Fouquieria splendens - new article

Keith T. Killingbeck
Stem succulence controls flower and fruit production but not stem growth in the desert shrub ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens)
American Journal of Botany, 106 (2), 2019

Abstract

Premise of the Study

The C3 desert shrub ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens) completely lacks xeromorphic leaves but is uncommonly both stem succulent and repetitively drought deciduous (documented to have produced many foliation–defoliation cycles during a growing season). Both adaptations conserve water in this xerophyte, but are the roles of succulence and deciduousness merely redundant? The observation that year‐to‐year reproductive effort was relatively consistent while vegetative growth was not offered a critical clue that, coupled with long‐term precipitation data, helped answer this question.

Methods

At two sites in the Chihuahuan Desert in southern New Mexico, United States, 22 ocotillos were studied annually for more than two decades to explore the relationships among reproductive effort, vegetative stem growth, and patterns of precipitation.

Key Results

Vegetative stem growth occurred in mid‐ to late summer (July–September), the season of maximum precipitation in the Chihuahuan Desert, and was significantly related to summer precipitation received in the year of growth. Reproductive effort occurred in early to late spring (April–June), which with winter account for minimum precipitation during the year, but was significantly related to summer precipitation received in the previous year, suggesting the importance of stem succulence and stored water.

Conclusions

While highly variable summer precipitation was responsible for enormous fluctuations in annual ocotillo stem growth, stem succulence insulated reproductive effort from such immense variability. Stem‐stored water allowed the production of flowers and fruits to proceed relatively consistently during the driest years and during the driest time of year in the Chihuahuan Desert.

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Growth, feed efficiency and carcass mineral composition of Heterobranchus longifilis, Oreochromis niloticus and Sarotherodon melanotheron juveniles fed different dietary levels of soybean meal-based diets.


Qiuyu Xia, Rui Li, Songlin Zhao, Weijun Chen, Hua Chen, Bo Xin, Yulin Huang and Minmin Tang

Chemical composition changes of post-harvest coconut inflorescence sap during natural fermentation


Ogbe, Raphael John, Abu, Adakole Hyacinth, Eustace, Bonghan Berinyuy and Ochalefu Dickson Owoicho

Safety evaluation of hydroalcoholic extract of Cochlospermum planchonii rhizome in rats


Lifang Si, Chunsheng Gao, Xiangchao Cheng, Wen Deng, Jin Zhao and Shulin Chen

The effects of interferon-gamma (INF-?) on the expression of insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) in uterus, ovaries and peripheral blood of rats in early pregnancy


K. Muthu and P. Krishnamoorthy

Evaluation of androgenic activity of Mucuna pruriens in male rats


MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

 
V.O. Njoku, C. Obi and O.M. Onyema

Phytochemical constituents of some selected medicinal plants


Se Won Kang, Ji Eun Jeong, Chan-Hee Kim, Sang-Haeng Choi, Sung-Hwa Chae, Sung Ah Jun, Hee-Jae Cha, Jae-Hyung Kim, Young-Min Lee, Jun-Sang Lee, Yeon Soo Han, Inho Choi, Hong-Seog Park, Bok Luel Lee and Yong Seok Lee

Gene expression profiles in adenosine-treated human mast cells


Mogale, M. A, Lebelo, S. L., Thovhogi, N, de Freitas A. N. and Shai, L. J

?-Amylase and ?-glucosidase inhibitory effects of Sclerocarya birrea [(A. Rich.) Hochst.] subspecies caffra (Sond) Kokwaro (Anacardiaceae) stem-bark extracts


Yang Lin, Manhua Cui, Yanyu Shi, Fengwen Wang, Quyuan Wang and Hong Teng

Increased COX-2 expression in patients with ovarian cancer


Xue-Feng Lian, Chuan-Xing YU, Xiao-Li He, Jun-Jin Lin,Yi-Zhong Chen and Ling Zhu

Construction of lentiviral shRNA expression vector targeting phospholipase D2 (PLD2) gene


ENTOMOLOGY

 
K. Tamilarasan and M. Dharmendira Kumar

Optimization of medium components and operating conditions for the production of solvent-tolerant lipase by Bacillus sphaericus MTCC 7542


FISHERY SCIENCE

 
O. M. Olarinmoye, V. O. Taiwo, E. O. Clarke, C. A. Kumolu-Johnson, O. J. Aderinola and F. Adekunbi

Hepatic pathologies in the brackish water catfish (Chrysicthys nigrodigitatus) from contaminated locations of the Lagos lagoon complex


Orhan Demir and Gürkan Diken

Effects of commercial enrichment products on fatty acid components of rotifer, Brachionus plicatilis


BIOTECHNIQUES

 
Ming-Jun Zhu, Zhi-Sheng Zhu and Xu-Hui Li

Bioconversion of paper sludge with low cellulosic content to ethanol by separate hydrolysis and fermentation


PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCE

 
Zhang Feng-Chun, Zhao Meng, Yin Dandan, Luo Su and Chen Xia

Study on the differences in chemical compositions of various medicinal parts of Rumex patientia in different growth years by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)


ANIMAL SCIENCE

 
Y. Ebrahim Nezhad, J. Ghyasi Gale-Kandi, T. Farahvash and A. R. Yeganeh

Effect of combination of citric acid and microbial phytase on digestibility of calcium, phosphorous and mineralization parameters of tibia bone in broilers


N. Du Rand and M. D. Laing

Sodium dodecyl sulphate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) of crude extracted insecticidal crystal proteins of Bacillus thuringiensis and Brevibacillus laterosporus

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Contents:

Review


Kohan, Eisa and Bagherieh-Najjar, Mohammad B.

DRE-binding Transcription factor (DREB1A) as a master regulator induced a broad range of abiotic stress tolerance in plant


Research Articles

 
GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

 
Y. M. S. Al-Barzinji, S. Lababidi, B. Rischkowsky, A. A. Al-Rawi, M. Tibbo, Halima Hassen and M. Baum

Assessing genetic diversity of Hamdani sheep breed in Kurdistan region of Iraq using microsatellite markers


PLANT AND AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY

 
Xia Yan, Liang He, Guannan Song and Ruihong Wang

Antagonistic bioactivity of endophytic strains isolated from Salvia miltiorrhiza


Ilknur Korkutal, Gulderen Kaygusuz and Secil Bayram.

Different effect of scion types on callusing in bench grafting


Shahid Akbar Khalil, Roshan Zamir, Nisar Ahmad, Muhammad Sajid, Hina Fazal, Mubarak Ali Khan, Nighat seema and Riaz Alam

In vitro regeneration of plantlets from unpollinated ovary culture in sweet orange (Citrus sinensis L. Osbeck)


Dong Yong Shin, Eun Soo Seong, Jong Kuk Na, Ji Hye Yoo, Won Hee Kang, Bimal Kumar Ghimire, Jung Dae Lim and Chang Yeon Yu

Conditions for regeneration and transformation of Solanum tuberosum cultivars using the cotton glutathione S-transferase (Gh-5) gene


Ugur Şirin

Determining the effects of Trichoderma harzianum and some mycorrhizal fungi on plant growth and against Rhizoctania solani Kühn in Lilium under in vivo conditions


ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

 
Ramya Thangarajan, Eric M. Adetutu, Robert B. Moore, S. T. Ogunbanwo and Andrew S. Ball

Comparison between different bio-treatments of a hydrocarbon contaminated soil from a landfill site


INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY

 
Yang Mingyan, Zeng Xianlai, Tianjia and Zhang Xiaoqi

Screening of complex thermophilic microbial community and application during municipal solid waste aerobic composting


APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY

 
Nadeem Ahmed, Mohsin Ahmad Khan, Naila Shahid, Idrees Ahmed Nasir and Ahmad Usman Zafar

One step purification of biological active human interleukin-2 protein produced in yeast (Pichia Pastoris)


Vladimir Filipović, Stevan Radivojević, Jean Andrei, Jonel Subić and Vladan Ugrenović

Non-sugar matter as an indicator of technological value in different sugar beet genotypes


MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY


Elham Farsi, Armaghan Shafaei, Sook Yee Hor, Mohamed B. Khadeer Ahamed, Mun Fei Yam, Idress Hamad Attitalla, Mohd. Z. Asmawi and Zhari Ismail

Correlation between enzymes inhibitory effects and antioxidant activities of standardized fractions of methanolic extract obtained from Ficus deltoidea leaves


ENTOMOLOGY


Fouzia Tine-Djebbar, Aicha Beya Larhem and Noureddine Soltani

Enzyme immunoassay measurements of the molting hormone in different post-embryonic stages of two mosquito species, Culex pipiens and Culiseta longiareolata


BIOTECHNIQUES

 
J. Oyebamiji Babalola, N. Adesola Babarinde and A. Idowu Adeogun

The reactivity of CysF9[93]ß sulphydryl group of des-HisHC3[146]ß human haemoglobin A


ANIMAL SCIENCE

 
Tohid Vahdatpour, Hossein Nikpiran, Arman Moshaveri, Alireza Ahmadzadeh, Seyyed Reza Riyazi and Sina Vahdatpour

Effects of active, inactive and compounded Saccharomyces cerevisiae on growth-related hormones and performance of Japanese quails (Coturnix Japonica)


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Contents:

Research Articles

 
GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

 
N. A. Adesola Babarinde, J. Oyebamiji Babalola and Simonetta Croci

Inositol-P6 induced structural changes in duck major haemoglobin


Sadia Ali, Ambreen Ijaz, Amina Zafar, Asma Ashraf, Muhammad Yunus, Zafar Iqbal, Shahid Nadeem and Muhammad Ibrahim Rajoka.

