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Research Article

  1. Jhuma Das, Ashok Das

    pp. 103-104 · 2016

    Myllocerus discolor, is reported from a private nursery at Gandhigram in the state of Tripura, northeast India. It is a severe pest of Ziziphus jujube which is an economically important crop in Tripura.

  2. Julfikar Ali Junejo, Kh.Herojit Singh, Johirul Islam, Prodyut Mondal, Nazim Hussan, Kamaruz Zaman

    pp. 105-111 · 2016

    T. angustifolia (Vitaceae) is a Green vegetable and valuable ethnomedicinal plant in India and inflorescence has been reported for the treatment of antioxidant in Indian literatures. The present study intended with vario…

  3. Frederick R. Masangkay, Giovanni D. Milanez, Natasha Elouise R. Chua, Frances Michelle N. Angulo, Precious Diane M. Aquino, Daryce Nicole D. Calucin, Gen-Ghis Ramil O. Urtal

    pp. 112-119 · 2016

    Water-borne coccidians, one of few emerging pathogens, are not entirely known in developing countries. It has caused illnesses mainly on immunocompromised hosts but can also cause pathology in immunocompetent individuals…

  4. Neeldurai Tensingh Baliah, Pitchaikani Muthulakshmi, Dharmaraj D

    pp. 120-124 · 2016

    The present study was aimed to find the stimulatory effect of certain plant growth regulators such as IAA, BAP, GA, Spic Cytozyme, and Aminos on the growth and biochemical characteristics of bhendi (Abelmoschus esculentu…

  5. Nguyen Van Noi, Yao-Chi Chung, Ta-Chih Cheng

    pp. 125-130 · 2016

    A recombinant S1 domain of the porcine epidemic diarrhea virus spike protein (S1), protein-based ELISA was developed to detect porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV). The S1 gene of PEDV was expressed in Escherichia coli…

  6. Parichita Ray Choudhury, Susmita Saha, Samir Kumar Sil

    pp. 131-134 · 2016

    The combination of traditional knowledge and advanced biotechnology can explore the bio-prospects of biological resources as a new source of drug or medicine and thus can promote the sustainable utilization of biodiversi…

  7. Ephrime B. Metillo, Sheldon Rey E. Boco, Mac Euan D. Malugao

    pp. 135-140 · 2016

    Underwater explosives are used in illegal fishing,military operations, harbor construction and seismic exploration for oil and gas. However, very little is known about the impact of underwater explosions on fish larvae a…

  8. Syed Irfan Ahmed, Anchal Sharma†, Sunita Rani, Hina Anjum, Mohammed Sadique

    pp. 141-146 · 2016

    Studies were conducted on identification of the breeding sites of ten species of butterflies (Papilio demoleus, Eurema hecabe , Catopsilia pomona , Colias fieldii, Hypolimnas missipus, Danaus chrysipuss, E.core, Euchryso…

  9. Syed Irfan Ahmed, Anchal Sharma†, Hina Anjum, Mohammed Sadique, Sunita Rani

    pp. 147-153 · 2016

    A maximum of 4693 individuals belonging to all the four families of butterflies were collected during the months September to November when the temperature and relative humidity ranged from 27oC to 34oC and 63 to 84 % re…

  10. Sarma Parismita, Kumar Manoj, Dkhar Mamtaj S, Kayang Highland, Laldinthar Ruth, Dubey Nawal K, Raghuwanshi Richa

    pp. 154-160 · 2016

    Endophytic fungi associated with the medicinally important aromatic plant Artemisia nilagirica (Clarke) Pamp. were isolated following the method of Suryanaryanan et al. [1]. The colonization frequency (% CF) of each endo…

  11. Chittaranjan Baruah, Papari Devi, Dhirendra K. Sharma

    pp. 161-172 · 2016

    The turtle family Geoemydidae comprising mostly of freshwater turtles includes several highly endangered Southeast Asian turtle species. The present study has been performed on the mitochondrial NADH dehydrogenase 4 (ND4…

  12. Manohar Prasanth, Bulent Bozdogan, Kodiveri Muthukaliannan Gothandam, Karthikeyan Sivashanmugam, Ramesh Nachimuthu

    pp. 173-178 · 2016

    Hydrolytic amylases produced from microorganisms are of high demand due to its larger industrial applications. In this study, -amylase producing bacteria were isolated from the marine environment and produced enzyme was …

  13. Vijayashree Priyadharsini Jayaseelan, Karthikeyan Muthusamy, Shridevi Venkatramani, Paramasivam Arumugam, Jayaraman Gopalswamy, SanthiyaSathiyavedu Thiagarajan

    pp. 179-184 · 2016

    Essential hypertension (EH) is the most common condition which contributes to ~ 95% of cases and has no clear identifiable basis. Although, EH has a strong genetic basis, the identification of genes associated with it ha…

  14. Ankaiah mahadeva

    pp. 185-189 · 2016

    Mulberry (Morus spp.) foliage is the exclusive food for the silkworm, Bombyx mori L. The healthy growth of silkworm and its economic traits such as larval, cocoon and grainage parameters are known to be influenced largel…

  15. OLORUNTOLA Olugbenga David, AYODELE Simeon Olugbenga, AGBEDE Johnson Oluwasola, OLORUNTOLA Deborah Adebukola, OGUNSIPE Muyiwa Hilarious, OMONIYI Idowu Samuel

    pp. 190-195 · 2016

    The chemical compositions of Alchornea cordifolia leaf meal (ACLM) were determined. Thereafter, the effect of ACLM inclusion with enzyme supplementation on rabbits growth and health status was carried out in an eight wee…

  16. Hind Suhail Abdulhay

    pp. 196-200 · 2016

    The essential oils of Callistemon viminalis (Gaertn) were obtained using a Clevenger type apparatus through hydrodistillation. The essential oils were tested for fumigant toxicity against adults (1-3 day old) of Drosophi…

  17. Chitta Ranjan Deb, Neilazonuo Khruomo, Nangshimeren Saku Jamir

    pp. 201-206 · 2016

    Underutilized Edible Crops (UEC) has the potential for contributing to food security (nutritional/medicinal), income generation yet they are under exploited. Underutilized crops play important role in the daily lives of …

  18. Remya Mohan, Sherly Williams. E

    pp. 207-210 · 2016

    The Oxyurichthys tentacularis, locally known as Koozhali, of the family Gobiidae is one of the important food fish of Ashtamudi lake. it is the first study, about morphometric differences between male and female fish spe…

  19. Leela K, Priya Iyer

    pp. 211-216 · 2016

    Parmelia perlata is a lichen that is a symbiotic association between fungi and algae belonging to the family Parmeliaceae. It is also consumed as an edible source in India.The present study was focussed on extracting and…

  20. Alireza Sobhani, Ebrahim Bashtani, Ramin Rafezi

    pp. 217-223 · 2016

    High genetic diversity of Melon (Cucumismelo L.) in Iran and cross pollination of this product over the last years has led to serious genetic erosion.In order to improve average desirable traits of Iranian Khatooni melon…