NOTULAE SCIENTIA BIOLOGICAE
2020 Volume 12, Issue 2
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Editors-in-Chief
• Radu E. SESTRAS, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine (UASVM), Cluj- Napoca, Romania
• Sorana D. BOLBOACĂ, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
• Oscar VICENTE, COMAV, Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain
Advisory Editors
• Cornel CĂTOI, UASVM Cluj-Napoca, Romania (Rector, UASVM)
• Doru C. PAMFIL, UASVM Cluj-Napoca, Romania (President, Cluj-Napoca Branch of Romanian Academy)
• Viorel MITRE, UASVM Cluj-Napoca, Romania (President, SHST)
Associate Editors
• Monica BOSCAIU, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain
• Birsen ÇAKIR, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey
• Milić ČUROVIĆ, Montenegro Univ., Podgorica, Montenegro
• Hossam S. EL-BELTAGI, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt; King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia
• Lorentz JÄNTSCHI, Polytechnic University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania
• Kamil KUČA, University of Hradec Králové, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
• Leonardo LEONARDI, University of Perugia, Italy
• Allan Klynger Da Silva LOBATO, Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia, Paragominas, Brazil
• Felicia LOGHIN, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
• Andrei Daniel MIHALCA, UASVM Cluj-Napoca, Romania
• Andrei MOCAN, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
• José Alberto PEREIRA, Instit. Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal
• Ioana Delia POP, UASVM Cluj-Napoca, Romania
• Agnieszka SĘKARA, Agricultural University of Kraków, Kraków, Poland
• Adriana F. SESTRAŞ, UASVM Cluj-Napoca, Romania
• Lei SHI, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
• Pilar S. TESTILLANO, Biological Research Centre, Madrid, Spain
• Robert VEBERIČ, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
• Dan VODNAR, UASVM Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Editorial Board - Scientific Members & Section Editors
• Anthony Jide AFOLAYAN, University of Fort Hare, Alice Campus, South Africa
• Ioan Vasile ABRUDAN, Transilvania University, Brașov, Romania
• Douglas D. ARCHBOLD, University of Kentucky, Lexington, USA
• Grigore BĂCIUŢ, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
• Umberto BERNABUCCI, University of Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy
• Dimitrios BILALIS, Agricultural University of Athens, Athens, Greece
• Anca Dana BUZOIANU, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
• Suriyan CHA-UM, National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC), Thailand
• Ioan COMAN, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
• Vasile CRISTEA, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
• Róbert FARKAS, Szent István University, Budapest, Hungary
• Ana FITA, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain
• László FODOR, Szent István University, Budapest, Hungary
• Francisco FUENTES, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Chile
• Marek GAJEWSKI, Warsaw Agricultural University, Warsaw, Poland
• Stefano GREGO, University of Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy
• Hulya ILBI, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey
• Florin IORAŞ, Buckinghamshire New University, High Wycombe, United Kingdom
• Alexandru IRIMIE, ‘Ion Chiricuta’ Cancer Institute, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
• Stefania MASCI, University of Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy
• Dan MIHU, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
• Meena MISRA, Institute of Frontier Sciences and Biotechnology, Baramunda, Bhubaneswar, India
• Bernardo MURILLO-AMADOR, Centro de Investigaciones Biologicas del Noroeste, La Paz, Mexico
• Vladimir PEŠIĆ, University of Montenegro, Podgorica, Montenegro
• Neiva Izabel PIEROZZI, Instituto Agronômico de Campinas, CPDR Geneticos Vegetais, Brazil
• Jaime PROHENS, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
• Chen QIN, School of Life Science, Shanghai Univ., Shanghai, China
• Adrián RODRÍGUEZ-BURRUEZO, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
• Marco SARIGU, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
• Klaus SCHALLER, Research Center Geisenheim, Geisenheim, Germany
• Anoop Kumar SRIVASTAVA, ICAR – Central Citrus Research Institute, Nagpur, India
• Franci STAMPAR, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
• Feng XU, Yangtze University, Jingzhou 434025, Hubei Province, China
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• Adriana D. BACIU, UASVM Cluj-Napoca, Romania
• Cătălina DAN, UASVM Cluj-Napoca, Romania
• Mihail KANTOR, Mycology and Nematology Genetic Diversity and Biology Laboratory USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA
• Laura Ioana MACAVEI, Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
• Lucica MIHALTE, UASVM Cluj-Napoca, Romania
• Corina F. SERBAN, Washington State University, Stone Fruit Breeding & Genetics, IAREC, Prosser, WA 99350-8694, USA
• Alina M. TRUȚĂ, UASVM Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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Editor-in-Chief
Prof. dr. h.c. Radu E. SESTRAŞ
Notulae Scientia Biologicae © Volume 12, Issue 2 (Apr-Jun 2020)
Table of Contents - Vol 12, No 2 (2020)
Editorial
Introduction Pages
Radu E. SESTRAS I-VIII
Review
Chinese onion, and shallot, originated in Asia, medicinal plants for healthy daily recipes
Mohamad H. SHAHRAJABIAN, Wenli Sun, Qi CHENG 197-207
Research articles
Evaluation of phytochemical constituents and in vitro antimicrobial activities of leaves extracts of Calotropis procera against certain human pathogens
Mansurat B. FALANA, Quadri O. NURUDEEN
208-221 PDF
In vitro anti-urease, antioxidant, anticholinesterase, cytotoxic and in vivo anti-inflammatory potential of Satureja cuneifolia Ten.
