Volume 7 Issue 11 | October 2013 issue
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Australian Journal of Crop Science | October 2013
Volume 7 Number 11 2013
Identification of virulent pathotypes causing rice blast disease (Magnaporthe oryzae) and study on single nuclear gene inheritance of blast resistance in F2 population derived from Pongsu Seribu 2 Χ Mahshuri
Harun Abdul Rahim, Md Atiqur Rahman Bhuiyan, Abdullah Saad, Mohamad Azhar and Ratnam Wickneswari*
Malaysian Nuclear Agency, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia
Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute, 43300 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
Summary
Ten pathotypes of Magnaporthe oryzae found in Malaysia were tested against thirteen different Malaysian modern rice varieties/cultivars including resistant and susceptible to identify the most virulent pathotypes. The inheritance of blast disease resistance was studied using local cultivars by making normal and reciprocal crosses between resistance variety Pongsu Seribu 2 (Oryza sativa L. subsp. indica) and susceptible variety Mahsuri (Oryza sativa L. subsp. indica).
Pages 1597-1605 | Full Text PDF
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CO2-enriched microenvironment induces biosynthesis of anthraquinones, phenolics and flavonoids in bioreactor cell suspension cultures of Morinda citrifolia (L.): the role of antioxidants and enzymes
Young Se Jang, Md. Abdullahil Baque*, Md. Humayun Kabir Shiragi, Sang-Hyun Moh, Eun-Jung Lee, Kee-Yoeup Paek
Research Center for the Development of Advanced Horticultural Technology, Chungbuk National University, Cheong-ju 361-763, Republic of Korea
epartment of Agronomy, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh
3Central Lab., Soil Resources Development Institute (SRDI), Ministry of Agriculture (MoA), Govt. of Bangladesh, Krishi Khamar Sarak, Farm Gate, Dhaka-1215
BIO-FD&C Co. Ltd., 24 BL-8LT, Namdong Industrial Complex, Nonhyundong, Incheon 405-849, Republic of Korea
Cheongsol Biotech Co. Ltd., Industry Academic Cooperation Foundation Agribusiness Incubator Center 205, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju 361-763, Republic of Korea
Summary
In this study, the effects of carbon dioxide (CO2) levels within the range from 0.03 to 5% on growth and secondary metabolites production, e.g. anthraquinones (AQ), total phenolics and flavonoids in cell suspension cultures of Morinda citrifolia were investigated in a 3L balloon-type bubble bioreactor.
Pages 1606-1616 | Full Text PDF | Supplementary data
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Comparative assessment of conventional and organic nutrient management on crop growth and yield and soil fertility in tomato-sweet corn production system
Kanu Murmu, Dillip Kumar Swain* and Bijoy Chandra Ghosh
Agricultural and Food Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur-721 302, India
Summary
Nutrient management plays a key role in improving crop yield with maintenance of soil fertility for sustainable production in intensive cropping. Field experiments were conducted to study the effect of organic and conventional fertilizer sources on growth, yield, and nitrogen use efficiency of tomato and sweet corn crop and on changes in chemical and biological properties in acid lateritic soil of eastern India.
Pages 1617-1626 | Full Text PDF
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Response of reproductive parts of peanut genotypic variation and their contributions to yield after pre-flowering drought
Darunee Puangbut, Sanun Jogloy*, Nimitr Vorasoot, Thawan Kesmala, Carl Corley Holbrook, Aran Patanothai
Department of Plant Science and Agricultural Resources, Faculty of Agriculture, Khon Kaen University, Muang, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand
USDA-ARS, Crop Genetics and Breeding Research Unit, Coastal Plain Experimental Station, Tifton, GA 31793, USA
Summary
Pre-flowering drought (PFD) has been observed to increase yield of peanut. There is limited information on genotypic variation in reproductive response to PFD and contributions to yield under PFD conditions. The objective of this study was to determine the variability in reproductive response of peanut genotypes subjected to PFD and their contributions to yield.
Pages 1627-1633 | Full Text PDF
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Combining abilities and heterotic groups in Pisum sativum L.
Marνa Andrea Espσsito*, Ileana Gatti, Vanina Pamela Cravero, Fernando Sebastiαn Lσpez Anido, Enrique Luis Cointry
Department of Plant Breeding-Rosario National University, Zavalla, Argentina
CONICET -Zavalla, Argentina
Summary
The objective of this research was to investigate the use of heterosis and estimates of the general combining ability (GCA) and specific combining ability (SCA) for yield and the yield-related traits for identifying suitable parents and forming heterotic groups for pea- breeding programs.
