December 2018

Diversity and Symbiotic Effectiveness of Rhizobium Isolates Collected from Different Faba bean (Vicia faba) Growing Areas of North and South Gondar, Ethiopia

Fifty seven Rhizobium isolates were retrieved based on infection method from different faba bean growing areas of North and South Gondar, Ethiopia. In sand culture, only 35.5% of isolates showed nodulation. Analyses of variance indicated that inoculation of isolates improved tested traits significantly (p< 0.05) at all measured investigated parameters such as shoot length, shoot dry weight, and plant total nitrogen...

Author(s): Zewdu Teshome Awlachew, Desalegn Adisu Kassie and Samuel Sahile Woldemariam

December 2018

Agronomic performance of soybean treated with Bacillus amyloliquefaciens

The development of practices that maintain or increases soybean yield can increase the profitability of this crop. In this context, the use of microorganism-based products in crops has been extensively studied. Among the species, Bacillus amyloliquefaciens has shown significant potential for agronomic use due to its ability to control phytoparasitic microorganisms and its effects in promoting plant growth. The aim of...

Author(s): Fabiano Aparecido Rios, Schwan-Estrada Kátia Regina Freitas, Robinson Luiz Contiero, Guilherme Braga Pereira Braz, Rodrigo Roman, Rafael Brugnera Belani and Valdenir Catapan

December 2018

Seroprevalence of Chikungunya during outbreak in Dhaka, Bangladesh in 2017

Chikungunya (CHIK) infection is re-emergence public health problem globally including Bangladesh. It is an arthropod-borne disease, which is transmitted by mosquitoes bite. The virus was first isolated in Newala district of Tanzania in 1953. In 2017, an outbreak of Chikungunya, has struck Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka. This study was conducted to know the seroprevalence, clinical presentations and seasonal trends of...

Author(s): Or Rashid Md Haroon, Md Monowar Hossen Patwary, Syed Mohammed Faruk, Ahmed Imtiaz, Avijit Loha and Rahman Md. Zahedur