Samir C Debnath, St. Johns Research and Development Centre, Canada
The multibillion dollar micropropagation industry is now well accepted in many countries of the world for commercial propagation of various plant species. Fruits and vegetables are very rich in health-promoting bioactive components. Although significant progress has been ac [....]
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The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB) has now been adopted by 172 parties . It still builds on the principle that GM crop plants might bare risks in contrast to the conventional crops: Objective of CPB. The huge apparatus on risk assessment based on this protocol is building [....]
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Tse Min L, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan
itric oxide (NO) is a signaling factors involved in the regulation of plant physiology and stress responses. The role of NO interaction with H2O2 in the regulation of NADPH oxidase (RBOL2) for the induction of autophagy and in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii was determined. Illuminatio [....]
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razil is a country with a strong vocation for agriculture, owing to its abundance of the two main inputs needed to produce plant protein, namely sun and water. Tropical weather, high solar intensity and large extent of fertile soils are the ideal conditions for producing food at [....]
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Bioeconomy, sustained by agriculture and breeding, belongs to innovative solutions to address current challenging environmental issues. Miscanthus, a dedicated perennial crop, is known to display interesting traits to produce renewable resources (Clifton-Brown_et_al._2001._Agrono [....]
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The non-proteinogenic amino acid γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) rapidly accumulates in plant tissue in response to several biotic and abiotic stresses and has been associated with increased resistance. Besides its role in modulating the flux of carbon and energy in the TCA cycl [....]
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Safenkova Irina, A.N. Bach Institute of Biochemistry, Russian Federation
Phytopathogenic bacteria, viruses and viroids are serious threats to agricultural and natural ecosystems. Rapid, accurate and sensitive screening tests are necessary to prevent worldwide spreading of plant diseases. Control of seed materials and field plantings requires methods f [....]
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Sunita Chandel, University of Horticulture and Forestry, India
arnation in India is in a declining phase under the protected environment by the continuous interference of biotic pressure exerted due to some soil borne pathogens such as Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. dianthi and Rhizoctonia solani mainly responsible to deteriorate the plant health [....]
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Parimalan Rangan, ICAR-National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, India
The ‘light reactions’ of photosynthesis are highly conserved while the carbon concentrating mechanism (CCM) part of the ‘dark reactions’ have evolved many times. In Poaceae, where C4 photosynthesis was evolved, independent evolution for the C4 trait was re [....]
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on-coding RNAs are prominent modulators of transcriptional and post-transcriptional expression of genes in a wide range of biological processes. However, the repertoire and functions of microRNAs largely remains unexplored with respect to defense against fungal phytopathogens. In [....]
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Solar radiation can enhance protection against insect pests and increase yield of crops, studies of plant secondary metabolites induced by solar UV-B radiation get more and more attention in the context of potential utilization in agriculture for increasing crop resistance to her [....]
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Ranjeeta Mourya, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, India
Bryonia laciniosa is a climber herb distributed throughout India and commonly known as “Shivlingi”. The present study was conducted with the objectives to investigate the aphrodisiac and pro-fertility activity of ethanolic seed extract of Bryonia laciniosa as well as [....]
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A remarkable feature of sugarcane is its capacity to store sucrose to about 50% of its dry weight. However, at crop maturity when the sucrose concentration in the sink tissues reaches saturation, the action of invertase enzymes affects sucrose stabilization, and reduces sucrose y [....]
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B N Hazarika, Central Agricultural University, India
The benefit of any micropropagation system only be fully realized if there is successful transfer of plantlets from tissueculture vessels to the ambient conditions. A substantial number of micropropagated plants do not survive on transfer from in vitro conditions to greenhouse or [....]
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The physiological and biochemical role of γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) shunt pathway in green pea seedlings (Pisum sativum L.) was studied in response to soil water holding capacity levels: 80%, 60%, 40%, 20% and 10% grown under continuous light at 25ºC for 7 days and 14 [....]
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Salt threatens rice cultivation in many countries. Hence, breeding new varieties with high salt tolerance is important. Methods: 1,332 rice accessions, including 767 indica accessions, 375 japonica accessions, 104 aus accessions, and 38 aromatic accessions from 3K Rice Genome Pro [....]
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I. Definition of the Ejido In the establishment of the starting point it is fundamental to define the ejido, according to Flores-Rodríguez (2008). “The ejido is a system of distribution and possession of the land that was institutionalized after the Mexican Revolutio [....]
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The research work presented below was carried out in the autumn - winter cycle of 2018 in the experimental field San Antonio de los Bravos of the UAAAN-UL, in Torreón Coahuila Mexico. Under a design of random block method experiments; establishing 6 fertilization treatment [....]
