Volume 16 Issue 01, 2014
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Pages: 1-2International Journal of Agriculture and Biology: Fifteen Years of Struggle and Excellence
Abdul Wahid, Shahzad M.A. Basra, Muhammad Farooq and Zafar Iqbal
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Pages: 3-13Can Catalase and Exopolysaccharides Producing Rhizobia Ameliorate Drought Stress in Wheat?
Muhammad Baqir Hussain, Zahir Ahmad Zahir, Hafiz Naeem Asghar and Muhammad Asgher
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Pages: 14-22Evaluation of Diversity and the Relationship of Avena Species Based on Agronomic Characters
Xue-Qin Tang, Hong-Hai Yan, Zhi-Ying Wang, Wei Li, Yu-Ming Wei, Chang-Zhong Ren, Gang Zhao and Yuan-Ying Peng
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Pages: 23-31Effect of Cover Crops on Weed Community and Oil Palm Yield
Batoul Samedani, Abdul Shukor Juraimi, Sheikh Awadz Sheikh Abdullah, Mohd Y. Rafii, Anuar Abdul Rahim and Md. Parvez Anwar
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Pages: 32–40Phenotypic Response of Rice (Oryza sativa) Genotypes to Variable Moisture Stress Regimes
Muhammad Sabar and Muhammad Arif
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Pages: 41–48Assessment of the Hazardous Effects of Cd on Physiological and Biochemical Characteristics of Soybean Genotypes
Imran Haider Shamsi, Guoping Zhang, Hongliang Hu, Qiaoyun Xue, Nazim Hussain, Essa Ali, Qiufang Shen, Weite Zheng, Qichun Zhang, Xiaoxia Liu, Zahra Jabeen and Xianyong Lin
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Pages: 49–56Alleviating the Deleterious Effects of Water Salinity on Greenhouse Grown Tomato
Mostafa Nabawy Feleafel and Zohair Mahmoud Mirdad
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Pages: 57–64Organogenesis Induction and Acclimatization of African Blue Lily (Agapanthus praecox ssp. minimus)
Jamilah Syafawati Yaacob, Rosna Mat Taha and Sadegh Mohajer
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Pages: 65–72Influence of Organic Nitrogen on the Snap Bean Grown in Sandy Soil
Mostafa Nabawy Feleafel and Zohair Mahmoud Mirdad
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Pages: 73–80Effect of Dietary Enrichment with Canola Oil on Glucose Tolerance, Tissue Glycogen Content and Viscera in Coturnix cortunix Japonica
Busisani Wiseman Lembede, Mhlengi Mthokozisi Magubane, Janine Donaldson, Kennedy Honey Erlwanger and Eliton Chivandi
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Pages: 81–88Enhanced Somatic Embryogenesis and Agrobacterium-Mediated Transformation of three Cultivars of Tomato by Exogenous Application of Putrescine
Um-e-Ammara, Ahmad Yahya Al-Maskri, Akhtar Jamal Khan and Abdullah Mohammed Al-Sadi
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Pages: 89–96Factors Analysis in Protoplast Isolation and Regeneration from a Chalkbrood Fungus, Ascosphaera apis
Abebe J. Wubie, Y. Hu, W. Li, J. Huang, Z. Guo, S. Xu and T. Zhou
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Pages: 97–103An Experimental Study of Variety Screening, Sequential Cropping, Compaction and Mixed Cropping Techniques for the Cultivation of Annual Forage Crops in Agro-pastoral Area of Tibet, China
Guo-Wen Cui, Hong-Ying Li, Tao Sun, Zha Wang and Lin-Qiao Xi
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Pages: 104–110Delineation of Management Zones and Response of Spring Wheat (Triticum aestivum) to Irrigation and Nutrient Levels in Saudi Arabia
Virupakshagouda C. Patil, Khalid A. Al-Gaadi, Rangaswamy Madugundu, ElKamil H.M. Tola, Samy A. Marey, A.M. Al-Omran, Rajiv Khosla, Shrinivasa K. Upadhyaya, David J. Mulla and Ali Al-Dosari
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Pages: 111–117Establishment and Optimization of Callus-to-Plant Regeneration System using Mature and Immature Embryos of Maize (Zea mays)
Fawad Ali, Muhammmad Ahsan, Nasir Ahmed Saeed, Mudassir Ahmed, Qurban Ali, Naila Kanwal, Muhammad Massub Tehseen,Usman Ijaz, Irshad Bibi and Nabeel Khan Niazi
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Pages: 118–124Effect of Physicochemical Parameters on Lipase Production by Penicillium fellutanum using Canola Seed Oil Cake as Substrate
Misbah Amin and Haq Nawaz Bhatti
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Pages: 125–131Dietary Supplementation with Coriander (Coriandrum sativum) Seed: Effect on Growth Performance, Circulating Metabolic Substrates, and Lipid Profile of the Liver and Visceral Adipose Tissue in Healthy Female Rats
Trevor Nyakudya, Siyanda Makaula, Nompilo Mkumla and Kennedy Erlwanger
