Anthracnose (Colletotrichum cereale Manns sensu lato Crouch, Clarke & Hillman) has been a devastating disease on annual bluegrass (ABG) [Poa annua L. f. reptans (Hausskn.) T. Koyama] putting green turf over the past 15 yr. The objectives of this 2-yr fi eld trial on ABG were to evaluate the impact of mowing height (2.8, 3.2, and 3.6 mm), mowing frequency (seven and 14 times wk–1), lightweight r...

Ann Natl Acad Med Sci (India), 52(2): 100-108, 2016 Correspondence : Dr. Milind Madhukar Gore, National Institute of Virology, Gorakhpur Unit, BRD Medical College campus, Gorakhpur 273 013 (UP). DR. PRAN NATH CHHUTTANI ORATION delivered during NAMSCON 2015 at the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna.

This work develops a loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay that detects the presence of bacterial pathogens (Pasteurella multocida, Mannheimia haemolytica, and Histophilus somni) for bovine respiratory disease complex (BRD) in crude nasal samples. Diagnosing BRD involves physical examination cattle expressing symptoms linked to disease. Unfortunately, these are not unique alone do...

Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in feedlot cattle. herpesvirus-1 (BHV-1) one main culprits BRD; however, research on BHV-1 hampered by lack suitable models for infection drug testing. In this study, we established a novel bovine tracheal organoid culture grown basement membrane extract type 2 (BME2) matrix compared it with air–liquid interface (A...

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a progressive and ultimately fatal disease characterized by elevated blood pressure in the pulmonary artery. The pathogenesis of PAH is driven by hyperproliferation of vascular smooth muscle cells in a hyperinflammatory environment, with local accumulation of innate immune cells, such as macrophages, and increased levels of inflammatory cytokines such as...