{"title":"Genetic Resources of Wild Rice (Oryza rufipogon) for Biotic and Abiotic Stress Tolerance Traits","authors":"Subhasita Roy","doi":"10.55734/nbujps.2021.v13i01.003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55734/nbujps.2021.v13i01.003","url":null,"abstract":"Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is the most important staple food crop of the world; nearly half of the global population depend on it for majority of their dietary intake. Many stresses (biotic and abiotic) have critically affected rice production throughout the world due to global warming, changing climatic conditions and in addition non-durability of biotic resistance gene(s) incorporated into cultivars. Yield increase is not as per the required rate and becomes yield rate is in stagnation. Primary reason of yield stagnation is due to the narrow genetic base in the released varieties. Minimum number of parental lines were utilised to develop new crop varieties which ultimately leads to narrow genetic base. The narrow genetic base in the improved varieties is going to be a main bottleneck for crop improvement program which shield the yield increase. Genetic bottleneck during domestication causes erosion of the genetic diversity in the well adapted cultivars which leads to yield stagnation. Yield plateaus can be surmount through genetic gain by combining the yield related genes/QTLs from different genetic resources of rice germplasm both from local landraces (CLR) and crop wild relatives (CWR). Wild species are the reservoir of genetic diversity with wide adaptability and tolerance to many biotic and abiotic stresses. It is utmost necessary to characterize and conserve rice germplasm for evaluation and effective use of the genetic diversity prevailed in the rice gene pool. Genetic variability in respect to biotic/abiotic resistance is inadequate in the genetic resources of cultivated rice; however, these traits specific genes are available in the unexplored wild species of Oryza which are considered as rich source of agronomically important traits including biotic/abiotic traits. Therefore, breeders are trying to identify and transfer of these valuable genes from wild Oryza species to improve varieties through pre-breeding method and with the assistance of molecular breeding technology.","PeriodicalId":122617,"journal":{"name":"NBU Journal of Plant Sciences","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129308449","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Influence of tungsten and molybdenum on seed germination and early seedling growth of wheat - a comparative study","authors":"Ajay Kumar, N. Aery","doi":"10.55734/nbujps.2012.v06i01.003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55734/nbujps.2012.v06i01.003","url":null,"abstract":"Fifty one promising landraces of rice cultivars of three districts viz. Nadia, 24 Parganas(N) and MA comparative study on the effect of tungsten and molybdenum on seed germination and early seedling growth of wheat was carried out. Both W and Mo influenced the seedling growth in similar fashion. W and Mo enhanced the germination relative index at lower application. Relative yield increased at lower applied doses of W as well as Mo whereas at higher application it decreased. Lower applied doses of W and Mo showed maximum index of metal tolerance. Higher applied doses of both metals showed toxic effect on plant growth. A highly significant (p= 0.01 in W and p = 0.001 in Mo) increment in grade of growth inhibition (GG) at the higher administration of W and Mo was observed. The toxic effect of tungsten on wheat was more marked than molybdenum.","PeriodicalId":122617,"journal":{"name":"NBU Journal of Plant Sciences","volume":"84 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115784358","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effect of copper on seed germination, root elongation and shoot elongation of seedlings of commercially cultivated tea varieties","authors":"S. Mandal, A. Saha, D. Saha","doi":"10.55734/nbujps.2013.v07i01.006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55734/nbujps.2013.v07i01.006","url":null,"abstract":"Tea (Camellia sinensis L. (0.) Kuntze) is an economically important plantation crop of India but is prone to attack by several fungal pathogens. Copper based fungicides are being used for decades to control fungal disease in tea which may lead to accumulation of copper in the soil. The aim of the present work was to investigate toxic effect of Cu+2 on seed germination, growth and morphological changes in tea seedlings. Different concentration of copper sulphate was applied on three different commercially cultivated tea varieties (TS-462, TS-520 and TS-463). The effect of different concentrations of copper (0.5 – 8 mM) on seed germination, root elongation and shoot elongation of the tea plant were evaluated. Percent germination was found to decrease progressively with increasing concentrations of Cu+2. Maximum reduction of seed germination was showed by TS-463. Several damaging effects such as reduced root hair proliferation, structural deformation and reduction in length of root and shoot were observed when the germinated seedlings were allowed to grow at higher concentrations of copper solutions. Decrease in the dry mass of both root and shoot were also recorded. The results showed that excess copper have negative effect on germination of tea seeds and subsequent growth of the seedlings.","PeriodicalId":122617,"journal":{"name":"NBU Journal of Plant Sciences","volume":"42 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129520516","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Plant Defense Proteins","authors":"Biswanath Chakraborty","doi":"10.55734/nbujps.2007.v02i01.