A phenotypic segregation of kanamycin resistance conferred by nosnptII was investigated in two groups of transgenic cucumber lines one containing the PR-2duidA-nosnptII construct and the other with the thaumatinII-nosnptII construct to the third and fifth generation, respectively. Expression of the nptII gene was more stable and predictable in the progeny of the PR-2d lines than that of thaumat...

Abstract Thaumatin-like proteins (TLPs) play potential roles in plant resistance to various diseases. Identifying TLPs is necessary determine their function and apply them disease resistance. However, limited information available about TLP-family genes wheat, especially regarding responses Fusarium species, which cause head blight wheat. In this study, we conducted a comprehensive genome-wide ...

The effects of Tasco®, a product made from the brown seaweed (Ascophyllum nodosum) were tested for the ability to protect Caenorhabditis elegans against Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection. A water extract of Tasco® (TWE) reduced P. aeruginosa inflicted mortality in the nematode. The TWE, at a concentration of 300 µg/mL, offered the maximum protection and induced the expression of innate immune re...

In flowering plants, double fertilization between male and female gametophytes, which are separated by distance, largely depends on the unique pattern of gametophyte (pollen): two non-motile sperm cells suspended within a tube-producing vegetative cell. A morphological screen to elucidate genetic control governing strategic patterning pollen has led isolation sticky generative cell (sgc) mutant...