Anti-stress and anti-HIV activity of mulberry juice were separated by centrifugation. The anti-stress activity was enriched in the supernatant fraction whereas the anti-HIV activity in the precipitate fraction. Oral administration of the supernatant fraction significantly reduced the elevated plasma level of lipid peroxide in mice loaded with water immersion restraint stress. The kinetic study ...

The titanium and its alloys are used as orthopedic dental implants due to their mechanical and bio-inert properties. The bare metal implants are not the ultimate answer for better osteogenesis and implant integration. Physical and chemical modifications are carried out to achieve the goal of improved adhesion and differentiation of the osteoblast. In this work, the silk fibroins from both mulbe...

Feeding by the western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande), causes damage to the fruits of vegetables, and the species is the key vector of Tomato spotted wilt virus . Frankliniella tritici (Fitch) and Frankliniella bispinosa (Morgan) are not pests of fruiting vegetables. Both species compete with F. occidentalis . Effective management of F. occidentalis in pepper integrates co...

The impact of water-soluble carbohydrate composition in relation to damage levels of onion thrips (Thrips tabaci Lindeman), were studied under field conditions at the Experimental Field of the Biotechnical Faculty in Ljubljana on 7 cabbage cultivar (Brassica oleracea L. var. capitata). Onion thrips showed weak preference on cabbage heads with high amount of total carbohydrate, fructose and gluc...

U.S. exported lettuce, broccoli, asparagus, and strawberries oftenharborwesternßower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), a quarantined pest in Taiwan, and therefore require quarantine treatment. Fumigation with diluted pure phosphine at a low temperatureof 2 Cwas studied to controlwesternßower thrips and todetermineeffects on thequality of the treated produc...

Identifying locations where onion thrips, Thrips tabaci Lindeman (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), overwinter and subsequently disperse is important for designing control strategies. In upstate New York from 2003 through 2006, potential overwintering sites in the commercial onion, Allium cepa L., cropping system were investigated early in the spring before onion seedling emergence and again late in th...

The characteristics of a thrips-non-transmissible isolate of Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV), designated TSWV-M, were compared with those of a thrips-transmissible isolate, designated TSWV-T. TSWV-M showed a narrower host range than TSWV-T. Adult thrips failed to transmit TSWV-M, although the vector acquired the virus during the larval stages. TSWV-M was detected by RT-PCR in adult thrips bodi...

plant samples were collected from yazd, isfahan, fars and tehran provinces and examined for their possible infection by hop stunt viroid (hsvd). the experimental host range of the viroid was determined by injection of infected sap into greenhouse grown seedlings and subsequent assay of inoculated plants by rt-pcr. fig, mulberry and citrus isolates of the viroid were compared with respect to hos...

Thrips are major crop pests and virus vectors in many parts of the world. Despite their economic importance, thrips diversity in Pakistan is not well documented. Surveys were carried out from year 2009 to 2012 to decipher thrips fauna in Pakistan. A total of 158 sites in three climatic regions were surveyed, and specimens were collected from a wide range of flora. Following taxonomic keys, we i...

Nuclear polyhedrosis, that is jaundice, is distinguished among other mulberry silkworm diseases by its pathogenicity. It is a powerful viral, hereditary disease of mulberry silkworm that results in mass destruction of mulberry silkworm. Polyhedrose is spread in all silk manufacturer countries and incurs the losses to sericulture more than any infectious diseases of mulberry silkworm. Viruses wh...