Delivery, rather than nuclease chemistry, now sets the practical limit on plant genome editing. Conventional delivery depends on tissue culture and stable transformation, which remain slow, genotype-dependent and unavailable for most cultivated germplasm. Plant viruses offer an a...
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Research Article10.9734/bji/2026/v30i5903
Background: Urinary tract infections are common among older adults, and the emergence of antibiotic-resistant Citrobacter spp. complicates therapeutic management. Aims: The objective of this study was to characterise antibiotic resistance genes in Citrobacter isolates from elderl...
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Research Article10.9734/bji/2026/v30i5901
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) can improve plant performance under drought, but responses depend on host genotype, fungal isolate, symbiosis duration, and stress intensity. We evaluated whether Rhizophagus irregularis DAOM 197198 mitigated short-term water deficit in the Ivor...
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Research Article10.9734/bji/2026/v30i5900
Adjoua Kan Regina Zouzou Audrey KOUADIO, Aude Christelle Bozon, Aliman Diarra & Kra Athanase KOUASSI·Biotechnology Journal International·2026
Objective The study aims to analyse the consumption practices of locally produced cereal flours among infants in the Haut-Sassandra region of Côte d'Ivoire in order to assess their potential nutritional and health risks. Study Design: A descriptive study combining a questionnaire...
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Research Article10.9734/bji/2026/v30i5899
This study evaluated the antiplasmodial activity and selected biochemical effects of aqueous leaf extract of Cissampelos owariensis in mice infected with Plasmodium berghei. The leaves were collected, authenticated, dried, powdered and extracted with distilled water. Acute oral t...
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Research Article10.9734/bji/2026/v30i5898
Polyphenol-rich functional foods occupy an uncomfortable position between nutritional promise and sensory rejection. The same structural features that confer antioxidant and cardiometabolic activity also generate bitterness and astringency, and the concentrations required to appr...
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Research Article10.9734/bji/2026/v30i4897
This study aimed to evaluate the physicochemical quality of “Koutoukou”, a locally distilled alcoholic beverage widely consumed in Côte d’Ivoire, and to assess its safety and compliance with national and international standards. This research was conducted in Daloa, Côte d’Ivoire...
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Research Article10.9734/bji/2026/v30i4895
Precision agriculture is increasingly described as the convergence of two originally separate technological programmes: engineered nanomaterials that act at the plant and soil interface, and computational learning systems that convert agronomic data into management decisions. The...
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Research Article10.9734/bji/2026/v30i4896
Background: Dof (DNA-binding with one finger) transcription factors are plant-specific zinc-finger proteins that regulate growth, development, hormone signalling, and stress responses. However, the structural features and hormone-response patterns of most cucumber Dof members rem...
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Research Article10.9734/bji/2026/v30i4894
Constant Kouadio Attchelouwa, Marius Akissi Dogbo, Mathurin Konan Yao, Antoine Konan N’dri & Florent Kouadio N’Guessan·Biotechnology Journal International·2026
Aims: The recovery of agricultural waste is regarded as a strategy for reducing its environmental impact while generating high value-added products. Thus, this study aimed to evaluate the potential of acetic acid bacteria isolated from fermented beverages to biotransform unsold m...
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Research Article10.9734/bji/2026/v30i4893
Indigenous and underutilised crops such as sorghum, the millets, teff, fonio, cowpea, Bambara groundnut and the Andean pseudocereals combine dense micronutrient profiles with substantial phytate, tannin and protease-inhibitor loads that constrain their nutritional performance in...
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Research Article10.9734/bji/2026/v30i4892
Aims: This study aims to characterise the molecular properties and structural features of the non-specific lipid transfer protein (CsnsLTP) gene family and to analyse its expression patterns in cucumber. Candidate CsnsLTP genes that may contribute to resistance to Corynespora cas...
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Research Article10.9734/bji/2026/v30i4891
Farm animals produce heat through a complex biological process that is influenced by their environment, genetics, metabolism, nutrition, and management. Heat stress is a condition that imposes quantifiable consequences on productivity, reproduction, immunological function, and an...
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Research Article10.9734/bji/2026/v30i4890
Aim: This study was conducted to formulate and evaluate the efficacy of a composite: coir pith + starch + plant-growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR), in sustaining the survival and growth of Zea mays (maize) seeds cultivated under flood stress. Place and Duration of Study: Depar...
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Research Article10.9734/bji/2026/v30i4889
This study evaluated the macroscopic and microscopic semen characteristics of Local and Rainbow breed roosters in Burkina Faso under controlled management conditions. Six roosters, comprising three Local and three Rainbow birds, were used, and 60 ejaculates were collected using t...
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Research Article10.9734/bji/2026/v30i3887