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
Hydroponics study was conducted to screen eight rice genotypes (CO 51, ADT 53, ADT 37, IR 64, CO 43, ASD 16, Pokkali; TRY 3) under salinity stress on early seedling stage. Two Saline treatments (75 and 100 mM NaCl) were given at 15 days old seedling; observations were recorded at...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2020/v32i830317
Crop management is one of the most important factors in modern agricultural activity. Studying the balance of growth stages and supplying optimal quantities of mineral nutrients and hormones to growing plants is essential to improve yield in short duration cotton varieties. In re...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i4031113
Halotolerant plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (HTPGPR) are beneficial microbes that can be exploited to mitigate the negative effects of soil salinity on crops. In the current investigation, eight saline soil samples collected from 2 mangrove ecosystems of Tamil Nadu (Chidamb...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i193732
A prominent rice pest, brown planthopper (BPH) significantly reduces the grain yield in rice across the globe and employing chemical pesticides leads to unwarranted environmental issues. Breeding for BPH resistance is an essential strategy to mitigate the losses caused by them. H...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i183449
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
Cotton, known as “the King of fibers”, is the predominant fiber in the Indian textile industry. Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) represent a potential sustainable alternative for the enhancement and protection of crops. The germination and seedling growth of cotton can...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2021/v33i2430809
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
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