Vol. 2 No. 12 (2003) | African Journal of Biotechnology

Published: 2004-02-27

Editorial: Biotechnology research

NJ Tonukari, JI Ikea, G Ude

477-477

Harnessing modern biotechnology for tropical tuber crop improvement: Yam (Dioscorea spp.) molecular breeding

Hodeba D. Mignouna, Mathew M. Abang, Robert Asiedu

478-485

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10.5897/ajb2003.000-1097

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Molecular taxonomic, epidemiological and population genetic approaches to understanding yam anthracnose disease

Mathew M Abang, Stephan Winter, Hodeba D. Mignouna, Kim R. Green, Robert Asiedu

486-496

DOI:

10.5897/ajb2003.000-1098

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Yam diseases and its management in Nigeria

NA Amusa, AA Adigbite, S Muhammed, RA Baiyewu

497-502

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10.5897/ajb2003.000-1099

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Genetic engineering for improvement of Musa production in Africa

Leena Tripathi

503-508

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10.5897/ajb2003.000-1100

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Engineering Sclerotinia Sclerotiorum Resistance in Oilseed Crops

Guihua Lu

509-516

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10.5897/ajb2003.000-1101

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Highlights of meiotic genes in Arabidopsis thaliana

F Consiglio, C. Conicella, L Monti, D Carputo

516-520

DOI:

10.5897/ajb2003.000-1102

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Functional genomics in forage and turf - present status and future prospects

Yan Zhang, JA Rouf Mian

521-527

DOI:

10.5897/ajb2003.000-1103

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Actinorhizal nitrogen fixing nodules: infection process, molecular biology and genomics

Mariana Obertello, Mame Oureye SY, Laurent Laplaze, Carole Santi, Sergio Svistoonoff, Florence Auguy, Didier Bogusz, Claudine Franche

528-538

DOI:

10.5897/ajb2003.000-1104

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The vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis

Orlando António Quilambo

539-546

DOI:

10.5897/ajb2003.000-1105

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Anthemideae: advances in tissue culture, genetics and transgenic biotechnology

Jaime A Teixeira da Silva

547-556

DOI:

10.5897/ajb2003.000-1106

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Using biotechnology to enhance host resistance to aflatoxin contamination of corn

Robert L Brown, Chen Zhi-Yuan, Abebe Menkir, Thomas E Cleveland

557-562

DOI:

10.5897/ajb2003.000-1107

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Enhancing banana weevil (Cosmopolites sordidus) resistance by plant genetic modification: A perspective

Andrew Kiggundu, Michael Pillay, Altus Viljoen, Clifford Gold, Wilberforce Tushemereirwe, Karl Kunert

563-569

DOI:

10.5897/ajb2003.000-1109

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Infection of maize by Fusarium species and contamination with fumonisin in Africa

P Fandohan, K Hell, WFO Marasas, MJ Wingfield

570-579

DOI:

10.5897/ajb2003.000-1110

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Potential role of biotechnology tools for genetic improvement of “lost crops of Africa”: the case of fonio (Digitaria exilis and Digitaria iburua)

Danladi Dada Kuta, Emmanuel Kwon-Ndung, Stephen Dachi, Mark Ukwungwu, Emmanuel Dada Imolehin

580-585

DOI:

10.5897/ajb2003.000-1111

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Diagnostic research to enable adoption of transgenic crop varieties by smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa

Melinda Smale, Hugo De Groote

586-595

DOI:

10.5897/ajb2003.000-1112

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Biotechnology and industrial ecology: new challenges for a changing global environment

OA Ogunseitan

596-601

DOI:

10.5897/ajb2003.000-1114

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Lignocellulose biotechnology: issues of bioconversion and enzyme production

RL Howard, E Abotsi, EL Jansen van Rensburg, S Howard

602-619

DOI:

10.5897/ajb2003.000-1115

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Utilization of fungi for biotreatment of raw wastewaters

Lacina Coulibaly, Germain Gourene, N Spiros Agathos

620-630

DOI:

10.5897/ajb2003.000-1116

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The relevance of biotechnology in the development of functional foods for improved nutritional and health quality in developing countries

Lorraine L Niba

631-635

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10.5897/ajb2003.000-1117

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Profiling of carbohydrate polymers in biotechnology using microdialysis sampling, high performance anion exchange chromatography with integrated pulsed electrochemical detection/mass spectrometry

Harriet Okatch, Nelson Torto

636-644

DOI:

10.5897/ajb2003.000-1118

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An overview of the microbial α-amylase family

NS Reddy, Annapoorna Nimmagadda, K. R. S. Sambasiva Rao

645-648

DOI:

10.5897/ajb2003.000-1119

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The human genome project and the future of medical practice

Bennett C Nwanguma

649-656

DOI:

10.5897/ajb2003.000-1120

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About Trypanosoma brucei gambiense, the causative agent of the chronic form of Human African Trypanosomiasis: some findings and proposals

P Truc

657-661

DOI:

10.5897/ajb2003.000-1121

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African indigenous plants with chemotherapeutic potentials and biotechnological approach to the production of bioactive prophylactic agents

E Olatunde Farombi

662-671

DOI:

10.5897/ajb2003.000-1122

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Anti-cancer effect of polysaccharides isolated from higher basidiomycetes mushrooms

AS Daba, OU Ezeronye

672-678

DOI:

10.5897/ajb2003.000-1123

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Green revolution vaccines, edible vaccines

Swamy Krishna Tripurani, NS Reddy, KRS Sambasiva Rao

679-683

DOI:

10.5897/ajb2003.000-1124

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Thin Cell Layer technology in ornamental plant micropropagation and biotechnology

Jaime A Teixeira da Silva

683-691

DOI:

10.5897/ajb2003.000-1125

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In vitro culture of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: advances and future prospects

Tahir Abdoulaye Diop

692-697

DOI:

10.5897/ajb2003.000-1128

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Development of molecular tools for honeybee virus research: the South African contribution

Sean Davison, Neil Leat, Mongi Benjeddou

698-713

DOI:

10.5897/ajb2003.000-1126

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Biotechnology, genetic conservation and sustainable use of bioresources

EA Uyoh, AE Nkang, EE Eneobong

704-709

DOI:

10.5897/ajb2003.000-1129

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Molecular techniques: An overview of methods for the detection of bacteria

Olubukola O Babalola

710-713

DOI:

10.5897/ajb2003.000-1127

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Web-based bioinformatic resources for protein and nucleic acids sequence alignment

Kamel A Abd-Elsalam

714-718

DOI:

10.5897/ajb2003.000-1130

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