Pages 1634-1641 | Full Text PDF
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Review article
Could agricultural system be adapted to climate change? A Review
Mukhtar Ahmed*, Muhammad Asif, Muhammad Sajad, Jabar Zaman Khan Khattak, Waqas Ijaz, Fayyaz-ul-Hassan, Allah Wasaya and Jong Ahn Chun
Department of Agronomy, PMAS Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi-46300, Pakistan
Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, 4-10 Agriculture/Forestry Centre University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2P5, Canada
Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, University College of Agriculture & Environmental Sciences, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan
Department of Bioinformatics, Islamic International University, Sector H-10, Post Code 44000, Islamabad, Pakistan
APEC Climate Center (APCC), Busan, South Korea
Summary
Agriculture sector is the most sensitive sector depicted considerable impact of climatic variability and poses threat of food security in future. The present review focuses on the factors mainly responsible for climate change and their adaptation and mitigation options using conventional and modern approaches..
Pages 1642-1653 | Full Text PDF
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Assessment of allelopathic plants for their herbicidal potential against field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis)
Marzieh Sabagh Nekonam, Jamshid Razmjoo*, Bahram Sharifnabi, Hassan Karimmojeni
Department of Agronomy, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan 84156-83111, Iran
Department of Plant Pathology, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan 84156-83111, Iran
Summary
This study was conducted to examine the allelopathic potential of Crocus sativus, Ricinus communis, Nicotiana tabacum, Datura inoxia, Nerium oleander and Sorghum vulgar on germination and growth of field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis).
Pages 1654-1660 | Full Text PDF
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Evaluation of impact effect and fruit properties on apple dynamic behavior
Hossein Barikloo, Ebrahim Ahmadi*
Department of Biosystem Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran
Summary
Apple fruit can be damaged because of some impact forces which are the main sources of apple degradation during the contact. To reduce the damage, it is necessary to investigate normal contact forces. The normal contact force models depend on dynamical parameters such as spring and damping.
Pages 1661-1669 | Full Text PDF
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Genetic diversity of water use efficiency in Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus L.) germplasm
Anon Janket, Sanun Jogloy*, Nimitr Vorasoot, Thawan. Kesmala, C. Corley Holbrook and Aran Patanothai
Department of Plant Science and Agricultural Resources, Faculty of Agriculture, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand
USDA-ARS, Crop Genetics and Breeding Research Unit, Coastal Plain Experimental Station, Tifton, GA 31793, USA
Summary
Genetic diversity in crop germplasm is an important resource for crop improvement, but information on genetic diversity is rare for Jerusalem artichoke, especially for traits related to water use efficiency. The objectives of this study were to investigate genetic variations for water use and water use efficiency in Jerusalem artichoke accessions and to identify superior genotypes for these characters under different water regimes.
Pages 1670-1681 | Full Text PDF
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Effect of salinity and alleviating role of gibberellic acid (GA3) for improving the morphological, physiological and yield traits of rice varieties
Khadija M. Misratia, Mohd Razi Ismail, Md Abdul Hakim*, Mohamed Hanafi Musa and Adam Puteh
Deptartment of Crop Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor DE, Malaysia
Department of Land Management, Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University, Dinajpur, Bangladesh
Summary
An experiment was conducted in pots at the glasshouse of the Universiti Putra Malaysia during 2010 - 2011 to determine the salinity tolerance of two rice varieties exposed to GA3. One internationally recognised salt tolerant rice variety (Pokkali) and one Malaysian well-cultivated rice variety were studied under five salinity levels with GA3.
Pages 1682-1692 | Full Text PDF
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Growth promotion of maize by desiccation tolerant Micrococcus luteus-chp37 isolated from Cholistan desert, Pakistan
Faiz Ahmed Raza* and Muhammad Faisal
Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of the Punjab, Quaid-e-Azam Campus, Lahore-54590, Pakistan
Summary
Present study deals with the isolation and characterization of desiccation tolerant bacteria Micrococcus luteus-chp37 from rhizosphere of plant growing in the Cholistan desert of Pakistan. To check the desiccation tolerance, strain was incubated at various levels of relative humidity (5, 27 and 100%) for a period of 6, 12 and 18 days.
Pages 1693-1698 | Full Text PDF
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Case Study
The use of fuzzy- AHP methods to assess fertility classes for wheat and its relationship with soil salinity: east of Shiraz, Iran: A case study
Ehsan Bijanzadeh* and Marzieh Mokarram
Department of Plant Production, Agriculture College and Natural Resources of Darab, Shiraz University, Iran
Summary
Fuzzy membership function is an effective tool to reveal the relationship between soil and environment to predict soil fertility mapping. This research was conducted to evaluate the capability of a combined Fuzzy- AHP method for soil fertility evaluation of wheat in the east of Shiraz, Fars Province, Iran.
