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środa, 12 września 2012

Biogeosciences - 9 (7), 2012






Contents:

Preface "Sources and rapid biogeochemical transformation of dissolved organic matter in the Atlantic surface ocean"
B. P. Koch and G. Kattner

Bioerosion by euendoliths decreases in phosphate-enriched skeletons of living corals
C. Godinot, A. Tribollet, R. Grover, and C. Ferrier-Pages

Use of the isotope flux ratio approach to investigate the C18O16O and 13CO2 exchange near the floor of a temperate deciduous forest
E. Santos, C. Wagner-Riddle, X. Lee, J. Warland, S. Brown, R. Staebler, P. Bartlett, and K. Kim

Implications of observed inconsistencies in carbonate chemistry measurements for ocean acidification studies
C. J. M. Hoppe, G. Langer, S. D. Rokitta, D. A. Wolf-Gladrow, and B. Rost

Occurrence and distribution of ladderane oxidation products in different oceanic regimes
D. Rush, E. C. Hopmans, S. G. Wakeham, S. Schouten, and J. S. Sinninghe Damsté

Production of oceanic nitrous oxide by ammonia-oxidizing archaea
C. R. Löscher, A. Kock, M. Könneke, J. LaRoche, H. W. Bange, and R. A. Schmitz

Microbial nitrogen cycling on the Greenland Ice Sheet
J. Telling, M. Stibal, A. M. Anesio, M. Tranter, I. Nias, J. Cook, C. Bellas, G. Lis, J. L. Wadham, A. Sole, P. Nienow, and A. Hodson

Processes controlling the Si-isotopic composition in the Southern Ocean and application for paleoceanography
F. Fripiat, A.-J. Cavagna, F. Dehairs, A. de Brauwere, L. André, and D. Cardinal

Effects of soil rewetting and thawing on soil gas fluxes: a review of current literature and suggestions for future research
D.-G. Kim, R. Vargas, B. Bond-Lamberty, and M. R. Turetsky

Seasonal occurrence of anoxygenic photosynthesis in Tillari and Selaulim reservoirs, Western India
S. Kurian, R. Roy, D. J. Repeta, M. Gauns, D. M. Shenoy, T. Suresh, A. Sarkar, G. Narvenkar, C. G. Johnson, and S. W. A. Naqvi

The role of the seagrass Posidonia oceanica in the cycling of trace elements
C. Sanz-Lázaro, P. Malea, E. T. Apostolaki, I. Kalantzi, A. Marín, and I. Karakassis

Detecting anthropogenic carbon dioxide uptake and ocean acidification in the North Atlantic Ocean
N. R. Bates, M. H. P. Best, K. Neely, R. Garley, A. G. Dickson, and R. J. Johnson

Changes in growth of pristine boreal North American forests from 1950 to 2005 driven by landscape demographics and species traits
M. P. Girardin, X. J. Guo, P. Y. Bernier, F. Raulier, and S. Gauthier

How errors on meteorological variables impact simulated ecosystem fluxes: a case study for six French sites
Y. Zhao, P. Ciais, P. Peylin, N. Viovy, B. Longdoz, J. M. Bonnefond, S. Rambal, K. Klumpp, A. Olioso, P. Cellier, F. Maignan, T. Eglin, and J. C. Calvet

Remote sensing-based estimation of gross primary production in a subalpine grassland
M. Rossini, S. Cogliati, M. Meroni, M. Migliavacca, M. Galvagno, L. Busetto, E. Cremonese, T. Julitta, C. Siniscalco, U. Morra di Cella, and R. Colombo

Spectroscopic detection of a ubiquitous dissolved pigment degradation product in subsurface waters of the global ocean
R. Röttgers and B. P. Koch

Sedimentary phosphorus and iron cycling in and below the oxygen minimum zone of the northern Arabian Sea
P. Kraal, C. P. Slomp, D. C. Reed, G.-J. Reichart, and S. W. Poulton

Improved modelling of atmospheric ammonia over Denmark using the coupled modelling system DAMOS
C. Geels, H. V. Andersen, C. Ambelas Skjoth, J. H. Christensen, T. Ellermann, P. Lofstrom, S. Gyldenkarne, J. Brandt, K. M. Hansen, L. M. Frohn, and O. Hertel

Multi-decadal uptake of carbon dioxide into subtropical mode water of the North Atlantic Ocean
N. R. Bates

Use of geomorphic, hydrologic, and nitrogen mass balance data to model ecosystem nitrate retention in tidal freshwater wetlands
E. D. Seldomridge and K. L. Prestegaard

Role of sediment denitrification in water column oxygen dynamics: comparison of the North American East and West Coasts
L. Bianucci, K. Fennel, and K. L. Denman

High-resolution mapping of forest carbon stocks in the Colombian Amazon
G. P. Asner, J. K. Clark, J. Mascaro, G. A. Galindo García, K. D. Chadwick, D. A. Navarrete Encinales, G. Paez-Acosta, E. Cabrera Montenegro, T. Kennedy-Bowdoin, Á. Duque, A. Balaji, P. von Hildebrand, L. Maatoug, J. F. Phillips Bernal, A. P. Yepes Quintero, D. E. Knapp, M. C. García Dávila, J. Jacobson, and M. F. Ordónez

Effects of cyanobacterial-driven pH increases on sediment nutrient fluxes and coupled nitrification-denitrification in a shallow fresh water estuary
Y. Gao, J. C. Cornwell, D. K. Stoecker, and M. S. Owens

A high-resolution record of carbon accumulation rates during boreal peatland initiation
I. F. Pendea and G. L. Chmura

New insights on the role of organic speciation in the biogeochemical cycle of dissolved cobalt in the southeastern Atlantic and the Southern Ocean
J. Bown, M. Boye, and D. M. Nelson

Global-scale pattern of peatland Sphagnum growth driven by photosynthetically active radiation and growing season length
J. Loisel, A. V. Gallego-Sala, and Z. Yu

N2O emission from organic barley cultivation as affected by green manure management
S. Nadeem, S. Hansen, M. Azzaroli Bleken, and P. Dörsch

A process-based fire parameterization of intermediate complexity in a Dynamic Global Vegetation Model
F. Li, X. D. Zeng, and S. Levis

The stoichiometry of inorganic carbon and nutrient removal in \newline the Mississippi River plume and adjacent continental shelf
W.-J. Huang, W.-J. Cai, R. T. Powell, S. E. Lohrenz, Y. Wang, L.-Q. Jiang, and C. S. Hopkinson

Sensitivity of wetland methane emissions to model assumptions: application and model testing against site observations
L. Meng, P. G. M. Hess, N. M. Mahowald, J. B. Yavitt, W. J. Riley, Z. M. Subin, D. M. Lawrence, S. C. Swenson, J. Jauhiainen, and D. R. Fuka

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poniedziałek, 13 sierpnia 2012

Asia Life Sciences - 21 (2), 2012




Contents:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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czwartek, 21 czerwca 2012

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




Contents:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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sobota, 16 czerwca 2012

Applied Vegetation Science - 15 (1), 2012






Contents:

    Editors’ Award, vegetation survey, remote sensing and restoration (pages 1–3)

    J. Bastow Wilson, Alessandro Chiarucci, Milan Chytrý and Meelis Pärtel

 
    Regional context affects native and alien plant species richness across habitat types (pages 4–13)

    Núria Gassó, Joan Pino, Xavier Font and Montserrat Vila

   
    Plant diversity consequences of a herbivore-driven biome switch from Grassland to Nama-Karoo shrub steppe in South Africa (pages 14–25)

    Michael C. Rutherford, Leslie W. Powrie and Lara B. Husted

   
    Active restoration of woody canopy dominants in degraded South African semi-arid thicket is neither ecologically nor economically feasible (pages 26–34)

    Marius L. van der Vyver, Richard M. Cowling, Eileen E. Campbell and Mark Difford

  
    Direct and indirect effects of grazing constrain shrub encroachment in semi-arid Patagonian steppes (pages 35–47)

    Pablo A. Cipriotti and Martín R. Aguiar

   
    Resilience, persistence and relationship to standing vegetation in soil seed banks of semi-arid Australian old fields (pages 48–61)

    Andrew J. Scott and John W. Morgan

   
    Vegetation changes associated with cattle (Bos taurus) and wombat (Vombatus ursinus) activity in a riparian forest (pages 62–70)

    Philip Borchard and David J. Eldridge


    Restoration of native vegetation following exclosure establishment on communal grazing lands in Tigray, Ethiopia (pages 71–83)

    Wolde Mekuria and Edzo Veldkamp

 
    Decadal-scale aspen changes: evidence in remote sensing and tree ring data

    Temuulen Tsagaan Sankey

 
    Recolonization of vascular epiphytes in a shaded coffee agroecosystem (pages 99–107)

    Tarin Toledo-Aceves, José G. García-Franco, Adriana Hernández-Rojas and Keith MacMillan

   
    Traits and growth of liana regeneration in primary and secondary forests of Central Amazonia (pages 108–118)

    Mareike Roeder, Dirk Hölscher and Isolde D. Kossmann-Ferraz


    The age of Calluna stands moderates post-fire regeneration rate and trends in northern Calluna heathlands (pages 119–128)

    Liv G. Velle, Liv S. Nilsen and Vigdis Vandvik

 
    Response of blanket bog vegetation to drain-blocking (pages 129–135)

    Paul E. Bellamy, Leigh Stephen, Iain S. Maclean and Murray C. Grant

  
    The influence of environment, management and site context on species composition of summer arable weed vegetation in Hungary (pages 136–144)

    Gyula Pinke, Péter Karácsony, Bálint Czúcz, Zoltán Botta-Dukát and Attila Lengyel

 
    Spectral heterogeneity of QuickBird satellite data is related to fine-scale plant species spatial turnover in semi-natural grasslands (pages 145–157)

    Karin Hall, Triin Reitalu, Martin T. Sykes and Honor C. Prentice

  
    Reviewers List (pages 158–159)

  

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środa, 6 czerwca 2012

Annals of Botany - 109 (5), 2012





Contents:

ContentSnapshots

Plant Cuttings
 Chaffey, Nigel

Major transitions in the evolution of early land plants: a bryological perspective
 Ligrone, Roberto; Duckett, Jeffrey G.; Renzaglia, Karen S.

Evolution of mixed-linkage (1 › 3, 1 › 4)-ß-d-glucan (MLG) and xyloglucan in Equisetum (horsetails) and other monilophytes
 Xue, Xinxin; Fry, Stephen C.