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I n northern Mexico, the Saltillo pinto bean variety is one of the preferred varieties since the tolerance to accelerated browning of the grain provides farmers with a wider margin for the negotiation and sale of the product. The commercial success of the Saltillo pinto and its l [....]
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Lucia Gayoso, BCC Innovation Basque Culinary Center, Spain
besity has become a global epidemic and a major problem of public health due to its high impact on morbidity, mortality, quality of life and healthcare expenditure. Health policies have been focused on recommending healthy lifestyles, including diet and exercise. However new nutr [....]
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he cultivation of solanaceous and cucurbits crops is of great economic importance in Spain, and most of the production is located in in the south-east part of the country. Tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus (ToLCNDV) is an important bipartite begomovirus that affects crops belongin [....]
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Title : In vitro culture and epigenetic variation in horticultural crop improvement
Samir C Debnath, St. Johns Research and Development Centre, Canada
The multibillion dollar micropropagation industry is now well accepted in many countries of the world for commercial propagation of various plant species. Fruits and vegetables are very rich in health-promoting bioactive components. Although significant progress has been ac [....] » Read More
Title : Overregulation of GM crops is too expensive, delays approvals and harms research
Klaus Ammann, University of Bern, Switzerland
The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB) has now been adopted by 172 parties . It still builds on the principle that GM crop plants might bare risks in contrast to the conventional crops: Objective of CPB. The huge apparatus on risk assessment based on this protocol is building [....] » Read More
Title : Nitric oxide and reactive oxygen species regulation of NADPH oxidase for the high light induction of autophagy in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
Tse Min L, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan
itric oxide (NO) is a signaling factors involved in the regulation of plant physiology and stress responses. The role of NO interaction with H2O2 in the regulation of NADPH oxidase (RBOL2) for the induction of autophagy and in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii was determined. Illuminatio [....] » Read More
Title : Food production x irrigation x natural resources in Brazil Successful case and challenges for environmental sustainability
Danilo Jose Fanelli Luchiari, GTACC - Technical Assistance and Consulting Group in Citrus, Brazil
razil is a country with a strong vocation for agriculture, owing to its abundance of the two main inputs needed to produce plant protein, namely sun and water. Tropical weather, high solar intensity and large extent of fertile soils are the ideal conditions for producing food at [....] » Read More
Title : Estimation of genetic parameters of a Miscanthus sinensis population: A staggered-start design highlights a greater effect for climate than age
Raphael Raverdy, INRAE AgroImpact, France
Bioeconomy, sustained by agriculture and breeding, belongs to innovative solutions to address current challenging environmental issues. Miscanthus, a dedicated perennial crop, is known to display interesting traits to produce renewable resources (Clifton-Brown_et_al._2001._Agrono [....] » Read More
Title : Metabolism and ROS dynamics are differentially regulated by aminobutyric acid in a concentration dependent manner to induce immunity against B. cinerea in Arabidopsis.
Henry Christopher, KU Leuven, Belgium
The non-proteinogenic amino acid γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) rapidly accumulates in plant tissue in response to several biotic and abiotic stresses and has been associated with increased resistance. Besides its role in modulating the flux of carbon and energy in the TCA cycl [....] » Read More
Title : Recombinase polymerase amplification coupled with lateral flow tests for high sensitive detection of potato pathogens
Safenkova Irina, A.N. Bach Institute of Biochemistry, Russian Federation
Phytopathogenic bacteria, viruses and viroids are serious threats to agricultural and natural ecosystems. Rapid, accurate and sensitive screening tests are necessary to prevent worldwide spreading of plant diseases. Control of seed materials and field plantings requires methods f [....] » Read More
Title : Disease suppressive native strains of Trichoderma spp., their low cost effective mass multiplication on agro waste substrates and shelf life enhancement on antioxidant crops
Sunita Chandel, University of Horticulture and Forestry, India
arnation in India is in a declining phase under the protected environment by the continuous interference of biotic pressure exerted due to some soil borne pathogens such as Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. dianthi and Rhizoctonia solani mainly responsible to deteriorate the plant health [....] » Read More
Title : Differential expression pattern for C4 specific gene copies in rice grains and its relevance with the intermediate step in the C4 evolution
Parimalan Rangan, ICAR-National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, India
The ‘light reactions’ of photosynthesis are highly conserved while the carbon concentrating mechanism (CCM) part of the ‘dark reactions’ have evolved many times. In Poaceae, where C4 photosynthesis was evolved, independent evolution for the C4 trait was re [....] » Read More
