African Journal of Biotechnology - 10 (80), 2011

Contents:

Research Articles


PLANT AND AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY

 
Sadia Galani, Afsheen Aman and Shah Ali Ul Qader

Germination potential index of Sindh rice cultivars on biochemical basis, using amylase as an indicator


Sima Taheri, Jalal Saba, Farid Shekari and Thohirah Lee Abdullah

Effects of drought stress condition on the yield of spring wheat (Triticum aestivum) lines


Norhayati Daud, Rosna Mat Taha, Nor Nafizah Mohd Noor and Hasimah Alimon

Provision of low cost media options for in vitro culture of Celosia sp.


Betül Akin and Ismail Kocaçalişkan

In vitro propagation of Arabis drabiformis Boiss. (Brassicaceae) an endemic rare species of Uludag mountain (Bursa-Turkey)


Neelma Munir and Faheem Aftab

Enhancement of salt tolerance in sugarcane by ascorbic acid pretreatment


Perihan Güler, Aziz Türkoglu and Ilknur Kunduz

Screening the cultural characteristics of Hebeloma eburneum Malençon


Kazem Ghassemi-Golezani and Bahareh Dalil

Seed ageing and field performance of maize under water stress


Zhiming Yan, Shirong Guo, Sheng Shu, Jin Sun, and Takafumi Tezuka

Effects of proline on photosynthesis, root reactive oxygen species (ROS) metabolism in two melon cultivars (Cucumis melo L.) under NaCl stress


H. Saremi, S. M. Okhovvat and S. J. Ashrafi

Fusarium diseases as the main soil borne fungal pathogen on plants and their control management with soil solarization in Iran


Azhar Abbas Khan, Arif Muhammad Khan, Hafiz Muhammad Tahir, Muhammad Afzal, Abdul Khaliq, Shafaat Yar Khan and Ilyas Raza

Effect of wheat cultivars on aphids and their predator populations


ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

 
Yu-tong Wang, Bo Deng, Kun Wang and Xin-qing Shao

Responses of plant morphology and seed quality to long-term overgrazing in Leymus chinensis


Funda Arslanoglu, Selim Aytac and Emel Karaca Oner

Effect of genotype and environment interaction on oil and protein content of soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merrill) seed


Rizwan Alam, Aqib Iqbal, Ikhtiar Khan, Ijaz Ali, Iqbal Munir, Muhammad Tahir, Nazir Jan and Zahoor Ahmad Swati

Carbon and nitrogen stoichiometry in Brassica napus L. seedlings after supplementation with Ca2+ and K+ under irrigated and drought stress conditions


Di Cao, Fuchen Shi, Weibin Ruan, Zhaohua Lu and Minwei Chai

Seasonal changes in and relationship between soil microbial and microfaunal communities in a Tamarix chinensis community in the Yellow River Delta


Snezana Ivanovic, Jovanka Popov-Raljic, Milan Z. Baltic, Miroslav Zujovic, Zorica Tomic, Slobodan Lilic and Ivan Pavlović

Chemical and sensory characteristics of Bunte Deutsche Edelziege and Balkan goat meat


Shengrong Li, Yongwen Gao, Junyan Luo, Ye Cao, Yonghua Gao, Liangfeng Yang, Xiubao Zhang, Lina Yan and Fengqin Du

The thermoluminescence of carp otoliths: A fingerprint in identification of lake pollution


Abdelkader Ali-Nehari, Seon-Bong Kim, Yang-Bong Lee and Byung-Soo Chun

Production of value added materials by subcritical water hydrolysis from krill residues extracted by supercritical carbon dioxide


Selin Sayin, Ayşe Bahar Yilmaz, Nuray Ergün and Funda Turan

Competitive biosorption of different forms of lead [Pb(NO3)2 and Pb(CH3COO)2] on growth, biomass and proline in Spirulina platensis (Cyanophyta)


Cao Xinchun, Wu Pute, Wang Yubao, Zhao Xining and Li Sha

Application of virtual water trade theory in inter-regional grain allocation and transportation in China