Turgut TASKIN, Murat DOGAN, Muhammet E. CAM, Talip SAHIN, Ismail SENKARDES
222-232 PDF
Impact of essential oils of clove Syzygium aromaticum in rats exposed to stress by nickel Djallal E. H. ADLI, Karima GRELE, Amine H. BORSALI, Mostapha BRAHMI, Wafaa ARABI, Narimane TAIBI, Miloud SLIMANI, Khaled KAHLOULA
233-241 PDF
Surveillance for Campylobacter infections in indigenous poultry reared in Nsukka, Nigeria Emmanuel O. NJOGA, Ekene V. EZENDUKA, John A. NWANTA
242-250 PDF Molecular variation and phylogenetic status of ponyfish (Perciformes: Leiognathidae) in
Karaikal, South India
Firudoz BANU, Vellaichamy RAMANADEVI, Gunasekar SHALINI, Muthusamy THANGARAJ
251-257 PDF
Evaluation of API 20E system in fluorescent Pseudomonas identification from button mushroom Agaricus bisporus cultivation casing soil
Anwar O. MOHAMMAD, Abdulkareem E.S. ALKURTANY, Abdullah A. HASSAN
258-263 PDF
Young capitulum as important explant in in vitro mass propagation of gerbera (Gerbera jamesonii)
Budi WINARTO, Kurnia YUNIARTO, Rudy SOEHENDI
264-276 PDF
A comparative study between temporary immersion system and semi-solid cultures on shoot multiplication and plantlets production of two Moroccan date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) varieties in vitro
Larbi ABAHMANE
277-288 PDF
Floral polymorphism and scanning electron microscopy determination in relation to climatic influence on Solanum nigrum L.
Chandra KANTA, Ishwar P. SHARMA
289-300 PDF
Taxonomic study on Lindernia All. (Linderniaceae) from some parts of South Eastern Nigeria Chimezie EKEKE, Chinedum A. OGAZIE, Cornelius O. NICHODEMUS
301-317 PDF The importance of nutritive parameters in the taxonomy of some corm-producing members
of the family Araceae
Oluwabunmi O. AROGUNDADE, Olubukola ADEDEJI
318-333 PDF
Effect of pretreatments on germination of seeds of the timber plant, Terminalia ivorensis and Mansonnia altissima (A. Chev.)
Peter J. CHIKA, Ayobola M. SAKPERE, Michael S. AKINROPO
334-340 PDF
Abundance, frequency and distribution pattern of tree species in recorded forest area of Western Himalaya
Arun K. THAKUR, Rajesh KUMAR, Raj K. VERMA
341-355 PDF
Comparative analysis of energy input-outputs of different tillage methods in second crop corn production
Ramazan SAGLAM, Leyla SEVEN, Ferhat KUP
356-365 PDF
Leaf growth traits and photosynthetic pigments of maize as influenced by water deficit stress
Folake B. ANJORIN 366-375
PDF Grain yield and drought tolerance indices of maize hybrids
Dorina BONEA 376-386
PDF Enhancement of the soil quality of an oil-polluted ultisol using livestock wastes
Sylvia O. OGOANAH, Uzoamaka N. NGWOKE , Edokpolor O. OHANMU , Pascal C.
OKOYE, Beckley IKHAJIAGBE
387-398 PDF
Effect of plant density on growth and yield attributes of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) genotypes
Eric B. KOUAM, Alex B. TSAGUE-ZANFACK
399-408 PDF
Effect of municipal wastewater irrigation and well water on plant and soil characteristics Mashallah DANESHVAR, Farhad FATTAHI, Hamid R. RAHMANI, Seyed A. M.
MODARRES SANAVY, Masoud SAMI
409-419 PDF
Growth and ability of Senna alata in phytoremediation of soil contaminated with heavy metals
Kelechi L. NJOKU, Omolola E. OJO; Anuoluwapo O. JOLAOSO
420-432 PDF
Using two plant growth promoting bacteria to sustainably reduce the drought-induced loss in Triticum aestivum yield
El-Anwar OSMAN, Wedad A. KASIM, Nabil A. OMAR, Samar E. SALAMA
433-446 PDF
Role of active transport of potassium to leaves in the mechanisms of tolerance to salinity in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)
Sugenith ARTEAGA, Monica BOSCAIU, Jaime PROHENS, Oscar VICENTE
447-459 PDF
Note
A suspected case of hypoxia-induced pre-renal azotemia in an old part-Arab stallion: case report and review of the literature
Onyinyechukwu A. AGINA, Ezinne C. ANI
460-465 PDF
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