Pectate lyase (PL) is an important member of pectinase group of enzyme associated with cleaving α -1, 4 linkages in pectate polymers by a β-elimination mechanism, producing 4, 5–unsaturated oligogalacturonates. In the present study, PCR amplification of pectate lyase genes from d...
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Research Article10.9734/BJI/2017/29140
Aims: The expressed sequence tag of single sequence repeats (EST-SSR) primers designed from tomato fruit were studied for their polymorphism and transferability to other vegetable varieties. Study Design: Primers were designed from ESTs in which the repeat bases of SSR were more...
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Research Article10.9734/BJI/2017/30341
The morphological, leaf epidermal and anatomical distortions caused by the exposure of Vigna unguiculata L. to potassium chromate was investigated using 1-4%w/w of an oil field chemical Potassium chromate and Control (0). Results showed that 2-4%w/w concentrations elicited notice...
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Research Article10.9734/BJI/2017/28755
Aims: Microbial enzymatic activities are important in cassava dough fermentation for attiéké production. The objective of this study was to describe the molecular identification and the amylolytic, pectinolytic and cellulolytic enzymes potential of four (4) Bacillus species invol...
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Research Article10.9734/BJI/2017/29688
Aims: The color of tomato fruit is an important property in improving of tomato breed. So we screened the differences of yellow tomato peel and transparent tomato peel using EST-SSR markers, and it is in favour of the research of the tomato fruit color and tomato breeding. Study...
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Research Article10.9734/BJI/2016/29881
Aims: Isolate and characterize compounds from the ethyl acetate stem bark extract of Ficus exasperata. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Chemistry and Centre for Agrochemical Technology, University of Agriculture Makurdi, Nigeria; Herbarium of the Department of Biologica...
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Research Article10.9734/BJI/2016/29737
Abdelhakim Bouyahya, Jamal Abrini, El Ouardy Khay, Saoulajan Charfi, Nadia Boujida, Abdeltif EL Harsal, Ahmed Talbaoui, Abdeslam Et-Touys, Youssef Bakri & Nadia Dakka·Biotechnology Journal International·2016
Aims: This study was designed to evaluate the antibacterial activity of methanol, ethanol, ethyl acetate and n-hexane extract from the leaves of Myrtus communis (L.) growing in North-West of Morocco. Study Design: In vitro evaluating of antibacterial activity and determination of...
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Research Article10.9734/BJI/2016/28500
Tomato is grown in many regions of the world; and processed tomato products account for 80% of total tomato consumption. A worldwide tomato processing industry has since evolved with a range of technologies which are able to convert tomatoes into products such as paste, sauces an...
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Research Article10.9734/BJI/2016/29320
Enset is a herbaceous perennial crop used as a basic diet for millions of people at various agro ecological settings of Ethiopia. As it takes up the nutrients from the soil environment, it makes mutual relation with rhizospheric microorganism which can contribute to the discovery...
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Research Article10.9734/BJI/2016/29388
The development of transgenic crop since its first launched to the public in 1995 results in high expectation in order to boost the agricultural productivity, particularly in cotton. Higher yield and higher return are the expectation of cotton growers especially for poor-resource...
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Research Article10.9734/BJI/2016/29603
Orobanche crenata is an annual parasitic weed that causes heavy losses to its host crop faba bean (Vicia faba). Determining the genetic diversity in Orobanche germplasm is a preliminary crucial step in faba bean breeding.It helps in identifying liable criteria of host tolerance....
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Research Article10.9734/BJI/2016/27216
Genotoxic effect of aqueous leaf extract of Neem (Azadirachta indica) NZI, Alomo bitters alcoholic drink (ABAD) and cosmetics (Baby-face facial cleanser, BFFC; Peau clair body lotion, PCBL and Vanilla essence roll-on, VERO) were assessed using Allium test. The root tips were trea...
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Research Article10.9734/BJI/2016/29042
Aims: To analyze the function of the ASG-1, an apomixis-specific gene has been isolated from apomictic guinea grass, the combination of Agrobacterium-mediated transformation system and pSMA35H2-NG binary vector were used for transformation of ASG-1 to ‘Nipponbare’ of rice, and it...
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Research Article10.9734/BJI/2016/29146
Aims: Several studies have reported the existence for T helper cell epitopes with the persistence of unwanted immune reactions for several protein drugs. T-cell epitope is an amino acid or set of amino acids that are capable of being recognized form one or more T-cell receptors....
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Research Article10.9734/BJI/2016/29184
Aim: Present study was aimed to isolate marine algae from the sea water samples of Kayalpattinam Coastal area, Gulf of Mannar. Methodology: Seawater samples were collected for the isolation of phytoplankton from the Kayalpattinam Coastal area, Tuticorin on May 2016. The collected...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2016/29300