Deepu Mathew

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• M. Sc. (Agri.); Ph. D.
• Professor at Kerala Agricultural University

This study investigates the resilience of four newly isolated native strains of Purpureocillium lilacinum, an entomopathogenic fungus, to various abiotic stresses, including temperature, salinity, pH, and drought. Isolates were sourced from stress-prone ecosystems in Kerala and assessed under in vitro conditions. The results revealed that the TVM i...

The present study focuses on understanding the genetic diversity among the selected teak accessions using Inter simple sequence repeat (ISSR) markers. Genomic DNA from ten selected teak accessions was extracted using a modified Cetyltrimethylammonium Bromide (CTAB) protocol, ensur-ing high quality and yield. ISSR primers were employed to amplify DN...

Rice (Oryza sativa L.), as a staple food, is a critical target for nutritional enhancement. Understanding the natural variation of the bioactive components in rice bran holds significant promise for improving public health. An untargeted metabolite profiling of elite rice varieties, Jyothi, Jaya and Swarna, by high-resolution liquid chromatography...

Background Rice varieties enriched with potential bioactive compounds are poised to make a significant contribution to global health. It is anticipated that edible medications made from rice seeds will lead to novel therapeutics. Purpose High-yielding popular pigmented and nonpigmented rice varieties were selected for in-depth analysis of bioactiv...

Soil borne diseases fungal vascular wilt () basal stem rot and blight (viz., Fusarium oxysporum , Sclerotium rolfsii) Rhizoctonia solani and collar rot and web blight () in yard long bean result in drastic yield loss vegetable crop. Synthetic fumigants have been banned owing to the hazards they pose to human beings, ozone layer and the environment....

The F4 population comprising of 92 plants descended from the cross of semi-trailing, medium-long podded, low yielding cv. Kanakamony [Vigna unguiculata (L.) ssp. cylindrica] with pole type, long podded, high yielding cv. Sharika [V. unguiculata. ssp. sesquipedalis] was used for mapping the yield-related traits in vegetable type cowpea. Using 30 pol...

The suitability of leading carrot cvs. for cultivation under the hot and humid tropical plains of Kerala state was assessed. Sixteen cvs., including nine tropical varieties, two temperate varieties and five temperate hybrids, were evaluated. All tropical cvs. initiated bolting in 58.5 (Punjab Black Beauty) to 112.0 (CR29) days after sowing, whereas...

Plant viruses need host factors to complete their life cycle. The eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4E (eIF4E) and its isoforms are the host factors essential for infection by plant viruses in the genus Potyvirus. The present study describes the characterization of eIF4E gene in banana cultivar Nendran, and its interaction with the viral gen...

RNA interference (RNAi) is an antiviral mechanism in plants involving the production of dsRNA and its cleavage by Dicer enzyme to small interfering RNAs, which specifically direct the RNA-induced silencing complex (RISC) complex to degrade the homologous RNAs. Due to its specific gene-silencing capability, this strategy has been extensively employe...

Deficiency of vitamins and minerals results in “hidden hunger.” Biofortification, the process of enhancing the bioavailability of vital elements in the edible portions of crops through agronomic methods or genetic improvement, could be an answer to hidden hunger or malnutrition. This instrumental intervention promises low-cost and long-term sustain...

The productivity of rice, the world’s most important cereal, is threatened due to unprecedented global warming. This warrants the urgent development of heat-tolerant rice genotypes worldwide. Jyothi (PTB 39) is a tropical red-grained, high-yielding rice variety that is very popular in Kerala, India. Sensitivity to high temperature has been noticed...

The study aimed to assess the degree of association between the yield and its various contributing attributes in chilli and to determine the path through which each character is contributing towards yield. Thirteen different characters recorded from ninety-four genotypes in chilli were used for estimating the correlation and path coefficient analys...

Eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) is a widely cultivated vegetable in India with enormous variability. Recent molecular techniques revealed three closely related but distinct Solanum species (S. melongena, S. incanum and S. insanum), with the Indian subcontinent being a domesticated centre. Spontaneous hybridization between S. insanum and S. melongen...

Purpureocillium lilacinum is a fungus that can be used as a biocontrol agent to manage various insect and nematode pests in agricultural crops. Kerala, a lush state on India's southwestern coast with tropical climate, characterized by heavy monsoons and warm temperatures, is renowned for its vibrant agriculture, producing key crops like spices, tea...

