The experimental material for the present investigation was comprised of 38 genotypes of onion. These genotypes were sown in Randomized Complete Block Design with three replications, to estimate the genetic variability, heritability and genetic advance. Observations were recorded...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2017/35384
Aims: Effects of crushed date pits (DP) on growth performance, carcass traits and nutrient digestibility were studied on forty Baladi goat kids. Methodology: All kids were male with an average body weight of 20 kg (S.D. = 0.27) at the beginning of the experiment. Animals were ran...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2017/33784
The effects of dimethoate on pituitary prolactin cells of Heteropneustes fossilis was investigated in this study. The fish Heteropneustes fossilis were subjected to sub-lethal concentration of dimethoate - 2.24 mg/l i.e. 75% of 96 h LC50 for short-term (24, 48, 72 and 96 h), and...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2017/35503
Autoxidation is considered as one of the main factors responsible for deterioration which occurs during manufacturing, storage, distribution and final preparation of foods. Changes caused by lipid oxidation not only resulting to off-flavor, but also resulting to loss of color, de...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2017/35155
Saccaromyces cervisiae, isolated from “tella”, may serve as potential strains for commercial beer production. The main objective of the current study was to isolate, identify and characterize potential yeast isolates from “tella”, which can substitute commercial beer yeast. “Tell...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2017/34129
In order to assess the suitability of the Ukkadam lake (Lat. 10.99° N and Long. 76.96° E) and the Singanallur lake (Lat. 10.59° N and Long. 77.88° E) of Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu, India) for inland aquaculture, the species diversity and density of zooplankton were assessed for a per...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2017/34749
Sergazy Duyssembaev, Ainur Serikova, Eleonora Okuskhanova, Nadir Ibragimov, Nailya Bekturova, Nurgul Ikimbayeva, Yaroslav Rebezov, Olga Gorelik & Malika Baybalinova·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2017
Cs-137 was measured in the soil, vegetation, water, milk and meat samples taken from five different settlements around the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site (SNTS) (Kazakhstan). The settlements of Sarzhal, Kainar, Akzhar, Novopokrovka and Karkaraly belong to extreme, very high, ver...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2017/35239
Some chemical compounds have a significant effect on living organisms. This is shown in the physiological and biological changes that appear on some cells and tissues of the body. The current study aimed to investigate the effect of the dissolved MTBE in drinking water on the muc...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2017/35016
Aims: The abundance of heterotrophic bacteria adsorbed on the walls of four types (polypropylene, glass, aluminium, clay) of containers used for well water storage in Garoua was compared. Methodology: Water samples were obtained from two wells. In each well water sample, 3 steril...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2017/33975
Ali M. Elshafei, Maysa A. Elsayed, Mohamed M. Hassan, Bakry M. Haroun, Abdelmageed M. Othman & Ayman A. Farrag·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2017
Aim: The aim of the present study was to investigate the potential effect of laccase enzyme produced by the fungus Pleurotus ostreatus to decolorize six synthetic dyes in presence and absence of hydroxybenzotriazole (HBT) as a laccase mediator. Study Design: Qualitative and quant...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2017/35644