G. Guzmán, B.A. Latorre, R. Torres, and W.F. Wilcox. 2007. Relative susceptibility of peach rootstocks to crown gall and Phytophthora root and crown rot in Chile. Cien. Inv. Agr. 34(1):31-40. Crown gall (Agrobacterium tumefaciens) and Phytophthora root and crown rot (PRCR), caused by P. cryptogea, are two major limiting factors affecting peach (Prunus persica) production in Chile. At present, N...

Malaria is one of the worldwide parasitic diseases which threaten the life of hundreds of millions of people at the malarious areas each year. The emergence of chloroquine-resistant strains of Plasmodium falciparum in most of the malarious areas has encountered the relevant countries with some difficulties about treating the acute cases of the disease particulary if the monotherapy regimen has ...

background and objectives: lamiaceae members have long been used in iranian traditional medicine (itm) for their various medicinal properties. the main objective of this study was to evaluate the antioxidant capacity and antimicrobial activity as well as the total phenolic content (tpc) of the various extracts and fractions of two iranian endemic micromeria (m. persica and m. hedgei). methods: ...

Miswak (Salvadora persica Linn.) is a medium-sized tree, desert facultative halophytic plant. Besides edible fruits and non-edible seed oil, the plant contains several bioactive compounds like alkaloids, tannins, saponins and sterols related to food and cosmetic industries. In the present study, physiological responses and antioxidant potential under salinity stress were investigated in callus ...

Pseudomonas syringae pv. persicae is a pathogen that causes bacterial decline of stone fruit. Here, we report the draft genome sequence for P. syringae pv. persicae, which was isolated from Prunus persica.