: Mechanisms, Costs, and Natural Variation
Noah T. Ashley, Zachary M. Weil, and Randy J. Nelson

New Pathways and Processes in the Global Nitrogen Cycle
Bo Thamdrup

Beyond the Plankton Ecology Group (PEG) Model: Mechanisms Driving Plankton Succession
Ulrich Sommer, Rita Adrian, Lisette De Senerpont Domis, James J. Elser, Ursula Gaedke, Bas Ibelings, Erik Jeppesen, Miquel Lürling, Juan Carlos Molinero, Wolf M. Mooij, Ellen van Donk, and Monika Winder

Global Introductions of Crayfishes: Evaluating the Impact of Species Invasions on Ecosystem Services
David M. Lodge, Andrew Deines, Francesca Gherardi, Darren C.J. Yeo, Tracy Arcella, Ashley K. Baldridge, Matthew A. Barnes, W. Lindsay Chadderton, Jeffrey L. Feder, Crysta A. Gantz, Geoffrey W. Howard, Christopher L. Jerde, Brett W. Peters, Jody A. Peters, Lindsey W. Sargent, Cameron R. Turner, Marion E. Wittmann, and Yiwen Zeng

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Conservation Biology - 26 (6), 2012

Contents:


    What Every Conservation Biologist Should Know about Human Population (pages 953–955)

    T. D. Allendorf and K. Allendorf

  
    Ad Hoc Handling Editors (page 956)

   
    Use of Fully Biodegradable Panels to Reduce Derelict Pot Threats to Marine Fauna (pages 957–966)

    D.M. Bilkovic, K.J. Havens, D.M. Stanhope and K.T. Angstadt

   
    Common and Conflicting Interests in the Engagements between Conservation Organizations and Corporations (pages 967–977)

    John G. Robinson

  
    Unexplored Diversity and Conservation Potential of Neotropical Hot Caves (pages 978–982)

    Richard J. Ladle, Joao V. L. Firmino, Ana C. M. Malhado and Armando Rodríguez-Durán

 
    Quantifying Loss of Acoustic Communication Space for Right Whales in and around a U.S. National Marine Sanctuary (pages 983–994)

    Leila T. Hatch, Christopher W. Clark, Sofie M. Van Parijs, Adam S. Frankel and Dimitri W. Ponirakis


    Effect of Macroalgal Expansion and Marine Protected Areas on Coral Recovery Following a Climatic Disturbance (pages 995–1004)

    Shaun K. Wilson, Nicholas A. J. Graham, Rebecca Fisher, Jan Robinson, Kirsty Nash, Karen Chong-Seng, Nicholas V. C. Polunin, Riaz Aumeeruddy and Rodney Quatre

 
    Territorial User Rights for Fisheries as Ancillary Instruments for Marine Coastal Conservation in Chile (pages 1005–1015)

    Stefan Gelcich, Miriam Fernández, Natalio Godoy, Antonio Canepa, Luis Prado and Juan Carlos Castilla

   
    Setting Realistic Recovery Targets for Two Interacting Endangered Species, Sea Otter and Northern Abalone (pages 1016–1025)

    Iadine Chades, Janelle M. R. Curtis and Tara G. Martin

  
    Effects of Private-Land Use, Livestock Management, and Human Tolerance on Diversity, Distribution, and Abundance of Large African Mammals (pages 1026–1039)

    Margaret F. Kinnaird and Timothy G. O'brien

   
    Trade-Offs between Cattle Production and Bird Conservation in an Agricultural Frontier of the Gran Chaco of Argentina (pages 1040–1051)

    Matias E. Mastrangelo and Michael C. Gavin

 
    Drivers of Change in Hunter Offtake and Hunting Strategies in Sendje, Equatorial Guinea (pages 1052–1060)

    David J. C. Gill, John E. Fa, J. Marcus Rowcliffe and Noëlle F. Kümpel

 
    Potential Effects of Ongoing and Proposed Hydropower Development on Terrestrial Biological Diversity in the Indian Himalaya (pages 1061–1071)

    Maharaj K. Pandit and R. Edward Grumbine

  
    Meta-Analysis of the Effects of Human Disturbance on Seed Dispersal by Animals (pages 1072–1081)

    Julia S. Markl, Matthias Schleuning, Pierre Michel Forget, Pedro Jordano, Joanna E. Lambert, Anna Traveset, S. Joseph Wright and Katrin Böhning-Gaese

  
    Effects of Widespread Drought-Induced Aspen Mortality on Understory Plants (pages 1082–1090)

    William R. L. Anderegg, Leander D. L. Anderegg, Clare Sherman and Daniel S. Karp

   
    A Lost Link between a Flightless Parrot and a Parasitic Plant and the Potential Role of Coprolites in Conservation Paleobiology (pages 1091–1099)

    Jamie R. Wood, Janet M. Wilmshurst, Trevor H. Worthy, Avi S. Holzapfel and Alan Cooper

  
    Associations of Forest Cover, Fragment Area, and Connectivity with Neotropical Understory Bird Species Richness and Abundance (pages 1100–1111)

    Alexandre Camargo Martensen, Milton Cezar Ribeiro, Cristina Banks-Leite, Paulo Inácio Prado and Jean Paul Metzger

  
    Relations between Conspecific Density and Effects of Ultraviolet-B Radiation on Tadpole Size in the Striped Marsh Frog (pages 1112–1120)

    Toby Mitchell, Lesley A. Alton, Craig R. White and Craig E. Franklin

   
    Heterozygosity-Fitness Correlations and Inbreeding Depression in Two Critically Endangered Mammals (pages 1121–1129)

    Maria Jose Ruiz-López, Natalia Ganan, José Antonio Godoy, Ana Del Olmo, Julian Garde, Gerardo Espeso, Astrid Vargas, Fernando Martinez, Eduardo R. S. Roldán and Montserrat Gomendio

  
    Phenotypic Effects of Cattle Mitochondrial DNA in American Bison (pages 1130–1136)

    James N. Derr, Philip W. Hedrick, Natalie D. Halbert, Louis Plough, Lauren K. Dobson, Julie King, Calvin Duncan, David L. Hunter, Noah D. Cohen and Dennis Hedgecock

    
    Decision-Making Triggers in Adaptive Management (pages 1137–1144)

    Martin A. Nie and Courtney A. Schultz

    
    Predicting Interactions among Fishing, Ocean Warming, and Ocean Acidification in a Marine System with Whole-Ecosystem Models (pages 1145–1152)

    Gary P. Griffith, Elizabeth A. Fulton, Rebecca Gorton and Anthony J. Richardson

  
    Revisiting the Potential Conservation Value of Non-Native Species (pages 1153–1155)

    Jean Ricardo Simoes Vitule, Carolina A. Freire, Diego P. Vazquez, Martin A. Nunez and Daniel Simberloff


    Toward a More Balanced View of Non-Native Species (pages 1156–1158)

    Martin A. Schlaepfer, Dov F. Sax and Julian D. Olden

  
    Mysteries of the Sea Continue to Amaze (pages 1159–1160)

    Natalie C. Ban

   
    Noted with Interest (pages 1160–1161)

   
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Biotropica - 44 (3), 2012

Contents:


    Dung Beetles Reduce Clustering of Tropical Tree Seedlings (pages 271–275)

    Callum R. Lawson, Darren J. Mann and Owen T. Lewis

   
    Soil Effects on Forest Structure and Diversity in a Moist and a Dry Tropical Forest (pages 276–283)

    Marielos Pena-Claros, Lourens Poorter, Alfredo Alarcón, Geoffrey Blate, Urbano Choque, Todd S. Fredericksen, Marco J. Justiniano, Claudio Leano, Juan Carlos Licona, William Pariona, Francis E. Putz, Lincoln Quevedo and Marisol Toledo

  
    Effects of Climate Change on the Potential Species Richness of Mesoamerican Forests (pages 284–293)

    Duncan J. Golicher, Luis Cayuela and Adrian C. Newton


    Marine-derived Nutrients from Green Turtle Nests Subsidize Terrestrial Beach Ecosystems (pages 294–301)

    Hannah B. Vander Zanden, Karen A. Bjorndal, Patrick W. Inglett and Alan B. Bolten

 
    Nitrogen Addition Shapes Soil Phosphorus Availability in Two Reforested Tropical Forests in Southern China (pages 302–311)

    Xiankai Lu, Jiangming Mo, Frank S. Gilliam, Hua Fang, Feifei Zhu, Yunting Fang, Wei Zhang and Juan Huang

  
    Diameter Growth of Juvenile Trees after Gap Formation in a Bolivian Rain Forest: Responses are Strongly Species-specific and Size-dependent (pages 312–320)

    Claudia C. Soliz-Gamboa, Anne Sandbrink and Pieter A. Zuidema

 
    Recent Changes in Patch Characteristics and Plant Communities in the Jalca Grasslands of the Peruvian Andes (pages 321–330)

    Carolina Tovar, Joost F. Duivenvoorden, Isidoro Sánchez-Vega and Arie C. Seijmonsbergen

  
    The Impact of Annual and Seasonal Rainfall Patterns on Growth and Phenology of Emergent Tree Species in Southeastern Amazonia, Brazil (pages 331–340)

    James Grogan and Mark Schulze

  
    Survival and Growth of Juvenile Bromeliads in Coffee Plantations and Forests in Central Veracruz, Mexico (pages 341–349)

    Susanne Scheffknecht, Manuela Winkler, Martín Mata-Rosas and Peter Hietz

  
    Avian Habitat Preference in Tropical Forest Restoration in Southern Costa Rica (pages 350–359)

    J. Leighton Reid, J. Berton C. Harris and Rakan A. Zahawi

  
    Exploitation of Fallen Diaspores by Ants: Are there Ant–Plant Partner Choices? (pages 360–367)

    Alexander V. Christianini, Antônio J. Mayhé-Nunes and Paulo S. Oliveira

 
    Spillover of Insects from Rain Forest into Adjacent Oil Palm Plantations (pages 368–377)

    Jennifer M. Lucey and Jane K. Hill

 
    Decisions on Temporal Sampling Protocol Influence the Detection of Ecological Patterns (pages 378–385)

    Cristina Banks-Leite, Robert M. Ewers, Rafael G. Pimentel and Jean Paul Metzger

   
    Evidence for Convergent Evolution in Gape Morphology of the Bat Hawk (Macheiramphus alcinus) with Swifts, Swallows, and Goatsuckers (pages 386–393)

    Landon R. Jones, Hal L. Black and Clayton M. White

  
    Diets of Frugivorous Bats in Montane Rain Forest and Coffee Plantations in Southeastern Chiapas, Mexico (pages 394–401)

    Carlos García-Estrada, Anne Damon, Cornelio Sánchez-Hernández, Lorena Soto-Pinto and Guillermo Ibarra-Núnez

 
    Impact of Hurricane Dean (2007) on Game Species of the Selva Maya, Mexico (pages 402–411)

    Pablo J. Ramírez-Barajas, Gerald A. Islebe and Sophie Calmé

   
    Bird Assemblages in Anthropogenic Habitats: Identifying a Suitability Gradient for Native Species in the Atlantic Forest (pages 412–419)

    Gustavo A. Zurita and Maria I. Bellocq

  
    High Turnover Rates in Remnant Populations of the Harlequin Frog Atelopus cruciger (Bufonidae): Low Risk of Extinction? (pages 420–426)

    Margarita Lampo, Senaris J. Celsa, Argelia Rodríguez-Contreras, Fernando Rojas-Runjaic and Carmen Z. García

   
    Moderate Human Disturbance of Rain Forest Alters Composition of Fruiting Plant and Bird Communities (pages 427–436)

    Kara L. Lefevre, Sapna Sharma and F. Helen Rodd

  
    Conflict between Fishermen and Giant Otters Pteronura brasiliensis in Western Brazilian Amazon (pages 437–444)

    Patrícia F. Rosas-Ribeiro, Fernando C.W. Rosas and Jansen Zuanon

   
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Biogeosciences - 9 (4), 2012

Contents:

