{"title":"Analytical Quantification of mycotoxin by LC-ESI-MS/MS, and MALDI-TOF MS in phoma sorghina species of sugarcane","authors":"J. J. Jeyakumar, Muqing Zhang","doi":"10.5281/APS.2021.10.4.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5281/APS.2021.10.4.2","url":null,"abstract":"Mycotoxin s are secondary metabolites produced by fungi, which are harmful to humans and animals. Phoma is a common fungal plant pathogen that can produce mycotoxins in sugarcane. Phoma sorgina belonging to phoma species that cause devastating fungal disease twisted leaf on sugarcane, The present study helps to carry out research on potential metabolites of fungal strain belongs to the phoma sorghina species such as P. sorghina (BS2-1), P. sorghina (BS11-1), P. sorghina (BSQP) isolated from sugarcane. These metabolites may influence the functioning of the fungus and are thus important indirectly for its growth and survival. Mass spectrometry (MS) is commonly used for the detection, characterization and quantitation of mycotoxins in agricultural crops. Phoma species were assessed to provide a risk assessment of their secondary metabolites in sugarcane by describing their global metabolome data obtained from the LC-MS instrument. Another study examined through using matrix-assisted laser desorption ionisation – time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) to identify phoma species rapidly and accurately. Different protein mass spectra obtained with MALDI-TOF MS were able to separate the phoma species reported in sugarcane. Therefore, the discovery of new conjugated mycotoxins and secondary metabolites produced phoma species was made possible by combining high mass accuracy data with analytic approaches.","PeriodicalId":8135,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Plant Sciences","volume":"4 1","pages":"4195-4205"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88664962","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":"Present status of Liverworts and Hornworts in India","authors":"S. Majumdar, M. Dey","doi":"10.5281/APS.2021.10.3.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5281/APS.2021.10.3.1","url":null,"abstract":"Recent addition of several taxa of liverworts in Indian flora and a few taxa being synonymized has resulted in a total of 953 taxa of liverworts and hornworts in India.","PeriodicalId":8135,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Plant Sciences","volume":"111 1","pages":"4162-4166"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-04-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89524827","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}
Nitesh Kumar, P. Kumari, Rakhi Gagotia, Sunita Saklani, Arvind Kumar
{"title":"Herbal potential of some plants from Shivalik hills of H.P, Northwestern Himalaya for treatment of waterborne diseases: A Review","authors":"Nitesh Kumar, P. Kumari, Rakhi Gagotia, Sunita Saklani, Arvind Kumar","doi":"10.5281/APS.2021.10.3.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5281/APS.2021.10.3.2","url":null,"abstract":"Water pollution is the significant pollution of rural areas and even in the cities pollution of water occurs when pollutants or contaminants are inducted into the natural surroundings intentionally or unintentionally. Water pollution is the discharge of impurities into water bodies like chemicals, microorganisms, radioactive energy, and heat. These substances are called water pollutants and obstruct the essential water utilization or the natural working of the ecosystem. The contaminated or polluted water causes many human diseases such as cholera, diarrhea, dysentery, typhoid, jaundice, polio (infantile paralysis), and trachoma (eye infection). Himachal Pradesh is a hilly state which is full of forests with characteristic medicinal wealth and floristic diversity. Mostly the peoples of Himachal Pradesh live in the rural areas and the vicinity of the forest. They are having a great reservoir of traditional knowledge regarding the use of local plants from the forest to treat various health problems. This study emphasizes the conventional use of some plants from the forest of Shivalik hills of Himachal Pradesh, the North-Western Himalayan region, for the cure of diseases that occurs because of water pollution.","PeriodicalId":8135,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Plant Sciences","volume":"35 1","pages":"4167-4179"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76053477","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":"Pathogenic fungi associated with Ageratina adenophora (Spreng.) King & H. Rob and Parthenium hysterophorus L. in Nepal","authors":"S. Jha, Reetu Deuba","doi":"10.5281/APS.2021.10.1.