Journal of Applied BioSciences (JABs)

Journal of Applied Biosciences (ISSN 1997 - 5902)

Volume 30, June 2010

BIOTECHNOLOGY

Muiru W.M. , Koopmann B., Tiedemann A.V.; Mutitu E.W. and J.W. Kimenju. Use of Repetitive Extragenic Palindromic (REP), Enterobacterial Repetitive Intergenic Consensus (ERIC) and BOX sequences to fingerprint Exserohilum turcicum isolates. (pages 1828 – 1838). [Read Abstract] [Download Full Paper- PDF]

Adesoye, A.I, Togun, A.O, Machuka J,. Transformation of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp.) by Agrobacterium infiltration. (pages 1845 – 1860). [Read Abstract] [Download Full Paper- PDF]

(REVIEW PAPER) Mwololo JK, Karaya HG, Munyua JK, Muturi PW, Munyiri SW. Utilization of proteins and nucleic acids in the study of gene function: a comparative review. (pages 1861 – 1865). [Read Abstract] [Download Full Paper- PDF]

PLANT SCIENCE

Didier Siegfried Dibong, Victor Desire Taffouo, Zenabou Ndiang, Bruno Ngotta, Ruth Ntone , Nestor Laurier Engone Obiang, Ndongo Din, Jules Richard Priso, Joseph Boussim Issaka and Amougou Akoa. The study of sodium and potassium distribution in five host species of Phragmanthera capitata (Sprengel) S. Balle in the littoral region of Cameroon.(pages 1839 – 1844). [Read Abstract] [Download Full Paper- PDF]

ENVIROMENTAL SCIENCE

Edema E. Noyo. Comparative assessment of the effect of produced water (PW) and water soluble fraction (WSF) of crude oil on the growth and catalase activity of Allium cepa L. (pages 1866 – 1872). [Read Abstract] [Download Full Paper- PDF]

ENTOMOLOGY

Koffi Eric Kwadjo, Mamadou Doumbia, Eric Haubruge, Kouadio Dagobert Kra, Yao Tano. Dimorphisme sexuel chez les adultes de Rhynocoris albopilosus Signoret (Hétéroptères : Reduviidae (pages 1873 – 1877). [Read Abstract] [Download Full Paper- PDF]

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Rots observed on the tubers of the krenglè variety after 4 months of storage. Rot is black in colour (L)
Rots observed on the tubers of the bètè-bètè variety after 4 months of storage. Rot is in of green colour(R). Credit: Patrice Kouamé Assiri, Hortense Atta Diallo, Sévérin Ake of Côte d’Ivoire