Experimental assessment of the effect of UVB radiation on plankton community metabolism along the Southeastern Pacific off Chile
N. Godoy, A. Canepa, S. Lasternas, E. Mayol, S. Ruíz-Halpern, S. Agustí, J. C. Castilla, and C. M. Duarte

Indirect drivers of plant diversity-productivity relationship in semiarid sandy grasslands
X. A. Zuo, J. M. H. Knops, X. Y. Zhao, H. L. Zhao, T. H. Zhang, Y. Q. Li, and Y. R. Guo

Is forest management a significant source of monoterpenes into the boreal atmosphere?
S. Haapanala, H. Hakola, H. Hellén, M. Vestenius, J. Levula, and J. Rinne

Size distribution of particles and zooplankton across the shelf-basin system in southeast Beaufort Sea: combined results from an Underwater Vision Profiler and vertical net tows
A. Forest, L. Stemmann, M. Picheral, L. Burdorf, D. Robert, L. Fortier, and M. Babin

Simulation of anthropogenic CO2 uptake in the CCSM3.1 ocean circulation-biogeochemical model: comparison with data-based estimates
S. Wang, J. K. Moore, F. W. Primeau, and S. Khatiwala

Nitrous oxide fluxes from tropical peat with different disturbance history and management
J. Jauhiainen, H. Silvennoinen, R. Hämäläinen, K. Kusin, S. Limin, R. J. Raison, and H. Vasander

Multifactor controls on terrestrial N2O flux over North America from 1979 through 2010
X. F. Xu, H. Q. Tian, G. S. Chen, M. L. Liu, W. Ren, C. Q. Lu, and C. Zhang

Temporal variability of live (stained) benthic foraminiferal faunas in a river-dominated shelf – Faunal response to rapid changes of the river influence (Rhône prodelta, NW Mediterranean)
A. Goineau, C. Fontanier, F. Jorissen, R. Buscail, P. Kerhervé, C. Cathalot, A. M. Pruski, F. Lantoine, S. Bourgeois, E. Metzger, E. Legrand, and C. Rabouille

Inferring Amazon leaf demography from satellite observations of leaf area index
S. Caldararu, P. I. Palmer, and D. W. Purves

Factors promoting larch dominance in central Siberia: fire versus growth performance and implications for carbon dynamics at the boundary of evergreen and deciduous conifers
E.-D. Schulze, C. Wirth, D. Mollicone, N. von Lüpke, W. Ziegler, F. Achard, M. Mund, A. Prokushkin, and S. Scherbina

Soil moisture control over autumn season methane flux, Arctic Coastal Plain of Alaska
C. S. Sturtevant, W. C. Oechel, D. Zona, Y. Kim, and C. E. Emerson

Threshold of carbonate saturation state determined by CO2 control experiment
S. Yamamoto, H. Kayanne, M. Terai, A. Watanabe, K. Kato, A. Negishi, and K. Nozaki

Spatial variations of nitrogen trace gas emissions from tropical mountain forests in Nyungwe, Rwanda
N. Gharahi Ghehi, C. Werner, L. Cizungu Ntaboba, J. J. Mbonigaba Muhinda, E. Van Ranst, K. Butterbach-Bahl, R. Kiese, and P. Boeckx

Increasing iron concentrations in surface waters – a factor behind brownification?
E. S. Kritzberg and S. M. Ekström

Peat decomposition records in three pristine ombrotrophic bogs in southern Patagonia
T. Broder, C. Blodau, H. Biester, and K. H. Knorr

Greenhouse gas emissions from the grassy outdoor run of organic broilers
B. Meda, C. R. Flechard, K. Germain, P. Robin, C. Walter, and M. Hassouna

Interactions between uptake of amino acids and inorganic nitrogen in wheat plants
E. Gioseffi, A. de Neergaard, and J. K. Schjoerring

Dynamics of phytoplankton community structure in the South China Sea in response to the East Asian aerosol input
C. Guo, J. Yu, T.-Y. Ho, L. Wang, S. Song, L. Kong, and H. Liu

Investigating the stomatal, cuticular and soil ammonia fluxes over a growing tritical crop under high acidic loads
B. Loubet, C. Decuq, E. Personne, R. S. Massad, C. Flechard, O. Fanucci, N. Mascher, J.-C. Gueudet, S. Masson, B. Durand, S. Genermont, Y. Fauvel, and P. Cellier

The effect of meter-scale lateral oxygen gradients at the sediment-water interface on selected organic matter based alteration, productivity and temperature proxies
K. A. Bogus, K. A. F. Zonneveld, D. Fischer, S. Kasten, G. Bohrmann, and G. J. M. Versteegh

Dissolved organic matter in sea spray: a transfer study from marine surface water to aerosols
P. Schmitt-Kopplin, G. Liger-Belair, B. P. Koch, R. Flerus, G. Kattner, M. Harir, B. Kanawati, M. Lucio, D. Tziotis, N. Hertkorn, and I. Gebefügi

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Australian Journal of Botany - 59 (8), 2011

Contents:

   
Early impacts of harvesting and burning disturbances on vegetation communities in the Warra silvicultural systems trial, Tasmania, Australia

Mark G. Neyland and S. Jean Jarman


Reproductive biology of Monttea aphylla (Scrophulariaceae)

Mariana Tadey


Patterns of plant abundances in natural systems: is there value in modelling both species abundance and distribution?

Thomas J. Duff, Tina L. Bell and Alan York


Comparative study on the effects of NaCl on selected moss and fern representatives

Milica Bogdanović, Milena Ilić, Suzana Živković, Aneta Sabovljević, Dragoljub Grubišić and Marko Sabovljević


Tasmanian coastal saltmarsh community transitions associated with climate change and relative sea level rise 1975–2009

Vishnu N. Prahalad, Jamie B. Kirkpatrick and Richard E. Mount


Patterns of polyembryony and frequency of surviving multiple embryos of the Brazilian pine Araucaria angustifolia

Sarah Zanon Agapito-Tenfen, Neusa Steiner, Miguel Pedro Guerra and Rubens Onofre Nodari


Expression of a FLOWERING LOCUS T homologue is temporally associated with annual flower bud initiation in Eucalyptus globulus subsp. globulus (Myrtaceae)

Rebecca C. Jones, Valérie F. G. Hecht, Brad M. Potts, René E. Vaillancourt and James L. Weller


Genetic diversity and population genetic structure in fragmented Allocasuarina verticillata (Allocasuarinaceae) – implications for restoration

Linda M. Broadhurst


Inhibition of abscisic acid-induced stomatal closure by ethylene is related to the change of hydrogen peroxide levels in guard cells in broad bean

XiGui Song, XiaoPing She and Juan Wang


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Asia Life Sciences - 21 (2), 2012

Contents:

Hematological, biochemical and electrolyte values of the Nubian Ibex (Capra ibex nubiana Cuvier1825, Bovidae: Caprinae)    
RIYADH S. ALJUMAAH, MANSOUR F. HUSSEIN    

Effects of dry period length on milk yield and composition, blood metabolites, follicular dynamics and complete blood count in Holstein dairy cows    
AKBAR SOLEIMANI, MOHSEN DANESH MESGARAN, ALIREZA HERAVI MOUSSAVI, ABDOLMANSOOR TAHMASBI, ABOLQASEM GOLIAN    

Clinical epidemiology of assessment for willingness-to-pay values associated with gallstone disease: The experience at a teaching hospital in Taiwan    
JAU-YUAN CHEN, CHUNG-TE HSU, YI LIAO, JORN-HON LIU, NIEN-TZU CHANG, HUI-CHUAN SHIH, TAO-HSIN TUNG
   
Delimitation of Begonia L. sections Diploclinium and Baryandra (Begoniaceae) in the Philippines    
ROSARIO RIVERA RUBITE    

Response of the male bagworm moth (Metisa plana Walker, Lepidoptera: Psychidae) towards female bagworm pheromone lure in wind tunnel bioassays    
FAUZIAH ABDULLAH, MOHD SHUKRI MOHD SABRI, IBNU SINA, FATMAHJIHAN FAUZEE, SUWATI MAT ISA
   
The Give-Me-Five Project: Its impacts on rice farming in Calatrava, Romblon, Philippines    
RICHARD D. ROMANILLOS, MARIO M. MOVILLON, ERNESTO L. BUMATAY
   
Avian community parameters of a freshwater wetland ecosystem in Peninsular Malaysia    
MUHAMMAD NAWAZ RAJPAR, MOHAMED ZAKARIA    

Dance: Self-expression and total fitness    
ROWENA N. MONTE, AIVI R. BUAN
   
Conservation status and nrITS-supported classification of the Philippine endemic genus Greeniopsis Merr. (Rubiaceae)    
MILLARD M. UY, GRECEBIO JONATHAN D. ALEJANDRO
   
Evaluation of height-diameter models for three tropical plantation species in the Philippines    
ROSCINTO IAN C. LUMBRES, DALISAY E. CABRAL, MARISSA R. PARAO, YEON OK SEO, YOUNG JIN LEE
   
Degradation of N-acylhomoserine lactone by Enterobacter sp. sw39 isolated from sewage    
WAI-FONG YIN, CHENG-SIANG WONG, ZI-BIN LOW JOEL, CHOON-KOOK SAM, CHONG-LEK KOH    

Physiological response of Cd- and Pb-treated Populus alba × glandulosa seedlings amended with SCB liquid fertilizer    
SIM-HEE HAN, DU-HYUN KIM, VENECIO U. ULTRA JR., PAN-GI KIM, NELLY S. AGGANGAN    

Growth performance and phytoremediation potential of Pongamia pinnata (L.) Pierre, Samanea saman (Jacq.) Merr. and Vitex parviflora Juss. in coppercontaminated soil amended with zeolite and VAM    
ADRIAN M. TULOD, ARTURO SA. CASTILLO, WILFREDO M. CARANDANG, NELSON M. PAMPOLINA    

Changes in growth, photosynthetic parameters, carbon and nitrogen uptake of Pinus densiflora S. et Z. under elevated temperature and CO2 level    
VENECIO U. ULTRA JR., SIM-HEE HAN, DU-HYUN KIM, NELLY S. AGGANGAN    

The relation of early childhood consumer experience, financial socialization and financial knowledge with perceived financial well-being    
MOHAMAD FAZLI SABRI, CHRISTINE C. COOK, MACK C. SHELLEY, TAHIRA K. HIRA, STEVEN B. GARASKY, PATRICIA M. SWANSON
   
Quantitative landscape management targets for biodiversity conservation: Method development with an example from the Philippines    
KARL L. VILLEGAS, RUTH GRACE R. AMBAL, CHARLOTTE BOYD, THOMAS M. BROOKS, OLIVER COROZA, NAAMAL DE SILVA, MELIZAR DUYA, RODEL D. LASCO, GOETZ SCHROTH, GRACE B. VILLAMOR    

Understorey bird species diversity along elevational gradients on the northeastern slope of Mt. Makiling, Luzon, Philippines    
DARLENE C. PAGADUAN, LETICIA E. AFUANG    

Foliar sap NO3-N in pineapple [Ananas comosus (L.) Merr.] at varying N levels and its relation with dry matter yield    
NGUYEN TANH TRIEU, DOMINGO E. ANGELES    

The spider fauna in the rice agricultural landscape of Hainan Island, China: Composition, abundance and feeding structure    
A. T. BARRION, S. S. VILLAREAL, J. L. A. CATINDIG, D. CAI, Q. H. YUAN, K. L. HEONG
   
Tmesipteris zamorae: A new species of Tmesipteris Bernh. (Psilotaceae) from the Philippines    
WILLIAM SM. GRUEZO


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Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research - 44 (1), 2012

Contents:
In memoriam - James Bell Benedict (Addendum) 
    Peter W. Birkeland
  
Primary Succession of Surface Active Beetles and Spiders in an Alpine Glacier Foreland, Central South Norway
    Anders Thon Braten, Daniel Flo, Sigmund Hagvar, Oddvar Hanssen, Christian E. Mong, and Kjetil Aakra
   
