Since ancient times, coffee has been one of the widely consumed beverages all over the world. It is renowned for its refreshing, body stimulating effect and unique taste. It belongs to the genus Coffea, class Dicotyledoneae, order Rubiales and family Rubiaceae. Coffee is a natura...
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Research Article10.9734/bji/2020/v24i530115
Coriander is one of the most widely used herb. Coriander generally grown for leaf and grain purpose throughout the world. Induction of mutation is considered to be effective in improving various characteristics in plants like seed germination, plant vigour, yield etc. In present...
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Research Article10.9734/bji/2020/v24i530114
Bruno Henrique Gomes, Fabrícia de Matos Oliveira, Ana Paula Oliveira Nogueira & Robson Jose de Oliveira Júnior·Biotechnology Journal International·2020
Aims: The aim of this paper is to develop an in vitro organogenesis and callogenesis protocol for Carolina Reaper pepper, and to determine the karyotype and nucleoli of this cultivar. Methodology: The MS medium with supplemented with indole-3-butyric (0, 1, 2 and 4 mg L-1) and ki...
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Research Article10.9734/bji/2020/v24i530113
The current study investigates the polymorphic patterns of keratin-associated protein (KAP) 3.2 gene in Sandyno breed of sheep. Genomic DNA was isolated from blood samples of 51 numbers of Sandyno breed. Ovine specific primer associated PCR amplification of KAP 3.2 gene revealed...
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Research Article10.9734/bji/2020/v24i430112
An experiment was conducted for standardization of in vitro propagation technique of Bacopa monnieri (L.), a medicinal herb of India. Healthy leaf segments of the herb were used as explants with basic Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium containing various combinations of different gr...
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Research Article10.9734/bji/2020/v24i430111
In this study, spores of inulinase-producing thermophilic Aspergillus tamarii were subjected to UV mutagenesis, and colonies obtained were screened for inulinase production on inulin-glucose agar. The thermal stability of the inulinase was also investigated. A mutant strain U4 wa...
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Research Article10.9734/bji/2020/v24i430110
Boli Zamblé Bi Irié Abel, Bouatenin Koffi Maïzan Jean-Paul, Kouamé Kohi Alfred, Coulibaly Wahauwouele Hermann, Kakou Abodjo Celah, Rose Koffi- Nevry & Djè Koffi Marcellin·Biotechnology Journal International·2020
Aims: The aim of this study was to identify the different methods of preparing the traditional cassava starters used for attiéké production in Côte d'Ivoire, allowed the recounting of five different production methods. Study Design: Sampling of cassava starters were collected fro...
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Research Article10.9734/bji/2020/v24i430108
Bio-plastics are either bio-based polymers or capable of degradation into simple compounds. The rising development in the production and use of bio-plastics has globally revolutionized the dependency on traditional plastics. The conventional plastics prepared from petroleum, coal...
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Research Article10.9734/bji/2020/v24i430107
Modification of clays and clay minerals by using chemical reagents is receiving research attention due to the use of clay in various industrial applications where it may be utilized as adsorbent and catalyst carriers among others. The employed synthetic chemicals, however, unavoi...
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Research Article10.9734/bji/2020/v24i330106
Bacteria strain capable of degrading lignin, cellulose and hemicellulose were isolated from wood Feeding termite gut using spread plate technique. The 16S rRNA gene sequencing methodology was adopted in the identification of the isolate. The isolate’s Morganella morganii (strain...
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Research Article10.9734/bji/2020/v24i330104
Plants during their growth, experience periodic stress conditions both abiotic (adverse environmental conditions) as well as biotic (infection by pathogens). They appear to respond to these adverse conditions by modulating the expression of many genes. One of the pronounced effec...
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Research Article10.9734/bji/2020/v24i330105
Despite climate change scenarios, new research on improving yield and quality in agricultural production is extremely important. The use of nanomaterials and plant-growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB) has been of interest to researchers in recent years. In the future, the creation of...
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Research Article10.9734/bji/2020/v24i330103
Sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] is considered as an important staple crop in the tropical regions. However, the productivity of this useful crop is hindered by drought which contributes to significant yield reduction. The present study aimed to decipher the effects of droug...
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Research Article10.9734/bji/2020/v24i330102
Aim: The study aimed at producing and purifying thermostable and alkalitolerant microbial arabinofuranosidase using local Palm Kernel Cake (PKC) as substrate. Study Design: This is an experimental design in which samples were collected thrice and subjected to laboratory analyses...
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Research Article10.9734/bji/2020/v24i230101
A study was conducted to determine the effect of tuber size and intra row spacing on potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) yield and subsequent growth in the 2017 production season. The experiment was laid out in a 3x4 combination arranged in a split-plot design with three replications (...
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Research Article10.9734/bji/2020/v24i230100