Aims: To examine the genetic diversity and relatedness among pepper accessions using agro-morphological markers. Study Design: Augmented design with single rows of each genotype. Place and Duration of Study: Research field, CSIR-Savanna Agricultural Research Institute, Nyankpala-...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/25186
The paper investigated the level of technical efficiency and its determinants in sweetpotato production in South-East agro-ecological zone of Nigeria. A multistage random sampling technique was used in the selection of states and respondents. Two states, Abia and Enugu were rando...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/22057
Sarvjeet Singh, Pooja Grover, Jagmeet Kaur, Jasdeep Kaur, Inderjit Singh, Pritpal Singh, O. P. Choudhary, Anupama Hingane, C. V. Sameer Kumar & K. B. Saxena·Journal of Experimental Agriculture International·2016
Pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.) genotypes acquired from diverse sources, were screened for water logging and salinity tolerance under laboratory and field conditions. Analysis of variance revealed significant differences among the genotypes for various traits. Based on se...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/24071
The objective of this work is focused to calculate the total mass attenuation coefficients, effective atomic numbers and electron densities in some soil samples for total and partial photon interactions in the wide energy range (1 keV–100 GeV). The values of these parameters have...
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Research Article10.9734/PSIJ/2016/23419
F. A. Orji, E. N. Dike, A. K. Lawal, A. O. Sadiq, F. Fashola, Y. L. Suberu, A. C. Famotemi, B. Ita, A. I. Ugbana, A. O. Adefiranye, E. E. Itoandon & G. N. Elemo·Biotechnology Journal International·2016
The production of cellulase from Aspergillus flavus isolated from Brewers’ Spent Grain (BSG) undergoing bio-deterioration was carried out using solid state fermentation method. Out of a total of four fungal isolates with cellulase producing potentials, Aspergillus flavus with a c...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2016/24882
Aims: To evaluate the antibiotic resistance in non- enterococcal lactic acid bacteria. Study Design: Examination of commercially available yoghurts. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Applied microbiology and Brewing, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, from June 2011 and Ma...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2016/25178
Medicinal plants have always played a key part in health care. In fact, plants represent an enormous pool of new, undiscovered, and bioactive molecules. Therefore, ethnopharmacological and ethnobotanical studies are essential to discover new substances for the treatment of diseas...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2016/25091
Background: Stone quarrying is one of the major practices carried out in the world by the construction industry. In Kenya and specifically in Mandera County area, stone quarrying industry has grown rapidly in recent years. Objective: This study thus aims at examining the impact t...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/24945
A postharvest handling farm survey was conducted on sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) grains as an alternative staple crop adapted in arid and semi-arid lands. The objective of the study was to determine postharvest handling of sorghum grains. Eighty eight farmers were sampled...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2016/24686
Priscila Marcelino dos Santos Silva, Luana Cassandra Breitenbach Barroso Coel & Maria Tereza dos Santos Correia·Advances in Research·2016
Changes in glycosylation profiles have emerged as indicators of diseases. Altered glycans and glycoproteins secreted by pathological tissues are found in human serum and are potential glycobiomarkers for early diagnostic and prognostic of diseases such as inflammation, infection...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2016/24734
Samuel Ehiabhi Okhale, Chukkol Ismail Buba, Peters Oladosu, Henry O. Egharevba, Grace Ugbabe, Jemilat A. Ibrahim & Oluyemisi Folashade Kunle·Chemical Science International Journal·2016
All parts of Garcinia kola are used in traditional medicine for various ailments including inflammation and infections. The leaf essential oil (EO) of Garcinia kola was isolated by hydrodistillation using Clavenger type apparatus and subjected to GC-MS analyses. A total of twenty...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/24019
Aims: To investigate the prevalence of Non-Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) bacterial pathogens from TB patients with known HIV status as well as their resistant patterns to commonly used antibiotics. Study Design: This was a cross sectional laboratory based study. Place and Dura...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/25378
Uyo existed as a village until the concept of urbanization came with the advent of colonization to West Africa. Before the creation of Akwa Ibom State in 1987, Uyo was a Local Government Headquarters. Today, it is the capital of Akwa Ibom State, and the largest modern city/urban...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2016/19554
Background: Methionine is a sulfur-containing amino acid that is synthesized via a branch point in the aspartate metabolic pathway. S-adenosyl methionine is subsequently synthesized from methionine, and plays a critical role in the transfer of methyl groups to various biomolecule...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2016/25074
Typhoid fever is still a major public health problem in developing countries, where it remains endemic. With a view to searching for new antityphoid substances, Curcuma longa rhizome extracts and fractions were assessed for their antisalmonellal and antioxidant activities. The an...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2016/25106