Concurrent Improvement of Stem Sugar, Stover and Grain Yield in Sudanese and Exotic Sorghums II: Heritability, Genetic Advance and Association Studies Aims: To investigate heritability, genetic advance from selection and the possibility of combining high levels of stem sugar with...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2018/39774
Premature Parturition in a Female Dog with Visceral Leishmaniasis: Case Report Background: The visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a parasitic disease that affects dogs usually transmitted by the presence of the vector, but other forms of transmission have already been reported, inclu...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2018/40283
Comparative Ecotoxicological Assay of E- waste (Phone Batteries) on Some Aquatic Micro Flora Aim: To determine and compare the effect of used phone batteries on Nitrosomonas spp. in tri aquatic bodies Study Design: The study employs experimental design and statistical analysis of...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2018/40421
Non-target Insects Captured in McPhail Traps Baited with Proteinaceous and Salts in Citrus Crop Introduction: Traps baited with food attractants are commonly used for monitoring or mass trapping of fruit flies in many crops. The use of attractive food has a limitation in terms of...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2018/39599
Insilico Analysis of Myostatin Gene in Selected Poultry Species Myostatin gene (GDF8) is a member of transforming growth- superfamily and has been reported to act as a negative regular of skeletal muscle during myogenesis, regulation of adipocyte function in livestock species. Th...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2018/39520
An Investigation of the Haematological Alterations Associated with Malaria-Infected Adults in Aba, South Eastern Nigeria This study was designed to determine the haematological alterations associated with male and female malaria patients. Thick and thin Giemsa stained blood films...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2018/38398
Sources of Microbial Contaminants in Biosafety Laboratories in Kenya Aims: The study was aimed at isolating and identifying microbial contaminants in biosafety labs in Kenya. Place and Duration of Study: The bacterial isolates were obtained from biosafety level II laboratories in...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2018/38583
A Review on Algal Plasmid DNA Plasmid plays a crucial role in molecular biotechnology as vectors. Once it is believed that plasmids are found only in prokaryotes but the development in molecular Bio-technology proves that plasmids are also found in eukaryotes such as yeasts and s...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2018/37659
Introgression of Stem Rust Resistance into Popular Kenyan Wheat Varieties to Improve Production Aim: The objective of this study was to assess the introgression of the stem rust resistance genes into the BC1F1 plants using molecular markers. Place and Duration of Study: Field ex...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2018/38609
Evaluation of Physicochemical and Nutritional Contents in Soybean Fermented Food Tempeh by Rhizopus oligosporus Rhizopus oligosporus is considered as most preferred species in tempeh fermentation among the tempeh culture on top of it is most widely used and one of the known molds...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2018/26770
Distribution of Some Heavy Metals in the Tissues of Arm, Thigh, Kidney and Liver after Continuous Feeding of Rabbits with Diet Contaminated with Crude Oil Aims: This experiment was conducted to assess the distribution of these heavy metals in the tissues of rabbits from the conti...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2017/37979
Infraspecific Variations and Similarities among Onion (Allium cepa L.) Varieties Using Floral and Palynological Markers Efficient utilization of plant genetic resources for nutrition and crop improvement requires systematic understanding of the important traits. Despite the potent...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2018/37361
Deficiency of micronutrients such as iron, zinc, selenium and vitamin A affect human health globally. This deficiency is being controlled by supplementation and nutrient fortification, however, new alternatives are needed to fulfill the optimum nutrient requirement especia...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2017/35446
Safety and Functional Aspects of Selected Probiotic Lactobacilli Strains from Water of Cassava’s Fermentation Many Lactobacilli isolated from foods present probiotic properties, but some of them have been linked to possible clinical cases. Therefore, it is necessary to verify the...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2017/39202
The Use of Plant Dyes for Microbial Staining and Identification: An Eco-friendly and Non-Toxic Alternative Method Staining of microbial cells is a very important procedure in microbial identification. Cells need to be fixed and stained to increase visibility, accentuate morpholog...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2017/35014