The conjugative plasmid pTR2030 has been used extensively to confer phage resistance in commercial Lactococcus starter cultures. The plasmid harbors a 16-kb region, flanked by insertion sequence (IS) elements, that encodes the restriction/modification system LlaI and carries an abortive infection gene, abiA. The AbiA system inhibits both prolate and small isometric phages by interfering with th...

The study adopted survey design to determine the entrepreneurial skills for empowering women in cocoyam production Abia and Imo States of Nigeria. Objectives were entrepreneurship available that are utilized extension strategies production. hypothesis states there is no significant mean difference between Questionnaire was instrument data collection constructed on a 4-point measuring scale whic...