Integrating genetic assortment and molecular insights for climate-resilient breeding to unravel drought tolerance in cotton.

This study addresses the challenges posed by rainfall variability, leading to water deficits during critical stages of crop growth, resulting in a drastic reduction of cotton yield. In a comprehensive evaluation, thirty cotton genotypes, including five Gossypium arboreum (wild) and twenty-five Gossypium hirsutum (cultivated), were grown under rainfed and irrigated conditions. Drought tolerance indices (DTI) were evaluated, categorizing genotypes based on their resilience.

Fatal crashes involving vehicles with driver warning systems: Identifying risk factors using a correlated random parameters ordered logit modeling approach.

Recent advancements in vehicular technology are expected to enhance traffic safety by either warning the drivers or by automating the tasks related to driving to reduce the human driver's involvement. The driver warning systems (DWSs) are designed to warn drivers in unsafe situations such as forward collision, lane departure, or when changing lanes with vehicles in blind spot areas. Although these features are designed to enhance safety, recent crash data shows vehicles with these features are still getting involved in crashes, making it necessary to identify the contributing factors.

Whole genome sequencing and annotation of Aspergillus flavus JAM-JKB-B HA-GG20.

Groundnuts are mostly contaminated with the mold Aspergillus flavus which produces a carcinogenic mycotoxin called as aflatoxin. It is very important to understand the genetic factors underlying its pathogenicity, regulation, and biosynthesis of secondary metabolites and animal toxicities, but it still lacks useful information due to certain gaps in the era of modern technology. Therefore, the present study was considered to determine the key genes and metabolites involved in the biosynthesis of aflatoxin by using a molecular approach in a virulent strain of Aspergillus.

Salicylic acid-functionalised chitosan nanoparticles restore impaired sucrose metabolism in the developing anther of cotton () under heat stress.

Nanotechnology provides tremendous potential in agriculture, mitigating climate change impact and improving abiotic stress management strategy. Chitosan nanoparticles (NCS) were synthesised using the ion gelation method and characterised for size (75.5nm in particle size analyser), shape (spherical under scanning electron microscopy) and stability (132.

Biochemical and molecular depictions to develop ech42 gene-specific SCAR markers for recognition of chitinolytic Trichoderma inhibiting Macrophomina phaseolina (Maubl.) Ashby.

Trichoderma isolates were inhibited variably in-vitro growth of soil-borne phytopathogen Macrophomina phaseolina (Maubl.) Ashby causes root rot in cotton. The growth inhibition of test-pathogen was found to be higher (90.