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Impact of Land Use Type on Soil Seed Bank Flora in Chilimo Forest…


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…

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Mycorrhizal Status and AMF Community Structure of Fruit Crops…


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…

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Single Cell Protein Extraction from Orange Wastes…


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…

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Long-Term Changes in Phyto- and Zooplankton…


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…