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5281/APS.2021.10.1.4","url":null,"abstract":"This study was carried out in Kathmandu valley, Nepal to document the fungal pathogens associated with the worst invasive species Ageratina adenophora and Parthenium hysterophorus . Pathogen infected leaves were collected in the fields and were cultured in the PDA media. The pathogenic fungi were isolated and identified. Eleven fungal pathogens, namely Alternaria sp., Fusarium sp., Cercospora partheniicola , Colletotrichum capsici , Curvularia sp., Passalora ageratinae , Chaetomium anguipilium , Cladosporium cladosporoides, and Puccinia abrupta var. partheniicola were found on Parthenium hysterophorus . In contrast, Passalora ageretinae and Cladosporium cladosporoides were found on Ageratina adenophora . Curvularia lunata was seen on both the invasive plant species.","PeriodicalId":8135,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Plant Sciences","volume":"77 1","pages":"4137-4145"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-02-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90282617","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":"Samolus valerandi L. (Primulaceae): A new Angiospermic record from Jammu and Kashmir, India","authors":"Mushtaq Ahmed, Manjul Dhiman","doi":"10.5281/APS.2021.10.2.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5281/APS.2021.10.2.1","url":null,"abstract":"A humid-loving herb Samolus valerandi L. is collected for the first time from the union territory Jammu and Kashmir. The reported taxa is found in a wetland near rice fields at Phalni 1411m above mean sea level . The specimen are thoroughly analysed morphologically live in the field, followed by collection of specimen for herbarium and deposition of standerized herbarium sheets at herbarium of Department of Botany, KLDAV PG College Roorkee Haridwar 247667 Uttarakhand India. The detailed taxonomic description and photographs are provided in the manuscript.","PeriodicalId":8135,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Plant Sciences","volume":"42 1","pages":"4146-4150"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-02-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75130766","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":"Ethnomedicinal studies of postpartum recipes used by rural and tribal women of Southern Rajasthan, India","authors":"Khushboo Kumawat, Sunita M. Jain, A. Arora","doi":"10.5281/APS.2021.10.2.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5281/APS.2021.10.2.2","url":null,"abstract":"The postpartum period is defined as the period after delivery of conceptus when maternal physiological and anatomical changes return to the non-pregnant state. The postpartum period, also known as puerperium, starts following the placenta's expulsion until the complete physiological recovery of various organ systems. Rural and tribal peoples of Southern Rajasthan practice unique dietary therapeutic recipes for a holistic approach to cure and rejuvenate new mother's pregnancy-based maladies. Ethno-medicinal survey reveals 12 recipes/ formulations that deploy the medicinal herbs that have been time tested and align with modern biochemical evaluations conducted on animal models and humans.","PeriodicalId":8135,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Plant Sciences","volume":"1 1","pages":"4151-4161"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-02-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89923779","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}
M. M. Ganaie, P. H. Qazi, V. Verma, Z. Reshi, A. Q. Mir, V. Raja
{"title":"Withania somnifera: Diversity and phylogeny - An overview","authors":"M. M. Ganaie, P. H. Qazi, V. Verma, Z. Reshi, A. Q. Mir, V. Raja","doi":"10.5281/APS.2021.10.1.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5281/APS.2021.10.1.2","url":null,"abstract":"The diversity and phylogenetic relationships within Solanaceae are interesting. Withania, despite being an important genus of the family, has not found proper attention for such studies and even species delimitation within the genus is debatable. Different authors at different points of times classified Withania somnifera into different morphological forms and split it into two different species. Similarly, there are various uncertainties about phylogenetic relationships below the family level in Solanaceae and Withania . In the present study, morphological and molecular data have been used to overview the diversity and phylogeny of Withania, particularly W. somnifera . The morphological studies, RAPD, ISSR, cytochrome P450 sequence, derived primers, SSR analogues, and ITS sequence data support that the species has a lot of polymorphism bifurcated into two well-demarcated varieties. However, there is no conclusive support for dividing the species into more than two forms or splitting the species into two different species, rbc L gene sequence data supports a close relationship of the genus with Physalis and associated genera.","PeriodicalId":8135,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Plant Sciences","volume":"7 2 1","pages":"4117-4132"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75492072","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 chromium on basic growth factors of Pennisetum glaucum L.","authors":"N. Joshi, P. Menon","doi":"10.5281/APS.2021.10.1.