Morphologies and elemental compositions of calcium crystals in phyllodes and branchlets of Acacia robeorum (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae)
 He, Honghua; Bleby, Timothy M.; Veneklaas, Erik J.; Lambers, Hans; Kuo, John

Spatiotemporal variation of leaf epidermal cell growth: a quantitative analysis of Arabidopsis thaliana wild-type and triple cyclinD3 mutant plants
 Elsner, Joanna; Michalski, Marek; Kwiatkowska, Dorota

Virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) in Cysticapnos vesicaria, a zygomorphic-flowered Papaveraceae (Ranunculales, basal eudicots)
 Hidalgo, Oriane; Bartholmes, Conny; Gleissberg, Stefan

Glandulocalyx upatoiensis, a fossil flower of Ericales (Actinidiaceae/Clethraceae) from the Late Cretaceous (Santonian) of Georgia, USA
 Schönenberger, Jürg; von Balthazar, Maria; Takahashi, Masamichi; Xiao, Xianghui; Crane, Peter R.; Herendeen, Patrick S.

Foundation characteristics of edible Musa triploids revealed from allelic distribution of SSR markers
 Hippolyte, I.; Jenny, C.; Gardes, L.; Bakry, F.; Rivallan, R.; Pomies, V.; Cubry, P.; Tomekpe, K.; Risterucci, A. M.; Roux, N.; Rouard, M.; Arnaud, E.; Kolesnikova-Allen, M.; Perrier, X.

Spatial genetic structure of Aquilegia taxa endemic to the island of Sardinia
 Garrido, J. L.; Fenu, G.; Mattana, E.; Bacchetta, G.

Diverse spore rains and limited local exchange shape fern genetic diversity in a recently created habitat colonized by long-distance dispersal
 De Groot, G. A.; During, H. J.; Ansell, S. W.; Schneider, H.; Bremer, P.; Wubs, E. R. J.; Maas, J. W.; Korpelainen, H.; Erkens, R. H. J.

Maternal tissue is involved in stimulant reception by seeds of the parasitic plant Orobanche
 Plakhine, Dina; Tadmor, Yaakov; Ziadne, Hammam; Joel, Daniel M.

Cytogenetic and molecular evidence suggest multiple origins and geographical parthenogenesis in Nothoscordum gracile (Alliaceae)
 Souza, Luiz Gustavo Rodrigues; Crosa, Orfeo; Speranza, Pablo; Guerra, Marcelo

Trampling, defoliation and physiological integration affect growth, morphological and mechanical properties of a root-suckering clonal tree
 Xu, Liang; Yu, Fei-Hai; van Drunen, Elles; Schieving, Feike; Dong, Ming; Anten, Niels P. R.

Arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis increases relative apoplastic water flow in roots of the host plant under both well-watered and drought stress conditions
 Bárzana, Gloria; Aroca, Ricardo; Paz, José Antonio; Chaumont, François; Martinez-Ballesta, Mari Carmen; Carvajal, Micaela; Ruiz-Lozano, Juan Manuel

Light and desiccation responses of some Hymenophyllaceae (filmy ferns) from Trinidad, Venezuela and New Zealand: poikilohydry in a light-limited but low evaporation ecological niche
 Proctor, Michael C. F.

High phenotypic plasticity of Suaeda maritima observed under hypoxic conditions in relation to its physiological basis
 Wetson, Anne M.; Zörb, Christian; John, Elizabeth A.; Flowers, Timothy J.

The response of forest plant regeneration to temperature variation along a latitudinal gradient
 De Frenne, Pieter; Graae, Bente J.; Brunet, Jörg; Shevtsova, Anna; De Schrijver, An; Chabrerie, Olivier; Cousins, Sara A. O.; Decocq, Guillaume; Diekmann, Martin; Hermy, Martin; Heinken, Thilo; Kolb, Annette; Nilsson, Christer; Stanton, Sharon; Verheyen, Kris

Combined use of leaf size and economics traits allows direct comparison of hydrophyte and terrestrial herbaceous adaptive strategies
 Pierce, Simon; Brusa, Guido; Sartori, Matteo; Cerabolini, Bruno E. L.

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poniedziałek, 28 maja 2012

Anales de Biologia - 33, 2011




Contents:

Growth, water status and nutrient accumulation of seedlings of Cassia fistula L. in response to soil salinity
Crecimiento, estado hídrico y acumulación de nutrientes en plántulas de Cassia fistula L. en respuesta a la salinidad
Seema Abhay Hardikar & Amar Nath Pandey

Novedades para la flora de la Región de Murcia
New records for the flora of the Region of Murcia
Laura Aznar, Antonio F. Carrillo, Miguel Ángel Carrión, Juan López, José Moya, Jesús Robles & Pedro Solano

Biodiversity of insect-parasitic nematodes in soil pest insect (Orthoptera, Gryllidae and Gryllotalpidae) in wheat fields of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Biodiversidad de nemátodos parásitos de insectos plaga del suelo (Orthoptera, Gryllidae y Gryllotalpidae) en áreas agrícolas de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Nora Beatriz Camino & María Fernanda Achinelly

Implications of calcium nutrition on the response of Acacia senegal (Mimosaceae) to soil salinity
Implicaciones de la nutrición del calcio en la respuesta de Acacia senegal (Mimosaceae) a la salinidad del suelo
Neha Tusharbhai Patel, Nilesh Sundarjibhai Panchal, Indu Bhushan Pandey & Amar Nath Pandey

Chromosome number in meiotic stage cells and pollen viability of Vanhouttea hilariana Chautems, Vanhouttea brueggeri Chautems and an interespecific hybrid (Gesneriaceae)
Número de cromosomas en las células meióticas y la viabilidad del polen de Vanhouttea hilariana Chautems, Vanhouttea brueggeri Chautems y un híbrido interespecífico (Gesneriaceae)
Maria Cecília Perantoni Fuchs, Saulo Marçal de Sousa, Ivonne Sanmartin-Gajardo & Lyderson Facio Viccini

Variación en la condición de Luciobarbus sclateri (Günther, 1868) (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) a lo largo de gradientes longitudinales de la cuenca del río Segura
Variability in the condition of Luciobarbus sclateri (Günther, 1868) (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) along longitudinal river gradients within the Segura basin
Diego Castejón-Bueno, Mar Torralva, David Verdiell-Cubedo, Inmaculada Martínez-Morales, Ana Ruiz-Navarro & Francisco J. Oliva-Paterna

Caracterización y cultivo de tres cepas de Pleurotus eryngii (Fries) Quélet sobre sustratos basados en residuos agroalimentarios
Characterization and culture of three Pleurotus eryngii (Fries) Quélet strains on food and agriculture wastes
Alberto Andrino, Asunción Morte & Mario Honrubia

Mejora de la capacidad antifúngica in vitro e in vivo de un combinado de antagonistas compatibles frente a Phytophthora capsici
Improving the antioomycete capacity in vivo and in vitro of a formula containing a combination of antagonists of Phytophthora capsici
Mohammed Ezziyyani, Ahlem Hamdache, Ana Requena, Catalina Egea-Gilabert, Maria Emilia Candela, Laura González-Ramiro & Maria Emilia Requena

Los murciélagos (Mammalia: Chiroptera) de la Región de Murcia (SE Espana): distribución y estado de conservación
Bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) of the Region of Murcia (SE Spain): distribution and conservation status
Fulgencio Lisón, Emilio Aledo & José Francisco Calvo

Notas corológicas sobre la flora vascular de la provincia de Valladolid (Espana)
Chorological remarks on the vascular flora of Valladolid province (Spain)
Jesús Antonio Lázaro-Bello

Primera cita de Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Skuse, 1894) en la Región de Murcia
First record of Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Skuse, 1894) in the Region of Murcia
Francisco Collantes & Juan A. Delgado

El guayule, Parthenium argentatum A. Gray (Asteraceae), asilvestrado en Almería (Espana).
The guayule, Parthenium argentatum A. Gray (Asteraceae), casual alien plant in Almería province (Spain).
Francisco Rodríguez, Luis Posadas, Jesús Vilchez, Andrés Ivorra & Agustín Lahora

Los microorganismos y el arte
Microorganisms and art
Mariano Gacto & Marina Gacto

Osmolyte concentrations in Atriplex halimus L. and Atriplex canescens (Pursh) Nutt. adapted to salinity and low temperature (Chenopodiaceae)
Concentración de osmolitos en Atriplex halimus L. y Atriplex canescens (Pursh) Nutt. adaptados a salinidad y bajas temperaturas (Chenopodiaceae)
Miloud Aouissat, David J. Walker, Kheiria Hcini, Moulay Belkhodja & Enrique Correal

Morphology, anatomy and mycorrhizae in subterranean parts of Zeuxine gracilis (Orchidaceae)
Morfología, anatomía y micorrizas en las partes subterráneas de Zeuxine gracilis (Orchidaceae)
Thangavelu Muthukumar, Eswaranpillai Uma, Arumugam Karthikeyan, Kullaiyan Sathiyadash, Sarah Jaison, Perumalsamy Priyadharsini, Ishworani Chongtham & Vellaisamy Muniappan

Actividad insecticida de Piper tuberculatum Jacq. sobre Aedes aegypti L. (Diptera: Culicidae) y Anopheles pseudopunctipennis Tehobal (Diptera: Culicidae)
Insecticidal activity of Piper tuberculatum against Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) and Anopheles pseudopunctipennis (Diptera: Culicidae)
Jenny Bazán-Calderón, Roberto Ventura-Flores, Massuo J. Kato, Consuelo Rojas-Idrogo y Guillermo E. Delgado-Paredes

Effects of population variability on the accuracy of detection probability estimates
Efectos de la variabilidad en parámetros poblacionales en predicciones de probabilidad de detección
Alejandro Ordónez, Emiel van Loon & Willem Bouten

Nuevas aportaciones corológicas sobre la flora del sureste ibérico
New records for the flora South-eastern Iberia
Pedro Sánchez-Gómez, David López, Juan F. Jiménez, Juan B. Vera, José L. Cánovas & Francisco J. Sánchez

Nuevas citas para la flora de la provincia de Almería (Espana)
New references for the flora of the province of Almería, South Eastern Spain
Andrés Ivorra, Luis Posadas, Jesús Vílchez, Francisco Rodríguez
 
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środa, 18 kwietnia 2012

African Journal of Biotechnology - 10 (75-76), 2011

African Journal of Biotechnology - 10 (75), 2011


Contents:

Research Articles


GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY


Jinsong Chen, Conglin Huang, Xiuhai Zhang, Rong Yu and Zhongyi Wu

Detection of herbicide-resistant maize by using loop-mediated isothermal amplification of the pat selectable marker gene