Title : Engineering defense response in plants through miRNA mediated suppression of regulatory factors
Raj Kumar Joshi, Rama Devi Women’s University, India
on-coding RNAs are prominent modulators of transcriptional and post-transcriptional expression of genes in a wide range of biological processes. However, the repertoire and functions of microRNAs largely remains unexplored with respect to defense against fungal phytopathogens. In [....] » Read More
Title : Ethylene alone may play a key role in modulating induction of isoflavonoids, an important defense against herbivore insects in field grown soybean
Jorge A Zavala, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Solar radiation can enhance protection against insect pests and increase yield of crops, studies of plant secondary metabolites induced by solar UV-B radiation get more and more attention in the context of potential utilization in agriculture for increasing crop resistance to her [....] » Read More
Title : Assessment of aphrodisiac activity of Bryonia laciniosa and its ameliorative potential against chemically induced reproductive toxicity in male Wistar rats
Ranjeeta Mourya, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, India
Bryonia laciniosa is a climber herb distributed throughout India and commonly known as “Shivlingi”. The present study was conducted with the objectives to investigate the aphrodisiac and pro-fertility activity of ethanolic seed extract of Bryonia laciniosa as well as [....] » Read More
Title : Invertase inhibitors A novel target for regulation of sucrose yield and quality in sugarcane
Suresha Giriyapura Shivalingamurthy, ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute, India
A remarkable feature of sugarcane is its capacity to store sucrose to about 50% of its dry weight. However, at crop maturity when the sucrose concentration in the sink tissues reaches saturation, the action of invertase enzymes affects sucrose stabilization, and reduces sucrose y [....] » Read More
Title : Culture induced phenotype and methods to harden micro propagated plants
B N Hazarika, Central Agricultural University, India
The benefit of any micropropagation system only be fully realized if there is successful transfer of plantlets from tissueculture vessels to the ambient conditions. A substantial number of micropropagated plants do not survive on transfer from in vitro conditions to greenhouse or [....] » Read More
Title : Physiological and Biochemical characterization of GABA shunt pathway in pea Pisum sativum L. seedlings under drought stress
Nisreen A AL Quraan, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan
The physiological and biochemical role of γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) shunt pathway in green pea seedlings (Pisum sativum L.) was studied in response to soil water holding capacity levels: 80%, 60%, 40%, 20% and 10% grown under continuous light at 25ºC for 7 days and 14 [....] » Read More
Title : Genome wide association study on salt tolerance in rice at seedling stage under moderate salinity
Phan Thi Hong Nhung, Univesite catholique de Louvain, Belgium
Salt threatens rice cultivation in many countries. Hence, breeding new varieties with high salt tolerance is important. Methods: 1,332 rice accessions, including 767 indica accessions, 375 japonica accessions, 104 aus accessions, and 38 aromatic accessions from 3K Rice Genome Pro [....] » Read More
Title : Sorghum as a forage alternative in semi-arid regions of Northern Mexico
Juan Leonardo Rocha Valdez, Universidad Autonoma Agraria Antonio Narro, Mexico
I. Definition of the Ejido In the establishment of the starting point it is fundamental to define the ejido, according to Flores-Rodríguez (2008). “The ejido is a system of distribution and possession of the land that was institutionalized after the Mexican Revolutio [....] » Read More
Title : Alfalfa production Medicago sativa L. fertilizing the soil with organic sources based on vermicompost
Rafael Avila Cisneros, Antonio Narro Autonomous Agrarian University, Mexico
The research work presented below was carried out in the autumn - winter cycle of 2018 in the experimental field San Antonio de los Bravos of the UAAAN-UL, in Torreón Coahuila Mexico. Under a design of random block method experiments; establishing 6 fertilization treatment [....] » Read More
Title : Six sigma an option in bean production in Northern Mexico
Juan Leonardo Rocha Quinones, Universidad Autonoma Agraria Antonio Narro, Mexico
I n northern Mexico, the Saltillo pinto bean variety is one of the preferred varieties since the tolerance to accelerated browning of the grain provides farmers with a wider margin for the negotiation and sale of the product. The commercial success of the Saltillo pinto and its l [....] » Read More
Title : Metabolomic changes in overweight and obese people associated to the seasonality of plant-based products consumption
Lucia Gayoso, BCC Innovation Basque Culinary Center, Spain
besity has become a global epidemic and a major problem of public health due to its high impact on morbidity, mortality, quality of life and healthcare expenditure. Health policies have been focused on recommending healthy lifestyles, including diet and exercise. However new nutr [....] » Read More
Title : Epidemiology and control of emerging viruses in protected horticulture
Leticia Ruiz Garcia, IFAPA Centro La Mojonera, Spain
he cultivation of solanaceous and cucurbits crops is of great economic importance in Spain, and most of the production is located in in the south-east part of the country. Tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus (ToLCNDV) is an important bipartite begomovirus that affects crops belongin [....] » Read More