Pages 1699-1706 | Full Text PDF
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A polyphasic method for the identification of aflatoxigenic Aspergillus species isolated from Camel feeds
Hassan Almoammar, Ali H. Bahkali, and Kamel A. Abd-Elsalam*
Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Center of Excellence in Biotechnology Research, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), P. O. Box 6086, Riyadh 11442, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Agricultural Research Center, Plant Pathology Research Institute, Giza, Egypt
Unit of Excellence in Nano-Molecular Plant Pathology Research (ARC), Giza, Egypt
Summary
The main goal of our study was to identify Aspergillius spp. isolates by polyphasic taxonomic techniques. Differential culture media, biochemical and molecular characterization were applied to 21 isolates of Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus niger from Saudi Arabia camel feeds.
Pages 1707-1713 | Full Text PDF
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An efficient and highly reproducible approach for the selection of upland transgenic cotton produced by pollen tube pathway method
Noreen Bibi, Kai Fan, Shuna Yuan, Mi Ni, Imrul Mosaddek Ahmed, Waqas Malik, Xuede Wang*
Department of Crop Sciences, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zijingang Campus, Zhejiang University, Yu Hang Tang Road 866, Hangzhou 310058, PR China
Plant Breeding Genetics Division, Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology (NIAB), Jhang Road Faisalabad, Pakistan
Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan
Summary
Pollen tube pathway mediated transformation is most favorable genotype-independent approach and has been widely used for the production of transgenic crops all over the world. We used this technique to transform Zheda B, an upland cotton, by two different vectors i.e. pCAMBIA1301 with hpt gene for hygromycin resistance and pCAMBIA 2301 having nptII gene for kanamycin resistance.
Pages 1714-1722 | Full Text PDF
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Review Article
Ecological status of Ganoderma and basal stem rot disease of oil palms (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.)
Laila Naher*, Umi Kalsom Yusuf, Ahmad Ismail, Soon Guan Tan and M.M.A. Mondal
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
Summary
The bracket fungus, Ganoderma boninense Pat., causes basal stem rot (BSR) disease in oil palm plants. Previously the disease was reported only in older age palms and currently found on young stages palms as well. Therefore, Ganoderma can infect all stages of oil palm plants.
Pages 1723-1727 | Full Text PDF
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Heterosis and early generation testing is a pivotal method for production of hybrid
Farhan Ali*, Kashif Rafiq Zahid, Farooq Shah, Rozina Gul*, Qingchun Pan, Hira, Gulam Mustafa, Yousaf Jamal, Hamayoon Khan, Hidayat Ullah
Cereal Crops Research Institute, Pirsabak Nowshera, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 24100, Pakistan
National key laboratory of Crop Improvement and Genetics, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
Department of Agriculture, University College of Science, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 23200, Pakistan
The University of Agriculture, Peshawar Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 25000, Pakistan
National Maize Improvement Center of China, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
The University of Swabi-Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan
Summary
Flowering time is extremely crucial for reproduction and plays astonishing role in adaptation of maize to diverse environments. Several hundred S2 lines were developed in 2009 and 27 best S2 lines were crossed with three different testers in three isolations to generate testcrosses (Spring 2010). The testcrosses were evaluated in a partial lattice square design with two replications to find out heterosis for maturity traits and develop early maturing hybrid (Summer 2010).
Pages 1728-1736 | Full Text PDF
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EST-SSR based diversity analysis of Phytophthora infestans in different isolates collected from Gansu Province, China
Long Wang, Shengrong Wang*, Zhe Wang, Lanfang Cheng, Di Wang*
Department of Pant Pathology, the College of Prataculture, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, 730070, China
Summary
Effective molecular markers are required to characterize the genetic diversity of plant pathogens. In this study, we used the software SSRIT searched 12,581 Phytophthora infestans ESTs in EST databases. Among these ESTs, there were 388 sequences of containing-SSR, in which 123 trinucleotide repeats are the most abundant type accounting for 31.7% of the total identified.
Pages 1737-1743 | Full Text PDF
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Review Article
Modulation of redox signal transduction in plant system through induction of free radical /ROS scavenging redox-sensitive enzymes and metabolites
Ranjeet R. Kumar*, Suneha Goswami, Khushboo Singh, Gyanendra K. Rai* and Raj D. Rai
Division of Biochemistry, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India 110012
School of Biotechnology, F.O.A, SKUAST-Jammu, India
Summary
Antioxidant phytochemicals in plant cells are mainly glutathione, ascorbate, tocopherols, proline and betaine etc. which are information-rich redox buffers and important redox-signaling components that interact with the cellular compartments. It is known that life evolved in the reducing environment, as an unfortunate consequence of aerobic life for higher plants, reactive oxygen species (ROS) are formed by partial reduction of molecular oxygen.
