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Analysis of rainfall and temperature time series to detect long-term climatic trends and variability over semi-arid Botswana
(Indian Academy of Sciences, https://www.ias.ac.in/Journals/Journal_of_Earth_System_Science/, 2018-03)
Arid and semi-arid environments have been identified with locations prone to impacts of climate variability and change. Investigating long-term trends is one way of tracing climate change impacts. This study investigates ...
Antibacterial and antioxidant potential of Albizia anthelmintica as a medicinal plant on pathogenic veterinary isolates
(Academic Journals, https://academicjournals.org/, 2018-11-10)
Albizia anthelmintica is a medicinal plant belonging to the Fabaceae family. It is widely used by
smallholder farmers and pastoralists to treat internal parasites in their livestock. This study aimed to
determine the ...
Impact of desertification on livelihoods in Katsina State, Nigeria
(Center for Promoting Ideas (CPI), USA., http://www.jalsnet.com/, 2018-06)
Is one of the overwhelming environmental problems in Katsina State where 75% of its nearly 6 million people on a 24,192 km2 of land depend on agriculture. Few studies have been undertaken to enhance the state of knowledge ...
Oyster mushrrom cultivation at different production systems: a review
(Dr. Petkova V., http://www.ejbps.com/, 2018-05)
This paper aims to review historical perspectives, nutritional and medicinal benefits, biodiversity, cultivation, diseases and their control, pathogen detection systems, food safety concerns and use of spent mushroom compost ...
Analysis of genetic diversity of Cercospora beticola isolates from Swiss chard in Southern Botswana
(Allied Journals, https://www.ijbio.com/, 2018)
Cercospora Leaf Spot (CLS) of Swiss chard (Beta vulgaris L. var. cicla) remains an important foliar disease
worldwide, yet the causative agent Cercospora beticola genetic variability remains incompletely understood in ...
Antibacterial and antioxidant potential of Albizia anthelmintica as a medicinal plant on pathogenic veterinary isolates
(Academic Journals, https://academicjournals.org/journal/JMPR, 2018-11-10)
Albizia anthelmintica is a medicinal plant belonging to the Fabaceae family. It is widely used by
smallholder farmers and pastoralists to treat internal parasites in their livestock. This study aimed to
determine the ...
Measurement of breakdown electric field strength for vegetation and hydrocarbon flames
(Scientific Research Publishing Inc., https://www.scirp.org/, 2018)
A significant number of fire-induced power disruptions are observed in several countries every year. The faults are normally phase-to-phase short circuiting or conductor-to-ground discharges at mid-span region of the ...
Impact and control of desertification in the drylands: a review article
(International Society for Development and Sustainability (ISDS), Japan. https://isdsnet.com/ijds.html, 2018)
The inherent variation in the impacts of desertification and the criteria and methods used for its control significantly influence the success of its combat. This paper provides a critical review of the empirical studies ...
Effect of erythrinaline alkaloids from Erythrina lysistemon on human recombinant caspase-3
(Academic Journals, https://academicjournals.org/, 2018-04-22)
Prostate cancer is a leading killer disease among men all over the world. Inducing apoptosis (programmed cell death) is a strategic chemotherapeutic approach. Caspase-3 is a key effector of apoptosis, and its activation ...
Antibacterial activity of crude extracts and pure compounds isolated from Vernonia galamensis leaves
(Academic Journals, https://academicjournals.org/journal/AJPP, 2018-03-22)
The aim of this study was to test the antibacterial property of the extract of the leaves and isolated compounds of Vernonia galamensis that is traditionally claimed to have diverse medicinal use. The disk diffusion method ...