September 2021

Sales environment, microbiological and biochemical quality of beef skins intended for human consumption

The quality and composition of meat and its derivatives are influenced by many factors namely physicochemical, organoleptic factors and microbial contamination. The aim of this study was to evaluate kpakouma consumption risk through its chemical and microbiological contaminants. The methodological approach was composed of (i) observation of selling environment, (ii) pesticides and antibiotics residues quantification by...

Author(s): Haziz Sina, Kamirou Chabi-Sika, Abdou Hamidou Soule, Durand Dah-Nouvlessounon, Bawa Boya, Chantal M. Y. Viwakinnou, Virgile Ahyi, Farid Baba-Moussa, Adolphe Adjanohoun and Lamine Baba-Moussa

September 2021

Vertical-horizontal subsurface flow hybrid constructed wetlands for municipal wastewater treatment in developing countries: A review

The use of low-cost on-site wastewater treatment technologies, including constructed wetlands (CWs), is wide spread. Despite the purported high performance of vertical-horizontal subsurface flow (V-H SSF) hybrid CWs, data on implementation and performance in developing countries is scarce. Here, the design, operation and performance of V-H SSF hybrid CWs for treatment of municipal sewage in an effort to encourage and...

Author(s): Sylvie Muwanga Tebitendwa and Ashton Keith Cowan

September 2021

Efficient conditions for in vitro establishment and regeneration of disease-free Ugandan farmer-preferred cassava genotypes

Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is majorly devastated by two viral diseases, cassava brown streak disease (CBSD) and cassava mosaic disease (CMD), resulting in 100% yield loss. Being a clonal plant, nodal cuttings (NC) and shoot apical meristems (SAMs) are the best explants for production of disease free planting materials. In this study, NCs and SAMs were used to determine reliable indicators for successful in vitro...

Author(s): Hellen B. Apio, Titus Alicai and Emmanuel Ogwok,  

September 2021

Adenine sulfate and glutamine enhanced shoots multiplication in Jatropha curcas L. a potent biofuel plant

Jatropha is a drought-tolerant plant producing seed oil for the biodiesel. Limitation to the development of jatropha is unavailability of high-yielding varieties and efficient in vitro regeneration system which is required for micropropagation. In this study, in vitro regeneration system from jatropha juvenile cotyledon was established. Firstly, concentrations of hormones in the MS medium were optimized and it was found...

Author(s): Ismail A. Mohammed, Suguru Tsuchimoto, Hiroe Sakai, Naoki Wada and Kiichi Fukui