Harnessing sponge gourd: an alternative source of oil and protein for nutritional security.

(L.) Roem. is an important cucurbit crop that assures food security and dietary diversity among the poor communities.

Genetic diversity and population structure detection in sponge gourd () using ISSR, SCoT and morphological markers.

Investigation of genetic diversity is essential for the selection of parents for crop breeding and conservation of genetic resources. To estimate the genetic variability and population structure in the midst of 45 accessions of sponge gourd brought together from different geographical areas of India, morphological traits and two molecular markers, ISSR and SCoT markers were compared. Principal components analysis of 20 morphological traits showed 72.

Thoracic psammomatous spinal meningioma with osseous metaplasia: A very rare case report.

Thoracic spinal psammomatous meningioma is a rare subtype of meningioma. Among diverse types of mesenchymal differentiation, osseous metaplasia is found to be still rarer. We are presenting a new case of thoracic psammomatous spinal meningioma with osseous metaplasia in a middle aged female which that gives a sense of cancellous bone in the spinal canal.