Publications by authors named "K N Mahendra"

In recent years, the fall armyworm, has rapidly emerged as a global invasive pest, challenging the maize production and leading to considerable economic losses. Developing resistant hybrids is essential for sustainable maize cultivation, which requires a comprehensive understanding of resistance traits and the underlying mechanisms in parental lines. To address this need, the present study aimed to identify the sources of resistance, age and stage-specific effects and role of phytochemicals in plant defense against in thirty diverse maize parental lines [17 female (A) and 13 male (R) lines].

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Case: Isolated Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) infection of the posterior element of a vertebra is rare, but timely diagnosis affords an opportunity for treatment before spinal cord compression occurs. A twenty-eight-year-old woman presented with bilateral weakness of the lower extremities. The clinical findings correlated with compressive myelopathy, for which the most likely causes include a primary tumor and infection.

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The title salt, C(13)H(12)N(3)(+).H(2)PO(4)(-), contains a nonplanar 2-(2-aminophenyl)-1H-benzimidazol-3-ium cation and two different dihydrogen phosphate anions, both situated on twofold rotation axes in the space group C2. The anions are linked by O-H.

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