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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Journal of Plant Ecology - 4 (1-4), 2011

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Journal of Plant Ecology - 4 (1-2), 2011



Contents:

Editorial

Richard H. Waring, Jiquan Chen, and Huilin Gao
Plant–water relations at multiple scales: integration from observations, modeling and remote sensing

Review Article

Heidi Asbjornsen, Gregory R. Goldsmith, Maria S. Alvarado-Barrientos, Karin Rebel, Floortje P. Van Osch, Max Rietkerk, Jiquan Chen, Sybil Gotsch, Conrado Tobón, Daniel R. Geissert, Alberto Gómez-Tagle, Kellie Vache, and Todd E. Dawson
Ecohydrological advances and applications in plant–water relations research: a review

Research Articles

Lise Dalsgaard, Teis Norgaard Mikkelsen, and Annemarie Bastrup-Birk
Sap flow for beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) in a natural and a managed forest—effect of spatial heterogeneity

Wenge Ni-Meister and Huilin Gao
Assessing the impacts of vegetation heterogeneity on energy fluxes and snowmelt in boreal forests

Nan Lu, Shiping Chen, Burkhard Wilske, Ge Sun, and Jiquan Chen
Evapotranspiration and soil water relationships in a range of disturbed and undisturbed ecosystems in the semi-arid Inner Mongolia, China

Chesheng Zhan, Zongxue Xu, Aizhong Ye, and Hongbo Su
LUCC and its impact on run-off yield in the Bai River catchment—upstream of the Miyun Reservoir basin

William H. Conner, Bo Song, Thomas M. Williams, and Jeffery T. Vernon
Long-term tree productivity of a South Carolina coastal plain forest across a hydrology gradient

Ping Wang, Yichi Zhang, Jingjie Yu, Guobin Fu, and Fei Ao
Vegetation dynamics induced by groundwater fluctuations in the lower Heihe River Basin, northwestern China

Wenhong Li, Pengfei Zhang, Jiansheng Ye, Laifang Li, and Paul A. Baker
Impact of two different types of El Nino events on the Amazon climate and ecosystem productivity

Review Article

R. H. Waring and J. J. Landsberg
Generalizing plant–water relations to landscapes

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Journal of Plant Ecology - 4 (3), 2011



Contents:

Research Articles

Amanda J. Tracey and Lonnie W. Aarssen
Competition and body size in plants: the between-species trade-off for maximum potential versus minimum reproductive threshold size

Lara Souza, Jake F. Weltzin, and Nathan J. Sanders
Differential effects of two dominant plant species on community structure and invasibility in an old-field ecosystem

Qinfeng Guo
Seed size- and density-related hidden treatments in common biodiversity experiments

Wei Li, Shujun Wen, Wenxiang Hu, and Guozhen Du
Root–shoot competition interactions cause diversity loss after fertilization: a field experiment in an alpine meadow on the Tibetan Plateau

Youhong Peng, Karl J. Niklas, and Shucun Sun
The relationship between relative growth rate and whole-plant C : N : P stoichiometry in plant seedlings grown under nutrient-enriched conditions

David J. Gibson, Jared Urban, and Sara G. Baer
Mowing and fertilizer effects on seedling establishment in a successional old field

Xiao-dong Zhang, Wen-ting Xu, Bo Yang, Ming Nie, and Bo Li
Seed germination traits of two plant functional groups in the saline deltaic ecosystems

Ensheng Weng, Yiqi Luo, Chao Gao, and Ram Oren
Uncertainty analysis of forest carbon sink forecast with varying measurement errors: a data assimilation approach

Erratum

Erratum



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Journal of Plant Ecology - 4 (4), 2011



Contents:

Research Articles

Seline S. Meijer, Milena Holmgren, and Wim H. Van der Putten
Effects of plant–soil feedback on tree seedling growth under arid conditions

Anais Gibert and Laurent Hazard
Endophyte infection of Festuca eskia enhances seedling survival to drought and cutting at the expense of clonal expansion

Susan K. Ebeling, Jürg Stöcklin, Isabell Hensen, and Harald Auge
Multiple common garden experiments suggest lack of local adaptation in an invasive ornamental plant

Susanne Wurst and Matthias C. Rillig
Additive effects of functionally dissimilar above- and belowground organisms on a grassland plant community

Xiaoli Cheng, Yiqi Luo, Bo Su, Shiqiang Wan, Dafeng Hui, and Quanfa Zhang
Plant carbon substrate supply regulated soil nitrogen dynamics in a tallgrass prairie in the Great Plains, USA: results of a clipping and shading experiment