Investigation of simple sequence repeats (SSR) marker-assisted genetic diversity among upland Bt- and non Bt-cotton varieties


Shuyan Guan, Piwu Wang, Huijing Liu, Guangna Liu, Yiyong Ma, and Lina Zhao

Production of high-amylose maize lines using RNA interference in sbe2a


Siti Sarah Jumali, Ikram Mohd Said, Syarul Nataqain Baharum, Ismanizan Ismail, Zuraida Ab. Rahman and Zamri Zainal

Molecular cloning and characterization of strictosidine synthase, a key gene in biosynthesis of mitragynine from Mitragyna speciosa


Khadija Fares, Ferdaous Guasmi, Leila touil, Sawsen Drine,Tebra triki and Ali Ferchichi

Genetic variability of some cultivars of pistachio tree based in composition of vitamins


Dong Chun-lin, Zhang Ming-yi, Zhang Yan-qin, Yang Li-li, Liang Gai-mei, Sun Jie, Lin Zhong-ping and Gou Jjian-fang

Transformation of trehalose synthase gene (TPS Gene) into corn inbred line and identification of drought tolerance


PLANT AND AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY

 
Parvez Anwar, Abdul Shukor Juraimi, Adam Puteh, Ahmad Selamat, Azmi Man and Abdul Hakim

Seeding method and rate influence on weed suppression in aerobic rice


Márkilla Zunete Beckmann-Cavalcante, Genilda Canuto Amaral, Alcilane Arnaldo Silva, Ítalo Herbert Lucena Cavalcante, Marluce Pereira Damasceno Lima.

Alternative substrates for production of Heliconia psittacorum L. seedlings under shade and open field conditions


Shazma Anwar, Mohammad Shafi, Jehan Bakht, Mohammad Tariq Jan and Yousaf Hayat

Effect of salinity and seed priming on growth and biochemical parameters of different barely genotypes


ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

 
Darío Spelzini, Beatriz Farruggia, Nelson Perez Guerra, Maria Luisa Rua and Lorenzo Pastrana

Production of aspartic peptidases by Aspergillus spp. using tuna cooked wastewater as nitrogen source and further extraction using aqueous two phase system


M. Jayakumar, T. Sivakami, D. Ambika and N. Karmegam.

Effect of turkey litter (Meleagris gallopavo L.) vermicompost on growth and yield characteristics of paddy, Oryza sativa (ADT-37)


M. J. Kwak, S. H. Lee and S. Y. Woo

Physiological and biochemical traits of different water and light intensities on cork oak (Quercus suber L.) seedlings


INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY

 
Benson Chuks Iweriebor, Tracy Masebe, Julius Nwobegahay, Jeffrey M. Mphahlele and Pascal Obong Bessong

Impact of nucleotide polymorphisms at drug resistance sites on genetic barrier in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 subtype C resistance evolution


FOOD TECHNOLOGY

 
Hilaire Nahimana, Arun S. Mujumdar and Min Zhang

Drying and radial shrinkage characteristics and changes in color and shape of carrot tissues (Daucus carota L) during air drying


APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY

 
Alam Zeb

Effects of ß-carotene on the thermal oxidation of fatty acids


El-Baz, A. F., Shetaia, Y. M. and Elkhouli, R. R..

Xylitol production by Candida tropicalis under different statistically optimized growth conditions


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

Study of biosorptive potential in the peel of Citrus reticulata, Punica granatum, Daucus carota and Momordica charantia


Saenphoom, P., J. B. Liang, Y. W. Ho, T. C. Loh and M. Rosfarizan

Effect of enzyme treatment on chemical composition and production of reducing sugars in palm (Elaeis guineenis) kernel expeller


Shun-ming Tang, Zhiyong Qiu, Qiao-ling Zhao, Yong-zhu Yi and Zhi-fang Zhang

Characteristic analysis of heat-shock-cognate 70-4 gene promoter from silkworm, Bombyx mori (Bmhsc70-4)


MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY


Liqin Zhu, Huiming Wang, Junhua Xu, Jun Lin and Xiaoxiang Wang

Effects of nacre-coated titanium surfaces on cell proliferation and osteocalcin expression in MG-63 osteoblast-like cells


Raenu Yucharoen, Sunee Chansakaow and Yingmanee Tragoolpua

Inhibitory effect of aromatic herbs, lavender, sage and chamomile against herpes simplex virus infection


ENTOMOLOGY


Aquino Bolanos T, Ruiz Vega J, Giron Pablo S, Pérez Pacheco R, Martínez Tomas SH, and Silva Rivera M.E

Interrelationships of the agave weevil Scyphophorus acupunctatus (Gyllenhal), Erwinia carotovora (Dye), entomopathogenic agents and agrochemicals


FISHERY SCIENCE

 
Hakki Dereli and Mustafa Erdem

Spawning period and first maturity size of deep water rose shrimp (Parapenaeus longirostris) in the Aegean Sea


Wu-Shan Chu, Yi-You Hou, Yih-Tsong Ueng, Jiang-Ping Wang and Hung-Cheng Chen

Estimates of age, growth and mortality of spotted catfish, Arius maculatus (Thunberg, 1792), off the Coast of Yunlin, Southwestern Taiwan
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Mehdi Raissy and Mahsa Ansari

Histopathological changes in the gills of naturally-infected Capoeta aculeata (Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1844) with parasites


BIOTECHNIQUES

 
Soo Jin Kim, Jong-Man Jeong, Sangeun Lee, Keun Yong Ryu, Hyun Suk Jung and Hee-Seok Kweon

Applicable technical method for lower temperature freeze-substitution of cryo-fixed cells


Mingxiong Pang, J. McD. Stewart and Jinfa Zhang

A mini-scale hot borate method for the isolation of total RNA from a large number of cotton tissue samples


AQUACULTURE

 
Juan Sui, Qinghua Liu, Tao He, Zhizhong Xiao, Shihong Xu, Daoyuan Ma, Yongshuang Xiao, Fan Lin and Jun Li

Analysis of the early development in first and backcross generations between Paralichthys olivaceus and Paralichthys dentatus


ANIMAL SCIENCE

 
Mahdieh Senemari, Majid Kalantar, saeed khalajzadeh and Mohsen Gholizadeh

Genetic and phenotypic parameters of body weight in Zandi sheep


Farshid Kheiri, Javad Pourreza, Yahya Ebrahimnezhad, Kambiz Nazeradl and Sayed Mohammad Ali Jalali Haji-abadi

Effects of supplemental ractopamine and L-carnitine on growth performance, blood biochemical parameters and carcass traits of male broiler chicks


Abd El-Rahman, H. H., A. A. Abedo, Fatma M. Salman, M. I. Mohamed and M. M. Shoukry

Partial substitution of cumin seed meal by Jatropha meal as a potential protein source for feed


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Contents:


Research Articles

 
GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

 
Antonio Teixeira do Amaral Júnior, Érica Cristina de Oliveira, Leandro Simoes Azeredo Gonçalves, Carlos Alberto Scapim, Liliam Silvia Candido, Thiago Rodrigues da Conceiçao Silva, Cássio Vittorazzi and Keila Silva da Cunha

Assessment of genetic diversity among maize accessions using inter simple sequence repeats (ISSR) markers


Peng Wang, Rui-Rui Su, Ji-Yang Zheng, Shuang-Huai Cheng and Guo-Ping Zhu

Molecular cloning and phylogenetic analysis of a novel BURP domain-containing gene from Camellia sinensis


Sahib Gul Afridi, Habib Ahmad, Mukhtar Alam, Imtiaz Ahmed Khan and Mukhtiar Hassan

DNA landmarks for genetic diversity assessment in tea genotypes using RAPD markers


Burcu Tarikahya Hacioglu and Sadik Erik

Phylogeny of Symphytum L. (Boraginaceae) with special emphasis on Turkish species


Li Li, Wei Liu, Yin-Bing Bian and Yang Xiao

Development of species-specific primers for identifying Auricularia auricula-judae using intergenic spacer 1 (IGS1) sequences


Reza Nahavandi, Parivash Hafezamini and Mariana Nor Shamsudin

Genetic diversity of intensive cultured and wild tiger shrimp Penaeus monodon (Fabricius) in Malaysia using microsatellite markers


Wei Le, Qiuming Chen, Junhai Qian, Chunyan Li, Shengdao Dan, Denglong Wu, LiHe Guo and JinFu Zhang

Analysis of sex chromosomal constitution in sperm from a 47, XYY/46, XY male by using fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH)


PLANT AND AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY

 
Cheng Zhi-hui, Wang Chun-hui, Xiao Xue-mei and Muhammad Azam Khan

Allelopathic effects of decomposing garlic stalk on some vegetable crops


Yong-Gui Pan and Xin-Hua Liu

Effect of benzo-thiadiazole-7-carbothioic acid S-methyl ester (BTH) treatment on the resistant substance in postharvest mango fruits of different varieties


