January 2013

Bioremediation of Uranium in contaminated water samples of Bathinda, Punjab by Desulfovibrio genus

Soluble uranium salts enter human body through ground water and foodstuff. World Health Organization (2004) has set 15 µg/L as the "tolerated intake" of soluble uranium in drinking water.Uranium intake above this concentration is toxic to human body. The organ which are most affected are kidney and lungs leading to malfunctioning of kidneys and lung cancer. Soluble uranium is...

Author(s): Leena Parihar, Jasmeen K. Johal and Vikramjit Singh

January 2013

Nematode pests of plantain: A case study of Ashanti and Brong Ahafo regions of Ghana

A survey of plantain farms was conducted in April 2012 at four locations in two districts of Ghana. The purpose was to identify plant parasitic nematodes (PPN) associated with plantain production in Ghana. The locations were Adomakokrom and Kenyasi in the Brong Ahafo, Adanwomase and Mpobi in the Ashanti region. Demographic and sociological data of farmers, plantain root lesion scores, PPN populations per 200...

Author(s): K. Osei, P. Mintah, B. M. Dzomeku, H. Braimah, J. Adomako, M. B. Mochiah, E. Asiedu, S. Darkey and Y. Danso