Aim: The present study aimed at optimization of Lactic acid production using new isolate, Lactobacillus plantarum JX183220 with cassava flour (Manihot esculenta Crantz) in semi-solid fermentation by Response Surface Methodology. Study Design: Box-Behnken design of Response Surfac...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2015/20236
Aims: To develop a mathematical model for prediction of variation in oxygen concentration inside the bed of tray type bioreactor for solid state fermentation and comparison of oxygen profile of unsteady state and pseudo steady state approximation. Place and Duration of Study: All...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2015/20476
Aim: The aim of present study was to screen new potent fungal isolates and microorganisms possessing extracellular L-asparaginase production capacity. In addition, optimization of cultural and environmental conditions required for enzyme production will be carried out for the hig...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2015/19728
Aims: This study investigated the cardiovascular risk factors associated with ageing in growing rats. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Biochemistry, Olabisi Onabisi University, Ogun State, Nigeria. The study was carried out for twelve weeks. Methodology: Twenty weanling...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2015/15594
Aims: Genetic analysis was used to study the effect of heat stress on young seedlings of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L) Walp.). Study Design: Four different colors of cowpea seeds (white, dirty white, deep brown and light brown) were obtained from GeneBank of International Institu...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2015/19575
Aims and Place: The increase in greenhouse gas emissions in recent decades, especially CO2, is attributed to the increasing burning of fossil fuels and the expansion of agricultural activities. Therefore, more information should be garnered about the mechanisms that control car...
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2015/18144
Climate change has been recognized as a global threat and is already affecting ecosystems such as coastal wetlands. With more than 3,200 km of coastline, wetlands are the dominant ecosystem in Vietnam. This country is considered to be one of the most seriously affected by climate...
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2015/17168
Despite increased interest on the urban heat island (UHI) phenomenon, there are limited UHI studies on cities built using the green-city concept of Sir Ebenezer Howard [1]. The administrative capital of Malaysia, Putrajaya is one of such cities built using the green-city concept....
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2015/14923
Aim: Climate change is becoming one of the major global environment concerns. The earth’s climate is predicted to change due to release of greenhouse gases and there is an urgent need for stabilizing the increasing levels of carbon dioxide in atmosphere. Soil carbon sequestration...
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2015/16777
The impact of climate change on society is one of the most serious challenges of this century. Observations have shown that the Earth’s hydrologic cycle has intensified during past century as the Earth’s temperatures have increased. Such change in hydrology will affect nearly eve...
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2015/7962
Diarrhea results from an imbalance between the absorptive and secretary mechanisms in the intestinal tract, accompanied by watery bowel movement resulting in excess fluid and electrolytes in faeces. This study was undertaken to evaluate the effect of chloroform-ethanol extracts o...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2015/19854
Aims: The current study was carried out to genotypically characterize Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) and Streptococcus agalactiae (S. agalactiae) isolated from clinical and subclincal cases of bovine mastitis. Study Design: The S. aureus and S. agalactiae strains were characte...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/19237
The experiment was conducted in the central farm of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University (SAU), Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka, Bangladesh during February to September, 2013 to evaluate some potential insecticides in comparison with conventional insecticides for controlling eggplant...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/19234
Aim: This research was aimed at assessing Sri Lankan rice varieties for the salinity tolerance using morphological traits and to analyze the SSR markers closer to Saltol QTL of the chromosome 1 to be used in rice breeding and gene mapping studies. Place and Duration of Study: The...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/20255
Palestine is a treasure chest of plant genetic diversity that hosts a large variety of plants including grapevines. Unfortunately, this diversity is challenged dramatically due to different biotic and abiotic stress resulted thereby in the disappearance of many local grapevine cu...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/19468