Muhammad Essa, Syed Moazzam Nizami, Sarwat N. Mirza, Irshad A. Khan and Mohammad Athar

Contribution of agroforestry in farmers’ livelihood and its impact on natural forest in northern areas of Pakistan


Azeem Khan, Muhammad Islam, Inam-ul-Haq, Sarfraz Ahmad, Ghazanfar Abbas and Mohammad Athar

Technology transfer for cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) production under protected agriculture in uplands Balochistan, Pakistan


Hatice Demiray, Aylin E. Dereboylu, Filiz Altan and Ali Zeytünlüoglu

Identification of proteins involved in excess boron stress in roots of carrot (Daucus carota L.) and role of niacin in the protein profiles


Ji-zhan Liu, Yang Hu, Xiu-qiong Xu and Ping-ping Li

Feasibility and influencing factors of laser cutting of tomato peduncles for robotic harvesting


ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

 
J. Kassongo and C. A. Togo

Evaluation of full-strength paper mill effluent for electricity generation in mediator-less microbial fuel cells


Salih Aydemir and Halime Sünger (Akil)

Bioreclamation effect and growth of a leguminous forage plant (Lotus corniculatus) in calcareous saline-sodic soil


INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY

 
Mohamed E. A. Dawoud and Amira M. Abu Taleb

Evaluation of nutritional substrate and physical stress (gamma irradiation) in b-glucan productivity by mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus)


Claude Ghislaine Kouadjo and Adolphe Zeze

Chromium tolerance and reduction potential of Staphylococci species isolated from a fly ash dumping site in South Africa


Özgür Karamanli Şekeroglu, Eser Eke Bayramoglu and Gonca Telli Yamamoto

Determination of the effectiveness of organosulfur compound in the leather industry by adenosine triphosphate (ATP) luminometer


FOOD MICROBIOLOGY

 
A. R. Shahab Lavasani, M. R. Ehsani, S. Mirdamadi and S. M. Mousavi

Effect of Bifidobacterium lactis on some physico-chemical and organoleptical properties of Lighvan cheese


FOOD TECHNOLOGY

 
Flora J. Chadare, Jochem Jonkman, Judith Wolkers-Rooijackers, Martinus J. R. Nout, Joseph D. Hounhouigan and Marcel H. Zwietering

Microbiota of Tayohounta, a fermented baobab flavour food of Benin


APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY

 
Atusa Vaziri, Nasrin Motamed, Ali-Reza Abbasi, Beniamin Yazdani and Vahid Niknam

Aging and some physiological and biochemical characteristics of two Aelorupus species


MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

 
Nweze NE, Anene BM and Asuzu IU

In vitro anti-trypanosomal activities of crude extracts, ß-sitosterol and ?-sulphur from Buchholzia coriacea seed


Liang Xiangdang, Guo Zhanshe and Sun Geng

Design and research of a new kind of minimally invasive fixation device in orthopaedics


BIOTECHNIQUES

 
Jun Tao, Liqin Yu, Fen Kong and Daqiu Zhao

Effects of plant growth regulators on in vitro propagation of Cymbidium faberi Rolfe


Zhang Yinglong, Zhang Haibo, Zhu Youshuang and Huang Feng

The effect of laccase on cellulase-treated lignin in 1-n-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride/H2O homogeneous and H2O heterogeneous solutions


Bo Diao, Ying Liu, Yi Zhang and Guo-zheng Xu

A graph-clustering approach to search important molecular markers and pathways of Parkinson’s disease


ANIMAL SCIENCE

 
Ali Ahmad Alaw Qotbi, Saeed Najafi, Omid Ahmadauli, Enayat Rahmatnejad and Masumeh Abbasinezhad

Investigation of poultry housing capacity on energy efficiency of broiler chickens production in tropical areas


Fatemeh Ghasemian, Mahnaz Azarnia, Abtin Heidarzadeh, Shervin Ghadarjani and Mohammad Hadi Bahadori

High efficacy of fibroblast and hepatocyte growth factors on the in vitro blastocyst production of post-thaw mouse two-cell embryo: The cryotop method

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African Journal of Biotechnology - 10 (54), 2011


Contents:

Review


Katarzyna Leja, Katarzyna Czaczyk and Kamila Myszka

Biotechnological synthesis of 1,3-propanediol using Clostridium ssp.


Bayram Sade, Süleyman Soylu and Elif Yetim

Drought and oxidative stress


Research Articles


GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY


Ruijuan Li, Wenjing Lu, Juntao Gu, Xiaojuan Li, Chengjin Guo and Kai Xiao

Molecular characterization and functional analysis of OsPHY2, a phytase gene classified in histidine acid phosphatase type in rice (Oryza sativa L.)


Xiu Hua Zhao, Jin Yu Wang, Gen Xi Zhang, Yue Wei and Ya Bo Yu

Polymorphisms of two neuroendocrine–correlated genes associated with body weight and reproductive traits in Jinghai yellow chicken


Hai Thi Hong Truong, HakSoon Choi, Myoung Cheoul Cho and Hye Eun Lee

Conversion of the random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) marker UBC#116 linked to Fusarium crown and root rot resistance gene (Frl) into a co-dominant sequence characterized amplified region (SCAR) marker for marker-assisted selection of tomato


Mostafa Farajpour, Mohsen Ebrahimi, Reza Amiri, Seyed Ahmad Sadat Noori Sepideh Sanjari and Rasoul Golzari

Study of genetic variation in yarrow using inter-simple sequence repeat (ISSR) and random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers


Chunyan Ma, Hongyu Ma, Lingbo Ma, Keji Jiang, Fengying Zhang and Wei Song

Isolation and characterization of polymorphic microsatellite loci from cDNA library of Scylla paramamosain

  
Dongming Lan, Huiling Yan, Bo Yang and Yonghua Wang

Blunt-end vectors generated by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for direct cloning of blunt-end DNA fragments

    
PLANT AND AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY


Rasool Asghari Zakaria, Maryam Haghighat Hour and Naser Zare

Callus production and regeneration of the medicinal plant Papaver orientale


S. H. Tabatabaei, Sh. Moslehi, P. Najafi and T. Raiesi

Management of water content of soil in cultivation of greenhouse cucumber (Cucumis sativus L, Nasim variety) in Isfahan- Iran

 
C. C. Nwangburuka, O. B. Kehinde, D. K. Ojo, O. A. Denton and A. R. Popoola

Morphological classification of genetic diversity in cultivated okra, Abelmoschus esculentus (L) Moench using principal component analysis (PCA) and single linkage cluster analysis (SLCA)

     
Rasool Asghari-Zakaria, Shahla Razmi, Rosita Madadi and Mojtaba Fathi

Karyological study of the medicinal plant Papaver rhoeas from northwest of Iran


A. O. Eni, J. d’A. Hughes and M. E. C. Rey

Production of yam mosaic virus monoclonal antibodies in mice peritoneum


Barat Ali Siahsar, Simin Sarani and Maryam Allahdoo

Polypeptide electrophoretic pattern of Matricaria chamomilla and Anthemis nobilis under salt and Fe-deficiency stress


Vahid Mollasadeghi, Yaser Momeni Gizilasheg, Rogaye Hazrati Hazejan and Hadi Mazhabi

Evaluation of 14 winter bread wheat genotypes in normal irrigation and stress conditions after anthesis stage


ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY


Bazgha Ahmad, Haq Nawaz Bhatti and Sadia Ilyas

Bio-extraction of metal ions from laterite ore by Penicillium chrysogenum


Du Fengqin, Li Shengrong, Yan Lina, Lv Wenjie, Lu Jing and Sun Wenyan

Relationship of phosphorus content in carp otoliths with that in ambient water in Xiaoxi Port of the Taihu Lake, East China


S.M.Ali Shah, Nadia Shamshad Malik, Asim Awan, Muneeb Ahmad Idrees, M. Akram, H.M. Asif and Shahzad Nawaz

Prevalence of amoebiasis in Gadap Town, Karachi


INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY


Jianyou Long, Xiaoning Gao and Jianrong Xia

Enhancement production of qinlingmycin by a soil-derived Streptomyces No. 24 using protoplast fusion technology and assessment of antibacterial activity


V. Vasanthabharathi, R. Lakshminarayanan and S. Jayalakshmi

Melanin production from marine Streptomyces

FOOD MICROBIOLOGY


S. Elayaraja, T. Velvizhi, V. Maharani, P. Mayavu, S. Vijayalakshmi and T. Balasubramanian

Thermostable ?-amylase production by Bacillus firmus CAS 7 using potato peel as a substrate


FOOD TECHNOLOGY


Nzewi, Daniel and Egbuonu, Anthony C. C.

Effect of boiling and roasting on the proximate properties of asparagus bean (Vigna Sesquipedalis)


APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY


C. Mahamadi, E. Togarepi and P. Dzomba

Extraction of phenolic compounds from Temnocalyx obovatus


Ana R. C. Nogueira, Arlete A. Soares, Abdulrazak B. Ibrahim and Francisco A.P. Campos

Analysis of organogenic competence of cotyledons of Jatropha curcas and their in vitro histological behavior


MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY


Ngwuluka, Ndidi C., Ochekpe, Nelson A. and Odumosu, Patricia O.

