Macrolactin A mediated biocontrol of and infestation on by BS-58.

Plant diseases are one of the main hurdles for successful crop production and sustainable agriculture development world-wide. Though several chemical measures are available to manage crop diseases, many of them have serious side effects on humans, animals and the environment. Therefore, the use of such chemicals must be limited by using effective and eco-friendly alternatives.

Effect of plant growth promoting spp. on nutritional properties of grains.

Amaranth ( Linn.) is an important pseudocereal crop having important nutrients along with the indispensable amino-acids. The present study was aimed to study the effect of plant growth promoting bacilli on proximate constituents of amaranth grains, including three of the essential amino acids (methionine, lysine and, tryptophan).

Isolation of antibacterial protein from spp. and preparation of probiotic curd.

The study was aimed to isolate antagonistic lactobacilli and the molecules responsible for their antagonistic ability from curd. Preparation of probiotic curd and the ability of the selected lactobacilli to suppress the pathogen therein was also assessed. All the 116 isolates were identified as spp.

Modeling and phylogenetic analysis of cytosolic ascorbate peroxidase (OsAPX1) from rice reveal signature motifs that may play a role in stress tolerance.

Ascorbate peroxidase (APX) is a crucial, haeme-containing enzyme of the ascorbate glutathione cycle that detoxifies reactive oxygen species in plants by catalyzing the conversion of hydrogen peroxide to water using ascorbate as a specific electron donor. Different APX isoforms are present in discrete subcellular compartments in rice and their expression is stress regulated. We revealed the homology model of OsAPX1 protein using the crystal structure of soybean GmAPX1 (PDB ID: 2XIF) as template by Modeller 9.

Screening of actinomycetes from earthworm castings for their antimicrobial activity and industrial enzymes.

Actinomycetes from earthworm castings were isolated and screened for their antimicrobial activity and industrial enzymes. A total of 48 isolates were obtained from 12 samples of earthworm castings. Highest numbers of isolates were recovered from forest site (58.