| changes in numbers and kinds of bacteria during a chickpea submerged fermentation used as a leavening agent for bread production. | the microflora developed during a submerged fermentation of coarsely ground chickpea (cicer arietinum l.) in water (primary starter) and during raising a dough from wheat flour (adapted starter) was studied. in the fermenting liquid, only populations of bacillus and clostridium developed. bacilli increased their loads significantly (p<0.05) during fermentation for 8-12 h and then remained constant. clostridia developed (p<0.05) subsequently to levels of 10(7) cfu/ml at 18 h, when the ph of the f ... | 2007 | 17300848 |
| expression profiling of chickpea genes differentially regulated during a resistance response to ascochyta rabiei. | using microarray technology and a set of chickpea (cicer arietinum l.) unigenes, grasspea (lathyrus sativus l.) expressed sequence tags (ests) and lentil (lens culinaris med.) resistance gene analogues, the ascochyta blight (ascochyta rabiei (pass.) l.) resistance response was studied in four chickpea genotypes, including resistant, moderately resistant, susceptible and wild relative (cicer echinospermum l.) genotypes. the experimental system minimized environmental effects and was conducted in ... | 2006 | 17309735 |
| influence of heat processing on the bioaccessibility of zinc and iron from cereals and pulses consumed in india. | influence of heat processing on the bioaccessibility of zinc and iron from food grains consumed in india was evaluated. cereals - rice (oryza sativa), finger millet (eleusine coracana), sorghum (sorghum vulgare), wheat (triticum aestivum), and maize (zea mays), and pulses - chickpea (cicer arietinum) - whole and decorticated, green gram (phaseolus aureus) - whole and decorticated, decorticated black gram (phaseolus mungo), decorticated red gram (cajanus cajan), cowpea (vigna catjang), and french ... | 2007 | 17317519 |
| biocontrol and other beneficial activities of bacillus subtilis isolated from cowdung microflora. | bacillus subtilis strains isolated from cowdung (cd) had several beneficial attributes, which included biocontrol, plant growth promotion, sulphur (s) oxidation, phosphorus (p) solubilization and production of industrially important enzymes (amylase and cellulase). the b. subtilis strains from cd inhibited the in vitro growth of fungi, fusarium oxysporum (25-34%) and botryodiplodia theobromae (100%), isolated from the postharvest rots of yam (dioscorea rotundata) tubers. other than biocontrol, b ... | 2009 | 17320363 |
| strains of mesorhizobium amorphae and mesorhizobium tianshanense, carrying symbiotic genes of common chickpea endosymbiotic species, constitute a novel biovar (ciceri) capable of nodulating cicer arietinum. | to identify several strains of mesorhizobium amorphae and mesorhizobium tianshanense nodulating cicer arietinum in spain and portugal, and to study the symbiotic genes carried by these strains. | 2007 | 17397480 |
| mesorhizobium ciceri biovar biserrulae, a novel biovar nodulating the pasture legume biserrula pelecinus l. | biserrula pelecinus l. is a pasture legume species that forms a highly specific nitrogen-fixing symbiotic interaction with a group of bacteria that belong to mesorhizobium. these mesorhizobia have >98.8 % sequence similarity to mesorhizobium ciceri and mesorhizobium loti for the 16s rrna gene (1440 bp) and >99.3 % sequence similarity to m. ciceri for the dnak gene (300 bp), and strain wsm1271 has 100 % sequence similarity to m. ciceri for gsii (600 bp). strain wsm1271 had 85 % relatedness to m. ... | 2007 | 17473255 |
| 28-homobrassinolide protects chickpea (cicer arietinum) from cadmium toxicity by stimulating antioxidants. | in the present experiment the seeds of cicer arietinum (l.) cv. uday were inoculated with specific rhizobium grown in sandy loam soil and were allowed to grow for 15 days. at this stage, the seedlings were supplied with 0, 50, 100 or 150 microm of cadmium in the form of cadmium chloride and sprayed with 0.01 microm of 28-homobrassinolide (hbl) at 30-day stage. the data indicated that plant fresh and dry mass, number of nodules, their fresh and dry mass, leghemoglobin content, nitrogen and carboh ... | 2008 | 17481788 |
| glycosylation and annexin ii cell surface translocation mediate airway epithelial wound repair. | glycosylation of cell surface proteins can regulate multiple cellular functions. we hypothesized that glycosylation and expression of glycoproteins after epithelial injury is important in mediating repair. we report the use of an in vitro culture model of human airway epithelial cells (1haeo(-)) to identify mediators of epithelial repair. we characterized carbohydrate moieties associated with repair by their interaction with the lectin from cicer arietinum, chickpea agglutinin (cpa). using cpa, ... | 2007 | 17513451 |
| phenotypic and molecular characterization of chickpea rhizobia isolated from different areas of tunisia. | several phenotypic markers were used in this study to determine the biodiversity of rhizobial strains nodulating cicer arietinum l. in various areas of tunisia. they include symbiotic traits, the use of 21 biochemical substrates, and tolerance to salinity and ph. in addition, restriction fragment length polymorphisms (rflps) of pcr-amplified 16s rdna were compared with those of reference strains. numeric analysis of the phenotypic characteristics showed that the 48 strains studied fell into thre ... | 2007 | 17538653 |
| genetic mapping of ascochyta blight resistance in chickpea (cicer arietinum l.) using a simple sequence repeat linkage map. | ascochyta blight, caused by the fungus ascochyta rabiei (pass.) lab., is one of the most devastating diseases of chickpea (cicer arietinum l.) worldwide. research was conducted to map genetic factors for resistance to ascochyta blight using a linkage map constructed with 144 simple sequence repeat markers and 1 morphological marker (fc, flower colour). stem cutting was used to vegetatively propagate 186 f2 plants derived from a cross between cicer arietinum l. 'iccv96029' and 'cdc frontier'. a t ... | 2007 | 17546068 |
| mating compatibility among helicoverpa armigera (lepidoptera: noctuidae) occurring on selected host plants and bt cotton survivors. | helicoverpa armigera (hiibner) (lepidoptera: noctuidae) is a well-known polyphagous insect pest. mating compatibility among the insects occurring on different host plants is essential for free gene flow among populations. we tested the extent of crossability and fecundity of the insects that survived on bacillus thuringiensis (bt) cotton with those occurring on pigeon pea, cajanus cajun (l.) millsp., non-bt cotton, gossypium hirsutum l.; sunflower, helianthus annuus; sorghum, sorghum bicolor l. ... | 2007 | 17598554 |
| evolutionary relationships among ascochyta species infecting wild and cultivated hosts in the legume tribes cicereae and vicieae. | evolutionary relationships were inferred among a worldwide sample of ascochyta fungi from wild and cultivated legume hosts based on phylogenetic analyses of dna sequences from the ribosomal internal transcribed spacer regions (its), as well as portions of three protein-coding genes: glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate-dehydrogenase (g3pd), translation elongation factor 1-alpha (ef) and chitin synthase 1 (chs). all legume-associated ascochyta species had nearly identical its sequences and clustered with o ... | 2007 | 17663124 |