Qian Wang, Yucheng Zhang, Min Gao, Chen Jiao and Xiping Wang

Identification and expression analysis of a pathogen-responsive PR-1 gene from Chinese wild Vitis quinquangularis


Musa Hasan Abu Zarga and Mukaram Shikara

NADP+- dependent isocritrate dehydrogenase from human kidney mitochondria


Avinash Pandey, Amit Kumar and Ramya P

Genetic diversity in green gram accessions as revealed by STMS markers


Yongxin Liu, Guixing Wang, Yi Liu, Jilun Hou, Yufen Wang, Fei Si, Zhaohui Sun, Xiaoyan Zhang and Haijin Liu

Production and verification of heterozygous clones in Japanese flounder, Paralichthys olivaceus by microsatellite marker


Ahmed Nagib Sharaf, Ahmed Gaber, Abdelhadi Abdallah Abdelhadi Abdelshafy Ibrahim Ragab and Walid Ahmed Korani

Induction, characterization and genetic analysis of Aspergillus flavus resistant mutants in Arachis hypogaea


Zhiyong Wang, Li Liao, Xuejun Yuan, Aigui Guo and Jianxiu Liu

Genetic relationships of bermudagrass (Cynodon dactylon var. dactylon) from different countries revealed by sequence-related amplified polymorphism (SRAP) analysis
 

PLANT AND AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY

 
Hatira Taşkin, Saadet Büyükalaca, Davut Keleş and Ercan Ekbiç

Induction of microspore-derived embryos by anther culture in selected pepper genotypes


Kalpana Sengar, R. S. Sengar and Sanjay Kumar Garg

The effect of in-vitro environmental conditions on some sugarcane varieties for micropropagation


Yousaf Jamal, Muhammad Shafi and Jehan Bakht

Effect of seed priming on growth and biochemical traits of wheat under saline conditions


Zhenming Zhang, Siming Song, Hailong Wu, Xinxiao Yu and Qian Zhang

Factors affecting soil erosion in Beijing mountain forestlands


Sureyya Altintas

Effects of prohexadione-calcium with three rates of phosphorus and chlormequat chloride on vegetative and generative growth of tomato


Özlem Tuncay

Relationships between nitrate, chlorophyll and chromaticity values inrocket salad and parsley


Sureyya Altintas

Effects of chlormequat chloride and different rates of prohexadione-calcium on seedling growth, flowering, fruit development and yield of tomato


Funda Eryilmaz Acikgoz

Mineral, vitamin C and crude protein contents in kale (Brassica oleraceae var. acephala) at different harvesting stages


Mahdi, Babaeian, Yasser, Esmaeilian, Abolfazl, Tavassoli and Mehdi, Javaheri

Interaction of micro and macro elements with manure on barley feed yield and soil nutrient content in Sistan region


ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

 
Tong Bao, Tieheng Sun and Lina Sun

Low molecular weight organic acids in root exudates and cadmium accumulation in cadmium hyperaccumulator Solanum nigrum L. and non-hyperaccumulator Solanum lycopersicum L.


Tian-Nv Wang, Lei Lu, Guo-Fu Li, Jun Li, Teng-Fei Xu, Min Zhao

Decolorization of the azo dye reactive black 5 using laccase mediator system


Rafi Ullah, Jehan Bakht, Mohammad Shafi, Madiha Iqbal, Ayub Khan and Muhammad Saeed

Phyto-accumulation of heavy metals by sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) grown on contaminated soil


Zheng Zi-Cheng, LI Ting-Xuan, Xiao Guang-Li, Zhang Xi-Zhou, Yu Hai-Ying and Wang Yong-Dong

Mineral composition of dominant plant species growing in a phosphorus mining area


Oguz Kurdoglu and Başak Avcioglu Çokçalişkan

Assessing the effectiveness of protected area management in the Turkish Caucasus


Ali BÜLBÜL, Tugbanur ÖZEN and Gültekin TARCAN

Hydrogeochemical and hydrogeological investigations of thermal waters in the Alasehir-Kavaklidere area (Manisa-Turkey)


INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY

 
Shi-jun Yu, Ying Zhang, Chun-ru Li, Qian Zhang, Zhong-you Ma and Mei-zhen Fan

Optimization of ultrasonic extraction of mycelial polysaccharides from Paecilomyces hepiali using response surface methodology and its antioxidant activity


FOOD MICROBIOLOGY

 
Farid Bensalah, Asmaa Labtar, Christine Delorme and Pierre Renault

Occurrence, isolation and DNA identification of Streptococcus thermophilus involved in Algerian traditional butter ‘Smen’


FOOD TECHNOLOGY

 
Omojola, Moses O., Afolayan, Michael O., Adebiyi, Adedayo B., Orijajogun, Joyce O., Thomas, Sunday A. and Ihegwuagu, Nnemeka E.

Further physicochemical characterization of Parkia biglobosa (Jacq.) Benth fruit pulp as a mineral supplement


Farzana Siddique, Kiran Sultan Khan, Asif Ahmad, Anwaar Ahmed, Muhammad Gulfraz and Feroza Hamid Wattoo

Development and optimization of sweet cream butter from buffaloes at cottage scale


APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY


Margaret Oluwatoyin Sofidiya, Busola Oduwole, Elizabeth Bamgbade, Olukemi Odukoya and Sunday Adenekan

Nutritional composition and antioxidant activities of Curculigo pilosa (Hypoxidaceae) rhizome


Yun Liu, Junkai Wang, Yunjun Yan and Jiangchuan Li

Biocatalytic synthesis and antioxidant capacities of ascorbyl esters by Novozym 435 in tert-butanol system using different acyl donors


He Ying, Zhang Nian-zhang, Zhao Ping, Chu Yue-feng, Gao Peng-cheng, Zhang Jian-jun and Lu Zhong-xin

Improvement of specific polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for the identification of Mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae


MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

 
Olayinka A. Aiyegoro and Sandra van Dyk

The antioxidant properties, cytotoxicity and monoamine oxidase inhibition abilities of the crude dichloromethane extract of Tarchonanthus camphoratus L. leaves


Saadia Shahzad Alam, Samreen Riaz and M. Waheed Akhtar

Effect of high dose thiamine therapy on activity and molecular aspects of transketolase in Type 2 diabetic patients


D. O. Awoniyi, Y. G. Aboua, J. L. Marnewick, S. S. du Plesis and N. L. Brooks

Protective effects of rooibos (Aspalathus linearis), green tea (Camellia sinensis) and commercial supplements on testicular tissue of oxidative stress-induced rats


BIOTECHNIQUES

 
Gong Cheng, Fangrong Ding, Yunping Dai and Ning Li

Targeting the human lysozyme gene on bovine ?s1-casein gene locus in fibroblasts


Yingchun Qi, Yaomei Ye and Manzhu Bao

Establishment of plant regeneration system from anther culture of Tagetes patula


Kuen-Chang Hsieh, Ming-Feng Kao, Tsong-Rong Jang, Wen-Lang Lin, Hsueh-Kuan Lu and Yu-Yawn Chen

Estimation of segmental fat free mass in Taiwanese elderly females by bioelectrical impedance analysis with new mathematical model


ANIMAL SCIENCE

 
Farjad Rafeie, Cyrus Amirinia, Ardeshir Nejati Javaremi, Seyed Ziaeddin Mirhoseini and Nour Amirmozafari

A study of patrilineal genetic diversity in Iranian indigenous horse breeds


Wang Hong, Zan LinSen, Cheng Gong, Wang HongBao and Fu ChangZhen

Molecular cloning, expression analysis and sequence prediction of CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein beta gene of Qinchuan cattle


Muhammad Naeem, Amina Zuberi, Abdus Salam, Muhammad Ali, Muhammad Riaz-ul-Haq, Muhammad Khalid, Mudasra Mehreen, Muhammad Farhan Nasir, Saeed Akhtar Rasool and Abir Ishtiaq

Some morphometric relationships of hatchery reared male population of Oreochromis mossambicus from Pakistan


Mingyan Shi, Xue Gao, Hongyan Ren, Zhengrong Yuan, Huiguang Wu, Jiao Li, Lupei Zhang, Huijiang Gao, Junya Li and Shangzhong Xu

Association analysis of CAPN1 gene variants with carcass and meat quality traits in Chinese native cattle


Navid Mogadam and Aidin Azizpour

Ameliorative effect of glucomannan-containing yeast product (Mycosorb) and sodium bentonite on performance and antibody titers against Newcastle disease in broilers during chronic aflatoxicosis


Maryam Royan, Goh Yong Meng, Fauziah Othman, Awis Qurni Sazili and Bahman Navidshad

Effects of dietary conjugated linoleic acid (CLA), n-3 and n-6 fatty acids on performance and carcass traits of broiler chickens

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African Journal of Biotechnology - 10 (76), 2011


Contents:

Review

 
Suchitra Muenthaisong, Andras Dinnyes and Tshimangadzo Lucky Nedambale

Review of somatic cell nuclear transfer in pig


Research Articles

 
GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

 
F. Ebrahimi, G. Mohammadi-Nejad, A. Baghizadeh and M. Abdolinejad

Genetic diversity evaluation of rapeseed genotypes (Brassica napus L.) based on phenotypic traits and random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers


Gerald Otti, Ayodele Fakoya, Ikpan Andrew and Melaku Gedil

Development of genomic tools for verification of hybrids and selfed progenies in cassava (Manihot esculenta)


Ping Cao, Jing Sun, Peng Zhao, Heng Liu and Guochang Zheng

A new putative plasmodesmata-associated protein, At1g19190, in Arabidopsis


Jiali Dong, Yunyun Jiang, Rongjun Chen, Zhengjun Xu and Xiaoling Gao

Isolation of a novel xyloglucan endotransglucosylase (OsXET9) gene from rice and analysis of the response of this gene to abiotic stresses


Sun, Y. L., Wang, D., Lee, H. B., Park, W. G., Kwon, O. W. and Hong, S. K.,

Phylogeny of Korean Hornbeam (Carpinus turczaninovii) based on nuclear ribosomal ITS sequence


PLANT AND AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY

 
Liqing Du, Hui Zeng, Minghong Zou, Hanzhou Zhang, Lianfang Luo and Chaozhong Lu

Characters analysis of the Macadamia cv. Ikaika (333) germplasm resource


JIN Xiao-Ming, AI Lin, LIU Ji-Dong and LU Xin-Shi

The dynamics of age structures on Agropyron michnoi and Leymus chinensis in community with two dominant species populations


Süleyman Korkut

Physical and mechanical properties and the use of lesser-known native Silver Lime (Tilia argentea Desf.) wood from Western Turkey


Li Xia, Wang Chao and Ren Chenggang

Effects of 1-butanol, neomycin and calcium on the photosynthetic characteristics of pepc transgenic rice


Maheshwari .R. Bhadragoudar and Chandrashekhar .G. Patil

Assessment of genetic diversity among Capsicum annuum L. genotypes using RAPD markers


Agathar Kamota, Pardon Muchaonyerwa and Pearson N. S. Mnkeni

Effects of ensiling of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) maize (MON810) on degradation of the crystal 1Ab (Cry1Ab) protein and compositional quality of silage


Ruo-Fei Yang, Wan-Chen Li, Jing He, Shu-Feng Zhou, Yue-Hui She and Feng-Ling Fu

Inducement and identification of an endosperm mutant in maize


ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY


Yanling Li, Zhijun Gong and Ji Shen

Diatom distribution in the surficial sediments of Lake Fuxian, Yunnan Plateau, China


Nannan Zhang, Yawen Fan and Yixin Liu

Relationship between diatom communities and environmental conditions at Honghe wetland, China


INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY

 
Jinpeng Wang, Xuexia Ji, Yuxiang Bai, Zhengyu Jin1, Xueming Xu and Yin Li

Effects of fermentation conditions on the production of 4-?-glucanotransferase from recombinant Escherichia coli


APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY

 
Saleh A. Mohamed, Azza M. Abdel-Aty, Mohamed Belal Hamed, Mohamed O. El-Badry and Afaf S. Fahmy

Ficus sycomorus latex: A thermostable peroxidase


Horieh Saderi and Maryam Abbasi.