Stem Secondary Growth of Tundra Shrubs: Impact of Environmental Factors and Relationships with Apical Growth 
    Matteo Campioli, Niki Leblans, and Anders Michelsen
  
Do High-Elevation Northern Red Oak Tree-Rings Share a Common Climate-Driven Growth Signal? 
    Christopher J. Crawford
  
Physics of a Thick Seasonal Snowpack with Possible Implications for Snow Algae 
    Adrienne Dove, Jennifer Heldmann, Christopher McKay, and Owen B. Toon
   
Effect of Drought Conditions on Plankton Community and on Nutrient Availability in an Oligotrophic High Mountain Lake 
    Fátima García-Jurado, Inmaculada de Vicente, Andrea Galotti, Andreas Reul, Francisco Jiménez-Gómez, and Francisco Guerrero
   
Plant Nutrient Content Does Not Simply Increase with Elevation under the Extreme Environmental Conditions of Ladakh, NW Himalaya 
    Petr Macek, Leoš Klimeš, Lubomír Adamec, Jiří Doležal, Zuzana Chlumská, Francesco de Bello, Miroslav Dvorský, and Klára Řeháková
  
Effects of Sheep Grazing on Availability and Leaching of Soil Nitrogen in Low-Alpine Grasslands 
    Vegard Martinsen, Jan Mulder, Gunnar Austrheim, Dag O. Hessen, and Atle Mysterud
    
Simulated Internal Storage Buildup, Release, and Runoff from Greenland Ice Sheet at Kangerlussuaq, West Greenland 
    Sebastian H. Mernild, Glen E. Liston, and Michiel van den Broeke
   
Physical, Chemical, and Thermal Properties of Soils across a Forest-Meadow Ecotone in the Uinta Mountains, Northeastern Utah, U.S.A. 
    Jeffrey S. Munroe
    
Changes of High Altitude Glaciers from 1969 to 2010 in the Trans-Himalayan Kang Yatze Massif, Ladakh, Northwest India 
    Susanne Schmidt and Marcus Nüsser
   
Energy and Mass Balance of Forni Glacier (Stelvio National Park, Italian Alps) from a Four-Year Meteorological Data Record 
    Antonella Senese, Guglielmina Diolaiuti, Claudia Mihalcea, and Claudio Smiraglia
   
Phenological Changes in Alpine Plants in Response to Increased Snowpack, Temperature, and Nitrogen 
    Jane G. Smith, Warren Sconiers, Marko J. Spasojevic, Isabel W. Ashton, and Katharine N. Suding
   
Canopy Rainfall Interception and Fog Capture by Pinus pumila Regal at Mt. Tateyama in the Northern Japan Alps, Japan 
    Yoshitoshi Uehara and Atsushi Kume
   
Stefansson, Dr Anderson and the Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913–1918. A Story of Exploration, Science and Sovereignty, by Stuart E. Jenness   
    John T. Andrews
   
Climate Change in the Polar Regions, by John Turner and Gareth J. Marshall 
    Roger Barry
   
Calendar 
   

   
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Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection - 44 (19), 2011

Contents:
 Anandhan, S.; Sivalingam, P. N.; Satheesh, V.; Saritha, R. K.; Parameshwari, B.

Endophytic actinomycetes from Pinus thunbergii and their antifungal activity against Cylindrocladium sp.
 Kataoka, Ryota; Futai, Kazuyoshi

Effect of temperature and relative humidity on the rate of development, fecundity and life table parameters of the red spider mite Oligonychus mangiferus (Rahman and Sapra) (Acari: Tetranychidae)
 Abou-Awad, Badawi A.; Al-Azzazy, Mahmoud M.; Afia, Sahar I.

About the action of metabolites of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria Bacillus subtilis on plant salt tolerance (I)
 Stavropoulou, Archontia

Euserica modesta Fairmaire (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae): a new record for a chafer insect pest attacking citrus orchards in Egypt
 Abdel-Moniem, A. S.H.

Side effects of the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana on the predator Coccinella undecimpunctata
 Zaki, Fayez Nazir

Determination of anti-microbial properties of Ocimum viride concentrations on Rhizopus stolonifer infection and germination of soybean (Glycine max L. Merill)
 Ihejirika, G. O.

Phytotoxic effect of oxadiargyl on germination and early growth of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) and maize (Zea mays L.)
 Nethra, N.S.; Jagannath, Shobha

PCR-based sensitive detection of Ralstonia solanacearum from soil, eggplant, seeds and weeds
 Ramesh, R.; Anthony, J.; Jaxon, T.C.D.; Gaitonde, S.; Achari, G.

Screening of banana bunchy top virus through multiplex PCR approach
 Chandrasekar, A.; Kalaiponmani, K.; Elayabalan, S.; Kumar, K. K.; Angappan, K.; Balasubramanian, P.

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Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection - 44 (5), 2011

Contents:

Molecular characterisation of coat protein and nuclear shuttle protein genes of Banana bunchy top virus from Western Ghats in India
 Kavino, Mathiyazhagan; Harish, Sankarasubramanian; Kumar, Neelakandan; Saravanakumar, Duraisamy; Samiyappan, Ramasamy

In vitro efficacy of plant essential oils against Phomopsis azadirachtae - the causative agent of die-back disease of neem
 Nagendra Prasad, M.N.; Shankara Bhat, S.; Nivedita Dharwar, V.; Shraddha Mehta, B.; Chauhan, Abhinav

Phytochemical, acaricidal and biological activity of Dodonaea viscosa L. against the two spotted spider mite Tetranychus urticae Koch
 El-Gengaihi, Souad; Dimetry, Nadia; Amer, Sanaa

Phylogenecity and sequence alignment of Fusarium mycotoxin gene (Fum 5) with other mycotoxin producing fungi
 Karthikeyan, V.; Karthikeyan, P. P.; Saravanakumar, D.; Patharajan, S.; Saravanakumar, P.; Titone, Patrizia; Spadaro, Davide; Lodovica Gullino, M.; Garibaldi, Angelo

Control of chickpea wilt (Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. ciceris) using Trichoderma spp. in Ethiopia
 Meki, S.; Ahmed, S.; Sakhuja, P. K.

Repellency and toxicity of extract from Francoeria crispa (Forsk.) to Eutetranychus orientalis (Klein) (Acari: Tetranychidae)
 Abdel-Khalek, Amira; Amer, Sanaa; Momen, Faten

Larvicidal and insecticidal properties of Ricinus communis seed extracts obtained by different methods against Tribolium castaneum Herbst (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)
 Babarinde, Samuel; Oyegoke, Oyebamiji; Adekunle, Adeyemi

Induction of systemic resistance in Lycopersicon esculentum cv. PKM1 (tomato) against Cucumber mosaic virus by UV-B irradiation on calli
 Sudhakar, N.; Murugesan, K.

First record on epizootics of Entomophthora grylli on grasshopper in Indian subcontinent: pathogen city and bio control potential on Oxya velox
 Gupta, R. K.; Jaronski, Stefan; Srivastava, K.; Bali, K.

Demography of greenbug, Schizaphis graminum (Rondani) (Hemiptera: Aphididae) on six barley cultivars
 Tofangsazi, N.; Kheradmand, K.; Shahrokhi, S.; Talebi, A. A.

Direct effect of biocontrol agents on wilt and root-rot diseases of sesame
 Elewa, I. S.; Mostafa, M. H.; Sahab, A. F.; Ziedan, E. H.

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Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection - 44 (4), 2011

Contents:

Agro-ecological incidence and severity of Pepper veinal mottle virus, genus Potyvirus, family Potyviridae, on cultivated pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) in Nigeria
 Fajinmi, A. A.

Temperature response, pathogenicity, seed infection and mutant evaluation against Macrophomina phaseolina causing charcoal rot disease of sesame
 Akhtar, K. P.; Sarwar, G.; Arshad, H. M. I.

A survey of die-back disease of neem in Tamil Nadu, India and PCR-based confirmation of the isolates
 Nagendra Prasad, M.N.; Shankara Bhat, S.; Girish, K.

First record for the slug parasitic nematode, Phasmarhabditis hermaphrodita (Schneider) in Egypt
  Genena, Marwa; Mostafa, Fatma; Fouly, A. H.; Yousef, A. A.

Deterioration of cashewnuts in Kerala state of India due to insect infestation along with the fungal incidence
 Sharma, Vishnupriya

Artificial diet for continuous maintenance of the maritima earwig Anisolabis maritima (Bonelli) (Dermaptera: Carcinophoridae)
 Sharaby, A.; Fallata, S. A.; Ibrahim, S. A.

Insecticidal effect of plant extracts on two termite species
 Elsayed, G.

The comparative efficacy of some botanicals for the control of the seed weevil Caryedon serratus Olivier (Col., Bruchidae) in seeds of Acacia seyal Del.
 El Atta, H.A.; Aref, I. M.; El Sheikh, A.

Efficacy of crude neem seed kernel oil (NSKO) in controlling the tree locust (Anacridium melanorhodon melanorhodon Walker), a serious pest of the gum arabic producing tree (Acacia senegal L. Willd.) in the Sudan
 El Atta, H.A.; Aref, I. M.; Mohager, M.

Antimicrobial activity of some 2-amino-5-subsituted pyridine derivatives
 El-Zemity, Saad

Identification and detectability of broad bean stain virus in broad bean seeds and effects on nodulation
 Abd El-Ghaffar, Mamdouh; Abo-El Maaty, Sabah; Mahmoud, Sabry

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Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection - 44 (3), 2011

Contents:

Potency of Bacillus thuringiensis and Bacillus subtilis against the cotton leafworm, Spodoptera littoralis (Bosid.) Larvae
 Abd El-Salam, A.M.E.; Nemat, Awad; Magdy, Attia

Antagonistic potential of Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus against Fusarium oxysporum in sweet potato (Ipomea batatus)
 Logeshwarn, P.; Thangaraju, M.; Rajasundari, K.

Effect of herbicide Imazethapyr (pursuit™) on chickpea seed germination
 Hoseiny-Rad, Manijeh; Jagannath, Shobha

Comparative study on the potential of Malathion 57% and selected pesticide safe alternatives in reducing fruit flies infestation in the New Valley Orchards
 Abdel-Galil, F. A.; Amro, M. A.; Abdel-Moniem, A. S. H.; Gameel, S. M. M.

Prevailing insects in Roselle plants, Hibiscus sabdariffa L., and their efficiency on pollination
 Abdel-Moniem, A. S. H.; Abd El-Wahab, T.E.; Farag, N. A.

The influence of some honeybee products as a diet substitute on the different stages of Coccinella undecimpunctata L. in Egypt
 Farag, N. A.; Abd El-Wahab, T.E.; Abdel-Moniem, A. S. H.

Effect of orange essential oil and its constitutes on late blight diseaes of potato plants under field conditions
 El-Gamal, Nadia

Induction of systemic resistance in rice to bacterial blight by 1,2,3-benzothiadiazole 7-carbothioic acid-S-methyl ester (BTH) treatments
 Karthikeyan, V.; Gnanamanickam, S. S.

Pseudaulacaspis cockerelli (Cooley) hyperparasitizing Dendrophthoe falcata (L.f) Ettingsh
 Mudgal, Gaurav; Mudgal, Brajesh; Gururani, Mayank Anand; Jelli, Venkatesh

Antifungal activity of Plumbago species against anthracnose fungus Colletotrichum gloeosporidodes (Penz.) of chilli
 Saravanakumar, P.; Karthikeyan, V.; Patharajan, S.; Kannabiran, B.

Bioactivity of Piper guineense Schum. & Thonn seed and Moringa oleifera Lam. leaf powder against Trogoderma granarium Everts (Coleoptera: Dermestidae)
 Babarinde, Samuel Adelani; Richard Pitan, Olufemi; Ogunfiade, Adekunle Tosin

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Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection - 44 (1), 2011

Contents:

Effects of aqueous extracts of some plant species against Fusarium solani and Rhizoctonia solani in Phaseolus vulgaris plants
 Abd-El-Khair, H.; El-Gamal Nadia, G.