| efficacy of application of vegetable seed oils as grain protectant against infestation by callosobruchus chinensis and its effect on milling fractions and apparent degree of dehusking of legume-pulses. | the solvent extracted vegetable seed oils of cucurbitaceae family viz. bitter gourd (momordica charentia), small bitter gourd (momordica dioica), bottle gourd (lagenaria siscraria) and ridge gourd (luffa acutangula) were evaluated as grain protectant against callosobruchus chinensis on the stored legume-pulse grains. all the vegetable seed oils were found effective as legume-pulse grain protectant, which provided, negligible weight loss at the oil-application rate of 6-8 ml/kg in legume-pulse gr ... | 2006 | 17693691 |
| survival of bio-inoculants on fungicides-treated seeds of wheat, pea and chickpea and subsequent effect on chickpea yield. | survival of mesorhizobium ciceri (sp(4)) and azotobacter chroococcum (cbd-15 and m(4)) was tested on chickpea (cicer arietinum) seeds treated with fungicides bavistin [methyl n-(1h-benzimidazol-2yl) carbamate] and thiram (tetramethyl-thiuram disulfide), whereas survival of phosphate solubilizing bacteria (psb), pseudomonas striata (27) and bacillus polymyxa (h(5)) was examined on two cultivars (arkel and bv) of pea (pisum sativum) seeds treated with thiram. viability of azotobacter chroococcum ( ... | 2007 | 17701702 |
| radiation processing for elimination of salmonella typhimurium from inoculated seeds used for sprout making in india and effect of irradiation on germination of seeds. | the effect of radiation processing on the germination of the sprout seeds mung (phaseolus aureus), matki (phaseolus aconitifolius), chana (cicer arietinum), and vatana (pisum sativum) in terms of percent germination, germination yield, sprout length, vitamin c content, and texture was investigated. gradual decreases in the percent germination, germination yield, and sprout length with increases in radiation dose (0.5 to 2.0 kgy) were observed. vitamin c content and texture remained unaffected fo ... | 2007 | 17803158 |
| characterization of an rpon mutant of mesorhizobium ciceri. | to study the genetic basis of c(4)-dicarboxylate transport (dct) in relation to symbiotic nitrogen fixation in mesorhizobium ciceri. | 2007 | 17953590 |
| effect of high temperature on pseudomonas putida nbri0987 biofilm formation and expression of stress sigma factor rpos. | pseudomonas is an efficient plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria; however, among the limiting factors for its commercialization, tolerance for high temperature is the most critical one. after screening 2,500 pseudomnas sp. strains, a high temperature tolerant-strain pseudomonas putida nbri0987 was isolated from the drought-exposed rhizosphere of chickpea (cicer arietinum l. cv. radhey), which was grown under rain-fed conditions. p. putida nbri0987 tolerated a temperature of 40 degrees c for < or ... | 2008 | 18219523 |
| interaction between seed size and nacl on germination and early seedling growth of some turkish cultivars of chickpea (cicer arietinum l.). | chickpea is an important food legume crop of turkey and is largely grown for human consumption on low moisture or salt-affected soils. the objective of the study was to find the effects of nacl stress at electrical conductivities of 4.5, 8.6, 12.7 and 16.3 ds/m and seed sizes (7, 8 and 9 mm) on germination and early seedling growth of three popular chickpea cultivars (akn-97, gokce and uzunlu-99). mean frequency of germination, germination time, germination index, root length, shoot length and s ... | 2008 | 18500776 |
| two dicot-infecting mastreviruses (family geminiviridae) occur in pakistan. | most mastreviruses (family geminiviridae) infect monocotyledonous hosts and are transmitted by leafhopper vectors. only two mastrevirus species, tobacco yellow dwarf virus from australia and bean yellow dwarf virus (beydv) from south africa, have been identified whose members infect dicotyledonous plants. we have identified two distinct mastreviruses in chickpea stunt disease (csd)-affected chickpea originating from pakistan. the first is an isolate of beydv, previously only known to occur in so ... | 2008 | 18566736 |
| mixture design as first step for improved glutaminase production in solid-state fermentation by isolated bacillus. | investigation of mixture-design impact on glutaminase production by isolated bacillus sp. | 2008 | 18761613 |
| isolation, characterization and cloning of a cdna encoding a new antifungal defensin from phaseolus vulgaris l. seeds. | the pvd1 defensin was purified from phaseolus vulgaris (cv. pérola) seeds, basically as described by terras et al. [terras frg, schoofs hme, de bolle mfc, van leuven f, ress sb, vanderleyden j, cammue bpa, broekaer twf. analysis of two novel classes of plant antifungal proteins from radish (raphanus sativus l.) seeds. j biol chem 1992;267(22):15301-9], with some modifications. a deae-sepharose, equilibrated with 20mm tris-hcl, ph 8.0, was initially utilized for the separation of peptides after a ... | 2008 | 18786582 |
| nutritional responses of rats to diets based on chickpea ( cicer arietinum l.) seed meal or its protein fractions. | the aim of this study was to isolate the protein fractions from chickpea, var. iac-marrocos, as well as to evaluate its in vivo nutritional protein quality. among the proteins, albumins showed better nutritional value in the in vivo assays and amino acid contents, despite their higher trypsin inhibitor contents. trypsin inhibitors were found to be heat labile in all samples, but the digestibility results for unheated and heated flour and albumins suggest that their contents are not very decisive ... | 2008 | 18942847 |
| biometric analyses of the inheritance of resistance to didymella rabiei in chickpea. | abstract historically, the response of chickpea (cicer arietinum l.) to didymella rabiei (causal agent of ascochyta blight) has been mainly related to as complete resistance and it was commonly assayed with qualitative (nonparametric) scales. two reciprocal populations, derived from intra-specific crosses between a moderately resistant late flowering israeli cultivar and a highly susceptible early flowering indian accession, were tested at f(3) and f(4) generations in 1998 and 1999, respectively ... | 2002 | 18942955 |
| different ecological affinities and aggressiveness patterns among didymella rabiei isolates from sympatric domesticated chickpea and wild cicer judaicum. | domesticated chickpea (cicer arietinum) and its wild relative c. judaicum grow in sympatric distribution in israel and both are susceptible to ascochyta blight caused by didymella rabiei. c. arietinum was grown for millennia in drier and hotter levantine spring conditions while c. judaicum grows in the wetter and milder winters. accordingly, it is possible that d. rabiei isolates originated from c. arietinum are adjusted to the less favorable spring conditions. here, 60 isolates from both origin ... | 2008 | 18943229 |
| host specificity of ascochyta spp. infecting legumes of the viciae and cicerae tribes and pathogenicity of an interspecific hybrid. | abstract ascochyta spp. (teleomorphs: didymella spp.) infect a number of legumes, including many economically important species, and the diseases they cause represent serious limitations of legume production worldwide. ascochyta rabiei, a. fabae, a. pisi, a. lentis, and a. viciae-villosae are pathogens of chickpea (cicer arietinum), faba bean (vicia faba), pea (pisum sativum), lentil (lens culinaris), and hairy vetch (v. villosa), respectively. inoculations in the greenhouse and in growth chambe ... | 2006 | 18943504 |
