Aims: To determine the effect of Sorghum bicolor aqueous leaf sheath extract on the hematological, renal and hepatic parameters in rats fed with low and high iron diets. Study Design: Phytochemical screening of leaf sheath of Sorghum bicolor and effect of the leaf extract on hem...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2014/7847
Withania somnifera is an important medicinal plant and used to cure many diseases. Indirect regeneration protocol for multiple shoots development was established using nodal explants of W. somnifera from 50-60 days old seedlings. The callus induction was observed from nodal expla...
Aim: Medicinal, edible and aromatic plants and natural products have been used worldwide for the management of diabetes mellitus. The aim of this study was to investigate the efficacy and mode of action of Emblica officinalis Gaertn. (Phyllanthaceae) used traditionally for treatm...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2014/8585
Aim: The present study describes spatial and seasonal changes in fish species composition of 3 zones in Vellar estuary. Sample: The95 species of finfishes recorded here (bony fishes 93 species and elasmobranchs 2 species) included 8 freshwater species, 9 estuarine species, 63 est...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/4962
Aim: For a simpler, more rapid and more accurate method of characterizing new isolates of Newcastle disease virus (NDV), agglutination of mammalian erythrocytes (HA) plus heat stability test and agglutination of mammalian erythrocytes plus erythrocytes elution time (EET)...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/7128
Aim: To evaluate the growth, yield and storability response of two onion varieties to different levels of poultry manure and NPK fertilizer application. Study Design: The design used was a 2 x 5 factorial arranged in a Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with four replication...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/7526
Aims: To evaluate the effectiveness of different aqueous plant extracts on the management of flea beetles (Podagrica spp) and mosaic disease on okra Study Design: The treatments applied were 10% (w/v) crude extract each of neem leaf, garlic, mahogany bark, chili pepper fruit, paw...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/8109
Aims: Recent evidences suggest that individuals’ body composition can related to depression symptoms. We aimed to examine the relationship between depressive symptoms and waist circumference (WC), body mass index (BMI) and height. Study Design and Methods: This study was carried...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2014/9044
Aims: This study was conducted to determine the potentials effects of dietary fibre on plasma lipid profile and liver and heart histology of male albino rats fed in high-fat diet and dried okra by-product. Possible using okara is going to eliminate pollution and add economic valu...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/8085
Peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) is one of most important leguminous crops for animal and human nutrition. Therefore, the objective of the present study was to improve the growth, yield and yield components as well as nutrient status of peanut cultivars grown on sandy soil by applyin...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/8089
Organic farming is one of several approaches to sustainable agriculture. Properly managed, organic farming reduces or eliminates environmental pollution and helps conserve water and soil on the farm. Organic farming system requires significantly greater amount of organic fertiliz...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/8170
A field experiment was carried out at Salhia District, Sharkia Governorate, Egypt, to study the growth and productivity of wheat cultivars (Gemmeiza 9, Sakha 93, Giza 168 and Sakha 94) to three bioregulators i.e. stearic acid (StA), glutathione (Gl) and salicylic acid (SA) at 50...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/8171
Current climatic data were collected to estimate ETo from 1998 to 2007 in the major Egyptian agro-climatic regions, i.e. Delta region, Middle Egypt and Upper Egypt, to generate future mean air temperature under climate change conditions using Magicc\Scengen model. FAO-56 Penman-M...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/8172
The experiments were conducted throughout two successive winter seasons 2010/2011 and 2011/2012 at Belquas, Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt. The aim of this work was to investigate the effect of foliar application with different micronutrients with excluding one element each treatmen...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/8193
Allelopathic compounds are secreted into the environment by living plants or released from dead plant tissues. The basic release routes of allelopathic substances by donor plants are secretion from the roots, washing out of compounds by water, emission of volatile substances and...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/8267