Identification of Rice Accessions Having Cold Tolerance at the Seedling Stage and Development of Novel Genotypic Assays for Predicting Cold Tolerance.

Rice is susceptible to cold stress at the seedling stage, which can delay growth and decrease yield. We evaluated 187 rice accessions for cold tolerance at the seedling stage and developed genotypic assays for three markers. All (20/20) and 20/140 accessions were highly cold tolerant.

Effects of Microencapsulated Saccharomyces cerevisiae on Growth, Hematological Indices, Blood Chemical, and Immune Parameters and Intestinal Morphology in Striped Catfish, Pangasianodon hypophthalmus.

This study investigated the effects of dietary probiotic Saccharomyces cerevisiae in the striped catfish, Pangasianodon hypophthalmus, which is an important aquaculture species. Freeze-dried microencapsulated probiotic S. cerevisiae with guar gum was performed and used for fish feed supplementation.