Evaluation of anti-adenovirus activity of some plants from Lamiaceae family grown in Iran in cell culture


Joseph M. K. Mulema, Patrick Okori and Katherine J. Denby

Proteomic analysis of the Arabidopsis thaliana-Botrytis cinerea interaction using two-dimensional liquid chromatography


Muhammad Rashid Khan, Azra Memon, Gul Nabi Khan, Maria Shabbir, Naima Saeed, Naseer Ali Shah, Jasia Bokhari, and Umbreen Rashid

Protective effects of Digera muricata (L.) Mart. against carbon tetrachloride induced oxidative stress in thyroid of rat


Chuanhui Fan, Zhanmin Liu and Lifeng Yao

Medium optimization for protopectinase production by batch culture of Aspergillus terreus


MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY


Tao Kong, Yusen Jia, Jingzhe Yang, Xin Wang, Chunsong Jia and Limin Liao

Down-regulation of Notch-1 by ?-secretase inhibitor suppress the proliferation and migration of prostate cancer cells


Ying Yang, Bo Yu, Yuan Gao and Guiping Wu

Atorvastatin reverses the effects of interleukin-1ß (IL-1ß) on membrane potential in cultured rat aorta smooth muscle cells by activating big conductance Ca2+-activated K+ channels (BK) and scavenging hydrogen dioxide


Parnian Alizadeh Oskoee, Elmira Jafari Navimipour, Siavash Savadi Oskoee, Mahmoud Bahari and Fatemeh Pournaghiazar

Effect of different adhesion strategies on push-out bond strength of fiber reinforced composite posts


ENTOMOLOGY

 
Miao Xie, Min-sheng You, Juan Cheng and Liette Vasseur

A proteomic analysis of short-term exposure to fipronil in larvae of Plutella xylostella


FISHERY SCIENCE


H. Raeisi, S. A. Hosseini, S. Y. Paighambari, S. A. A. Taghavi and R. Davoodi

Species composition and depth variation of cutlassfish (Trichiurus lepturus L. 1785) trawl bycatch in the fishing grounds of Bushehr waters, Persian Gulf


Hangjun Wang, Liyan Zhang, Xiaowan Chen and Shaoxiong Ding

Characterization of single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers for the Chinese black sleeper, Bostrychus sinensis


ANIMAL SCIENCE


Mukesh, Ruheena Javed, Uma Gaur, Han Jianlin and S. Sathyakumar

Cross-species applicability of chicken microsatellite markers for investigation of genetic diversity in Indian duck (Anas platyrhynchos) populations


Gholamreza Kavoosi

Zataria multiflora essential oil reduces diabetic damages in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats


Houda Bouraoui, Elena Vendramin, Andrea Squartini, and Mohamed-Laid Haddi

Taxonomical analysis of the suspended bacterial fraction in the dromedary rumen fluid

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poniedziałek, 16 kwietnia 2012

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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czwartek, 12 kwietnia 2012

African Journal of Biotechnology - 10 (56-57), 2011

African Journal of Biotechnology - 10 (56), 2011


Contents:


Review


Muhammad Yasin, Zafar Iqbal, Muhammad Ehsan Safdar, Abdul Rehman, Amjed Ali, Muhammad Asif, Mudassir Aziz, Asif Tanveer and Muhammad Aslam Pervez

Phalaris minor control, resistance development and strategies for integrated management of resistance to fenoxaprop-ethyl


Research Articles


GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY


A. Niknejad, M. A. Kadir and S. B. Kadzimin

In vitro plant regeneration from protocorms-like bodies (PLBs) and callus of Phalaenopsis gigantea (Epidendroideae: Orchidaceae)


Ernest M. Eblate, Kusiluka J. Lughano, Chenyambuga D. Sebastian, Msoffe L. Peter and Roed H. Knut

Polymorphic microsatellite markers for genetic studies of African antelope species


C. O. Ilori and A. Pellegrineschi

Transgene expression in cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) through Agrobacterium transformation of pollen in flower buds


Yaoguo Qin, Jianjun Lei, Bihao Cao, Guoju Chen, Yongli Zhai and Cuiqin Yang

Cloning and sequence analysis of the defective in anther dehiscence1 (DAD1) gene fragment of Chinese kale


Zheng Quan, Zheng Yongping, Wang Guangdong, Guo Weiming And Zhang Zhiguo

Sonication assisted Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of chalcone synthase (CHS) gene to Spring Dendrobium cultivar ‘Sanya’

 
Zahra Noormohammadi, Fatemeh Shojaei-Jesvaghani, Masoud Sheidai, Farah Farahani and Omran Alishah

Inter simple sequence repeats (ISSR) and random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) analyses of genetic diversity in Mehr cotton cultivar and its crossing progenies


Guo Guang-yu, Sun Rui, Hou Meng, Guo Yong-xin, Xin Da-wei, Jiang Hong-wei, Liu Chun-yan, Hu Guo-hua and Chen Qing-shan

Quantitative trait locus (QTL) analysis of pod related traits in different environments in soybean


PLANT AND AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY


Long Jianyou, Xia Jianrong and Chen Yongheng

Isolation and identification of two marine-derived Streptomyces from marine mud of coast and offshore Zhuhai, and bioactive potential for plant pathogenic fungi


Xiao-Li Wu and Wei-Kai Bao

Effect of water deficit on growth and photosynthetic characteristics of 13 winter wheat


Masitah Zainuddin, Advina Lizah Julkifle, Ranjetta Pobathy, Uma Rani Sinniah, Amir Khoddamzadeh, Jessica Jeyanthi James Antony, Pavallekoodi and Sreeramanan Subramaniam

Preliminary analysis of cryopreservation of Dendrobium Bobby Messina orchid using an encapsulation-dehydration technique with Evans blue assay


Esen Oruç Büyükbay and Orhan Gündüz

An investigation on computer and internet use for agricultural development in rural areas: A case study for Tokat Province in Turkey


Ghassem Habibi Bibalan and Hamideh Shadkami-Til

Average stem biomass of Gundelia (Gundelia tournefortii L.) in Shanjan Rangelands, East Azerbaijan, Iran


M. M. I. Masum, S. M. M. Islam, M. S. Islam and M. H. Kabir

Estimation of loss due to post harvest diseases of potato in markets of different districts in Bangladesh


A. Jabarzare, M. Bassiri and M.R. Vahabi

Effects of light and drought stress on germination of Artemisia sieberi Besser


Moneruzzaman, K. M., Hossain, A. B. M. S., Normaniza, O. and Boyce, A. N.

Growth, yield and quality responses to gibberellic acid (GA3) of Wax apple Syzygium samarangense var. Jambu air madu fruits grown under field conditions


Xuejun Yuan, Li Liao, Guodao Liu and Zhiyong Wang

Plant regeneration system from cotyledons-derived calluses cultures of Stylosanthes guianensis cv. ‘Reyan 2’


Ihsan Bakirci, Arzu Kavaz and Emine Macit

Effect of different brine concentrations and ripening period on some quality properties of Turkish white pickled cheese


Yuan Ma, Jun Chun, Shenghua Wang and Fang Chen

Allelopathic potential of Jatropha curcas


Marcos Ribeiro da Silva Vieira, Angela Vacaro de Souza, Caio Marcio Guimaraes Santos, Leonardo de Sousa Alves, Reginaldo Conceiçao Cerqueira, Reinaldo de Alencar Paes, Aline Danielle de Souza and Luiza Maria de Sousa Fernandes

Stem diameter and height of chrysanthemum cv Yoko ono as affected by gibberellic acid


ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY


Sonil Nanda and Jayanthi Abraham

Impact of heavy metals on the rhizosphere microflora of Jatropha multifida and their effective remediation


Snežana Branković, Dragana Pavlović-Muratspahić, Marina Topuzović, Radmila Glišić, Dragić Banković and Milan Stanković

Environmental study of some metals on several aquatic macrophytes


Changqing Zhao, Qinhuan Yang, Wuyong Chen, Hui Li and Hao Zhang

Isolation of a sulfate reducing bacterium and its application in sulfate removal from tannery wastewater


Kamiyango, M. W., Sajidu, S. M. I. and Masamba, W. R. L.

Removal of phosphate ions from aqueous solutions using bauxite obtained from Mulanje, Malawi


INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY

 
Yue-Hua Cui and Ke-Chang Zhang

Effect of metal ions on the growth and metabolites production of Ganoderma lucidum in submerged culture


Jingpeng Sun, Keju Jing and Yinghua Lu

High regioselective acetylation of vitamin A precursors using lipase B from Candida antarctica in organic media


Noura El-Ahmady El-Naggar, A. A. Sherief and Sarah Shawky Hamza

Bioconversion process of rice straw by thermotolerant cellulolytic Streptomyces viridiochromogenes under solid-state fermentation conditions for bioethanol production


Cazetta, M. L. and Contiero, J.