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5281/APS.2021.10.1.1","url":null,"abstract":"One of the main concerns of agricultural production is heavy metal pollutants. The industrialization has resulted in the heavy metal contamination of agricultural soil and ecosystems. Metals are a natural component of the earth, it is when their concentration increases from natural levels, ecological deterioration occurs. In the present study, transplant experiments were conducted to evaluate the effect of chromium-contaminated soil in Pennisetum glaucum L. The seeds growing in petridishes were exposed to chromium, in increasing concentrations of 1, 3, 5, 10, 50, 100, 200, 300, 500 ppm. Each treatment was replicated in a randomized design and observed over a period of 7 days. The seedlings were studied for their response based on germination rate, seed vigour index, length of the radicle, length of plumule, and fresh weight against seeds germinated using distilled water as a control. Five different chromium concentrations i.e., 5, 10, 50, 100 & 200 ppm, were applied to the plants. Each treatment was replicated in a randomized design and observed for 45 days. The plants were studied for the length of root, length of shoot, fresh weight, total chlorophyll content, protein content, and heavy metal analysis compared to a set irrigated using distilled water as a control. The root and shoot lengths decreased with an increase in Cr concentrations in the transplants. A gradual decrease was observed in the selected parameters, with an increase in Cr levels. The values related well with increased Phyto-accumulation of chromium within the tissues of both roots and shoots. It was observed that chromium's harmful effects on all the parameters were directly proportional to the concentration of solution employed, with the inhibition of growth being more pronounced from 50 ppm onwards. As Pennisetum glaucum L. an edible crop despite showing a good potential for application in phytoremediation techniques, it can’t be used to hyper accumulate chromium to remove it from the soil.","PeriodicalId":8135,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Plant Sciences","volume":"6 1","pages":"4105-4116"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78617420","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":"COVID-19 and the plant health: an unexpected blessing","authors":"J. Rout","doi":"10.5281/APS.2021.10.1.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5281/APS.2021.10.1.3","url":null,"abstract":"The viral pandemic caused by the COVID-19 due to its spread across the globe has been the greatest worry for mankind. It has shattered our day-to-day life activities through the imposition of lock- or shutdown and consequently affected the physical, mental, psychological, and socio-economic status of the human beings. On the contrary, it has also acted as a brake on environmental degradation activity by reducing all pollution load levels on the environment. The reduction of harmful pollutants either from air or water is a good indication for plants' growth and development. The present paper highlights such possible outcomes of the COVID-19 pandemic issue on the environment focussing health perspective of plant kingdom particular.","PeriodicalId":8135,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Plant Sciences","volume":"22 1","pages":"4133-4136"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91208932","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":"Morphological diversity within Dendrobium (Orchidaceae) of Nepal","authors":"Baba Maiya Pradhan, D. Bajracharya","doi":"10.5281/APS.2020.9.12.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5281/APS.2020.9.12.1","url":null,"abstract":"The morphological diversity within Dendrobium Sw., comprising 29 species of Nepal Himalaya, is presented. The paper provides detailed information about the range of diversity in vegetative and reproductive characteristics. An artificial key to the species is provided for their identification. According to the updated classification of Orchidaceae, genera like Epigeneium and Flickingeria of subtribe Dendrobiinae are merged into genus Dendrobium sensu lato. In the present investigation, the morphological diversity within 29 species of Dendrobium viz. D. amoenum, D. amplum, D. anceps, D. aphyllum, D. bicameratum, D. chrysanthum , D. crepidatum, D. darjeelingense, D. denneanum, D. densiflorum, D. denudans, D. eriiflorum, D. fimbriatum var. oculatum, D. formosum, D. fugax, D. fuscescens, D. gibsonii, D. heterocarpum, D. longicornu, D. moniliforme, D. monticola, D. moschatum, D. nobile, D. plicatile, D. polyanthum, D. porphyrochilum, D. rotundatum and D. transparens of Nepal Himalaya were studied.","PeriodicalId":8135,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Plant Sciences","volume":"25 1","pages":"4074-4102"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83124632","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}