Review

 

Agwu, A. E., Dimelu, M. U. and Madukwe, M. C.

Innovation system approach to agricultural development: Policy implications for agricultural extension delivery in Nigeria

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1604-1611

 

 

Research

 

MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

 

Nzeako, B. C. and Bushra Al. Lawati

Comparative studies of antimycotic potential of thyme and clove oil extracts with antifungal antibiotics on Candida albicans

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1612-1619

 

Arinola, O. G. and Charles-Davies, M. A.

Micronutrient levels in the plasma of Nigerian females with breast cancer

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1620-1623

 

Gerhardt J. Boukes, Maryna van de Venter and Vaughan Oosthuizen

Quantitative and qualitative analysis of sterols/sterolins and hypoxoside contents of three Hypoxis (African potato) spp.

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1624-1629

 

A. Mann, J. O. Amupitan, A. O. Oyewale, J. I. Okogun, K. Ibrahim, P. Oladosu, L. Lawson, I. Olajide and A. Nnamdi

Evaluation of in vitro antimycobacterial activity of Nigerian plants used for treatment of respiratory diseases

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1630-1636

 

E. E. Akortha and O. K. Ibadin

Incidence and antibiotic susceptibility pattern of Staphylococcus aureus amongst patients with urinary tract infection (UTI) in UBTH Benin City, Nigeria

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1637-1640

 

Idowu Oluwadare and Sade Shonekan

ABO and Rhesus ‘D’ blood type distribution in students admitted into Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, Nigeria in 2006

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1641-1643

  

  

 

PLANT AND AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY

 

Mwangi, J. K., Nyende, A. B., Demo, P. and Matiru, V. N.

Detection of latent infection by Ralstonia solanacearum in potato (Solanum tuberosum) using stems instead of tubers

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1644-1649

 

Murat Tunçturk, Ruveyde Tunçturk and Fikret Yasar

Changes in micronutrients, dry weight and plant growth of soybean (Glycine max L. Merrill) cultivars under salt stress

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1650-1654

 

Şemun Tayyar, Cem Ö. Egesel, Kemal M. Gül and Hakan Turhan

The effect of autumn and spring planting time on seed yield and protein content of chickpea genotypes

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1655-1661

 

Agnes W. Mwang’ombe, Pixley K. Kipsumbai, Ezekiel K. Kiprop, Florence M. Olubayo and Joel W. Ochieng

Analysis of Kenyan isolates of Fusarium solani f. sp. phaseoli from common bean using colony characteristics, pathogenicity and microsatellite DNA

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1662-1671

 

Sibanda, T. and Okoh, A. I.

In vitro evaluation of the interactions between acetone extracts of Garcinia kola seeds and some antibiotics

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1672-1678

 

Babak Delnavaz Hashemloian, Azra Ataei-Azimi, Ahmad Majd and Hassan Ebrahimzadeh

Abnormal plantlets regeneration through direct somatic embryogenesis on immature seeds of Vinca herbacea Waldst. and Kit

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1679-1683

 

Aiyegoro, O. A., Afolayan, A. J. and Okoh, A. I.

In vitro time kill assessment of crude methanol extract of Helichrysum pedunculatum leaves

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1684-1688

 

 

 

GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

 

Olusegun Samuel Balogun

Influence of DNA treatments on Southern blot hybridization analysis of Fusarium oxysporum F. sp lycopersici and F. sp radicis-lycopersici genomic DNAs

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1689-1692

 

 

 

ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

 

R. Razmovski and M. Šćiban

Iron(III) biosorption by Polyporus squamosus

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1693-1699

 

Jane-Francis T. K. Akoachere, Theresa N. Akenji, Felicitas N. Yongabi, Gerald Nkwelang and Roland N. Ndip

Lubricating oil-degrading bacteria in soils from filling stations and auto- mechanic workshops in Buea, Cameroon: occurrence and characteristics of isolates

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1700-1706

 

Guizhi Fan, Xiaocan Li, Qingsheng Cai and Jianguo Zhu

Detection of elevated CO₂ responsive QTLs for yield and its components in rice

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1707-1711

 

Priscilla Alexander

Evaluation of ground water quality of Mubi town in Adamawa State, Nigeria

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1712-1715

 

    

 

APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY 

 

Iniaghe, O. M., Malomo, S. O., Adebayo, J. O., and Arise, R. O.

Evaluation of the antioxidant and hepatoprotective properties of the methanolic extract of Acalypha racemosa leaf in carbon tetrachloride-treated rats

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1716-1720

   

Oyagbemi, A. A., Odetola, A. A. and Azeez, O. I.

Ameliorative effects of Cnidoscolus aconitifolius on anaemia and osmotic fragility induced by protein-energy malnutrition

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1721-1726

 

Ongoka, P. R., Banzouzi, J. T., Poupat, C., Ekouya, A., Ouamba, J. M. and Moudachirou, M.

Steroids isolated from Millettia versicolor Baker (Fabaceae)

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1767-1730

 

 

 

INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY

 

Oladipo, I. C., Adebiyi, A. O. and Ayandele, A. A.

Toxin production in food as influenced by pH, thermal treatment and chemical preservatives

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1731-1739 

 

Enwuru, N. V., Ogbonnia, S. O., Nkemehule, F., Enwuru, C. A. and Tolani, O.

Evaluation of antibacterial activity and acute toxicity of the hydroethanolic extract of Stachytarpheta angustifolia (Mill) Vahl.

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1740-1744

 

 

 

FOOD TECHNOLOGY

 

B. O. Aderemi, E. Abu and B. K. Highina

The kinetics of glucose production from rice straw by Aspergillus niger

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1745-1752 

 

 

FOOD SCIENCE

 

O. O. Ogunsola and A. B. Omojola

Qualitative evaluation of Kilishi prepared from beef and pork

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1753-1758 

 

 

BIOTECHNIQUES

 

Rasha Adam Omer, Abdelbagi M. Ali, Jonathan M. Matheka and Jesse Machuka

Regeneration of Sudanese maize inbred lines and open pollinated varieties

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1759-1764 

 

Mehmet Atak, Muharrem Kaya, Khalid Mahmood Khawar, Sevil Saglam, Sebahattin Özcan and Cemalettin Yasar Ciftci

Effect of age on somatic embryogenesis from immature zygotic embryos of 5 Turkish triticale genotypes

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1765-1768 

 

 

FISHERY SCIENCE

 

Wilson W. Mwanja, Gregory C. Booton, Les Kaufman and Paul A. Fuerst

A profile of the introduced Oreochromis niloticus (Pisces: Teleostei) populations in Lake Victoria Region in relation to its putative origin of Lakes Edward and Albert (Uganda - E. Africa) based on random amplified polymorphic DNA analysis

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1769-1773 

 

 

MARICULTURE

 

Zhi Qiang Han, Yong Zhen Li, Guo Bao Chen and Tian Xiang Gao.

Population genetic structure of coral reef species Plectorhinchus flavomaculatus in South China Sea

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1774-1781 

 

 

ANIMAL SCIENCE

 

I. A. Umar, I. O. Igbokwe, J. J. Omage, D. A. Ameh, H. O. Kwanashie and K. A. N. Esievo

The effect of lactose-in-saline infusion on packed cell volume variation during trypanosoma vivax – induced anaemia of cattle

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1782-1790