Influence of nitrogen source and sucrose concentration on inulinase production by Kluyveromyces marxianus in fed-batch fermentation


FOOD TECHNOLOGY

 
Ephraim Nuwamanya, Yona Baguma, Enoch Wembabazi and Patrick Rubaihayo

A comparative study of the physicochemical properties of starches from root, tuber and cereal crops


APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY


Hussaini Anthony Makun, Michael Francis Dutton, Mulunda Mwanza and Patrick Berka Njobeh

Mycotoxins profiling of the culture material of Fusarium verticillioides (Sacc.) Nirenberg culture (CABI-IMI 392668) isolated from rice in Niger State, Nigeria and its cytotoxic effects on human lymphocytes comparatively to those of some mycotoxin standards


Fang Shen, Xiongmin Liu, Jingjuan Liang and Fang Lai

Comparison of lipase-catalyzed synthesis of cyclopentadecanolide under organic and biphasic systems


MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

 
Yi Lou, Yi Zhang, Haining He, Yingfen Liu, Ping Huang and Tinghe Yu

Ultrasound sensitizes chemotherapy in chemoresistant ovarian cancers


Jaslin, Edward J. and Padmaja, V.

Antioxidant potential of ethanolic extract of aerial parts of Coleus spicatus Benth


Magda M. Aly and Nehad M. Gumgumjee

Antimicrobial efficacy of Rheum palmatum, Curcuma longa and Alpinia officinarum extracts against some pathogenic microorganisms


Mohamed Abdalla Estai, Farihah Suhaimi, Ima-Nirwana Soelaiman, Ahmad Nazrun Shuid and Srijit Das

Bone histomorphometric study of young rats following oestrogen deficiency

 
FISHERY SCIENCE


Samy Yehya El-Zaeem

Growth comparison of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) and Blue tilapia, (Oreochromis aureus) as affected by classical and modern breeding methods


BIOTECHNIQUES

 
Rakib A. Al-Ani, Mustafa A. Adhab, Muthannah A. El-Muadhidi and Maadh A. Al-Fahad

Induced systemic resistance and promotion of wheat and barley plants growth by biotic and non-biotic agents against barley yellow dwarf virus

 
PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCE


Mohammad Sadeghi and Mojgan Yarahmadi

Synthesis and properties of carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) graft copolymer with on-off switching properties for controlled release of drug


ANIMAL SCIENCE

 
Ahmad Ziarlarimi, Mehrdad Irani and Shahabodin Gharahveysi

An investigation on the replacement of antibiotics by medicinal plants to control the infection of Escherichia Coli (E. coli) in broiler chickens


Eze, J. I., Ngene, A. A., Anosa, G. N. and Ezeh, I. O.

Immunomodulatory effect of dietary selenium supplementation on serum antibody response and leucocytic profile of Trypanosoma brucei brucei infected rats


PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

 
Rahmatollah Karimizadeh, Mohtasham Mohammadi, Siamak Ghaffaripour, Farzad Karimpour and Mohammad Kazem Shefazadeh

Evaluation of physiological screening techniques for drought-resistant breeding of durum wheat genotypes in Iran

     
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African Journal of Biotechnology - 10 (57), 2011


Contents:

 
Research Articles

 
GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

 
Cao Ye, Zhao sujun, Liang Tianyu, Qian shaoping and Zhang yizheng

Molecular cloning and functional analysis of the follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) receptor gene promoter from the Jintang black goat


Hua Xu, Xinlong He and Juhee Ahn

Assessment of antibiotic susceptibilities, genotypic characteristics and biofilm-forming abilities of Staphylococcus aureus and Salmonella Typhimurium


Peng Yan, Xiaobing Wu, Rong Yang, Xiaoqiang Li and Banghe Yang

DNA-based species identification for faecal samples: An application on the mammalian survey in Mountain Huangshan Scenic Spot


Yongxin Liu, Guixing Wang, Yi Liu, Jilun Hou, Yufen Wang, Fei Si, Zhaohui Sun, Xiaoyan Zhang and Haijin Liu

Production and confirmation of clones using gynogenesis in Japanese flounder


Le Chang, Jingjue Chen, Yumian Xiao and Yiping Xia

De novo characterization of Lycoris sprengeri transcriptome using Illumina GA II


Radheshyam Sharma and Sumangala Bhat

Molecular cloning of endochitinase 33 (ECH33) gene from Trichoderma harzanium


Xuejing Wang, Shurong Zhong, Libo Gao, Shaojing Dou, Genfeng He, Yue Ran, Jianjun Bao and Qiang Jing

An association study between polymorphism of alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH1B), aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH2), cytochrome (CYP4502E1), Catechol-O-Methyltransferase (COMT) and 5-hydroxytryptamine transporter (5-HTT) genes in Yunnan Han population with alcohol dependence


PLANT AND AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY

 
Ji-Peng Chen, Xian-Hong Ge, Xing-Cheng Yao, Ye-Hong Feng and Zai-Yun Li

Synthesis and characterization of interspecific trigenomic hybrids and allohexaploids between three cultivated Brassica allotetraploids and wild species Brassica fruticulosa


Weimei Jiang, Yuanmiao Fu, Xiaolong Zhou and Chengxin Fu

High-frequency shoot regeneration of nodal explants from Tetrastigma hemsleyanum Diels et Gilg: A valuable medicinal plant


Rustem Cangi, Adem Yagci, Soner Akgul, Metin Kesgin and Yusuf Yanar

Effects of shading and covering material application for delaying harvest on gray mold disease severity


Jinfeng Qi, Xuecai Zhang, Changbin Yin, Huihui Li and Feng Lin

Optimization of breeding methods when introducing multiple resistance genes from American to Chinese wheat


Rustem Cangi and Duran Kiliç

Effects of bud loading levels and nitrogen doses on yield, physical and chemical properties of brined grape-leaves


Hossam S. El-Beltagi, Hosny H. Kesba, Ahmed I. Abdel-Alim and Al-Sayed, A. A.

Effect of root-knot nematode and two species of crown gall on antioxidant activity of grape leaves


K. Shabanpour, A. Sharifi, A. Bagheri and N. Moshtaghi

Effect of genotypes and culture medium on shoot regeneration and proliferation of Gerbera jamesonii


ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

 
Bharat Bhusan Patnaik, Hongray Howrelia J., Theresia Mathews and M. Selvanayagam

Histopathology of gill, liver, muscle and brain of Cyprinus carpio communis L. exposed to sublethal concentration of lead and cadmium


Maribel Cano, Myrna Solis, Joel Diaz, Aida Solis, Octavio Loera and Maura M. Teutli

Biotransformation of indigo carmine to isatin sulfonic acid by lyophilized mycelia from Trametes versicolor


Mohammad Sadegh Sekhavatjou, Azamalsadat Hosseini Alhashem, Sepideh Sadat Taghavirad, Gholamreza Goudarzi and Ahmad Reza Mollaee

Seasonal variation of mercury vapor concentrations in industrial, residential, and traffic areas of Ahvaz city, Southwest Iran


INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY

 
George F. Rapsang, Rakshak Kumar and S. R. Joshi

Identification of Lactobacillus pobuzihii from tungtap: A traditionally fermented fish food, and analysis of its bacteriocinogenic potential


Nayera A.M. Abdelwahed and Noura El-Ahmady El-Naggar

Repeated batch production of vancomycin using synthetic cotton fibers


FOOD TECHNOLOGY


Li Gao, Javed Ahmed Ujan, Linsen Zan, Mei Xue and Adoligbe Camus

A novel polymorphism of resistin gene and its association with meat quality traits in Chinese Bos taurus


APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY

 
Sanjay Kumar Singh, Santosh Kumar Singh, Vinayak Ram Tripathi and Satyendra Kumar Garg

An oxidant, detergent and salt stable alkaline protease from Bacillus cereus SIU1


Mohammad Sadeghi and Mojgan Yarahmadi

Synthesis and characterization of superabsorbent hydrogel based on chitosan-g-poly (acrylic acid-co-acrylonitrile)

 
Saleem Khan, Farhad Ahmad, Farhad Ali, Hakim khan, Ayub Khan and Zahoor Ahmad Swati

Phyto-agglutinin, total proteins and amino assimilating enzymatic activity of indigeneous chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) cultivars

  
MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

 
Usman Sumo Friend Tambunan, Nissia Apriyanti, Arli Aditya Parikesit, William Chua and Katarina Wuryani

Computational design of disulfide cyclic peptide as potential inhibitor of complex NS2B-NS3 dengue virus protease

  
Dan Liu, Fang Xu, Dong Wan, Wen-ying Leng and Fa-chun Zhou

Tetramethylpyrazine attenuates oleic acid-induced acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome through the downregulation of nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-kB) activation in rats

 
ENTOMOLOGY

 
M. M. Rahman, M. T. M. Mahmud M. F. Hasan, S.H. Habib and H. Kausar

Study on the growth and development of brinjal shoot and fruit borer with different diets


Hafiz Muhammad Tahir, Abida Butt, Muhammad Khalid Mukhtar, Shafaat Yar Khan, Muhammad Arshad and Muhammad Mohsin Ahsan

Effect of carbofuran on the diversity and mean abundance of ground spiders


FISHERY SCIENCE

 
Azin Mohagheghi Samarin, Bagher Mojazi Amiri, Mehdi Soltani, Rajab Mohammad Nazari, Abolghasem Kamali and Mohammad Reza Naghavi

Effects of storage duration and storage temperature on viability of stored ova of kutum (Rutilus frisii kutum) in ovarian fluid

 
Muhammad Naeem, Abdus Salam, Muhammad Ali, Mudasra Mehreen, Muzaffar Ali, Muhammad Jamshed Khan, Muhammad Mazhar Ayaz, Abir Ishtiaq and Amina Zuberi

Breeding performance of sustainable fish Ctenopharyngodon idella through single intramuscular injection of Ovaprim-C at Bahawalpur, Pakistan

   
BIOTECHNIQUES

 
Seyyed Javad Mousavizadeh and Shahram Sedaghathoor

Apple and quince peroxidase activity in response to essential oils application

   
Huang Jianglong, Wei Hongbo, Chen Guili, Zheng Zongheng, Guo Weiping, Chen Tufeng, Huang yong and Zhang Fucheng

The effect of all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) on the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and VEGF receptors of human colon cancer LoVo cell line

     
ZhiDi Bai, Lei Shi, Changmin Hu, Xi Chen, Jingjing Qi, Xiaoliang Ba, Qingjie Peng, Yingyu Chen, Huanchun Chen and Aizhen Guo

Development of a loop-mediated isothermal amplification assay for sensitive and rapid detection of Mycoplasma bovis

     
ANIMAL SCIENCE

 
Sahnoun Attou, Ghalem Selselet Attou and Kaddour Bouderoua

Effects of early and chronic exposure to high temperatures on growth performance, carcass parameters and fatty acids of subcutaneous lipid of broilers


Reza Neshagaran Hemmatabadi, Alireza Seidavi and Shahaboddin Gharahveysi

Comparison of response to selection in three peanut cocoon lines of silkworm during spring and autumn seasons


Mohammad Ali Sirjani, Mohammad Hossein Shahir, Hamid Kohram and Ahmad Zare Shahneh

Effect of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) treatment on multiple births in Afshari ewes


Mohammad Ali Sirjani, Mohammad Hossein Shahir, Hamid Kohram, Morad Pasha Eskandarinasab and Hamed Kermani Moakhar

The effects of pregnant mare serum gonadotropin (PMSG) injection a day prior or at controlled intravaginal drug-releasing (CIDR) removal on multiple births in Afshari ewes


Mubashar Hussain, Muhammad Naeem, Shakil Ahmad Khan, Muhammad Farooq Bhatti and Muhammad Munawar

Studies on the influence of temperature and humidity on biological traits of silkworm (Bombyx mori L.; Bombycidae)

   
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środa, 11 kwietnia 2012

African Journal of Biotechnology - 10 (52-53), 2011





African Journal of Biotechnology - 10 (52), 2011


Contents:


Research Articles


GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY


Faiza Masmoudi-Allouche, Radhia Gargouri-Bouzid, Walid Kriaâ, Mohammed Najib Saidi, Hajer Jamoussi, Yosr Abdelkefi and Noureddine Drira

Investigation of genetic variability related to the in vitro floral hermaphrodism induction in Date palm (Phonix dactylifera L.)


