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Inhibitory effects of three monoterpenes from ginger essential oil on growth and aflatoxin production of Aspergillus flavus and their gene regulation in aflatoxin biosynthesis
Ginger ( Zingiber officinale ) essential oil (ZOE) possesses strong antibacterial and antifungal activities. In this study, the antifungal activity of...
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Exploring the genetic variations and population structure of Turkish pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) genotypes based on peroxidase gene markers
Capsicum is thought as one of the most diverse and significant genera due to its varied uses in different parts of the world. In this study, we...
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Development and characterization of polymorphic EST based SSR markers in barley (Hordeum vulgare)
In barley, breeding using good genetic characteristics can improve the quality or quantity of crop characters from one generation to the next...
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Functional and DNA–protein binding studies of WRKY transcription factors and their expression analysis in response to biotic and abiotic stress in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)
WRKY, a plant-specific transcription factor family, plays vital roles in pathogen defense, abiotic stress, and phytohormone signalling. Little is...
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Augmentation of crop productivity through interventions of omics technologies in India: challenges and opportunities
With the continuous increase in the population of develo** countries and decline of natural resources, there is an urgent need to qualitatively and...
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Improvement of abiotic stress adaptive traits in mulberry (Morus spp.): an update on biotechnological interventions
Mulberry ( Morus spp.), being an economically important tree, is cultivated in China, India, Thailand, Brazil, Uzbekistan and other Countries across...
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Red rot resistant gene characterization using RGAP markers among sugarcane cultivars resistant and susceptible to the red rot disease
Sugarcane is the major source of sugar in Asia and Europe, grown primarily in the tropical and sub-tropical zones of the world. The main disease...
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Sweet sorghum as biofuel feedstock: recent advances and available resources
Sweet sorghum is a promising target for biofuel production. It is a C4 crop with low input requirements and accumulates high levels of sugars in its...
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Characterization and development of EST-SSR markers in sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam)
In this study, a cDNA library was constructed from the total RNA of sweet potato leaves. A total of 789 copies of the cDNA were cloned in Escherichia...
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Genetics and Breeding of Brassica Crops
Brassica genus includes very common crops including oilseeds (oilseed rape, mustard) and vegetables (broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels...
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Genome Shuffling and Gentamicin-Resistance to Improve ε-Poly-l-Lysine Productivity of Streptomyces albulus W-156
Genome shuffling has been a recently effective method for screening the desirable phenotypes of industrial strains. Here, we combined genome...
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Taxus Cell Cultures, an Effective Biotechnological Tool to Enhance and Gain New Biosynthetic Insights into Taxane Production
Mass phytochemical production in biotechnological platforms based on plant cell and organ cultures provides an alternative to the field cultivation...
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Suppression Subtractive Hybridization Versus Next-Generation Sequencing in Plant Genetic Engineering: Challenges and Perspectives
Suppression subtractive hybridization (SSH) is an effective method to identify different genes with different expression levels involved in a variety...
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Genetics and Breeding of Brassica Crops
Brassica genus includes very common crops including oilseeds (oilseed rape, mustard) and vegetables (broccoli,...
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Validation of dbEST-SSRs and transferability of some other solanaceous species SSR in ashwagandha [Withania Somnifera (L.) Dunal]
Cross-species transferability and expressed sequence tags (ESTs) in public databases are cost-effective means for develo** simple sequence repeats...
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Microbiology and Molecular Biology Tools for Biogas Process Analysis, Diagnosis and Control
Many biotechnological processes such as biogas production or defined biotransformations are carried out by microorganisms or tightly cooperating...
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Marine Biotoxins
This chapter revises current knowledge on marine biotoxins that are known nowadays, considering all the distinct groups based on chemical structure...
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Value Added Products from Medicinal Plants
Medicinal plants are considered as nature’s antidote against human ailments and disorders having considerable agribusiness potential especially for...
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Genome-wide transcriptomic comparison of cotton (Gossypium herbaceum) leaf and root under drought stress
In this study, the 454 pyrosequencing platform was used for analyzing the comparative transcriptomic profiles of leaf and root tissues of 1-month-old...
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Genomic profile of the plants with pharmaceutical value
There is an ample genetic diversity of plants with medicinal importance around the globe and this pool of genetic variation serves as the base for...