December 2016

Optimizing Bacillus circulans Xue-113168 for biofertilizer production and its effects on crops

In this study, Bacillus circulans Xue-113168 biofertilizer was produced through solid state fermentation processes using food waste and feldspar. Results confirmed that solid state fermentation has considerable advantages compared to complex process (solid-state and bio-bleach). The control of pH, temperature, and humidity effectively led to the formation of 2×109 cfu/g spore and dissolution of potassium at a rate...

Author(s): Shengping Xue, Liantian Miao, Yujie Ma, Yan Du and Hongbo Yan

December 2016

Effect of solarization with fresh chicken manure on verticillium wilt (Verticillium dahliae Klebb) and yield in eggplant

The present study was carried out to evaluate the effect of reducing wilt disease through the medium of fresh chicken manure (FCM) mixed with soil before solarized and then artificial Verticillium dahliae (V.d) inoculation on yield of eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) under field conditions. According to the split-plot design, solarization of main plots, sub-plots with fresh chicken manure and V dahliae inoculation were...

Author(s): Ismail Cimen and Mahir Basaran

December 2016

Nucellar embryogenesis and plantlet regeneration in monoembryonic and polyembryonic mango (Mangifera indica L.) cultivars

Biotic and abiotic stress particularly fungal diseases and salinity are major challenges facing mango cultivations in Oman. Micropropagation technique for multiplying disease resistant and salinity tolerant elite cultivars could be utilized to replace dead and infected plants in mango orchards but standardize in-vitro regeneration protocol via somatic embryogenesis is prerequisite. Nucellar tissues from immature mango...

Author(s): Manish Shukla, Khair Tuwair Al-Busaidi, Ghaya Sultan Al-Blushi, Abdullah Hamed Al-Burashdi, Hamoud Darwish Al-Hasani, Mohammed Hamed Al-Jabri and Basem Saif AL-Kalbani

December 2016

Genetic diversity and population structure of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L) germplasm of Ethiopia as revealed by microsatellite markers

The Ethiopian genetic center is considered to be one of the secondary centers of diversity for the common bean. This study was conducted to characterize the distribution of genetic diversity between and within ecological/geographical regions of Ethiopia. A germplasm sample of 116 landrace accessions was developed, which represented different common bean production ecologies and seed types common in the country. This...

Author(s): Zelalem Fisseha, Kassahun Tesfaye, Kifle Dagne, Matthew W. Blair, Jagger Harvey,  Martina Kyallo, Paul Gepts