is a fast polysaccharide producer among species.

The selection of fast-growing and high-yield-producing strains is required to satisfy the market demand on fungal food supplements. To that aim, three strains deposited in our collection as and were screened for polysaccharide production and biomass yield. strains deposited as were identified as and by nuc rDNA internal transcribed spacer ITS1-5.

Transcriptomic response of durum wheat to cold stress at reproductive stage.

Understanding the genetic basis of cold tolerance is a key step towards obtaining new and improved crop varieties. Current geographical distribution of durum wheat in Argentina exposes the plants to frost damage when spikes have already emerged. Biochemical pathways involved in cold tolerance are known to be early activated at above freezing temperatures.

In Silico Analysis of Fatty Acid Desaturase Genes and Proteins in Grasses.

Fatty acid desaturases (FADs) catalyze the introduction of a double bond into acyl chains. Two FAD groups have been identified in plants: acyl-acyl carrier proteins (ACPs) and acyl-lipid or membrane-bound FAD. The former catalyze the conversion of 18:0 to 18:1 and to date have only been identified in plants.

Identification of genes induced by Fusarium graminearum inoculation in the resistant durum wheat line Langdon(Dic-3A)10 and the susceptible parental line Langdon.

The wheat recombinant chromosome inbred line LDN(Dic-3A)10, obtained through introgression of a Triticum dicoccoides disomic chromosome 3A fragment into Triticum turgidum spp. durum var. Langdon, is resistant to fusarium head blight (FHB) caused by Fusarium graminearum.