Previous genetic studies in cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp] have shown that an active bipartite transposable element (TE) is responsible for a range of mutant phenotypes of its leaf, stem and flower. Since type II TEs have not been characterized at the molecular level in cowpea, this study was initiated to survey the presence of type II TEs in the cowpea genome. Type II TEs: Enhancer/Suppr...

Rice cakes are made in many cultures and have wide range of processing product characteristics. These from rice flours which grounded into fine powders. had been by different methods using ingredients cultures. The main aim for this prepared cake was to develop a flour with Blackcherry pulp supplemented Basil. flours, the blackcherry basil being treated at levels, 100% i.e. 100:0 is ( T₀) serve...

Experiment aims to determine the substitution effect of tapioca by purple sweet potato flour on antioxidant, fat oxidation, content and pH Manila duck sausage. Completely randomised design with 5 treatments 3 replications was applied in this experiment. Those treatment were: P0 = 100% tapioca; P1 25% + 75% P2 50% P3 dan P4 flour. Variable measured pH. The result showed that have close significa...

Cowpea ( Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp) is an important legume crop for food security in areas of low-input and smallholder farming throughout Africa and Asia. Genetic improvements are required to increase yield and resilience to biotic and abiotic stress and to enhance cowpea crop performance. An integrated cowpea genomic and gene expression data resource has the potential to greatly accelerate ...

Liriomyza sativae and L. trifolii are highly invasive leafminer pests of vegetable crops that have invaded southern China in recent years. Liriomyza sativae was the first of these species to invade China, but it is now being displaced by L. trifolii. The rate and extent of this displacement vary across southern China. In Hainan, monocultures of highly valuable cowpea are planted and treated ext...

In the tropics, cowpea is often intercropped with maize. Little is known about the effect of the intercropped maize on N2-fixation by cowpea or how intercropping affects nitrogen fertilizer use efficiency or soil N-uptake of both crops. Cowpea and maize were grown as a monocrop at row spacings of 40, 50, 60, 80, and 120 cm and intercropped at row spacing of 40, 50, and 60 cm. Plots were fertili...

1. The present study was addressed to clarify the subtypes of P2-purinoceptor involved in ATP release and contraction evoked by alpha, beta-methylene ATP (alpha, beta-mATP) and other P2-agonists in guinea-pig ileum. 2. alpha, beta-mATP 100 microM produced a transient and steep contraction followed by ATP release from tissue segments. These maximum responses appeared with different time-courses ...

Sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum), one of the most popular cultivated herbs worldwide, displays a number of varieties differing in several characteristics, such as the color of the leaves. The development of a reference transcriptome for sweet basil, and the analysis of differentially expressed genes in acyanic and cyanic cultivars exposed to natural sunlight irradiance, has interest from horticul...

Basil is susceptible to stressful conditions, of which salinity a major problem in agriculture, causing significant yield losses. Biostimulants can be used as stress reducers and for sustainable agriculture. Genovese-type 'Marian' basil Greek-type 'Manos' were grown under 100 mM NaCl salt conditions treated with hydrolyzed animal protein-based biostimulant (as foliar fertilizer via nutrient sol...