Root-knot nematode penetration and morphopathlogy of the infection sites were studied in roots, stem and hypocotyls of Luffa cylindrica, L. and effect of combined inoculation of Vesicular Arbuscular Mycorrhizae (VAM) fungi included Glomus mossae, Glomus intraradices, G. fasciculatum, Acaulospora sp. and Meloidogyne incognita (Root-knot Nematode) were investigated. The maximum number and size of...

Aluminum severely affects the growth of the cyanobacterium Anabaena cylindrica and induces symptoms indicating phosphorus starvation. Preor post-treating the cells with high (90 micromolar) phosphorus reduces the toxicity of aluminum compared to cells receiving a lower orthophosphate concentration. In this study aluminum (ranging from 9 to 36 micromolar) and phosphorus concentrations were chose...

Plant-derived natural fibers have recently been used as a promising reinforcement in polymer matrix composites. Fibers from the inner sponge of luffa cylindrica fruit subject several studies various resins. However, no research has done on Sponge Gourd Outer Skin Fiber (SGOSF). The present work is aimed to extract and characterize chemical physical properties novel lignocellulosic fiber obtaine...

Abstract Background To address the lack of evidence supporting invasion by three invasive plant species ( Imperata cylindrica, Lantana camara, and Chromolaena odorata ) in tropical ecosystems, we compared ecophysiological leaf anatomical traits these alien with those native to Sempu Island, Indonesia. Data on four were obtained from TRY Plant Trait Database, measured using transverse sections. ...

Recent work in the Triticum-Aegilops complex demonstrates that allopolyploidization is associated with an array of changes in low-copy coding and noncoding sequences. Nevertheless, the behavior and fate of repetitive DNA elements that constitute the bulk of nuclear DNA of these plant species is less clear following allopolyploidy. To gain further insight into the genomic events that accompany a...

The Hardness (Ha) locus controls grain hardness in hexaploid wheat (Triticum aestivum) and its relatives (Triticum and Aegilops species) and represents a classical example of a trait whose variation arose from gene loss after polyploidization. In this study, we investigated the molecular basis of the evolutionary events observed at this locus by comparing corresponding sequences of diploid, ter...