The phytochemicals present in the grapes are responsible for nutraceutical and health benfits due to their antioxidant properties. These phytochemicals, however, vary greatly among different cultivars. In this study, we evaluated the antioxidant potential and protective role of four different Indian grape (Vitis vinifera) cultivars extracts, namely Flame seedless (Black grapes), Kishmish chorni...

This is an introductory exposition to background material useful to appreciate various formulations of the Mordell–Lang conjecture (now established by recent spectacular work due to Vojta, Faltings, Hrushovski, Buium, Voloch, and others). It gives an exposition of some of the elementary and standard constructions of algebro-geometric models (rather than model-theoretic ones) with applications (...

Food (energy) consumption rates ofMeloidogyne incognita were calculated on Vitis vinifera cv. French Colombard (highly susceptible) and cv. Thompson Seedless (moderately resistant). One-month-old grape seedlings in styrofoam cups were inoculated with 2,000 or 8,000 M. incognita second-stage juveniles (J2) and maintained at 17.5 degree days (DD - base 10 C)/day until maximum adult female growth ...

Prediction and validation of microRNA (miRNA) targets are essential for understanding functions of miRNAs in gene regulation. Crosslinking immunoprecipitation (CLIP) allows direct identification of a huge number of Argonaute-bound target sequences that contain miRNA binding sites. By analysing data from CLIP studies, we identified a comprehensive list of sequence, thermodynamic and target struc...

The two-spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae Koch, has caused significant damage to vineyards in the valley of São Francisco River Brazil. Neoseiulus idaeus Denmark & Muma is one most abundant species predatory mites on vines this region. This study evaluated population growth rates T. leaves two grape (Vitis vinifera L.) cultivars (‘Italia’ and ‘Superior Seedless’) jack bean [Canavalia ens...

Citrus reproductive biology is complex. One of its characteristic features parthenocarpy that enables seedless fruit production. and self-incompatibility knowledge only partial sometimes discrepant. Increasing such relevant for better managing cultivated varieties improving the selection parents in breeding strategies to recover as mandarins. This work develops an efficient protocol characteriz...

Citrus species have a “wet”-type stigma with abundant exudate, and their style contains numerous canals. For successful seed formation, the process includes pollen grain germination on stigma, tube development growth through and, ultimately, ovule fertilization. However, preventing fertilization can be useful for many agronomic plant-breeding purposes, such as seedless fruits or developing new ...