February 2011

Study of chamomile’s yield and its components under drought stress and organic and inorganic fertilizers usage and their residue

  Management of organic and inorganic fertilizer application and residual of them are very important in their effect on environment and plant yield in order to determine the effect of drought stress and different amendments on flower, essential oil and chamazulene yield and yield components of Chamomilla recutita (L.). Rauschert, this study was conducted in split plot design with three...

Author(s): Ahmad Ahmadian, Ahmad Ghanbari, Barali Siahsar, Mostafa Haydari, Mahmood Ramroodi and Sayed Mohsen Mousavinik

February 2011

Microbial load in ready-to-eat rice sold in Benin City

  The microbial load of ready-to-eat rice from both local fast food centers (local restaurants) and Standard fast food centers (high class restaurants) within Benin City was investigated. The total colony count ranged from 2.0 x 104 to 1.2 x 106 for bacteria and 8.0 x 104 to 2.0 x 105 for fungi. Four bacteria were isolated: Bacillus cereus, Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia...

Author(s): Wogu, M. D., Omoruyi, M. I., Odeh, H. O. and Guobadia, J. N.

February 2011

Characterization of Bacillus sp. strains isolated from rhizosphere of soybean plants for their use as potential plant growth for promoting rhizobacteria

    Rhizobacteria of Bacillus species were isolated from the rhizosphere of soybean plant of Cirebon, Indonesia, and further examined for plant growth promoting activities. A total of 118 isolates identified as Bacillus sp., 90 isolates (76.3%) among them positively produced phytohormone indole acetic acid (IAA). The 12 isolates (13.3%) were selected, initially on the basis of...

Author(s):   Aris Tri Wahyudi, Rina Puji Astuti, Asri Widyawati, Anja Meryandini, and Abdjad Asih Nawangsih

February 2011

Preliminary screening of antimycobacterial effect of psychrophillic Actinomycetes isolated from Manali ice point: Himachal predesh

  Totally, 128 psychrophilic actinomycetes were isolated and 14 were found to be facultative psychrophilic which were selected to determine the antimycobacterial activity againstMycobacterium tuberculosis. The results showed that, four strains were active against the test organism M. tuberculosis. The active isolates screened in the present study were found to be highly effective and comes...

Author(s): A. Raja and P. Prabakaran