E. Bayramoglu and Ö. Demirel

Grass plants crop water consumption model in urban parks located in three different climate zones of Turkey


H. Getinet, T. S. Workneh and K. Woldetsadik

Effect of maturity stages, variety and storage environment on sugar content of tomato stored in multiple pads evaporative cooler


INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY

 
Vanajakshi Jalasutram, Annapurna Jetty and Gangagni Rao Anupoju

Fermentative conversion of raw glycerol into 1,3-propanediol by isolated Klebsiella pneumoniae 141B stain: Optimization of culture variables


Xiaofeng Wang, Xuguang Shen, Heyun Zhao, Yongchuan Sun, Tao Liu, Yun Liu, Li Xu and Yunjun Yan.

Combined strategies for the improvement of heterologous expression of a His-tagged Yarrowia lipolytica lipase Lip2 in Pichia pastoris


FOOD MICROBIOLOGY

 
Samira Abbasi, Rahil Farzan and Hassan Momtaz

Molecular detection of Coxiella burnetii in goat bulk milk samples in some provinces of Iran


FOOD TECHNOLOGY

 
M. Temesgen, T. S. Workneh and G. Bultossa.

Effect of tomato cultivars, honey finisher and processing methods on quality of tomato ketchup


Mania Salehifar and Vajiheh Fadaei

Comparison of some functional properties and chemical constituents of dietary fibers of Iranian rice bran extracted by chemical and enzymatic methods


APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY


Changqing Tong, Wei Li, Qiao Jin, Chengyu Tan, Min Qu, Wen Chen, Valentina Molchanova, Irina Chikalovets, Oleg Chernikov, Pavel Lukyanov

Lectin from the sea mussel Crenomytilus grayanus and its effects on Saccharomyces cerevisiae


Wen-Xing Fan, Song-Min Huang, Fang Liu, Gregory L. Stahl, Wan-Xin Tang, Hong-Yu Qiu and Ping Fu.

Activation of the lectin complement pathway on human renal glomerular endothelial cells triggered by high glucose and mannose-binding lectin


Muhammad Sohail Afzal, Sadia Tahir, Amna Salman, Talha Shafi, Tahir Ahmed, Faiza Rasheed and Ishtiaq Qadri

Analysis of Interleukin-10 polymorphic variants in Pakistani population


MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

 
Bin Yu, Jing Wang, Qiu-wei Wang, Rui-ping Huang and Shi-he Shao

Application of proteomics for prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome: Systematic review and a meta-analysis


Recep Ozmerdivenli, Kursat Karacabey, Cemal Gundogdu and Tarik Sevindi

Protective role of melatonin on blood parameters following irradiation in rat


ENTOMOLOGY

 
Serdar Yüksel and Ayla Tüzün

Use of wing morphometry for the discrimination of some Cerceris (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Crabronidae species)


FISHERY SCIENCE


F. G. Bob-Manuel and E. S. Erondu

Yeast single cell protein in the diet of Oreochromis niloticus (L) fingerlings: An economic evaluation


BIOTECHNIQUES

 
Shanglong Xu, Dichen Li, Junjun Lu, Mengdong Lei and Wei Li

A novel dynamic perfusion system for stem cell proliferation and timely observation


ANIMAL SCIENCE


Nasrollah Vali and Abbas Doosti

Molecular study for the sex identification in Japanese quails (Coturnix Japonica)


S. Z. Mirhosseini, N. Najafi, A. R. Seidavi, S. Gharahveysi, and M. Salehi Nezhad

Genetic diversity, classification and comparative study on the larval phenotypic data in 54 oval cocoon strains of Iran silkworm Bombyx mori (Lepidoptera: Bombycidae) gene bank


Mohammed S. Al-Saggaf, Rashead M. Al-ssum, Omar M. H. Shair

Isolation and identification of Archanobacterium pyogenes (Actinomyces pyogenes) from Arabian gazelles

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