African Journal of Biotechnology - 11 (13), 2012

Contents:

Research Articles

 
GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

 
Noor Camellia, N. A., Thohirah Lee, A. and N. A. P. Abdullah

Genetic relationships and diversity of Jatropha curcas accessions in Malaysia


Yudha Trinoegraha Adiputra, Jan-Lung Chuang and Jin-Chywan Gwo

Genetic diversity of Indonesia milkfish (Chanos chanos) using amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) analysis


PLANT AND AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY

 
Zhou Xin-Bin, Huang Jian-Guo, Zhou Yong-xiang and Shi Wei-Ming

Genotypic variation of rape in phosphorus uptake from sparingly soluble phosphate and its active mechanism


Ebrahim Amiri, Ali Abdzad Gohari and Yaser Esmailian

Effect of irrigation and nitrogen on yield, yield components and water use efficiency of eggplant



Şule Orman and Hüseyin Ok

Effects of sulphur and zinc applications on growth and nutrition of bread wheat in calcareous clay loam soil


Muhammad Ishtiaq, Abdul Samad Mumtaz, Tanveer Hussain and Abdul Ghani

Medicinal plant diversity in the flora of Leepa Valley, Muzaffarabad (AJK), Pakistan


Zahra Khodarahmpour and Jahad Hamidi

Study of yield and yield components of corn (Zea mays L.) inbred lines to drought stress


Chao Ma, Yi Tang, Xiaomei Li, Juan Li, Li Wang and HuanXiu Li

In vitro induction of multiple buds from cotyledonary nodes of Balsam pear (Momordica charantia L.)


ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

 
Lei Liu, Feng-Lan Huang, Qiu-Xiang Luo, Hong-Ying Pang and Fan-Juan Meng

cDNA- AFLP analysis of the response of tetraploid black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia L.) to salt stress


Andrés Calderín García, Ricardo Luiz Louro Berbara, Liane Portuondo Farías, Fernando Guridi Izquierdo, Orlando Lázaro Hernández, Reinier Hernández Campos and Rosane Nora Castro

Humic acids of vermicompost as an ecological pathway to increase resistance of rice seedlings to water stress


INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY

 
C. I. Uzoigwe and O. K. Agwa

Microbiological quality of water collected from boreholes sited near refuse dumpsites in Port Harcourt, Nigeria


Ali Mohammad Latifi, Samaneh Khodi, Morteza Mirzaei, Mohsen Miresmaeili and Hamid Babavalian

Isolation and characterization of five chlorpyrifos degrading bacteria


FOOD TECHNOLOGY

 
Yasser Durrani, Alam Zeb, Ye Xingqian, Muhammad Ayub, Waseem Tahir, Ali Muhammad1 and Said Wahab

Influence of storage temperatures on physicochemical sensory and nutritional properties of chemically preserved mango pulp


APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY

 
Mahdi Ghanbari, Mansoureh Jami, Konrad J. Domig and Wolfgang Kneifel

Long-term effects of water pH changes on hematological parameters in the common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.)


A. Nisha, S.Govindarajan, M. Muthuraj, S. Manupriya, B. Usharani, S. Kamatchyammal and V. Saroja

Molecular characterization of rpoB gene encoding the RNA polymerase ß subunit in rifampin-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains from south India


Ulzias R. Fontes-Jr, Cledison S. Ramos, Mairim R. Serafini, Sócrates C. H. Cavalcanti, Péricles B. Alves, Gabriele M. Lima, Paulo H. S. Andrade, Leonardo R. Bonjardim, Lucindo J. Quintans-Jr and Adriano A.S. Araújo

Evaluation of the lethality of Porophyllum ruderale essential oil against Biomphalaria glabrata, Aedes aegypti and Artemia salina


Songül Çanakci and Bahar Dursun

The effect of pre-application of salicylic acid on some physiological and biochemical characteristics of tomato seedling (Lycopersicon esculentum L) growing in cadmium containing media


MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

 
Eung Soo Kim, Young Hwa Kim, Byoung Seob Ko, Seung Eun Oh, Eui Jung Do and Mi Young Lee

Multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and fluorescence-based capillary electrophoresis for identification of deer species from antlers


Ali Movahed, Dariush Iranpour, Iraj Nabipour, Mojtaba Jafari, Samad Akbarzadeh, Majid Assadi, Kamran Mirzaei and Najmeh Hagian

Plasma malondialdehyde, bilirubin, homocysteine and total antioxidant capacity in patients with angiographically defined coronary artery disease


FISHERY SCIENCE

 
Qing-fei Zeng, Xiao-hong Gu, Yin-ping Wang, Zhi-gang Mao, Ming-bo Sun, and Xian-kun Gu

Dynamics of photosynthetic activity of cyanobacteria after gut passage through crucian carp (Carassius auratus gibelio) and goldfish (Carassius auratus auratus)


AQUQCULTURE

 
Banu Kutlu, F. Sanem Sunlu and H. Baha Büyükişik

Carrying capacity of Chaetoceros gracilis in Homa Lagoon and the bay of Izmir


ANIMAL SCIENCE

 
H. Lu, Y. D. Huang, B. Y. Zhao and J. Y. Wang

The content of mineral elements on whole blood and hair in Moschus sifanicus


Shahabodin Gharahveysi, Hossein Ali Abbasi, Mehrdad Irani, Ruhollah Abdullahpour and Soheil Mirhabibi

Polymorphism investigation of calpastatin gene in Zel sheep population of Iran by PCR-RFLP method



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