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Nusantara Bioscience
ISSN : 20873948     EISSN : 20873956     DOI : https://doi.org/10.13057/nusbiosci
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Aims and Scope Nusantara Bioscience (Nusantara Biosci) encourages submission of manuscripts dealing with all aspects of biological sciences that emphasize issues germane to biological and nature conservation.
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Seed viability of Jatropha curcas in different fruit maturity stages after storage BAMBANG BUDI SANTOSO; ARIS BUDIANTO; I.D.P. MULIARTA ARYANA
Nusantara Bioscience Vol. 4 No. 3 (2012)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.13057/nusbiosci/n040305

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Santoso BB, Budianto A, Aryana IGPM. 2012.Seedviability ofJatropha curcasindifferentfruitmaturitystagesafterstorage.Nusantara Bioscience 4:113-117.Theeffect of fruit maturity stages and seed storage period to seed viability was investigated. Seedsamples ofWest Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara genotype ofJatropha curcas were collected fromastandof two-year-old trees at anexperimental field. The seed samples obtained were in four different stages of fruit maturity involving early maturity (green fruit),physiological maturity (yellow fruit), over maturity (brownies fruit), and senescence (black-dry fruit). The results showed that fruitmaturityand storage periodhad an influence on the seed viability ofJ. curcas. Thebest fruit maturity stage for seed viability includingseed oil content was found inyellow fruit and brownies fruit.For germination to be preserved, seeds could be stored in the ambientroom storage for at least five months. For the purpose of oil extraction, seed should preferably be stored not more than four monthsunder ambient room conditions.
Physiological response of Moringa oleifera to stigmasterol and chelated zinc ABDALLA EL-MOURSI; IMAN MAHMOUD TALAAT; MOHAMED ABDEL-GHANY BEKHETA; KARIMA GAMAL EL-DIN
Nusantara Bioscience Vol. 4 No. 3 (2012)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.13057/nusbiosci/n040306

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Abstract. El-Moursi A, Talaat IM, Bekheta MA, Gamal El-Din K. 2012. Physiological response of Moringa oleifera to stigmasterol and chelated zinc. Nusantara Bioscience 4: 118-123. Two pot experiments were carried out in the screen of the National Research Centre, Dokki, Giza, Egypt, during two successive seasons (2009/2010 and 2010/2011), respectively to study the effect of foliar spray with chelated zinc (100, 200 and 300 mg/L) and stigmasterol (50, 100 and 150 mg/L) on growth and chemical constituents of moringa plants (Moringa oleifera). The results indicated that treatment of plants with 300 mg/L chelated zinc or 150 mg/L stigmasterol significantly influenced the vegetative growth of moringa plants. The same treatments also significantly increased total sugars%, total protein%, total phosphorous and microelements contents in the leaves. The changes in the pattern of protein electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) extracted from the newly formed leaves of moringa plants treated with different concentrations of chelated Zinc (Zn) or stigmasterol showed beneficial influences for improving plant growth, leaves quality and quantity.
Review: Biological fertilization and its effect on medicinal and aromatic plants KHALID ALI KHALID
Nusantara Bioscience Vol. 4 No. 3 (2012)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.13057/nusbiosci/n040307

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Abstract. Khalid KA. 2012. Review: Biological fertilization and its effect on medicinal and aromatic plants. Nusantara Bioscience 4: 124-133. The need to increase food production in most developing countries becomes the ultimate goal to meet the dramatic expansion of their population. However, this is also associated many cases with a reduction of the areas of arable land which leaves no opinion for farmers but to increase the yield per unit area through the use of improved the crop varieties, irrigation, and fertilization. The major problem facing the farmer is that he cannot afford the cost of these goods, particularly that of chemical fertilizers. Moreover, in countries where fertilizer production relies on imported raw materials, the costs are even higher for farmer and for the country. Besides this, chemical fertilizers production and utilization are considered as air, soil, and water polluting operations. The utilization of bio-fertilizers is considered today by many scientists as a promising alternative, particularly for developing countries. Bio-fertilization is generally based on altering the rhizosphere flora, by seed or soil inoculation with certain organisms, capable of inducing beneficial effects on a compatible host. Bio-fertilizers mainly comprise nitrogen fixes (Rhizobium, Azotobacter, Azospirillum, Azolla or blue-green algae), phosphate dissolvers or vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizas and silicate bacteria. These organisms may affect their host plant by one or more mechanisms such as nitrogen fixation, production of growth promoting substances or organic acids, enhancing nutrient uptake or protection against plant pathogens. Growth characters, yield, essential oil and its constituents, fixed oil, carbohydrates, soluble sugars and nutrients contents of medicinal and aromatic plants were significantly affected by adding the biological fertilizers compared with recommended chemical fertilizers.
Phytofabrication of silver nanoparticles by using aquatic plant Hydrilla verticillata NEILESH SABLE; SWAPNIL GAIKWAD; SHITAL BONDE; ANIKET GADE; MAHENDRA RAI
Nusantara Bioscience Vol. 4 No. 2 (2012)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.13057/nusbiosci/n040201

