MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are known to regulate expression of genes under stress. We report here the deep sequencing of small RNAs expressed during control, short and prolonged heat stress and recovery. Genome-wide identification of miRNAs in tolerant (Nagina 22) and susceptible (Vandana) rice cultivars was performed in 16 samples representing root and shoot of 13-day-old seedlings. The expression pro...

Rice is one of the major staple food crops in the world and an excellent model system for studying monocotyledonous plants. Diseases caused by nematodes in rice are well documented and among them, root-knot nematode (RKN), Meloidogyne graminicola, causes extensive yield decline. It is therefore necessary to identify novel sources of natural resistance to RKN in rice and to investigate the rice-...

Pekalongan was one of the centers northern coast Java in past. The study community mostly focused on batik production and religious (Islamic) life. This aimed to complement previous studies region Java, particularly Pekalongan, with a focus raising women’s contribution economic dynamics communities so that those became public knowledge. Very few emphasized it, which is novelty this study. used ...

Chromosome 22q11 deletion syndrome (22q11DS) is associated with elevated rates of schizophrenia and other psychoses in adulthood. Childhood morphologic brain abnormalities are frequently reported, but the significance of these and their relationship to the development of schizophrenia are unclear. We sought to delineate midline neuroanatomical abnormalities in nonpsychotic children with 22q11DS...

Jaleel, Abdul, Vandana Nehra, Xuan-Mai T Persson, Yves Boirie, Maureen Bigelow, and K. Sreekumaran Nair. In vivo measurement of synthesis rate of multiple plasma proteins in humans. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 291: E190–E197, 2006. First published January 31, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpendo.00390.2005.—Advances in quantitative proteomics have facilitated the measurement of large-scale protein quant...

In changing climatic conditions, heat stress caused by high temperature poses a serious threat to rice cultivation. A multiple organizational analysis at physiological, biochemical, and molecular levels is required to fully understand the impact of elevated temperature in rice. This study was aimed at deciphering the elevated temperature response in 11 popular and mega rice cultivars widely gro...

Wild species and derived introgression lines (ILs) are a good source of genes for improving complex traits such as heat tolerance. The effect of heat stress on 18 yield traits was studied in four treatments in two seasons, under field conditions by subjecting 37 ILs and recurrent parents Swarna and KMR3, N22 mutants, and wild type and 2 improved rice cultivars to heat stress using polycover hou...

Global production of rice (Oryza sativa) grain is limited by water availability and the low 'leaf-level' photosynthetic capacity of many cultivars. Oryza sativa is extremely susceptible to water-deficits; therefore, predicted increases in the frequency and duration of drought events, combined with future rises in global temperatures and food demand, necessitate the development of more productiv...