Despite their monophyletic origin, mitochondrial (mt) genomes of plants and animals have developed contrasted evolutionary paths over time. Animal mt genomes are generally small, compact, and exhibit high mutation rates, whereas plant mt genomes exhibit low mutation rates, little compactness, larger sizes, and highly rearranged structures. We present the (nearly) whole sequences of five new mt ...

A new species of Pythium collected from grapevine roots (Vitis vinifera) in South Africa and roots of common beet (Beta vulgaris) in Majorca, Spain, is described. The phylogenetic position of the new species was investigated by multigene sequence analyses of the internal transcribed spacers (ITS1 and ITS2) of the rDNA region, as well as three other nuclear and three mitochondrial coding genes. ...

The regulation of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate (RuBP) carboxylase (Rubisco) activity and metabolite pool sizes in response to natural diurnal changes in photon flux density (PFD) was examined in three species (Phaseolus vulgaris, Beta vulgaris, and Spinacia oleracea) known to differ in the mechanisms used for this regulation. Diurnal regulation of Rubisco activity in P. vulgaris was primarily the ...

PREMISE OF THE STUDY Agricultural practices routinely create opportunities for crops to hybridize with wild relatives, leading to crop gene introgression into wild genomes. Conservationists typically worry this introgression could lead to genetic homogenization of wild populations, over and above the central concern of transgene escape. Alternatively, viewing introgression as analogous to speci...

Anti-Aging can prevent or slow down the effects of skin aging. This study aims to formulate extracts beetroot (Beta vulgaris. L) and Aloe Vera (Aloe Vera) in gel preparations test their anti-aging effectiveness. research was conducted at Laboratory Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University Sari Mutiara Indonesia. The tools used are analyzer moisture checker. B. vulgaris Samples from Brastagi, Karo R...

Beta vulgaris (Bv) was introduced as an antidiabetic herb in Iranan medicinal plant. Regarding to the effect of Bv on diabetes rats, we investigated that whether this plant could decrease the augmented triglyceride and cholesterol, which produce by diabetes. However, if this plant would be able to decrease the triglyceride and cholesterol, it can be introduced as a useful component for these pa...

Beta vulgaris (Bv) was introduced as an antidiabetic herb in Iranan medicinal plant. Regarding to the effect of Bv on diabetes rats, we investigated that whether this plant could decrease the augmented triglyceride and cholesterol, which produce by diabetes. However, if this plant would be able to decrease the triglyceride and cholesterol, it can be introduced as a useful component for these pa...

The aim of this study was to identify leaf physiological traits, which could be used in selecting high yielding genotypes among 12 sugar beet cultivars grown in two contrasting pedo-climatic environments. In the stressful Site 1 (high temperatures, low rainfall, heavy-textured soil), high yielders had cooler leaves (lower ΔT) and thus, transpired (E) and photosynthesized (A) more. Also, these c...