Pages 1744-1751 | Full Text PDF
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Diversity in chemical composition and antibacterial activity of essential oils of cumin (Cuminum cyminum L.) diverse from northeast of Iran
Neda Hashemian, Abdollah Ghasemi Pirbalouti*, Masoud Hashemi, Ahmadreza Golparvar, Behzad Hamedi
Shahrekord Branch, Islamic Azad ύUniversity, Department of Medicinal Plants, PO Box: ύ?166?ύ, Shahrekord, Iran
Medicinal Plants Program, Stockbridge School of Agriculture, College of Natural Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 01003, USA
Khorasgan Branch, Islamic Azad ύUniversity, Agriculture Faculty, Department of Plants Breeding, P O Box: 166, Shahrekord, Iran
Summary
Essential oils (EOs) of various accessions of green cumin (Cuminum cyminum L.) fruit collected from thirty three farms in North, Central and South Khorasan provinces (Northeast Iran) were investigated for their chemical composition and antibacterial activity.
Pages 1752-1760 | Full Text PDF
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Short Communication
Seed filling and fatty acid changes in developing seeds of castor bean (Ricinus communis L.)
Umashankar Chandrasekaran and Aizhong Liu*
Key Laboratory of Tropical Plant Resource Science, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 88 Xuefu Road, Kunming, 650223, China
Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Summary
A detailed knowledge of storage reserve accumulation in developing seeds can provide vital information to create strategies for improving the lipid content as well as the natural value of castor (Ricinus communis L.) crop. After hand pollination (female flowers-tagged), seed filling (lipid and protein accumulation) in castor bean is initiated as early as 7 days after pollination (DAP).
Pages 1761-1765 | Full Text PDF
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Factors affecting in vitro seed germination and shoot proliferation of galax [Galax urceolata (Poir.) Brummitt]
Guochen Yang*, Xiuli Shen, Rachel Jackson, Zhongge (Cindy) Lu
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Design, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC 27411, U.S.A
Summary
To overcome the limitations of traditional propagation of Galax (Galax urceolata (Poir.) Brummitt), the feasibility of in vitro propagation was explored. We studied the effects of cold stratification, seed maturity, light intensity, pH and plant growth regulators on in vitro seed germination and subsequent shoot proliferation of Galax.
Pages 1766-1771 | Full Text PDF
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AMMI and sequential path analyses of soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merrill] experimental lines in a breeding program in the Mexican tropics
Guillermo Ascencio-Luciano, Nicolas Maldonado-Moreno, Jesus Gerardo Garcia-Olivares and Homar Rene Gill-Langarica*
Las Huastecas Experimental Station, INIFAP, Km 55 Highway Tampico-Mante, Villa Cuauhtemoc, Tamaulipas, Mexico
Center for Genomic Biotechnology, Instituto Politecnico Nacional (The National Polytechnic Institute), Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico
Summary
The selection of soybean genetic material for crop production is complicated by genotype Χ environment interactions (GΧE) during the development of breeding materials. The Additive Main Effects and Multiplicative Interactions (AMMI) model is the most commonly used model for modeling GΧE and analyzing field data in plant breeding experiments. The objective of this study was to evaluate the significance and magnitude of the effect of GΧE on soybean grain yield using a biplot based on AMMI analysis.
Pages 1772-1779 | Full Text PDF
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Mitigation of nickel stress by the exogenous application of salicylic acid and nitric oxide in wheat
Manzer H. Siddiqui*, Mohamed H. Al-Whaibi, Hayssam M. Ali, Ahmed M. Sakran, Mohammed O. Basalah and Mutahhar Y.Y. AlKhaishany
Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, P. O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
Summary
Nitric oxide and salicylic acid are signaling and ubiquitous bioactive molecules that regulate cellular mechanism in plants under abiotic stress. Therefore, the present experiment was conducted to study the interactive effect of NO and/or SA in tolerance of wheat (Triticum aestivum L. cv. Samma) under nickel stress.
Pages 1780-1788 | Full Text PDF
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Statistical analysis and field evaluation of the type 2 modified augmented design (MAD) in phenotyping of flax (Linum usitatissimum) germplasms in multiple environments
Frank M. You*, Scott D. Duguid, Dinushika Thambugala and Sylvie Cloutier
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3T 2M9
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Morden, Manitoba, Canada R6M 1Y5
Department of Plant Science,University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3T 2N2
Summary
The type 2 modified augmented design (MAD) was used to phenotype seed yield, oil content and fatty acid compositions in a collection of 120 flax genotypes at two locations during three years. All six experiments had the same design, in which whole plots were arranged in 10 rows and 10 columns and each whole plot was split into five paralleled rectangular subplots with a control subplot in the centre of each whole plot.