| influence of temperature and inoculum density of fusarium oxysporum f. sp. ciceris on suppression of fusarium wilt of chickpea by rhizosphere bacteria. | the effects of temperature and inoculum density of fusarium oxysporum f. sp. ciceris race 5 on suppression of fusarium wilt in chickpea (cicer arietinum) cv. pv 61 by seed and soil treatments with rhizobacteria isolated from the chickpea rhizosphere were studied in a model system. disease development over a range of temperatures (20, 25, and 30 degrees c) and inoculum densities (25 to 1,000 chlamydospores per gram of soil) was described by the gompertz model. the gompertz relative rate of diseas ... | 2001 | 18944039 |
| arsenic accumulation in root and shoot vis-a-vis its effects on growth and level of phytochelatins in seedlings of cicer arietinum l. | arsenic (as) contamination of water and soil has become a subject of prime interest due to its direct effect on human health through drinking water and food. in present study two varieties (csg-8962 and c-235) of chickpea, cicer arietinum l., which is a major supplementary food in many parts of india and a valuable source of protein, has been selected to estimate the level of arsenate in root and shoot of five day old seedlings vis-à-vis effect of arsenate on seedling growth and induction of thi ... | 2008 | 18972678 |
| integration of new caps and dcaps-rga markers into a composite chickpea genetic map and their association with disease resistance. | a composite linkage map was constructed based on two interspecific recombinant inbred line populations derived from crosses between cicer arietinum (ilc72 and iccl81001) and cicer reticulatum (cr5-10 or cr5-9). these mapping populations segregate for resistance to ascochyta blight (caused by ascochyta rabiei), fusarium wilt (caused by fusarium oxysporum f. sp. ciceris) and rust (caused by uromyces ciceris-arietini). the presence of single nucleotide polymorphisms in ten resistance gene analogs ( ... | 2009 | 19034411 |
| protective role of chickpea seed coat fibre on n-nitrosodiethylamine-induced toxicity in hypercholesterolemic rats. | n-nitrosodiethylamine (ndea) is one of the important carcinogenic nitrosamines frequently present in human environment and food chain that poses a significant human health hazard. this study was planned to investigate the protective role of dietary fibre on ndea-induced toxicity in hypercholesterolemic rats. oral administration of ndea at a dose of 100mg/kg diet to experimental rats under hypercholesterolemic conditions evoked severe biochemical and pathological changes. supplementation of chick ... | 2009 | 19036568 |
| enhancement of l-asparaginase production by isolated bacillus circulans (mtcc 8574) using response surface methodology. | l-asparaginase production was optimized using isolated bacillus circulans (mtcc 8574) under solid-state fermentation (ssf) using locally available agricultural waste materials. among different agricultural materials (red gram husk, bengal gram husk, coconut, and groundnut cake), red gram husk gave the maximum enzyme production. a wide range of ssf parameters were optimized for maximize the production of l-asparaginase. preliminary studies revealed that incubation temperature, moisture content, i ... | 2009 | 19052920 |
| care1, a ty3-gypsy like ltr-retrotransposon in the food legume chickpea (cicer arietinum l.). | we report a ty3-gypsy like retrotransposon care1 (cicer arietinum retro-element 1) in chickpea (accession no. dq239702). this 5,920-bp at-rich (63%) element carries 723-bp 5'-ltr and 897-bp 3'-ltr flanking to an internal region of 4,300-bp. the ltrs of care1 show 93.9% nucleotide identity to each other and have 4-bp (acta) terminal inverted repeats. a 17-bp potential trna(met) primer binding site downstream to 5'-ltr and a 13-bp polypurine tract upstream to 3'-ltr have been identified. the order ... | 2009 | 19123047 |
| tissue specific expression of potent insecticidal, allium sativum leaf agglutinin (asal) in important pulse crop, chickpea (cicer arietinum l.) to resist the phloem feeding aphis craccivora. | the phloem sap-sucking hemipteran insect, aphis craccivora, commonly known as cowpea aphid, cause major yield loss of important food legume crop chickpea. among different plant lectins allium sativum leaf agglutinin (asal), a mannose binding lectin was found to be potent antifeedant for sap sucking insect a. craccivora. present study describes expression of asal in chickpea through agrobacterium-mediated transformation of "single cotyledon with half embryo" explant. asal was expressed under the ... | 2009 | 19184504 |
| cipk6, a cbl-interacting protein kinase is required for development and salt tolerance in plants. | calcineurin b-like proteins (cbl) and cbl-interacting protein kinases (cipk) mediate plant responses to a variety of external stresses. here we report that arabidopsis cipk6 is also required for the growth and development of plants. phenotype of tobacco plants ectopically expressing a homologous gene (cacipk6) from the leguminous plant chickpea (cicer arietinum) indicated its functional conservation. a lesion inatcipk6 significantly reduced shoot-to-root and root basipetal auxin transport, and t ... | 2009 | 19187042 |
| purification and characterization of l-phenylalanine aminopeptidase from chick-pea cotyledons (cicer arietinum l.). | chick-pea (cicer arietinum l.) cotyledons are unique source of aminopeptidase - 8-9 u/g cotyledons was observed using l-leucine-p-nitroanilide as substrate. the aminopeptidase was purified (65 kda, pi 4.8 ) reaching a specific activity of 220 u/mg at ph 7.0-7.2 and 35-40 degrees c. the determined constant of specificity k(cat)/k(m) during hydrolysis of n-unsubstituted amino acid-p-nitroanilides showed a decrease order: phe>leu>pro>ile>val>ala. the enzyme was strongly inhibited by p-chloromercuri ... | 2009 | 19200046 |
| differential elicitation of proteases and protease inhibitors in two different genotypes of chickpea (cicer arietinum) by salicylic acid and spermine. | elicitation of proteases and protease inhibitors (pis) by salicylic acid (sa) and spermine (spm) was investigated in roots and shoots of two different genotypes of chickpea cultivars iccv10 and l550, which were resistant and susceptible to wilt disease, respectively. sa and spm were found to suppress the elicitation of proteases in the resistant cv, whereas they induce it in susceptible cv. elicitation of new trypsin and chymotrypsin inhibitors was observed in the roots and shoots of resistant c ... | 2009 | 19201507 |
| changes in the redox status of chickpea roots in response to infection by fusarium oxysporum f. sp. ciceris: apoplastic antioxidant enzyme activities and expression of oxidative stress-related genes. | activity levels of oxidative stress-related enzymes in the root apoplast during the interaction of wr315 (resistant) and jg62 (susceptible) chickpeas (cicer arietinum l.) with the highly virulent race 5 of fusarium oxysporum f. sp. ciceris were compared. because this fungus develops asymptomatic infections in the chickpea root cortex in both susceptible and resistant plants, but only intrudes into the root xylem in the susceptible variety, the interactions were compared at three specific stages ... | 2009 | 19228326 |
