sulforaphane (sfn) is an isothiocyanate which is produced through glucoraphanin hydrolysis via myrosinase activity. in the present study, sfn content and peroxidase activity has been assessed in treated lepidium draba seedlings with different concentrations of iron and copper during 8 and 16 hours treatment. the results showed that the sfn content drastically elevated at treatment with 1 mg/l f...

The average effect of two cloud seeding experiments (1957-1960; 1961, 1962, and 1964) over the Santa Catalina Mountains, Arizona, on the 24-hr precipitation at Walnut Gulch, 65 miles away, was an apparent 40% loss of rainfall (P = 0.025) on seeded, as opposed to not-seeded, experimental days. Larger apparent losses, some highly significant, were found for experimental days on which Walnut Gulch...

Polymorphic microsatellite markers were developed for the Ibero-North African, strict gypsophyte Lepidium subulatum to unravel the effects of habitat fragmentation in levels of genetic diversity, genetic structure and gene flow among its populations. Using 454 pyrosequencing 12 microsatellite loci including di- and tri-nucleotide repeats were characterized in L. subulatum. They amplified a tota...

By means of two stratifications of experimental days of the Whitetop Project-into categories E and W and into categories air mass and frontal-the effects of cloud seeding on precipitation downwind, upwind, and to the sides, up to 180 miles from the seeding line, were investigated. No significant effects were found for W and frontal days. On the other hand, for E and airmass days, significant an...

Here, we report the draft genome sequence of Pseudomonas viridiflava strain CDRTc14 a pectinolytic bacterium showing herbicidal activity, isolated from the root of Lepidium draba L. growing as a weed in an Austrian vineyard. The availability of this genome sequence allows us to investigate the genetic basis of plant-microbe interactions.

Ceutorhynchus assimilis has been selected as a potential biological control agent of Lepidium draba, which is a Eurasian invasive weed in North America. Preliminary studies indicated specificity of this weevil collected in southern France on L. draba. This result was in discord with the pest status of C. assimilis found in the literature. Host-specificity tests based both on field and laborator...

1049-9644/$ see front matter Published by Elsevier doi:10.1016/j.biocontrol.2009.10.006 * Corresponding author. Address: U.S. Departmen Research Service, Pest Management Research Unit, 150 59270, USA. Fax: +1 406 433 5038. E-mail addresses: [email protected], to Caesar). The association of Rhizoctonia spp. with insect-damaged and diseased tissue of the invasive perennial Lepidium drab...

Introduction: Lepidium draba L (L. draba) is one of the most valuable medicinal plants belonging to the nightshade family. This study was designed to evaluate anxiolytic effects of different doses of the methanolic extract of L. draba and also the role of benzodiazepine receptors. Method: In this study, 48 male mice weighing 25-30 g were used. The selected mice were randomly divided into 6 gro...