Biochemical events involved in downy mildew disease resistance in pearl millet in relation to H+-ATPase
 Madhu, D.; Rekha, H. S.; Shylaja, M. D.; Prakash, H. S.; Shetty, H. Shekar

Field investigation of pomegranate fruit worms in Taif and laboratory evaluation of Bacillus thuringiensis against Ectomyelois ceratoniae
 Elsayed, G.; Bazaid, S. A.

Preliminary studies on the biology of Scirtothrips dorsalis Hood (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) as a pest of rose in India
 Duraimurugan, P.; Jagadish, A.

In vitro evaluation of the efficacy of plant and callus extracts of Cardiospermum halicacabum L. on important phytopathogenic fungi
 Girish, H. V.; Sudarshana, M. S.; Satish, S.

Lethal and pathogenic effects of Beauveria bassiana and Lecanicillium lecanii on the adult and nymph of Aphis craccivora Koch
 Abd El-Salam, A.M.E.; El-Hawary, F. M. A.

Phylogenetic relationships of sheath diseases of rice in Myanmar
 Aye, Seint San; Matsumoto, Masaru

Identification and pathogenicity of Rhizoctonia species isolated from bean and soybean plants in Samsun, Turkey
 Erper, Ismail; Ozkoc, Ibrahim; Karaca, Gursel Hatat

Temperature influence on biology, thermal requirement and life table of the predatory mites Agistemus exsertus Gonzalez and Phytoseius plumifer (Can. & Fanz.) reared on Tetranychus urticae Koch
 Rasmy, Aly; Osman, M. A.; Abou-Elella, G. M.

Development of Dactylaria eudermata Drechsler a predaceous fungi in Meloidogyne incognita
 Singh, R. K.

Occurrence of root-knot disease in green onion in Allahabad
 Simon, Sobita; Singh, R. K.

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African Journal of Plant Science - 6 (1-7), 2012

African Journal of Plant Science - 6 (1), 2012



Contents:

Research Articles



Chiraz Chaffei Haouari, Afef Hajjaji Nasraoui, Donia Bouthour, Maaroufi Dghimi Houda, Chiraz Ben Daieb, Jamel Mnai and Houda Gouia

Response of tomato (Solanum lycopersicon) to cadmium toxicity: Growth, element uptake, chlorophyll content and photosynthesis rate

     
Adenike A. O. Ogunshe, Zibi M. Johnny and Amala O. Arinze

Effects of food spices on Gram-negative food indicator bacteria from some Nigerian ethnic fermented plant food condiments

     
Ipou Ipou J., Koffi K. A. D., Ouattara D and N’Guessan K. E.

Vegetation and flora dynamic of the fallow of the national centre of  floristic (NCF) of Cocody-Abidjan University (Ivory Coast)


Nasrullah Khan

A community analysis of Quercus baloot Griff, forest District Dir, Upper Pakistan

     
Lwandiso Dyubeni and Lisa V. Buwa

Foliar micromorphology of Salvia greggii A. Gray (Lamiaceae)

     
Salah Balla M. Ahmed and Abubakri F. Ahmed

Genotype × season interaction and characters association of some Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) genotypes under rain-fed conditions of Sudan

      
T. I. Borokini and A. E. Ayodele

Pollen morphology of Tacca leontopetaloides (L.) Kuntze in Nigeria

      

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African Journal of Plant Science - 6 (2), 2012



Contents:

Research Articles



Tamal Chakraborty, Amal Kumar Mondal and Sanjukta Mondal Parui

Studies on the prospects and some problems of sand dune vegetation at the fragile coastal zones of West Bengal and Orissa, in Eastern India

      
Aluko Olubunmi A., Chikoye D. and Smith Muftau A. K.

Effect of soybean (Glycine max) leaf extracts on germination and early growth of speargrass (Imperata cylindrica (L.) Reauschel

     
Mahmut Dogan

Investigation of the effect of salt stress on the antioxidant enzyme activities on the young and old leaves of Salsola (Stenoptera) and tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum L.)

    
M. Sharrifmoghaddasi

Study on florets harvest effects on grain and oil yields and their components in safflower (Carthamus tinctorius)

     
Yoseph Beyene, Stephen Mugo, Tadele Tefera, James Gethi, John Gakunga, Samuel Ajanga, Haron Karaya, Ruth Musila, Wilson Muasya, Regina Tende and Stephen Njoka

Yield stability of stem borer resistant maize hybrids evaluated in regional trials in east Africa

       
Olawuyi O. J., Ezekiel-Adewoyin D. T., Odebode, A. C., Aina. D. A. and Esenbamen. G. E.

Effect of arbuscular mycorrhizal (Glomus clarum) and organomineral fertilizer on growth and yield performance of okra (Abelmoschus esculentus)

      
Mohamad Pirigharnaei Samad Zare,Reza Heidary, Jalil Khara and Reza EmamaliSabzi

Determination and comparing of the essential oil components in wild and cultivated populations of Thymus kotschyanus Boiss. & Hohen

      
Xavier Mhike, Patrick Okori, Cosmos Magorokosho and Thokozile Ndlela

Validation of the use of secondary traits and selection indices for drought tolerance in tropical maize (Zea mays L.)

       
Aikpokpodion P. O. and Edet O. U.

Karyotype characterization of Platostoma africanum P. Beauv. in Southeastern Nigeria

       
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African Journal of Plant Science - 6 (3), 2012



Contents:

Research Articles



Muhammad S. A., Malik Z. H., Malik N. Z. and Sadia M. A

The position of Pinus roxburghii in the forests of Kotli hills, Azad Jammu and Kashmir

    
Gidey Yirga, Mekonen Teferi, Gebrerufael Gidey and Samuel Zerabruk

An ethnoveterinary survey of medicinal plants used to treat livestock diseases in Seharti-Samre district, northern Ethiopia

      
Ncube Lindani and Calistus Bvenura

Effects of the integrated use of effective micro-organisms, compost and mineral fertilizer on greenhouse-grown tomato

       
Maria Goss

A study of the initial establishment of multi - purpose moringa (Moringa oleifera Lam) at various plant densities, their effect on biomass accumulation and leaf yield when grown as vegetable

     
J. Karanja, S. Nguluu and M. Gatheru

Farm yard manure reduces the virulence of Alectra vogelii (Benth) on cowpea (Vigna unguiculata)


M. K. Abdurakhimov

Growing ecologically clean potato seed material


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African Journal of Plant Science - 6 (4), 2012



Contents:

Research Articles



Fatemeh Ahmadloo, Masoud Tabari, Hamed Yousefzadeh, Yahya Kooch and Ahmad Rahmani

Effects of soil nutritional status on seedling nursery performance of Arizona cypress (Cupressus arizonica var arizonica Greene) and Medite cypress (Cupressus sempervirens var. horizantalis (Mill.) Gord)

       
David Akpoebi Akpuluma and Charles Chukwumah Opara

Determination of the characteristics of plant exudates from selected tropical trees and unripe fruits

      
P. E. Norman, P. Tongoona and P. E. Shanahan

Diversity in chromosome number and raphide morphology of yam (Dioscorea spp.) genotypes from Sierra Leone

      
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African Journal of Plant Science - 6 (5), 2012



Contents:

Research Articles

 
Alamu L. O., Ojo A. O. and Ogunesan B. A.

Effect of oil types as pollutants on physiognomic characteristics of Gmelina arborea in the tropical rainforest zone of Nigeria

       
D. Oppong-Sekyere, R. Akromah, E. Y. Nyamah, E. Brenya and S. Yeboah

Evaluation of some okra (Abelmoschus spp L.) germplasm in Ghana

   
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African Journal of Plant Science - 6 (6), 2012



Contents:

Research Articles

 
Bilal Ahmad Mir, Sushma Koul, Arun Kumar , M. K. Kaul, A. S. Soodan and S. N. Raina

Assessment and characterization of genetic diversity in Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal using random amplification of polymorphic DNA (RAPD) and amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) markers

      
Dereje Ademe, Derbew Belew and Getachew Tabor

Influence of bulb topping and intra row spacing on yield and quality of some shallot (Allium Cepa Var. Aggregatum) varieties at Aneded woreda, western Amhara


Fatemeh Zarinkamar, Maryam Ghannadnia and Raheem Haddad

Limonene synthase gene expression under different concentrations of manganese in Cuminum cyminum L.

       
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African Journal of Plant Science - 6 (7), 2012



Contents:

Review

 
Farhood Golmohammadi and Mohammad Karim Motamed

A viewpoint toward farm management and importance of barberry in sustainable rural livelihood in desert regions in east of Iran

      
Research Articles

 
Abdulrahim Aljamal, Abdallah Ibrahim, Mohammad A. Al-Fararjeh and Taha Alqadi

Effects of rosemary on lipid profile in diabetic rats

       
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African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology - 6 (13-14), 2012

African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology - 6 (13), 2012



Contents:


Research Articles



Orlando Vieira de Sousa, Glauciemar Del-Vechio-Vieira, Maria Silvana Alves, José de Jesus Ribeiro Gomes de Pinho, Célia Hitomi Yamamoto and Maria Auxiliadora Coelho Kaplan

Pharmacological effects of two polar fractions from Annona coriacea Mart in animal models


Jin-feng Wei, Yuan-yuan Li, Zhen-hua Yin, Fang Gong and Fu-de Shang

Hepatoprotective effect of Lysimachia paridiformis Franch. var. stenophylla Franch. on CCl4-induced acute liver injury in mice


Sema Uslu, Mehtap Kutlu, Eda Ozcelik and Arzu Iscan

Apoptotic effects of dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate (DHEAS) of the human promyelocytic leukemia cell (HL-60)


Ersin Minareci, Bülent Ergönül and Fatih Kalyoncu

Proximate composition, antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of six wild edible celeries (Smyrnium L.)


Iqbal Hussain, Jameel Ahmed Khader, Shumaila Noor, Riaz Ullah, Muhammad Talha, Badrullah and Majid Ahmed

Study on the medicinal plant Calandula officinalis


Richa Sharma, Gajanand Sharma and Meenakshi Sharma

Anti-Malassezia furfur activity of essential oils against causal agent of Pityriasis versicolor disease


Shaohui Yuan, Qi Pan, Chunjiang Fu and Zhenggang Bi

High mobility group in A1a (HMGA1a) small interfering RNA (siRNA) blockage decreases metastatic potential in cultured osteosarcoma cell lines


Si-Ming Zhu, Liang Zhu and Ying-Juan Tian

Antinociceptive, antiinflammatory and antioxidant activities of ethanolic extract of Cancrinia discoidea (Ledeb.) Poljak


Jin-Guang Chen, Yu Jiang and Zhi-bo Yang

Preparation of triptolide ethosomes


Evgeni E. Grigorov, Emilia K. Naseva, Hristina V. Lebanova and Ilko N. Getov

Testing willingness to pay for blood pressure measurement in community pharmacy


Gang Luo, Chang-qing Li, Wen-jie Zheng, Yue Zhou and Yunyi Yao

Study on the anti-dementia and neural protection effects of ethamol soluble extract of Polygalae Radix


Akgun Oral, Zekai Halici, Yasin Bayir, Emre Karakus, Sabri Selcuk Atamanalp and Yavuz Albayrak

Time dependent response in ghrelin levels in mesenteric ischemia in rat



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African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology - 6 (14), 2012



Contents:


Research Articles



Jianxin Chen, Huihui Zhao, Liangtao Luo, Chenglong Zheng, Fugang Wang, Qi Shi, Bing Liu and Wei Wang

Pharmacokinetics of oral administration of 2, 3, 5, 4'-tetrahydroxystilbene-2-O-ß-d-glucoside from Polygonum multiflorum in beagle dogs


O. S. Olorunnisola, G. Bradley and A. J. Afolayan

Effect of methanolic extract of Tulbaghia violacea rhizomes on antioxidant enzymes and lipid profile in normal rats.