An assessment of pharmaceutical waste management in some Nigerian pharmaceutical industries


Shahedur Rahman, Faizus Salehin and Asif Iqbal

Antibacterial efficacy of raw and commercially available honey


Yasemin Nasir, Yusuf Nergiz, Ayfer Aktaş and Nurten Akdeniz

Immunohistochemical evaluation of iron accumulation in term placenta of preeclamptic patients


Saied Habibian Dehkordi, Vajeh Fallah and Shohreh Habibian Dehkordi

Enhancement of broiler performance and immune response by Echinacea purpurea supplemented in diet


Jinous Asgarpanah, Gholamreza Amin and Malihe Parviz

In vitro antiglycation activity of Eremurus persicus (Jaub. Et Sp.) Boiss


BIOTECHNIQUES


Hossein Ahari Mostafavi, Seyed Mahyar Mirmajlessi, Hadi Fathollahi, Vaheh Minassyan and Seyed Mohammad Mirjalili

Evaluation of gamma irradiation effect and Pseudomonas flourescens against Penicillium expansum


Rosnani Alkarimiah, Siti Baizura Mahat, Ali Yuzir and Mohd. Fadhil Md. Din and Shreeshivadasan Chelliapan

Performance of an innovative multi-stage anaerobic reactor during start-up period


ANIMAL SCIENCE


Jing Wang, Haifeng Ji, Dongyan Zhang, Hui Liu, Sixin Wang, Dacong Shan and Yamin Wang

Assessment of probiotic properties of Lactobacillus plantarum ZLP001 isolated from gastrointestinal tract of weaning pigs


Junqing Lu, Shuisheng Hou, Wei Huang, Junying Yu and Wenwu Wang

Polymorphisms in the myostatin gene and their association with growth and carcass traits in duck


Jing-Hua Fu, Qing-You Liu, Min-Jun Xu, De-Shun Shi, Xian-Hui He, Yan Pan, Rui-Bin Guo, Qi Gao, Sheng-Xian Yi, Hua-Sheng Si and Xing-quan Zhu

Seroprevalence of Mycoplasma bovis infection in dairy cows in subtropical southern China


Slim Smaoui, Hajer Ben Hlima, Riadh Ben Salah and Raoudha Ghorbel

Effects of sodium lactate and lactic acid on chemical, microbiological and sensory characteristics of marinated chicken

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African Journal of Biotechnology - 10 (55), 2011


Contents:

Review

 
A. M. Chapa-Oliver, R. G. Guevara-González, M. M. González-Chavira, R. V. Ocampo-Velázquez, A. A Feregrino-Pérez, L. Mejía-Teniente, G. Herrera-Ruíz and I. Torres-Pacheco

Analogies between geminivirus and oncovirus: Cell cycle regulation


 D. O. Ibitoye and P. E. Akin-Idowu

Marker-assisted-selection (MAS): A fast track to increase genetic gain in horticultural crop breeding


Mueen Alam Khan, Muhammad Iqbal, Moazzam Jameel, Wajad Nazeer, Sara Shakir, Muhammad Tabish Aslam and Bushra Iqbal

Potentials of molecular based breeding to enhance drought tolerance in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)


Research Articles


GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY


Yongzhong Lu and Zhijian Zhang

Bioinformatic identification of microRNAs and their targets in Aquilegia formosa x Aquilegia pubescens


Maria Selvaggi and Cataldo Dario

Analysis of two Pit-1 gene polymorphisms: Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) distribution patterns in Podolica cattle breed


H. R. Singh, B. G. Unni, K. Neog and S. B. Wann

Isolating silkworm genomic DNA without liquid nitrogen suitable for marker studies


Leila Mirzaei and Fatemeh Rahmani

Genetic relationships among Rosa species based on random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers


Wei-Ming Li, Chun-Mei Qian, Yi-Wei Mo, Yu-Lin Hu and Jiang-Hui Xie

Tolerance of banana for fusarium wilt is associated with early H2O2 accumulation in the roots


Ahlam A. Abou Mossallam, Soheir M. El Nahas, Nevien M. Sabry, Eman R. Mahfouz and Amal A. Hassan

Partial characterization of three ß-defensin gene transcripts in river buffalo and cattle


Dinh Thi Phong, Vu Thi Thu Hien, Tran Thi Viet Thanh, Nguyen Tuong Van and Nguyen Quoc Binh

Genetic diversity on the tropical rare wood species of Dalbergia in Vietnam revealed by inter-simple sequence repeat (ISSR) markers


Assane Ndong, Toffene Diome, Cheikh Thiaw, Awa Ndiaye, Khadim Kébé, Ali Douma, Guillaume Ketoh, Antoine Sanon and Mbacké Sembene

Several haplotypes of groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) seed-beetle, Caryedon serratus Ol. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Bruchinae), in West Africa: Genetic identification using 28S sequences


PLANT AND AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY


Leila Radhouane

Seedling characters at different temperatures in pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.)


N. M. Mkolo, K. B. Sako, J. O. Olowoyo1, S. Ndlovu and S. R. Magano

Variation in the repellency effects of the leaves of Mentha piperita against adults of Amblyomma hebraeum


Babakhani, B., Khavari-Nejad, R.A., Hassan sajedi, R., Fahimi, H. and Saadatmand S.

Biochemical responses of Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) cultivars subjected to NaCl salinity stress


Bing-gan Lou, Ai-ying Wang, Chai Lin, Tong Xu, Xiao-dong Zheng

Enhancement of defense responses by oligandrin against Botrytis cinerea in tomatoes


Alphonsus K. Belane, Joseph Asiwe and Felix D. Dakora

Assessment of N2 fixation in 32 cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp) genotypes grown in the field at Taung in South Africa, using 15N natural abundance


Issa Piri, Mohsen Moussavi Nik, Abolfazl Tavassoli, Fatemeh Rastegaripour and Mahdi Babaeian

Effect of irrigation frequency and application levels of sulphur fertilizer on water use efficiency and yield of Indian mustard (Brassica juncea)


Jin Jia, Xiangjun Cui, Jinhua Wu, Jianying Wang and Guoze Wang

Physiological and biochemical responses of halophyte Kalidium foliatum to salt stress


Yue-Ning Yang, Ying-Fang Niu, Chao Xu, Yin Wang, Jie-Sheng Liu, Wei-Dong Yang and Hong-Ye Li

Characterization of upstream sequences from the 8S globulin gene of Vigna radiata


Kunlun Liu, Yan Zhao, Fusheng Chen, Zhenxin Gu and Guanhao Bu

Enhanced glutathione peroxidases (GPx) activity in young barley seedlings enriched with selenium


Funda Yoldas, Safak Ceylan, Nilgun Mordogan and Bihter Colak Esetlili

Effect of organic and inorganic fertilizers on yield and mineral content of onion (Allium cepa L.)


Samake Gabriel, Traore Bakary M., Senou Hamidou and Wang Hua-Fang

In vitro regeneration of Acacia nilotica from nodes on MS medium


F. Saadati, Ali R. Bandani and A. Moslemi

Effect of plant seeds protein extract on the Sunn pest, Eurygaste integriceps Puton, growth and development and its gut serine protease activity


De Wet, H.

Antibacterial activity of the five South African Erythroxylaceae species


Fatemeh Nejatzadeh Barandozi, Sattar Tahmasebi Enferadi, Mohammad Reza Naghavi, Younes Mostofi and Amir Mousavi

Survey of chemical manure on morphological traits in Iranian Aloe vera


Askif Pasaribu, Rosli B. Mohamad, Yahya Awang, Radziah Othman and Adam Puteh

Growth and development of symbiotic Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, Glomus mossea (Nicol. and Gerd.), in alachlor and glyphosate treated soils


Xiaoli Chen, Xining Zhao, Pute Wu, Zikui Wang, Fengyun Zhang and Yongyong Zhang

Water and nitrogen distribution in uncropped ridge-tilled soil under different ridge width


Farhad Lashgarara, Roya Mohammadi and Maryam Omidi Najafabadi

Identifying appropriate information and communication technology (ICT) in improving marketing of agricultural products in Garmsar City, Iran


Naushad Ali Turi, Farhatullah and Malik Ashiq Rabbani

Genetic diversity through stability analysis for various fatty acids profile in indigenous Brassica species


ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY


C. S. van Wyk

Removal of heavy metals from metal-containing effluent by yeast biomass


Abdulali Taweel, M. Shuhaimi-Othman and A. K. Ahmad

Heavy metals concentration in different organs of tilapia fish (Oreochromis niloticus) from selected areas of Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia


Algasan Govender and Balakrishna Pillay

Characterization of 1,2-dichloroethane (DCA) degrading bacteria isolated from South African waste water


A. Govender and B. Pillay

Biochemical activities of 1,2-dichloroethane (DCA) degrading bacteria


Savar Sofla, S., Taheri Dezfuli, B. and Mirzaei, F.

