Pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan L.), a diploid legume crop, is a member of the tribe Phaseoleae. This tribe is descended from the millettioid (tropical) clade of the subfamily Papilionoideae, which includes many important legume crop species such as soybean (Glycine max), mung bean (Vigna radiata), cowpea (Vigna ungiculata), and common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris). It plays major role in food and nutriti...

Crude Amaryllidaceae alkaloids (AAs) extracted from Lycoris radiata are reported to exhibit significant anti-cancer activity. However, the specific alkaloids responsible for the pharmacodynamic activity and their targets still remain elusive. In this context, we strived to combine affinity ultrafiltration with topoisomerase I (Top I) as a target enzyme aiming to fish out specific bioactive AAs ...

Carbon dots or carbon nanoparticles (CNPs) are unique class of nanocarbons with photoluminescence property. Considering the biocompatibility CNPs, versatile biological applications have been documented including augmentation in photosynthesis. Significant attention has also paid towards electron donor-acceptor property industrial importance was increased too. Despite some scattered efforts CNPs...

Nitrogen is a crucial component that acts as building blocks for nucleic acids and proteins. It abundantly present in atmosphere of the earth but plants are not able to easily utilize it. Diazotrophic microorganisms such Rhizobium convert N2 make it available pulse crops. In study, total thirty-four isolates were recovered, from twenty-two with gram-negative-rods biochemically characterized. Mo...

In the present investigation, 15 genotypes were studied for morphological traits at Sorghum Research Station, Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapith, Parbhani during kharif 2021-2022 and observations taken on 20th, 40th, 60th DAS harvesting stage. Results revealed that Mean plant height varied from 5.35-55.47 cm in different varieties of greengram 20th to Highest mean was recorded genotype ...

Two hundred and thirty six soil samples from farmers’ fields in the Gumla and Saraikela districts of Jharkhand, and Jhabua and Mandla districts of Madhya Pradesh were analyzed for soil chemical fertility. Results showed deficiencies of sulphur (43 to 100% of samples), boron (69 to 98%), and zinc (5 to 73%). Majority of the farmers’ fields, except for those in the Saraikela district, fell in the...

An attempt was made to identify the role of peroxidase activity as well as the changes of peroxidase (POX) isozymes that control adventitious root formation at the base of hypocotyl cuttings of mung bean (Vigna radiata L. cv. 105). Three phases of the adventitious root formation process were identified; induction (0-24 h), initiation (24-72 h) and expression (after 72 h). The lower peroxidase a...