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55734/nbujps.2007.v02i01.001","url":null,"abstract":"Plants are compelled to withstand stresses of all kinds, be it biotic, abiotic or anthropogenic as a consequence of their immobility. The initial infection process involving adhesion/recognition events between plants and fungal pathogens is essential for the establishment of pathogenesis. The extracellular matrix (ECM) is a biologically active part of the cell surface composed of a complex mixture of macromolecules that, in addition to serving a structural function, profoundly affect the cellular physiology of the organism. During the past two decades it has become evident that the cell wall is a dynamic organization that is essential for cell division, enlargement and differentiation as well as responding to biotic and abiotic stress. ECM is also the source of signals for cell recognition within the same or between different organisms. Cell walls are natural composite structures, mostly made up of high molecular weight polysaccharides, proteins and lignins. Lignins are only found in specific cell types. Arabidopsis thaliana cell wall proteins (CWP) that can be involved in modifications of cell wall components, wall structure and signaling as well as interactions with plasma membrane proteins at the cell surface has been reviewed.","PeriodicalId":122617,"journal":{"name":"NBU Journal of Plant Sciences","volume":"136 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132810174","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Influence of culture media and environmental factors on mycelial growth, sporulation and spore germination behaviour of Curvularia eragrostidis (P. Hennings) Mayer","authors":"A. Saha, S Dasgupta, P. Mandal, D. Saha","doi":"10.55734/nbujps.2008.v02i01.007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55734/nbujps.2008.v02i01.007","url":null,"abstract":"Curvularia eragrostidis is a foliar fungal pathogen of young tea plants. It causes leaf spot disease of tea. Mycelial growth, sporulation and spore germination behaviour of the pathogen were studied. Six different media were tested for mycelial growth. Among these, potato carrot agar (PCA) was found best for the mycelial growth and sporulation. Maximum mycelial growth was attained after 15 days of incubation. Mycelial growth was also studied in different temperatures and pH. Optimum temperature of growth was 25 °C and best growth was obtained at pH 6.0. Glucose and peptone were best carbon and nitrogen sources respectively for growth and sporulation of the fungus. The optimum conditions of spore germination were found to be at pH 7.25 and at incubation temperature of 25 °C. Keywords: Sporulation; Curvularia eragrostidis; Mycelial growth, fungus","PeriodicalId":122617,"journal":{"name":"NBU Journal of Plant Sciences","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131543486","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Can household-level fermentation technology assure food safety?","authors":"P. Sarkar","doi":"10.55734/nbujps.2007.v01i01.005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55734/nbujps.2007.v01i01.005","url":null,"abstract":"The term 'fermented food\" is defined as any food that has been subjected to the action of microorganisms or enzymes so that desirable biochemical changes cause significant modification of the food. Fermented foods enjoy worldwide popularity as attractive, wholesome and nutritious components of our diet. In the past, household-level fermentation technology originated and evolved through trial and error experiences gathered by successive generations of food producers. Only relatively recently have science and technology started to a better understanding of the underlying principles of the fermentation processes and of the essential requirements to ensure nutritional and sensory qualities as well as safety of fermented foods.","PeriodicalId":122617,"journal":{"name":"NBU Journal of Plant Sciences","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130934619","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Assessment of genetic diversity of some commonly grown rice genotypes of South Bengal using microsatellite markers associated with the saltol QTL mapped on 1\"chromosome","authors":"T. Lodha, J. Karmakar, R. Roychoudhuri, N. Dey","doi":"10.55734/nbujps.2011.v05i01.005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55734/nbujps.2011.v05i01.005","url":null,"abstract":"A total of 16 common rice lines and one wild rice relative grown in rarh south Bengal were genotyped using six polymorphic microsatellite markers associated with saltol QTL mapped on rice chromosome. DNA fingerprint profiles identified each of the 17 rice genotypes unequivocally and the pair-wise polymorphism data for the studied genotypes were used to analyze the genetic diversity present within the studied rice lines. The number of alleles per SSLP marker, the size range of the PCR products and the polymorphism information content (PIC) values of each marker were calculated out. A dendrogram was constructed using the average linkage (within group) and similarity coefficient among the studied genotypes which indicated that a considerable amount of genetic diversity is present and classify the studied genotypes into two major clusters and one minor cluster.","PeriodicalId":122617,"journal":{"name":"NBU Journal of Plant Sciences","volume":"174 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132185804","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Antifungal Agents for Treatment of Mycoses","authors":"N. Mandal","doi":"10.55734/nbujps.2015.v09i01.