African Journal of
Biotechnology

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Biotechnol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1684-5315
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJB
  • Start Year: 2002
  • Published Articles: 12474

Table of Content: 23 August, 2017; 16(34)

August 2017

Post-harvest conservation of ‘Rubi’ grapes treated with abscisic acid

Loss of mass, shatter and decay are undesirable for fresh grapes, as they decrease the cluster quality during post-harvest conservation. The objective of this study was to assess the effect of abscisic acid (S-ABA) application on ‘Rubi’ grapes’ loss of mass, shatter, decay incidence and conservation periods. ‘Rubi’ grapes’ clusters used in the experiment were gotten from a commercial...

Author(s): Francisco José Domingues Neto, Adilson Pimentel Junior, Daniel Callili, Silvia Regina Cunha, Fernando Ferrari Putti, Giuseppina Pace Pereira Lima, Renata Koyama, Sergio Ruffo Roberto and Marco Antonio Tecchio

August 2017

In vitro plant regeneration from ovules of Taraxacum officinale and Taraxacum koksaghyz

Taraxacum koksaghyz, the Russian dandelion, produces latex in its taproots and is an alternative to Hevea brasiliensis as a source for rubber. Studying the inheritance of rubber content and yield as well as breeding of T. koksaghyz could strongly benefit from haploid or doubled haploid techniques. Therefore, this study aimed at establishing the conditions to produce haploid and/or double haploid T. koksaghyz plants....

Author(s): Chandrasekera B. S. G., Fluess H., Zhao Y. C., Trigiano R. N. and Winkelmann T.

August 2017

Artificial spawn generation based on alginate encapsulated mycelium as inoculum for mushroom cultivation

Spawn quality is an important factor that affects the final yield in mushroom production. One of the most common risks is the contamination of substrates and spawn by mitosporic fungi. Some species do not easily grow on grain substrate as traditional species do and these find it real difficult to produce spawn. A method was evaluated to produce spawn for mushroom production based on aseptically encapsulated mycelium...

Author(s): Gastón Ortiz, María Belén Colavolpe and Edgardo Albertó

August 2017

In vitro potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) growth under different orientation and light/dark exposure conditions

In vitro storage of prolific potato cultivars increases labour, space and material costs due to frequent sub-culturing. A method that reduces frequent sub-culturing can lower maintenance costs of potato storage. A study was undertaken to assess in vitro growth of potato under either (1) complete dark exposure, (2) dark exposure for three days only and then to light or (3) light exposure throughout. Also, micro shoots...

Author(s): Simon A. Mng’omba, Hellen Mwale, Brian Chimzinga, Kareem Longwe and Peter Muhota

August 2017

Detection of enterovirus in mussels from Morocco by cell culture and real-time PCR

The bivalve shellfish are filter feeders and they act as natural bio-filters in seawater and can thus efficiently bio-concentrate and bio-accumulate enteric viruses in their digestive tissue. In Morocco, shellfish sanitary quality analysis does not currently include enteric virus detection. Therefore, the objective of this study was to detect the presence of enterovirus in mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis) collected...

Author(s): Lalla Meryem Idrissi Azzouzi, Samira Senouci, Maria El Qazoui, Hicham Oumzil and Mariam Naciri