Beauveria bassiana is an entomopathogenic fungus that is used as a biopesticide for the control of many insect pests in agriculturally important crops. B. bassiana produces many extracellular hydrolytic enzymes that degrade the insect cuticle. Among them, the fungal exochitinase...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i2231470
C. K. Rajesh, K. K. Kumar, C. Kavitha, G. Karthikeyan & K. Soorianathasundaram·Advances in Research·2020
The study involved two auxins viz., 2,4-D (2,4-Diclorophenoxyacetic acid) and picloram at three different concentrations (1,2, 3 mg/L) in full strength MS media to study their comparative influence on induction of somatic embryogenesis from immature zygotic embryos of two gynodio...
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Research Article10.9734/air/2020/v21i430196
An efficient indirect somatic embryogenesis protocol for Carica papaya var TNAU Papaya CO.8 was developed using immature zygotic embryos as an explant. Two growth regulators namely 2,4-D and picloram each at 1, 2, 3 mg/L were tested for callus induction and the highest callus ind...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i330510
Aim: To check the effect of mutation on the binding affinity of Starch branching enzyme II with maltopentaose substrate. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Bioinformatics, Centre for Plant Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbator...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i2231434
Knock out of the Starch branching Enzyme [SBE] encoding genes lead to increase in the Apparent Amylose Content in cereals. Reduced SBE activity decreases the frequency of branch points in the Amylopectin fraction, while increasing the Amylose Content [AC]. AC is positively correl...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i203847
Banana bunchy top virus (BBTV) is one of the major viruses causing high yield loss in bananas. The study was carried out to gain a better understanding of the host and virus interaction and to explore the adaptive mechanism and biochemical responses in banana cultivars viz., Rast...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v38i630416
Tomatoes are the most popular vegetable crop worldwide and contain many health-promoting compounds. Most foods contain very little amount of vitamin D, and plants are very poor sources in the production of vitamin D. The 7-dehydrocholesterol reductase gene (Sl7-DR2) is responsibl...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i203811
N. Tanuja, A. Ramanathan, S. Varanavasiappan, E. Kokila Devi, L. Arul, D. Sudhakar, S. Vanitha, K. Soorianathasundaram & K. K. Kumar·Advances in Research·2019
Banana Bunchy Top Disease (BBTD) is one of the most severe viral diseases affecting major banana growing belts in India. Banana Bunchy Top Virus (BBTV) is transmitted by a black banana aphid (Pentalonia nigronervosa L Coquerel) in a persistent manner. BBTV virions are limited to...
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Research Article10.9734/air/2019/v20i430163