Summary Understanding pathogen-agrosystem interaction is particularly essential when applying a control method to minimize pathogen prevalence prior plant infection. To meet this requirement, frequency of major root rot pathogens isolated from bean and seed, their soil populations were examined in farmers’ fields. Multivariate analyses evidenced more frequent isolations Fusarium solani Rhizocto...

Quantifying the contributions of insect pollinators to crops provides insight into how pollination services should be managed and protected future. Faba bean, Vicia faba var minor (Linneaus), is a widely grown crop globally that can benefit from pollinator visitation, but only species are morphologically compatible with plant's long-corollae flowers. Here, we rank in terms their potential impor...

The type of stem growth is one the key features in determining plant architectonics. Stem an economically important trait. It interconnects with length, flowering duration, yield, resistance to lodging, and suitability mechanized cultivation. Mutations TFL1 gene its homologs have been demonstrated change meristem indeterminacy across genera. aim this work was characterize compare structural org...

Nutritional performance and activity of some digestive enzymes (protease and α-amylase) of Helicoverpa armigera Hübner (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in response to feeding on bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L. (Fabales: Fabaceae)) cultivars (Shokufa, Akhtar, Sayyad, Naz, Pak, Daneshkadeh, and Talash) were evaluated under laboratory conditions (25 ± 1°C, 65 ± 5% RH, and a 16:8 L:D photoperiod). The highest ...

Background and purpose: As an herbal medicine, adzuki bean has been practiced since the Tang Dynasty of China to maintain health and control weight; this practice is still very popular in China nowadays. However, it is still lack of sufficient scientific basis to explain scientific principle of this popular civil practice in weight control using adzuki bean. The purpose of this study was to ver...

Cropping systems with legumes play key roles in farming sub-Saharan Africa. However, how commonly legume associations perform low input-systems is not well-known. Here, we studied four species used three rotation upland rice, i.e., groundnut monocropping, sorghum–cowpea intercropping, and velvet bean–crotalaria two fertilization managements on the previous manure alone or complemented mineral f...

The microbiomes of rhizocompartments (nodule endophytes, root endophytes, rhizosphere and root zone) in soya bean and alfalfa were analysed using high-throughput sequencing to investigate the interactions among legume species, microorganisms and soil types. A clear hierarchical filtration of microbiota by plants was observed in the four rhizocompartments - the nodule endosphere, root endosphere...

In tropical regions, soil acidity and low soil fertility are the most important yield-limiting factors for sustainable crop production. Using legume cover crops as mulch is an important strategy not only to protect the soil loss from erosion but also to ameliorate soil fertility. Information is limited regarding tolerances of tropical legume cover crops to acid soils. A greenhouse experiment wa...

The amino acid sequences of sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) and castor (Ricinus communis L.) cytochrome c were determined by using 1.5mumol of protein from each species. Both molecules consist of a single chain of 111 amino acid residues and are homologous with other mitochondrial cytochrome c molecules. Both have an N-acetylated ;tail' of eight amino acids and two in-N-trimethyl-lysine residues, a...