Purpureocilium lilacinum is a filamentous fungus with promising potential in managing plant pests and enhancing crop health. Its biocontrol properties provide an eco-friendly alternative to chemical pesticides. The endophytic property of this fungi helps the plant in disease and abiotic stress tolerance and plant growth enhancement. Hence, our stud...

Eggplant is considered as a prominent vegetable crop for its high amount of mineral content and widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions. The crop is susceptible to many diseases and one of the most harmful pathogens affecting eggplant production at global level is Ralstonia solanacearum, an aerobic non-spore-forming, Gram-negative, so...

The R codes for Box-Cox transformation and BLUPs are given

In the present global warming scenario, it is urgent to impart heat tolerance into the popular high yielding rice (Oryza sativa L.) varieties to reduce yield loss to a great extent. Uma (a prevalent red-grained rice variety in Kerala) was crossed with Nagina 22 (N22), the popular donor for heat tolerance. From the seven promising heat-tolerant F3 p...

Genome of Piper longum (long pepper, Piperaceae), an important medicinal plant, is being reported. The sequencing was carried out on Illumina Novaseq‐6000 platform at 150x coverage, and de novo scaffold‐level assembly has resulted in a 447.7 Mb genome (89,204 scaffolds with an N50 value of 10.7 kb). Even though long pepper is valued for its pungent...

Seven advanced lines along with two check varieties of cowpea were evaluated in a randomized block design with three replications during summer season of 2021 over three agro-ecological zones of Kerala. Assessment of genetic variability and heritability on twelve quantitative characters over three locations revealed significant difference between g...

Multidrug and Toxic Compound Extrusion (MATE) proteins are responsible for the transport of a wide range of metabolites out of plant cells. This helps to protect the cells from toxins and other harmful compounds. MATE proteins also play a role in plant development, by regulating the transport of hormones and other signalling molecules. They transpo...

India is the second largest producer of fruits in the world with different fruit growing zones viz., temperate, arid and semi-arid, subtropical, and tropical zones. In this present era of climate change, fruit growers are facing environment-related problems such as sudden changes in temperature, irregular and heavy rainfall, and soil-related proble...

The process of collecting and storing pollen by stingless bees involves a complex fermentation process, enriching it with nutrients and probiotics, making it valuable as a dietary supplement. However, the presence of mycotoxins-producing fungi in bee pollen poses health risks to humans. Thus, the study aims to characterize the fungi associated with...

Background Saraca asoca (Asoka) is reported to possess phytoestrogenic components with anticancer properties. The phytoestrogens are recognized as natural agonists for ERβ, which acts as an antagonist to ERα. Despite the absence of ERα, studies have identified ERβ in 50-80% of triple negative breast cancers (TNBC). Thus, the present study is intend...

Background Evolutionarily conserved in plants, the enzyme D-myo-inositol-3-phosphate synthase (MIPS; EC 5.5.1.4) regulates the initial, rate-limiting reaction in the phytic acid biosynthetic pathway. They are reported to be transcriptional regulators involved in various physiological functions in the plants, growth, and biotic/abiotic stress respon...

Mosaic disease spread by the whitefly, Bemisia tabaci, is the major threat to cassava cultivation. This study reveals the variations in cassava whitefly populations across 13 agro-ecological zones of Kerala State, India, and their virulence. Discriminant analysis of morphometric measurements of whitefly pupa from different agro-ecological zones sho...

India is the second largest producer of fruits in the world with different fruit growing zones viz., temperate, arid and semi-arid, subtropical, and tropical zones. In this present era of climate change, fruit growers are facing environment-related problems such as sudden changes in temperature, irregular and heavy rainfall, and soil-related proble...

Aims: To identify the ready-to-use polymorphic microsatellite markers associated with drought tolerance for marker-assisted backcross breeding through a polymorphism survey between Jyothi and Chuvannamodan rice varieties. Place and Duration of Study: Centre for plant biotechnology and molecular biology, Thrissur, 276 Methodology: The genomic DNA...

Leading cultivars of pineapple Mauritius and Kew were hybridized and 25 hybrids were evaluated under open field conditions, using randomized block design with two replications. Performance of the female parent cum check variety Mauritius, male parent Kew and check variety in Kerala state, India, Amritha, were also evaluated and compared. Based on t...

