The regeneration of the high-yielding multilocular types has not been attempted, although successful regeneration and transformation in brassica have been done. Here, we report efficient regeneration and transformation protocols for two B. rapa genotypes; UAF11 and Toria. The B. rapa cv UAF11 is a multilocular, non-shattering, and high-yielding gen...
Many of the chemotherapeutic drugs for the treatment of cancer are molecules identified and isolated from plants or their synthetic derivatives. This work aimed to identify the bioactive compounds using LC-MS and GC-MS and to evaluate the anticancer activity of the methanolic extracts of roots, stems, leaves, and flowers from Cladanthus mixtus. The...
Published in Ecology
The aim of this study is to assess the effect of adding dried and ground walnut male flowers to wheat flour on selected physicochemical and antioxidant properties of the obtained wheat bread. The control sample was bread without the addition of walnut male flowers. In the tests, the addition of flowers was used in the amounts of 0.5%, 1.0%, 1.5%, 2...
Metacaspases are structural homologs of the metazoan caspases that are found in plants, fungi, and protozoans. They are cysteine proteases that function during programmed cell death, stress, and cell proliferation. A putative metacaspase designated PhMC2 was cloned from Petunia × hybrida, and sequence alignment and phylogenetic analysis revealed th...
The fungicide propiconazole is a commonly used fungicide in small fruit and tree fruit production in the U.S.A. In Maine wild blueberry production, it is used almost exclusively for mummy berry disease control. The goal of this study is to assess the risk of exposure to honey bee colonies deployed in wild blueberry fields for pollination. The study...
The behavior of bees is modulated by the presence of other bees and potentially by the visual information transmitted by the different body positions of bees while visiting flowers. We tested whether bee body position promoted the attraction and/or antagonistic behavior of con- and hetero-specific bees that interacted on prickly pear flowers of Opu...
In stark contrast to the multitude of hypotheses on carpel evolution, there is little fossil evidence testing these hypotheses. The recent discovery of angiosperms from the Early Jurassic makes the search for precursors of angiosperm carpels in the Triassic more promising. Our light microscopic and SEM observations on Combina gen. nov., a cone-like...
Molecular hydrogen (H2) has been found to have significant effects in a range of organisms, from plants to humans. In the biomedical arena it has been found to have positive effects for neurodegenerative disease and even for treatment of COVID-19. In plants H2 has been found to improve seed germination, foliar growth, and crops: effects being most ...
Published in Frontiers in Chemistry
