Genotyping of crop plants, especially pigeon pea is very strategic in the global quest for crops that will be suitable for the precarious climate change as it provides genotypes for introgression. 22 pigeon pea accessions obtained from IITA germplasm were evaluated for genetic di...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2017/26971
Aim: The success of any chemical mutagenesis revolves on the use of plant-specific mutagen(s), optimal concentration(s) and appropriate soaking duration. This paper was aimed at evaluating the effect of amiprophos methyl on morphological and yield traits in pigeon pea [Cajanus ca...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/5150
Aim: Optimizing plant growth regulators in the manipulation of growth physiology, development and seed yield of pigeon pea landraces is cardinal, especially as it complements other improvement techniques. The research was aimed at evaluating the effect of IAA, NAA and paclobutraz...
Objective: This research was aimed at analysing single nucleotide polymorphisms and haplotypes on D-loop and Cyt-b regions of the mitochondrial DNA of tilapia fish. Methods: Fifteen and thirteen tilapia fish were obtained from two populations, south-south (Domita farm) and south-...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2018/42950
Aims: The need to periodically monitor the mangroves of heavy metals pollution should not be overemphasized given the high premium placed on this ecosystem. The present study was aimed at evaluating mangrove sediments and tissues for heavy metals accumulation in the different tid...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2015/15801
Aim: Biogas research and subsequent production is fundamental to mitigating the possible depletion of crude oil and energy crisis, especially in Nigeria. This research paper was aimed at evaluating the biogas production capacity of water hyacinth, poultry droppings, cow dung and...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/5662
African Yam Bean [Sphenostylis stenocarpa (L.)] as an unexploited, neglected and underutilized crop, calls for urgent attention for its breeding and improvement to avoid extinction. Fifty AYB seed samples from Idomi, Obubra, Ekoli-Edda, Abakaliki, Jos as well as IITA, Ibadan, Nig...
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Research Article10.9734/ajob/2023/v19i4378
This study was aimed at inducing mutation on three cultivars of Capsicum annuum L. to source for new and favourable genetic variations that could be exploited for better agronomic traits. The mutation was induced by exposing the seeds of Shombo, Tatase and Nsukka yellow pepper to...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2020/v42i430505
Aims: This study was carried out to evaluate the evolutionary relationship of a family of cold shock proteins (CSP) in ten mammalian species using bioinformatics tools and soft wares such as Genbank, FASTA, BLAST and MEGA 5. Sample: Twenty protein sequences of both RBM3 and CIRP...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2017/36326
Assessment of Morphological Variation in Wild and Cultured Populations of Tilapia Fish (Oreochromis niloticus) Reliable estimates of morphometric traits are required for all traits of economic importance to predict response to selection, choose various breeding plans, estimate ec...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2017/33777
In this study, stem bark extracts of Cylicodiscus gabunensis, Nauclea latifolia and Araliopsis soyauxii were investigated for possible adverse effects on male reproductive organs and sex hormones of male albino rats of about eleven weeks weighing between 120-180g. The total of tw...
M. E. Kooffreh, A. J. Umoyen, E. V. Ikpeme, O. U. Udensi, E. E. Ekerette, O. M. Etukudo, E. Okon, E. Eze, N. Ephraim, S. O. Abraham, N. M. Effiong, M. O. Ozoje & R. Duke·Journal of Advances in Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences·2018
Background: Primary open-angle glaucoma is one of the commonest causes of blindness due to optic nerves damage because of elevated intraocular pressure and it is the commonest form of glaucoma. We determined the frequency of CYP1B1 gene mutations spectrum among families with open...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2018/41763
V Evaluation of Genetic Diversity in Giant African Land Snails Using Inter Simple Sequence Repeats (ISSR) Markers The genetic diversity and relatedness among three populations (A. achatina, A. fulica and A. marginata) of giant African land snails, a highly relished source of prot...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAAR/2018/41088