fenugreek (trigonella foenum-graecum l.), wild or cultivated, is widely distributed throughout the world and belongs to the fabacecae family. it is an old medicinal plant and has been commonly used as a traditional food and medicine. fenugreek is known to have hypoglycemic, and hypocholesterolaemic, effects. recent research has identified fenugreek as a valuable medicinal plant with potential f...

Department of Biology and Biotechnology “L. Spallanzani”, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy, Department of Plant Molecular Biology, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, India, 3 Plant Breeding, Genetics and Biotechnology Division, International Rice Research Institute, Los Baños, Philippines, 4 Faculty of Life Sciences, Kyoto Sangyo University, Kyoto, Japan...

The fundamental discoveries of Darwin and Mendel established the scientific basis for plant breeding and genetics at the turn of the 20th century. Similarly, the recent integration of advances in biotechnology, genomic research, and molecular marker applications with conventional plant breeding practices has created the foundation for molecular plant breeding, an interdisciplinary science that ...

this study was designed to investigate the effect of p. fluorescens fy32 inoculation on the activities of some antioxidant enzymes and ion concentration of two canola cultivars (sarigol and hyola308) under salinity stress (150 and 300 mm nacl) in the greenhouse condition (fall 2012, dept. of plant breeding and biotechnology, faculty of agriculture, university of tabriz). the experimental design...

Appropriate plant biotechnology applications could be a major tool in the fight against hunger and poverty, especially in developing economies. Some promising results have already been reported through a range of biotechnology applications, for example the mass propagation of plants through in vitro clonal propagation, use of molecular markers and marker assisted breeding to improve plant breed...

Biotechnology in its broadest sense refers to the use of living organisms or their components to provide useful products. This definition can include activities as diverse as making wine, beer, or bread; composting organic materials; releasing parasitic wasps to control insect pests; breeding plants or animals; and producing crops and livestock. In fact, agriculture itself can be considered to ...

Andrea HRICOVÁ*, Jozef FEJÉR, Gabriela LIBIAKOVÁ, Monika SZABOVÁ, Ján GAŽO, Alena GAJDOŠOVÁ Institute of Plant Genetics and Biotechnology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Nitra, Slovakia Department of Ecology, Prešov University, Prešov, Slovakia Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Slovak University of Agriculture, Nitra, Slovakia Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Slovak Universit...