Chlorophyll (CHL) is present in many plant organs, and its metabolism is strongly regulated throughout plant development. Understanding the fate of CHL in senescent leaves or during fruit ripening is a complex process. The stay-green (SGR) protein has been shown to affect CHL degradation. In this study, we used the conserved sequences of STAY-GREEN domain protein (NP_567673) in Arabidopsis thal...

Iron (Fe) deficiency in plants limits crop growth and productivity. Molecular mechanisms that plants use to sense and respond to Fe deficiency by coordinated expression of Fe-uptake genes are not fully understood. The C940-fe chlorotic melon (Cucumis melo) mutant known as fefe is unable to upregulate Fe-uptake genes, however, the FeFe gene had not been identified. In this study, we used two F2 ...

In August 1946, marked viruslike symptoms were observed on watermelon {Citrullus vulgaris Schrad.) and muskmelon (Cucumis melo L.) plants in a field at Merrimac, Wis. Inoculations from infected plants to tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.), cucumber (Cucumis sativus i.)> ö.nd watermelon demonstrated that the disease was of virus origin. Isolates from watermelon and muskmelon were identical, and one ...

Extracted pectins have been utilised in a number of applications in both the food and pharmaceutical industries where they are generally used as gelling agents, thickeners and stabilisers, although a number of pectins have been shown to be bioactive. These functional properties will depend upon extraction conditions. A statistical experimental design approach was used to study the effects of ex...