System of wheat intensification (SWI): Effects on lodging resistance, photosynthetic efficiency, soil biomes, and water productivity.

Intense cultivation with narrow row spacing in wheat, a common practice in the Indo-Gangetic plains of South Asia, renders the crop more susceptible to lodging during physiological maturity. This susceptibility, compounded by the use of traditional crop cultivars, has led to a substantial decline in overall crop productivity. In response to these challenges, a two-year field study on the system of wheat intensification (SWI) was conducted.

First report of association of ' Phytoplasma asteris' with leaf yellowing and stunting disease in India.

(family Moringaceae) also known as the 'drumstick tree' is a significant nutritious and medicinal plant that is commonly grown in India and contains a variety of vital phytochemicals. is used in several Indian herbal medicine formulations to treat a variety of illnesses (Kumar and Rao 2021). Typical phytoplasma symptoms of leaf yellowing and stunting were observed in trees up to 10% incidence at Acharya Narendra Dev University of Agriculture & Technology, Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, India in November 2021 and stunting with less fruit bearings symptoms with 8% incidence in October 2021 at Jonnalakothapalle village of Mudigubba mandal of Ananthapuramu district in Andhra Pradesh, India (Fig.

Improved in vitro and in vivo hepatoprotective effects of liposomal silymarin in alcohol-induced hepatotoxicity in Wistar rats.

Background: Silymarin, a known hepatoprotectant, owing to its poor oral bioavailability, has limited pharmacological effects. The present study was designed to improve its in vitro and in vivo hepatoprotection and increase its oral bioavailability against alcohol intoxication by formulating it in four different liposomal formulations namely conventional, dicetyl phosphate, stearyl amine and PEGylated liposomes.

Method: The liposomes were prepared using phosphatidylcholine, cholesterol, and silymarin in addition to dicetyl phosphate, stearyl amine and DSPE mPEG 2000 by film hydration method with 5% sucrose as a cryo-protectant.

Cissampelos pareira Linn: Natural Source of Potent Antiviral Activity against All Four Dengue Virus Serotypes.

Background: Dengue, a mosquito-borne viral disease, poses a significant global public health risk. In tropical countries such as India where periodic dengue outbreaks can be correlated to the high prevalence of the mosquito vector, circulation of all four dengue viruses (DENVs) and the high population density, a drug for dengue is being increasingly recognized as an unmet public health need.

Methodology/principal Findings: Using the knowledge of traditional Indian medicine, Ayurveda, we developed a systematic bioassay-guided screening approach to explore the indigenous herbal bio-resource to identify plants with pan-DENV inhibitory activity.

Transcriptome sequencing of Eucalyptus camaldulensis seedlings subjected to water stress reveals functional single nucleotide polymorphisms and genes under selection.

Background: Water stress limits plant survival and production in many parts of the world. Identification of genes and alleles responding to water stress conditions is important in breeding plants better adapted to drought. Currently there are no studies examining the transcriptome wide gene and allelic expression patterns under water stress conditions.