Oviposition and predation levels by Speciomerus revoili bruchid beetles were quantified on fruits and seeds of the macaúba palm, Acrocomia aculeata, collected from below mother-trees within the Sarah Kubitschek Park of Brasília, DF, Brazil. A maximum of 12 eggs per fruit were found, with high variations observed between samples. No clear pattern was found for the distribution of the number of e...

The genus Rhachotropis has the widest geographic and bathymetric distribution of all amphipod genera worldwide. Molecular and morphological investigations of specimens sampled around Iceland and off the Norwegian coast allow the first insights into the relationships of North East Atlantic Rhachotropis. The 31 cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI) sequences generated for this study were assigned 13...

Agrobacterium strains were isolated from five different leguminous plants viz., Pisum sativum, Sesbania rostrata, Vigna mungo, V. radita and V. ungiculata. The isolated bacteria was characterized and identified as Agrobacterium rhizogenes based on their morphological, biochemical, cultural and pathogenicity tests. Antibiogram and protein profile of isolates were also studied by disc diffusion a...

A field experiment was conducted at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi (2016-17) to evaluate the effect of crop establishment and weed management practices on productivity, economics resource-use efficiency direct-seeded rice (DSR). The treatments included three methods, viz. Zero-tillage-DSR+Sesbania co-culture (ZT-DSR+SCC), ZT-DSR+residue+Sesbania (ZT-DSR+R+SCC) Conventional till-DSR+Sesbania...

Sevhtrriia rliizobiuni strain ORS57 1. which grows in the free-living state at the expense of N, or ammonia. requires nicotinic acid as a growth factor and also uses this vitamin as a nitrogen source in culture medium devoid of ammonia. Consequently, under nitrogen-fixing conditions, Sesbania rhizohiw1 requires about 10-times more nicotinic acid than when grown in the presence of ammonia. The p...

A novel antifungal protein with a molecular mass around 50 kDa was purified from seeds of Sesbania virgata (Cav.) Pers. using ammonium sulfate fractionation followed by gel filtration on a Sephadex G-75 Superfine (Sigma) column and reverse-phase high performance liquid chromatography on a C8 column. The protein, designated FP1-A, with a novel N-terminal sequence AMVHSPGG(S)FS(P), showed growth ...

In order to determine how growing the green manure crop Dhaincha (Sesbania sesban) in acidic soil conditions affected characteristics, nutrient availability, and rice productivity, among other things, a field study was conducted cafeteria at Galgotias University's School of Agriculture Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh from July 2019 2022. As per study, performed patch considerably increased change ...

Over the past decade, scientific studies have increasingly concentrated on effects of global phosphorus (P) scarcity food security. A comprehensive strategy that considers demand reduction and recycling possibilities is needed to address P scarcity. Reduced tillage along with crop residue retention could decrease fixation in soil, improve labile content enhance organic-P (Po) buildup its minera...