BACKGROUND Selection of genes involved in metabolic pathways could target them differently depending on the position of genes in the pathway and on their role in controlling metabolic fluxes. This hypothesis was tested in the carotenoid biosynthesis pathway using population genetics and phylogenetics. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS Evolutionary rates of seven genes distributed along the carot...

Fruit juices are prone to spoilage without the use of preservatives. This study evaluated effect preservatives on microbial, physicochemical and sensory quality cucumber carrots juices. Carrot cucumbers fruits were extracted, filtered treated with garlic ginger powder sodium benzoate. served as control. The microbial qualities fruit juice determined using standard methods. Total viable count fo...

This study was carried out to assess the economic impacts of climate change on some major vegetable crops (potato, tomato and green bean) in Egypt and to predict the production, intended cultivated area and water requirements under increasing population annual growth rate of 2.07% with and without climate change during the period of 2025s2100s according to SRES A and B scenarios. The statistica...

Viral attacks on natural populations of herbaceous forage legumes might have adverse effect on seed and herbage production, hence this study was carried out to investigate the type and incidence of viruses occurring on these plants in Nigeria. Protein A-sandwich (PAS) and antigen-coated plate (ACP) enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA) were used to detect ten legume viruses from 100 leaf s...

Antioxidant activities of ethanolic extracts of Ardisia japonica Blume., Ageartum conyzoides Linn., and Cocculus hirsutus Linn Diels. leaves was determined qualitatively and quantitatively in this research. 1, 1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) free radical solution was used to investigate free radical scavenging activity of these leaves extracts. Ascorbic acid (Vitamin C) was used as the stand...

Sooty mold fungi are often associated with honeydew which insects secrete while feeding on the plant. A great variety of these fungi occur in the North of Iran, especially on Citrus ssp which is one of the most widely cultivated fruit trees in this region. During last 10 years, several collections of these fungi examined and 15 species have been recorded. In this paper seven previously unreport...

introduction: proteins are food ingredients with critical functional properties and participation in developing food products. so far, functional properties of several plant proteins such as pea, chickpea and lentil, groundnut, beach pea and bayberry have been investigated. nowadays, there is an increasing demand for plant proteins because they are available and inexpensive. legume proteins are...