Pages 1789-1800 | Full Text PDF
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Volume 7 Number 11 2013
Identification of virulent pathotypes causing rice blast disease (Magnaporthe oryzae) and study on single nuclear gene inheritance of blast resistance in F2 population derived from Pongsu Seribu 2 Χ Mahshuri
Harun Abdul Rahim, Md Atiqur Rahman Bhuiyan, Abdullah Saad, Mohamad Azhar and Ratnam Wickneswari*
Malaysian Nuclear Agency, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia
Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute, 43300 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
Summary
Ten pathotypes of Magnaporthe oryzae found in Malaysia were tested against thirteen different Malaysian modern rice varieties/cultivars including resistant and susceptible to identify the most virulent pathotypes. The inheritance of blast disease resistance was studied using local cultivars by making normal and reciprocal crosses between resistance variety Pongsu Seribu 2 (Oryza sativa L. subsp. indica) and susceptible variety Mahsuri (Oryza sativa L. subsp. indica).
Pages 1597-1605 | Full Text PDF
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CO2-enriched microenvironment induces biosynthesis of anthraquinones, phenolics and flavonoids in bioreactor cell suspension cultures of Morinda citrifolia (L.): the role of antioxidants and enzymes
Young Se Jang, Md. Abdullahil Baque*, Md. Humayun Kabir Shiragi, Sang-Hyun Moh, Eun-Jung Lee, Kee-Yoeup Paek
Research Center for the Development of Advanced Horticultural Technology, Chungbuk National University, Cheong-ju 361-763, Republic of Korea
epartment of Agronomy, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh
3Central Lab., Soil Resources Development Institute (SRDI), Ministry of Agriculture (MoA), Govt. of Bangladesh, Krishi Khamar Sarak, Farm Gate, Dhaka-1215
BIO-FD&C Co. Ltd., 24 BL-8LT, Namdong Industrial Complex, Nonhyundong, Incheon 405-849, Republic of Korea
Cheongsol Biotech Co. Ltd., Industry Academic Cooperation Foundation Agribusiness Incubator Center 205, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju 361-763, Republic of Korea
Summary
In this study, the effects of carbon dioxide (CO2) levels within the range from 0.03 to 5% on growth and secondary metabolites production, e.g. anthraquinones (AQ), total phenolics and flavonoids in cell suspension cultures of Morinda citrifolia were investigated in a 3L balloon-type bubble bioreactor.
Pages 1606-1616 | Full Text PDF | Supplementary data
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Comparative assessment of conventional and organic nutrient management on crop growth and yield and soil fertility in tomato-sweet corn production system
Kanu Murmu, Dillip Kumar Swain* and Bijoy Chandra Ghosh
Agricultural and Food Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur-721 302, India
Summary
Nutrient management plays a key role in improving crop yield with maintenance of soil fertility for sustainable production in intensive cropping. Field experiments were conducted to study the effect of organic and conventional fertilizer sources on growth, yield, and nitrogen use efficiency of tomato and sweet corn crop and on changes in chemical and biological properties in acid lateritic soil of eastern India.
Pages 1617-1626 | Full Text PDF
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Response of reproductive parts of peanut genotypic variation and their contributions to yield after pre-flowering drought
Darunee Puangbut, Sanun Jogloy*, Nimitr Vorasoot, Thawan Kesmala, Carl Corley Holbrook, Aran Patanothai
Department of Plant Science and Agricultural Resources, Faculty of Agriculture, Khon Kaen University, Muang, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand
USDA-ARS, Crop Genetics and Breeding Research Unit, Coastal Plain Experimental Station, Tifton, GA 31793, USA
Summary
Pre-flowering drought (PFD) has been observed to increase yield of peanut. There is limited information on genotypic variation in reproductive response to PFD and contributions to yield under PFD conditions. The objective of this study was to determine the variability in reproductive response of peanut genotypes subjected to PFD and their contributions to yield.
Pages 1627-1633 | Full Text PDF
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Combining abilities and heterotic groups in Pisum sativum L.
Marνa Andrea Espσsito*, Ileana Gatti, Vanina Pamela Cravero, Fernando Sebastiαn Lσpez Anido, Enrique Luis Cointry
Department of Plant Breeding-Rosario National University, Zavalla, Argentina
CONICET -Zavalla, Argentina
Summary
The objective of this research was to investigate the use of heterosis and estimates of the general combining ability (GCA) and specific combining ability (SCA) for yield and the yield-related traits for identifying suitable parents and forming heterotic groups for pea- breeding programs.