Qian Wang, Jianli Sun, Li Bao, Jinpan Lian and Huixian Zhao

Twenty putative palmitoyl-acyl transferase genes with distinct expression patterns in Arabidopsis thaliana


PLANT AND AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY


Abdollah Bahrani, Hosein Heidari, Sharif Abad and Amir Aynehband

Nitrogen remobilization in wheat as influenced by nitrogen application and post-anthesis water deficit during grain filling


Iram Fatma Jafri, Ainul Haq Khan and Mohd Gulfishan

Genotoxic effects of 5-bromouracil on cytomorphological characters of Cichorium intybus L.


Periasamy Suranthran, Uma Rani Sinniah, Sreeramanan Subramaniam, Maheran A. Aziz, Nordin Romzi and Saikat Gantait

Effect of plant growth regulators and activated charcoal on in vitro growth and development of oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq. var. Dura) zygotic embryo


Nasser E. Ibrahim, Hanan Shaaban and Andreas Krell

Studies on new antifreeze protein from the psychrophilic diatom, Fragilariopsis cylindrus


Sudarat Thanonkeo, Nuttaporn Chamnipa and Pornthap Thanonkeo

Induced accumulation of 20-hydroxyecdysone in cell suspension cultures of Vitex glabrata R.Br.


Junejo, N., Khanif, M. Y., Hanfi, M. M., Dharejo, K. A. and Wan, Z. W. Y.

Reduced loss of NH3 by coating urea with biodegradable polymers, palm stearin and selected micronutrients

 
Mostafa Ebadi and Alireza Iranbakhsh

The induction and growth of potato (Solanum tuberosum. L) microtubers (sante cultivar) in response to the different concentrations of 6-benzylaminopurine and sucrose

 
ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY


Soumaya Arraouadi, Mounawer Badri, Wael Taamalli, Thierry Huguet and Mohamed Elarbi Aouani

Variability salt stress response analysis of Tunisian natural populations of Medicago truncatula (Fabaceae) using salt response index (SRI) ratio

     
Shu-Cheng Liang, Min Zhao, Lei Lu, Chun-Lei Wang, Li-Yan Zhao and Wen-Jin Liu

Isolation and characteristic of an aerobic denitrifier with high nitrogen removal efficiency

   
Jaime Alioscha Cuervo-Parra, Montserrat Ramírez-Suero, Vladimir Sánchez-López and Mario Ramírez-Lepe

Antagonistic effect of Trichoderma harzianum VSL291 on phytopathogenic fungi isolated from cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) fruits


Shazia Nouren, Haq Nawaz Bhatti and Sadia Ilyas

Bioleaching of copper, aluminum, magnesium and manganese from brown shale by Ganoderma lucidum


Ghafoori, M., Nik M. Majid, Islam, M. M. and Sylvia Luhat

Bioaccumulation of heavy metals by Dyera costulata cultivated in sewage sludge contaminated soil

  
INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY


Ahmed M. El-Bondkly, Aboshosha, A. A. M., Radwan, N. H.2 and Dora, S. A.

Application and comparison of two different intraspecific protoplast fusion methods in Trichoderma harzianum and their effect on ß-glucosidase activity

   
Pornthap Thanonkeo, Sudarat Thanonkeo, Kannikar Charoensuk and Mamoru Yamada

Ethanol production from Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus L.) by Zymomonas mobilis TISTR548

  
FOOD TECHNOLOGY


Zi-Gang Li, Xiao-Yu Yue, Yan-Juan Liu and Yi-Xing Zhang

Effect of calcium salts and tri-sodium citrate on certain properties of calcium-fortified soy milk


Teramoto, Y., Koguchi, M., Wongwicharn, A. and Saigusa, N.

Production and antioxidative activity of alcoholic beverages made from Thai ou yeast and black rice (Oryza sativa var. Indica cv. Shiun)


APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY


Minoo Yaghmaei, Saeedeh Salimi, Mojgan Mokhtari, Anoosh Naghavi, Mohsen Saravani, and Farzaneh Farajian- Mashhadi

Endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene Glu298Asp polymorphism and risk of preeclampsia in South East of Iran


Nazmi Saritaş, Kadir Yildiz, Serdar Büyükipekci and Betül Coşkun

Effect of different levels of royal jelly on biochemical parameters of swimmers


Byung Hoon Park, Deok Jung Kim, Kun Woo Park, Mun Soo Park, Yo Han Son, Na Yeon Woo, Yoo Jin Yi, Hyoung Jun Lee, Yong Min Lee, In Sub Choi, Hyo Jeong Lee, Jae Won Park, Sung Mook Yoo, Su Chan Lee, Jae Deok Lee, Jae Shin Lim and Sangdeog A. Kim

Iron content in forage sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) measured on different slit widths with atomic absorption spectrometry

  
MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY


Salwa M. Abdel Rahman, Sawsan A. Abd-Ellatif, Sahar F. Deraz and Ashraf A. Khalil

Antibacterial activity of some wild medicinal plants collected from western Mediterranean coast, Egypt: Natural alternatives for infectious disease treatment


Swee Keong Yeap, Abdul Rahman Omar, Wan Yong Ho, Boon Kee Beh, Abdul Manaf Ali and Noorjahan Banu Alitheen

Immunomodulatory effect of Rhaphidophora korthalsii on mice splenocyte, thymocyte and bone marrow cell proliferation and cytokine expression


Ghaffari, J., Naghshvar, F., Nazari, Z.1, Farid, R., Torabizadeh, J. and Madani, F.

Seroprevalence of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 infection (HTLV1) in different patients in the north of Iran


Ruzanna Ab Kadir, Shahrul Hisham Zainal Ariffin, Rohaya Megat Abdul Wahab, Sahidan Senafi and Fahrul Zaman Huyop

Differentiation potential of human suspension mononucleated peripheral blood cells


FISHERY SCIENCE


Muhammad Naeem and Abir Ishtiaq

Proximate composition of Mystus bleekeri in relation to body size and condition factor from Nala Daik, Sialkot, Pakistan


BIOTECHNIQUES


Rodrigo da Silva Guedes, Tatiane Loureiro da Silva, Zanderluce Gomes Luis and Jonny Everson Scherwinski-Pereira

Initial requirements for embryogenic calluses initiation in thin cell layers explants from immature female oil palm inflorescences

   
Dongwu Liu, Xue Wang, Yousheng Lin, Liying Sun, Zhiwei Chen and Hongzhi Xu

Analysis of the effects of cerium on calcium ion in the protoplasts of Arabidopsis thaliana with confocal microscopy


Zhen Feng, Jing Ren, Yanhe Zhang and Sen Hu

Improved secretory production of calf prochymosin by codon optimization and disruption of PMR1 in Kluyveromyces lactis GG799


PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCE


M. Afzal, F. S. Mehdi, Fida M.Abbasi, Habib Ahmad, R. Masood, Inamullah, Jan Alam, Gul Jan, M. Islam , Noor Ul Amin , A. Majid1 , M. Fiaz and A.H.Shah

Efficacy of Avicennia marina (Forsk.) Vierh. leaves extracts against some atmospheric fungi

 
ANIMAL SCIENCE


Saied Habibian Dehkordi, Fatemeh Hosseinpour and Azizollah Ebrahimi Kahrizangi

An in vitro evaluation of antibacterial effect of silver nanoparticles on Staphylococcus aureus isolated from bovine subclinical mastitis

 
GENERAL AND APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY


Lejla Duraković, Andrea Skelin, Sanja Sikora, Frane Delaš, Mirna Mrkonjić-Fuka, Katarina Huić-Babić and Mihaela Blažinkov

Impact of new synthesized analogues of dehydroacetic acid on growth rate and vomitoxin accumulation by Fusarium graminearum under different temperatures in maize hybrid

       

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African Journal of Biotechnology - 10 (53), 2011


Contents:

Review


Susan Mir Najd Gerami, Safar Farajnia and Feridoun Mahboudi

Co-solute assistance in refolding of recombinant proteins


Research Articles


GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY


Işil Aydemir and Beyhan Gürcü

Histochemical determination of glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) in normal and ethanol-induced chick embryo during neural tube development


Syed M. Shahid, Abid Azhar, Syeda N. Nawab, Rozeena Shaikh, Muhammad Ismail and Azam J. Samdani

Single nucleotide substitution mutations and polymorphisms in ECM1 gene in lipoid proteinosis in siblings of a Pakistani family

    
Ahmad-Reza Mehrabian, Masoud Sheidai, Zahra Noormohammadi, Younes Asrei and Valeyollah Mozafarian

Inter-simple sequence repeats (ISSR) and morphological diversity in Onosma L. (Boraginaceae) species in Iran

    
Saber Khederzadeh

Polymorphism of Calpastatin Gene in Crossbreed Dalagh Sheep Using PCR-RFLP

   
PLANT AND AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY

 
Montaser Fawzy Abdel- Monaim

Role of riboflavin and thiamine in induced resistance against charcoal rot disease of soybean


