Reproductive compatibility proteins have been shown to evolve rapidly under positive selection leading to reproductive isolation, despite the potential homogenizing effects of gene flow. This process has been implicated in both primary divergence among conspecific populations and reinforcement during secondary contact; however, these two selective regimes can be difficult to discriminate from e...

Mycotoxins are microbial agents which cause food or feed-borne intoxications. Mycotoxins are undesireable compounds often found in cereal grains and forages. Production of mycotoxins is dependent on environmental conditions and agricultural practices. Moisture level ranges between 13% to 18% and temperatures between 20 C and 30 C can increase fungal growth rate during growing seasons as well as...

Legumes, native to the Mediterranean, harbor reservoirs of endophytes that help plants adapt various environmental stresses. The current study was carried out evaluate plant growth characteristics and antifungal activity root nodule as biocontrol agents promoters. Eleven bacterial isolated from nodules Sulla flexuosa L. grown in Northwest Morocco were assessed for their growth-promoting (PGP), ...

Sea stars are some of the largest mobile animals able to live in the harsh flow environment of wave-exposed, rocky intertidal shores. In addition, some species, such as the northeastern Pacific Pisaster ochraceus, are ecologically significant predators in a broad range of environments, from sheltered lagoons to the most wave-exposed shorelines. How they function and survive under such an extrem...

A total of 150 cereal samples from three regions of Southern India i.e. Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Tamilnadu were collected during winter 2010 – 2012 to determine the ochratoxigenic fungal incidences. A total of 150 fungal isolates comprising, Aspergillus ochraceus, A. niger and Penicillium verrucosum were recovered and tested for ochratoxin A (OTA) production. Chemotype determination of fun...