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Role of ACC-deaminase synthesizing Trichoderma harzianum and plant growth-promoting bacteria in reducing salt-stress in Ocimum sanctum
Salinity is a significant concern in crop production, causing severe losses in agricultural yields. Ocimum sanctum, also known as Holy Basil, is an important ancient medicinal plant used in the Indian traditional...
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Towards the development of phytoextract based healthy ageing cognitive booster formulation, explored through Caenorhabditis elegans model
The positive effect of herbal supplements on aging and age-related disorders has led to the evolution of natural curatives for remedial neurodegenerative diseases in humans. The advancement in aging is exceedi...
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Stress responsiveness of vindoline accumulation in Catharanthus roseus leaves is mediated through co-expression of allene oxide cyclase with pathway genes
Vindoline is an important alkaloid produced in Catharanthus roseus leaves. It is the more important monomer of the scarce and costly anticancer bisindole alkaloids, vincristine, and vinblastine, as unlike cathara...
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Menthol Mint (Mentha arvensis L.) Crop Acreage Estimation Using Multi-temporal Satellite Imagery
Crop acreage estimation is an essential component for forecasting crop production. Menthol mint acreage estimation is a necessity as the crop production data change every year due to fluctuations in the market...
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Cold stress alleviation using individual and combined inoculation of ACC deaminase producing microbes in Ocimum sanctum
Cold stress in Ocimum sanctum is a major constraint to crop productivity in certain geographical regions. The current study was carried out to examine the effect of consortia of ACC deaminase producing microbes i...
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Compatibility of Inherent Fungal Endophytes of Withania somnifera with Trichoderma viride and its Impact on Plant Growth and Withanolide Content
Withania somnifera (Ashwagandha), also known as Indian ginseng, is an important ancient medicinal plant, used in the Indian traditional systems of medicine. In view of increasing demand for roots of Ashwagandha, ...
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Innate endophytic fungus, Aspergillus terreus as biotic elicitor of withanolide A in root cell suspension cultures of Withania somnifera
In the present study, root cell suspension cultures of W. somnifera were elicited with mycelial extract (1% w/v) and culture filtrate (5% v/v) of their native endophytic fungus Aspergillus terreus 2aWF in shake f...
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Fungal endophytes attune withanolide biosynthesis in Withania somnifera, prime to enhanced withanolide A content in leaves and roots
Endophytes have been reported from all plant species from different parts of tissue including root, stem and leaves. Here we report, three fungal endophytes, Aspergillus terreus strain 2aWF (2aWF), Penicillium ox...
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Enhanced expression of ginsenoside biosynthetic genes and in vitro ginsenoside production in elicited Panax sikkimensis (Ban) cell suspensions
Dual metabolite, i.e., ginsenoside and anthocyanin, co-accumulating cell suspensions of Panax sikkimensis were subjected to elicitation with culture filtrates of Serratia marcescens (SD 21), Bacillus subtilis (FL...
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Open AccessEndophytes of Withania somnifera modulate in planta content and the site of withanolide biosynthesis
Tissue specific biosynthesis of secondary metabolites is a distinguished feature of medicinal plants. Withania somnifera, source of pharmaceutically important withanolides biosynthesizes withaferin-A in leaves an...
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Open AccessTranscriptome changes induced by abiotic stresses in Artemisia annua
Artemisia annua is known to be the source of artemisinin worldwide which is an antimalarial compound but is synthesised in very limited amount in the plant. Most research laid emphasis on the methods of enhancing...
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Characterization of Seven Species of Cyanobacteria for High-Quality Biomass Production
Bioconversion of photosynthetic cyanobacteria biomass feedstock into biofuels, and commodity chemical compounds is limited. Seven strains of cyanobacteria, namely: Synechocystis PCC 6803, Synechococcus PCC 7942,
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1-Methyl-4-propan-2-ylbenzene from Thymus vulgaris Attenuates Cholinergic Dysfunction
Cholinergic dysfunction is manifested in a plethora of neurodegenerative and psychiatric disorders such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and Huntington’s diseases. The extent of cholinergic affliction is maximum i...
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Pyrethrin accumulation in elicited hairy root cultures of Chrysanthemum cinerariaefolium
The flowers of Pyrethrum (Chrysanthemum cinerariaefolium) are known to contain Pyrethrins that are naturally occurring potential insecticide. Hairy roots were induced from leaves of C. cinerariaefolium using Agro...
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Exploring Microalgae Consortia for Biomass Production: A Synthetic Ecological Engineering Approach Towards Sustainable Production of Biofuel Feedstock
In this chapter, modern approaches of synthetic micro-algal ecology have been focused to reach the industrial scale reality of biofuel feedstock production. Diversity of micro-algal species, screening for nove...
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Open AccessPlant growth promoting rhizobacteria Dietzia natronolimnaea modulates the expression of stress responsive genes providing protection of wheat from salinity stress
Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) hold promising future for sustainable agriculture. Here, we demonstrate a carotenoid producing halotolerant PGPR Dietzia natronolimnaea STR1 protecting wheat plants fro...
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ACC-Deaminase-Producing Endophyte Brachybacterium paraconglomeratum Strain SMR20 Ameliorates Chlorophytum Salinity Stress via Altering Phytohormone Generation
The higher content of salt in soil is the key constraint to crop productivity. Induction of stress ethylene production from 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate (ACC) in the plant system is one of the consequence...
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Elicitors’ influenced differential ginsenoside production and exudation into medium with concurrent Rg3/Rh2 panaxadiol induction in Panax quinquefolius cell suspensions
Cobalt nitrate, nickel sulphate, hydrogen peroxide, sodium nitroprusside, and culture filtrates of Pseudomonas monteili, Bacillus circularans, Trichoderma atroviridae, and Trichoderma harzianum were tested to eli...
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Open AccessFungal endophytes of Catharanthus roseus enhance vindoline content by modulating structural and regulatory genes related to terpenoid indole alkaloid biosynthesis
Not much is known about the mechanism of endophyte-mediated induction of secondary metabolite production in Catharanthus roseus. In the present study two fungal endophytes, Curvularia sp. CATDLF5 and Choanephora ...
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Endophytes of opium poppy differentially modulate host plant productivity and genes for the biosynthetic pathway of benzylisoquinoline alkaloids
Endophytes reside in different parts of the poppy plant and perform the tissue-specific functions. Most leaf endophytes modulate photosynthetic efficiency, plant growth, and productivity while ...
