Stress-resilient effect of Spirulina platensis on zebrafish chronic unpredictable stress model.

Spirulina platensis is rich in nutritional profile and a great source of prebiotic with neuro-protective properties. Stress is an inevitable part of today's lives, affecting people differently, and individuals with resilient adaptations are less vulnerable to it. The present study aims at evaluating Spirulina as a prebiotic supplement in the early life of zebrafish to cope with chronic unpredictable stress (CUS) in its later stage of life.

Role of in Structural Remodeling of Synapse in Telencephalon of Chronic Unpredictable Stress Model of Zebrafish.

Background: Stress can affect the morphology and synaptic organization of the telencephalon. These structural changes at the cellular level can lead to the development of various psychopathologies.

Purpose: Given that the telencephalon plays a major role in stress responses, the current study aimed to investigate the role of as a neuroprotectant supplement in the early life of zebrafish in averting the alteration of synapse morphology in the telencephalon caused by chronic unpredictable stress (CUS) in the later stage.

Identification and expression analysis of C2H2-zinc finger protein genes reveals their role in stress tolerance in .

C2H2-zinc finger (C2H2-ZF) genes are involved in various biological processes in plants including stress response; however, they lack characterization in . We identified 267 C2H2-ZF genes in and deciphered their physiological properties, subcellular localization, structure, synteny, and phylogeny and investigated the expression of 20 genes in response to different stresses and phytohormone treatments. The 267 genes were distributed on 19 chromosomes; phylogenetic analysis categorized them into five clades.

Development and Validation of Kompetitive Allele-Specific PCR Assays for Erucic Acid Content in Indian Mustard [ (L.) Czern and Coss.].

is the most widely cultivated oilseed crop in Indian subcontinent. Its seeds contain oil with very high concentration of erucic acid (≈50%). Of late, there is increasing emphasis on the development of low erucic acid varieties because of reported association of the consumption of high erucic acid oil with cardiac lipidosis.

Omics for the Improvement of Abiotic, Biotic, and Agronomic Traits in Major Cereal Crops: Applications, Challenges, and Prospects.

Omics technologies, namely genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, and phenomics, are becoming an integral part of virtually every commercial cereal crop breeding program, as they provide substantial dividends per unit time in both pre-breeding and breeding phases. Continuous advances in omics assure time efficiency and cost benefits to improve cereal crops. This review provides a comprehensive overview of the established omics methods in five major cereals, namely rice, sorghum, maize, barley, and bread wheat.

Physical mapping of introgressed chromosome fragment carrying the fertility restoring (Rfo) gene for Ogura CMS in Brassica juncea L. Czern & Coss.

Rfo is located on a radish chromosome fragment (~ 108 Kb), which is seated in the middle of a pretty large C genome translocation at the distal region of chromosome A09 of B. juncea. Ogura cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) is used to produce hybrids in Indian mustard (Brassica juncea L.

Release of chromium from soils with persulfate chemical oxidation.

An important part of the evaluation of the effectiveness of persulfate in situ chemical oxidation (ISCO) for treating organic contaminants is to identify and understand its potential impact on metal co-contaminants in the subsurface. Chromium is a redox-sensitive and toxic metal the release of which poses considerable risk to human health. The objective of this study was to investigate the impact of persulfate chemical oxidation on the release of chromium from three soils varying in physical-chemical properties.