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Abstract. Sable N, Gaikwad S, Bonde S, Gade A, Rai M. 2012. Phytofabrication of silver nanoparticles by using aquatic plant Hydrilla verticillata. Nusantara Bioscience 4: 45-49. In the context of current drive to developed new green technology in nanomaterials, synthesis of nanoparticles is of considerable importance. There has been considerable work done in the field of nanoscience and Nanotechnology during the last decade due to the introduction of various protocols for the synthesis of nanoparticles by using plants and microorganisms. Here we firstly report the extracellular photosynthesis of silver nanoparticles (Ag-NPs) using aquatic plants Hydrilla verticillata. The characterization of the phytosynthesized Ag-NPs was done with the help of UV-Vis spectroscopy, FTIR, Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis (NTA), Zeta potential and SEM. The SEM micrograph revealed the synthesis of polydispersed spherical nanoparticles, with an average size of 65.55 nm. The phytofabricated Ag-NPs can be used in the field of medicine and agriculture, due to their antimicrobial potential.
Short Communication: Effects of temperature on growth, pigment composition and protein content of an Antarctic Cyanobacterium Nostoc commune RANJANA TRIPATHI; UMESH P. DHULDHAJ; SURENDRA SINGH
Nusantara Bioscience Vol. 4 No. 3 (2012)
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Abstract. Tripathi R, Dhuldhaj UP, Singh S. 2012. Short Communication: Effects of temperature on growth, pigment composition and protein content of an Antarctic Cyanobacterium Nostoc commune. Nusantara Bioscience 4: 134-137. Effect of temperature variation on biomass accumulation, pigment composition, and protein content was studied for the cyanobacterium Nostoc commune, isolated from Antarctica. Results confirmed the psychrotrophic behavior (optimum growth temperature 250C) of the cyanobacterium. Low temperature increased the duration of lag phase and exponential growth phase. Maximum increase in biomass was recorded on 24th day at 250C and on 12th day at 50C. The downshift from 25 to 50C had almost negligible effect on chl a content. Maximal protein content was recorded for cultures growing at 50C on 12th day. The carotenoids/chl a ratio was maximum (2.48) at 50C on 9th day. It remained almost constant for cultures growing at 5 and 350C. There was an induction in protein synthesis following downshift in temperature from 25 to 5?C.
Antibacterial activity of Thymus vulgaris essential oil alone and in combination with other essential oils KATERYNA KON; MAHENDRA RAI
Nusantara Bioscience Vol. 4 No. 2 (2012)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.13057/nusbiosci/n040202

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Abstract. Kon K, Rai M. 2012. Antibacterial activity of Thymus vulgaris essential oil alone and in combination with other essential oils. Nusantara Bioscience 4: 50-56. Essential oils (EOs) from plants represent an alternative approach in combating antibiotic-resistant bacteria. One of the EOs with proven antibacterial properties is Thymus vulgaris EO. The purpose of the present work was to investigate in vitro antibacterial activity of T. vulgaris EO alone and in combination with other EOs. The activity of T. vulgaris EO was screened in combination with 34 EOs against Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli by disk diffusion method; then the most effective combinations were evaluated by broth microdilution method. Against S. aureus the synergistic effect was found in combination of T. vulgaris and Cinnamomum zeylanicum EOs with fractional inhibitory concentration (FIC) index of 0.26; Juniperus communis and Picea abies EOs showed additive effect (FIC indexes were 0.74 and 0.78, respectively). Combination of T. vulgaris EO with Aniba rosaeodora and Melissa officinalis EOs demonstrated synergistic effect against E. coli (FIC indexes were 0.23 and 0.34, respectively); combination of T. vulgaris and Mentha piperita EOs was additive (FIC index 0.55). Therefore, combining T. vulgaris EO with other EOs has potential in further enhancing its antibacterial properties.
Patterns of fertility in the two Red Sea Corals Stylophora pistillata and Acropora humilis MOHAMMED S.A. AMMAR; AHMED H. OBUID-ALLAH; MONTASER A.M. AL-HAMMADY
Nusantara Bioscience Vol. 4 No. 2 (2012)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.13057/nusbiosci/n040204