The curry leaf extract is known to have anticancer property against breast cancer. Identification of the specific compound therein the curry leaf and its validation is essential for successful discovery of drugs. In that content, here, we extracted oleoresin from the mature curry leaves was subjected to antioxidant fractionation using column chroma...

Leading cultivars of pineapple Mauritius and Kew were hybridized and 25 hybrids were evaluated under open field conditions, using randomized block design with two replications. Performance of the female parent cum check variety Mauritius, male parent Kew and check variety in Kerala state, India, Amritha, were also evaluated and compared. Based on t...

The potential of Momordica charantia var. muricata, a little-known wild form, as a source of favourable alleles in breeding and improvement of bitter melons (M. charantia var. charantia), is demonstrated. The M. charantia var. charantia cultivar Priyanka and M. charantia var. muricata accession IC634896 were crossed with each other and cross abilit...

In October 2021, green capsules of small cardamom [Elettaria cardamomum (L.) Maton] exhibited a characteristic rotting with an incidence of 50–65% at cardamom hill reserves, Western Ghats, Nedumkandam (9.833ºN, 77.159ºE). Symptoms appeared as light brown discolouration on capsule rind. Four isolates of the same fungus were obtained from different l...

Phylogram generated using the ITS sequences from five Fusarium species including three formae species of Fusarium oxysporum

In February 2021, yardlong bean plants (cv. Geethika; n=90) plants were observed with wilting, drooping of green leaves, stem collapse and plant death at Nanniyode (8.6988° N, 77.0262° E) and Vamanapuram (8.7226° N, 76.8971° E) villages. Disease incidence ranged between 85 and 90%. Bacteria were creamy, circular, smooth, fluid on casamino acid-pept...

Sensory evaluation among the consumers is inevitable before releasing a variety of bitter gourd as the local preference for different traits varies. Hence in the present study, sensory attributes, nutritional potentials, and shelf life of six bitter gourd hybrids and their parents were examined. The varieties used for the experiment include three m...

Even though repeat masking using custom designed libraries significantly improves the genome annotation and gene prediction, such libraries for palm trees are yet to be designed and made accessible to the researchers. In this study, a repeat library was designed and validated for use in coconut and related palm genomes. Coconut genome with chromoso...

Turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) is a significant crop that has historically been used worldwide as a medicinal plant, spice, food colouring agent, and a significant ingredient in cosmetic industries. After harvesting rhizomes, leaves are considered waste material. This research study aims to extract and chemically characterise the essential oil from th...

Climate change and water shortages are the main challenges to cocoa production worldwide. Raising concerns about climate change and changing rainfall patterns necessitates screening for drought tolerance in cocoa genotypes in order to achieve long-term sustainability of production. The present study was conducted to evaluate the biochemical respons...

Step-wise analysis of core variability in centres of origin and distribution can resolve conflicts over taxonomic status of any plant species. Ash gourd [Benincasa hispida (Thunb.) Cogn.] and tinda [Praecitrullus fistulosus (Stocks) Pangalo] are vegetables in tropical and sub-tropical regions of the world. Identification of unique genotypes under B...

Multidrug and Toxic Compound Extrusion (MATE) proteins are essential transporters that extrude metabolites and participate in plant development and cellular detoxification. MATE transporters, which play crucial roles in the survival of mangrove plants under highly challenged environments, by specialized salt extrusion mechanisms, are mined from the...

Shylaja, M. R., Fathima, A. A. R., Soorya, E. U., Deepu Mathew, James, D., Binu, S., and Augustine, R., 2023, Temporary Immersion Bioreactor is a good option for commercial in vitro microrhizome production in ginger (Zingiber officinale Rosc.). Indian Journal of Arecanut, Spices and Medicinal Plants, 24 (1): 3-6.

Unlabelled: Ginger is an important spice crop with medicinal values and gingerols are the most abundant pungent polyphenols present in ginger, responsible for most of its pharmacological properties. The present study focuses on the molecular mechanism of gingerol biosynthesis in ginger using transcriptome analysis. Suppression Subtractive Hybridiz...

A genetic map spanning 1287.99 cM across 11 linkage groups was constructed following the segregation of microsatellite markers in an F2:3 mapping population generated by crossing high yielding cultivar Priyanka (M. charantia var. charantia) and M. charantia var. muricata accession IC634896. QTLs were identified for 24 traits including yield-contrib...