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Pages: 132–138High Efficiency DNA Transformation Protocol for Escherichia coli using Combination of Physico-chemical Methods
Safia Janjua, Sidra Younis, Farah Deeba and S.M. Saqlan Naqvi
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Pages: 139–145Turfgrass Management Duration and Intensities Influence Soil Microbial Dynamics and Carbon Sequestration
Yi Wang, Cong Tu, Chunyue Li, Lane Tredway, David Lee, Mark Snell, Xingchang Zhang and Shuijin Hu
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Pages: 146–152Evaluation of Conidial Viability of Entomopathogenic Fungi as Influenced by Temperature and Additive
Ivy Chai Ching Hsia, Md. Touhidul Islam, Yusof Ibrahim, Tan Yee How and Dzolkhifli Omar
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Pages: 153–159Over-expression of GmWRKY111 Enhances NaCl Tolerance of Salt-Sensitive Genotype of Glycine max
Zhao Long Xu, Zulfiqar Ali, JinXin Yi, Ling Xu, Xiao Qing Liu, XiaoLan He, Yi Hong Huang, Ihsan Karim,Maria Rasul, Hong Xiang Ma and Da Yong Zhang
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Pages: 160–164Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Pregnant Women in Lahore, Pakistan: An Analytical Cross Sectional Study
Abdul Majeed Akhtar, M. Athar Khan, Tayyaba Ijaz, Azhar Maqbool, Zafar Iqbal, A. Rehman and Sadia Majeed
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Pages: 165–170Molecular Epidemiology of Mycoplasma gallisepticum in Different Types of Chickens
Shamsul Hassan, Nasir Mukhtar, Sajjad Ur Rahman and Asghar Ali Mian
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Pages: 171–176Basal Susceptibility of Tomato Varieties against Different Isolates of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici
Waheed Akram, Tehmina Anjum and Aqeel Ahmad
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Pages: 177–182Molecular and Biochemical Screening of Local Aspergillus niger Strains Efficient in Catalase and Laccase Enzyme Production
Muhammad Ishfaq, Nasir Mahmood, Idrees Ahmad Nasir and Muhammad Saleem
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Pages: 183–188Effect of Confinement on Water-borne and Whole Body Cortisol in Wild and Captive-reared Rainbowfish (Melanoteania duboulayi)
Amina Zuberi, Culum Brown and Sinan Ali
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Pages: 189–194Role of Mineral Metabolism and some Physiological Factors in Resistance against Urdbean Leaf Crinkle Virus in Blackgram Genotypes
Muhammad Ashfaq, Muhammad Aslam Khan, Tariq Mukhtar and Shahbaz Talib Sahi
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Pages: 195–200Genetic Diversity in Three River Populations of the Giant Freshwater Prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii) in Bangladesh Assessed by Microsatellite DNA Markers
Sadequr Rahman Khan, Habiba Akter, Nargis Sultana, Mohd. G. Q. Khan, Md. A. Wahab and Md. Samsul Alam
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Pages: 201–206Irrigation Amounts Affect the Compositional Changes of Moringa oleifera Seeds throughout Different Developmental Stages
Quintin E. Muhl, Elsa S. du Toit and Joachim M. Steyn
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Pages: 207–212Contribution of Arbuscular Mycorrhizas to Glomalin-Related Soil Protein, Soil Organic Carbon and Aggregate Stability in Citrus Rhizosphere
Qiang-Sheng Wu, Yong-Ming Huang, Yan Li, Nasrullah and Xin-Hua He
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Pages: 213–216Screening Wetland Plants for Nutrient Uptake and Bioenergy Feedstock Production
Fengliang Zhao, Chunfa Liu, Muhammad T. Rafiq, Zheli Ding, Zheng Zeng, Rukhsanda Aziz and Xiaoe Yang
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Pages: 217–221Estimation of Tannins in Different Sorghum Varieties and Their Effects on Nutrient Digestibility and Absorption of Some Minerals in Caged White Leghorn Layers
Sultan Mahmood, Hassan Ali1, Fawwad Ahmad and Zafar Iqbal
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Pages: 222–226Culture Independent Analysis of Respiratory Microbiome of Houbara Bustard (Chlamydotis undulata) Revealed Organisms of Public Health Significance
Muhammad Zubair Shabbir, JiHye Park, Khushi Muhammad, Masood Rabbani, Muhammad Younus Rana and Eric Thomas Harvill
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Pages: 227–230Molecular Basis of Tetracycline Resistance in Escherichia coli Isolates Recovered from Poultry Drinking Water
Hira Naseer, Sehrish Firyal, Tahir Yaqub, Muhammad Tayyab, Aftab Ahmad Anjum, Muhammad Yasir Zahoor, Muhammad Wasim, Nadia Mukhtar and Ali Raza Awan