International Journal of
Biodiversity and Conservation

  • Abbreviation: Int. J. Biodivers. Conserv.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-243X
  • DOI: 10.5897/IJBC
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 675

Table of Content: March 2011; 3(3)

March 2011

Impact of land use types on population structure and extent of bark and foliage harvest of Afzelia africana and Pterocarpus erinaceus in Eastern Burkina Faso

  In the West African Sudanian regions, people depend on natural products, especially on highly valued species as source of income, fuel wood, food, medicine, fodder for livestock etc. However, land-use management coupled with unsustainable uses of highly valued trees might jeopardize the long-term viability of some species’ populations. Thus, we compared the population structures of two...

Author(s): Blandine Marie Ivette Nacoulma, Salifou Traoré, Karen Hahn and Adjima Thiombiano

March 2011

Evaluation of agromorphological variability of Argan tree under different environmental conditions in Morocco: Implication for selection

  In order to identify promising wild argan trees (Argania spinisa L. Skeels), with high oil content and facilitated of crushing seeds, as a part of domestication and breeding programs, seventy five candidate plus trees were chosen from different eco-geographical regions in the southwest of Morocco. Based on several biometric characters describing trees and their fruits, uni and multivariate analysis of...

Author(s): Naima Ait Aabd, Fatima El Ayadi, Fouad Msanda and Abdelhamid El mousadik

March 2011

Biochemical studies on Plantago major L. and Cyamopsis tetragonoloba L.

  Plantago major (seeds and leaves) and Cyamopsis tetragonoloba (guar beans( were analyzed for general chemical components including, fatty acids and amino acids. Guar beans had high contents of proteins, fats and total hydrolysable carbohydrates. Plantagoleaves high percentage of linolenic acid was characterized by 56.19%. While, P. majorseeds and Guar beans had high...

Author(s):   Mohamed, I. Kobeasy, Osama, M. Abdel-Fatah, Samiha M. Abd El-Salam and Zahrat El-Ola M. Mohamed

March 2011

Generic relationship among Cassia L., Senna Mill. and Chamaecrista Moench using RAPD markers

  Generic relationships were examined among twenty-four species belonging to genusCassia L., Senna Mill. and Chamaecrista Moench using RAPD marker. Total 80 primers were initially screened, 514 amplification products obtained with 38 informative primers, of which 514 were polymorphic. A vary high degree of polymorphism (100%) was observed among them. UPGMA cluster analysis of genetic...

Author(s): Vivek Tripathi and Sandhya Goswami

March 2011

Multivariate analysis of Harpagophytum DC. ex Meisn (Pedaliaceae) based on fruit characters

  Harpagophytum is bitypic and native to Southern Africa. Its two species areHarpagophytum procumbens and H. zeyheri. H. procumbens is medicinal. A reliable method of identifying the species is through its fruit. However, distinguishing between H. procumbens and H. zeyheri can be difficult because of the various morphotypes. Hence, possibilities of introgression are...

Author(s): Mbaki Muzila , M. P. Setshogo and  S. W. Mpoloka