Background: Schistosomiasis is an acute and chronic parasitic disease caused by blood flukes (trematode worms) of the genusSchistosoma. The disease is prevalent in tropical and subtropical areas, especially in rural communities without access to potable drinking water and adequat...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i43860
Clusterbean (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba L.) is an important drought-tolerant legume of arid and semi-arid regions, valued for its multipurpose use and industrial significance due to galactomannan gum. However, its productivity remains constrained by poor soil fertility and imbalance...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i43861
The extensive use of chemical fertilizers and synthetic pesticides in modern agriculture has led to significant environmental concerns, particularly due to their negative effects on soil microbial diversity and beneficial organisms involved in natural pest suppression. Biopestici...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i43862
Background: Vector-borne diseases such as malaria, dengue, and chikungunya remain a major global public health challenge, with current control strategies increasingly limited by insecticide resistance and changing vector behavior. Consequently, innovative approaches such as genet...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i43863
Milk is highly nutritive food containing all essential nutrient necessary for growth and development of children and adults. Milk is sterile at secretion, but it gets contaminated during milking, processing and storage with pathogenic bacteria which is of public health significan...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i43858
Greengram (Vigna radiata L. Wilczek) is an important pulse crop in India, but its productivity is severely constrained by Mungbean Yellow Mosaic Virus (MYMV), a major biotic stress causing significant yield losses. The present study aimed to identify resistant sources among mungb...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i43859
Poplar (Populus spp.) is an economically important forest tree widely cultivated in temperate regions, where genetically improved clones of Populus deltoides are extensively used for high-yield plantations. However, accurate clonal identification and assessment of genetic variati...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i43853
Background: Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is a globally important staple crop, fundamental to food security and livelihoods, particularly across Asia, but its productivity is increasingly constrained by nutrient limitations such as phosphorus deficiency. Enhancing phosphorus-use efficie...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i43854
Medicinal properties are vital characteristics of tree species, supporting human healthcare through traditional and modern applications. Medicinal plants underpin primary healthcare for much of the global population, especially in developing countries, and drive drug discovery. I...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i43855
Vishal S Hivare, Dattatraya G. Dalvi, Sivasakthi Kaliamoorthy, Hirakant V. Kalpande, Jaykumar Deshmukh, Dilip K. Zate, Suraj L. Shinde, Shambhonarayan B. Mirkad, Godawari S. Pawar & Sunita Choudhary·Journal of Advances in Biology & Biotechnology·2026
Drought stress is a major constraint to chickpea productivity in semi-arid regions, particularly when it occurs during the reproductive phase. While early vigor is often considered advantageous for rapid canopy establishment and resource capture, it may also lead to excessive wat...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i43856