Aims: The present work aims to use a Faster R-CNN network combined with a predictive model to estimate the yield of the mango tree. Place and Duration of Study: The experiment was conducted in the Poro region of northern Côte d'Ivoire on a mango production campaign. This tropical...
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Research Article10.9734/bji/2025/v29i5796
The management of forest trees has long been a critical challenge in the field of forestry, as these essential natural resources face numerous threats, from climate change and pests to deforestation and unsustainable harvesting practices. Maintaining the resilience and adaptabili...
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Research Article10.9734/bji/2025/v29i5795
Aims: Effects of roasting and frying on the proximate composition, mineral content, and health risks due to heavy metals in Ethmalosa fimbriata were assessed. Place and duration of study: Food Science Laboratory of the University of Douala and Douala Foodstuffs Laboratory (Camero...
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Research Article10.9734/bji/2025/v29i5794
Cashew kernel (Anacardium occidentale L.) food and their microbiological quality depends heavily on nut quality, which itself is linked to storage conditions. Aiming at producing high-quality food from these kernels, their physical, chemical, and microbiological properties were s...
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Research Article10.9734/bji/2025/v29i5793
David Montcho, Ridwane-Laye OKPEÏCHA, Paulin Sédah, Laïyatou AMADOU, Gael HOUNGBELAGNON, Olufisayo Kolade & Clement Agbangla·Biotechnology Journal International·2025
Aims: Declining soil fertility has rekindled a renewed interest in soybean cultivation, but low rainfall continues to limit the production of this important nitrogen-fixing crop. Methodology: This study aims to identify among three mulch materials, the best mulch type to improve...
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Research Article10.9734/bji/2025/v29i5792
M’béfèhê Soro, Joël Akakpo-Akue, Fakana Drissa Traore, Jacques Auguste Alfred Bognan Ackah & Yayé Guillaume Yapi·Biotechnology Journal International·2025
In Ivory Coast, the population turns to traditional healers for care using recipes or medicinal plants. Following an ethnobotanical survey on medicinal plants used in the treatment of sickle cell disease in traditional settings in the Poro region. After an ethnobotanical survey u...
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Research Article10.9734/bji/2025/v29i5791
Background: Malaria remains one of the deadliest infectious diseases globally, causing over 597,000 deaths each year, with Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) responsible for the most severe cases. Sub-Saharan Africa remains the most affected region of the world, the region hosting more t...
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Research Article10.9734/bji/2025/v29i5790
Aims: The present study aimed to investigate the in vitro induction of polyploidy in Glycine max (L.) Merr. (soybean) using colchicine, and to evaluate the subsequent effects on various morphological, physiological, and cytological characteristics, ultimately assessing its potent...
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Research Article10.9734/bji/2025/v29i4789
This study aimed to evaluate the efficiency of vegetative propagation of teak by stump, by examining the influence of the type of substrate, growing conditions and the supply of NPK fertilizers on production. In this context marked by strong international demand for this forest s...
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Research Article10.9734/bji/2025/v29i4788
Background: Despite advances in diabetic treatment, side effects of antidiabetic drugs, including hypoglycemia and allergic reactions, drive the search for safer natural alternatives. Kolaviron (KV), a biflavonoid complex from Garcinia kola, has demonstrated antihyperglycemic pro...
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Research Article10.9734/bji/2025/v29i4787
This study evaluated the sensory qualities of dishes made from boiled, fried, and pounded yam, derived from two yellow-fleshed yam varieties ("Kounougbé" and "Kangba") and three cultivars ("Bètè-bètè", "Krenglè", and "Kponan"). The analysis revealed significant differences in the...
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Research Article10.9734/bji/2025/v29i4786
World agriculture continues to intensify while climate driven insect migration speeds up between geographic areas to cause agricultural producers to battle new insect pests which endanger both yield production and food safety standards. When measured comparatively pest control me...
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Research Article10.9734/bji/2025/v29i4785
Introduction: Agarwood is an important tree having valuable in medicine, pharmaceutical and cosmetic. Completely exploited by humans and driven to extinction. Reforestation of this precious tree species is necessary via seedlings production and supply to enlarge growing regions....
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Research Article10.9734/bji/2025/v29i4784
Aims: To determine the functional properties of Abelmoschus esculentus (AE) and Corchorus olitorius (CO) leaf and fruit powders and their relationship with antioxidant activity and essential nutrients. Methodology: Fresh leaves and fruits of these plants were harvested and proces...
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Research Article10.9734/bji/2025/v29i4783
Aims: The jasmonic acid (JA) pathway plays a core role in the plant defense response, and the omega-3 fatty acid desaturase (FAD7 protein) is closely related to the synthesis and signal transduction of JA by regulating fatty acid metabolism. However, the regulation differences of...
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Research Article10.9734/bji/2025/v29i4782