Drought is one of the major environmental stresses affecting crop productivity worldwide. Climate change is expected to result in a rise in the number and intensity of drought events in the coming decades, so climate-resilient crops that can withstand this stress are in high demand. There are few genotypes in cocoa where it can tolerate water defic...

Background: Even though the bitter gourd hybrids are shown to have significant heterosis for many of the economic traits, processes such as manual bagging and hand pollination make the hybrid seed production labour-intensive. Use of gynoecious line as female parent makes hybrid seed production more economical. This work was performed with the obje...

Citrus peel is a major fruit waste generated during the processing of citrus fruits. We extracted and chemically characterised essential oil from four different species of citrus peel waste and evaluated its insecticidal, antioxidant and phytotoxic activities. GC-MS/MS characterisation revealed D-limonene as the major constituent of citrus peel was...

Background Stethorini are specialized mite predators in the family Coccinellidae, which are small with black body and brown or yellow colored appendages. This study aimed to survey species of Stethorini associated with phytophagous mites of South India and their prey range. Results Eight species of Stethorini, viz . , Parastethorus sp. Stethorus (...

Vascular Streak Dieback (VSD) caused by the fungus Ceratobasidium theobromae inflicts heavy yield losses in cocoa. Our previous study has identified and validated five ISSR and one SSR markers co-segregating with resistance and shown that they are efficient to select the resistant lines. In this work, to identify the genes and pathways involved in...

New gynoecious bitter gourd line, KAU-MCGy-101 identified from Kerala Agricultural University, India, was morphologically characterized. Silver thiosulphate (STS) was used for altering the sex expression of gynoecious line. STS induced hermaphrodite flowers in gynoecious plants and maximum number of hermaphrodite flowers was in plants receiving...

Background: Cowpea is a major pulse crop in India. Developing cowpea cultivars with high yield and sustainable protein content contributes to food and nutritional security. Hybridization followed by careful selection of genotypes from the early segregating populations may produce a final cultivar with high yield coupled with high protein content. M...

Lotus rhizome is a huge biowaste from the commercial lotus flower cultivation and its disposal is a serious issue. Physico-chemical analyses of fresh lotus rhizomes were performed and alternative use of lotus rhizomes in commercial cookie making industry was experimented. Cookies were prepared by supplementing different proportions of lotus rhizome...

Background --- Entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs) belonging to the Heterorhabditis spp. harbour symbiotically associated bacteria which are toxic to a wide range of insect pests. Isolation, purification, characterization and mass multiplication of such bacteria will be a promising strategy in the management of the pests. This study was carried out t...

Advancement in the sequencing techniques has generated enormous information on the genome of several horticultural crops and has led to the discovery of numerous fascinating things. Translating this huge data into information is the major challenge in horticultural bioinformatics. Bioinformatics practices a multidisciplinary approach to provide a m...

Families Cucurbitaceae and Amaryllidaceae accommodate important vegetable crops such as gourds, melons, and onions, which all have received substantial quantum of breeding efforts. These crops have been in pace with the sequential developments in omics, beginning from the development of molecular markers and marker-assisted selection, genome sequen...

Wilt caused by the bacteria Ralstonia solanacearum, Enterobacter cloacae and Burkholderia glumae, independently or in complex, in Solanaceous vegetables is leading to enormous crop losses. The resistance mechanisms in tomato, chilli peppers, eggplant and potato are polygenically governed and the molecular level analyses have been successful to unde...

Lavale, S. A. and Mathew, D. 2022, Identification of QTL hotspots and tagging yield related traits in bitter gourd (Momordica charantia L.) using microsatellite markers. In: Abstracts of First International Conference on Global Initiatives in Research, Innovation and Sustainable Development of Agriculture and Allied Sciences, 6-8 June 2022, Guru Ka...

An experiment was designed to fi nd out the extent of heterosis in bitter gourd using gynoecious line, KAU-MCGy-101 and three monoecious lines viz., Preethi, Priyanka, and MC133. Hybrids were generated by both direct and reciprocal crosses. All the hybrids exhibited earliness in terms of days to first female flower opening, node bearing first femal...