Pages 1634-1641 | Full Text PDF
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Review article
Could agricultural system be adapted to climate change? A Review
Mukhtar Ahmed*, Muhammad Asif, Muhammad Sajad, Jabar Zaman Khan Khattak, Waqas Ijaz, Fayyaz-ul-Hassan, Allah Wasaya and Jong Ahn Chun
Department of Agronomy, PMAS Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi-46300, Pakistan
Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, 4-10 Agriculture/Forestry Centre University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2P5, Canada
Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, University College of Agriculture & Environmental Sciences, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan
Department of Bioinformatics, Islamic International University, Sector H-10, Post Code 44000, Islamabad, Pakistan
APEC Climate Center (APCC), Busan, South Korea
Summary
Agriculture sector is the most sensitive sector depicted considerable impact of climatic variability and poses threat of food security in future. The present review focuses on the factors mainly responsible for climate change and their adaptation and mitigation options using conventional and modern approaches..
Pages 1642-1653 | Full Text PDF
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Assessment of allelopathic plants for their herbicidal potential against field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis)
Marzieh Sabagh Nekonam, Jamshid Razmjoo*, Bahram Sharifnabi, Hassan Karimmojeni
Department of Agronomy, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan 84156-83111, Iran
Department of Plant Pathology, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan 84156-83111, Iran
Summary
This study was conducted to examine the allelopathic potential of Crocus sativus, Ricinus communis, Nicotiana tabacum, Datura inoxia, Nerium oleander and Sorghum vulgar on germination and growth of field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis).
Pages 1654-1660 | Full Text PDF
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Evaluation of impact effect and fruit properties on apple dynamic behavior
Hossein Barikloo, Ebrahim Ahmadi*
Department of Biosystem Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran
Summary
Apple fruit can be damaged because of some impact forces which are the main sources of apple degradation during the contact. To reduce the damage, it is necessary to investigate normal contact forces. The normal contact force models depend on dynamical parameters such as spring and damping.
Pages 1661-1669 | Full Text PDF
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Genetic diversity of water use efficiency in Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus L.) germplasm
Anon Janket, Sanun Jogloy*, Nimitr Vorasoot, Thawan. Kesmala, C. Corley Holbrook and Aran Patanothai
Department of Plant Science and Agricultural Resources, Faculty of Agriculture, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand
USDA-ARS, Crop Genetics and Breeding Research Unit, Coastal Plain Experimental Station, Tifton, GA 31793, USA
Summary
Genetic diversity in crop germplasm is an important resource for crop improvement, but information on genetic diversity is rare for Jerusalem artichoke, especially for traits related to water use efficiency. The objectives of this study were to investigate genetic variations for water use and water use efficiency in Jerusalem artichoke accessions and to identify superior genotypes for these characters under different water regimes.
Pages 1670-1681 | Full Text PDF
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Effect of salinity and alleviating role of gibberellic acid (GA3) for improving the morphological, physiological and yield traits of rice varieties
Khadija M. Misratia, Mohd Razi Ismail, Md Abdul Hakim*, Mohamed Hanafi Musa and Adam Puteh
Deptartment of Crop Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor DE, Malaysia
Department of Land Management, Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University, Dinajpur, Bangladesh
Summary
An experiment was conducted in pots at the glasshouse of the Universiti Putra Malaysia during 2010 - 2011 to determine the salinity tolerance of two rice varieties exposed to GA3. One internationally recognised salt tolerant rice variety (Pokkali) and one Malaysian well-cultivated rice variety were studied under five salinity levels with GA3.
Pages 1682-1692 | Full Text PDF
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Growth promotion of maize by desiccation tolerant Micrococcus luteus-chp37 isolated from Cholistan desert, Pakistan
Faiz Ahmed Raza* and Muhammad Faisal
Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of the Punjab, Quaid-e-Azam Campus, Lahore-54590, Pakistan
Summary
Present study deals with the isolation and characterization of desiccation tolerant bacteria Micrococcus luteus-chp37 from rhizosphere of plant growing in the Cholistan desert of Pakistan. To check the desiccation tolerance, strain was incubated at various levels of relative humidity (5, 27 and 100%) for a period of 6, 12 and 18 days.
