Hemoglobins (Hbs) have been characterized from a wide variety of eubacteria, but not from nitrogen-fixing rhizobia. Our search for Hb-like sequences in the Sinorhizobium meliloti genome revealed that a gene coding for a flavohemoglobin (fHb) exists in S. meliloti (SmfHb). Computer analysis showed that SmfHb and Alcaligenes eutrophus fHb are highly similar and could fold into the same tertiary s...

Transfusion of red blood cells (RBCs) is an effective therapy in surgery and critical care. Comparing to fresh RBCs, the therapeutic effect of stored RBCs is greatly limited because of its loss of NO during storage, which leads to vasodilatation dysfunction upon transfusion. So far, there is no effective solution to this problem. Here, we summarize the protective effects of Haptoglobin (Hp) in ...

Fusarium head blight (FHB) is a devastating disease of wheat. Worldwide, graminearum the most dominant FHB-causing species. Its common toxin, deoxynivalenol (DON), impairs food and feed safety has an enormous economic impact. Agronomic factors such as crop rotation, soil management host genotype strongly influence occurrence F. graminearum. Infected plant debris from previous crops, on which pe...

Current gene introgression-based approaches have made only modest progress toward the goal of developing Canadian wheat cultivars with strong resistance to Fusarium head blight (FHB). Re-examining comparisons of gene induction in resistant and susceptible nearisogenic lines of ‘Sumai 3’, a well-established source of FHB resistance, suggested that resistance was conditioned by effective expressi...

Fukushima Daiichi NPP accident showed that plant technical support center (TSC) in an extreme and rare external event (design extended condition (DEC)) can have a problem the case of coincident loss decay heat removal from core (possibly resulting significant damage) spent fuel pool. From point view prioritizing severe management strategies it looks like priority mitigation action should be to ...

Abstract Fusarium head blight (FHB) is consistently one of the most important barley diseases worldwide. This study aimed to evaluate pathogenicity 16 isolates four species under controlled conditions and their genetic variability using 22 random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers. Pathogenic variation was characterized based on disease development rates index two Syrian landraces with va...

As a devastating wheat disease, Fusarium head blight (FHB) causes large losses in yield and quality. The purpose of this study was to detect the genetic loci for FHB resistance based on genome-wide association (GWAS) using two panels genotyped by Wheat 660 K SNP array 90 array. Phenotypic investigation results showed that 43.6–51.6% test varieties an infection type more than 3, indicating subst...

Fusarium head blight (FHB) is a devastating disease that causes extensive yield and quality losses to wheat and other small cereal grains worldwide. Species within the Fusarium graminearum complex are the main pathogens associated with the disease, F. graminearum sensu stricto being the main pathogen in Argentina. Biocontrol can be used as part of an integrated pest management strategy. Phytoho...

Fusarium head blight (FHB), caused by the fungus Fusarium graminearum, represents one of the major wheat diseases worldwide, determining severe yield losses and reduction of grain quality due to the accumulation of mycotoxins. The molecular response associated with the wheat 2DL FHB resistance QTL was mined through a comprehensive transcriptomic analysis of the early response to F. graminearum ...