Expression of a Chimeric Gene Encoding Insecticidal Crystal Protein Cry1Aabc of in Chickpea ( L.) Confers Resistance to Gram Pod Borer ( Hubner.).

Domain swapping and generation of chimeric insecticidal crystal protein is an emerging area of insect pest management. The lepidopteran insect pest, gram pod borer ( H.) wreaks havoc to chickpea crop affecting production.

Understanding Aquaporin Transport System in Eelgrass ( L.), an Aquatic Plant Species.

Aquaporins (AQPs) are a class of integral membrane proteins involved in the transport of water and many other small solutes. The AQPs have been extensively studied in many land species obtaining water and nutrients from the soil, but their distribution and evolution have never been investigated in aquatic plant species, where solute assimilation is mostly through the leaves. In this regard, identification of AQPs in the genome of L.

Assembly and Characterization of (L.) Thouars Transcriptome by Paired-End Sequencing.

Pigeonpea [ (L.) Millsp.] is a heat and drought resilient legume crop grown mostly in Asia and Africa.

Evolutionary Insights Based on SNP Haplotypes of Red Pericarp, Grain Size and Starch Synthase Genes in Wild and Cultivated Rice.

The origin and domestication of rice has been a subject of considerable debate in the post-genomic era. Rice varieties have been categorized based on isozyme and DNA markers into two broad cultivar groups, Indica and Japonica. Among other well-known cultivar groups Aus varieties are closer to Indica and Aromatic varieties including Basmati are closer to Japonica, while deep-water rice varieties share kinship to both Indica and Japonica cultivar groups.

Elicitor-Induced Biochemical and Molecular Manifestations to Improve Drought Tolerance in Rice ( L.) through Seed-Priming.

Rice ( L.) is one of the major grain cereals of the Indian subcontinent which face water-deficit stress for their cultivation. Seed-priming has been reported to be a useful approach to complement stress responses in plants.

Novel Chitinase Gene from Indica Rice Tetep Provides Enhanced Resistance against Sheath Blight Pathogen in Rice.

Sheath blight disease (ShB), caused by the fungus Kühn, is one of the most destructive diseases of rice ( L.), causing substantial yield loss in rice. In the present study, a novel rice chitinase gene, was cloned from QTL region of tolerant rice line Tetep and used for functional validation by genetic transformation of ShB susceptible japonica rice line Taipei 309 (TP309).

Host-Induced Silencing of Two Pharyngeal Gland Genes Conferred Transcriptional Alteration of Cell Wall-Modifying Enzymes of Perturbed Nematode Infectivity in Eggplant.

The complex parasitic strategy of appears to involve simultaneous expression of its pharyngeal gland-specific effector genes in order to colonize the host plants. Research reports related to effector crosstalk in phytonematodes for successful parasitism of the host tissue is yet underexplored. In view of this, we have used effector screening approach to understand the possible interaction of pioneer genes ( and , putatively involved in late and early stage of parasitism, respectively) with other unrelated effectors such as cell-wall modifying enzymes (CWMEs) in .

Understanding Host-Pathogen Interactions with Expression Profiling of NILs Carrying Rice-Blast Resistance Gene.

infection causes rice blast, a destructive disease that is responsible for considerable decrease in rice yield. Development of resistant varieties via introgressing resistance genes with marker-assisted breeding can eliminate pesticide use and minimize crop losses. Here, resistant near-isogenic line (NIL) of Pusa Basmati-1(PB1) carrying broad spectrum rice blast resistance gene was used to investigate -mediated resistance response.

Chloroplast Genome Sequence of Pigeonpea ( (L.) Millspaugh) and (L.) Thouars: Genome Organization and Comparison with Other Legumes.

Pigeonpea ( (L.) Millspaugh), a diploid (2n = 22) legume crop with a genome size of 852 Mbp, serves as an important source of human dietary protein especially in South East Asian and African regions. In this study, the draft chloroplast genomes of and (L.

Differential Regulation of Genes Coding for Organelle and Cytosolic ClpATPases under Biotic and Abiotic Stresses in Wheat.

A sub-group of class I Caseinolytic proteases (Clps) function as molecular chaperone and confer thermotolerance to plants. We identified class I Clp family consisting of five ClpB/HSP100, two ClpC, and two ClpD genes from bread wheat. Phylogenetic analysis showed that these genes were highly conserved across grass genomes.

Functional Characterization of Novel Chitinase Genes Present in the Sheath Blight Resistance QTL: qSBR11-1 in Rice Line Tetep.

Rice sheath blight disease caused by Rhizoctonia solani is one of the most devastating diseases in rice leading to heavy yield losses. Due to the polygenic nature of resistance, no major resistance gene with complete host resistance against R. solani has been reported.