Pages 1693-1698 | Full Text PDF
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Case Study
The use of fuzzy- AHP methods to assess fertility classes for wheat and its relationship with soil salinity: east of Shiraz, Iran: A case study
Ehsan Bijanzadeh* and Marzieh Mokarram
Department of Plant Production, Agriculture College and Natural Resources of Darab, Shiraz University, Iran
Summary
Fuzzy membership function is an effective tool to reveal the relationship between soil and environment to predict soil fertility mapping. This research was conducted to evaluate the capability of a combined Fuzzy- AHP method for soil fertility evaluation of wheat in the east of Shiraz, Fars Province, Iran.
Pages 1699-1706 | Full Text PDF
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A polyphasic method for the identification of aflatoxigenic Aspergillus species isolated from Camel feeds
Hassan Almoammar, Ali H. Bahkali, and Kamel A. Abd-Elsalam*
Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Center of Excellence in Biotechnology Research, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), P. O. Box 6086, Riyadh 11442, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Agricultural Research Center, Plant Pathology Research Institute, Giza, Egypt
Unit of Excellence in Nano-Molecular Plant Pathology Research (ARC), Giza, Egypt
Summary
The main goal of our study was to identify Aspergillius spp. isolates by polyphasic taxonomic techniques. Differential culture media, biochemical and molecular characterization were applied to 21 isolates of Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus niger from Saudi Arabia camel feeds.
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An efficient and highly reproducible approach for the selection of upland transgenic cotton produced by pollen tube pathway method
Noreen Bibi, Kai Fan, Shuna Yuan, Mi Ni, Imrul Mosaddek Ahmed, Waqas Malik, Xuede Wang*
Department of Crop Sciences, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zijingang Campus, Zhejiang University, Yu Hang Tang Road 866, Hangzhou 310058, PR China
Plant Breeding Genetics Division, Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology (NIAB), Jhang Road Faisalabad, Pakistan
Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan
Summary
Pollen tube pathway mediated transformation is most favorable genotype-independent approach and has been widely used for the production of transgenic crops all over the world. We used this technique to transform Zheda B, an upland cotton, by two different vectors i.e. pCAMBIA1301 with hpt gene for hygromycin resistance and pCAMBIA 2301 having nptII gene for kanamycin resistance.
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Review Article
Ecological status of Ganoderma and basal stem rot disease of oil palms (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.)
Laila Naher*, Umi Kalsom Yusuf, Ahmad Ismail, Soon Guan Tan and M.M.A. Mondal
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
Summary
The bracket fungus, Ganoderma boninense Pat., causes basal stem rot (BSR) disease in oil palm plants. Previously the disease was reported only in older age palms and currently found on young stages palms as well. Therefore, Ganoderma can infect all stages of oil palm plants.
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Heterosis and early generation testing is a pivotal method for production of hybrid
Farhan Ali*, Kashif Rafiq Zahid, Farooq Shah, Rozina Gul*, Qingchun Pan, Hira, Gulam Mustafa, Yousaf Jamal, Hamayoon Khan, Hidayat Ullah
Cereal Crops Research Institute, Pirsabak Nowshera, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 24100, Pakistan
National key laboratory of Crop Improvement and Genetics, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
Department of Agriculture, University College of Science, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 23200, Pakistan
The University of Agriculture, Peshawar Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 25000, Pakistan
National Maize Improvement Center of China, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
The University of Swabi-Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan
Summary
Flowering time is extremely crucial for reproduction and plays astonishing role in adaptation of maize to diverse environments. Several hundred S2 lines were developed in 2009 and 27 best S2 lines were crossed with three different testers in three isolations to generate testcrosses (Spring 2010). The testcrosses were evaluated in a partial lattice square design with two replications to find out heterosis for maturity traits and develop early maturing hybrid (Summer 2010).
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EST-SSR based diversity analysis of Phytophthora infestans in different isolates collected from Gansu Province, China
Long Wang, Shengrong Wang*, Zhe Wang, Lanfang Cheng, Di Wang*
Department of Pant Pathology, the College of Prataculture, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, 730070, China
Summary
Effective molecular markers are required to characterize the genetic diversity of plant pathogens. In this study, we used the software SSRIT searched 12,581 Phytophthora infestans ESTs in EST databases. Among these ESTs, there were 388 sequences of containing-SSR, in which 123 trinucleotide repeats are the most abundant type accounting for 31.7% of the total identified.
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Review Article
Modulation of redox signal transduction in plant system through induction of free radical /ROS scavenging redox-sensitive enzymes and metabolites
Ranjeet R. Kumar*, Suneha Goswami, Khushboo Singh, Gyanendra K. Rai* and Raj D. Rai
Division of Biochemistry, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India 110012
School of Biotechnology, F.O.A, SKUAST-Jammu, India
Summary
Antioxidant phytochemicals in plant cells are mainly glutathione, ascorbate, tocopherols, proline and betaine etc. which are information-rich redox buffers and important redox-signaling components that interact with the cellular compartments. It is known that life evolved in the reducing environment, as an unfortunate consequence of aerobic life for higher plants, reactive oxygen species (ROS) are formed by partial reduction of molecular oxygen.
