A crucial aim for rapeseed breeders is increasing the seed yield through improving yield- and silique-related traits. In this research, traits including number of seeds per silique, silique length, width, thousand-seed weight combined with coat color were investigated. Yellow-seeded lines oilseed rape have a thinner coat, lower fiber content, higher protein oil content than traditional varietie...

CK2 (formerly termed "casein kinase 2") is a ubiquitous, highly pleiotropic and constitutively active Ser/Thr protein kinase whose implication in neoplasia, cell survival, and virus infection is supported by an increasing number of arguments. Here an updated inventory of 307 CK2 protein substrates is presented. More than one-third of these are implicated in gene expression and protein synthesis...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Olearia flocktoniae is an endangered shrub that was passively translocated from its natural ecosystem, where it has since gone extinct. This study aimed to determine sensitivities vital to populations persisting in human-created areas. METHODS Population colonization, longevity and extinction were investigated over 20 years using 133 populations. Seed-bank longevity was de...

The Torreya Guardians are trying to save the Florida torreya (Torreya taxifolia Arn.) from extinction (Barlow & Martin 2004). Fewer than 1000 individuals of this coniferous tree remain within its native distribution, a 35-km stretch of the Apalachicola River, and these trees are not reproducing (Schwartz et al. 2000). Even if the Florida torreya was not declining toward extinction, the species ...

Abrin is a natural plant toxin found in the seeds of Abrus precatorius. It may be used for food poisoning or bioterrorism, seriously endangering public health. In this study, a reliable method for the rapid detection of abrin in foods was developed, based on an up-converting phosphor technology-based lateral flow assay (abrin-UPT-LFA). Nine high-affinity monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) against abr...

Kurchi bark and kurchi seeds have been reputed drugs in the Indian system of medicine from almost prehistoric days, being mentioned by Charak in nearly 1000 B.C. for the treatment of subacute and chronic dysenteries. Though the alkaloids were isolated as early as 1853 by Haines, and also by R. C. Dutta in the Chemical Department of the Medical College of Bengal in 1880, and whilst recently some...

Cashew nut seeds were subjected to processing including autoclaving (121 degrees C for 5, 10, 20, and 30 min), blanching (100 degrees C for 1, 4, 7, and 10 min), microwave heating (1 and 2 min each at 500 and 1000 W), dry roasting (140 degrees C for 20 and 30 min; 170 degrees C for 15 and 20 min; and 200 degrees C for 10 and 15 min), gamma-irradiation (1, 5, 10, and 25 kGy), and pH (1, 3, 5, 7,...

Dry seeds of many orchid species, when stored at low temperatures, are capable of maintaining high levels of viability for many years, supporting orchid seed banking as a valuable part of emerging integrated conservation strategies. The Orchid Seed Science and Sustainable Use (OSSSU) network has already stored over 300+ species across 26 countries around the world. Its future ambition to store ...

When the camera was first connected to the endoscope in 1984, we did not imagine the undergoing revolution yet! At that time the pessimists claimed that nothing could be better than the human eye. But plugging this camera not only enhanced the quality of vision, improved the surgeon’s comfort and the ergonomic, but also allowed to share the vision to all the actors of the surgery. Above this an...