Life Sciences

The use of microbe plus to improve phosphorus availability from rock phosphate under oil palm (Elaesis guineensis, Jacq.) nursery

The need to improve phosphorus availability from rock phosphate with readily available product is of prime importance in crop production. The overall objective of the research was to improve P availability from RP using MP and the subsequent effect on biomass nutrient concentration and P uptake. The research was conducted at OPRI of Ghana, Kade-Kusi in the semi-deciduous zone of the country. Soil available P, seedlings frond nutrient content and P uptake was evaluated on oil palm seedlings at the nursery. The study was a 4 × 4 factorial experiment arranged in RCBD with 3 replications.

Hemolysis influence on the analytical performances of the automatonbs 300 in the dosage of 5 parameters

The aim of this study was to determinehemolysis influence on the analytical performances of the automaton BS300 (Mindray®) on the dosage of biochemical parameters. The hemolysis additions methodwas run to create an increasing hemoglobin range of concentration varying from 0 to 12g/dl. To determine an influence of the hemolysis on the measure, the variation limit of 10 % waschosen. The studied parameters were creatinine, albumin, total protein, calcium and total cholesterol. Total cholesterol and total proteinwere the positively impacted parameters leading to an overestimate of the result.

Physico-chemical and bacteriological characterization of the raw water of kongou pond (Niamey-niger)

The present study was conducted at the Kongou Gorou Zarmagandey pool. The aim of this study is to characterize the waters of this pool through in situ and laboratory measurements of certain physico-chemical and bacteriological parameters. The water samples were taken and analyzed according to the standardized methods of some physico-chemical parameters and bacteriological. These parameters are turbidity, pH, conductivity, temperature, iron, organic matter, color, copper, TDS, hardness, calcium, HCO3, magnesium, total residues, TAC, E.

To estimate the heritability of marsilea minuta in purba barddhaman

Marsilea minuta is a very common leaf vegetable to the people in west Bengal. The common name in Bengali of this pteridophytic plant is “Sushni sak”. It grows in tropical humid climate in all classes of soil round the year except the winter months. It has good medicinal potentiality as well as nutrient components. Though it grows in marshy fallow land in neglected conditions, but it could gain valuable leafy vegetable considering its nutrition quality as well as palatability. But indeed it is not freshly available in the market round the year.

Global solar radiation estimate in mato grosso do sul summer – Brazil

Solar radiation is a very important meteorological component of the hydrological, energetic, architectonic and agro environmental processes. However, the instruments that are responsible for their measurement have a high cost of acquest and maintenance. Therefore, empirical models have been developed for estimating the solar radiation and then, reducing costs.

Availability of nitrogen and organic matter in soil treated with calliandra calothyrsus compost in Rwanda. a case of Ruhande Hill, Huye District

Food insecurity is becoming an issue both nationally and internationally due to rapid population growth. One way to deal with this problem is to improve soil fertility using organic fertilizers in order to increase soil productivity in a sustainable way, thus rise crop yield and feed the growing population. Compost is one of the proposed suitable organic fertilizers increasing soil nutrients in a regular basis.

Genome wide analysis of transcription factors of hd-zip gene family of arabidopsis thaliana

HD-ZIP proteins are a class of transcription factors family that have a conserved homeodomain in all of its factors. Homeo box; conserved part of home domain consists of 56 amino acids residues and involved in plant development from formation pattern to specification into different cell types. We retrieved the protein sequence of all the 48 transcription factors of HD-ZIP family and performed genome wide analysis and grouped them into four subfamilies.

GC–MS analysis for compound identification in leaf extract of acanthus ilicifolius and evaluation of its in vitro anticancer effect against mcf-7 cell lines

The current study focused on GC-MS analysis for identification of bioactive compounds in leaf extract of mangrove plant, Acanthus ilicifolius leaf extract was tested for cytotoxicity against MCF-7 cell lines. The spectral properties (GC-MS) of each separated compound were determined and found the different compounds namely aziridine, alcohols, phenolic and fatty acid compounds. GC-MS analysis proved that the leaf extract of Acanthus ilicifolius contain a high content of ethanol compounds.

Efeito do potássio e magnésio no desenvolvimento e produtividade de crisântemo conduzido no noroeste do estado do espírito santo

O mercado mundial de flores e plantas ornamentais encontra-se em plena fase de expansão. A floricultura brasileira vem adquirindo notável desenvolvimento e se caracteriza como um dos mais promissores segmentos da horticultura intensiva no contexto do agronegócio nacional. Com o propósito de melhorar a qualidade das flores, o presente estudo teve como objetivo avaliar a influência da aplicação de diferentes concentrações de potássio e magnésio no desenvolvimento de plantas de crisântemo (Dendranthema grandiflora, Tzevelev.) cultivados em vasos.