Interaction between genotype and climates for Holstein milk production traits in Iran

Wen Guo-qin, Cai Liang, Liu Zhen, Li De-kuan, Luo Qin, Li Xu-feng, Wan Jian-mei and Yang Yi

Arabidopsis thaliana VDAC2 involvement in salt stress response pathway


Natesan Sivakumar, Muthuraman Sundararaman and Gopal Selvakumar

Efficacy of micro algae and cyanobacteria as a live feed for juveniles of shrimp Penaeus monodon


Xiaodong Deng, Bo Gu, Xinwen Hu, Jianchun Guo and Xiaowen Fei

Photosynthetic efficiency and lipid accumulation are affected by the concentration of carbon in microalgae Micractinium pusillum Y-002


INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY


Ho Young Kang, Ki Hwan Moon, Se Won Kim, Jeong Dong Bahk, Sang Wan Gal, Kwang-Keun Cho, Chul-Wook Kim, John Hwa Lee and Sam Woong Kim

An efficient secretion of the protein fused to the AgfA signal sequence in Salmonella


Weibao Kong, Hao Song, Yuntao Cao, Hong Yang3, Shaofeng Hua and Chungu Xia

The characteristics of biomass production, lipid accumulation and chlorophyll biosynthesis of Chlorella vulgaris under mixotrophic cultivation


Chenyan Zhou, Yongtao Wang, Zhenhua Liu, Guanhua Fu, Duan Li, Weiyun Guo, Huigen Feng and Wu Wang

Acidic xylanase II from Aspergillus usamii: Efficient expression in Pichia pastoris and mutational analysis


FOOD TECHNOLOGY


Jiangfei Meng, Yulin Fang, Jinshan Gao, Ang Zhang, Jinchuan Liu, Zhijun Guo, Zhenwen Zhang and Hua Li

Changes in aromatic compounds of cabernet sauvignon wines during ageing in stainless steel tanks


SongYi Lin, Yang Guo, JingBo Liu, Qi You, YongGuang Yin and Sheng Cheng

Optimized enzymatic hydrolysis and pulsed electric field treatment for production of antioxidant peptides from egg white protein


Zheng Lianhe, Wang Li, Huang Xing and Chen Zhengxing

Antioxidant activities of seed extracts from Dalbergia odorifera T. Chen


Dragan Tešanović, Bojana Kalenjuk, Dušanka Tešanović, Đorđe Psodorov, Zoran Ristić and Vladimir Marković

Changes of biochemical and sensory characteristics in the musculus longissimus dorsi of the fallow deer in the early phase post-mortem and during maturation


APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY


B. Banisalam, W. Sani, K. Philip, H. Imdadul and A. Khorasani

Comparison between in vitro and in vivo antibacterial activity of Curcuma zedoaria from Malaysia


Majeed Hussein Al-Sarry and Khitam Jassim Al-Karishy

Histopathological changes and metabolic gene polymorphism in experimental rats exposed to aramite


Weijun Chen, Chunmei Zhang, Yulin Huang, Fangfang Cheng, Songlin Zhao, Yan Shen and Jiangkang Liu

DNA damage protection and 5-lipoxygenase inhibiting activity of areca (Areca catechu L.) inflorescence extracts


Folasade M. Olajuyigbe and Ayodele O. Kolawole

Purification and partial characterization of a thermostable alkaline protease from Bacillus licheniformis LHSB-05 isolated from hot spring


Ali Mostafaie, Kheirollah Yari and Sara Kiani

A comparative evaluation of rehydration and cup-loading sample application for modified two-dimensional gel electrophoresis of human serum proteins using immobilized pH gradient


Michele A. A. Lima, Francisco Fábio M. de Oliveira, Geovany A. Gomes, Patrícia L. Lavor, Gilvandete M. P. Santiago, Aparecida T. Nagao-Dias, Ângela M. C. Arriaga, Telma L. G. Lemos and Mário Geraldo de Carvalho

Evaluation of larvicidal activity of the essential oils of plants species from Brazil against Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae)


MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY


Yumei Liu, Ziqiang Zhang and Xuefeng Yang

Kinetin protects against lipid peroxidation and improves antioxidant status in cultured astrocytes and mouse brain exposed to D-galactose


Zunlai Sheng, Jichang Li and Yanhua Li

Optimization of forsythoside extraction from Forsythia suspensa by Box-Behnken design


Zhi Liu, Yueqiao Xu, Qi Hua,Yanling Wang, Rongkun Liu and Zheng Yang

Additive effects of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome and hypertension on inflammatory reaction


ENTOMOLOGY


Dürdane Yanar, Izzet Kadioglu and Ayhan Gökçe

Acaricidal effects of different plant parts extracts on two-spotted spider mite (Tetranychus urticae Koch)


FISHERY SCIENCE


Qian Yang, Yousheng Jiang, Hongxu Xu, Yan Chen, Lin Wang and Liqun Lu

Prokaryotic expression and immunodot-blot detection of Taura syndrome virus capsid proteins VP2 and VP3


Orhan Demir, Ali Günlü, Fahrettin KÜÇÜK, Iskender GÜLLE and Erkan GÜMÜŞ

Analysis of sarcoplamic proteins in natural populations of mountain trout (Salmo trutta macrostigma Dumeril, 1858) with SDS-PAGE


Omid Safari, Mehrdad Farhangi, Chris G. Carter, Bagher Yakhchali and Parvin Shawrang

Effect of sieve size on chemical composition and functional properties of canola meal (Brasscia napus) protein fractions as fishmeal replacement


Amina Zuberi, Muhammad Naeem and Samina Jalali

Relative in vitro effectiveness of several gonadal steroids on oocyte maturation in freshwater teleost Barilius vagra


Yildiz Bolat, Yavuz Mazlum, Aydin Demirci and Habil Ugur Koca

Estimating the population size of Astacus leptodactylus (Decapoda: Astacidae) by mark-recapture technique in Egirdir lake, Turkey


BIOTECHNIQUES


Sadia Javed, Muhammad Asgher, Munir A. Sheikh, Haq Nawaz and Amer Jamil

Enhanced citric acid production by Aspergillus niger EB-3 mutant using an inert solid support in molasses medium


ANIMAL SCIENCE


Piotr Ślósarz, Marek Stanisz, Piotr Boniecki, Andrzej Przybylak, Dariusz Lisiak and Agnieszka Ludwiczak

Artificial neural network analysis of ultrasound image for the estimation of intramuscular fat content in lamb muscle


Wang Ling-yun, Li Lu, Cheng Gong and Zhou Huan-min

Cell cycle regulation of human foreskin fibroblasts

      

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Revista de Biología Tropical - 59 (2-4), 2011

Revista de Biología Tropical - 59 (2), 2011


Contents:

Filogenia de hongos roya (Uredinales) en la zona andina colombiana mediante el uso de secuencias del ADN ribosomal 28S
Zuluaga, Catalina; Buriticá, Pablo; Marín, Mauricio

Macrophytes in the upper Paraná river floodplain: checklist and comparison with other large South American wetlands
Alves Ferreira, Fernando; Mormul, Roger Paulo; Thomaz, Sidinei Magela; Pott, Arnildo; Pott, Vali Joana

Ultraestructura de la epidermis foliar de Zeugites (Poaceae: Panicoideae)
Soriano, Ana María; Terrazas, Teresa; Dávila, Patricia

Phenotypic plasticity of Vaccinium meridionale (Ericaceae) in wild populations of mountain forests in Colombia
Ligarreto, Gustavo A; Patino, Maria del Pilar; Magnitskiy, Stanislav V

Composición química de los aceites esenciales de las hojas de Helicteres guazumifolia (Sterculiaceae), Piper tuberculatum (Piperaceae), Scoparia dulcis (Arecaceae) y Solanum subinerme (Solanaceae), recolectadas en Sucre, Venezuela
Ordaz, Gabriel; D’Armas, Haydelba; Yánez, Dayanis; Moreno, Shailili

Effect of sucrose and methyl jasmonate on biomass and anthocyanin production in cell suspension culture of Melastoma malabathricum (Melastomaceae)
Suan See, Koay; Bhatt, Arvind; Lai Keng, Chan

Genetic molecular analysis of Coffea arabica (Rubiaceae) hybrids using SRAP markers
Kumar Mishra, Manoj; Suresh, Narayana; Bhat, Asha M.; Suryaprakash, Nayani; Satheesh Kumar, Saya; Kumar, Anil; Jayarama

Biología pesquera de la langosta Panulirus gracilis en Playa Lagarto, Guanacaste, Costa Rica
Naranjo Madrigal, Helven

Insectos acuáticos y calidad del agua en la cuenca y embalse del río Penas Blancas, Costa Rica
Guevara Mora, Meyer

La pesquería de tiburones oceánicos-costeros en los litorales de Colima, Jalisco y Michoacán
Cruz, Angélica; Soriano, Sandra R.; Santana, Heriberto; Ramírez, Cecilia E.; Valdez, Juan J.

