November 2011

Estimation of total free fatty acid and cholesterol content in some commercial edible oils in Ethiopia, Bahir DAR

  In the present investigation an attempt has been made to find out total free fatty acid and cholesterol content in some commercial edible oils in Ethiopia, Bahir Dar. Acid value, peroxide value, saponification value and cholesterol content were determined in a total of nine varieties of edible vegetable oils of which six are branded and three are non-branded. The analysis, performed using Liebermann-Burchard...

Author(s): Dimberu G. Atinafu and Belete Bedemo

November 2011

Effect of bio-control agents on yield, yield components and root rot control in two wheat cultivars at New Valley region, Egypt

  The main aim of this study is to evaluate efficiency of four bioagents, Bacillus subtilis(isolate BSM1), Bacillus megaterium (isolate BMM5), Trichoderma viride (isolate TVM2) and Trichoderma harzianum (isolate THM4) for the control of rot pathogensFusarium graminearum, Drechslera halodes and Rhizoctonia solani on two wheat cultivars (Sakha 93 and Bani Suif 5) under...

Author(s): Moubarak M. Y. and Abdel-Monaim M. F.