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Robert Brown and Mungo Park Travels and Explorations in Natural History for the Royal Society
Explorer-naturalists Robert Brown and Mungo Park played a pivotal role in the development of natural history and exploration in the late eighteenth...
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Inoculation of Methylotrophic Bacteria Ameliorate Summer Heat Stress and Enhance the Black Gram (Vigna mungo L.) Growth, Physiology and Antioxidants Properties
Heat stress has a substantial impact on black gram ( Vigna mungo L.) by reducing growth, grain yield, and quality. Black gram is highly sensitive to...
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Mungo Park’s Last Journey
After his first journey to Africa, Park maintained that the Niger River flowed into the Atlantic Ocean and was eager to test his hypothesis. His...
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Multi-GWAS reveals significant genomic regions for Mungbean yellow mosaic India virus resistance in urdbean (Vigna mungo (L.) across multiple environments
Key messageUnraveling genetic markers for MYMIV resistance in urdbean, with 8 high-confidence marker-trait associations identified across diverse...
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Lectotypification of names in Parkia R.Br. (Leguminosae: Caesalpinioideae, mimosoid clade) for Africa and Madagascar
Ten specific names plus those of three varieties, which refer to the four currently recognised species of Parkia in Africa and Madagascar ( P. bicolor ...
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“… The Plants of Scotland Might Be Equally Useful”
Robert Brown was born in Montrose, Scotland, December 21, 1773, into a family with a religious background. The rugged and beautiful Scottish...
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A Good Practical Botanist
Brown joined the army because he could draw on a dependable source of income and become financially independent to pursue his interests in natural...
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Characteristics of banded mongoose (Mungos mungo) den sites across the human-wildlife interface in Northern Botswana
Denning behavior is a critical life history attribute for many mammalian species and can be impacted by urbanization, affecting species’ reproductive...
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Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa
Park’s work in Sumatra had impressed Banks who was interested in promoting African exploration. In 1794, Banks presented Park with the opportunity to...
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Molecular and Physiological Approaches for Effective Management of Drought in Black Gram
Black gram (Vigna mungo) is one of the major pulse crops cultivated in more areas almost all over the world, particularly in India. This pulse crop...
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Death comes for us all: relating movement-integrated habitat selection and social behavior to human-associated and disease-related mortality among gray wolves
Avoiding death affects biological processes, including behavior. Habitat selection, movement, and sociality are highly flexible behaviors that...
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Bruchid beetle ovipositioning mediated defense responses in black gram pods
BackgroundBlack gram [ Vigna mungo (L)] seeds are a rich source of digestible protein and dietary fibre, both for human and animal consumption....
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Examining primate community occurrence patterns in agroforest landscapes using arboreal and terrestrial camera traps
ContextForest-agricultural mosaics are now considered critical for biodiversity. Within these landscapes, the type of land use surrounding remnant...
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Cooperatively breeding banded mongooses do not avoid inbreeding through familiarity-based kin recognition
AbstractIn species that live in family groups, such as cooperative breeders, inbreeding is usually avoided through the recognition of familiar kin....
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Effect of food limitation and reproductive activity on fecal glucocorticoid metabolite levels in banded mongooses
BackgroundGlucocorticoids mediate responses to perceived stressors, thereby restoring homeostasis. However, prolonged glucocorticoid elevation may...
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Differential surface microbial community and thalli metabolome as early indicators of disease in red algae Pyropia yezoensis
To understand pathogenic mechanisms and suggest molecular biomarker candidates for the disease status of edible red algae, Pyropia , we analyzed...
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Plant chitinases: Types, structural classification, antifungal potential and transgenic expression in plants for enhanced disease resistance
Plant chitinases are generally endochitinases that are usually expressed in different parts of a plant like stems, flowers, seeds and tubers. These...
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Olfaction-Mediated Pathogen Avoidance in Mammals
Avoidance of pathogens is crucial for one’s survival. The mechanisms responsible for pathogen avoidance are known as the ‘behavioural immune system’,...
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Light dependent protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase: a succinct look
Reducing protochlorophyllide (Pchlide) to chlorophyllide (Chlide) is a major regulatory step in the chlorophyll biosynthesis pathway. This reaction...
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A tale of two African mongooses (Carnivora: Herpestidae): differing genetic diversity and geographical structure across a continent
Phylogeographies of African mammals reveal patterns that correlate with Pleistocene environmental fluctuations and geographical barriers, which may...
