Aim: In this study, an attempt has been made to examine the utility of these species in treating dairy wastewater. Bioreactor was studied using immobilized Chlorella vulgaris and Anabaena ambigua to treat dairy effluent. Study Design: The entire study including the treatment and...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2015/16931
Aims: The aim of this study is to optimize extraction process of phenolics compounds from kola nuts by using experimental design. Study Design: Kola nuts were collected in October 2014-February 2015 in south of Côte d’Ivoire. Harvested kola nuts were transferred to the laboratory...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2015/17030
In an attempt to develop drought tolerant genotypes of bread wheat, two procedures, i.e., mutation and hybridization were used to induce new genetic variation. Selection for high grain yield/plant (GYPP) and other desirable traits was practiced in the M2 populations of 7 gamma ir...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2015/15898
Xylanases are in the focus of research due to their potential to replace many current polluting chemical technologies by biochemical conversion. The field of application for xylanases is vast; it comprises industrial applications like wood pulp bio-bleaching, papermaking and bioe...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2015/15982
Sorghum is one of the important cereals consumed by humans, animals and also used for the production of mushroom spawns in Ghana. Aim: Identification of fungi present on sorghum grains before and after pretreatment (steam and gamma radiation) principally for mushroom cultivation....
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2015/16747
The need for new compounds active against malaria parasites is made more urgent by the rapid spread of drug-resistance to available antimalarial drugs. The crude methanolic leaf extract of Crateva adansonii was investigated for its antimalarial activity against Plasmodium berghei...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2015/16038
The effect of blanching on the proximate composition, nutritive value and antioxidant properties of five leafy vegetable species (Basella alba, Colocasia esculenta, Corchorus olitorius, Solanum melongena and Talinum triangulare) used in the preparation of Ivorian diets was invest...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2015/14509
Yield related traits in 20 cocoa genotypes were investigated to determine suitable parental genotypes for yield improvement programmes in cocoa. Fifteen uniformly ripe pods were collected for pod and bean characteristic assessment from twenty genotypes in an existing cocoa hybrid...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2015/15266
Aims: This research was conducted to hybridize almond (Om El-fahm and M. Dalet) female parent with Okinawa peach rootstock as a male parent to introduce new almond rootstock resistance to root-knot nematode. Methodology: Okinawa peach rootstock used in crosses with both of Om El-...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2015/14614
Alex Ngetich, Steven Runo, Omwoyo Ombori, Michael Ngugi, Fanuel Kawaka, Arusei Perpetua & Gitonga Nkanata·Biotechnology Journal International·2015
Aims: This study was conducted to evaluate low cost protocol for the micropropagation of three varieties of taro (Dasheen, Eddoe and wild) from eastern Kenya. Study Design: The plants were grown in polythene bags arranged in a completely randomized block design (CRBD) replicated...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2015/15614
Aims: The focus of this study was to assess the production of secondary metabolites of callus derived from Jatropha curcas L. petiole explants. Study Design: Laboratory experimental tests; Tissue culture, Lyophilisation, Phytochemical Analysis, Determination of tannins by Folin-D...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2015/15124
Aim: Snake bite causes a significant number of mortality and morbidity throughout the world. So, the current study was carried out to estimate the extinct of damage caused by intraperitoneal introduction of cobra venom on kidney, lung and intestinal tissues of mice model using hi...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2015/16188
Aims of the Study: This study was to determine the amino acid profile of two newly developed quality protein maize varieties and to develop variety-diagnostic molecular markers. Methodology: Two new maize varieties, named MUDISHI 1 and MUDISHI 3 have been developed by breeders an...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2015/15729
Staphylococcus aureus is a well-known agent of zoonotic infections. Livestock-associated methicillin-resistant S. aureus (LA-MRSA) had been receiving public health attention for over a decade. Recently, the genomes of some MRSA strains evolved further by enabling acquisition of v...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2015/13145
Komal Murtaza, Khushi Muhammad, Mukhtar Alam, Ayaz Khan, Zainul Wahab, Muhammad Shahid Nadeem, Nazia Akbar, Habib Ahmad & Waqar Ahmad·Biotechnology Journal International·2015
Aims: Medicago is known as the Queen of forage with potential economic importance to our society. The present study aimed at the use of RAPD-PCR DNA marker to identify the genetic fingerprints affinities of six species of Alfalfa. Place and Duration of Study: The study was conduc...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2015/14338