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{"title":"Aerobic Bacterial Community of the Rice Striped Stem Borer: A Step towards Finding Bacterial Candidates for Paratransgenesis and RNAi Control","authors":"Abbas Heydari, M. Oshaghi, A. Nazari, M. Shayeghi, E. Sanatgar, N. Choubdar, M. Koosha, F. Karimian","doi":"10.26502/ijpaes.202117","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26502/ijpaes.202117","url":null,"abstract":"It is recognized that insects have close associations with a wide variety of microorganisms, which play a vital role in the insect's ecology and evolution. The rice striped stem borer, Chilo suppressalis, has economic importance at the global level. With the development of insecticide resistance, it is widely recognized that control of this pest is likely to need new tools that are not available today. Here, we focus on the aerobic bacterial community of the pest, to seek candidates for paratransgenesis or RNAi biocontrol of C. suppressalis. Culture-dependent PCR-direct sequencing was used to characterize the midgut bacterial communities of C.suppressalis at different life stages, collected in northern Iran, both from rice plants and from weeds on which the insect Int J Plant Anim Environ Sci 2021; 11 (3): 485-502 DOI: 10.26502/ijpaes.202117 International Journal of Plant, Animal and Environmental Sciences Vol. 11 No. 3 – September 2021 486 feeds. Our results show that the predominant genera of the Firmicutes and Proteobacteria phyla were Bacillus, Enterobacter and Klebsiella in all life stages, and they displayed differences in abundance. The high levels of B. subtilis and Enterobacter found in C. suppressalis suggests their potential utility for paratransgenesis and RNAi approaches to control this pest.","PeriodicalId":22532,"journal":{"name":"The International Journal of Plant, Animal and Environmental Sciences","volume":"8 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76302618","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":"Fowl Adenovirus: Pathogenesis and Control","authors":"Areayi· Haiyilati, Xiaoqi Li, Shijun J Zheng","doi":"10.26502/ijpaes.202122","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26502/ijpaes.202122","url":null,"abstract":"Fowl adenovirus (FAdV), belonging to the Aviadenovirus genus of Adenoviridae family, poses an increasing threat to poultry industry across the globe. In particular, the occurrence of hepatitis hydropericardium syndrome (HHS) in flocks in China has caused severe economic losses to stakeholders since 2015. Some serotypes of the FAdVs, especially FAdV-4, -2, -7 and -11, are highly pathogenic to 3to 6-week-old chickens and responsible for HHS and inclusion body hepatitis (IBH). On the contrary, lines of evidence indicate that adenovirus could serve as an optimal vector to deliver protective antigens of other pathogens in host. This review mainly focuses on the pathogenesis and control of HHS, and discusses over the possible role of FAdV as a vector in controlling other avian diseases.","PeriodicalId":22532,"journal":{"name":"The International Journal of Plant, Animal and Environmental Sciences","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83575438","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":"Cell-Penetrating Peptides and DNA-Free Genome Editing in Plants","authors":"Han Wu, Zhipeng Zhang, Ke Fulai, Pengxiang Jia, Zhu Kai, Jianqiu Zou","doi":"10.26502/ijpaes.202116","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26502/ijpaes.202116","url":null,"abstract":"Genome editing technology based on the clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats/Cas system is an important achievement of molecular biology. Nevertheless, public concerns regarding genetically modified organisms and regulatory restrictions have limited the use of this technology. Cell-penetrating peptides (CPPs) are protein transduction domains, usually less than dozens of amino acids, which have the ability to take cargo and penetrate the cell membrane of recipient cells. CPPs have only minor cytotoxicity and are ideal transfection tools for DNA-free transfection and genome editing in plants. In this review, we discuss the classifications and translocation mechanisms of CPPs, as well as the brief history of CPPs mediated DNA-free genome editing.","PeriodicalId":22532,"journal":{"name":"The International Journal of Plant, Animal and Environmental Sciences","volume":"8 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87150912","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":"Genetic Diversity and Quantification of Human Adenoviruses and JC Polyomaviruses in Wastewater Samples","authors":"Lorena da Graça Pedrosa de Macena, Carmen Baur Vieira, Adriana Gonçalves Maranhão, Fernando César Ferreira, Elba Regina Sampaio Lemos, M. Miagostovich","doi":"10.26502/ijpaes.202125","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26502/ijpaes.202125","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":22532,"journal":{"name":"The International Journal of Plant, Animal and Environmental Sciences","volume":"87 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81245641","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":"Comparative Analysis of Mucor Indicus Against Aspergillus Niger and Aspergillus Fumigatus for Wheat Straw Fermentation to Produce Efficient, Inexpensive and Eco-Friendly Bioethanol","authors":"Sana Zahra Naqvi, Syed Azhar Abbas, M. Naqvi, N. Batool, T. Younas","doi":"10.26502/IJPAES.202103","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26502/IJPAES.202103","url":null,"abstract":"Increasing