NOTULAE SCIENTIA BIOLOGICAE
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Ioan Vasile ABRUDAN
Transilvania University, 1 Sirul Beethoven St., 500123 Brasov, Romania; [email protected]Douglas D. ARCHBOLD
University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40546-0091, USA; [email protected]Omar BAGASRA
Claflin University, 400 Magnolia Street, Orangeburg, SC 29115, USA; [email protected]Grigore BĂCIUŢ
University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 37 Cardinal Iuliu Hossu St., 400029 Cluj-Napoca, Romania; [email protected]Umberto BERNABUCCI
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“Iuliu Hatieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Cluj-Napoca, 8 Victor Babes, Cluj- Napoca, Romania; [email protected]Gheorghe CIMPOIEŞ
The State Agrarian University of Moldova, 44 Mircesti St., Chisinau, Moldova; [email protected]Kamal CHOWDHURY
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Faculty of Veterinary Science, Szent István University, Budapest, Hungary;Francisco FUENTES
Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, USA;David HENSLEY
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Notulae Scientia Biologicae © Volume 7, Issue 1 (January-March 2015) Original
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Composition and Dynamics of Migratory and Resident Avian Population in Wintering Wetlands from Northern India
Kaushalendra K. JHA, Craig R. MCKINLEY... 1 MtDNA Barcode Identification of Finfish Larvae from Vellar Estuary, Tamilnadu, India
Vellaichamy RAMANADEVI, Muthusamy THANGARAJ... 16 Isolation and Detection of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococci in Healthy Broilers in Nsukka Southeast, Nigeria
Ifeoma C. UGWU, Madubuike U. ANYANWU, Chidozie C. UGWU, Jude N. OKORO... 20 Heterogeneity of Soil and Vegetation in the Urban Habitats of New Industrial Cities in the Desert Landscape of Egypt Monier Abd EL-GHANI, Reinhard BORNKAMM, Nadia EL-SAWAF, Hamdiya TURKY... 26 Responses to Environmental Stress in Plants Adapted to Mediterranean Gypsum Habitats
Josep V. LLINARES, Inmaculada BAUTISTA, Maria del Pilar DONAT, Antonio LIDÓN, Cristina LULL, Olga MAYORAL, Shantanu WANKHADE, Monica BOSCAIU, Oscar VICENTE... 37 Biodiversity Status of the Immediate Vicinity of an Iron and Steel Recycling Factory in Ile-Ife, South-Western Nigeria
Oludare Oladipo AGBOOLA, Olalekan Oluwatoyosi SALAMI, Stephen OYEDEJI... 45 Anther Ontogeny and Microsporogenesis in Helianthus annuus L. (Compositae)
Aslihan ÇETİNBAŞ, Meral ÜNAL... 52 Effects of Osmolytic Agents on Somatic Embryogenesis of Saffron (Crocus sativus L.)
Maryam VAHEDI, Siamak KALANTARI, Seyed ALIREZA SALAMI... 57 Simplified Regeneration Protocol for Cycas revoluta Thunb. Mature Zygotic Embryos
Rohangiz NADERI, Khadije MOHAISENI, Jaime A. TEIXEIRA DA SILVA, Mansour OMIDI, Behjat NADERI... 62 Androgenesis Induced in Nicotiana alata and the Effect of Gamma Irradiation
Ayman EL-FIKI, Gamal EL-METABTEB, Abdel-Hadi SAYED, Mohamed ADLY... 66 Combining Ability for Yield and its Components in Diallel Crosses of Cotton
Remzi EKİNCİ, Sema BAŞBAĞ... 72 Molecular Characterization of Saffron-Potential Candidates for Crop Improvement
Javid Iqbal MIR, Nazeer AHMED, Mudasir Hafiz KHAN, Taseem Ahmad MOKHDOMI, Sajad Hussian WANI, Shoiab BUKHARI, Asif AMIN, Raies Ahmad QADRI... 81
Preparation and Low Temperature Short-term Storage for Synthetic Seeds of Caladium bicolor
Mehpara MAQSOOD, Abdul MUJIB, Mir KHUSRAU... 90 Seed Priming to Overcome Salinity Stress in Persian Cultivars of Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.)
Ali SEPEHRI, Saeed NAJARI, Hossein Reza ROUHI... 96 Microbial Spoilage, Actions of Preservatives and Phytochemical Screening of Mango (Mangifera indica) Seed Powder Musa AREKEMASE, Ganiyu OYEYIOLA, Fathia SAAD, Terwase DANIEL... 102 Weed Interference Effects on Leaves, Internode and Harvest Index of Dry Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)
Hossein GHAMARI... 111 Influence of Modified Atmosphere Packagingon Storability and Postharvest Quality of Cornelian Cherry (Cornus mas L.) Fruits
Sheida MOHEBBI, Younes MOSTOFI, Zabihallah ZAMANI, Farzaneh NAJAFI... 116 Minor Volatile Compounds Profiles of ‘Aligoté’ Wines Fermented with Different Yeast Strains
Florin VARARU, Jaime MORENO-GARCIA, Juan MORENO, Marius NICULAUA, Bogdan NECHITA, Cătălin ZAMFIR, Cintia COLIBABA, Georgiana-Diana DUMITRU, Valeriu V. COTEA... 123 Effect of Soaking, Cooking, Germination and Fermentation Processing on Physical Properties and Sensory Evaluation of Sorghum Biscuits
Abd El-Moneim M. R. AFIFY, Hossam S. EL-BELTAGI, Samiha M. ABD EL-SALAM, Azza A. OMRAN... 129 The Response of Several Plum Cultivars to Natural Infection with Monilinia laxa, Polystigma rubrum and Stigmina carpophila
Ioana MITRE jr., Andreea TRIPON, Ioana MITRE, Viorel MITRE... 136 Consumer Perception Concerning Apple Fruit Quality, Depending on Cultivars and Hedonic Scale of Evaluation - a Case Study
Cătălina DAN, Corina ȘERBAN, Adriana F. SESTRAS, Mădălina MILITARU, Paula MORARIU, Radu E. SESTRAS... 140
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