In October 2021, jackfruits ((Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam., var. Varikka) cultivated at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India, exhibited a characteristic rot with an incidence of 25 to 30%. Pure white, flufy, fan shaped mycelia were observed with brown to black sclerotia on rind and fruit peduncle. Standard protocols were followed for isolation (Ranga...

Background: Gongronella butleri is a fungus with many industrial applications including the composting of solid bio-waste. Kerala Agricultural University, India, has developed a microbial consortium of which GbKAU strain of G. butleri is a major component. Even with great industrial significance, genome of this fungus is not published, and the gene...

Erlotinib and gefitinib are quinazoline derivatives with antineoplastic properties. Usually, intake of antineoplastic agents results in much a greater degree of oxidative stress, i.e. the production of free radicals, than induced by cancer itself. Hence, anticancerous drugs must also exhibit antioxidant activity but this has not been studied thus f...

Background ----- The aromatic rice cultivars sometimes show variation in aroma when they are grown in regions other than their normal traditional growing regions. An early maturing selection from a Kerala aromatic local landrace with short grains, named ‘Biriyanicheera’, when grown in normal tropical conditions was sufficiently fragrant. The presen...

Purposive sampling surveys were conducted in homestead gardens and ornamental nurseries at different localities of Thrissur and Ernakulam districts of Kerala State, India, during 2017-19 to study the diversity of spider mites associated with ornamental plants. Mite samples collected from rose, adenium, gerbera, marigold, chrysanthemum, balsam, cock...

Good quality of the nucleic acid is the primary requisite for genomic research of crop plants. The presence of lipids, polysaccharides, polyphenols and protein molecules hinders downstream processes where genomic DNA has to be used as a template. Coconut leaf being highly fibrous and rich in all the secondary metabolites, isolation of good quali...

Relatively large number of bitter melon microsatellite markers have been reported; however, only few resulted in successful PCR amplification and a small fraction shown polymorphisms. This limited chance of recovering polymorphic markers makes the primer screening a cost-demanding process. To test the hypothesis that microsatellites with longer mot...

Cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) is the third important beverage from Amazon forest basin. The processed seeds are used for the production of chocolate, cocoa powder and cocoa butter. The cross pollinating nature coupled with existence of self/cross incompatibility poses much difficulty to the cocoa breeders. Variation within the population is the basis...

Citation: Mikhina, M. S., Abida, P. S., Jayadeep, A., Deepu Mathew, Ravisankar, V., Parvathy, M. S. and Krishna, G. K., 2022, Evaluation of bioactive compounds in specialty landraces of rice for nutraceutical potential through in silico analysis. In: Proceedings of the International Conference on Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, Eds., Sinilal, B....

Background ------------ Even though miRNAs play viral roles in developmental biology by regulating the translation of mRNAs, they are poorly studied in oomycetes, especially in plant pathogen Phytophthora. Objective --------------- The study was aimed to predict and identify the putative miRNAs and their targets in Phytophthora infestans and Phyt...

Five genotypes of ginger cultured in vitro, produced calli and microrhizomes and they were evaluated for pungency principles at different induction periods using HPLC. Differentiation and growth of microrhizomes and calli and yield of gingerols were found genotype dependent. Accumulation of oleoresin, gingerols and shogaol increased with time durat...

Background: Nutmeg is a perennial tree spices which is yielding twin spices; present days research thrust is to identify high yielding mother trees. But yield and quality both are equally important due to its wide spread medicinal as well as industrial usage. Methods: The core collection of nutmeg genotypes form different locations of Kerala evalua...

Begomovirus Yellow vein mosaic virus causes severe yield losses in okra and even the resistant lines developed through conventional breeding show susceptibility at various levels. This paper describes the development of YVMV resistant lines through RNAi strategy. A universal ihpRNA construct harbouring βC1 ORF from the β-satellite of the begomoviru...

DNA barcoding is a supplementary tool in plant systematics, extensively used to resolve the species level controversies. This paper details the identification of DNA barcodes for seven species of Momordica, using the chloroplast gene matK. Since the species M. cymbalaria has been confused as a member of the genus Luffa, 26 accessions of Momordica b...

