Rice response to inoculation with N2-fixing and P-solubilizing microorganisms

Summary Inoculation effect ofA. chroococcum, P. striata andA. awamorii on yield and nutrients uptake in rice was studied under green house conditions. The organisms appreciably increased the yield and uptake of nutrients with or without chemical fertilizers. Phosphorussolubilizing microorganisms and a mixture of the three showed better response than the rest of the treatments among single and mixed culture inoculations respectively. Chemical fertilizers further improved the yield and nutrients uptake. The yield response remained unaffected by replacing superphosphate with rock phosphate and microbial inoculations.     

Comparison of antibody production against aflatoxin B1 in goats and rabbits.

Bacteria were found that are capable of producing good yields of β-amylase in unrefined media. The culture filtrates are free of α-amylase and isoamylase.     

Synthetic Antimicrobial Peptide Polybia MP-1 (Mastoparan) Inhibits Growth of Antibiotic Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates From Mastitic Cow Milk

International Journal of Peptide Research and Therapeutics - Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) offer a potent and effective alternative for treatment of antibiotic resistant microbes. Mastoparans or...     

Nitrate signals determine the sensing of nitrogen through differential expression of genes involved in nitrogen uptake and assimilation in finger millet

In order to understand the molecular basis of high nitrogen use efficiency of finger millet, five genes (EcHNRT2, EcLNRT1, EcNADH-NR, EcGS, and EcFd-GOGAT) involved in nitrate uptake and assimilation were isolated using conserved primer approaches. Expression profiles of these five genes along with the previously isolated EcDof1 was studied under increased KNO₃ concentrations (0.15 to 1,500 μM) for 2 h as well as at 1.5 μM for 24 h in the roots and shoots of 25 days old nitrogen deprived two contrasting finger millet genotypes (GE-3885 and GE-1437) differing in grain protein content (13.76 and 6.15 %, respectively). Time kinetics experiment revealed that, all the five genes except EcHNRT2 in the leaves of GE-3885 were induced within 30 min of nitrate exposure indicating that there might be a greater nitrogen deficit in leaves and therefore quick transportation of nitrate signals to the leaves. Exposing the plants to increasing nitrate concentrations for 2 h showed that in roots of GE-3885, NR was strongly induced while GS was repressed; however, the pattern was found to be reversed in leaves of GE-1437 indicating that in GE-3885, most of the nitrate might be reduced in the roots but assimilated in leaves and vice-versa. Furthermore, compared with the low-protein genotype, expression of HNRT2 was strongly induced in both roots and shoots of high-protein genotype at the least nitrate concentration supplied. This further indicates that GE-3885 is a quick sensor of nitrogen compared with the low-protein genotype. Furthermore, expression of EcDof1 was also found to overlap the expression of NR, GS, and GOGAT indicating that Dof1 probably regulates the expression of these genes under different conditions by sensing the nitrogen fluctuations around the root zone.     

Effect of nitric oxide signaling in bacterial-treated soybean plant under salt stress

To understand protective roles of nitric oxide against salt stress, the effects of exogenous sodium nitroprusside on activities of lipoxygenase, peroxidase, phenylalanine ammonialyase, catalase, superoxide dismutase enzymes, proline accumulation, and distribution of sodium in soybean plants under salt were determined. Application of sodium nitroprusside + bacterium enhanced plant growth-promotion characteristics, activities of different enzymes, and proline accumulation in the presence of sodium nitroprusside under salt stress. Treatment with NaCl at 200 mM and sodium nitroprusside (0.1 mM) reduced Na⁺ levels but increased K⁺ levels in leaves in comparison with the NaCl-treated plants. Correspondingly, the plants treated with exogenous sodium nitroprusside and NaCl maintained a lower ratio of [Na⁺]/[K⁺] in NaCl-stressed plants.     

Effect of Tillage and Water Management on the Population Behaviour of Root-Knot Nematodes Meloidogyne Triticoryzae in Rice Crop

The effects of puddling and water regimes on hydraulic conductivity (cm/day) of soil and on bulk density (mg/m 3 ) during rice culture, soil physical characteristics of the experimental field population densities of plant-parasitic nematodes have been studied. Puddling reduced the bulk density of soil and decreased the hydraulic conductivity in the upper layers but not in the deeper layers of soil aeration was reduced due to high moisture levels retained in the puddled soil. Population density of M. triticoryzae declined in puddled soil. The invasion of the roots by the second-generation infective juveniles was reduced. The population density of the root-knot nematodes was higher in the non-puddled soil especially in unsubmerged condition compared to puddled and submerged soil. However, if the seedlings were already infected before transplanting and submergence, the nematode could survive well and reproduce within the aerenchyma of the root.     

Relative Desiccation Survival Potential of Two Root-Knot Nematode Species,Meloidogyne Incognita and M. Triticoryzae and Relationship With Their Habitat and Cuticle Characteristics*

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