Olfat A. Khalil, Kholoud S. Ramadan, Enas N. Danial*, Hanan S. Alnahdi and Najla O. Ayaz

Antidiabetic activity of Rosmarinus officinalis and its relationship with the antioxidant property


Haifeng Hou, Qian Li, Wanyu Shi and Yongzhan Bao

Effects of Angelica polysaccharide on erythrocyte immunity and marrow hematopoiesis in chickens


Parvin Mostafa Gharabaghi, Manizheh Mostafa Gharabaghi and Arash Khaki

Role of first-trimester free beta subunit of human chorionic gonadotropin (ß-HCG) and pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A (PAPP-A) as markers for intrauterine fetal growth restriction


Lin Yuan, Wenzhong Huang, Yinhai Ma and Zhizhi Du

Two new phenolic constituents from Clematis connata DC.


Saalu, L. C., Oyewopo, A. O., Enye, L. A., Ogunlade, B., Akunna, G. G., Bello, J. and Ogunmodede, O. S.

The hepato-rejuvinative and hepato-toxic capabilities of Citrus paradisi Macfad fruit juice in Rattus Norvegicus


Syed Nasir Abbas Bukhari, Waqas Ahmad, Adeel Masood Butt, Naveed Ahmad, Muhammad Wahab Bin Amjad, Muhammad Ajaz Hussain, Viresh H Shah and Amit R Trivedi

Synthesis and evaluation of chalcone analogues and pyrimidines as cyclooxygenase (COX) inhibitors


Jun Hu, Long Chen, Fan Lei, Yu Tian, Dong-Ming Xing, Yu-Shuang Chai, Shuang Zhao, Yi Ding and Li-Jun Du

Investigation of quercetin stability in cell culture medium: Role in in vitro experiment


N. Ralebona, C. R. Sewani-Rusike and B. N. Nkeh-Chungag

Effects of ethanolic extract of Garcinia kola on sexual behaviour and sperm parameters in male Wistar rats


Seema Begum, Mumtaz Ali, Husna Gul, Waqar Ahmad, Sultan Alam, Momin Khan, Mir Azam Khan and Manzoor Ahmad

In vitro enzyme inhibition activities of Myrtus communis L.


A. H. M. Vishwantha Swamy, B. C. Koti, A. H. M. Thippeswamy, A. Jaffar Sadiq, D. M. Praveen and Mahesh Patil

Possible mode of action of Cissus quadrangularis in experimental induced nociception in mice


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African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology - 6 (1-2), 2012

African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology - 6 (1), 2012



Contents:


Research Articles


Gamal K. M. Ali and Abdeen M. Omer

        Pharmaceuticals in Sudan: Development in regulations, governance and implementation of national drug policies

       
Jesjeet Singh Gill, Tan Jin Teong, Lee Hong Gee, Tan Jing Wen and Rosy Jawan

        Adherence to metabolic monitoring guidelines in atypical antipsychotic treated subjects: Do physicians comply?

       
Naseem Ullah, Muhammad Farid Khan and Muhammad Mukhtiar

        Human blood glutathione (GSH) as a tool for arsenic detoxification

        
Mir Hadi Khayate Nouri and Ali Namvaran Abbas Abad

        Antinociceptive effect of Matricaria chamomilla on vincristine-induced peripheral neuropathy in mice

       
Ya-li LV, An-jie LAN, Yuan-yuan LAN, Chao LI, Ning LEI, Cheng WU and Li-hong LIU

        Activity of curcumin against human cytomegalovirus in vitro


Du Bing,Cui Wen-peng,Xu Guo-liang, Sun Guo-qiang, Wu Guo-dong, Qu Rui, Lin Shu-mei, Liu Yun-yang, Qin Ling

        A meta-analysis of the efficacy and safety of arotinolol in the treatment of Chinese patients with essential hypertension

     
Naveed Muhammad, Muhammad Saeed, Barkatullah, Muhammad Ibrar and Haroon Khan

        Pharmacognostic studies of Viola betonicifolia
       

Pei-Xi Zhao, Chao Wang, Li Qin, Ming Yuan, Qian Xiao, Ying-Hua Guo and Ai-Dong Wen

        Effect of clinical pharmacist’s pharmaceutical care intervention to control hypertensive outpatients in China  

      
Shaoxia Liu, Shanshan Chen, Xinwei Ren and Guojun Zhang

        A meta analysis of the efficacy and safety of moxifloxacin in Chinese patients with multi-drug resistant pulmonary tuberculosisosis 

       
Konstantinos Goltsos, Dimitrios Soulas, Carlos A. Cordente Martínez, Maria Zakynthinaki, Antonio J. Monroy Antón and Gema Sáez Rodríguez

        Anabolic drugs consumption of high school students participating in school championships of physical education

       

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African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology - 6 (2), 2012



Contents:


Review

 
Y. XiaoMing, F. JianQiao, Z. FangFang, S. XiaoMei and L. Yi

        Loss of menstruation associated with furazolidone: A case report and  review of literature

     
Kingston Rajiah, Sajesh K. Veettil, Suresh Kumar and Elizabeth M. Mathew

        Study on various types of infections related to balanitis in circumcised or uncircumcised male and its causes, symptoms and management

       
Research Articles

 
Yen-Jung Chou, Cheng-Yi Kuo, Pei-Yi Chen, Lih-Lian Chen, Kun-Yun Yeh, Hsien-Shen Kuo and Chin-Hsien Chang

        Oral administration of Qing-Shu-Yi-Qi-Tang reduce lung cancer-induced cachexia in mice

     
M. J. Saka, A. O Saka, A. A. G. Jimoh and I. S. Abdulraheem

        Therapeutic value of multivitamin: Reducing emerging symptoms of menopausal women helping as a child care giver in Nigeria

     
Ravi Sheshala, Nurzalina Khan and Yusrida Darwis

        Validated high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) method for the determination of sumatriptan in rabbit plasma: Application to pharmacokinetic study

      
Shila Jalalpour and Abdol Ghaffar Ebadi

        Frequency of isolated antibiotic resistant bacterial strains from nursing staff (Azzahra Hospital, Iran)

      
Shila Jalalpour and Abdol Ghaffar Ebadi

        Role of nano structure of crystalline layer and beta lactamase nano enzyme in antibiotics resistant bacteria
        

Xilian Hu, Haibao Xie, Quanshen Yang, Yazhen Wang, Gengxiang Mao, Weihong Xu, Yuandong Lv, Xiaolin Wen, Pinghua Tao, Bing Lin, Guofu Wang and Jing Yan

        Cannabinoid receptor 2 gene polymorphism was associated with bone  mineral density and t-score in Chinese postmenopausal women  

       

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African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology - 5 (19-22), 2011

African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology - 5 (19), 2011



Contents:


Research Articles

 
Abdul Wahab, Gul Majid Khan, Muhammad Akhlaq, Nauman Rahim Khan, Abid Hussain, Alam Zeb, Asim-ur- Rehman and Kifayat Ullah Shah

        Pre-formulation investigation and in vitro evaluation of directly compressed ibuprofen-ethocel oral controlled release matrix tablets: A kinetic approach

       
Mohammad Talebi, Maryam Mashayekhi, Soodeh Rajabi, Mohammadreza Rahmani, Ali Roohbakhsh and Ali Shamsizadeh

        Effect of chronic morphine treatment on tactile learning in rat

       
LIMA Gláucia Manoella de Souza, SOUZA Larissa Isabela Oliveira, ROSATO Yoko Bomura and ARAÚJO Janete Magali

        Detection of bacteriocins in Zymomonas mobilis and RAPD fingerprinting of the producer strains

       
M. Rajendran, M. Mahalakshmi, R. Ramya and D. Devapiriam

        A semi-empirical study of flavone compounds with antioxidant efficiency

       
Luana Kamila A. Braga, Aruan Kawally C. de Macedo, Ariathanna A. Cunha, Joao Marcos F. L. Silva, Francisco A. V. Santos, Celestina E. S. Souza, Henrique D. M. Coutinho, Thiago S. Almeida, José G. M. Costa and  Edinardo F. F. Matias

        Potentiation of in vitro antibiotic activity by Ocimum gratissimum L.

     
Iqbal Hussain, Naeem Khan, Riaz Ullah, Shanzeb, Shabir Ahmed, Farhat Ali Khan and Sultan Yaz

        Phytochemical, physiochemical and anti-fungal activity of Eclipta alba

       
Hossein Rostami, Ali Aliyev, Valida Madatova and Ali Arasteh

        Effects of physical activity on some of hemostatic parameters changes in epiphysectomized rats
       

O. A. Ayoola, R. A. Baiyewu, J. N. Ekunola, B. A. Olajire, J. A. Egunjobi, E. O. Ayeni and O. O. Ayodele

        Phytoconstituent screening and antimicrobial principles of leaf extracts of two variants of Morus alba (S30 and S54)

       
Rahbani Mohammad, Mohajeri Daryoush, Rezaie Ali, Doustar Yousef and Nazeri Mehrdad

        Attenuation of oxidative stress of hepatic tissue by ethanolic extract of saffron (dried stigmas of Crocus sativus L.) in streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic rats   

       
Saeed Al-Zahrani, Saleh Kandeal, Mohamed Mohany and Gamal Badr

        Effects of vitamin E and thymoquinone on physiological and histological characteristics of heat-stressed male mice 

      

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African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology - 5 (20), 2011



Contents:


Research Articles

 
L. P. Nkomo, E. Green and R. N Ndip

        Preliminary phytochemical screening and in vitro anti-Helicobacter pylori activity of extracts of the leaves of Lippia javanica

        
Huaiping Shi, Yamei He, Qingwang Li, Tao Feng, Guoxia Geng and Jian Li

        Effect of Bidens bipircadta L. on mouse uterine cervix cancer

     
Xi-Qian Xing, Bei Han, Xu-Wei Wu, Yi Xiao and Shang-Jie Wu

        Efficacy and safety of prostacyclins therapy in pulmonary arterial hypertension: A meta-analysis

      
N. Ebrahim and R. A. Uebel

        Direct inhibition of cyclooxygenase-2 enzyme by an extract of Harpagophytum procumbens, harpagoside and harpagide

      
Rohaya Megat Abdul Wahab, Maryati Md Dasor, Sahidan Senafi, Asma Alhusna Abang Abdullah, Abdul Aziz Jemain, Nurfathiha Abu Kasim, Zulham Yamamoto and Shahrul Hisham Zainal Ariffin

        Crevicular tartrate resistant acid phosphatase activity and rate of tooth movement under different continuous force applications

       
Aschalew Nardos, Eyasu Makonnen and Asfaw Debella

        Effects of crude extracts and fractions of Moringa stenopetala (Baker f)  Cufodontis leaves in normoglycemic and alloxan-induced diabetic mice

       
Zahid Zaheer, Aniruddha P. Paithankar, Sagar D. Deshpande and Subur Khan

        Optimization of extraction process and phytochemical investigations of Spathodea campanulata flowers
        

Liu ji, Zhou xiao and Jiang jie

        A validated HPLC method for the determination of levobupivacaine in plasma and its application to pharmacokinetic studies in Chinese people

       
Sajid Bashir, Tahir Aqeel, Muhammad Usman, Shahiq uz Zaman, Asadullah Madni, Haji M. Shoaib Khan, Abubakar Munir and Arshad Mahmood

        Comparative assessment of drug interactions in pediatrics at private and public sector hospitals of Sargodha and Faisalabad   

      
Cuiyan Tang, Mingjun Bi, Hongmei Yu, Wei Chen and Jinxiu Wang

        Zerumbone protects HEK 293 cells from irradiation-induced DNA damage via activating Keap1/Nrf2/ARE pathway

        
Flávio Luís Beltrame, Carla Cristine Kanunfre, Bruno Rainho, Elaine Kiatkoski, Francine Mioduski, Marcelo Henrique Kravicz and Luís Antônio Esmerino

        Evaluation of biochemical and microbiological effects of Cordyline dracaenoides Kunth (Uvarana) barks

