Publications by authors named "P Kalia"

Colon cancer remains a significant health burden globally, necessitating deeper investigation. Identification and targeting of prognostic markers can significantly improve the current therapeutic approaches for colon cancer. The differential nuclear transport (import and export) of cellular proteins, plays an important role in tumor progression.

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In tropical countries, combating leaf curl disease in hot peppers has become important in improvement programs. Leaf curl disease is caused by whitefly () transmitted begomoviruses, which mainly include chilli leaf curl virus (ChiLCV). However, multiple begomoviruses have also been found to be associated with this disease.

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The study presents the first to characterize novel Erucastrum canarianse Webb and Berthel (or Can) sterile cytoplasm-based CMS lines in Indian cauliflower (Brassica oleracea var. botrytis L.) and investigating their commercial suitability.

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Cluster bean (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba (L.) Taub 2n = 14, is commonly known as Guar. Apart from being a vegetable crop, it is an abundant source of a natural hetero-polysaccharide called guar gum or galactomannan.

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Cauliflower is an important extensively grown cool season vegetable in India. Black rot and downy mildew are major devastating diseases reducing yield and quality of the crop. To tackle these through host plant resistance, a marker-assisted backcross breeding method was followed to pyramid a black rot-resistant gene () and a downy mildew-resistant gene () from donors BR-161 and BR-2, respectively, into the background of Pusa Meghna cauliflower cultivar.

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