ISOLATION OF SPOILING MICROMYCETES IN LIGNOCELLULOSIC RESIDUES OF CEREAL CROPS

Effect Of Weed Residues On The Physiology Of Common Cereal Crops

The allelopathic influence of plant residues of three dominant weeds of NorthWestern Himalayan region, namely, Eupatorium adenophorum, Ageratum conyzoides and Lantana camara was observed on the germination and early growth of three common cereal crops viz., Triticum aestivum cv. HPW-42, Oryza sativa cv. Hasanshrai Basmati and Zea mays cv. Girija. The effect of soil amended with weed residues at...

Genetic transformation of major cereal crops.

Of the more than 50,000 edible plant species in the world, at least 10,000 species are cereal grains. Three major cereal crops, rice (Oryza sativa), maize (Zea mays), and wheat (Triticum sp.), provide two-thirds of the world's food energy intake. Although crop yields have improved tremendously thanks to technological advances in the past 50 years, population increases and climate changes contin...

Relationships of cereal crops and other grasses.

The grass family includes some 10,000 species, and it encompasses tremendous morphological, physiological, ecological, and genetic diversity. The phylogeny of the family is becoming increasingly well understood. There were two major radiations of grasses, an early diversification leading to the subfamilies Pooideae, Bambusoideae, and Oryzoideae, and a later one leading to Panicoideae, Chloridoi...

Isolation and molecular identification of endophytic diazotrophs from seeds and stems of three cereal crops

Ten strains of endophytic diazotroph were isolated and identified from the plants collected from three different agricultural crop species, wheat, rice and maize, using the nitrogen-free selective isolation conditions. The nitrogen-fixing ability of endophytic diazotroph was verified by the nifH-PCR assay that showed positive nitrogen fixation ability. These identified strains were classified b...

Thermostable α-amylase from Lignocellulosic Residues Using Bacillus amyloliquefaciens