| a comparison of different legume seeds as protein supplement to optimise the use of low quality forages by ruminants. | the potential of different legume seeds species, including recently new developed varieties (vicia faba: a commercial variety and varieties alameda, palacio and baraka; lupinus angustifolius; pisum sativum and cicer arietinum: varieties fardon and zegri) as protein supplements to low quality forages was evaluated. first, the chemical composition, in vitro digestibility, in situ degradability and in vitro/in situ intestinal digestibility of legume seeds were determined. the chemical composition w ... | 2009 | 19271550 |
| interaction of fusarium oxysporum f. sp. ciceri and meloidogyne javanica on cicer arietinum. | interaction of meloidogyne javanica and fusarium oxysporum f. sp. ciceri was studied on fusarium wilt-susceptible (jg 62 and k 850) and resistant (jg 74 and avrodhi) chickpea cultivars. in greenhouse experiments, inoculation of m. javanica juveniles prior to f. oxysporum f. sp. ciceri caused greater wilt incidence in susceptible cultivars and induced vascular discoloration in roots of resistant cultivars. nematode reproduction was greatest (p = 0.05) at 25 degrees c. number of galls and percenta ... | 1997 | 19274140 |
| co-infection of wilt-resistant chickpeas by fusarium oxysporum f. sp. ciceri and meloidogyne javanica. | fusarium oxysporum f. sp. ciceri and meloidogyne javanica are important pathogens of chickpea. interrelationships between fusarium oxysporum f. sp. ciceri and m. javanica were investigated on 53 fusarium wilt-resistant chickpea genotypes in pot experiments. all of the genotypes were susceptible to m. javanica. fusarium wilt resistance in one genotype (icc 12275) was ineffective in the presence of m. javanica, and all the plants completely wilted. resistance in four genotypes (iccs 11319, 11322, ... | 1995 | 19277336 |
| effects of soil solarization on nematodes parasitic to chickpea and pigeonpea. | solarization by covering the soil with transparent polyethylene sheets during the summer months (april, may, june) in 1984 and 1985 significantly (p = 0.01) reduced the population densities of nematodes (heterodera cajani, rotylenchulus reniformis, helicotylenchus retusus, pratylenchus sp., and tylenchorhynchus sp.) parasitic to chickpea and pigeonpea. population density reductions of 93% of heterodera cajani eggs and juveniles, 99% ofhelicotylenchus retusus, 98% of pratylenchus sp., and 100% of ... | 1990 | 19287776 |
| molecular diversity of a native mesorhizobial population of nodulating chickpea (cicer arietinum l.) in indian soils. | chickpea plants with nodules were collected from 32 different farmers' fields of eight districts of haryana state. in total, 137 mesorhizobial isolations were made from these nodules and authenticated. finally, 50 mesorhizobia were selected based on nodulation test, growth characteristics, and site of sampling. the molecular diversity of the mesorhizobial population was assessed by pcr-amplified eric profiles as well as rflp of 16s rdna. considerable molecular diversity in haryana soils was obse ... | 2009 | 19322836 |
| cazf, a plant transcription factor functions through and parallel to hog and calcineurin pathways in saccharomyces cerevisiae to provide osmotolerance. | salt-sensitive yeast mutants were deployed to characterize a gene encoding a c2h2 zinc finger protein (cazf) that is differentially expressed in a drought-tolerant variety of chickpea (cicer arietinum) and provides salinity-tolerance in transgenic tobacco. in saccharomyces cerevisiae most of the cellular responses to hyper-osmotic stress is regulated by two interconnected pathways involving high osmolarity glycerol mitogen-activated protein kinase (hog1p) and calcineurin (can), a ca(2+)/calmodul ... | 2009 | 19365545 |
| effect of organic selenium supplementation on growth, se uptake, and nutrient utilization in guinea pigs. | forty weaned male guinea pigs (cavia porcellus) of 152.6 +/- 7.96 g mean body weight were divided into four equal groups and fed a common basal diet comprised of 25% ground cowpea (vigna unguiculata) hay, 30% ground maize (zea mays) grain, 22% ground gram (cicer arietinum) grain, 9.5% deoiled rice (oryza sativa) bran, 6% soybean (glycine max) meal, 6% fish meal, 1.5% mineral mixture (without se), and ascorbic acid at 200 mg/kg to meet their nutrient requirements along with 0, 0.1, 0.2, and 0.3 p ... | 2010 | 19506806 |
| probing novel allergenic proteins of commonly consumed legumes. | leguminous crops are the main source of protein in asian subcontinent including india and their proteins may induce allergic reactions in sensitized individuals. pepsin resistance of proteins is a characteristic feature of most of the allergens. simulated gastric fluid (sgf) assay as validated by digestion of purified known allergenic and non-allergenic proteins was the basis of this study. purified allergenic proteins were stable to sgf digestion contrary to rapidly digested non-allergenic prot ... | 2009 | 19514993 |
| genetic analyses and conservation of qtl for ascochyta blight resistance in chickpea (cicer arietinum l.). | ascochyta blight (ab) caused by ascochyta rabiei (teleomorph, didymella rabiei) pass. lab. is an important fungal disease of chickpea worldwide. only moderate sources of resistance are available within the cultivated species and we hypothesized that the available sources may carry different genes for resistance, which could be pyramided to improve field resistance to ab. four divergent moderately resistant cultivars cdc frontier, cdc luna, cdc corinne, and amit were each crossed to a highly susc ... | 2009 | 19517090 |
| antifungal activity of syzygium cumini against ascochyta rabiei-the cause of chickpea blight. | aqueous, ethanol and n-hexane extracts from leaves, fruit, root-bark and stem-bark of syzygium cumini (l.) skeels were tested for their antifungal activity against ascochyta rabiei (pass.) lab., the cause of blight disease of the chickpea (cicer arietinum l.). different concentrations, namely 1, 2, ..., 5% of both aqueous and the two organic solvent extracts were used in this study. aqueous extracts of all the four test plant parts, namely leaves, fruit, stem-bark and root-bark, showed significa ... | 2010 | 19588279 |
| symbiotic diversity of ensifer meliloti strains recovered from various legume species in tunisia. | ensifer meliloti (formerly sinorhizobium meliloti) was first considered as a specific microsymbiont of medicago, melilotus and trigonella. however, strains of e. meliloti were recovered from root nodules of various legume species and their symbiotic status still remains unclear. here, we further investigate the specificity of these strains. a collection of 47 e. meliloti strains isolated in tunisia from root nodules of medicago truncatula, medicago sativa, medicago ciliaris, medicago laciniata, ... | 2009 | 19665858 |
| cap2 enhances germination of transgenic tobacco seeds at high temperature and promotes heat stress tolerance in yeast. | we reported earlier that ectopic expression of cap2, a single ap2 domain containing transcription activator from chickpea (cicer arietinum) in tobacco improves growth and development, and tolerance to dehydration and salt stress, of the transgenic plants. here, we report that, in addition, the cap2-transgenic tobacco seeds also exhibit higher germination efficiency at high temperature and show higher expression levels of genes for tobacco heat shock proteins and a heat shock factor. cap2 was abl ... | 2009 | 19674105 |