fuel prices and depleting hydrocarbon resources have compelled scientists to accelerate their efforts in finding reliable petroleum alternatives. Bioethanol has emerged as one of the best solutions to fit in the situation. Therefore, this colorless, biodegradable, eco-friendly liquid by all means is capable of replacing petrol. Its unique characteristics appealed modern scientists to conduct researches in this dimension more seriously. Among various production ways, bioethanol can easily be produced by fermenting lignocellulosic materials through fungus. This study compared and analyzed its production by fermenting pretreated wheat straw using three fungi; Mucor indicus, Aspergillus niger and Aspergillus fumigates separately. At first, samples collected from soil (n=111) and rotten/decomposed vegetables (n=14) were grown on yeast extract peptone dextrose (YPD) agar at 370C for 5 days. From a total of 34 isolated colonies, three most abundant fungal species were selected and identified while others were left unknown. Morphological and microscopic characterization of these fungi was done by lacto-phenol cotton blue staining. To minimize limiting factors of production, fed batch process was opted for fungal fermentation of sugars. Bioethanol was extracted by rotary evaporator while estimation was done through colorimetric method. UV induced mutagenesis enhanced ethanol production potential of these isolates. For both wild and mutant isolates, this potential was compared and analyzed graphically. At 3% sugar concentration, bioethanol production from Mucor indicus, Aspergillus niger and Aspergillus fumigatus was optimum i.e. 8.2%, 6.1% and 6.4% respectively and it became 8.4% for Mucor indicus, 6.4% for Aspergillus niger and 6.4% for Aspergillus fumigatus after 15 minutes UV exposure. Hence, under same circumstances Mucor indicus, in comparison with other two strains came out as the most competent one to produce efficient bioethanol from wheat straw fermentation.","PeriodicalId":22532,"journal":{"name":"The International Journal of Plant, Animal and Environmental Sciences","volume":"66 1","pages":"221-232"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86889302","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":"ACEII Gene Analysis Exposes SARS-Cov-2 as A Potential Threat to Agricultural and National Security","authors":"Ruhl Michael W, Jenkins Tracie M","doi":"10.26502/ijpaes.202114","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26502/ijpaes.202114","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":22532,"journal":{"name":"The International Journal of Plant, Animal and Environmental Sciences","volume":"24 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74038310","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":"Mining Activities and Sustainable Development Issues in Burkina Faso (West Africa)","authors":"Michelline Marie Regina Kansole, Kailou Yaye, Lankoande Samuel, Lankoande Yiéniban Benjamin, Mano Dimanche, Sedego Alexis, Pare Madina","doi":"10.26502/ijpaes.202126","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26502/ijpaes.202126","url":null,"abstract":"Burkina Faso is a landlocked country, which struggles to meet the international development standards. The country knows a “mining boom” since 2008 with more than 600 exploitation permits with many environmental, social, cultural issues due to the limit of the actual mining local code that was established since 2015. The majority of mining companies found in the country exploit most of all gold as the main ore. Sustainable Development requires a country to utilize rationally its natural resources while having on mind that next generations should also meet theirs. This study showed that even the Burkina Faso legal context of Sustainable Development suffers of the lack of applicable texts that could help in preserving the integrity of the population and the territory. Hence, this study requires that the local government should reconsider its mining exploitation code in order to reach a responsible sustainability. IAMGOLD Essakane is an example of an industrial mining company located in Burkina Faso since 2009. The current study showed that, the Essakane mining company proposes many ways to reach sustainability in its exploitation.","PeriodicalId":22532,"journal":{"name":"The International Journal of Plant, Animal and Environmental Sciences","volume":"75 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84006467","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":"Preliminary Identification of the Sex Pheromones of the Citrus Fruit Borer (Citripestis sagittiferella Moore) Inhabiting the Mekong Delta of Vietnam","authors":"T. T. Dũng, D. K. Hanh, Trieu Phuong Linh, Dinh Thi Chi, Tran Thanh Thy, L. Vàng, Tran Vu Phen","doi":"10.26502/IJPAES.202101","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26502/IJPAES.202101","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Citripestis sagittiferella is one of the most harmful pest insects of pomelo in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam. In order to utilize sex pheromone as tool for population monitoring by which supplies information for timing control, the sex pheromone of C. sagittiferella was preliminarily identified then tested under field condition. Fruits infected C. sagittiferella larvae were collected from pomelo orchards in Vinh Long and Hau Giang provinces and brought to Can Tho