The anti-quorum sensing and biofilm inhibitory potential of Piper betle L. leaf extract and prediction of the roles of the potent phytocompounds.

The leaves of Piper betle L., known as betel leaf, have immense medicinal properties. It possesses potent antimicrobial efficacies and can be a valuable tool to combat drug-resistant microorganisms.

Integrated metabolomics and transcriptomics analysis highlight key pathways involved in the somatic embryogenesis of Darjeeling tea.

Background: Darjeeling tea is a globally renowned beverage, which faces numerous obstacles in sexual reproduction, such as self-incompatibility, poor seed germination, and viability, as well as issues with vegetative propagation. Somatic embryogenesis (SE) is a valuable method for rapid clonal propagation of Darjeeling tea. However, the metabolic regulatory mechanisms underlying SE in Darjeeling tea remain largely unknown.

Validation of determinate () gene-based DNA marker in inter-specific hybrid sesame and analysis of the predicted dt protein structures.

Unlabelled: Determinacy is a desirable trait in sesame, an important oilseed crop. We have developed an inter-specific hybrid between basally branched indeterminate cultivated genotype and wild with no branching yet synchronous pods on the shoot. The hybrid and a few exotic sesame germplasms were successfully screened with a determinacy () gene-based DNA marker.

RNAi-mediated down-regulation of enhanced inorganic phosphorus and minerals in the transgenic rice.

Phytic acid or -inositol hexakisphosphate is an essential compound for the rice plants. It remains in the form of phytate, a mixed salt of different mineral cations, in the seeds. The phytate breaks down during germination and provides the inorganic phosphorus and mineral ions to the seedlings.

Transcriptomic dataset of cultivated (), wild (), and interspecific hybrid sesame in response to induced infection.

We report here the data of transcriptome sequencing of control and infected sesame genotypes. Sesame is an emerging oilseed crop [1]. The destructive soil-borne fungi Tassi (Goid) causes charcoal rot of sesame, leading to high (>50%) yield loss.

Allele specific CAPS marker development and characterization of chalcone synthase gene in Indian mulberry (Morus spp., family Moraceae).

Chalcone synthase (CHS) is an essential enzyme in the phenylpropanoid pathway that catalyzes the first step in flavonoid biosynthesis in plants under diverse environmental stress. We have used CHS as a candidate gene in mulberry and developed Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) based co-dominant Cleaved Amplified Polymorphic Sequence (CAPS) marker associated with the CHS locus. The segregation pattern of the marker was studied in an F1 population derived from a hybridization program between two mulberry genotypes showing polymorphism for the CHS locus.

Pineapple [Ananas comosus (L.) Merr].

The efficacy of Agrobacterium-mediated pineapple transformation technique has been improved (mean percentage of transgenic micro-shoots regenerated from initial callus explants up to 20.6%) using a novel encapsulation-based, antibiotic selection procedure. The detailed protocol using a standard plant transformation vector (pCAMBIA1304) as reported in an 'elite' Indian variety (Queen) of pineapple [Ananas comosus (L.