Knowledge of genetic diversity is one of the important tools used for genetic management of quinoa accessions for plant breeding. This research aimed to molecularly characterize five quinoa genotypes using ISSR markers to reveal genetic polymorphism and identify unique markers fo...
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Research Article10.9734/BJI/2017/37053
Pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) is a vegetable in family Solanaceae and has a very important place and development potential in the field of plant breeding and biotechnology. It is at the forefront of haploid plant acquisitions in plant biotechnology, especially in the sense that it...
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Research Article10.9734/BJI/2017/37102
Aims: Neutral invertase (NI) probably plays an important role in sucrose metabolism of tomato, but main function and mechanism are unclear. In this study, contents of soluble sugar and NI activity were measured at different stages in tomatoes of Solanum chmielewskii and Solanum l...
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Research Article10.9734/BJI/2017/37195
Cellulose continues to account for one of earth’s most abundant biomass. Cellulase degrades cellulose, thereby making it one of the most sought after enzyme in the commercial market. This research aimed to characterize cellulase with enviable physicochemical parameters from a bac...
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Research Article10.9734/BJI/2017/37221
The present study investigated the growth and lipase production by Lysinibacillus sphaericus in a minimal medium. The growth conditions (i.e oil concentration, nitrogen source, carbon source, metals and non metals) were optimized for maximum production of enzyme. Influence of dif...
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Research Article10.9734/BJI/2017/34290
Aims: One of serious threats to women's health is mammary cancer whose occurrence, development, and treatment are related to the body’s immunological circumstances. In addition, the cancer also imposes the some effects on the body’s immune system. However, the body’s response is...
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Research Article10.9734/BJI/2017/36382
Phosphorus (P) is one of the essential macronutrients for plant growth. Phosphate solubilizing bacteria (PSB) are organisms which are used as bioinoculants to enhance the plant growth. Plants take phosphate in the form of soluble orthophosphate ions but due to the presence of cal...
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Research Article10.9734/BJI/2017/36243
Noel Dougba Dago, Martial Didier Yao Saraka, Nafan Diarrassouba, Antonio Mori, Hermann-Désiré Lallié, Edouard Kouamé N’Goran, Lamine Baba-Moussa, Massimo Delledonne & Giovanni Malerba·Biotechnology Journal International·2017
Microarray gene expression technologies represents a widely used tool in transcriptomics and genomics studies worldwide. Even if this technology exhibits a low dynamic range as well as a feeble sensitivity and specificity (limited performances) with respect to RNA sequencing (RNA...
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Research Article10.9734/BJI/2017/36345
Moringa oliefera seeds were treated with UV light type A, B and C for 30 minutes. Seedlings length, number of plants, number of axillary buds, number of adventitious buds and number of apical buds were recorded 34 days after sowing the treated seeds in addition to the control in...
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Research Article10.9734/BJI/2017/35996
Aadil Ayaz, Zaffar Iqbal, Basharat Ahmad, Nazir Ahmad Ganai, N. Singh, Aarif Ali, Tajamul Mumtaz, Mashooq Ahmad Dar, Mir Shabir, Syed Shanaz & Suheel Yousuf Wani·Biotechnology Journal International·2017
Cashmere goat (Capra hircus) represents a world renowned goat famous for production of superfine downfibre “Cashmere”. The worldwide total production of cashmere fibre is about 10000-15000 tonnes per annum. Among all the fibres cashmere is the finest fibre of animal origin, produ...
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Research Article10.9734/BJI/2017/35210
In this study the impact of Bt cotton has been accessed on the population of beneficial microbes in the rhizosphere of transgenic Bt cotton line (RCH-2 BG II) and its counterpart (a non-Bt cotton line). The Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) proteins i.e., Cry1Ac and Cry2Ab were release...
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Research Article10.9734/BJI/2017/32592
Bioethanol is currently the most widely used liquid biofuel in the world. Starch rich crops occupy the first place as biomass for bioethanol production. Amylases (EC 3.2.1.1) are enzymes that hydrolyses starch into sugar units, and pre-treating starch with amylolytic bacteria or...
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Research Article10.9734/BJI/2017/35030
Aims: The present investigation was planned to evaluate thirty five broad bean genotypes along with one check Vikrant-B for yield and some yield contributing morpho-physiological components. Study Design: Randomized Block Design. Place and Duration of Study: The experiment was un...
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Research Article10.9734/BJI/2017/35354
Aims: To screen extracts of Dacryodes edulis phytochemically. To assay the said extracts for antimicrobial activity. To validate or otherwise claims by traditional medicine practitioners on Dacryodes edulis. Place and Duration of Study: Department of chemistry, University of Agri...
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Research Article10.9734/BJI/2017/35311
Rahela Ibrahim, Kavindra Pratap Singh, P. W. Ramteke, Mamta Singh, Laxmi Shankar Singh & Dharmendra Kumar Chaudhary·Biotechnology Journal International·2017
Human papillomaviruses (HPVs) belong to the class of DNA viruses which are known to cause different human cancers. Development of new diagnostic methods and tools to study virus biology and mechanism of infection had been strongly felt in order to prevent HPV infections. In the p...
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Research Article10.9734/BJI/2017/34968