Reproductive biology of common snook Centropomus undecimalis (Perciformes: Centropomidae) in two tropical habitats
Perera-García, Martha A.; Mendoza-Carranza, Manuel; Contreras-Sánchez, Wilfrido M.; Huerta-Ortíz, Maricela; Pérez-Sánchez, Eunice

Caracterización cariotípica en mitosis y meiosis del robalo blanco Centropomus undecimalis (Pisces: Centropomidae)
Arias-Rodriguez, Lenin; Indy, Jeane R.; Ahumada-Hernández, Rosa I.; Barragán-Cupido, Helen; Ávalos-Lázaro, Antonieta A.; Páramo-Delgadillo, Salomón

Ictiofauna de los humedales del río San Pedro, Balancán, Tabasco, México
Castillo-Domínguez, Alfonso; Barba Macías, Everardo; Navarrete, Alberto de Jesús; Rodiles-Hernández, Rocío; Jiménez Badillo, María de Lourdes

Morfología de las especies de Hyphessobrycon (Characiformes: Characidae), grupo heterorhabdus, en Colombia
García-Alzate, Carlos A.; Ruiz-C, Raquel I.; Román-Valencia, César; González, Melissa I.; Lopera, Diana X.

Diet, reproduction and population structure of the introduced Amazonian fish Cichla piquiti (Perciformes: Cichlidae) in the Cachoeira Dourada reservoir (Paranaíba River, central Brazil)
Ferraz Luiz, Tatiane; Roquetti Velludo, Marcela; Carvalho Peret, Alberto; Rodrigues Filho, Jorge Luiz; Moldenhauer Peret, André

Estructura y la ultraestructura del ovario de Cichlasoma urophthalmus (Perciformes: Cichlidae)
Viedma, Rubí; Franco, Jonathan; Bedia, Carlos; Guedea Fernández, Guadalupe; Barrera Villa Zevallos, Héctor; Barrera Escorcia, Héctor

Bacterial infection of mudfish Clarias gariepinus (Siluriformes: Clariidae) fingerlings in tropical nursery ponds
Ikpi, Gabriel; Offem, Benedict

Edad y crecimiento del híbrido de tilapia Oreochromis niloticus x Oreochromis aureus (Perciformes: Cichlidae) en la represa “Zimapán” Hidalgo, México
Gómez-Ponce, M. A.; Granados-Flores, K.; Padilla, C.; López-Hernández, M.; Núnez-Nogueira, G.

Patrones de crecimiento postnatal en ocho especies de garzas (Ciconiiformes: Ardeidae)
Denis Ávila, Dennis

Sex determination in Turdus amaurochalinus (Passeriformes: Muscicapidae): morphometrical analysis supported by CHD gene
de Andrade Silva, Katyucha Von Kossel; Lôbo-Hajdu, Gisele; Alves, Maria Alice S.

Caracterización molecular de poblaciones venezolanas de Sigmodon hirsutus (Rodentia: Cricetidae)
Lessmann, Janeth; Arrivillaga, Jazzmín; Aguilera, Marisol

Interpretación fitosociológica de la vegetación de las lomas del desierto peruano
Galán de Mera, Antonio; Linares Perea, Eliana; Campos de la Cruz, José; Vicente Orellana, José Alfredo

Identificación de las prioridades de conservación de la biodiversidad marina y costera en Costa Rica
Alvarado, Juan José; Herrera, Bernal; Corrales, Lenin; Asch, Jenny; Paaby, Pía

Distribución y densidad de dos especies de holoturoideos en la isla de Cubagua, Venezuela
Tagliafico, Alejandro; Rangel, María Salomé; Rago, Néstor

Influencia de las macrófitas sobre la estructura poblacional de rotíferos y microscrustáceos en un plano de inundación tropical
Villabona-González, Silvia Lucía; Aguirre R, Néstor Jaime; Estrada P, Ana Lucía

Monitoreo de la ictiofauna usando grupos taxonómicos superiores en el Parque Nacional Cabo Pulmo, México
Saldívar-Lucio, Romeo; Reyes-Bonilla, Héctor

Population parameters of the Pacific flagfin mojarra Eucinostomus currani (Perciformes: Gerreidae) captured by shrimp trawling fishery in the Gulf of California
López-Martínez, Juana; Rodríguez-Romero, Jesús; Hernández-Saavedra, Norma Y; Herrera-Valdivia, Eloisa

Air pollution in a tropical city: the relationship between wind direction and lichen bio-indicators in San José, Costa Rica
Neurohr Bustamante, Erich; Monge-Nájera, Julián; González Lutz, María Isabel

Abundancia relativa y uso de microhábitat de la rana Geobatrachus walkeri (Anura: Strabomantidae) en dos hábitats en Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia
Martínez Banos, Vera; Pacheco Florez, Vanesa; Ramírez-Pinilla, Martha P

Phenology, seed dispersal and difficulties in natural recruitment of the canopy tree Pachira quinata (Malvaceae)
Castellanos, Maria Clara; Stevenson, Pablo R.

Diversidad alfa y beta de la comunidad de reptiles en el complejo cenagoso de Zapatosa, Colombia
Medina-Rangel, Guido Fabián

Traffic noise affects forest bird species in a protected tropical forest
Arévalo, J. Edgardo; Newhard, Kimberly



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Revista de Biología Tropical - 59 (3), 2011


Contents:

Which statistics should tropical biologists learn?
Loaiza Velásquez, Natalia; González Lutz, María Isabel; Monge-Nájera, Julián

Viruses, definitions and reality
Herrero-Uribe, Libia

Sobre terminología errónea en publicaciones entomológicas
Hilje, Luko

Characterization of Bacillus thuringiensis soil isolates from Cuba, with insecticidal activity against mosquitoes
González, Aileen; Díaz, Raúl; Díaz, Manuel; Borrero, Yainais; Bruzón, Rosa Y; Carreras, Bertha; Gato, René

Caracterización fenotípica y genotípica de doce rizobios aislados de diversas regiones geográficas de Venezuela
Marquina, María Eugenia; González, Néstor Enrique; Castro, Yulimar

Diversidad de helechos y licófitas de la Reserva Natural Punta Lara, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Giudice, Gabriela E; Ramos Giacosa, Juan Pablo; Luján Luna, María; Yanez, Agustina; de la Sota, Elías R

Anatomía foliar comparada y relaciones filogenéticas de 11 especies de Laeliinae con énfasis en Brassavola (Orchidaceae)
Noguera-Savelli, Eliana; Jáuregui, Damelis

Germination and soil seed bank traits of Podocarpus angustifolius (Podocarpaceae): an endemic tree species from Cuban rain forests
Ferrandis, Pablo; Bonilla, Marta; Osorio, Licet del Carmen

Soil seed bank and the effect of needle litter layer on seedling emergence in a tropical pine plantation
Bueno, Andrea; Baruch, Zdravko

In vitro rescue of interspecific embryos from Elaeis guineensis x E. oleifera (Arecaceae)
da Silva Angelo, Paula Cristina; Cardoso Moraes, LarissaAlexandra; Lopes, Ricardo; Reis Sousa, Nelcimar; Vieira da Cunha, Raimundo Nonato; Caetano Quisen, Regina

Antioxidant and antitopoisomerase activities in plant extracts of some Colombian flora from La Marcada Natural Regional Park
Nino, Jaime; Correa, YanedMilena; Cardona, GermánDavid; Mosquera, Oscar Marino

Bothriocephalus acheilognathi (Cestoda) in the endangered fish Profundulus hildebrandi (Cyprinodontiformes), Mexico
Velázquez-Velázquez, Ernesto; González-Solís, David; Salgado-Maldonado, Guillermo

Lepidochitona bullocki, una nueva especie de quitón (Polyplacophora: Ischnochitonidae) del Caribe colombiano
García-Ríos, Cedar I.

Geographical variation in the genetic diversity and composition of the endangered Queen Conch Strombus gigas (Mesogastropoda: Strombidae) from Yucatán, México
Pérez-Enriquez, Ricardo; Garcia-Rodriguez, Francisco Javier; Mendoza-Carrion, Gabriela; Padilla, Claudia

Diversidad genética de dos poblaciones del caracol Strombus gigas (Gastropoda: Strombidae) en Yucatán, México, con microsatélite
Zamora-Bustillos, Roberto; Rodríguez-Canul, Rossanna; García de León, Francisco J; Tello Cetina, Jorge

Molluscan assemblage from a tropical intertidal estuarine sand-mud flat, Gulf of Nicoya, Pacific, Costa Rica (1984-1987)
Vargas-Zamora, José A; Sibaja-Cordero, Jeffrey A

Influence of Diadema antillarum populations (Echinodermata: Diadematidae) on algal community structure in Jardines de la Reina, Cuba
Blanco, Félix Martín; Clero Alonso, Lídice; González Sansón, Gaspar; Pina Amargós, Fabián

Distribución y taxonomía de Pyrgophorus platyrachis (Caenogastropoda: Hydrobiidae), en el Sistema de Maracaibo, Venezuela
Nava, Mario; Severeyn, Héctor; Machado, Nakary

Intraspecific non-sexual interactions of Grammostola schulzei (Araneae: Theraphosidae) under laboratory conditions
Ferretti, Nelson E; Pérez-Miles, Fernando

Biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from Martín García Island, Argentina
Ronderos, María M; Marino, Pablo I.; Díaz, Florentina; Estévez, Ana L

Trophic levels of fish species of commercial importance in the Colombian Caribbean
García, Camilo B; Contreras, Cristian Camilo