      
Soodabe Gharibe, Shahrara Afshar and Leila Vafayi

        Synthesis and characterization of porous hollow silica nanoparticles using ZnSe core as template for drug delivery application

       
Haroon Khan, Shafiq Ahmad Tariq, Murad Ali Khan, Inayat-Ur-Rehman, Rukhsana Ghaffar and Saifullah

        Cholinesterase and lipoxygenase inhibition of whole plant Withania somnifera

       
David López Jiménez, Antonio J. Monroy Antón and Gema Sáez Rodríguez

        Self-regulation and education on interactive advertising of pharmaceuticals for human use

        
Che Nor Zarida C. S., Fauziah O., Arifah A. K., Azfar Rizal A., Nazri M. Y., Ahmad Hafiz Z., Rusnah M., Mohd Azam Khan G. K. and Hasni Idayu S.7

        In vitro elution and dissolution of tobramycin and gentamicin from calcium phosphate

       
Muhammad Hassham Hassan Bin Asad, Ghulam Murtaza1, Sami Siraj, Shujaat Ali Khan, Saira Azhar, Muhammad Sikander Hussain, Tariq Ismail, Muhammad Shahzad Hussain and Izhar Hussain

        Enlisting the scientifically unnoticed medicinal plants of Pakistan as a source of novel therapeutic agents showing anti-venom activity

      
Akhtar Rasul, Naveed Akhtar, Barkat Ali Khan, Tariq Mahmood, Shahiq uz Zaman, Atif Ali, Haji M. Shoaib Khan and Rashida Parveen

        Assessment of anti erythmic and skin whitening effects of milk thistle extract

       
Tadeu J. S. Peixoto Sobrinho, Valérium T. N. A. Castro, Antonio M. Saraiva, Diego M. Almeida, Elvis A. Tavares and Elba L. C. Amorim

        Phenolic content and antioxidant capacity of four Cnidoscolus species (Euphorbiaceae) used as ethnopharmacologicals in Caatinga, Brazil

       
Li Tong, Yu Shaoyi, Zhang Ge and Huang Weizhe

        Effect of Astragalus mongholicus injection liquid on the immunity function in children with congenital heart disease (CHD) after undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass surgery

       
Naveed Muhammad and Muhammad Saeed

        Biological screening of Viola betonicifolia Smith whole plant

      
Aiyalu Rajasekaran and Muthusamy Periasamy

        Protective effect of ethanolic root extract of Plumbago indica L. on paracetamol induced hepatotoxicity in rats

        
Naphatsorn Kumar, Somsak Tharatha and Chaiyavat Chaiyasut

        Development and validation of simple isocratic high performance liquid chromatography-ultraviolet (HPLC-UV) method for determination of safflower yellow in Carthamus tinctorius (L.)-loaded nanostructured lipid carriers (NLC)

       
Muhammad Hanif, M. Harris Shoaib, Rabia Ismail Yousuf, Ahmad Khan, Sohail Anwer, Akhter Rasul, Shahnila Sattar and Hafiz Muhammad Arshad

        Reverse phase high performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) method for nimesulide tablets dosage form prepared for in vivo in vitro correlation (IVIVC) studies

       

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African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology - 5 (21), 2011



Contents:


Research Articles

 
Zhi-Tong Zuo, Yong Ji, Bao-Hua Chen, Xu Wang and Chun-Hua Ling

        The correlation between pulmonary arterial pressure and brain natriuretic  peptide in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

       
Chen-Xiaoxi

        BS and BS-contained rat serum’s anticancer activities


M. Govindappa, N. Bharath, H. B. Shruthi, T. S. Sadananda and P. Sharanappa

        Antimicrobial, antioxidant and in vitro anti-inflammatory activity and phytochemical screening of Crotalaria pallida Aiton

      
Serdar Sargin, Bekir Yavuz Uçar, Serdar Necmioglu, Mehmet Bulut and Mehmet Gem

        Clinical and radiological results of posterior instrumentation without fusion for thoracolumbar fractures

        
Lei YANG, Xiao-Yun LI, Ying-Li ZHEN, Yan LU, Nong CAO and Chen ChAI

        The cardiovascular inhibition functions evoked by salusin ß within the caudal ventrolateral medulla are mediated by muscarinic receptors mechanism

       
Mohammad Reza Farahpour, Human Taghikhani, Mostafa Habibi and Mohammad Amin Zandieh

        Wound healing activity of flaxseed Linum usitatissimum L. in rats

       
Pinto N. S, Pereira M. O, Carmo F. S, Diniz C. L, Medeiros A. C, Santos-Filho S. D and Bernardo-Filho M

        Protective effect of an aqueous extract of 3 Ballerina against the action of the stannous chloride in Escherichia coli BW9091

       
Heydari Nasrabadi, M, Tajabadi Ebrahimi, M, Dehghan Banadaki, Sh, Torabi Kajousangi, M and Zahedi, F

        Study of cutaneous wound healing in rats treated with Lactobacillus plantarum on days 1, 3, 7, 14 and 21
       

Harrison Wanyika, Erastus Gatebe, Paul Kioni, Zhiyong Tang and Yan Gao

        Synthesis and characterization of ordered mesoporous silica nanoparticles with tunable physical properties by varying molar composition of reagents  

      
Ni Zheng, Zhaoyu Wang, Feng Chen and Jingming Lin

        Evaluation to the antioxidant activity of total flavonoids extract from Syzygium jambos seeds and optimization by response surface  methodology 


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African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology - 5 (22), 2011



Contents:


Research Articles

  
Gholamreza Dehghan Noudeh, Fariba Sharififar, Payam Khazaeli, Ehsan Mohajeri and Javad Jahanbakhsh

        Formulation of herbal conditioner shampoo by using extract of fenugreek seeds and evaluation of its physicochemical parameters

       
Danyang Dou, Wanjun Tao, Lingling Li, Tingjian Jia, Wings TY Loo, Mary NB Cheung, Louis WC Chow, Yiding Dou and Ziyuan Luo

        Immuno-stabilizing effect of thymosin-alpha-1 on post-modified radical mastectomy (MRM) of breast cancer patients

       
Alireza Seidavi

        Investigation on intera-specific biodiversity of 6 local silkworm germplasm based on aspartate amino transferase, alanin amino transferase, alkaline phosphatase, phosphorus, sodium, potassium and iron

       
Jingtao Wu, Guiwen Yang, Wujun Wen, Fumiao Zhang, Jinduo Yuan and Liguo An

        Cholesterol metabolism regulation and antioxidant effect of platycodin D on hyperlipidemic emulsion-reduced rats

      
Yan-Bin Wu, Li-Jun Zheng, Jun Yi, Jian-Guo Wu, Chun-Jiang Tan, Ti-Qiang Chen, Jin-Zhong Wu and Ka-Hing Wong

        A comparative study on antioxidant activity of ten different parts of Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.

       
Xiao-hong Tan, Han Dong, Fu-cui Ma and Dai-cheng Liu

        Deer skin glue improves erectile function in rats

      
Lei Pang, Xin Lian, Yanhui Li, Ling Nan and Haichun Ma

        Efficacy and safety of parecoxib sodium after renal transplantation

      
O. O. Okoh and A. J. Afolayan

        The effects of hydrodistillation and solvent free microwave extraction methods on the chemical composition and toxicity of essential oils from the leaves of Mentha longifolia L. subsp. capensis.
       

Atta Ur Rehman

        Adoption of WHO standard operating procedures for blood screening in hospitals of Islamabad, Pakistan  

     
Zayd K. Omer, Yuehui Wang, Jieyu Liu, Yu Liu and Bin Liu

        Protection of diabetes-induced cardiomyopathy by resveratrol and its effects on glycogen synthase kinase 3 beta (GSK-3beta) and by the protein kinase  (AKT2) activities 

       
O. S. Olorunnisola, G. Bradley and A. J. Afolayan

        Antioxidant properties and cytotoxicity evaluation of methanolic extract of dried and fresh rhizomes of Tulbaghia violacea 

       
Duygu Tozcu Altin, Çigdem Özer, Ediz Yeşilkaya, Aydan Babül, Aysun Bideci and Peyami Cinaz

        Effect of the plant growth regulator (4-Chlorophenoxy acetic acid) into the oxidative stress parameters in rat liver 

       
Gamal Badr

        CXC chemokine ligand 12 (CXCL12) via its cognate receptor (CXCR4) controls the chemotaxis of multiple myeloma cell line (U266) via PI3K/AKT, PLCß3, RhoA, NF?B and ERK1/2 

      
Yazar Hayrullah, Balci Mehmet, Basarali Kemal Mustafa, Gocmen Ayse Yesim and Buyukbas Sadik

        The effects of dialysers on some blood biochemical parameters in hemodialysis patients 

       
Guang Chen, Meishan Jin, Shan Lin, Peisong Wang, Jia Liu, Chenyao Li, Liyan Xu and Wei Zhang

        Increased expression cysteine-rich61 (Cyr61) in patients with thyroid carcinomas 

      
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African Journal of Biotechnology - 10 (60-61), 2011

African Journal of Biotechnology - 10 (60), 2011


Contents:

Review

 
GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

 
Miro Ferreri, Weijie Qu2 and Bo Han

Phylogenetic networks: A tool to display character conflict and demographic history


Research Articles


GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY


Jiandong Yang, Rong Hou, Fujun Shen, Xuyu Yang, Liang Zhang, Limin Chen, Wanli Chen, Wenping Zhang, Qing Zhu and Zhihe Zhang

Microsatellite variability reveals significant genetic differentiation of giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) in the Minshan A habitat


Zhang Bao-Yi, Wei Xiao-Lan, Yang Fu-Yu and Zhang Yun-Wei

Effects of space flight factors on genetic diversity of Buchloe dactyloides seeds


Abbas Doosti and Payam Ghasemi Dehkordi

The p53 codon 72 polymorphism and association to prostate cancer in Iranian patients


Bizhan Nomanpour, Arash Ghodousi, Toraj Babaei, Seyd AliJavad Mousavi, Soroor Asadi and Mohammad Mehdi Feizabadi

Detection and quantification of Streptococcus pneumoniae from Iranian patients with pneumonia and individual carriers by real time PCR


Sanlei Li, Dongdong Xu, Bao Lou, Hanxiang Xu, Feng You, Wei Zhan and Zhi Geng

Genetic differentiation in Japanese flounder in the Yellow Sea and East China Sea by amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) and mitochondrial DNA markers


Junwu Li, Junyuan Gong, Xin Liu, Qiuping Ye, Dong Song and Renjie Xiao

Construction of a fusion gene containing hepatitis B virus L gene and Mycobacterium tuberculosis Ag85B gene and its expression in Pichia pastoris


Shengjie Guo, Yanmei Li, Jin Chu, Li Wang, Xihong Zhao, Nanjing Zhong,Shaopeng Qiu, Junxing Chen and Yanyan Li

First observation of excision and integration in Class 1 integron in staphylococci


Cheng-kui Qiang, Chang-chun Li, Ren-de Qi, Bao-ya Zhou, Yue-hua Qin and Yu-zhou Du

Cloning and bioinformatics analysis of an ubiquitin gene of the rice stem borer, Chilo suppressalis Walker (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)


Fang Li, Long Zhou, Fangquan Xiao, Kang Liao and Jianfang Hu

Characterization of the psoRPM1 gene for resistance to root-knot nematodes in wild myrobalan plum (Prunus sogdiana)


PLANT AND AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY

 
Cervenski Janko, Gvozdanovic-Varga Jelica, Glogovac Svetlana and Mladenovic Gojko

Stability of head weight in cabbage accessions (Brassica oleracea var. capitata L.)


