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
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
The powdery mildew are the most common diseases which widely affect crops in many countries. The mildew infection appeared on leaves, petiole, buds, inflorescence and other tender tissues of crops causing 65% of the crop loss. Even though the fungicidal spray to control the disea...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i930913
Black pepper (Piper nigrum L.) is grown extensively across many parts of Tamil Nadu. Pepper production is greatly affected by the fungal wilt complex diseases. In this study, the major pepper growing regions of Tamil Nadu were surveyed for two wilt complex diseases viz., slow wil...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i203816
Tomato spotted wilt, a disease caused by Groundnut bud necrosis virus (GBNV), is a major disease affecting tomatoes causing great yield loss to the farming community. In this study, the GBNV-TNAU 1 virus isolate was obtained from infected plants and maintained through mechanical...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i183345
Use of synthetic insecticides for the management of fall armyworm (FAW) Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith) for a longer period will led to development of insecticide resistance. Identification of an eco-friendly synergistic agent to enhance the toxicity potential and reduced pes...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i330845
Drought spells and heat stress have become quite common and agricultural production would experience a lag in near future. The combined effect of heat and drought stress is expected to cause negative impact on crop growth. Hence, an experiment was framed to assess the morphologic...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i4731187
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
Sheath blight is considered the second most prevalent disease in rice with no proper resistance genes identified for its resistance. Out of the 14 anastomosis groups in R. solani (AG1 to AG13 and AGBI), the AG1 group is mostly responsible for the infection in the rice. There are...
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