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Diversity in chemical composition and antibacterial activity of essential oils of cumin (Cuminum cyminum L.) diverse from northeast of Iran
Neda Hashemian, Abdollah Ghasemi Pirbalouti*, Masoud Hashemi, Ahmadreza Golparvar, Behzad Hamedi
Shahrekord Branch, Islamic Azad ύUniversity, Department of Medicinal Plants, PO Box: ύ?166?ύ, Shahrekord, Iran
Medicinal Plants Program, Stockbridge School of Agriculture, College of Natural Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 01003, USA
Khorasgan Branch, Islamic Azad ύUniversity, Agriculture Faculty, Department of Plants Breeding, P O Box: 166, Shahrekord, Iran
Summary
Essential oils (EOs) of various accessions of green cumin (Cuminum cyminum L.) fruit collected from thirty three farms in North, Central and South Khorasan provinces (Northeast Iran) were investigated for their chemical composition and antibacterial activity.
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Short Communication
Seed filling and fatty acid changes in developing seeds of castor bean (Ricinus communis L.)
Umashankar Chandrasekaran and Aizhong Liu*
Key Laboratory of Tropical Plant Resource Science, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 88 Xuefu Road, Kunming, 650223, China
Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Summary
A detailed knowledge of storage reserve accumulation in developing seeds can provide vital information to create strategies for improving the lipid content as well as the natural value of castor (Ricinus communis L.) crop. After hand pollination (female flowers-tagged), seed filling (lipid and protein accumulation) in castor bean is initiated as early as 7 days after pollination (DAP).
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Factors affecting in vitro seed germination and shoot proliferation of galax [Galax urceolata (Poir.) Brummitt]
Guochen Yang*, Xiuli Shen, Rachel Jackson, Zhongge (Cindy) Lu
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Design, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC 27411, U.S.A
Summary
To overcome the limitations of traditional propagation of Galax (Galax urceolata (Poir.) Brummitt), the feasibility of in vitro propagation was explored. We studied the effects of cold stratification, seed maturity, light intensity, pH and plant growth regulators on in vitro seed germination and subsequent shoot proliferation of Galax.
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AMMI and sequential path analyses of soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merrill] experimental lines in a breeding program in the Mexican tropics
Guillermo Ascencio-Luciano, Nicolas Maldonado-Moreno, Jesus Gerardo Garcia-Olivares and Homar Rene Gill-Langarica*
Las Huastecas Experimental Station, INIFAP, Km 55 Highway Tampico-Mante, Villa Cuauhtemoc, Tamaulipas, Mexico
Center for Genomic Biotechnology, Instituto Politecnico Nacional (The National Polytechnic Institute), Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico
Summary
The selection of soybean genetic material for crop production is complicated by genotype Χ environment interactions (GΧE) during the development of breeding materials. The Additive Main Effects and Multiplicative Interactions (AMMI) model is the most commonly used model for modeling GΧE and analyzing field data in plant breeding experiments. The objective of this study was to evaluate the significance and magnitude of the effect of GΧE on soybean grain yield using a biplot based on AMMI analysis.
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Mitigation of nickel stress by the exogenous application of salicylic acid and nitric oxide in wheat
Manzer H. Siddiqui*, Mohamed H. Al-Whaibi, Hayssam M. Ali, Ahmed M. Sakran, Mohammed O. Basalah and Mutahhar Y.Y. AlKhaishany
Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, P. O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
Summary
Nitric oxide and salicylic acid are signaling and ubiquitous bioactive molecules that regulate cellular mechanism in plants under abiotic stress. Therefore, the present experiment was conducted to study the interactive effect of NO and/or SA in tolerance of wheat (Triticum aestivum L. cv. Samma) under nickel stress.
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Statistical analysis and field evaluation of the type 2 modified augmented design (MAD) in phenotyping of flax (Linum usitatissimum) germplasms in multiple environments
Frank M. You*, Scott D. Duguid, Dinushika Thambugala and Sylvie Cloutier
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3T 2M9
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Morden, Manitoba, Canada R6M 1Y5
Department of Plant Science,University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3T 2N2
Summary
The type 2 modified augmented design (MAD) was used to phenotype seed yield, oil content and fatty acid compositions in a collection of 120 flax genotypes at two locations during three years. All six experiments had the same design, in which whole plots were arranged in 10 rows and 10 columns and each whole plot was split into five paralleled rectangular subplots with a control subplot in the centre of each whole plot.
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