The present article describes the heavy metal content (Ni, Pb, Cd) in top plant phytomass: blue marsh bog (Eleocharis palustris (L.) Roem. Schult.), furcular Anemonidium (Anemonidium dichotomum Holub), bayonet rush (Juncus filiformis L.), vetchling (Lathyrus carex acuta (Carex reed canary grass (Phalaroides arundinacea clump speedwell (Veronica longifolia silverweed cinquefoil (Potentilla anser...

Two flavonoid-deficient mutants, designated as fldL-1 and fldL-2, were isolated in EMS-mutagenized (0.15%, 10 h) M(2) progeny of grass pea (Lathyrus sativus L.). Both the mutants contained total leaf flavonoid content only 20% of their mother varieties. Genetic analysis revealed monogenic recessive inheritance of the trait, controlled by two different nonallelic loci. The two mutants differed s...

Introduction Beach pea (Lathyrus maritimus [L.] Bigel.), a potential cold-climate circumpolar legume crop, naturally grows along the shorelines of Newfoundland, Canada. It is perennial and persistent for many years, and is resistant to drought and frost. It forms large continuous stands by rhizomes and has prolific seed production. Sometimes, the vegetative parts of beach pea are used as fodder...

Stories abound about the medical abuses that have come to define medicine and the "pseudo"-neurosciences in the Third Reich. Well known are the Nazi program of euthanasia and the neuroscientific publications that arose from it. Nevertheless, during this widespread perversion of medical practice and science, true medical heroics persisted, even in the concentration camps. In December 1942, inmat...

Grass pea (Lathyrus sativus L.) is highly nutritious and protein rich legume crop; however, presence of ODAP (β-NOxalyl-L-α, β-diaminopropionic acid) has restricted its use for human and animal consumption. There is need for accelerated breeding of low or zero ODAP cultivars to ensure safer and wider use of grass pea through conventional and biotechnological approaches. The study investigated s...