Exploitation of functionalized green nanomaterials for plant disease management.

A crucial determining factor in agricultural productivity is biotic stress. In addition, supply of quality food to the ever-increasing world's population has raised the food demand tremendously. Therefore, enhanced agricultural crop productivity is the only option to mitigate these concerns.

Chitosan nanoparticles (ChNPs): A versatile growth promoter in modern agricultural production.

Agriculture is a backbone of global economy and most of the population relies on this sector for their livelihood. Chitosan as a biodegradable material thus can be explored for in various fields in its nano form to replace non-biodegradable and toxic compounds. The chitosan has appealing properties like biocompatibility, non-toxicity, biodegradability, and low allergenic, making it useful in several applications including in agriculture sector.

An Overview of Chili Leaf Curl Disease: Molecular Mechanisms, Impact, Challenges, and Disease Management Strategies in Indian Subcontinent.

Leaf curl disease in a chili plant is caused mainly by (ChiLCV) (Family: , Genus: ). ChiLCV shows a widespread occurrence in most of the chili (.) growing regions.

Overexpression of EcDREB2A transcription factor from finger millet in tobacco enhances tolerance to heat stress through ROS scavenging.

An extreme temperature regime beyond desired level imposes significant stress in crop plants. The low and high temperature stresses are one of the primary constraints for plant development and yield. Finger millet, being a climate resilient crop, is a potential source of novel stress tolerant genes.

Present Status and Future Management Strategies for Sugarcane Yellow Leaf Virus: A Major Constraint to the Global Sugarcane Production.

(SCYLV) is a distinct member of the genus of the family. SCYLV is the major limitation to sugarcane production worldwide and presently occurring in most of the sugarcane growing countries. SCYLV having high genetic diversity within the species and presently ten genotypes are known to occur based on the complete genome sequence information.

Isolation and functional validation of stress tolerant gene and its comparative physio-biochemical analysis with transgenic tobacco plants overexpressing and .

MYB transcription factors are one of the most important mediators for the survival of plants under multiple stress responses. In the present study, , encoding a single R3 repeat MYB DNA binding domain was isolated from stress-tolerant wild relative species of sugarcane . In silico analysis of 948 bp coding mRNA sequence of exhibited the presence of four exons and three introns.

Gamma radiation degradation of chitosan for application in growth promotion and induction of stress tolerance in potato (Solanum tuberosum L.).

Oligo-chitosan (82.20 kDa) was prepared from chitosan (337.73 kDa) by application of 100 kGy γ-irradiation.

Parameters influencing Agrobacterium-mediated transformation system in safflower genotypes AKS-207 and PKV Pink.

Shoot regeneration in safflower (Carthamus tinctorius 'AKS 207' and 'PKV Pink') genetically transformed using Agrobacterium was used for assessing various constraints to the efficiency of transformation including infection period, virulence induction medium, co-cultivation period, bacterial titre, selection regime, and the natural phenolic compound acetosyringone. Transformation frequency was promising with 8-10-day-old cotyledonary leaf explants. Therefore, explants of that age cultured on Agrobacterium minimal medium (AB) containing 100 µM acetosyringone were infected with Agrobacterium (cell titre 0.