Understanding the variability of rice bacterial blight pathogen, Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae in Andhra Pradesh, India.

Bacterial blight (BB) of rice is a devastating disease caused by Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo). The evolution of new pathogenic races of bacterial blight pathogen is always a potential threat for rice production.

CuO assisted borate 1393B3 glass scaffold with enhanced mechanical performance and cytocompatibility: An In vitro study.

Herein, three dimensional porous 1393B3 borate-based glass (BBG) scaffold along with their CuO derivatives (C1BBG, C2BBG, and C3BBG) tailored with trabecular bones' architecture were prepared by melt-quench route followed by foam replica technique. The properties of 'CuO incorporated' scaffolds, as compared to 'as prepared' scaffold were analyzed by a series of In vitro investigations for enhancement in biological compatibility, bioactivity, and physicomechanical performances. The in vitro study demonstrates superior mechanochemical stability of CBBGs (CuO derived 1393B3) than the pure BBG, while causing no or minimal effect on bioactivity and cytocompatibility post CuO incorporation to the BBG.

Studies on effect of CuO addition on mechanical properties and in vitro cytocompatibility in 1393 bioactive glass scaffold.

Copper doped bioactive glasses have been reported as the potential biomaterial for diseased or damaged bone repair and act as stimulants to new bones formation. In the present manuscript, we have synthesized 1393 derived glass based scaffold with the general formula of (54.6 - X)SiO·6NaO·7.