Root rot disease of cocoyam (Xanthosoma sagittifolium) caused by Pythium myriotylum (Oomycete) is a major constraint in cocoyam production in many countries in the world. Benzothiadiazole (BTH), a systemic acquired resistance inducer, was used in two concentrations (15 and 50 mg/...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/13411
The effects of feeding graded levels of bio-detheobrominized cocoa bean shell (CBS) based diets were studied in broilers. Detheobromination by fungi fermentation (bio-detheobromination) reduces the methylxanthine contents cocoa by-products when fermented with Aspergillus niger. 1...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/10582
Aims: Twenty nine (29) local and exotic lines (accessions), of okra (Abelmoschus spp L.) were evaluated for variation in phenotypic traits. Study Design: They were laid out in a Randomised Complete Block Design (RCBD) with four replications and evaluated based on 13 quantitative...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/12306
Amany Lotfy Kansoh, Zeinab Hassan Kheiralla, Hala Abd Elmonem Ahmed, Tarek Kahil, Eman Karam Abd El-Hameed & Mona Abdeltawab Esawy·Microbiology Research Journal International·2014
Aims and Study Design: The stress honey medium expected to have spores with unique feature. Within this context, two honey isolates were identified, characterized, and evaluated as secondary metabolite producers. Place and Duration of Study: The study was undertaken in the Nation...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/12695
Aim: To evaluate the prevalence of aerobic bacteria associated with the intestine and hepatopancreas of blue land crab and the susceptibility of the bacteria to a panel of antimicrobials that included some drugs used for the treatment of bacterial infections in the human and vete...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/13620
Background: Sexual contact with an HIV infected individual is a significant risk in HIV transmission. We observed occurrence of HIV sero-discordance among some couples in our environment and went further to determine the prevalence of such discordance in Benue state, Nigeria. Aim...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/11863
Study on Flowering Time SSR Marker RM 248 in Traditional Rice Accessions in Sri Lanka Aims: To study the diversity of flowering time locus RM248 in some traditional rice cultivars in Sri Lanka and compare it with days to flowering of studied rice cultivars. Study Design: A field...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2014/12569
In vitro Antimicrobial Activity of Crude Tannins Isolated from the Stem Bark of Annona senegalensis The aim of this study is to determine the antimicrobial activity of crude tannins from the stem bark of Annona senegalensis on some diarrhoea causing bacteria strains. The study wa...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2014/11885
Aims: A novel nanocarrier was formulated by remote loading of doxorubicin (Dox) into a dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (DPPC) liposome that also contains various perfluorocarbon (PFC) droplets within its aqueous interior. It was shown that Dox can be loaded to a level of up to 67%...
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Research Article10.9734/BJPR/2014/13143
Food industry is currently focusing on fast and unsupervised quality inspection techniques. This paper deals with the development of new method for fast quality control of bag packaging red beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) using flatbed scanning. The proposed method combines fuzzy c me...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2014/12981
We consider the generalized divergence measure approach to compare different simulation strategies such as the Independent Sampler (IS), the Random Walk of Metropolis Hastings (RWMH), the Gibbs Sampler(GS), the Adaptive Metropolis (AM), and Metropolis within Gibbs (MWG). From a s...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2014/12020
In this paper, we study the almost paracontact, almost paracontact metric, paracontact metric, K-paracontact and para-Sasakian Finsler structures on vector bundles and give some characterizations for these geometric structures. Also, the curvature of a paracontact Finsler manifol...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2014/13466
This paper seeks to study the price dynamics of maize in Ghana, in the context of mathematical modelling using continuous-time cobweb models derived from linear and nonlinear delay differential equations. The stability conditions of two cobweb models: continuous-time linear and n...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2014/13484
Our review confirms that stem density is affected by seed factors, seedbed conditions and planting methods. Physiologically old seed tubers develop into a ‘weak’ stem density. A loose friable soil that is warm and moist increases sprout emergence leading to a high stem number per...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/9973
This short paper continues to discuss randomness of the Euler’s number e digits in decimal expansion. To analyze such randomness statistically, we exploit fixed-effects and random-effects Poisson panel-data models. The results of the regression models reveal the presence of some...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2014/13537