Xinming Chen, Jay Dhungel, Surya P. Bhattarai, Manouchehr Torabi, Lance Pendergast, and David J. Midmore
Impact of oxygation on soil respiration, yield and water use efficiency of three crop species

Qi Li, Xue Yang, Janne Soininen, Cheng-Jin Chu, Jie-Qi Zhang, Kai-Liang Yu, and Gang Wang
Relative importance of spatial processes and environmental factors in shaping alpine meadow communities

Manju V. Sharma, R. Uma Shaanker, Simon R. Leather, R. Vasudeva, and Kundaranahalli R. Shivanna
Floral resources, pollinators and fruiting in a threatened tropical deciduous tree

Yuan Sui, Qingguo Cui, Ming Dong, and Weiming He
Contrasting responses of legume versus non-legume shrubs to soil water and nutrient shortages in the Mu Us Sandland

Buqing Yao, Jing Cao, Changming Zhao, and Zed Rengel
Influence of ammonium and nitrate supply on growth, nitrate reductase activity and N-use efficiency in a natural hybrid pine and its parents

Na-Na Xu, Xin Tong, Po-Kueug Eric Tsang, Hong Deng, and Xiao-Yong Chen
Effects of water depth on clonal characteristics and biomass allocation of Halophila ovalis (Hydrocharitaceae)

Liangmu Wang, Meirong Mu, Xiaofei Li, Peng Lin, and Wenqing Wang
Differentiation between true mangroves and mangrove associates based on leaf traits and salt contents

Jianfeng Liu, Osbert Jianxin Sun, Hongmei Jin, Zhiyong Zhou, and Xingguo Han
Application of two remote sensing GPP algorithms at a semiarid grassland site of North China


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New Phytologist - 190 (1), 2011

Contents:

G-diversity discovered
Roux, Stan J.

The ongoing quest for universal patterns of plant function
Midgley, G. F.

Using log-log scaling slope analysis for determining the contributions to variability in biological variables such as leaf mass per area: why it works, when it works and how it can be extended
Renton, Michael; Poorter, Hendrik

Regulators mechanisms underlying C4 photosynthesis
Wang, Lin; Peterson, Richard B.; Brutnell, Thomas P.

Units of nature or processes across scales? The ecosystem concept at age 75
Currie, William S.

An elaborate heterotrimeric G-protein family from soybean expands the diversity of plant G-protein networks
Bisht, Naveen C.; Jez, Joseph M.; Pandey, Sona

The phosphoproteome of Arabidopsis plants lacking the oxidative signal-inducible1 (OXI1) protein kinase
Howden, Andrew J.M.; Salek, Mogjiborahman; Miguet, Laurent; Pullen, Margaret; Thomas, Benjamin; Knight, Marc R.; Sweetlove, Lee J.

AtCPL5, a novel Ser-2-specific RNA polymerase II C-terminal domain phosphatase, positively regulates ABA and drought responses in Arabidopsis
Jin, Yong-Mei; Jung, Jinwook; Jeon, Hyesung; Won, So Youn; Feng, Yue; Kang, Jae-Sook; Lee, Sang Yeol; Cheong, Jong-Joo; Koiwa, Hisashi; Kim, Minkyun

Comparative analysis of LEA-like 11-24 gene expression and regulation in related plant species within the Linderniaceae that differ in desiccation tolerance
van den Dries, Niels; Facchinelli, Fabio; Giarola, Valentino; Phillips, Jonathan R.; Bartels, Dorothea

The cauliflower Orange gene enhances petiole elongation by suppressing expression of eukaryotic release factor 1
Zhou, Xiangjun; Sun, Tian-Hu; Wang, Ning; Ling, Hong-Qing; Lu, Shan; Li, Li

Role of the plastidic glucose translocator in the export of starch degradation products from the chloroplasts in Arabidopsis thaliana
Cho, Man-Ho; Lim, Hyemin; Shin, Dong Ho; Jeon, Jong-Seong; Bhoo, Seong Hee; Park, Youn-Il; Hahn, Tae-Ryong

The Arabidopsis ABCG13 transporter is required for flower cuticle secretion and patterning of the petal epidermis
Panikashvili, David; Shi, Jian Xin; Schreiber, Lukas; Aharoni, Asaph

Differential expression and regulation of iron-regulated metal transporters in Arabidopsis halleri and Arabidopsis thaliana - the role in zinc tolerance
Shanmugam, Varanavasiappan; Lo, Jing-Chi; Wu, Chia-Lin; Wang, Shan-Li; Lai, Chong-Cheong; Connolly, Erin L.; Huang, Jing-Ling; Yeh, Kuo-Chen

Ethylene stimulates tracheary element differentiation in Zinnia elegans cell cultures
Pesquet, Edouard; Tuominen, Hannele

Genetic variation of hydraulic and wood anatomical traits in hybrid poplar and trembling aspen
Schreiber, Stefan G.; Hacke, Uwe G.; Hamann, Andreas; Thomas, Barb R.