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Abstract. Ammar MSA Obuid-Allah AH, Al-Hammady MAM. 2012. Patterns of fertility in the two Red Sea Corals Stylophora pistillata and Acropora humilis. Nusantara Bioscience 4: 62-75. Patterns of fertilities (total testes and total eggs) for the hermatypic coral Acropora humilis were lower than those in Stylophora pistillata at the four studied sites. Site 3 (El-Hamraween harbor), the site impacted with phosphate, recorded the highest annual mean of testes number and egg number in the two studied species Acropora humilis and S. pistillata. However, site 1, the site impacted with oil pollution and fishing activities, recorded the lowest annual mean of testes number, total testes, egg number and total egg for the two studied species. Thus, phosphorus enrichment seems to be considerably less destructive than oil pollution, and thus may represent an ‘eco-friendly’. Testes were observed fully of sperms during winter season in the sectioned polyps of A. humilis, while eggs were detected during autumn and winter. However, the lack of eggs in S. pistillata occurred only during spring season at all the studied sites. In the studied coral species, the ova were developed first before spermeria. The breeding season of coral reefs differs in both different localities and different species extending from December to July in the northern Red Sea, Gulf of Aqaba and Southern Red Sea (the present study). While in A. humilis, the breeding season extends from February to June in the Great Barrier Reef, in the Gulf of Aqaba and in Hurghada (the present study). Tough control, public awareness and continuous shore patrolling to the activities of oil pollution and fishing activities at the vicinity of site 1 (Ras El-Behar) are urgent. Although existing corals may continue to grow and survive in an area with elevated nutrients levels, it is essential to maintain water quality on coral reefs within ecologically appropriate limits to ensure successful reproduction of coral and provide recruits for the long- term maintenance and renewal of coral populations.
Adult mangrove stand does not reflect the dispersal potential of mangrove propagules: Case study of small islets in Lampung, Sumatra AGUNG SEDAYU; NOVITA FARAH ISYADINYATI; DIANA VIVANTI SIGIT
Nusantara Bioscience Vol. 4 No. 2 (2012)
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Abstract. Sedayu A, Isyadinyati NF, Sigit DV. 2011. Adult mangrove stand does not reflect the dispersal potential of mangrove propagules: Case study of small islets in Lampung, Sumatra. Nusantara Bioscience 4: 57-61. Most mangrove species are dispersed by water current with distance being a major constraint. We tried to demonstrate that distance is indeed the dispersal limiting factor in mangrove, and perhaps other marine plant species. Secondly, we also tried to clarify whether landmass is a real blockade for mangrove dispersal. Lastly, we argued that in order to study plant dispersal potential, one should not study the later stage of plant population, as normally plant ecologist would do, rather at their early life stage. Cluster analyses were used to test those hypotheses and confirmed our research hypotheses.
Effects of foliar application herbicides to control semi-parasitic plant Arceuthobium oxycedri MOHAMMAD REZA KAVOSI; FERIDON FARIDI; GOODARZ HAJIZADEH
Nusantara Bioscience Vol. 4 No. 2 (2012)
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Abstract. Kavosi MR, Faridi F, Hajizadeh G. 2012. Effects of foliar application herbicides to control semi-parasitic plant Arceuthobium oxycedri. Nusantara Bioscience 4: 76-80. Epiphytes are plants growing on the stem and branches of other growing plants. Dwarf mistletoe (Arceuthobium oxycedri) is one of the important macro epiphytes or semi-parasitic plant, is able to damage Junipers and provide favorable conditions for bother damaging factors such as pest, disease, rodent animals and vulnerability to unfavorable climate conditions. In this study used herbicides in three concentrations (1.35, 1.93, 2.7 g of Roundup, 0.675, 0.964, 1.35 g of Basagran, and 0.9, 1.28, 1.8 g of Gramoxone in1000 mL water) and three replications to examine the impact of each herbicide on A. oxycedri at Junipers forests in areas located at the East Gorgan state region, North of Iran. The results from Basagran on 95.55% dwarf mistletoe indicated that the plant was dried completely up. Roundup dried 61.67% of dwarf mistletoe. Gramoxone causes the lowest percent of dryness (23.89%). By analyzing results about the impact of herbicides on percentage of measuring dryness, there is difference in level significant 1% between herbicides. The impact of each herbicide on A. oxycedri showed that concentration-3 has more impact on increasing dwarf mistletoe dryness but with concentration-2 it has less difference. Ultimately concentration-2 Basagran can be used to reduce costs in order to control dwarf mistletoe.
Synthesis, characterizationand physiological activityof some novelisoxazoles VINAYSINGH J. HUSHARE; PRITHVIRAJSINGH R. RAJPUT; MANOJKUMAR O. MALPANI; NITING G. GHODILE
Nusantara Bioscience Vol. 4 No. 2 (2012)
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Abstract. Hushare VJ, Rajput PR, Malpani MO, Ghodile NG. 2012. Synthesis, characterization and physiological activity of some novel isoxazoles. Nusantara Bioscience 4: 81-85. A series of chlorosubstituted 4-aroylisoxazoles have been synthesized by refluxing chlorosubstituted-3-aroylflavones and 3-alkoylchromone with hydroxylamine hydrochloride in dioxane medium containing 0.5 mL piperidine. Chlorosubstituted-3-aroylflavones and chlorosubstituted-3-alkoylchromone were prepared by refluxing them separately with iodine crystal in ethanol. Initially, chlorosubstituted-3-aroylflavanones and 3-alkoylchromanone were prepared by the interaction of different aromatic and aliphatic aldehydes with 1-(2’-hydroxy-3’,5’-dichlorophenyl)-3-phenyl-1,3-propanedione. Constitutions of synthesized compounds were confirmed on the basis of elemental analysis, molecular weight determination, UV-Visible, I.R., and 1H-NMR spectral data. The titled compounds were evaluated for their growth promoting activity on some flowering plants viz. Papaver rhoeas, Calendula officinalis, Gladiola tristis, Gaillardia aristata,  Dianthus chinensis, and Iberis sp. (candytuft). The results indicate that applicated plants had higher shoots and number of leaves.