This study reports a modified SDS extraction technique for isolation of DNA from root tubers namely Dioscorea (yam), Manihot esculenta (cassava) and Colocasia esculenta (cocoyam). DNA extraction in many plants is very difficult because of secondary metabolites that interfere with...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2020/v35i230189
C. Uzoamaka Maduakor, F. Ngozi Onyemelukwe, N. Innocent Okonkwo, C. Nkiruka Azubuike, O. Cornelius Ogu, I. Paul John Chukwu & N. Sam Maduakor·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2020
Dental caries is a global infectious disease and the most common oral cavity disease. Among the theories which explain caries is the activity of acids produced by bacteria resulting from dietary fermentation of carbohydrates (sugars). Modernization has led to change in our diet a...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2020/v35i230188
Ahmed Medhat Mohamed Al-Naggar, Mohamed Abd El-Maboud Abd El-Shafi, Mohamed Helmy El-Shal & Ali Hassan Anany·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2020
Strong correlations between wheat traits and drought tolerance (DT) associated with high heritability and high genetic advance from selection would allow plant breeder to use such traits as selection criteria. The objective of the present investigation was to determine the optimu...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2020/v35i230186
Aims: The aim of current study was to investigate the genotoxic damage of potassium bromate on sperm cell morphology and the potential defense role of Ruta chalepensis (Rue) against the potassium bromate effects. Study Design: Fifty rats (Strain: Rattus norvegicus) were randomly...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2020/v35i230187
Abdullah All Imtiaz, Saleh Ahmed Shahriar, Md. Abdullahil Baque, Most. Nurjahan Khatun Eaty & Maliha Rahman Falguni·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2020
Sixteen advance genotypes of mungbeans under 5 different concentrations of Polyethylene Glycol (PEG) were studied to find out the better cultivar against drought stress condition. The experiment results revealed that germination, seedling production and water-related behavior of...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2020/v35i230184
Edak Aniedi Uyoh, Valentine Otang Ntui, Oju Richard Ibor, Chioma Marylyn Adilieje, Mfon Udo, Charles Opara, Godwin M. Ubi & Daniel Ama-Abasi·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2020
Studies were conducted on Chrysichthys nigrodigitatus and C. auratus from the Cross River, Nigeria. The objective was to document intra- and inter-specific variations in molecular structure among four populations of the genus in the river. DNA was extracted from caudal fin and pr...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2020/v35i230185
Aim: This research work aimed to determine the impact of industrial effluent discharge on the physicochemical properties of Aleto Stream, Eleme and Rivers State. Study Design: Random sampling technique was applied in this study. The study area was divided into three sites; upstre...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2020/v35i130183
In the last two decades the world had faced three respiratory syndrome outbreaks incurred by Coronavirus. Though the wild animals are the primary carriers of the virus, the human population managed to survive sacrificing more than 1,600 lives from 2002 to 2012. But the current vi...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2020/v35i130182
West Nile Virus, whose natural life cycle continues between birds and mosquitoes, causes neuropathic diseases in horses, cats, dogs, humans and other mammal animals. Particularly in recent years, as a result of the fact that the number of dam reservoirs have increased and areas w...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2020/v35i130181
Saleh Ahmed Shahriar, Abdullah All Imtiaz, Md. Belal Hossain, Asmaul Husna & Most. Nurjahan Khatun Eaty·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2020
Rice blast caused by Magnaporthe grisea is the major damaging disease in nearly all rice growing nations. Economically relevance with 60 percent of total population of world depending on rice as the main source of calories, may have destructive effects of the disease, however, th...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2020/v35i130180