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55734/nbujps.2015.v09i01.002","url":null,"abstract":"Being eukaryotes the similarity of fungi with animals in great extent, it is very difficult to develop suitable antifungal compounds which target only to the fungi and spare the host compare to anti-bacterials. Concerted systematic programmes to discover and develop new antibiotics and anti-fungals have been driven to a considerable extent by the development of resistance by these organisms to the drugs commonly used against them as well as the side effects they exerted on host body. Fungal diseases are usually divided into five groups according to the level of infected tissue and mode of entry into the host which are: superficial, cutaneous, subcutaneous, systemic, and opportunistic infections. The most common types of mycoses which are responsible for humans fungal diseases are- Tinea capitis; disease of Scalp (Trichophyton spp. and Microsporum spp.), Tinea corporis: Due to social exchanges and contacts (Trichophyton spp.), Tinea cruris: Disease of itching (Epidermophyton sp.), Tinea pedis: Athletes foot, in bengali 'haza' (T. rubrum), Tinea manuum: similar disease on hands (T. rubrum), and Tinea unguium: Attacking nails (T. rubrum).","PeriodicalId":122617,"journal":{"name":"NBU Journal of Plant Sciences","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129905212","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Allay, R. Lama, U. Chakraborty, Biswanath Chakraborty
{"title":"Antioxidative responses of mandarin plants to water stress","authors":"S. Allay, R. Lama, U. Chakraborty, Biswanath Chakraborty","doi":"10.55734/nbujps.2013.v07i01.003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55734/nbujps.2013.v07i01.003","url":null,"abstract":"Citrus reticulata grows in warm climatic conditions. Stresses such as water logging, drought, soil acidity, unbalanced nutrition and pathogenic infestation lead to root injury resulting in citrus tree decline and therefore huge economic losses. In order to determine the effect of flooding and drought on mandarin plants, mandarin plants were subjected to water logging condition in the field and in pots for drought condition. Biochemical and morphological changes induced by water logging and drought conditions were determined. The plants showed slight wilting and leaf dropping by the third day of flooding whereas in drought the leaves curled up, became crisp and later dried out. Marked changes in antioxidative enzymes such as peroxidase, catalase and ascorbate peroxidase was observed during stress in comparison to control plants. Antioxidative activity was seen to be more in the leaves than in the roots. Among the antioxidants carotenoid content showed a significant decrease during the flood stress but increased in drought stress. An increase in ascorbate content was observed during stress in comparison to the control. From this study, we can conclude that water stress causes adjustment of antioxidant balance in mandarin plants.","PeriodicalId":122617,"journal":{"name":"NBU Journal of Plant Sciences","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130217538","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. Acharya, P. Patra, N. Chakraborty, N. Gupta, K. Acharya
{"title":"Footprint of Nitric oxide in induced systemic resistance","authors":"R. Acharya, P. Patra, N. Chakraborty, N. Gupta, K. Acharya","doi":"10.55734/nbujps.2013.v07i01.008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55734/nbujps.2013.v07i01.008","url":null,"abstract":"Nitric oxide (NO) is a potent signaling molecule with diverse physiological functions in plants. Several rhizobacterial strains may have capacity to induce systemic resistance in (ISR) plants but how far the biochemical mechanisms in which No participates in this signaling pathway is still an open question. The present study have shown in Pseudomonas aeruginosa WS-1 mediated ISR inducing system in Catharanthus roseus induces defense enzyme and phenolics and also showed a two fold increase in NO production when challenge with Alternaria alternata. Furthermore, NO donor treatment in the host produced same defense molecules in a comparable manner. From those observations it is suggested that NO might have possible signaling role in ISR during crosstalk between the ISR inducing agent and pathogen within the host system.","PeriodicalId":122617,"journal":{"name":"NBU Journal of Plant Sciences","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129661293","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}