In order to evaluate effect of salinity on germination and early seedling growth of lentils a laboratory experiment was conducted at Biotech Research Center of the University of Zabol, in 2011. The experimental design was a completely randomized with five NaCl solution, together with seven replicates. The seeds were germinated in Petri dishes, on with 10 mL of either double-distilled water (con...

In 2019 and 2020, charcoal rot symptoms were observed on lentil plants in fields located the Northwest of Algeria (Mascara Tiaret Relizane). Based morphological molecular identification using internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequence analyses, two representative isolates identified as Macrophomina pseudophaseolina. Pathogenicity tests performed Koch’s postulates verified fulfilled. To our know...

In the article title of the original publication, the word ''polyphenol'' was incorrectly published as ''ployphenol''. The correct article title should read as follows. ''High quality RNA isolation from polyphenol-, poly-saccharide-and protein-rich tissues of lentil (Lens culinaris)'' Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permi...

The Lens culinaris agglutinin-reactive fraction of AFP (AFP-L3) is widely used to screen for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in Japan and China. We developed a chemiluminescent protein microarray for determining the AFP-L3/AFP index (the ratio of AFP-L3 to total AFP, AFP-L3%) by fixing AFP-specific antibodies and Lens culinaris lectin on aldehyde-coated glass slides. Serum samples were tested fo...

Essential thrombocythemia is a myeloproliferative disorder characterized by frequent bleeding and thrombotic complications. On a molecular level, two abnormalities of platelet thrombospondin have been identified: abnormal glycosylation of the intact 185,000-dalton chain has been detected and a shortened form of the thrombospondin chain is present. We have used two monoclonal antibodies and Lens...