Amorphophallus commutatus ( Araceae) a rare cormous herb endemic to western ghats has been used by the tribes of sitamata wild life sanctuary, Rajasthan, India and tribes living in the Western Ghats, India for various ailments. The current study was carried out with an objective to investigate the enzymatic and non enzymatic contents of the tuber and leaves of the plant adopting eight enzymatic...

Salicylic acid (SA) is a signal in systemic acquired resistance and an inducer of the alternative oxidase protein in tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum cv Xanthi nc) cell suspensions and during thermogenesis in aroid spadices. The effects of SA on the levels of alternative oxidase protein and the pathogenesis-related 1a mRNA (a marker for systemic acquired resistance), and on the partitioning of electr...

In the present study, Randomly Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers were used to analyze the genetic diversity in 20 varieties of Philodendron. The polymerase chain reaction was performed with 60 RAPD primers, out of which 21 primers showed clear amplification as well as more polymorphism. In total, 354 scorable RAPD loci with 348 polymorphic bands (98%) were observed. Percentages of polymo...

Salicylic acid (SA) is a signal in systemic acquired resistance and an inducer of the alternative oxidase protein in tobacco (Nicofiana tabacum cv Xanthi nc) cell suspensions and during thermogenesis in aroid spadices. The effects of SA on the levels of alternative oxidase protein and the pathogenesis-related l a mRNA (a marker for systemic acquired resistance), and on the partitioning of elect...

The alternative oxidase (Aox) is encoded in two discrete gene subfamilies in higher plants. Aox1 is most widely known for its induction by stress stimuli in many tissues and is present in both monocot and eudicot plant species. Aox2, on the other hand, is usually constitutive or developmentally expressed in eudicot species but is absent from the genomes of all monocot species examined to date. ...

(2847) Anthurium microspadix Schott in Oesterr. Bot. Z. 8: 180. Jun 1858 [Angiosp.: Ar.], nom. cons. prop. Neotypus (hic designatus): Costa Rica, Cartago, Cantón de Jiménez, Selva, Tausito, 18 Jan 1996, Cascante & al. 924 (MO No. 4961354, barcode MO-928001; isoneotypus: CR). (=) porrectum 1858, rej. Lectotypus (vide Croat Baker Brenesia 16(Supl. 1): 61. Dec 1979): Desengaño, 8000’, 9 Mai 1857, ...