background: rotaviruses cause diarrhea in infants and young children worldwide. rotavirus outer capsid protein, vp7 is major neutralizing antigen that is important component of subunit vaccine to prevent rotavirus infection. many efforts have been done to produce recombinant vp7 that maintain native characteristics. we used baculovirus expression system to produce rotavirus vp7 protein and to s...

A partial diallel design was used among 20 maize inbred lines to form 110 F1 hybrids to generate information on the values of these lines for developing insect resistant maize varieties during the short rains season of 2006. The hybrids were evaluated for resistance to the C. partellus and B. fusca, and for agronomic performance over two seasons during long and short rains of 2007 at a mid-alti...

Most homeowners have little knowledge of these troublesome insects and what it takes to get rid of them. Our understanding of termites has progressed considerably in recent years. New management tools including the use of baits have begun to emerge. As more termite control companies begin to offer baiting as an option, homeowners will have many questions. This publication will help homeowners m...

The innate immune system is an ancient component of host defense. Since innate immunity pathways are well conserved throughout many eukaryotes, immune genes in model animals can be used to putatively identify homologous genes in newly sequenced genomes of non-model organisms. With the initiation of the "i5k" project, which aims to sequence 5,000 insect genomes by 2016, many novel insect genomes...

Background and Aims: Each year, the influenza virus causes moderate to severe infections with a high prevalence throughout the world. Accordingly, an influenza vaccine that ensures protection with only a single dose would be a much more cost effective approach to influenza prophylaxis. Generation of Influenza non-replicating virus-like particles (VLP) in baculoviral expression system is an attr...

pyramiding genes related to grain quality and resistance through marker assisted selection (mas) is an important approach in rice breeding programs. marker-assisted selection can be used for monitoring the presence or absence of these genes in breeding populations and can be combined with conventional breeding approaches. this study is a part of cultivar development program in iran through inte...