Tieniu Wu, Yunqiang Wang, Junwei Lv and Bo Zhang

Soil water characteristics of Middle Pleistocene paleosol layers on the loess Plateau


Sivanaswari, Chalaparmal, Thohirah, L. A., Fadelah, A. A., and Abdullah, N. A. P

Hybridization of several Aerides species and in vitro germination of its hybrid


Theerawut Wongwarat, Suchirat Sakuanrungsirikul and Piyada Theerakulpisut

Effective methods of preserving SCWL-diseased sugarcane leaves for genomic DNA extraction and molecular detection of phytoplasma

   
Seyed Habib Shojaei, Khodadad Mostafavi, Manouchehr Khodarahmi and Mohammad Zabet

Response study of canola (Brassica napus L.) cultivars to multi-environments using genotype plus genotype environment interaction (GGE) biplot method in Iran


Muammer Tepe and Tülin Aydemir

Antioxidant responses of lentil and barley plants to boron toxicity under different nitrogen sources


Liu Sheng-hui, Zang Xiao-ping and Sun Guang-ming

Changes in endogenous hormone concentrations during inflorescence induction and development in pineapple (Ananas comosus cv. Smooth Cayenne) by ethephon


Johari-Pireivatlou, Moharram and Maralian, Habib

Evaluation of 10 wheat cultivars under water stress at Moghan (Iran) condition

 
Xuan Chen, Tongkun Liu, Shan Hao, Wanping Fang, Yuhua Wang and Xinghui Li

Differential gene expression analysis of self-incompatible lines in tea by cDNA-AFLP


Mehrdad Yarnia, Narges Arabifard, Farrokh Rahimzadeh Khoei and Peiman Zandi

Evaluation of drought tolerance indices among some winter rapeseed cultivars

   
Lixia Zhang, Yajun Zhang and Liping Zhang

Structure and immunological activity of a novel polysaccharide from the spores of Ganoderma lucidum

   
ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY


Xue Hongqin, Jing Zhaoqian and Liu Xiaodong

Cr (VI) removal from aqueous solutions by fly ash and fly ash composite filter material: Factorial experimental design

   
Ihab Mohamed Ibrahim Moussa

Finger printing of community acquired-methicillin resistance Staphylococcus aureus recovered from King Saudi Arabia

  
Jing-wei Jin, Hui-chun Ye, Yue-fei Xu, Chong-yang Shen and Yuan-fang Huang

Spatial and temporal patterns of soil fertility quality and analysis of related factors in urban-rural transition zone of Beijing

 
Sema Alikamanoglu and Ayse Sen

Stimulation of growth and some biochemical parameters by magnetic field in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) tissue cultures


Myung Ja Kwak, Seong Han Lee and Su Young Woo

Growth and anatomical characteristics of different water and light intensities on cork oak (Quercus suber L.) seedlings

 
FOOD TECHNOLOGY


Olutayo Sunday Shokunbi, Ogochukwu Augustine Anionwu, Oluwatosin Sarah Sonug and Grace Oluwatoyin Tayo

Effect of post-harvest processing on the nutrient and anti-nutrient compositions of Vernonia amygdalina leaf

 
APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY


Otitoju, O., Onwurah, I. N. E., Otitoju, G. T. O., Ndem, J. I. and Uwah, A. F.

Effect of Bonny light crude oil contaminated diet on serum cholesterol and testosterone concentrations in Wistar albino rats

 
Shoeb Ahmad and Ravi Kant Upadhyay

Production of polyclonal antibodies against Indian honeybee (Apis indica) venom toxins and its efficacy in reversal of toxic effects

 
Guihong Lan, Zengting Li, Hui zhang, Changjun Zou, Dairong Qiao and Yi Cao

Relationship of microbial diversity from recycled injection water and high-temperature petroleum reservoirs analyzed by polymerase chain reaction denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (PCR-DGGE)

     
MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY


T. A. Tor-Anyiin, M. U. Akpuaka and H. O. A. Oluma

Phytochemical and antimicrobial studies on stem bark extract of Sterculia setigera, Del.

     
Wilfred Fon Mbacham, Leopold Djomkam Tientcheu, Veronique Beng Penlap, Christopher Kuaban, Sara Eyangoh, Hubert Wang, Jean Bickii, Palmer Masumbe Netongo, William Titi Lembe, Olama Abega, Njikam Njifutie, Teyim Pride and Baldip Khan

Detection of resistance-associated mutations in Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates in Cameroon using a dot-blot hybridisation technique

       
Baokang Huang, Zhiyong Chu, Weiping He and Luping Qin

IChemical composition, anti-inflammatory and analgesic activities of the petrol ether extract of Pinellia cordata


HaiLin Ren, Yan Sun, XiaoNa Li, HaiLong Hu, ShiBing Li, EnLi Liang and RuiFa Han

Expression of E2F3, miR-17-5p, miR-20a and their interplay in bladder cancer

  
FISHERY SCIENCE


Huriye Ariman Karabulut and N. Mevlut Aras

Effects of different water temperatures and growth agent (recombinant human somatotropin) (r-hGH) on features such as growth, condition factor, feed conversion ratio, survival rate and meat composition of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) fingerlings

  
Hmoud Fares Alkahemal-Balawi, Zubair Ahmad, Ali Suliman Al-Akel, Fahad Al-Misned, El-Amin Mohamad Suliman and Khalid Abdullah Al-Ghanim

Toxicity bioassay of lead acetate and effects of its sub-lethal exposure on growth, haematological parameters and reproduction in Clarias gariepinus

     
Muhammad Naeem, Amina Zuberi, Abdus Salam, Muhammad Ashraf, Noor Elahi, Muzaffar Ali, Abir Ishtiaq, Tayyaba Malik, Muhammad Jamshed Khan, Muhammad Mazhar Ayaz, Muhammad Javed Iqbal and Bilal Ahmad

Induced spawning, fecundity, fertilization rate and hatching rate of Grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) by using a single intramuscular injection of ovaprim–C at a fish hatchery Faisalabad, Pakistan


Muhammad Naeem, Abdus Salam, Muhammad Yunas Khokhar, Muhammad Farhan Nasir, Muhammad Fahad Nouman, Abir Ishtiaq and Razia Allah Yar

Evaluation of metal contents in female Oreochromis niloticus with emphasis on potential risk of consumption and relation to some biological aspects

     
BIOTECHNIQUES

 
Wen-rui Cao, Guo-li Gong, Xin-li Liu, Wei Hu, Zhi-feng Li, Hong Liu and Yue-zhong Li

Optimization of epothilone B production by Sorangium cellulosum using multiple steps of the response surface methodology


Muhammad Arshad, Muhammad Anjum Zia, Muhammad Asghar and HaqNawaz Bhatti

Improving bio-ethanol yield: Using virginiamycin and sodium flouride at a Pakistani distillery

   
ANIMAL SCIENCE


Sawsan A. Omer, Wafa A. I. Al-Megrin, Abdulaziz N. Alagaili, Mai A. Elobeid and Osama B. Mohammed

A new protocol for the treatment of Brucella melitensis in Neumann’s gazelle (Gazella erlangeri) from Saudi Arabia using oxytetracycline and streptomycin

     
Amina E. Essawy, Ashraf M. Abdel-Moneim, Ibrahim A. Gaaboub and Soad A. El-Sayed

Adverse effects of dimethyl disulphide on sciatic nerve of Swiss albino mice


     

niedziela, 18 marca 2012

The Plant Journal - 68 (4-6), 2011

The Plant Journal - 68 (4), 2011


Contents:


FEATURED ARTICLE


Gibberellin partly mediates LANCEOLATE activity in tomato (pages 571–582)

Osnat Yanai, Eilon Shani, Dor Russ and Naomi Ori


ORIGINAL ARTICLES


An EAR-motif-containing ERF transcription factor affects herbivore-induced signaling, defense and resistance in rice (pages 583–596)

Jing Lu, Hongping Ju, Guoxin Zhou, Chuanshu Zhu, Matthias Erb, Xiaopeng Wang, Peng Wang and Yonggen Lou


A cellular expression map of the Arabidopsis AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR gene family (pages 597–606)

Eike H. Rademacher, Barbara Möller, Annemarie S. Lokerse, Cristina I. Llavata-Peris, Willy van den Berg and Dolf Weijers


Detailed characterization of mechanical properties and molecular mobility within dry seed glasses: relevance to the physiology of dry biological systems (pages 607–619)

Daniel Ballesteros and Christina Walters


Arabidopsis thaliana GEX1 has dual functions in gametophyte development and early embryogenesis (pages 620–632)

Monica Alandete-Saez, Mily Ron, Samuel Leiboff and Sheila McCormick


DRD1-Pol V-dependent self-silencing of an exogenous silencer restricts the non-cell autonomous silencing of an endogenous target gene (pages 633–645)

Li Dong, Meng Liu, Yuan-Yuan Fang, Jian-Hua Zhao, Xiang-Feng He, Xiao-Bao Ying, Yi-Yue Zhang, Qi Xie, Nam-Hai Chua and Hui-Shan Guo


The E2F transcription factor family regulates CENH3 expression in Arabidopsis thaliana (pages 646–656)

Stefan Heckmann, Inna Lermontova, Barbara Berckmans, Lieven De Veylder, Helmut Bäumlein and Ingo Schubert


The Arabidopsis MERISTEM DISORGANIZATION 1 gene is required for the maintenance of stem cells through the reduction of DNA damage (pages 657–669)

Yuma Hashimura and Chiharu Ueguchi


Barley mildew and its elicitor chitosan promote closed stomata by stimulating guard-cell S-type anion channels (pages 670–680)

Sandra Koers, Aysin Guzel-Deger, Irene Marten and M. Rob G. Roelfsema


LATE, a C2H2 zinc-finger protein that acts as floral repressor (pages 681–692)

Magdalena Weingartner, Christa Subert and Norbert Sauer


Arabidopsis ARP endonuclease functions in a branched base excision DNA repair pathway completed by LIG1 (pages 693–702)

Dolores Córdoba-Canero, Teresa Roldán-Arjona and Rafael R. Ariza


Characterization of Linaria KNOX genes suggests a role in petal-spur development (pages 703–714)

Mathew S. Box, Steven Dodsworth, Paula J. Rudall, Richard M. Bateman and Beverley J. Glover


Combined activity of LACS1 and LACS4 is required for proper pollen coat formation in Arabidopsis (pages 715–726)

Dirk Jessen, Andrea Olbrich, Jessica Knüfer, Antje Krüger, Michael Hoppert, Andrea Polle and Martin Fulda


Arabidopsis MAP kinase phosphatase 1 and its target MAP kinases 3 and 6 antagonistically determine UV-B stress tolerance, independent of the UVR8 photoreceptor pathway (pages 727–737)

