UNLABELLED To characterize the metabolic signatures of lipid accumulation in Jatropha curcas seeds, comparative proteomic technique was employed to profile protein changes during the seed development. Temporal changes in comparative proteome were examined using gels-based proteomic technique at six developmental stages for lipid accumulation. And 104 differentially expressed proteins were ident...

BACKGROUND: Humic acid is a natural polymeric composition which is produced as a result of decaying organic matters in soil, peat and lignin to increase crop product. OBJECTIVES: Assessment the effect of different irrigation regime and humic acid on red bean production and correlation coefficient between measured traits. METHODS: Cu...

A simple, nondestructive PCR-based screening method has been developed for identifying putative transgenic soft white winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) carrying the coat protein gene of wheat streak mosaic virus. Removal of the endosperm end of individual seed provided sufficient material for DNA extraction and PCR. DNA from seed is more free of the secondary, metabolites found in leaf tissue...

Disease severity was recorded 2 weeks after planting when seedlings were still at the primary leaf stage. In all of the rows planted with inoculated seeds, some of the plants were symptomless and others had leaf spots and puckering symptoms characteristic of bacterial brown spot. No difference in type or severity of symptoms was noted in any of the treatments. None of the treatments resulted in...

Expansins are plant proteins that can induce extension of isolated cell walls and are proposed to mediate cell expansion. Three expansin genes were expressed in germinating tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) seeds, one of which (LeEXP4) was expressed specifically in the endosperm cap tissue enclosing the radicle tip. The other two genes (LeEXP8 and LeEXP10) were expressed in the embryo and ...

Glutathione/ glutathione disulfide and ascorbic acid /dehydroascorbateare two major redox pairs that control the redox-state in a developing seed.Recently these redox compounds have been shown to exert strong positive effectson embryo development in several plants including white spruce. A picture isemerging that early-stage embryo development occurs best in the presence of a<lb...