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In vitro Bacteriostasis of Alcohol Extracts of Seven Species of Hypnobryales

In this study, the bacteriostasis of ethanol extract from seven species of Hypobryales were explored by the method of sticking filter paper, in order to study its inhibitory effects on the growth of eleven kinds of bacteria, exploring its medicinal value. The results showed that, compared with... (18 May, 2022)

Morphological and Molecular Phylogenetic Identification of Powdery Mildew Pathogen in Hylotelephium erythrostictum

Hylotelephium erythrostictum has the advantages of high ornamental value, low maintenance price and strong adaptability. It is widely planted in various parks and flower beds in Xining city. In recent years, the plant was infected by powdery mildew, which seriously affected its growth and orna... (29 Apr., 2022)

Isolation and Identification of Pathogens of Poplar Stem Diseases

Since 2017, Populus cathayana in Shuangshu Nursery, Huzhu County, Qinhai Province has suffered from extensive necrosis of branches, yellow pith tissue, cracks from bark to pith in severe cases, brown mucus outflow in summer, yellowish brown pith, and no obvious disease. In this study, symptom ... (29 Apr., 2022)

Identification of Rice Blast Resistance-related Co-expression Modules in Near Iso-genic Lines by WGCNA

Weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA) is often used to analyze multi-sample (>15) data, identify co-expressed gene modules, and explore the relationship between co-expression modules and target traits in systematic biology. In order to explore the gene co-expression network ... (14 Mar., 2022)

Molecular Identification of Pathogens Causing Root Rot of Camellia oleifera in Tropical

Root rot of Camellia oleifera is a common root disease which has become one of the main diseases affecting the production of Camellia Oleifera oil in Hainan. In order to understand the pathogenic species and their diversity, and then to find out effective prevention str... (25 Nov., 2021)

Diversity of Endophytic Fungi Isolated from Gentiana rhodantha and Screening for Biocontrol Stains

In order to clarify the composition of endophytic fungi in Gentiana rhodantha in colonization tissues with four Liupanshui sampling sites (Fenghuang Zhongshan, Nankai Shuicheng, Yangmei Shuicheng and Xinchang Liuzhi) in Liupanshui, strains were isolated with health leaf, stem and root a... (10 Sep., 2021)

Effects of Tilletia foetida on Activities of Three Defense Enzymes in Wheat

To reveal the effect of Tilletia foetida (Wallr.) Liro on defense enzymes activities in wheat stems, leaves and ears, the cultivar 'Dongxuan 3' highly sensitive to wheat common bunt and 'Yinong 18 / Lankao Aizao 8' highly resistant to wheat dwarf bunt ... (27 Nov., 2020)

Isolation and Primary Identification of Leaf Rust on Black Cottonwood (Populus deltoides) at the South of China

To explore the species of pathogen of leaf rust on black cottonwood ( Populus deltoid e s ) at the south of China, in this study, leaf rust spores were isolated and identified on P.deltoides in JiangSu Province(NanJing,SiHong,SiYang), AnHui Province (HeFei) and HuBei Province (ShiShou). Tota... (28 Aug., 2020)

Bioinformatic Analysis of MYB Transcription Factors in Fusarium graminearum

The bioinformatic method was used to analyze the 17 Fusarium graminearum MYB transcription factors (TFs) included in the fungal transcription factor database. Analysis of gene sequence and protein physical and chemical properties showed that the 17 F. graminearum MYB TFs differ in gene len... (10 Jul., 2020)

Bt A Novel Strain with Larvacidal Toxicity Against Lepidopteran Insects

Bt S3076-1 Strain, Isolate No: 20070720S3076, was isolated from the soil that sampled from the Diaoluoshan National Nature Reserve in Hainan island of China by Hainan Institute of Tropical Agricultural Resources (HITAR) in 2007. Scanning electron microscope showed that the strain can generate ... (24 May, 2017)

