Aims: The specific objective of this study was to estimate the genetic components for some physiological parameters to use in breeding programs. Place and Duration of Study: The present research was conducted in the Experiments Farm at University Putra Malaysia (UPM) during crop...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/8215
Rajeev Pratap Singh, Abhijit Sarkar, Chandan Sengupta, Pooja Singh, Roberta Lima Miranda, Luis Alfredo Pinheiro Leal Nunes, Ademir Sérgio Ferreira de Araujo & Wanderley José de Melo·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2015
The use of organic wastes, from municipal and industrial activities, as source of plant nutrients and soil conditioners increased worldwide. However, there is a concern with the environmental pollution. Currently, these organic wastes are disposed in open dump in developing count...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/11040
Background: Nowadays, there is a great interest towards medical and nutritional properties of Spirulina platensis due to its beneficial compounds. The purpose of this study was to incorporate Iranian traditional cookies with S. platensis biomass as a supplement ingredient. Materi...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/13492
Palm oil, the oil derived from palm fruit, is the major oil used for cooking in Nigeria. Palm oil has half of its fatty acids made up of saturated fatty acids and 43% made up of palmitic acid. The unrefined red palm oil is the form in which most Nigerians use palm oil and it is g...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/16212
Aims: This works aims to report on the monogeneans and trematodes that infect some species of fishes from Tigris River in Baghdad Province, Iraq. Place and Duration of Study: Tigris River in Baghdad Province at three sites in Baghdad province: Al-Taji in the north of Baghdad city...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/17797
S. I. Ogenyi, T. P. P. Choji, A. Chimezirim, A. O. Onyemelukwe, A. A. Ngokere, U. F. Onwuasoanya & J. C. Akulue·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2015
Aims: This work aims at determining the effect of cigarette smoke on the liver of albino Wistar rats, to evaluate the histological, as well as the biochemical changes in the adult albino rat’s liver and to elucidate the relationship between exposure period and effect. Study Desig...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/17292
Aim: Human Oesophagostomum infections are considered zoonotic. In Ghana, the human infections are known to be focally distributed in the north-eastern parts of the Northern and the Upper East regions. Factors involved in the distribution of the human infection are not clear. It i...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/15445
Globally diabetes mellitus has become a medical problem with an increase in prevalence, morbidity and mortality. To date, it has no cure yet, however, medical care, healthy life style and exercise programme are provided to the patients to alleviate the diabetic symptoms and avoid...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/17404
Victor A. Amadi, Ulrike Zieger, Ozioma A. Onyegbule, Vanessa Matthew-Belmar, Ravindra Sharma & Harry Hariharan·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2015
Aim: To determine the occurrence of the E. coli including the O157:H7 serotype in mongooses and their antimicrobial drug resistance in Grenada. Study Design: Experimental based study of feces of mongooses captured from six parishes of Grenada from April 2011 to March 2013 during...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/18143
Background: G. superb L. is an important medicinal plant of Ayurvedic system of medicine. It is distributed naturally widely throughout the tropics, and worldwide as a pot plant. Due the poor germination and low viability of seeds plant required more time for growing. As seed ger...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/12975