A natural lectin from the seed of peanut Arachis hypogaea was purified by singlestep affinity chromatography using galactoside-coupled agarose. The native molecular mass of purified A. hypogaea lectin (PN-L) was 29 kDa. The lectin PN-L was detected for agglutinating activity, glycoinhibiting action and thermostability. The influence of pH on those activities was also tested. The results showed ...

The Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of hairy roots creates a rapid and simple means to introduce and express foreign genes in plant cells that are capable of synthesizing specific natural products. We describe a method for the production of transgenic hairy root cultures of peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) using Agrobacterium rhizogenes R1000, a strain with the binary vector pBI121. We evalua...

Peanut is a legume crop that belongs to the family of Fabaceae, genus Arachis, and botanically named as Arachis hypogaea. Peanuts are consumed in many forms such as boiled peanuts, peanut oil, peanut butter, roasted peanuts, and added peanut meal in snack food, energy bars and candies. Peanuts are considered as a vital source of nutrients. Nutrition plays an important role in growth and energy ...

Groundnut is susceptible to a range of diseases and pests owing to its narrow genetic base. Closely related wild relatives of groundnut are diploid, and crossability between diploid wild relatives and tetraploid cultivated groundnut is difficult. Amphidiploid and autotetraploid groundnuts, which are tetraploids (also called synthetic groundnut), were developed at ICRISAT. Crossability between c...

The corn milling industry has widely accepted the presence of bright greenish-yellow fluorescence under a black light as a presumptive indicator of aflatoxin (a poison produced by the mold Aspergillus flavus). This test was applied to wheat, oats, barley, rice, coconut, white corn, yellow corn, peanuts, sorghum, and soybeans, and evaluated in the laboratory. Our study supported the use of brigh...

Three commercial peanut varieties (Starr Spanish, Florunner, and Florigiant) were grown in field plots treated with 0, 1, and 4 kg dieldrin per hectare. Soil samples were taken at planting; soil and aerial portions were sampled 10 weeks into the growing season. Peanuts were grown to maturity (16 weeks), harvested, and dried before shelling. Soils, hay, shells, and meats were analyzed for dieldr...

Fifty genotypes of groundnut were classified into five and seven clusters in D and Metroglyph methods of analyses respectively. Harvest Index and 100-seed weight were the main contributors to total divergence as per metroglyph analysis. The characters on X and Y axes in scattered metroglyph diagram determine the grouping of genotypes, hence it poses a problem for judicious selection of these ch...

The goal of this study was to obtain basic data for the clinical evaluation of full dentures, and to investigate quantitatively and three dimensionaly for every phase of mandibular movement, the mobility at the anterior teeth of maxillary full dentures during function. The subjects were seven people having maxillary and mandibular full dentures with good retention and stability. Measurements we...