Clinical bovine fungal mastitis in organized dairy farm

A study was conducted to find out the incidence of various mastitis causing organism in cattle of organized dairy farm. Out of total 44 clinical mastitis samples 13.64% were found to have fungal mastitis and 77.26% were found to have bacterial mastitis. The yeast and yeast like fungi isolated wer... (18 Oct., 2015)

Screening of Vibrio sp., a Potential Pathogen in Marketed Sea Foods

The Genus Vibrio includes more than 85 species mostly in marine and natural habitats of sea water and the species is broadly distributed throughout the world. This report encompasses the incidence of human pathogenic Vibrio sp., in marketed marine fishes in contribute to the onset of... (16 May, 2014)

Mismatch in Source and Sink as a Reason Determining Realized Potentiality of Bt Cotton Hybrids

The onset of Bt era has lead to increase in productivity of cotton in Indian scenario. Many of the hybrids commercialized in the initial phase were those hybrids which were popular in non Bt era and some of them have failed to give same high productivity in their Bt form. A comparison of Bt cotto... (06 Dec., 2013)

Selection of Brazilian Bacillus thuringiensis Strains for Controlling Diamondback Moth on Cabbage in a Systemic Way

Plutella xylostella (L.) (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae) is a pest of great economic importance, due to losses caused in brassica crops worldwide. The control of this pest is hindered by the selection of insects resistant to various chemicals and by its cryptic habit. The aim of this work was to sel... (20 Mar., 2013)

Endophytic Colonization by Brazilian Strains of Bacillus thuringiensis on Cabbage Seedlings Grown in Vitro

Bacillus thuringiensis is a very important bacterium used as a biological control agent of agricultural pests. It may be isolated from soil, water, plants and dead insects. Three Brazilian B. thuringiensis strains that present high activity to Lepidoptera pests were inoculated in the seeds of... (22 May, 2012)

In silico Analysis of GGDEF Domain Proteins Functioning Differently in Xanthomonas campestris

It has been reported that GGDEF domain proteins, containing five conserve amino acid residues with two glycines (G), one aspartic acid (D), one glutamic acid (E), and one phenylalanine (F) respectively, played key roles in the essential cell process of signal transduction, growth and pathogeni... (19 Jan., 2012)

Whole Genome Sequencing of a Candidate Strain for FMDV Vaccine: Genomic Structure and Genetic Variation

The complete genome of foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) vaccine candidate strain O/YM/YN/2000 was sequenced and analyzed. Seven overlapping cDNA fragment which covered the O/YM/YN/2000 genome were amplified by RT-PCR and sequenced. The results showed that the complete genome of the strain O... (27 Jun., 2011)

Expression and Localization of Cry1Ac22 Crystal Protein from Bacillus thuringiensis W015-1 in Yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae)

In order to explore the expression and sub-cellular localization of Bt Cry1Ac22 insecticidal crystal protein in eukaryotic organism, we constructed eukaryotic expression vector pYES2-Cry1Ac22-GFP by fusing Cry1Ac22 and green fluorescent protein (GFP) based on the initiative pYES2 vector. The co... (31 Dec., 2010)

Cloning and Analysis of Fusarium Wilt Resistance Gene Analogs in â€˜Goldfingerâ€™ Banana

Based on the conservative regions of the nucleotide-binding site and the leucine-rich repeat (NBS-LRR) in cloned wilt resistance genes, the polymerase chain reaction with degenerate primers was employed to isolate resistance gene analogues (RGAs) from the genomic DNA of wilt resistance g... (29 Oct., 2010)

Characterization of a New Highly Toxic Isolate of Bacillus thuringiensis from the Diapausing Larvae of Silkworm and Identification of Cry1A 22 Gene

We have isolated 218 Bacillus isolates from the dissected guts of 100 diapausing larvae of the silkworm, Bombyx mori, collected from silkworm farmers in the Hangjiahu area of Zhejiang Province. Six isolates were identified as Bacillus thuringiensis strains. The strain nam... (28 Dec., 2010)