available genetic variation for ascochyta blight resistance in genus cicer has prompted interest in the development and use of autumn sown resistant chickpea cultivars. a thorough understanding of the mode of inheritance of resistance to ascochyta blight in chickpea would assist the breeding efforts. in order to determine the number of genes, as well as to evaluate heritability and action of ge...

BACKGROUND Mucus hypersecretion from airway epithelium is a characteristic feature of airway inflammatory diseases. Tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α) regulates mucin synthesis. Glucocorticoids including mometasone fuorate (MF) have been used to attenuate airway inflammation. However, effects of MF on mucin production have not been reported. METHODS Effects of MF and budesonide (BUD) on the phor...

This study was performed to evaluate the efficacy of injection of essential oil of Eugenia caryophyllata in the kid horn buds, as a new chemical technique for disbudding. Five-day-old healthy goat kids from both sexes (n = 16) were divided randomly into 4 equal groups. In groups 1, 2 and 3, 0.2 mL of clove essence and in group 4 (control) 0.2 mL of normal saline was injected into the left horn ...

Leaf blight caused by Calonectria spp. is an important disease occurring on Eucalyptus trees grown in plantations of Southeast Asia. Symptoms of leaf blight caused by Calonectria spp. have recently been observed in commercial Eucalyptus plantations in FuJian Province in Southeast China. The aim of this study was to identify these Calonectria spp. employing morphological characteristics, DNA seq...

Recurrent drought and late blight disease are the major factors limiting potato productivity in the northwest Ethiopian highlands. Incorporating drought tolerance and late blight resistance in the same genotypes will enable the development of cultivars with high and stable yield potential under erratic rainfall conditions. The objectives of this study were to assess combining ability effects an...

This study aimed to investigate why empty branches occur in ‘Shine Muscat’ grapevines. Moreover, it also understand the bud characteristics of grapevines by examining development, occurrence various necrosis types and inflorescence primordium formation. The rate formation was highest September for young vines October adult vines. In contrast, rather low March following year. blooming during flo...

Leaf blight symptoms consisting of dark brown lesions were observed on watermelon plants in seven districts or counties in Beijing municipality of China. A total of 64 Alternaria isolates were recovered and identified based on morphological characters and sequence analyses of rDNAITS regions and histone 3 genes. Amongst these isolates, Alternaria tenuissima was the most prevalent species repres...

The fire blight caused by Erwinia amylovora (Ea) is a devastating disease of Rosaceae plants, including commercially important apple and pear trees. Since the first report in Korea May 2015, it has been spreading to neighboring regions gradually. Host plants can be infected pollinators like bees, rainfall accompanied wind, cultural practices such as pruning. Many studies have revealed that wild...