University laboratory for rearing to extract the pheromone. The analysis was conducted by GC-EAD, GC-MS and the double bond position was affirmed by analysis of its DMDS adduct. GC-EAD analysis resulted in three EAG-responses, namely component I (Comp. I), Comp. II and Comp. III. Mass spectra with diagnostic ions at m/z 61, 194 and 192 ([M-60]+ ions) indicated that they were unsaturated 14 carbons (C14) straight chain acetates. Reference to the synthetic standards by both GC-EAD and GC-MS analysis confirmed that the three pheromone components were (E)-11-tetradecenyl acetate (E11-14:OAc), (Z)-11-tetradecenyl acetate (Z11-14:OAc) and (9Z,11E)-9,11-tetradecadienyl acetate (Z9, E11-14:OAc), respectively. Unfortunately, lures prepared from mixtures of synthetic E11-14:OAc, Z11-14:OAc and E9, Z11-14:OAc at several mixing ratios showed no attraction to C. sagittiferella males in field tests.","PeriodicalId":22532,"journal":{"name":"The International Journal of Plant, Animal and Environmental Sciences","volume":"119 1","pages":"194-205"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81711540","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":"Captive Snakes from Brazil as Carriers of Multidrug-Resistant Enterococci","authors":"Juliana Heck, Janira Prichula, Rosana Huff, R. B. Oliveira, T. SILVA-SOARES, J. Frazzon, A. Frazzon","doi":"10.26502/ijpaes.202118","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26502/ijpaes.202118","url":null,"abstract":"Brazil has one of the most diverse herpetofauna and snakebites are an important health issue. The oral cavity of snakes harbored a wide range of bacteria. Enterococci have been isolated from animals, however, few studies have taken in snakes. In this sense, the present study aimed to evaluate Enterococcus spp. and their virulence attributes including antimicrobial resistance in oral cavities of healthy snake species in Brazil. Oral swabs from wild and Int J Plant Anim Environ Sci 2021; 11 (3): 503-523 DOI: 10.26502/ijpaes.202118 International Journal of Plant, Animal and Environmental Sciences Vol. 11 No. 3 – September 2021 504 captive snakes were screened for enterococci distribution, antimicrobial susceptibility, resistance and virulence genes, and CRISPRs elements by PCR. Overall, 116 enterococci were detected and Enterococcus faecalis was dominant in all snake species, followed by E. faecium, E. avium, and E. hirae. Interestingly, no resistant enterococci were detected in wild snakes. In contrast, captive snakes were found to be carriers of resistant strains, including resistance to erythromycin, rifampicin, norfloxacin, ciprofloxacin, and tetracycline. Enterococcus faecium (50%) and E. faecalis (15.78%) isolates were multidrug-resistant. Erythromycin resistance genes, the msrC and ermB, were detected in 13.33% and 6.67% of the isolates, respectively. The tetM (70%), tetL (30%) and tetS (10%) genes were detected in the tetracycline-resistant strains. Among the virulence genes, gelE was the most frequent in all strains. CRISPR1-cas, orphan CRISPR2, and CRISPR3-cas elements were present in 16.03%, 15.79%, and 18.31% of the isolates, respectively. No antibiotic resistance was associated with CRISPRs. In conclusion, resistant enterococci in captive snakes are the result of confinement, antibiotic therapy and human contact. Resistant bacteria in captive snakes provide crucial information about public health safety.","PeriodicalId":22532,"journal":{"name":"The International Journal of Plant, Animal and Environmental Sciences","volume":"114 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88102228","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":"Peruvian Medicinal Plants and Cosmopolitan Plants with Potential use in the Treatment of Respiratory Diseases and COVID-19","authors":"G. E. Delgado-Paredes, Paulo R. Delgado-Rojas, C. Rojas-Idrogo","doi":"10.26502/IJPAES.202107","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26502/IJPAES.202107","url":null,"abstract":"The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, responsible for COVID-19, has caused more than 157 million infections and more than 3.2 million deaths. A short-term solution is the production of vaccines that confer temporary or permanent immunity. However, the genetic variants of the virus, with greater contagion and lethality capacity, the economic limitations of many countries in the world to acquire vaccines, the limited and controversial effectiveness of the drugs tested, the logistical problems of conservation and distribution of vaccines, among others, lead to proposing and developing other alternatives. One of these alternatives is the use of medicinal plants, especially those plants traditionally used in the treatment of respiratory tract diseases, both in Peru and the world, without risks or collateral problems for the human being and validated with phytochemical and ethnopharmacological studies. The flora of Peru is particularly rich in these species and even more so in endemic species, potentially useful against SARS-CoV-2. The aim of this review is to highlight some Peruvian medicinal plants and species introduced and commercialized in Peru (Cosmopolitan species) potentially useful in the treatment of respiratory diseases and COVID-19.","PeriodicalId":22532,"journal":{"name":"The International Journal of Plant, Animal and Environmental Sciences","volume":"20 1","pages":"295-321"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74676443","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}