| ochrobactrum ciceri sp. nov., isolated from nodules of cicer arietinum. | a gram-staining-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped, non-spore-forming bacterial strain, ca-34(t), was isolated from nodules of chickpea (cicer arietinum) in pakistan and studied for its taxonomic affiliation. the almost full-length 16s rrna gene sequence showed highest similarities to those of strains of the genus ochrobactrum. based on results of maldi-tof ms and 16s rrna gene sequence similarity (98.6 %), strain ca-34(t) and ochrobactrum intermedium lmg 3301(t) are phylogenetic neighbours; the two ... | 2010 | 19684324 |
| development of a phosphomannose isomerase-based agrobacterium-mediated transformation system for chickpea (cicer arietinum l.). | to develop an alternative genetic transformation system that is not dependent on an antibiotic selection strategy, the phosphomannose isomerase gene (pmi) system was evaluated for producing transgenic plants of chickpea (cicer arietinum l.). a shoot morphogenesis protocol based on the thidiazuron (tdz)-induced shoot morphogenesis system was combined with agrobacterium-mediated transformation of the pmi gene and selection of transgenic plants on mannose. embryo axis explants of chickpea cv. c-235 ... | 2009 | 19711080 |
| characterization of a chickpea (cicer arietinum l.) nac family gene, carnac5, which is both developmentally- and stress-regulated. | it has been documented that the plant-specific nac (for nam, ataf1,2 and cuc2) transcription factors play an important role in plant development and stress responses. in this study, a chickpea nac gene carnac5 (for cicer arietinum l. nac gene 5) was isolated from a cdna library from chickpea leaves treated by polyethylene glycol (peg). carnac5, as a single/low copy gene, contained three exons and two introns within genomic dna sequence and encoded a polypeptide with 291 amino acids. carnac5 prot ... | 2009 | 19800808 |
| a molecular insight into the early events of chickpea (cicer arietinum) and fusarium oxysporum f. sp. ciceri (race 1) interaction through cdna-aflp analysis. | wilt of chickpea caused by fusarium oxysporum f. sp. ciceris is one of the most severe diseases of chickpea throughout the world. variability of pathotypes of f. oxysporum f. sp. ciceris and breakdown of natural resistance are the main hindrances to developing resistant plants by applying resistant breeding strategies. additionally, lack of information of potential resistant genes limits gene-transfer technology. a thorough understanding of fusarium spp.-chickpea interaction at a cellular and mo ... | 2009 | 19821728 |
| salt sensitivity in chickpea. | the growth of chickpea (cicer arietinum l.) is very sensitive to salinity, with the most susceptible genotypes dying in just 25 mm nacl and resistant genotypes unlikely to survive 100 mm nacl in hydroponics; germination is more tolerant with some genotypes tolerating 320 mm nacl. when growing in a saline medium, cl(-), which is secreted from glandular hairs on leaves, stems and pods, is present in higher concentrations in shoots than na(+). salinity reduces the amount of water extractable from s ... | 2010 | 19843257 |
| ecological genetic divergence of the fungal pathogen didymella rabiei on sympatric wild and domesticated cicer spp. (chickpea). | for millennia, chickpea (cicer arietinum) has been grown in the levant sympatrically with wild cicer species. chickpea is traditionally spring-sown, while its wild relatives germinate in the autumn and develop in the winter. it has been hypothesized that the human-directed shift of domesticated chickpea to summer production was an attempt to escape the devastating ascochyta disease caused by didymella rabiei. we estimated genetic divergence between d. rabiei isolates sampled from wild cicer juda ... | 2010 | 19897759 |
| protein l-isoaspartyl methyltransferase1 (capimt1) from chickpea mitigates oxidative stress-induced growth inhibition of escherichia coli. | protein l-isoaspartyl methyltransferase (pimt) repairs deleterious l-isoaspartyl residues synthesized spontaneously in proteins due to aging or stressful environments and is widespread in living organisms including plants. even though pimt activity has been detected from various plant sources, detailed studies are limited to a few species. our present study on a chickpea (cicer arietinum) pimt reveals that apart from seed, pimt activity is present in other organs and noticeably enhanced during s ... | 2010 | 19921250 |
| mutation in the lysa gene impairs the symbiotic properties of mesorhizobium ciceri. | a tn5-induced mutant of mesorhizobium ciceri, tl28, requiring the amino acid lysine for growth on minimal medium was isolated and characterized. the tn5 insertion in the mutant strain tl28 was located on a 6.8-kb ecori fragment of the chromosomal dna. complementation analysis with cloned dna indicated that 1.269 kb of dna of the 6.8-kb ecori fragment restored the wild-type phenotype of the lysine-requiring mutant. this region was further characterized by dna sequence analysis and was shown to co ... | 2010 | 20020102 |
| persistence and nematicidal efficacy of carbosulfan, cadusafos, phorate, and triazophos in soil and uptake by chickpea and tomato crops under tropical conditions. | the productivity of chickpea, cicer arietinum (l.), and tomato, solanum lycopersicum (l.), is adversely affected by root-knot nematode, meloidogyne species. nematode-resistant chickpea and tomato are lacking except for a few varieties and therefore grower demand is not met. the available nematicides, namely, carbosulfan, cadusafos, phorate, and triazophos, were, therefore evaluated for their efficacy and persistence in soil and crops to devise nematode management decisions. in alluvial soil, cad ... | 2010 | 20085277 |
| effect of incorporating legume flour into semolina spaghetti on its cooking quality and glycaemic impact measured in vitro. | spaghetti is a favoured carbohydrate source because of its low glycaemic impact. the protein quality of semolina spaghetti is not ideal, however, and could be improved by including legume flour. we investigated whether incorporating legume flour in spaghetti, to improve its nutritional value, would affect its cooking quality and glycaemic impact. four types of spaghetti containing 10% of either mung bean, soya bean, red lentil or chickpea flour were made and compared with a spaghetti control mad ... | 2010 | 20113187 |
| inactivation of baculovirus by isoflavonoids on chickpea (cicer arietinum) leaf surfaces reduces the efficacy of nucleopolyhedrovirus against helicoverpa armigera. | biological pesticides based on nucleopolyhedroviruses (npvs) can provide an effective and environmentally benign alternative to synthetic chemicals. on some crops, however, the efficacy and persistence of npvs is known to be reduced by plant specific factors. the present study investigated the efficacy of helicoverpa armigera npv (hearnpv) for control of h. armigera larvae, and showed that chickpea reduced the infectivity of virus occlusion bodies (obs) exposed to the leaf surface of chickpea fo ... | 2010 | 20145980 |
