ABSTRACT: A very long history of human interference and pressure from population growth has imparted different land use types in the Chilimo forest: shrub land, closed forest, Cupressus lusitanica plantation, Eucalyptus plantation, Juniperus procera dominated stand, Olea europaea subsp. cuspidata dominated stand, open forest, Podocarpus falcatus dominated stand, abandoned arable land, and grassland…
Tags: Afromontane, Forest degradation, Restoration, Soil seed bank, Species diversity
ABSTRACT: Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) association of Mangifera indica (mango), Musa acuminate (banana), Carica papaya (papaya), Citrus limon (lemon), Persea americana (avocado), and Psidium guajava (guava) was investigated from a lowland area of Showa Robit…
Tags: Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, Claroideoglomus, Fruit crops, Glomus, Root colonization.
ABSTRACT: An attempt was made to optimize protein extraction from sweet orange wastes (SOW) and orange pulp wastes (OPW) using Aspergillus niger isolate No. 5 by solid state fermentation…
Tags: Aspergillus niger isolate, Orange wastes, Protein enrichment, Solid state fermentation, Standardization of protein
We studied phyto- and zooplankton communities of Lake Hawassa (or Awassa) between November 2003 and August 2004, and compared findings with historical data since the 1980s to assess potential inter-decadal changes…