Sajeena, A., Deepu Mathew, John, J., Dhanya, M. K., Nair, D. S., Sri, T. P., Sudha, B., Meera, A. V., and Shanas, S., 2021, Molecular diagnostics of emerging diseases of vegetables in Kerala, In: Abstracts of National Symposium on Sustainable Plant Health Management amidst Covid Pandemic: Challenges and Strategies, Eds. Rajesh, M. K. et al., Indian...

Motivation------------------------ Stein-Leventhal syndrome, commonly known as polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) is one of the most prevalent and multifaceted conditions. The endocrine and metabolic diseases are known to affect 4-20 % of women at reproductive age, worldwide. The current pharmacological treatments lead to a variety of unintended e...

Mycosphaerella musicola, M. fijiensis and M. eumusae are known to cause banana yellow Sigatoka, black Sigatoka and Eumusae leaf spot diseases, respectively. However, differentiating the causative species has been challenging and the responses of banana landraces to this pathogen were little known. Purposive sampling surveys were conducted in differ...

The evaluation of 57 inbreds belonging to nine genotypes of S1 generation showed considerable variability with respect to growth, pod, bean, economic and biochemical characters. In the process of development of inbreds, the S1 inbred have not attained sufficient homozygosity showing high degree of variability. The maximum variability was observed f...

Callus like galls were observed inside the stem of more than 5-year old papaya trees in Kerala, India. The bacterium Pantoea dispersa and the fungus Fusarium spinosum were isolated from these galls. Identity of the fungus was confirmed by sequencing and analysis of rDNA region, EFα gene and phylogenetic and barcode analyses. Bacterial identity was...

Pyrenacantha volubilis Wight. is a dioecious liana occurring in small, clustered populations. The species had no documented use until the recent past, when it was identified to be a source of a highly traded anti-cancer drug – camptothecin. In the present study, we examine the genetic diversity of 12 fragmented natural populations of P. volubilis u...

The aromatic rice cultivars possess excellent aroma generally when grown in their favourable and specific environments. An early maturing selection from a Kerala aromatic local landrace with short grains, named ‘ Biriyanicheera’ , when grown in normal tropical conditions was sufficiently fragrant. The present study focused on the analysis of aroma...

Causal agent for bacterial wilt is reported to be Ralstonia solanacearum. Bacteria isolated from the wilted plants and cultured on TTZ medium, had white, highly fluidal and circular colonies with entire, slightly raised-margins and dark pink centre, compared to flat-margins and light pink centre in R. solanacearum. Artificial inoculation of the mar...

Symptoms of suspected phytoplasma infection were observed in cauliflower (Brassica oleracea var. botrytis) (cultivar NS60N) at Integrated Farming System Research Station, Trivandrum, Kerala, India (08o28’28”N, 76o57’47”E) in April-2021. The disease incidence was recorded up to 10% in different fields. The disease manifested as stunting, phyllody, f...

Yield improvement is the major breeding objective in cowpea. In the present study, F3 derived populations (23 selected F3 plants) of two cowpea crosses, namely, H10 (Anaswara x PKB3) and H11 (Anaswara x PKB4), were evaluated along with check parent Anaswara for yield and protein content and pedigree selection was imposed to select superior transgre...

Bitter gourd, being a rich source of phytonutrients, holds a special value in dietary habits of the consumers. Genetic improvement of this crop by inclusion of wide array of genes through inter-specific and intergeneric breeding approaches is substantially important. Microsatellites are extensively used by breeders as a molecular tool for mapping a...

The book “TECHNIQUES IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY” is a compendium on the laboratory experiments in molecular biology, plant tissue culture, genetic engineering and immuno-diagnostics covering a total of 90 experiments. The present day education system focuses on skilling and development of entrepreneurial human resources. Biotechno...

In June, 2019, yardlong beans (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. ssp. sesquipedalis (L.) Verdc.) (var. NS621; n = 54) were observed with leaf spots leading to blighting, drying and defoliation at IFSRS (08o28′28″N, 76o57′47″E). The dis-ease incidence ranged between 40–60%. Circular off-white lesions with brown margin were observed on leaves. The fungus...

Figures on the fruit characteristics of various Momordica species available in India

Identification of loci and linked markers enable the marker-assisted selection for transferring the reproductive phase heat tolerance in rice. Microsatellite marker-based bulked segregant analysis (BSA) for heat tolerance was performed in F3 progenies of the cross between temperature sensitive high yielding variety Uma and tolerant variety N22. Hig...