A β-galactosidase from Cicer arietinum seeds has been purified to apparent electrophoretic homogeneity using a combination of various fractionation and chromatographic techniques, giving a final specific activity of 220 units mg(-1), with approximately 1840 fold purification. Analysis of the protein by SDS-PAGE revealed two subunits with molecular masses of 48 and 38 kDa, respectively. These ba...

Heat-related traits in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) play a crucial role reducing the harmful effect of heat stress, as increase stress is predicted to occur coming years due global warming result climate change. The advantage multiple pods per peduncle and compound (imparipinnate) leaf kabuli has not been properly revealed under conditions. We, therefore, want (i) provide insight into over sin...

the impact of three different fabaceous host plants including cowpea (vigna unguiculata), chickpea (cicer arietinum), and mung bean (vigna radiata) seeds was investigated using biochemical approaches on possible changes of gut proteolytic activity of the cowpea weevil, callosobruchus maculatus at 30±1˚c and 70±5% rh and a photoperiod of 8:16 (l:d). results revealed that ph of 4-5 and 9 was opti...

The involvement of ionic channel/s in signal transduction and the amplification of phytohormones induced impact on the processes leading to seed germination provoked us to undertake the present study. Seeds of Cicer arietinum (L.) cv. Avarodhi were soaked in the aqueous solutions of 28homobrassinolide (HBR) and/or K+, for a limited period, and subsequently transferred to distilled water, for th...

Two strains of Proteus isolated from tea plantation soil were tested for their ability to colonise the roots of gram (Cicer arietinum), bean (Phaseolus radiatus) and mung (Phaseolus mungo) using a gnotobiotic system. Seeds bacterized with the two strains grew faster and showed significant increase in root and shoot enlargement of the plants tested. The bioactive fractions obtained from the cult...

Salt-sensitive yeast mutants were deployed to characterize a gene encoding a C2H2 zinc finger protein (CaZF) that is differentially expressed in a drought-tolerant variety of chickpea (Cicer arietinum) and provides salinity-tolerance in transgenic tobacco. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae most of the cellular responses to hyper-osmotic stress is regulated by two interconnected pathways involving hig...

In this study, urease was isolated from Cicer arietinum and immobilized in calcium alginate beads. Various parameters, such as effect of thermal stability, temperature, optimum pH and pH stability, substrate concentration, reuse and storage stability were investigated and the results of the investigation were compared with the soluble enzyme. The activity yield of immobilization was calculated ...

in the present study, the effect of two species of amf, glomus mosseae and glomus intraradices, alone and in combination, was evaluated on the growth criteria, chlorophyll content, and root rot disease caused by fusarium solani f. sp. pisi, on chickpea (cicer arietinum l.) under greenhouse conditions. chickpea seeds were sown into pots containing 100 g of amf inoculum (more than 1,000 propagule...