J. Gore and D.R. Cook, Delta Research and Extension Center, Mississippi State University, 82 Stoneville Rd., Stoneville, MS 38776; A.L. Catchot and F.R. Musser, Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology, and Plant Pathology, Mississippi State University, 100 Hwy 12, Mississippi State, MS 39762; S.D. Stewart, West Tennessee Research and Education Center, The University of Tenness...

Achyranthes aspera L. (Amaranthaceae) has long been used in different systems of medicine in the treatment of cancer, leprosy, asthma, fistula, piles, arthritis, wound, insect and snake bite, dandruff, hepatitis, renal disorders, dermatological disorders, gynecological disorders, gonorrhea, malaria, fever, cough, diabetes, pyorrhea, dysentery, opthalmia, rabies, hysteria, toothache etc. The pla...

The scientific community working in the field of insect pathology is experiencing an increasing academic and industrial interest in the discovery and development of new bioinsecticides as environmentally friendly pest control tools to be integrated, in combination or rotation, with chemicals in pest management programmes. In this scientific context, market data report a 15% annual growth of the...

Immune priming in invertebrates is most commonly described as an increase in survival (Roth et al., 2010) or the strength of an immune response (Moret, 2006) against a microbe to which the host has been previously exposed. Because priming alters epidemiologically relevant parameters like disease-induced mortality and recovery, priming is likely to impact the spread, and persistence of diseases ...

one of the emerging therapeutic strategies for targeted treatment of most cancers is the use of immunotoxins which are fusion proteins consisted of a targeting and a toxic moieties. we previously showed that the recombinant a254-gmcsf fusion protein selectively kills acute myeloblastic leukemia cells which harbor a large number of granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor (gmcsf) recepto...