Untying arsenite tolerance mechanisms in contrasting maize genotypes attributed to NIPs-mediated controlled influx and root-to-shoot translocation, redox homeostasis and phytochelatin-mediated detoxification pathway.

Contamination of ground water and soil with toxic metalloids like arsenic (As) poses a serious hazard to the global agricultural food production. One of the best ways to restrict entry of As into the food chain is selection of germplasms which accrue extremely low level of As in grains. Here, we screened diverse maize genotypes under high arsenite (100 μM AsIII) stress and identified PMI-PV-9 and PMI-PV-3 as AsIII-tolerant and -sensitive maize genotype respectively.

Deciphering β-tubulin gene of carbendazim resistant Fusarium solani isolate and its comparison with other Fusarium species.

Exploration of molecular structure of β-tubulin is key to understand mechanism of action of carbendazim since its activity depends on strong binding to β-tubulin. Resistance against the fungicide is often associated with mutation in β-tubulin gene. A full-length (1619 bp) β-tubulin gene has been cloned and sequenced from a carbendazim resistant and a sensitive isolates of F.

Schistosoma japonicum in Samar, the Philippines: infection in dogs and rats as a possible risk factor for human infection.

The role that animals play in the transmission of Schistosoma japonicum to humans in the Philippines remains uncertain and prior studies have not included several species, adjustment for misclassification error and clustering, or used a cohort design. A cohort study of 2468 people providing stool samples at 12 months following praziquantel treatment in 50 villages of Western Samar, the Philippines, was conducted. Stool samples from dogs, cats, rats, and water buffaloes were collected at baseline (2003-2004) and follow-up (2005).

Bis[benzyl 3-(3-phenyl-prop-2-enyl-idene)dithio-carbazato-κ(2)N(3),S]cadmium.

In the title complex, [Cd(C(17)H(15)N(2)S(2))(2)], the Cd(II) ion is located on a twofold rotation axis and exhibits a coordination number of four within a very distorted coordination environment that is best described as bis-phenoidal. The two deprotonated Schiff base ligands chelate the Cd(II) ion through the azomethine N and the thiol-ate S atom. The dihedral angle between the two chelating ligands is 84.