| distribution of nutrients and antinutrients in milled fractions of chickpea and horse gram: seed coat phenolics and their distinct modes of enzyme inhibition. | milled fractions of chickpea ( cicer arietinum l.) and horse gram ( macrotyloma uniflorum l. verdc.) were evaluated for their nutritional and antinutritional characteristics. crude protein content of these fractions ranged from 22.6-23.8 g 100(-1) g in cotyledon to 7.3-9.1 g 100(-1) g in seed coat fractions. the fat content of chickpea fractions (1.6-7.8 g 100(-1) g) was higher than that of horse gram fractions (0.6-2.6 g 100(-1) g). crude fiber content was higher in seed coat fractions of both ... | 2010 | 20307081 |
| expression of the fluorescent proteins dsred and egfp to visualize early events of colonization of the chickpea blight fungus ascochyta rabiei. | ascochyta blight caused by the ascomycete fungus ascochyta rabiei, is a major biotic constraint of chickpea (cicer arietinum l.), resulting in disastrous crop losses worldwide. to study early stages of development and pathogenic mechanisms of the fungus, two binary vectors for the constitutive expression of the red fluorescent protein (dsred-express) and the green fluorescent protein (egfp1) were constructed. furthermore, we have developed an improved and highly reproducible agrobacterium tumefa ... | 2010 | 20461519 |
| in vitro fermentability and antioxidant capacity of the indigestible fraction of cooked black beans (phaseolus vulgaris l.), lentils (lens culinaris l.) and chickpeas (cicer arietinum l.). | pulses represent an important source of protein, as well as digestible and indigestible carbohydrates. little information is available on the indigestible carbohydrates and antioxidant capacity of legume seeds. the cooked seeds of three pulses (black bean, chickpea and lentil) were evaluated for their indigestible fraction (if), polyphenols content, antioxidant capacity and in vitro fermentability, including short-chain fatty acid production. | 2010 | 20549791 |
| mapping the mating type locus of ascochyta rabiei, the causal agent of ascochyta blight of chickpea. | summary a genome linkage map was developed for ascochyta rabiei (pass.) labrousse, (teleomorph) didymella rabiei (kovachevski), an important pathogen causing ascochyta blight in chickpea (cicer arietinum l.). the map was constructed using 96 progeny generated from a single pseudothecium produced from a cross between a usa mat-2 isolate and an australian mat-1 isolate. the map comprised 126 molecular markers of which 69 were random amplified polymorphic dna (rapd) markers, 46 were amplified fragm ... | 2003 | 20569397 |
| variability in the distribution of phenolic compounds in milled fractions of chickpea and horse gram: evaluation of their antioxidant properties. | seed coat, cotyledon and embryonic axe fractions of chickpea (cicer arietinum l.) and horse gram (macrotyloma uniflorum l.) were evaluated for their phenolic composition in relation to antioxidant activities. compositional analysis of phenolics by hplc revealed a wide variation in the distribution of flavonols, isoflavones, phenolic acids and anthocyanins among these legume fractions. although cotyledon fractions of both the legumes were rich in phenolic acids, the concentrations of flavonols su ... | 2010 | 20593828 |
| antifungal compounds from melia azedarach leaves for management of ascochyta rabiei, the cause of chickpea blight. | the antifungal activity of melia azedarach l. leaves was investigated against ascochyta rabiei (pass.) lab., the cause of destructive blight disease of chickpea (cicer arietinum l.). bioassay guided fractionation revealed that the chloroform fraction of the methanolic extract of m. azedarach leaves was highly effective against a. rabiei. six compounds, namely β-sitosterol (1), β-amyrin (2), ursolic acid (3), benzoic acid (4), 3,5 dimethoxybenzoic acid (5) and maesol (6) were isolated from the ch ... | 2011 | 20628965 |
| two novel mastreviruses from chickpea (cicer arietinum) in australia. | two novel mastreviruses (genus mastrevirus; family geminiviridae), with proposed names chickpea chlorosis virus (cpcv) and chickpea redleaf virus, are described from chickpea (cicer arietinum) from eastern australia. the viruses have genomes of 2,582 and 2,605 nucleotides, respectively, and share similar features and organisation with typical dicot-infecting mastreviruses. two distinct strains of cpcv were suggested by phylogenetic analysis. additionally, a partial mastrevirus rep sequence from ... | 2010 | 20734091 |
| bacillus species enhance growth parameters of chickpea (cicer arietinum l.) in chromium stressed soils. | pollution of the agricultural land by the toxic chromium is a global threat that has accelerated dramatically since the beginning of industrial revolution. toxic chromium affects both the microbial diversity as well as reduces the growth of the plants. understanding the effect of the chromium reducing and plant growth promoting rhizobacteria on chickpea crop will be useful. chromium reducing and plant growth promoting bacillus species psb10 significantly improved growth, nodulation, chlorophyll, ... | 2010 | 20813149 |
| bioremediation and reclamation of soil contaminated with petroleum oil hydrocarbons by exogenously seeded bacterial consortium: a pilot-scale study. | spillage of petroleum hydrocarbons causes significant environmental pollution. bioremediation is an effective process to remediate petroleum oil contaminant from the ecosystem. the aim of the present study was to reclaim a petroleum oil-contaminated soil which was unsuitable for the cultivation of crop plants by using petroleum oil hydrocarbon-degrading microbial consortium. | 2011 | 20835890 |
| a bac/bibac-based physical map of chickpea, cicer arietinum l. | chickpea (cicer arietinum l.) is the third most important pulse crop worldwide. despite its importance, relatively little is known about its genome. the availability of a genome-wide physical map allows rapid fine mapping of qtl, development of high-density genome maps, and sequencing of the entire genome. however, no such a physical map has been developed in chickpea. | 2010 | 20849583 |
| the effect of herperidin and a factor in bengal gram (cicer arietinum) on the growth of guinea-pigs. | | 1946 | 20999656 |
| a mesorhizobium lipopolysaccharide (lps) specific lectin (crl) from the roots of nodulating host plant, cicer arietinum. | a 30 kda rabbit erythrocyte agglutinating glycoprotein isolated and characterized from the roots of cicer arietinum and designated as cicer root lectin (crl). hemagglutination activity of crl is strongly inhibited by cell surface lps of nodulating cicer specific rhizobium. crl agglutinates mesorhizobial cells and not escherichia coli or yeast cells. it binds to immobilized lps of cicer specific rhizobium only. the primary structure of crl as predicted by peptide mass fingerprinting by maldi-tof ... | 2010 | 21055439 |
| absolute configuration-dependent epoxide formation from isoflavan-4-ol stereoisomers by biphenyl dioxygenase of pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes strain kf707. | biphenyl dioxygenase from pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes strain kf707 expressed in escherichia coli was found to exhibit monooxygenase activity toward four stereoisomers of isoflavan-4-ol. lc-ms and lc-nmr analyses of the metabolites revealed that the corresponding epoxides formed between c2' and c3' on the b-ring of each isoflavan-4-ol substrate were the sole products. the relative reactivity of the stereoisomers was found to be in the order: (3s,4s)-cis-isoflavan-4-ol > (3r,4s)-trans-isoflavan- ... | 2010 | 21063701 |
