Marcel Muengula-Manyi, Claude Bragard, Stephan Winter, Adrien Kalonji-Mbuyi, Kabwe K. C. Nkongolo & Djim Tshilenge-Kanana·Biotechnology Journal International·2014
Molecular analysis of cassava leaf samples from different regions of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR-Congo) was conducted to identify cassava mosaic begomoviruses (CMBs) associated with cassava infections in farmers' fields in Gandajika (Eastern Kasai), Bas-Congo and Kinsha...
Aim: To study the effect of plant growth regulators on direct and indirect somatic embryogenesis on Gentiana kurroo Royle – an endangered medicinal plant. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Biotechnology, Dr Y. S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Sol...
Biodiversity of sixteen Fusarium isolates, isolated from the roots of oil palm and date palm in Nigeria was studied. Ten Fusarium isolates out of the sixteen were obtained from the oil palm while six isolates were from date palm. Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) was used t...
Cassava serves as primary staple food of millions of people in the tropics and subtropics, and is used as a carbohydrate source in animal feed. Knowledge of agro-morphological characteristics and genetic relatedness is essential for an efficient recombination of varieties in a br...
Aims: Baobab (Adansonia digitata) fruit pulp and the seed oil contain appreciable amount of vitamins and nutrients which help fight off diseases and afford commendable source of nourishment. It is essential to screen for the stability of the high vitamin C contents and validate t...
This work presents the evaluation of extracellular hydrolytic activities involved in the degrading of organic compounds from several natural salt lakes located in the southern part of Romania. The paper approaches the extracellular enzymatic decomposition activity in accordance w...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2014/10239
Aims: The effect of various concentrations of colchicine on adventitious shoot regeneration of two Petunia hybrid cultivars was studied. Study Design: All collected data were analyzed using the SAS software. One-way analysis of variance of the treatments was conducted for each ex...
Rumex vesicarius L is a valuable potent medicinal herb, which belongs to family Polygonaceae. It possesses antimicrobial, anti- inflammatory, antidiarrhoeal and antioxidant properties. An attempt to study the In vitro callus induction and regeneration of plantlets from...
Aims: To construct a stable and functional lactic acid bacteria community that can be used in the ensilage of bamboo-shoot shell to improve the taste and flavor. Methodology: Using naturally fermented bamboo-shoot shell as initial sample, a qualitative microorganism source had be...
Antibiotic resistance is increasing and dangerous problem resulting in a decrease in the used number and fully active antimicrobial agents available to treat infections with multi-drug resistant (MDR) bacteria. Herbal medicines may be an alternative treatment options. This study...