The laser induced fluorescence (LIF) spectra from plants give accurate information on the influences of ultraviolet A (UV-A) and ultraviolet B (UV-B) radiation on the growth of maize plants. In this paper, a thorough LIF study has been done on maize plants grown under controlled conditions. The maize (Zea mays) seeds were planted and exposed to UV-A and UV-B radiation from 0 to10 hours. The dec...

Recent studies suggest that ultraviolet-B radiation, a major component of global climate change, can affect the community structure, biomass and functioning of terrestrial microorganisms. In this report, these studies are reviewed and gaps in our understanding highlighted so that future research can provide more conclusive evidence on the mechanisms and wider ecological implications of the impa...

background bacillus thuringiensis is the most successful biological control agent used in agriculture, forestry and mosquito control. however, the insecticidal activity of the b. thuringiensis formulation is not very stable and rapidly loses its biological activity under field conditions, due to the ultraviolet radiation in sunlight. melanin is known to absorb radiation therefore photo protecti...

the role of the antioxidant defense system was studied in brassica napus, and subjected todifferent supplementary bands of ultraviolet radiation (uv-a, uv-b and uv-c). this study showed thatuv-b and uv-c induced oxidative stress as evidenced by an increase in lipid peroxidation and totalascorbate content. under uv-b and uv-c treatments, flavonoids and anthocyanins were increasedsignificantly co...

Sr6Nb10O30–Nb2O5 nanocomposite was synthesized in 2M NaOH aqueous solution. A stoichiometric 1:1 Sr:Nb molar ratio hydrothermal method at 120°C was used to synthesize this nanocomposite. Sr(NO3)2 and Nb2O5 were used as raw materials. The synthesized nanomaterials were characterized by powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD) technique. It was found that Sr6Nb10O30 was crystallized in tetragonal crystal ...

cutaneous malignancy is complex. Current models suggest, however, that ozone depletion may cause a more rapid increase in melanoma than in non-melanoma skin cancer.10 This is because short episodes of intense and burning ultraviolet exposure are linked to melanoma, whereas nonmelanoma skin cancer is associated with the lifetime build up of exposure to ultraviolet. To quantify changes in inciden...

Pre-irradiation starvation of exponentially growing Escherichia coli B/r Hcr+ thy-try- strain for thymine and tryptophan causes inhibition of pyrimidine dimer excision from ultraviolet damaged cells DNA. This inhibition of excision repair has not resulted in increasing ultraviolet sensitivity nor in increasing frequency of ultraviolet induced tryptophan revertants. The possible mechanisms of th...