9 articles in this issue
Aziza A. Aboulila,Ola A. Galal
Assessment of DNA changes and mutations at molecular level are important in plant breeding. In this study DNA changes in four rice genotypes (Sakha-107, Giza-179, Sakha-106 and Sakha-101) induced by silica nanoparticles (0, 150, 300 and 450 ppm) and somac... see more
Aziza A. Aboulila,Ola A. Galal,M. I. Abo-Youssef
Nine Egyptian rice (Oryza sativa L.) genotypes were assessed for DNA polymorphism using three different types of molecular markers (RAPD, SCoT and SSR). RAPD primers produced 68.70% of polymorphism and an average PIC value of 0.24. SCoT primers gene... see more
M. A. AWAD,M. MAGDY,H. A. EL-ALAKMY,M. D. EL-DEEB
Citrus is an important horticulture genus which exclusively includes all cultivated edible citrus plants and their root-stocks. The genetic relationship and relatedness among the genus member have been extensively reported. Among other traits, the fluctua... see more
WALLA SAIF,M. MAGDY,M. H. AMAR,M. A. NAGATY
Tree production considered the most economically important trait in Prunus persica that can be used directly to evaluate the overall tree performance. The genetic variability was assessed using fluorescently labelled AFLP-based genome scans to capture the... see more
FAWZEYA A. ZAYED,M. A. RASHED,SABHA E. ELBALLAT,HASANATE E. ALI
Patulin is a toxin generated by many kinds of fungi as Penicillium. It is a known contaminant of ripe fruits especial- ly ripe apples. Patulin may be mutagenic, cytotoxic, teratogenic and clastogenic agent. Thus, the present work was aimed to evaluate the... see more
MARWA M. EL-ATTAR,F. M. ABDEL-TAWAB,A. A. AWAD,EKRAM S. AHMAD,H. A. KAMEL,AMAL I. HASSAN
The present study aims to the assessment of anticancer activity of the extracts of the two medicinal plants Zygophyllum album and Suaeda palaestina., in a previous study, human liver cancer cell lines (HepG2) showed the cytotoxicity of the two plants by M... see more
WAFAA K. HEGAZY,M. S. ABDEL-SALAM
DNA fragment coding for keratinase (Ker) gene from local isolate, Bacillus licheniformis N5 was generated using designed primers and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technology. It was cloned into pJET1.2 vector and expressed into E. coli DH5a. Transforman... see more
F. M. ABDEL-TAWAB,SHAIMAA A. SHEBL,NEIMA K. ALSENOSY,HALIMA S. ABDOU
Samples of Tamarix nilotica were collected from Wadi Gharandal, South Sinai, Egypt in March 2015 by Desert Research Center (DRC).Plants was extracted by Ethyl acetate. Possibility of anticancer activity of crude extract was assessed against human lung car... see more
ALSHAIMAA M. MABROUK,R. SALEM,BAHYIA Y. RIAD,I. ABD EL- HAMID,LAMIAA F. EL-GAIED
Sugar beet is one of the main sources for sugar manufacturing in Egypt, however its cultivation and growing can be severely hampered due to viral infection. In this study beet plants infected with geminivirus-like symptoms (VLS), such as leaf curling, lea... see more