Sistemática del pez Petenia splendida (Perciformes: Cichlidae) en el lago Petén Itzá, Guatemala
Méndez, Anaitté; García, María-Elena; Lozano, Lourdes

Variación espacial y temporal en la composición de la dieta de peces invertívoros en un río neotropical, Venezuela
Ortaz, Mario; Martín, Ricardo; López-Ordaz, Adriana

Condition factor and diet of Chrysichthys nigrodigitatus and Chrysichthys auratus (Siluriformes: Bagridae) from Aiba Reservoir, Iwo, Nigeria
Atobatele, Oluwatosin Ebenezer; Ugwumba, Alex Obih

Digestive tract morphology of the Neotropical piscivorous fish Cichla kelberi(Perciformes: Cichlidae) introduced into an oligotrophic Brazilian reservoir
Gonzalez Neves dos Santos, Alejandra Filippo; Neves dos Santos, Luciano; Gerson Araújo, Francisco

External parasites of raptors (Falconiformes and Strigiformes): identification in an ex situ population from Mexico
de Oliveira, JaquelineB; Santos, Tiziano; Vaughan, Christopher; Santiago, Heber

Health of an ex situ population of raptors (Falconiformes and Strigiformes) in Mexico: diagnosis of internal parasites
Anonym

Population density of Sotalia guianensis (Cetacea: Delphinidae) in the Cananéia region, Southeastern Brazil
Havukainen, Liisa; de Araujo Monteiro Filho, Emygdio Leite; de Fatima Filla, Gislaine

Hábitos alimentarios del Puma concolor (Carnivora: Felidae) en el Parque Nacional Natural Puracé, Colombia
Hernández-Guzmán, Andrés; Payán, Esteban; Monroy-Vilchis, Octavio

Prevalence of Colacium vesiculosum (Colaciales: Euglenophyceae) on planktonic crustaceans in a subtropical shallow lake of Argentina
Zalocar, Yolanda; Frutos, Santa Margarita; Casco, Sylvina Lorena; Forastier, Marina Elizabet; Vallejos, Silvina Vanesa

Relación entre suelos y estructura del bosque en la Amazonía colombiana
Calle-Rendón, Bayron R; Moreno, Flavio; Cárdenas-López, Dairon

Restauración ecológica de bosques tropicales en Costa Rica: efecto de varios modelos en la producción, acumulación y descomposición de hojarasca
Celentano, Danielle; Zahawi, Rakan A; Finegan, Bryan; Casanoves, Fernando; Ostertag, Rebecca; Cole, Rebecca J; Holl, Karen D

Recuperación de la biomasa mediante la sucesión secundaria, Cordillera Central de los Andes, Colombia
del Valle, Jorge Ignacio; Restrepo, Héctor Iván; Londono, Mónica María

Sincronía reproductiva interpoblacional de Agave cocui (Agavaceae) en Venezuela
Figueredo, Carmen J; Villegas, José Luis; Nassar, Jafet M

Structure of mixed ombrophyllous forests with Araucaria angustifolia (Araucariaceae) under external stress in Southern Brazil
Vibrans, Alexander C; Sevegnani, Lúcia; Uhlmann, Alexandre; Schorn, Lauri A; Sobral, Marcos G; de Gasper, André L; Lingner, Débora V; Brogni, Eduardo; Klemz, Guilherme; Godoy, Marcela B; Verdi, Marcio

Paleoclima de La Guajira, Colombia; según los anillos de crecimiento de Capparis odoratissima (Capparidaceae)
Ramírez, Jorge Andrés; del Valle, Jorge Ignacio

The role of the host-specific grasshopper Cornops aquaticum (Orthoptera: Acrididae) as consumer of native Eichhornia crassipes (Pontederiaceae) floating meadows
Franceschini, María Celeste; De Wysiecki, María Laura; Poi de Neiff, Alicia; Galassi, María Eugenia; Solange Martínez, Fedra

Insect herbivores associated with Baccharis dracunculifolia (Asteraceae): responses of gall-forming and free-feeding insects to latitudinal variation
Fagundes, Marcílio; Wilson Fernandes, G

Indicadores ecológicos de hábitat y biodiversidad en un paisaje neotropical: perspectiva multitaxonómica
González-Valdivia, Noel; Ochoa-Gaona, Susana; Pozo, Carmen; Gordon Ferguson, Bruce; Rangel-Ruiz, Luis José; Arriaga-Weiss, Stefan Louis; Ponce-Mendoza, Alejandro; Kampichler, Christian


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Revista de Biología Tropical - 59 (4), 2011


Contents:

Local technicians in long-term research projects: evaluation of 25 years experience in an active tropical research station
Hurtado, Johanna; Clark, David B

Giant Eunicid Polychaetes (Annelida) in shallow tropical and temperate seas
Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I; Carrera-Parra, Luis F; de León-González, J. Angel

The Bobbit worm dilemma: a case for DNA (Reply to Salazar-Vallejo et al. 2011. Giant Eunicid Polychaetes (Annelida) in shallow tropical and temperate seas. Rev. Biol. Trop. 59-4: 1463-1474)
Schulze, Anja

Caracterización molecular y resistencia antimicrobiana de aislamientos de Clostridium perfringens de diferentes orígenes en Costa Rica
Gamboa-Coronado, María del Mar; Mau-Inchaustegui, Silvia; Rodríguez-Cavallini, Evelyn

Government conservation policies on Mexican coastal areas: is "top-down" management working?
Nava, Héctor; Ramírez-Herrera, M. Teresa

Pastas de Rhodomonas salina (Cryptophyta) como alimento para Brachionus plicatilis (Rotifera)
Guevara, Miguel; Bastardo, Leandro; Cortez, Roraysi; Arredondo-Vega, Bertha; Romero, Lolymar; Gómez, Patricia

Variación estacional de la composición proximal del mejillón Tagelus peruvianus (Bivalvia: Solecurtidae) del Golfo de Nicoya, Puntarenas, Costa Rica
Fonseca Rodríguez, Cristian; Marín-Vindas, Carolina; Chavarría-Solera, Fabián; Cruz, Rafael A; Toledo Agüero, Pedro

Crecimiento del cangrejo Callinectes danae (Decapoda: Portunidae) de la Isla de Margarita, Venezuela
Castillo, Jesylén; Eslava, Nora; González, Leo Walter

Grupos funcionales alimentarios de macroinvertebrados acuáticos en el río Gaira, Colombia
Rodríguez-Barrios, Javier; Ospina-Tórres, Rodulfo; Turizo-Correa, Rodrigo

Oligoneuria macabaiba sp. nov. (Insecta: Ephemeroptera) from Brazil
Gonçalves, Ines C; Da-Silva, Elidiomar R; Nessimian, Jorge L

Diversity and distribution of Odonata (Insecta) larvae along an altitudinal gradient in Coalcomán mountains, Michoacán, Mexico
Gómez-Anaya, José Antonio; Novelo-Gutiérrez, Rodolfo; Bruce Campbell, William

Desarrollo post-embrionario, fecundidad y consumo de alimento de Dichroplus exilis (Orthoptera: Acrididae) bajo condiciones controladas
Bardi, Christian; Mariottini, Yanina; De Wysiecki, Maria L; Lange, Carlos E

Diversity of galling insects in Styrax pohlii (Styracaceae): edge effect and use as bioindicators
Santos de Araújo, Walter; Rebouças Juliao, Genimar; Araújo Ribeiro, Bárbara; Portes Abraham Silva, Isadora; Baptista dos Santos, Benedito

Size, age and composition: characteristics of plant taxa as diversity predictors of gall-midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae)
Araújo, Walter S

Abundancia y distribución de Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) y dispersión del dengue en Guasave Sinaloa, México
García, Cipriano; García, Lourdes; Espinosa-Carreón T, Leticia; Ley P, César

Five new species of the genus Sphelodon (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) from Brazil with a key to the Neotropical species
Herrera, Andrés; Penteado-Dias, Angélica

Ground-foraging ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and rainfall effect on pitfall trapping in a deciduous thorn woodland (Caatinga), Northeastern Brazil
Nunes, Francyregis A; Martins Segundo, Glauco B; Vasconcelos, Yuri B; Azevedo, Raul; Quinet, Yves

Efecto de las aranas (Arachnida: Araneae) como depredadoras de insectos plaga en cultivos de alfalfa (Medicago sativa) (Fabaceae) en Argentina
Armendano, Andrea; González, Alda

A new fish species of Roeboides from Panamá (Characiformes: Characidae)
S. de Lucena, Carlos Alberto

Seasonal diet composition of Fundulus lima (Cyprinodontiformes: Fundulidae) in two oasis systems of Baja California Sur, Mexico
Acosta Zamorano, Dinora; Ruiz Campos, Gorgonio; Andreu Soler, Asunción; Reyes Valdez, Claudia Alejandra

Larval development of Hypsophrys nicaraguensis (Pisces: Cichlidae) under laboratory conditions
Molina Arias, Alex

Changes in the fish community of the Kpong Headpond, lower Volta River, Ghana after 25 years of impoundment
Quarcoopome, Theodore; Amevenku, Francis; Ofori-Danson, Patrick

