Nitrogen (N) is both an important macronutrient and a signal for plant growth and development. However, the early regulatory mechanism of plants in response to N starvation is not well understood, especially in cucumber, an economically important crop that normally consumes excessive N during production. In this study, the early time-course transcriptome response of cucumber leaves under N defi...

Cucumber plants exhibiting virus-like disease symptoms were collected in various gardens and greenhouses in Lithuania. Viral diseases were expressed by symptoms of mosaicmottling, yellow ringspots and vein necrosis of leaves. Growth and fruiting of plants were reduced. Results of the identification of viruses detected in cucumbers by the RT-PCR technique are presented here. Identification of ca...

Background/Introduction: Wild bitter gourd (Momordica charantia L. var. abbreviate Seringe) common vegetable in Asia, is used in traditional medicine to treat various diseases, including inflammation. Extant literature indicates that wild bitter gourds have components that activate PPARα and PPARγ. This research probed influence of adding wild bitter gourd to diets on inflammation responses in ...

In North Carolina, approximately 8% of the cucumber (Cucumis sativus) yield is lost to root-knot nematodes (Meloidogyne spp.) (Main and Gurtz, 1989). No resistance was found in cucumber after screening of 900 cultigens for resistance to Meloidogyne incognita race 3 (Walters, 1991). African horned cucumber (Cucumis metuliferus) has resistance to M. incognita (Fassuliotis, 1967; Walters, 1991), a...

We have previously shown that the 15-amino acid carboxyl-terminal propeptide of probarley lectin is necessary for the proper sorting of this protein to the plant vacuole. A mutant form of the protein lacking the carboxyl-terminal propeptide is secreted. To test whether the carboxyl-terminal propeptide is the vacuole sorting determinant of probarley lectin, we examined in transgenic tobacco the ...

Much work has been done on the isolation, purification, and characterization of the RNA-directed RNA polymerase (EC 2.7.7.48) of cucumber mosaic virus (CMV)-infected cucumbers. Uninfected plants were reported to have no such enzyme, but we recently detected low levels of the activity in cucumber. Since tobacco and cowpea contain such an enzyme that is variably increased in amount by various vir...

The gustatory and olfactory systems are the only two systems in which stimuli act directly on the receptor. There are five taste categories which have been identified as gustatory stimuli: sweet, salty, bitter, sour, and umami (MSG). Bitter and sour are known as aversive stimuli and help mammals avoid toxic and spoiled foods. Although both are similar in that they are aversive, they work throug...

This article deals with the study of antiwear and antifriction properties of bitter rapeseed oil and sesame oil and their blends containing numerous amounts of benzoic acid at variable temperatures. The experimental results indicate that bitter rapeseed oil exhibits good antiwear and antifriction properties as compared to sesame oil under the same experimental conditions. The addition of benzoi...

Objective(s):Sea cucumber is one of the classes of echinoderms, which is considered as a health marine product and possess various biological characteristics with therapeutic application. The present investigation attempted to evaluate the potential of anti-cancer Persian Gulf sea cucumber species Holothuria arenicola (H. arenicola) aqueous extract on mice colon carcinoma cells in vitro and in ...