Spermidine exogenous application mollifies reproductive stage heat stress ramifications in rice.

Introduction: Rice productivity is severely hampered by heat stress (HS) which induces oxidative stress in this crop. This oxidative stress can be alleviated using various exogenous chemicals, including spermidine (Spd). Therefore, the present study was carried out to characterize HS components and to elucidate the role of exogenous Spd application in rice at the flowering stage.

Molecular Scanning and Morpho-Physiological Dissection of Component Mechanism in Lens Species in Response to Aluminium Stress.

Aluminium (Al) stress was imposed on 285 lentil genotypes at seedling stage under hydroponics to study its effects on morpho-physiological traits where resistant cultigens and wilds showed minimum reduction in root and shoot length and maximum root re-growth (RRG) after staining. Molecular assortment based on 46 simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers clustered the genotypes into 11 groups, where wilds were separated from the cultigens. Genetic diversity and polymorphism information content (PIC) varied between 0.

Molecular Assortment of Lens Species with Different Adaptations to Drought Conditions Using SSR Markers.

The success of drought tolerance breeding programs can be enhanced through molecular assortment of germplasm. This study was designed to characterize molecular diversity within and between Lens species with different adaptations to drought stress conditions using SSR markers. Drought stress was applied at seedling stage to study the effects on morpho-physiological traits under controlled condition, where tolerant cultivars and wilds showed 12.

Microwave synthesis, characterization, and zinc uptake studies of starch-graft-poly(ethylacrylate).

Microwave synthesis of starch-graft-poly(ethylacrylate) was optimized to obtain efficient Zn(II) adsorbent that has been characterized using IR, XRD and SEM analyses. Using the sample, adsorption of Zn(II) was studied as a function of pH, sorbent dose, initial Zn(II) concentration, % grafting, temperature and ionic strength. Equilibrium isotherm data were analyzed using the Langmuir and Freundlich isotherms at optimum pH (pH 8) where the data fitted satisfactorily well to both the isotherms indicating sorption of Zn(II) on the copolymer was complex and involved more than one mechanism.