Bacterial cultures of bacillus species capable of producing bacitracin were isolated from local habitats (garden soil, timber yard soil and sea water) and screened for the production of bacitracin on nutrient media against test organisms viz: Micrococcus luteus,(ATCC 9341) & Staphylococcus aureus (ATCC 13565).Optimization of culture conditions and media composition for bacitracin production was...

In present study a proline rich protein has been identified in lentil EST database using (soyabean) glycine max proline rich protein sequence as query sequence known to be down regulated in response to salinity and drought stress. Sequence similarity search has shown 90 % similarity with chickpea EST sequence Accesion no. GR 398344 and 85% similarity with Lens culinaris EST sequence Accession n...

Compositions of Aspergillus flavus populations determine the extent to which crops become contaminated with aflatoxins. In the current study, influences of diverse crop hosts on competition among A. flavus isolates were quantified with pyrosequencing. Maize, cotton, soyabean and sorghum supported different levels of sporulation, but intraspecific differences in sporulation were not detected on ...

Sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.), belonging to the family „Asteraceae‟ is a diploid species (2n = 2x = 34). Sunflower is an important oilseed crop and is the preferred source of oil for domestic consumption and cooking worldwide (Hu et al., 2010). In the oilseed scenario, sunflower competes with other three major oilseeds, i.e. soyabean, groundnut and rapeseed mustard at global level. Sunflower...

The stiff competition between man and livestock for maize as energy feedstuff has resulted in the high cost of poultry products. Therefore, a study was conducted to evaluate effect feeding acha-based diet varying dietary plant protein broiler chickens on carcass characteristic organ proportions. A total 120, one day-old Abor acre chicks were used Complete Randomized Design. Four proteins includ...

Hydrogenation of oils might be considered as the largest reaction in the edible oil industry. The reaction consists of the addition of hydrogen at the double bounds of fatty acids. Although for some reasons this might be considered a desirable reaction but for some others it might create problems in the food and nutrition chain circle due to the formation of saturated and trans fatty acids. Soy...

Oil palm cultivation is frequently cited as a major threat to tropical biodiversity as it is centered on some of the world's most biodiverse regions. In this report, Web of Science was used to find papers on oil palm published since 1970, which were assigned to different subject categories to visualize their research focus. Recent years have seen a broadening in the scope of research, with a sl...