Arcelins are abundant seed storage proteins thought to be implicated in the resistance of wild Phaseolus vulgaris (L.) genotypes against Zabrotes subfasciatus (Boheman), an important storage insect pest of common bean. Here, the insecticidal activity of the arcelin-5 variant that is present in the highly resistant P. vulgaris accession G02771 was investigated. No correlation could be establishe...

Arcelin is a novel seed protein first found in several accessions of the wild Mexican bean, Phaseolus vulgaris L. var aborigeneus (8). It is closely related to bean lectin, both at the amino acid and nucleotide levels (5). There are five allelic variants of arcelin (4, 6). The Arc 1 (Table I, Fig. 1) protein migrates as two bands on polyacrylamide gels with Mr of 35,000 to 38,000. These two ban...

In human cells, transfection of telomeric T2AG3 repeats induces the formation of functional telomeres at previously interstitial sites. We report that telomere formation has stringent sequence requirements. While (T2AG3)n telomere seeds formed telomeres in approximately 70% of the transfected cells, five T2AG3-related heterologous telomeric DNAs seeded new telomeres in < 5% of the transfectants...

Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is an important crop worldwide. The physiological deterioration of seeds during storage and seed priming is closely associated with germination, and thus contributes to plant growth and subsequent grain yields. In this study, wheat seeds during different stages of artificial ageing (45°C; 50% relative humidity; 98%, 50%, 20%, and 1% Germination rates) and priming (h...

To assess the quality of test suites, mutation analysis seeds artificial defects (mutations) into programs; a nondetected mutation indicates a weakness in the test suite. We present an automated approach to generate unit tests that detect these mutations for object-oriented classes. This has two advantages: First, the resulting test suite is optimized towards finding defects rather than coverin...

A two stage approach for burnt scar detection from single date multispectral medium spatial resolution optical remote sensing data (AWIFS) has been developed. The approach includes first an identification of burnt scar seeds based on a learning algorithm followed by a region growing process. An Artificial Neural Network (ANN) and a Classification tree (CT) were tested as learning algorithms. Bo...

Jadera choprai Göllner-Scheiding (Heteroptera: Rhopalidae) feeds on the ground on mature seeds of Cardiospermum halicacabum (L.) (Sapindaceae). Laboratory observations indicated that females dug a hole of ca. 0.5 cm in the the soil with the forelegs, laid eggs, and covered them with lose soil. In artificial conditions, females buried the eggs in over 60 % of the ovipositions, and nymphs were ab...

This study’s objective was to determine if there a difference in aggressiveness between the Diaporthe longicolla and pseudolongicolla isolates infecting soybean seeds. An artificial inoculation performed under laboratory conditions greenhouse on cultivar (Tisa) created breeding program of Agricultural Institute Osijek represented large-scale production Republic Croatia. attempt made discover wh...

Abstract: Analyses of germination seeds under artificial stress conditions are tools for a better understanding the survival and adaptation capacity species natural conditions. Therefore, aim this study was to evaluate effect priming on seed germination, breaking dormancy, length Urochloa brizantha seedlings water restriction salt A completely randomized experimental design used with four repli...