A small fast neutron (FN) mutant population has been established from Phaseolus vulgaris cv. Red Hawk. We leveraged the available P. vulgaris genome sequence and high throughput next generation DNA sequencing to examine the genomic structure of five P. vulgaris cv. Red Hawk FN mutants with striking visual phenotypes. Analysis of these genomes identified three classes of structural variation (SV...

1. An increasing number of studies have addressed the mechanisms by which plant inter-specific variation influence interactions at higher trophic levels, but little is known about the underlying plant traits driving these dynamics. 2. Here we investigated the effects of host plant species on herbivore-parasitoid interactions and the underlying traits driving such effects. For this, we measured ...

Changes in the structural and functional properties of collagen caused by advanced glycation might be of importance for the etiology of late complications in diabetes. The present study was undertaken to investigate the influence of oral administration of aqueous pod extract (200 mg/kg body weight) of Phaseolus vulgaris, an indigenous plant used in Ayurvedic Medicine in India, on collagen conte...

The plant Artemisia vulgaris is a perennial weed, belongs to the family Asteraceae, and locally known as Tarkha in Dir and Swat regions of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K.P.K), Pakistan. The present study aimed to evaluate the larvicidal activity of methanol extracts of roots, stem and leaves of Artemisia vulgaris against Culex quinquefasciatus. The 3 and 4 instars larvae of Culex quinquefasciatus were e...

Introduction: Acne vulgaris (AV) is one of the most common skin disorders among youth. A cross-sectional study was conducted to analyze association between bubble tea consumption and prevalence acne medical students. Method: Subjects were obtained from consecutive sampling. There 91 eligible subjects meeting inclusion criteria. Data collected using questionnaires. Examinations through observati...

This study was conducted to investigate the effect of Rhizobium inoculation and the supply of Mo and lime on the uptake of macroelements in P. vulgaris. To achieve this aim, experiments were conducted at the glasshouse of the Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Cape Town (i.e. from August 2008 to January 2009) and field experiment at the Agricultural Research Council (ARC) Nietvoorbij site...

The antimicrobial efficacy of methanol, ethyl acetate, chloroform and butanol extracts of fungus Chaetomium cupreum was determined by employing well diffusion and broth micro-dilution techniques. Chaetomium species are the largest genus of saprophytic ascomycetous fungus, which belongs to the class Sordariomyetes and family Chaetomiaceae. Ethyl acetate and butanol extracts exhibited antibacteri...

During an evaluation of selective plating media for identification of coagulase-positive staphylococci in foods, two strains of Proteus vulgaris produced wider zones of acidity on plates containing NaCl than on those without the salt. Subsequent experiments showed that NaCl was responsible and that it also increased acid production in broth. Because P. vulgaris frequently interferes with the is...

A novel carbapenem, SF2103A, is a strong inhibitor of various types of 3-lactamase. Equimolar concentrations of SF2103A completely inactivated the cephalosporinases of Proteus vulgaris and Citrobacter freundii and type lb and type II penicillinases mediated by R plasmids in a progressive manner. The inactivation of the two penicillinases and P. vulgaris cephalosporinase was apparently irreversi...