| rhizobium pusense sp. nov., isolated from rhizosphere of chickpea (cicer arietinum l). | a bacterial strain nrcpb10t was isolated from rhizosphere soil of chickpea (cicer arietinum l), in pusa, new delhi, india.16s rrna gene sequence of the strain nrcpb10t showed the highest similarity 98.9% with rhizobium radiobacter icmp 5785t followed by rhizobium larrymoorei icmp 15237t (97.7%) and rhizobium rubi lmg 17935t (97.4%). phylogenetic analysis of strain nrcpb10t using housekeeping genes reca and atpd revealed their distinct position differing from other recognized rhizobium species. d ... | 2010 | 21148676 |
| the plant metallothionein 2 from cicer arietinum forms a single metal-thiolate cluster. | the plant metallothionein 2 from cicer arietinum (chickpea; cicmt2) is a typical member of this subfamily and features two cysteine-rich regions containing eight and six cysteine residues, respectively, separated by a linker region 41 amino acids in length. this metallothionein thus differs significantly from the well-studied vertebrate forms. a synthetic gene encoding cicmt2 was designed, cloned into a suitable vector, and the protein was over-expressed in escherichia coli. for the first time, ... | 2009 | 21305157 |
| effect of abiotic stress on phosphate solubilization by biocontrol fungus trichoderma sp. | this study was undertaken to explore the role of trichoderma sp. in phosphate (p) solubilization and antagonism against fungal phytopathogens. all fungal isolates (se(6), kt(6), kt(28), and brt(11)) and a standard culture of t. harzianum (th-std) were able to antagonize two fungal phytopathogens (sclerotium rolfsii and rhizoctonia solani) of chickpea (cicer arietinum l.) wilt complex. transmission electron microscopic studies (tem) further confirmed ultra-cytological changes in the sclerotia of ... | 2011 | 21327557 |
| chickpea improvement: role of wild species and genetic markers. | chickpea is an important grain legume of the semi arid tropics and warm temperate zones, and forms one of the major components of human diet. however, a narrow genetic base of cultivated chickpea (cicer arietinum l.) has hindered the progress in realizing high yield gains in breeding programs. furthermore, various abiotic and biotic stresses are the major bottlenecks for increasing chickpea productivity. systematic collection and evaluation of wild species for useful traits has revealed presence ... | 2008 | 21412359 |
| physiologically stressed cells of fluorescent pseudomonas eki as better option for bioformulation development for management of charcoal rot caused by macrophomina phaseolina in field conditions. | bioformulation that supports the inoculant under storage condition and on application to field is of prime importance for agroindustry. pseudomonas strain eki having biocontrol activity against macrophomina phaseolina was used in the study. eki cells were pretreated by carbon starvation, osmotic stress (nacl), and freeze drying conditions, and talc-based bioformulation was developed. combined pretreatment with carbon starvation and osmotic stress was given to pseudomonas cells. bioformulation of ... | 2011 | 21479797 |
| high-efficiency agrobacterium-mediated transformation of chickpea (cicer arietinum l.) and regeneration of insect-resistant transgenic plants. | to develop an efficient genetic transformation system of chickpea (cicer arietinum l.), callus derived from mature embryonic axes of variety p-362 was transformed with agrobacterium tumefaciens strain lba4404 harboring p35sgus-int plasmid containing the uida gene encoding β-glucuronidase (gus) and the nptii gene for kanamycin selection. various factors affecting transformation efficiency were optimized; as agrobacterium suspension at od(600) 0.3 with 48 h of co-cultivation period at 20°c was fou ... | 2011 | 21516347 |
| comparison of the α-amylase inhibitor-1 from common bean (phaseolus vulgaris) varieties and transgenic expression in other legumes-post-translational modifications and immunogenicity. | the seeds of peas (pisum sativum) and chickpeas (cicer arietinum) expressing a gene for α-amylase inhibitor-1 (αai) from the common bean (phaseolus vulgaris) are protected from damage by old world bruchids (pea and cowpea weevils). here, we used electrospray ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry to compare the post-translational modifications of αai from transgenic sources with the processed forms of the protein from several bean varieties. all sources showed microheterogeneity with differ ... | 2011 | 21542649 |
| residual behaviour and risk assessment of flubendiamide on chickpea (cicer arietinum l.). | the study was undertaken to determine the disappearance trends of flubendiamide residues on chickpea under field conditions and thereby, ensure consumer safety. average initial deposits of flubendiamide on chickpea pods were found to be 0.68 and 1.17mgkg(-1), respectively, following three applications of flubendiamide 480sc @ 48 and 96ga.i.ha(-1) at 7d intervals. half-life of flubendiamide on chickpea pods was observed to be 1.39 and 1.44d, respectively, at single and double dosages whereas with ... | 2011 | 21596421 |
| diversity of nodule-endophytic agrobacteria-like strains associated with different grain legumes in tunisia. | this study represents the first report describing the genetic diversity of nodule-endophytic agrobacteria isolated from diverse legumes and their phylogenetic relationships with the valid species of agrobacteria, as well as the non-recognized genomospecies of the former agrobacterium tumefaciens (rhizobium radiobacter). the genetic diversity of a collection of 18 non-nodulating agrobacteria-like strains, previously isolated from root nodules of vicia faba, cicer arietinum and phaseolus vulgaris ... | 2011 | 21621936 |
| rhizosphere competent pantoea agglomerans enhances maize (zea mays) and chickpea (cicer arietinum l.) growth, without altering the rhizosphere functional diversity. | plant growth promoting pantoea agglomerans nbrisrm (nbrisrm) was able to produce 60.4 μg/ml indole acetic acid and solubilize 77.5 μg/ml tri-calcium phosphate under in vitro conditions. addition of 2% nacl (w/v) in the media induced the iaa production and phosphate solubilization by 11% and 7%, respectively. for evaluating the plant growth promotory effect of nbrisrm inoculation a micro plot trial was conducted using maize and chickpea as host plants. the results revealed significant increase in ... | 2011 | 21638110 |
| biofilm formation in moderately halophilic bacteria is influenced by varying salinity levels. | bacteria in a biofilm have a co-dependent lifestyle resulting in a harmonized and complex coordination of the bacterial cells within an exopolysaccharide (eps) matrix. we hypothesized that biofilm formation and eps production in salt-tolerant bacteria are helpful for plant growth improvement in saline soil, but that they are influenced differently. to investigate this hypothesis, we tested the effect of different salinity levels on the biofilm formation of the bacterial strains paa6 (halomonas m ... | 2011 | 22144335 |