Dark-leaved willow (Salix myrsinifolia) is resistant to three-factor (elevated CO2, temperature and UV-B-radiation) climate change
Paajanen, Ria; Julkunen-Tiitto, Riitta; Nybakken, Line; Petrelius, Mari; Tegelberg, Riitta; Pusenius, Jyrki; Rousi, Matti; Kellomäki, Seppo

Evidence of a universal scaling relationship for leaf CO2 drawdown along an aridity gradient
Prentice, I. Colin; Meng, Tingting; Wang, Han; Harrison, Sandy P.; Ni, Jian; Wang, Guohong

In situ assessment of the velocity of carbon transfer by tracing 13C in trunk CO2 efflux after pulse labelling: variations among tree species and seasons
Dannoura, Masako; Maillard, Pascale; Fresneau, Chantal; Plain, Caroline; Berveiller, Daniel; Gerant, Dominique; Chipeaux, Christophe; Bosc, Alexandre; Ngao, Jérôme; Damesin, Claire; Loustau, Denis; Epron, Daniel

Ethylene-dependent/ethylene-independent ABA regulation of tomato plants colonized by arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi
Martín-Rodríguez, José Ángel; León-Morcillo, Rafael; Vierheilig, Horst; Ocampo, Juan Antonio; Ludwig-Müller, Jutta; García-Garrido, José Manuel

Do Botanophila flies provide reproductive isolation between two species of Epichloë fungi? A field test
Bultman, Thomas L.; Leuchtmann, Adrian; Sullivan, T. J.; Dreyer, Austin P.

Contrasting the morphology, anatomy and fungal colonization of new pioneer and fibrous roots
Zadworny, Marcin; Eissenstat, David M.

Wind pollination over mesoscale distances: an investigation with Scots pine
Robledo-Arnuncio, Juan José

Where do monomorphic sexual systems fit in the evolution of dioecy? Insights from the largest family of angiosperms
Torices, Rubén; Méndez, Marcos; Gómez, José María

Plasticity and evolution in drought avoidance and escape in the annual plant Brassica rapa
Franks, Steven J.

Cytoskeletal dynamics in interphase, mitosis and cytokinesis analysed through Agrobacterium-mediated transient transformation of tobacco BY-2 cells
Buschmann, H.; Green, P.; Sambade, A.; Doonan, J. H.; Lloyd, C. W.


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PLANT - FAMILY - FLOWER - GENERA - JOURNAL - ARTICOLO - PLANTS - PIANTE - BOTANIQUE - ROŚLINY - SINONIM - FAMIGLIA - BOTANY - NAUKA - SINONIMO - BOTANICA - WYCIECZKA - TRAVEL - SINÓNIMO - FRUIT - ARTICOLO - SYNONIEM - CZASOPISMO - SYNONYM - SYNONYME - SYSTEMATIC - SYSTEMATYKA - SZINONIMA - SYSTEMATYKA - RODZINA - ARTYKUŁ - ARTICLE - FLOWER - KWIATY - OWOC - SEEDS - NASIONA - CULTIVATION - USE - WATERING - PROPAGATION - PESTSM - DISEASES - FERTILIZATION - HOUSE - GARDEN - BOWL - KWITNIENIE - FLOWERBED - SOIL - POND - MARSH - SPECIES - HYBRIDS - VEGETABLE GARDEN - UPRAWA - ZASTOSOWANIE - PODLEWANIE - ROZMNAŻANIE - SZKODNIKI - CHOROBY - NAWOŻENIE - ROŚLINY DOMOWE - ROŚLINY BALKONOWE - ROŚLINY TARASOWE - OGRÓD - POJEMNIK - SUBSTRAT - PODŁOŻE - KERAMZYT - GLINA - TORF - DONICA - DONICZKA - ZIEMIA - RABATA - GLEBA - ROŚLINY WODNE - STAW - WODA - ROŚLINY BAGIENNE - OWOCE - WARZYWA - SPRZEDAŻ ROŚLIN - GATUNKI - MIESZAŃCE - CV - KULTYWARY

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POLITYKA I NIE TYLKO , PRZEPISY KULINARNE , ULUBIONE KSIĄŻKI , DOWCIPY , GEOGRAFIA , ŚWIEBODZICE , FORUM O RODZAJU HOYA , PEUGEOT , TWOJE CENTRUM FINANSOWE , PiS , PLATFORMA OBYWATELSKA

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