Amin Azadi, Eslam Majidi Hervan, Seyed Abolghasem Mohammadi, Foad Moradi, Babak Nakhoda, Mojtaba Vahabzade and Mohsen Mardi

Screening of recombinant inbred lines for salinity tolerance in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)


M. Motior Rahman, Abdou A. Soaud, Fareed H. AL Darwish Faruq Golam and M. Sofian-Azirun

Growth and nutrient uptake of maize plants as affected by elemental sulfur and nitrogen fertilizer in sandy calcareous soil


Aysen Akay

Effect of zinc fertilizer applications on yield and element contents of some registered chickpeas varieties


M. M. A. Mondal, M. A. Hakim, Abdul Shukor Juraimi, M. A. K. Azad and M. R. Karim

Contribution of morpho-physiological attributes in determining the yield of mungbean


Emel Çolak, Recep Kara, Tülay Ezer, Gökçen Yuvali Çelik and Büşra Elibol

Investigation of antimicrobial activity of some Turkish pleurocarpic mosses


Majid Khayatnezhad and Roza Gholamin

Effects of salt stress levels on five maize (Zea mays L.) cultivars at germination stage


Alpaslan Kusvuran

The effects of different nitrogen doses on herbage and seed yields of annual ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum cv. caramba)


Busani Moyo, Patrick J. Masika, Arnold Hugo and Voster Muchenje

Nutritional characterization of Moringa (Moringa oleifera Lam.) leaves


ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY


Zhulai Wang

A research on ceramsite obtained from blast furnace slag and sewage sludge


Zhao-Xiang Han, Meng Zhang and Chun-Xia Lv

Toxicokinetic behaviors and modes of perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctane acid (PFOA) on tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)


INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY

 
Rahim Saneifard and Nader Hassasi

Clinical effect of fuzzy numbers based on center of gravity


FOOD MICROBIOLOGY

 
Faten, S. Mansour, Khaled S.Nagy, Amal A.Taqi and Kasim Abass Askar

Factors affecting the fungal contamination of some fruit juices packaged in Tetra Pak


FOOD TECHNOLOGY

Amal Taqi, Kasim Abass Askar, Khaled Nagy, Lucia Mutihac and Ioan Stamatin

Effect of different concentrations of olive oil and oleic acid on the mechanical properties of albumen (egg white) edible films


APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY

 
Zaved Ahmed khan and Asit Ranjan Ghosh

Withaferin-A displays enhanced anxiolytic efficacy without tolerance in rats following sub chronic administration


Zahra Rodbari, Masoud Alipanah, Hamid Reza Seyedabadi and Cyrus Amirinia

Identification of a single nucleotide polymorphism of the pituitary-specific transcriptional factor 1 (Pit 1) gene and its association with body composition trait in Iranian commercial broiler line


MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

 
Alipour Mohammad Reza, Ahmadiasl Naser and Khamnei Saeed

Transient post-exercise hyper-perspiration of forehead area


Lan-jun Bai, Wings TY Loo, Yiding Dou, Min Wang, Hao Liang, Mary NB Cheung and Ziyuan Luo

Effects of various forms of lipopolysaccharide on the expression of inflammatory mediators and cardiac biomarkers in human cardiac fibroblasts and human coronary smooth muscle cells


Wei Ping and Jin Hong-mei

Blueberries extract supplementation improves physical performance and decreases oxidative stress in mice


Yuehong Wang, Zhangui Tang, Suping Zhao, Xiaoli Xie, Zhigang Yao, Chenghui Liu, Binbin Qu, Yan Chen, Zhixiang Xiao and Guiyuan Li

Proteomic analysis of human oral verrucous carcinoma


Juliana Soares Oliveira, Tatiana Araujo Aguiar, Hygor Mezadri and Orlando David Henrique dos Santos

Attainment of hydrogel-thickened nanoemulsions with tea tree oil (Melaleuca alternifolia) and retinyl palmitate


BIOTECHNIQUES

 
Hu Jian-jiang, Zhang Qian, Hou Yan-ming, Wang Xin-rui, Ma Hui and Wang Yi

Studying arsenic trioxide-induced apoptosis of Colo-16 cells with two-photon and confocal laser scanning microscopy


G. O. Adewuyi, A. O. Abafe and A. I. Ayede

Development and validation of a thin layer chromatographic method for the determination of artesunate and amodiaquine in tablet formulations


ANIMAL SCIENCE

 
Ali Asghar Saki, Pouya Zamani, Mojtaba Haghighat and Mohammad Kazemifard

Intestinal DNA concentration and protein synthesis in response to low quality diets in two strains of Leghorn layers


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African Journal of Biotechnology - 10 (61), 2011


Contents:

 

Research Articles

 
GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

 
Rongshu Zhang, Yucheng Wang, Chao Wang, Zhigang Wei, Dean Xia, Yuefeng Wang, Guifeng Liu and Chuanping Yang

Temporal expression of genes involved in the biosynthesis of gibberellins in birch (Betula platyphylla)


Lucica Mihalte, Radu E. Sestras and Gyorgy Feszt

Morphological characterization and phylogenetic distance among several genotypes of Rebutia, Aylostera, Mediolobivia and Sulcorebutia (Cactaceae)


M. Kholghi, I. Bernousi, R. Darvishzadeh and A. Pirzad

Correlation and path-cofficient analysis of seed yield and yield related trait in Iranian confectionery sunflower populations


Haddad El Rabey and Abdulrahman L. Al-Malki

Application of randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers and polyphenol oxidases (PPO) genes for distinguishing between the diploid (glaucum) and the tetraploid (leporinum) accessions in Hordeum murinum complex


Ezatollah Farshadfar, Mehrzad Allahgholipour, Laila Zarei and Masoud Kiani

Genetic analysis of field and physiological indicators of drought tolerance in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) using diallel mating design


Greguła-Kania, Monika

New allelic variant of the ovine calpastatin gene


PLANT AND AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY

 
Mohammad Ali Shirazi Kharrazi and Mohammad Reza Naroui Rad

Evaluation of sorghum genotypes under drought stress conditions using some stress tolerance indices


Aysen Akay

Effect of zinc fertilizer applications on yield and element contents of some registered chickpeas varieties


Chae-In Na, Muhammad Hamayun, Abdul Latif Khan, Yoon-Ha Kim, Kwang-Il Choi, Sang-Mo Kang, Sung-Il Kim, Jung-Tae Kim, Jong-Gun Won and In-Jung Lee

Influence of prohexadione-calcium, trinexapac-ethyl and hexaconazole on lodging characteristic and gibberellin biosynthesis of rice (Oryza sativa L.)


ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

 
Zheng Zi-Cheng, He Shu-Qin, LI Ting-Xuan and Wang Yong-Dong

Effect of land use patterns on stability and distributions of organic carbon in the hilly region of Western Sichuan, China


Zheng Jiang, Li Zhongbao, Lu Yinghua, Tang Xuemin, Lu Bin, Li Yuanyue, Lu Zhiqiang, Lin Yaojiang and Zhou Jixin

Cultivation of the microalga, Chlorella pyrenoidosa, in biogas wastewater


Mohamed Anwar K. Abdelhalim, Mohsen M. Mady, Magdy M. Ghannam, Mohammed S. Al-Ayed and A. S. Alhomida

The effects of gold nanoparticles size and concentration on viscosity, flow activation energy, dielectric and optical properties


Devgoswami, Ch.R., Kalita, M. C., Talukdar, J., Bora, R. and Sharma, P.

Studies on the growth behavior of Chlorella, Haematococcus and Scenedesmus sp. in culture media with different concentrations of sodium bicarbonate and carbon dioxide gas


INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY

 
Muhannad I. Massadeh and Fatima M. Sabra

Production and characterization of lipase from Bacillus stearothermophilus


Tan Wee Yee, Nagendra G. Prabhu, Jain, K. and Darah Ibrahim

Process parameters influencing tannase production by Aspergillus niger using mangrove (Rhizophora apiculata) bark in solid substrate fermentation


Hu Jian-jiang, Zhang Qian, Hou Yan-ming, Wang Xin-rui, Ma Hui and Wang Yi

Studying arsenic trioxide-induced apoptosis of Colo-16 cells with two-photon and confocal laser scanning microscopy


Wei-wei Huang, Bing-zhi Dong, Zhuo-ping Cai and Shun-shan Duan

Growth effects on mixed culture of Dunaliella salina and Phaeodactylum tricornutum under different inoculation densities and nitrogen concentrations


Wang Gang, Chen Guang and Wu Ming

Biochemical properties and potential applications of an organic solvent-tolerant lipase isolated from Bacillus cereus BF-3


FOOD TECHNOLOGY


Yang Zhou, Hong Wang, Ruili Yang, Hui Huang, Yuanming Sun, Yudong Shen, Hongtao Lei and Hong Gao

Effects of Litchi chinensis fruit isolates on prostaglandin E2 and nitric oxide production in J774 murine macrophage cells


APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY


S. Kassouar and M. B. Baba Hamed

Heterologous expression and partial purification of calcium and calmodulin dependant protein kinase (CCaMK) of Medicago truncatula


Baoming Tian, Fang Wei, Haiyan Shu, Qiaoling Zhang, Xin Zang and Yuli Lian

Decreasing erucic acid level by RNAi-mediated silencing of fatty acid elongase 1 (BnFAE1.1) in rapeseeds (Brassica napus L.)


Rosa del Carmen Rocha-Gracia, María Miriam Hernández Arroyo, Patricia Lozano Zaraín, Beatriz Hernández Carlos, Héctor Santiago Romero, Ernestina Cedillo Portugal, María Teresa Zayas Pérez and Jesús Francisco López-Olguín

Antibacterial activity of crude extracts from Mexican plants against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus


Mukun Wang, DaShi Yu, Xinhong Guo, Yi Cui, Xiushan Li, Jihong Zhang, Lijian Zhao, Hongping Chang, Shuai Hu, Chao Zhang, Junchao Shi and Xuanming Liu

Casein kinase 1-Like 3 is required for abscisic acid regulation of seed germination, root growth, and gene expression in Arabidopsis


MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

 
Qin Zhang, Yue-Min Xu, Hong-Bin Li, Min-Kai Xie and Ji-Hong Wang

Adipose tissue-derived stem cells in oral mucosa tissue engineering: Enhanced migration and proliferation in co-culture with oral keratinocytes in vitro


Oguntibeju, O. O., Akinola, F. F. and Okonkwo, K. G.

Effect of artemether on rat hepatocytes during acute damage


Xin Ge, Xifeng Luo, Yinggang Chen, Mingqi Li, Shixiong Jiang, and Xishan Wang

Rhein induces apoptosis of HCT-116 human colon cancer cells via activation of the intrinsic apoptotic pathway


ENTOMOLOGY

 
Senol Yildiz

Rotational and nematicidal effect of lupine (Lupinus albus L.: Leguminosae)


Orouj Valizadegan, Ali Asghr Pourmirza and Mohammad Hassan Safaralizadeh

The impact of microwaves irradiation and temperature manipulation for control of stored-products insects


FISHERY SCIENCE

 
Hongjian Lv, Xiumei Zhang, Peidong Zhang, Wentao Li and Zhenqing Miao

The implement of plastic oval tags for mark-recapture in juvenile Japanese flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus) on the northeast coast of Shandong Province, China


BIOTECHNIQUES


Yuewei Zhang, Ping Fu, Jiahe Li, Fei Jiang, Jinxiang Li and Wenxue Wu

Development of loop-mediated isothermal amplification method for visualization detection of the highly virulent strains of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) in China


Muhammad Arif Nadeem Saqib, Munazza Fatima, Irum Nawaz Awan, Mirza Imran Shahzad, Syed Kumail Ali Rizvi, Muhammad Mukhtar and Azra Khanum

Optimized conditions for high-level solubilization and purification of recombinant camel growth hormone in Escherichia coli


Gökçen Yönter and Bülent Yagmur

Effect of Agri-SC as a soil conditioner on runoff, soil loss and crust strengths


Juan Men and Fa Cheng

Biodegradation and growth characteristics of a toluene-degrading strain


PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCE

 
Iqbal Hussain, Riaz Ullah, Jehangir Khan, Naeem Khan, Mohammad Zahoor, Naseem Ullah, Muneeb ur Rehman Khattak, Farhat Ali Khan, Abdul Baseer and Muhammad Khurram

Analysis of chemical constituents in medicinal plants of selected districts of Pakhtoonkhwa, Pakistan


Farah Mazhar, Mohtasheemul Hasan, Iqbal Azhar, M. Shaiq Ali, Misbah Zubair, Rabail Zahid and Muhammad Akram

Some biological studies on Hypnea pannosa J. Ag.


