Breaking the association between gametocidal gene(s) and leaf rust resistance gene () in - derivative by gamma irradiation.

Unlabelled: Utilization of crop wild relatives of wheat can be very effective in building the genetic diversity to cater to the evolving strains of disease pathogens. is a rich source of rust resistance genes however transferring those to wheat genome can be tedious due to co-transfer and preferential transmission of undesirable genes causing gametocidal activity. Such an unholy association was observed in - derivative line Sel.

Conversion of superior bread wheat genotype HD3209 carrying Lr19/Sr25 into CMS line for development of rust-resistant wheat hybrids.

Hybrid development is one of the most promising strategies for boosting crop yields. Parental lines used to create hybrids must have good per se performance and disease resistance for developing superior hybrids. Indian wheat line HD3209 was developed by introducing the rust resistance genes Lr19/Sr25 into the background of popular wheat variety HD2932.

Marker-assisted transfer of gene to develop soft grain wheat cultivars.

Grain softness has been a major trait of interest in wheat because of its role in producing flour suitable for making high-quality biscuits, cookies, cakes and some other products. In the present study, marker-assisted backcross breeding scheme was deployed to develop advanced wheat lines with soft grains. The Australian soft-grained variety Barham was used as the donor parent to transfer the puroindoline grain softness gene - to the Indian variety, DBW14, which is hard grained and has genes.

HRGPred: Prediction of herbicide resistant genes with k-mer nucleotide compositional features and support vector machine.

Herbicide resistance (HR) is a major concern for the agricultural producers as well as environmentalists. Resistance to commonly used herbicides are conferred due to mutation(s) in the genes encoding herbicide target sites/proteins (GETS). Identification of these genes through wet-lab experiments is time consuming and expensive.

Production of gellan gum, an exopolysaccharide, from biodiesel-derived waste glycerol by spp.

In the present study, biodiesel-derived waste glycerol (WG) was used for the isolation and production of gellan, an exopolysaccharide, on media containing WG as the main carbon source. Two bacterial isolates showed gellan producing potential which were identified as (Accession No. GI:724472387) and (GI:724472388) by 16S rRNA gene sequencing.

Biodegradation of glycerol using bacterial isolates from soil under aerobic conditions.

Glycerol, a non-biodegradable by-product during biodiesel production is a major concern to the emerging biodiesel industry. Many microbes in natural environments have the ability to utilize glycerol as a sole carbon and energy source. The focus of this study was to screen for microorganisms from soil, capable of glycerol utilization and its conversion to value added products such as ethanol and 1,3-propanediol (1,3-PDO).