Brinjal little leaf (BLL) is a widespread disease of phytoplasma etiology in India that induces severe economic losses. Surveys were conducted in eight brinjal-growing states of India during July 2014 to September 2015 and eighteen BLL samples showing little leaf, phyllody and witches' broom symptoms were collected for phytoplasma identification. Presence of phytoplasmas was confirmed in all th...

Biostimulants are organic compounds which in small amounts can have a positive effect on plant growth. Plant extracts source of biostimulants contain such as secondary metabolites and other that enhance Portulaca is wild contains metabolites, amino acids, macro micro nutrients the potential biostimulants. Kale vegetable from Brassicaceae family known super food because its health benefits. Effo...

Saltwater aquaponics is a sustainable alternative system for food production. The success of this largely depends on the selection both fish and plant species, which several features criteria must be considered. This paper aims to identify most suitable species saltwater by using multi-criteria decision-making method also based current literature. One simple model that contained one root criter...

Cysteine-rich peptides (CRPs) play important host-defense roles in plants. However, information concerning CRPs in the Cactaceae (cactus) family is limited, with only a single cactus-derived CRP described to date. Here, we report the identification of 15 novel CRPs with three different precursor architectures, bleogens pB1-15 from Pereskia bleo of the Cactaceae family. By combining proteomic an...