Vegetable grafting for disease management was first used successfully when watermelon grafted onto a Cucurbita moschata rootstock overcame Fusarium wilt. Interspecific has since been effectively to mitigate several soilborne pathogens in variety of solanaceous and cucurbitaceous cropping systems. Verticillium wilt caused by dahliae is significant crops difficult manage. Current practices, inclu...

Background: Citrullus colocynthis is a plant of the Cucurbitaceous family, native to arid soils. Coloquine common in humid and moderately dry tropical regions Algeria. The present study aims evaluate vitro anti-free radical activity C. fruit extract on diabetic rats by evaluation impact these extracts eight (08) blood parameters. Methods: Following daily intraperitoneal injection 1 ml Alloxan h...

In vitro gene expression strategy was used for the production of polyclonal antiserum to the nucleocapsid protein (NP) of Groundnut bud necrosis virus (GBNV). The GBNV NP gene from cowpea isolate was cloned into 6x His-tagged UA cloning vector and expressed in Escherichia coli [M15] cells. The fusion protein was detected in insoluble fraction and was purified by using Ni-NTA agarose resin. The ...

Colletotrichum orbiculare is the causative agent of anthracnose disease on cucurbitaceous plants. Several signaling pathways, including cAMP-PKA and mitogen-activating protein kinase (MAPK) pathways are involved in the infection-related morphogenesis and pathogenicity of C. orbiculare. However, upstream regulators of these pathways for this species remain unidentified. In this study, CoIRA1, en...

Momordica dioica is a perennial, dioecious, cucurbitaceous climbing creeper (commonly known as kakrol, spiny gourd or teasle gourd). It is native to Asia with extensive distribution in India and Bangladesh. It is used not only as preventive and curative agent for various diseases but also as vegetable with a significant nutritional value over thousands of years. This review aims to take an atte...