Marina A. González Besteiro, Sebastian Bartels, Andreas Albert and Roman Ulm


Arabidopsis RUGOSA2 encodes an mTERF family member required for mitochondrion, chloroplast and leaf development (pages 738–753)

Víctor Quesada, Raquel Sarmiento-Manús, Rebeca González-Bayón, Andrea Hricová, Rubén Pérez-Marcos, Eva Graciá-Martínez, Laura Medina-Ruiz, Eduardo Leyva-Díaz, María Rosa Ponce and José Luis Micol


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The Plant Journal - 68 (5), 2011


Contents:

FEATURED ARTICLE


Functional anatomy of the Arabidopsis cytokinesis-specific syntaxin KNOLLE (pages 755–764)

Sonja Touihri, Christian Knöll, York-Dieter Stierhof, Isabel Müller, Ulrike Mayer and Gerd Jürgens


ORIGINAL ARTICLES


Chitinase III in pomegranate seeds (Punica granatum Linn.): a high-capacity calcium-binding protein in amyloplasts (pages 765–776)

Haixia Yang, Tuo Zhang, Taro Masuda, Chenyan Lv, Lei Sun, Guiqin Qu and Guanghua Zhao


Rice 14-3-3 protein (GF14e) negatively affects cell death and disease resistance (pages 777–787)

Patricia M. Manosalva, Myron Bruce and Jan E. Leach


ANGUSTIFOLIA, a plant homolog of CtBP/BARS, functions outside the nucleus (pages 788–799)

Naoko Minamisawa, Mayuko Sato, Kiu-Hyung Cho, Hanako Ueno, Katsuaki Takechi, Masataka Kajikawa, Katsuyuki T. Yamato, Kanji Ohyama, Kiminori Toyooka, Gyung-Tae Kim, Gorou Horiguchi, Hiroyoshi Takano, Takashi Ueda and Hirokazu Tsukaya


Sulfinylated azadecalins act as functional mimics of a pollen germination stimulant in Arabidopsis pistils (pages 800–815)

Yuan Qin, Ronald J. Wysocki, Arpad Somogyi, Yelena Feinstein, Jessica Y. Franco, Tatsuya Tsukamoto, Damayanthi Dunatunga, Clara Levy, Steven Smith, Robert Simpson, David Gang, Mark A. Johnson and Ravishankar Palanivelu


SPATULA and ALCATRAZ, are partially redundant, functionally diverging bHLH genes required for Arabidopsis gynoecium and fruit development (pages 816–829)

Michael Groszmann, Teodora Paicu, John P. Alvarez, Steve M. Swain and David R. Smyth


NIMA-related kinase NEK6 affects plant growth and stress response in Arabidopsis (pages 830–843)

Bo Zhang, Hao-Wei Chen, Rui-Ling Mu, Wang-Ke Zhang, Ming-Yu Zhao, Wei Wei, Fang Wang, Hui Yu, Gang Lei, Hong-Feng Zou, Biao Ma, Shou-Yi Chen and Jin-Song Zhang


The role of the transmembrane domain in determining the targeting of membrane proteins to either the inner envelope or thylakoid membrane (pages 844–856)

John E. Froehlich and Kenneth Keegstra


TaMYB13 is a transcriptional activator of fructosyltransferase genes involved in ß-2,6-linked fructan synthesis in wheat (pages 857–870)

Gang-Ping Xue, Maarten Kooiker, Janneke Drenth and C. Lynne McIntyre


System responses to long-term drought and re-watering of two contrasting alfalfa varieties (pages 871–889)

Yun Kang, Yuanhong Han, Ivone Torres-Jerez, Mingyi Wang, Yuhong Tang, Maria Monteros and Michael Udvardi


A member of the mitogen-activated protein 3-kinase family is involved in the regulation of plant vacuolar glucose uptake (pages 890–900)

Karina Wingenter, Oliver Trentmann, Irina Winschuh, Imke I. Hörmiller, Arnd G. Heyer, Jörg Reinders, Alexander Schulz, Dietmar Geiger, Rainer Hedrich and H. Ekkehard Neuhaus


Induction and detoxification of maize 1,4-benzoxazin-3-ones by insect herbivores (pages 901–911)

Gaétan Glauser, Guillaume Marti, Neil Villard, Gwladys A. Doyen, Jean-Luc Wolfender, Ted C.J. Turlings and Matthias Erb


Two high linolenic mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana contain megabase-scale genome duplications encompassing the FAD3 locus (pages 912–918)

Carmel M. O’Neill, David Baker, Gawain Bennett, Jonathan Clarke and Ian Bancroft


Repression of shade-avoidance reactions by sunfleck induction of HY5 expression in Arabidopsis (pages 919–928)

Romina Sellaro, Marcelo J. Yanovsky and Jorge J. Casal


TECHNICAL ADVANCE


Localized egg-cell expression of effector proteins for targeted modification of the Arabidopsis genome (pages 929–937)

Liron Even-Faitelson, Aviva Samach, Cathy Melamed-Bessudo, Naomi Avivi-Ragolsky and Avraham A. Levy


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The Plant Journal - 68 (6), 2011


Contents:

EDITORIAL


The future is bright for The Plant Journal, now in its 20th year (pages 939–940)

Christoph Benning


FEATURED ARTICLE


Cellulose synthesis via the FEI2 RLK/SOS5 pathway and CELLULOSE SYNTHASE 5 is required for the structure of seed coat mucilage in Arabidopsis (pages 941–953)

Smadar Harpaz-Saad, Heather E. McFarlane, Shouling Xu, Uday K. Divi, Bronwen Forward, Tamara L. Western and Joseph J. Kieber


ORIGINAL ARTICLES


Medicago truncatula mtpt4 mutants reveal a role for nitrogen in the regulation of arbuscule degeneration in arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis (pages 954–965)

Hélene Javot, R. Varma Penmetsa, Florence Breuillin, Kishor K. Bhattarai, Roslyn D. Noar, S. Karen Gomez, Quan Zhang, Douglas R. Cook and Maria J. Harrison


Cyclic electron flow around photosystem I via chloroplast NAD(P)H dehydrogenase (NDH) complex performs a significant physiological role during photosynthesis and plant growth at low temperature in rice (pages 966–976)

Wataru Yamori, Naoki Sakata, Yuji Suzuki, Toshiharu Shikanai and Amane Makino


Functional HAK/KUP/KT-like potassium transporter encoded by chlorella viruses (pages 977–986)

Timo Greiner, José Ramos, Maria C. Alvarez, James R. Gurnon, Ming Kang, James L. Van Etten, Anna Moroni and Gerhard Thiel


Glucose and ethylene signalling pathways converge to regulate trans-differentiation of epidermal transfer cells in Vicia narbonensis cotyledons (pages 987–998)

Felicity A. Andriunas, Hui-Ming Zhang, Hans Weber, David W. McCurdy, Christina E. Offler and John W. Patrick


Combined transcription factor profiling, microarray analysis and metabolite profiling reveals the transcriptional control of metabolic shifts occurring during tomato fruit development (pages 999–1013)

Johannes Rohrmann, Takayuki Tohge, Rob Alba, Sonia Osorio, Camila Caldana, Ryan McQuinn, Samuel Arvidsson, Margaretha J. van der Merwe, Diego Mauricio Riano-Pachón, Bernd Mueller-Roeber, Zhangjun Fei, Adriano Nunes Nesi, James J. Giovannoni and Alisdair R. Fernie


Comparative deep transcriptional profiling of four developing oilseeds (pages 1014–1027)

Manuel A. Troncoso-Ponce, Aruna Kilaru, Xia Cao, Timothy P. Durrett, Jilian Fan, Jacob K. Jensen, Nick A. Thrower, Markus Pauly, Curtis Wilkerson and John B. Ohlrogge


Sequence divergence and loss-of-function phenotypes of S locus F-box brothers genes are consistent with non-self recognition by multiple pollen determinants in self-incompatibility of Japanese pear (Pyrus pyrifolia) (pages 1028–1038)

Hiroyuki Kakui, Masaki Kato, Koichiro Ushijima, Miyoko Kitaguchi, Shu Kato and Hidenori Sassa


A plastid protein NUS1 is essential for build-up of the genetic system for early chloroplast development under cold stress conditions (pages 1039–1050)

Kensuke Kusumi, Chikako Sakata, Takahiro Nakamura, Shinji Kawasaki, Atsushi Yoshimura and Koh Iba


Domain loss has independently occurred multiple times in plant terpene synthase evolution (pages 1051–1060)

Matthew L. Hillwig, Meimei Xu, Tomonobu Toyomasu, Mollie S. Tiernan, Gao Wei, Guanghong Cui, Luqi Huang and Reuben J. Peters


An Al-inducible MATE gene is involved in external detoxification of Al in rice (pages 1061–1069)

Kengo Yokosho, Naoki Yamaji and Jian Feng Ma


The pyruvate, orthophosphate dikinase regulatory proteins of Arabidopsis are both bifunctional and interact with the catalytic and nucleotide-binding domains of pyruvate, orthophosphate dikinase (pages 1070–1080)

Holly M. Astley, Kate Parsley, Sylvain Aubry, Chris J. Chastain, Jim N. Burnell, Michael E. Webb and Julian M. Hibberd


Overexpression of Arabidopsis thaliana PTEN caused accumulation of autophagic bodies in pollen tubes by disrupting phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate dynamics (pages 1081–1092)

Yan Zhang, Sha Li, Liang-Zi Zhou, Emily Fox, James Pao, Wei Sun, Chao Zhou and Sheila McCormick


Chromosomal rearrangements between tomato and Solanum chilense hamper mapping and breeding of the TYLCV resistance gene Ty-1 (pages 1093–1103)

Maarten G. Verlaan, Dóra Szinay, Samuel F. Hutton, Hans de Jong, Richard Kormelink, Richard G.F. Visser, John W. Scott and Yuling Bai


NAC domain function and transcriptional control of a secondary cell wall master switch (pages 1104–1114)

Huanzhong Wang, Qiao Zhao, Fang Chen, Mingyi Wang and Richard A. Dixon


Specific delivery of AtBT1 to mitochondria complements the aberrant growth and sterility phenotype of homozygous Atbt1 Arabidopsis mutants (pages 1115–1121)

Abdellatif Bahaji, Francisco José Munoz, Miroslav Ovecka, Edurne Baroja-Fernández, Manuel Montero, Jun Li, Maite Hidalgo, Goizeder Almagro, María Teresa Sesma, Ignacio Ezquer and Javier Pozueta-Romero


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