Ectopic expression of amaranth seed storage albumin modulates photoassimilate transport and nutrient acquisition in sweetpotato.

Storage proteins in plants, because of high nutrient value, have been a subject of intensive investigation. These proteins are synthesized de novo in the cytoplasm and transported to the storage organelles where they serve as reservoir of energy and supplement of nitrogen during rapid growth and development. Sweetpotato is the seventh most important food crop worldwide, and has a significant contribution to the source of nutrition, albeit with low protein content.

Molecular Studies on the Transmission of Indian Cassava Mosaic Virus (ICMV) and Sri Lankan Cassava Mosaic Virus (SLCMV) in Cassava by Bemisia tabaci and Cloning of ICMV and SLCMV Replicase Gene from Cassava.

Cassava mosaic disease, caused by cassava mosaic geminiviruses are transmitted by Bemisia tabaci. The B. tabaci adults from colonies reared on virus free cassava plant produced from apical meristem culture was studied to determine their ability to transmit Indian cassava mosaic virus (ICMV) and Sri Lankan cassava mosaic virus (SLCMV) from cassava to cassava.

A web accessible resource for investigating cassava phenomics and genomics information: BIOGEN BASE.

Unlabelled: The goal of our research is to establish a unique portal to bring out the potential outcome of the research in the Casssava crop. The Biogen base for cassava clearly brings out the variations of different traits of the germplasms, maintained at the Tapioca and Castor Research Station, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University. Phenotypic and genotypic variations of the accessions are clearly depicted, for the users to browse and interpret the variations using the microsatellite markers.