Prey selection by two benthic fish species in a Mato Grosso stream, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Ferreira Rezende, Carla; Mazzoni, Rosana; Pellegrini Caramaschi, Érica; Rodrigues, Daniela; Moraes, Maíra

Age, growth and mortality of Clarias gariepinus (Siluriformes: Clariidae) in the Mid-Cross River-Floodplain ecosystem, Nigeria
Idumah Okogwu, Okechukwu

Reproducción de Joturus pichardi y Agonostomus monticola(Mugiliformes: Mugilidae) en ríos de la Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia
Eslava Eljaiek, Pedro; Díaz Vesga, Roy

Composición química del huevo de Tortuga Golfina Lepidochelys olivacea (Testudines: Cheloniidae) y su potencial como recurso alimenticio
Castro-González, María Isabel; Pérez-Gil Romo, Fernando

Temporal and spatial resource use by female three-toed sloths and their young in an agricultural landscape in Costa Rica
Ramirez, Oscar; Vaughan, Christopher; Herrera, Geovanny; Guries, Raymond

Murciélagos (Chiroptera: Mammalia) del Parque Nacional Yurubí, Venezuela: listado taxonómico y estudio comunitario
Delgado-Jaramillo, Mariana; Machado, Marjorie; J. García, Franger; Ochoa, José

Estructura genética de un grupo de capibaras, Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris (Rodentia: Hydrocheridae) en los Llanos orientales colombianos
Maldonado-Chaparro, Adriana; Bernal-Parra, Luz Mery; Forero-Acosta, Gustavo; Ruiz-Garcia, Manuel

A new hypothesis for the importance of seed dispersal in time
Guzmán, Adriana; Stevenson, Pablo R.

La comunidad orquideológica en la Reserva de la Biosfera Sierra del Rosario, Cuba
García-González, Alfredo; Pérez Márquez, Rolando

Estudio del crecimiento de Prioria copaifera (Caesalpinaceae) mediante técnicas dendrocronológicas
Giraldo Jiménez, Jorge Andrés; del Valle Arango, Jorge Ignacio

Morfología de esporas y sinangios en especies neotropicales del helecho Marattia (Marattiaceae)
Lavalle, María del Carmen; Mengascini, Adriana; Rodríguez, Mónica

Ontogenia de los estróbilos, desarrollo de los esporangios y esporogénesis de Equisetum giganteum (Equisetaceae) en los Andes de Colombia
Rincón Barón, Edgar Javier; Forero Ballesteros, Helkin Giovani; Gélvez Landazábal, Leidy Viviana; Torres, Gerardo Andrés; Rolleri, Cristina Hilda

Uso tradicional de plantas medicinales con acción diurética en el Municipio de Quemado de Güines, Cuba
Pérez Machín, Maykel; Sueiro, Mario L.; de la Cruz, Ania; Boffill, María A.; Morón, Francisco; Méndez, Orestes R.; Cárdenas, Jaqueline

Nutrient fluxes in litterfall of a secondary successional alluvial rain forest in Southern Brazil
Bergamini Scheer, Maurício; Gatti, Gustavo; Wisniewski, Celina

Ciclos biogeoquímicos en bosques naturales y plantaciones de coníferas en ecosistemas de alta montana de Colombia
León, Juan Diego; González, María Isabel; Gallardo, Juan Fernando

Can rice field channels contribute to biodiversity conservation in Southern Brazilian wetlands?
Maltchik, Leonardo; Rolon, Ana Silvia; Stenert, Cristina; Machado, Ibere Farina; Rocha, Odete

Seed germination and seedling growth of two Pseudobombax species (Malvaceae) with contrasting habitats from Brazilian Cerrado
Mendes-Rodrigues, Clesnan; Oliveira, Paulo Eugenio; Ranal, Marli Aparecida

Floristic composition and similarity of 15 hectares in Central Amazon, Brazil
Emidio da Silva, Kátia; Martins, Sebastiao Venancio; Alvares Soares Ribeiro, Carlos Antonio; Terra Santos, Nerilson; de Azevedo, Celso Paulo; de Almeida Matos, Francisca Dionizia; do Amaral, Ieda Leao

Reproduction, pollination and seed predation of Senna multijuga (Fabaceae) in two protected areas in the Brazilian Atlantic forest
Wolowski, Marina; Freitas, Leandro

Errata
Paternal behavior and testosterone plasma levels in the Volcano Mouse Neotomodon alstoni (Rodentia: Muridae)
J, Luis; Ramírez, L; Carmona, A; Ortiz, G; Delgado, J; Cárdenas, R



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Propagation of Ornamental Plants - 11 (3-4), 2011

Propagation of Ornamental Plants - 11 (3), 2011


Contents:

ENHANCING SEED GERMINATION IN HYBRID TEA ROSES
Luca Pipino, Valentina Scariot, Laura Gaggero, Andrea Mansuino, Marie-Christine Van Labeke, and Annalisa Giovannini

IN VITRO GERMINATION OF CATTLEYA INTERMEDIA R. GRAHAM BY MEANS OF CHEMICAL DISINFECTION AND WITHOUT LAMINAR FLOW
Donizetti Tomaz Rodrigues, Roberto Ferreira de Novais, Víctor Hugo Alvarez V., José Maria Moreira Dias, Ecila Merces de Albuquerque Villani, and Wagner Campos Otoni

MICROPROPAGATION OF HEDERA HELIX L. ‘MINI’
Iyyakkannu Sivanesan, Ju Yeon Song, and Byoung Ryong Jeong

IN VITRO FRUITING AND SEED PRODUCTION IN ERYCINA PUSILLA (L.) N. H. WILLIAMS & M. W. CHASE
Yi-Tien Chiu, Choun-Sea Lin, and Chen Chang

SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS AND PLANT REGENERATION FROM IMMATURE HICKORY (CARYA CATHAYENSIS SARG.) EMBRYOS
Qixiang Zhang, Hengkang Hu, Haiying Lin, Youjun Huang, Jia Yuan, Huawei Xv, Kunyi Han, Lichun Huang, and Jianqin Huang

STUDIES ON MULTIPLE SHOOT INDUCTION AND PROLIFERATION OF PAEONIA LACTIFLORA PALL. ‘ZHONG SHENG FEN’
Xiao-Nan Yu, Hong Juan Wu, Fang-Yun Cheng, Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva, and Miao-Miao Shen

IN VITRO PROPAGATION OF CYMBIDIUM NANUTUM Y. S. WU ET S. C. CHEN
Zhongming Fang, Weiting Huang, Songjun Zeng, Kunlin Wu, Zhilin Chen, Mingyong Zhang, and Jun Duan

INFLUENCE OF CYTOKININS ON ADVENTITIOUS SHOOT REGENERATION FROM LEAF AND PETIOLE EXPLANTS OF AJUGA MULTIFLORA BUNGE
Iyyakkannu Sivanesan, Chung Ho Ko, Jang Pyung Lee, and Byoung Ryong Jeong



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Propagation of Ornamental Plants - 11 (4), 2011


Contents:

ADVENTITIOUS ROOT FORMATION IN ORNAMENTAL PLANTS: II. THE ROLE OF PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS
Leonid Kurepin, Tegan Haslam, Arturo Lopez-Villalobos, Gunamani Oinam, and Edward Yeung

IN VITRO PROPAGATION OF JASMINUM SAMBAC L. ‘DOUBLE PETALS’ BY AXILLARY BUDS
Lisi He, Jia He, Bing Xia, Xiangjing Meng, Feng Peng, Shulan He, and Ren Wang

THE EFFECT OF GROWTH REGULATORS AND SUCROSE CONCENTRATION ON IN VITRO PROPAGATION OF CAMELLIA JAPONICA L.
Agnieszka Wojtania, Eleonora Gabryszewska, and Małgorzata Podwyszyńska

PLANT REGENERATION FROM ROOT-TIP CULTURE OF CYRTOPODIUM BRANDONIANUM BARB. RODR. (ORCHIDACEAE)
Eduardo Flachsland, Graciela Terada, José Mourazos Fernández, Ricardo Medina, Aurelio Schinini, Hebe Rey, and Luis Mroginski

IN VITRO CLONING AND HISTOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF BAUHINIA TOMENTOSA L.
Ruphi Naz, Naseem Ahmad, Mohammad Anis,and Ibrahim Mohammad Aref

ADVENTITIOUS SHOOT REGENERATION FROM COTYLEDONS OF HETEROPHRAGMA ADENOPHYLLUM (WALL. EX G. DON) SEEM. EX BENTH. & HOOK. F. SEEDLINGS
Muhammad Akram and Faheem Aftab

REGENERATION OF CHRYSANTHEMUM PLANTS (CHRYSANTHEMUM × GRANDIFLORUM (RAMAT.) KITAM.) BY CALLUS DERIVED FROM RAY FLORET EXPLANTS
Chalinee Thangmanee and Kamnoon Kanchanapoom

PRESERVATION OF AN IN VITRO PROPAGATED ENDANGERED SPECIES PINUS ARMANDII VAR. AMAMIANA (KOIDZ.) HATSUSHIMA
Katsuaki Ishii, Yoshihisa Hosoi, Emilio Maruyama, and Sei-ichi Kanetani

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