One of the major allergenic food or food constituent is peanut, in which a number of allergenic proteins have been described (Ara h1-9). Until now, the relative contribution of the individual peanut allergens to clinical food allergic responses is not known. Therefore, the present studies aimed to elucidate the relative contribution of Ara h1, 2, 3, and 6 to peanut allergy in a mouse model. For...

This study aimed to evaluate the impacts of cover crop intercropping and poultry manure on soil physical quality indices tung growth in a tung-based agroforestry system. Materials Methods: The two-year experiment was conducted during winter summer periods 2012/2013 2013/2014 growing seasons southern Brazil, randomized complete block design four replications. During periods, treatments consisted...

Aspergillus flavus is a soil fungus that commonly invades peanut seeds and often produces carcinogenic aflatoxins. Under favorable conditions, the fungus-challenged peanut plant produces and accumulates resveratrol and its prenylated derivatives in response to such an invasion. These prenylated stilbenoids are considered peanut antifungal phytoalexins. However, the mechanism of peanut-fungus in...

Genetic engineering offers great potential for developing peanut cultivars resistant to a broad spectrum of pathogens that pose a recurring threat to peanut health. In an effort to improve the disease resistance of peanuts, three transgenic peanut lines were developed. Somatic embryos of the peanut cultivar Okrun were transformed by inserting a chitinase gene from rice and/or a β-1-3-glucanase ...

Purpose: Over and under dose application of nitrogen (N) phosphorus (P) leads to inferior growth yield reduction in field crops. Different nutrients have synergetic antagonistic effects according soil properties, climate, crop type management practices at the same time. Research Methods: In this study, we tried explore combined effect N P on peanut phenology, status. Three (N1=20, N2=40, N3=60 ...

Groundnut or peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) is one of the important economic oilseed crops of the world. The cultivated groundnut belongs to family Fabaceae, subfamily Papilionaceae. Groundnut is grown in nearly 100 countries. It occupies 21.7 million ha worldwide with a total production of 38.6 million tonnes during 2011 (FAOSTAT, 2011). Among the soil-borne fungal diseases of groundnut, stem ro...

BACKGROUND Lipid transfer protein (LTP) is a widely cross-reacting plant pan-allergen, and sensitized patients may react to many foods. Although peanut allergy is frequently reported by LTP-allergic patients, the evidence of the presence of an allergen homologous to LTP in peanuts is limited. OBJECTIVE To assess the prevalence of peanut allergy in patients sensitized to LTP, detect any allerg...

BACKGROUND The prevalence of peanut allergy has increased in developed countries, but little is known about developing countries with high peanut consumption and widespread parasitic infections. OBJECTIVE We sought to investigate peanut allergy in Ghana. METHODS In a cross-sectional survey among Ghanaian schoolchildren (n = 1604), data were collected on reported adverse reactions to peanut,...

Peanut allergy affects 1-2% of the world's population. It is dangerous, and usually lifelong, and it greatly decreases the life quality of peanut-allergic individuals and their families. In a word, peanut allergy has become a major health concern worldwide. Thirteen peanut allergens are identified, and they are briefly introduced in this paper. Although there is no feasible solution to peanut a...

BACKGROUND Many children develop a sensitization to peanut in early infancy, even before peanut is introduced in their diet. Sensitization is particularly common in young children with eczema. There have been scant data available to date on the sensitization pattern for specific peanut allergens in this patient group. The aim of this study was to investigate the allergen profile of infants and ...