In present study, the putative resistance capacity of thirty five maize inbred lines against Iranian maize mosaic virus (IMMV) was studied. Reaction to IMMV was analyzed under natural field infection and controlled conditions in a greenhouse in 2010 and 2011. In the greenhouse ex...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/20058
This study examined the awareness, preference and adoption of soil conservation practices among arable crop farmers in Zing Local Government Area of Taraba State. The study was a community based cross sectional study of a sample of 200 food crop farmers drawn from ten communities...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/19090
A morphological study on the genus of Stachytarpheta found in Awka, South Eastern region of Nigeria was carried out. This was done by physical observation and measurement of physiognomic features of fresh floral and vegetative parts of the plants. From the result of the analyses...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/19409
The objective of the present investigation was to study the effect of different NaCl concentrations (0, 50, 75, 100, 125 and 150 mM) on seedlings of Camelina sativa (L.) Crantz. On these seedlings, we determined their appearance after 3 days of salt stress, soluble sugar and tota...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/20270
Aims: The study aimed at assessing the uptake of essential nutrients by tuber crops from soils at Ikot Oborenyin where small scale oil refining occurs. Study Design: Experimental study was employed to achieve the aim of the study. Place and Duration of Study: The study was conduc...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/19922
Compost quality has been described using different techniques. However, none of these techniques is efficient enough to provide a universal answer at all time and place to the question of when compost could be considered matured. In Nigeria, composition of compost varied accordin...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/19339
Aims: The final screening of fungal isolates aimed at applications based tertiary screening i.e. deinking of mixed office waste paper and saccharification of pearl millet stover and cellulases from selected fungal isolates were characterized. Study Design: An experimental study....
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2015/18923
Aims: Allene oxide cyclase (AOC) (EC 5.3.99.6) is an important enzyme of jasmonates (JAs) biosynthesis. JAs are important signals that play a pivotal role in defense response of plants to environmental cues. Regulation JA biosynthesis is believed useful for elucidating the mechan...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2015/20089
Objective: The objective of the present study was designed to test the antioxidant activity and phytochemical property of the methanol/ methylene chloride (1:1) extract of Combretum obanense. Place and Duration of Study: The International Centre for Ethnomedicine and Drug Develop...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2015/19970
Abubakar Kabiru, Danjuma Nuhu Muhammad, Maiha Balkisu Bello, Anuka Joseph Akpojo, Yam Mun Fei, Bello Shaibu Oricha, Yusoff Adlin, Hor Sook Yee, Mariam Ahmad & Zaini Muhammad Asmawi·European Journal of Medicinal Plants·2015
Aims: To evaluate the safety profile of Pseudocedela kotschyi which is used in traditional medicine for the treatment of epilepsy, malaria, diarrhoea and pains, a 28 day sub chronic toxicity study was conducted was evaluated using the 28 day subchronic toxicity study. Place and D...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2015/20199
Aims: To estimate fasting plasma glucose (FPG), serum ferritin, HbA1c and serum nitric oxide levels in type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) subjects and compare the values with non diabetic individuals and also to assess the correlation analysis between the biochemical parameters in typ...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2015/19982
This study was done to examine the comparative effect of different concentrations of kerosene and diesel on the ion regulatory characteristics in Tympanotonus fuscatus after exposure. Tympanotonus fuscatus were exposed to different concentrations of kerosene and diesel (10.40, 15...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2015/18855
Prompted by the persistent increase in rice imports (and the implications thereof) amidst implementation of various import reduction policies and strategies in Ghana, this study sourced assessment of the plausible determinants of volume and value of rice imports in Ghana. Use was...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2015/18834
Background: Adenocarcinomas of the prostate gland are commonly encountered globally but other uncommon variants of carcinoma of the prostate are sporadically encountered including primary sarcomatoid carcinoma of the prostate (PSCP). Aims: To review the literature of PSCP. Method...
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Research Article10.9734/JCTI/2015/19516
Introduction: Cataract is a principal cause of blindness in the world. Surgery, the major prevailing therapeutic approach for cataract is laced with various complications that include iris prolapse, raised intraocular pressure, infection, cystoid macular oedema and posterior caps...