ANIMAL SCIENCE

 
Gholamreza Ghalamkari, Majid Toghyani, Ehsan Tavalaeian, Nasir Landy, Zahra Ghalamkari and Hadi Radnezhad

Efficiency of different levels of Satureja hortensis L. (Savory) in comparison with an antibiotic growth promoter on performance, carcass traits, immune responses and serum biochemical parameters in broiler chickens


S. Darmand, A. Lavvaf, A. R. Seidavi, N. Eila, S. Nematollahian and T. Farahvash

Estimation of genetic parameters in three commercial silk-worm lines of Iran


H. A. Abbasi, S. Gharavysi and R. Abdullahpour

Genetic polymorphism of exon 9-11 of the leptin gene receptor in breeder hens of Mazandaran native fowls


Jing Yuan, Chunlei Zhang, Xingtang Fang, Qin Wang, Lina Qian, Limin Shan Xiangyong Lan and Hong Chen

Determination of taste receptor type 1 member 1 (TAS1R1) gene polymorphism and association with some body measurements in goats


Nemat Ziaei, Hassan Kermanshahi and Mohammad PileVar

Effects of dietary crude protein and calcium/phosphorus content on growth, nitrogen and mineral retention in broiler chickens


H. A. Abbasi and M. Kazemi

Detection of polymorphism of the insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) gene in Mazandaran native chicken using PCR-RFLP method


FOOD AND NUTRITION SCIENCE

 
Hacer Savurdan and Nazan Aktaş

Developing knowledge level scale of functional foods: Validity and reliability study


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African Journal of Biotechnology - 10 (58-59), 2011

African Journal of Biotechnology - 10 (58), 2011


Contents:

 
Workshop on Social Impact of Biotechnology, Bangi, Malaysia, 5th to 7th April, 2011
Special Issue

 
Introduction


Latifah Amin


Review

 
Zinatul A. Zainol, Latifah Amin, Kamaruzaman Jusoff, Anowar Zahid and Frank Akpoviri

Pharmaceutical patents and access to essential medicines in sub-Saharan Africa


Zinatul A. Zainol, Latifah Amin, Noor Sharizad Rusly, Hasrizul Hashim, Nik Marzuki Sidik, Frank Akpoviri and Rosli Ramli

The need for biosafety regulation in developing countries: Benefits and controversies


Zinatul A. Zainol, Latifah Amin, Frank Akpoviri and Rosli Ramli

Biopiracy and states’ sovereignty over their biological resources


Latifah Amin, Hasrizul Hashim, Nik Marzuki Sidik, Zinatul A. Zainol and Nurina Anuar

Public attitude towards modern biotechnology


Latifah Amin, Zinatul Ashiqin Zainol, Noor Sharizad Rusly, Frank Akpoviri and Nik Marzuki Sidik

Risk assessment of genetically modified organisms (GMOs)


Research Articles

 
GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

 
Latifah Amin, Zinatul A. Zainol, Jamaluddin Md. Jahi, Abd. Rahim Md Nor, Mohamad Osman and Nor Muhammad Mahadi

Effect of demographic variables on public attitudes towards genetically modified insulin


Latifah Amin, Noor Ayuni Ahmad Azlan, Hasrizul Hashim and Jamil Ahmad

Ethical perception of modern biotechnology


Latifah Amin, Noor Ayuni Ahmad Azlan, Mohd Fadhli Hamdan, Abdul Latif Samian and Mohamad Sabri Haron

Awareness and knowledge on modern biotechnology


Latifah Amin, Noor Ayuni Ahmad Azlan and Hasrizul Hashim

Ethical perception of cross-species gene transfer in plant


Latifah Amin, Noor Ayuni Ahmad Azlan, Jamil Ahmad, Hasrizul Hashim, Abdul Latif Samian and Mohamad Sabri Haron

Ethical perception of synthetic biology

 
Latifah Amin, Fadhli Hamdan, Roosfa Hashim, Mus Chairil Samani, Nurina Anuar, Zinatul A. Zainol and Kamaruzzaman Jusoff

Risks and benefits of genetically modified foods


Latifah Amin, Noor Ayuni Ahmad Azlan and Jamil Ahmad

Ethical perception of human gene in transgenic banana


Mus Chairil Samani, Nurul Ilyana Rezali, Latifah Amin and Zaharah Hassan

Biotechnology issues in four Malaysian mainstream newspapers

   

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African Journal of Biotechnology - 10 (59), 2011


Contents:


Markers


PLANT AND AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY

 
Haeyoung Na, Guiyoung Hwang, Jung-Ho Kwak, Moo Koung Yoon and Changhoo Chun

Microspore derived embryo formation and doubled haploid plant production in broccoli (Brassica oleracea L. var italica) according to nutritional and environmental conditions


Wu, H. C. and du Toit, E. S.

Role and significance of total phenols during rooting of Protea cynaroides L. cuttings


Cai Hong-Guang, Gao Qiang, Mi Guo-Hua and Chen Fan-Jun

Effect of environmental conditions on the genotypic difference in nitrogen use efficiency in maize


Cervenski Janko, Gvozdanovic-Varga Jelica, Glogovac Svetlana and Dragin Sasa

Variability of characteristics in new experimental hybrids of early cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata L.)


Huifang Yu, Zhenqing Zhao, Xiaoguang Sheng, Jiansheng Wang and Honghui Gu

Evaluation of genetic diversity in self-incompatible broccoli DH lines assessed by SRAP markers


Jong Myung Choi, Ahmed Latigui and Chiwon W. Lee

Growth and nutrient uptake responses of ‘Seolhyang’ strawberry to various ratios of ammonium to nitrate nitrogen in nutrient solution culture using inert media


Cetin Karademir, Emine Karademir, Remzi Ekinci and Kudret Berekatoglu

Yield and fiber quality properties of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) under water stress and non-stress conditions


Quanzhen Wang, Tianming Hu, Jian Cui, Xianguo Wang, He Zhou, Jianguo Han and Tiejun Zhang

Modelling of seed yield and its components in tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea) based on a large sample


Sharif, M., Matiullah, K., Tanvir, B., Shah, A. H. and Wahid, F.

Response of fed dung composted with rock phosphate on yield and phosphorus and nitrogen uptake of maize crop


S. N. Emrani, A. Arzani and G. Saeidi

Seed viability, germination and seedling growth of canola (Brassica napus L.) as influenced by chemical mutagens


Lin Yang, Feng-Ling Fu, Zhi-Yong Zhang, Shu-Feng Zhou, Yue-Hui She and Wan-Chen Li

T-DNA integration patterns in transgenic maize lines mediated by Agrobacterium tumefaciens


Hasan Hüseyin Dogan and Ilgaz Akata

Ecological features of Tricholoma anatolicum in Turkey


Asia Nosheen, Asghari Bano, Faizan Ullah, Uzma Farooq, Humaira Yasmin and Ishtiaq Hussain

Effect of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria on root morphology of Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.)


Lili Geng, Lihong Niu, Changlong Shu, Fuping Song, Dafang Huang and Jie Zhang

High-efficiency regeneration of peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) plants from leaf discs


ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

 
Prakash Nathan, Xavier Rathinam, Marimuthu Kasi, Zuraida Abdul Rahman and Sreeramanan Subramaniam

A pilot study on the isolation and biochemical characterization of Pseudomonas from chemical intensive rice ecosystem


Shanooba Palamthodi, Dhiraj Patil2 and Yatin Patil

Microbial degradation of textile industrial effluents


FOOD TECHNOLOGY

 
Awole, S., Woldetsadik, K. and Workneh, T. S.

Yield and storability of green fruits from hot pepper cultivars (Capsicum spp.)


Nomasonto M. Xazela, Voster Muchenje and Upenyu Marume

Effects of different cooking methods on the consumer acceptability of chevon


Tomislav Jurendić and Branko Tripalo

Biot number - lag factor (Bi-G) correlation for tunnel drying of baby food


MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

 
Zhonghai Tang, Shiyin Guo, Liqun Rao, Jingping Qin, Xiaona Xu and Yizeng Liang

Optimization of the technology of extracting water-soluble polysaccharides from Morus alba L. leaves


Ali Salehzadeh, Hamideh Ofoghi, Farzin Roohvand, Mohammad Reza Aghasadeghi and Kazem Parivar

Intracellular expression of human calcitonin (hCT) gene in the methylotrophic yeast, Pichia pastoris


Mohammad Esmaeel Ebrahimi Chaharom, Mehdi Abed Kahnamoii, Soodabeh Kimyai and Mohammadreza Hajirahiminejad Moghaddam

Effect of sodium hypochlorite on the shear bond strength of fifth- and seventh-generation adhesives to coronal dentin


Maysoon Mohammad Najeeb Mohammad Saleem, Arieg Abdul Whab Mohammad, Jazaer Abdulla Al-Tameemi and Ghassan Mohammad Sulaiman

Biological study of the effect of licorice roots extract on serum lipid profile, liver enzymes and kidney function tests in albino mice


Ashok, G., Rajendran, P., Jayam, S., Karthika, R., Kanthesh, B. M., Vikram, Reddy, E., and Kulkarni, P. S.

Assessment of immune response and safety of two recombinant hepatitis B vaccines in healthy infants in India


ENTOMOLOGY

 
Givemore Munhenga and Lizette L. Koekemoer

Differential expression of cytochrome P450 genes in a laboratory selected Anopheles arabiensis colony


FISHERY SCIENCE


Farzad Ghiasi

Predominant lactic acid bacteria isolated from the intestines of silver carp in low water temperature


Shan-Hu Lai, Yao-Horng Wang, Kuo-Tai Yang, Chia-Hsuan Chen and Mu-Chiou Huang

Novel family- and genus-specific DNA markers in Mugilidae


BIOTECHNIQUES

 
Shuang Zhong, Yingdui He, Huicai Zeng, Yiwei Mo, ZhaoXi Zhou, XiaoPing Zang and Zhiqiang Jin

Effects of banana wilt disease on soil nematode community structure and diversity


Aafia Aslam, Aamir Ali, Naima Huma Naveed, Asif Saleem and Javed Iqbal

Effect of interaction of 6-benzyl aminopurine (BA) and sucrose for efficient microtuberization of two elite potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) cultivars, Desiree and Cardinal


Kian Mau Goh, Charles Voon, Yen Yen Chai and Rosli Md. Illias

Meiothermus sp. SK3-2: A potential source for the production of trehalose from maltose


Yin-Chun Chao, Shuenn-Kung Su, Ya-Wun Lin, Wan-Ting Hsu and Kuo-Shien Huang

Synthesis and application of polyethylene glycol/vinyltriethoxy silane (PEG/VTES) copolymers


Abbas Doosti, Pejman Abbasi and Sadegh Ghorbani-Dalini

Fraud identification in fishmeal using polymerase chain reaction (PCR)


ANIMAL SCIENCE

 
G. Q. Lan, N. Abdullah, S. Jalaludin and Y. W. Ho

Purification and characterization of a phytase from Mitsuokella jalaludinii, a bovine rumen bacterium


Hamid Reza Ebadi Azar, Kambiz Nazer Adl, Yahya Ebrahim Nezhad and Mohammad Moghaddam

Effect of different levels and particle sizes of perlite on carcass characteristics and tibia ash of broiler chicks


Mehrdad Irani, Shahabodin Gharahveysi, Mona Zamani and Reza Rahmatian

The effect of butyric acid glycerides on performance and some bone parameters of broiler chickens


RunJun Yang , Meng Huang, JunYa Li , ZhiHui Zhao, ShangZhong Xu

Construction of a mammalian cell expression vector pAcGFP-FasL and its expression in bovine follicular granulosa cells


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