| paenibacillus lentimorbus enhances growth of chickpea (cicer arietinum l.) in chromium-amended soil. | chromium (cr), with its great economic importance in industrial use, is a major metal pollutant of the environment. it affects soil microbial activity and soil fertility, resulting in losses in yield of plants. paenibacillus lentimorbus b-30488(r) (b-30488(r)) tolerated 200 μg ml(-1) of cr under in vitro conditions and produced the plant growth promoting substance indole acetic acid in the presence of cr. our in vitro study indicates enhancement in b-30488(r) biofilm formation by sodium alginat ... | 2011 | 21909789 |
| characterization of rhizobia from legumes of agronomic interest grown in semi-arid areas of central spain relates genetic differences to soil properties. | a study of symbiotic bacteria from traditional agricultural legumes from central spain was performed to create a collection of rhizobia from soils differing in physicochemical, analytical and/or agroecological properties which could be well-adapted to the environmental conditions of this region, and be used for sustainable agricultural practices. thirty-six isolates were obtained from root-nodules of fifteen legume species (including cicer arietinum, lathyrus sativus, lens culinaris, lupinus spp ... | 2011 | 21953333 |
| quality of buffalo meat burger containing legume flours as binders. | the effect of addition of different decorticated legume flours, viz., soya bean, bengal gram, green gram and black gram, on the quality of buffalo meat burger was studied. the burgers consisted of optimized quantities of roasted or unroasted legume flour, spices and common salt. inclusion of roasted black gram flour registered the highest yield of 95.7%, lowest shrinkage of 5% and lowest fat absorption of 26.6% on frying. protein content of 18-20% was highest in the soya flour formulation. free ... | 2004 | 22063942 |
| biological potential of sixteen legumes in china. | phenolic acids have been identified in a variety of legumes including lima bean, broad bean, common bean, pea, jack bean, goa bean, adzuki bean, hyacinth bean, chicking vetch, garbanzo bean, dral, cow bean, rice bean, mung bean and soybean. the present study was carried out with the following aims: (1) to identify and quantify the individual phenolic acid and determine the total phenolic content (tpc); (2) to assess their antioxidant activity, inhibition activities of α-glucosidase, tyrosinase, ... | 2011 | 22072935 |
| production of indole acetic acid by pseudomonas sp.: effect of coinoculation with mesorhizobium sp. cicer on nodulation and plant growth of chickpea (cicer arietinum). | pseudomonas isolates obtained from the rhizosphere of chickpea (cicer arietinum l.) and green gram (vigna radiata) were found to produce significant amount of indole acetic acid (iaa) when grown in a lb medium broth supplemented with l-tryptophan. seed bacterization of chickpea cultivar c235 with different pseudomonas isolates showed stunting effect on the development of root and shoot at 5 and 10 days of seedling growth except the strains mps79 and mps90 that showed stimulation of root growth, ... | 2011 | 23572992 |
| physical, chemical and nutritional characteristics of premature-processed and matured green legumes. | premature green legumes are good sources of nutraceuticals and antioxidants and are consumed as snacks as well as vegetables. they are seasonal and have limited shelf-life. efforts are provided to prepare shelf-stable green legumes to extend their availability throughout the year. green legumes from chick pea or bengal gram (cicer arietinum) and field bean (dolichos lablab) have been processed to enhance their shelf-life, and determined their nutritional, physico-chemical and nutraceutical quali ... | 2011 | 23904654 |
| variation in growth, physiology and yield of four chickpea cultivars exposed to cadmium chloride. | cadmium is a highly toxic metallic pollutant which adversely affects plant growth. a green house experiment was conducted to study the variation in growth, yield and proline content of four chickpea (cicer arietinum l.) cultivars namely icc1069, icc12422, icc7589 and icc4969 at two plant growth stages (30 and 60 days after sowing), treated with 0, 25, 50 and 100 mg cd kg(-1) soil. plant growth, plant fresh weight, plant biomass, leaf area, total photosynthetic area, carbonic anhydrase activity, ... | 2012 | 23741813 |
| effect of incorporation of plantain and chickpea flours on the quality characteristics of biscuits. | blends of plantain and chickpea flours each with concentrations of 0, 10, 20, 30 and 40% along with of refined wheat flour were used for development of biscuits. the flours were evaluated for their chemical and functional properties. plantain flour had highest crude fiber (3.6%) and carbohydrate content (80.8%), whereas chickpea flour had highest protein content (19.3%) and fat content (4.4%). plantain flour showed highest water absorption (167.7%) whereas lowest oil absorption capacity (144.6). ... | 2011 | 23572843 |
| identification of cystathionine γ-synthase and threonine synthase from cicer arietinum and lens culinaris. | in plants, cystathionine γ-synthase (cgs) and threonine synthase (ts) compete for the branch-point metabolite o-phospho-l-homoserine. these enzymes are potential targets for metabolic engineering studies, aiming to alter the flux through the competing methionine and threonine biosynthetic pathways, with the goal of increasing methionine production. although cgs and ts have been characterized in the model organisms escherichia coli and arabidopsis thaliana, little information is available on thes ... | 2012 | 23527638 |
| edta enhanced phytoremediation of copper contaminated soils using chickpea (cicer aeritinum l.). | the goal of this research was to determine whether or not chickpea (cicer arietinum l.), commonly known as garbanzo beans, is a hyper accumulator for copper (cu) in contaminated soils amended with edta. statistical analysis (2 tailed pearson correlation) revealed significant correlations between: translocation index and stem biomass (r = 0.859**; p < 0.01); tolerance index and stem biomass (r = 0.762**; p < 0.01); and bioconcentration factor of stem/soil and soil cu concentration (r = -0.545*; p ... | 2013 | 23912229 |
| [use of chickpea (cicer arietinum l.) in non-dairy formulas. ii. nitrogen balance in children with lactose intolerance, fed with a formula based on chickpea and a commercial soybean product]. | the nutritive value of chick-pea and soy infant formulas was evaluated. nitrogen balance was performed in 17 malnourished babies, seven of which were fed with the chick-pea formula, and 10 with the soy commercial formula (sobee). the percentage of absorption, retention and biological value of the chick-pea formula were 72.4, 26.4 and 35.1, respectively and 69.6, 24.3 and 34.0 in the same order, with the soy formula. since the nutritional quality of the chick-pea was not different to the commerci ... | 2011 | 3146951 |
| synergistic effect of pseudomonas putida and bacillus amyloliquefaciens ameliorates drought stress in chickpea (cicer arietinum l.). | two plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (pgpr) pseudomonas putida nbrira and bacillus amyloliquefaciens nbrisn13 with ability to tolerate abiotic stress along with multiple pgp traits like acc deaminase activity, minerals solubilisation, hormones production, biofilm formation, siderophore activity were evaluated for their synergistic effect to ameliorate drought stress in chickpea. earlier we have reported both the strains individually for their pgp attributes and stress amelioration in host pl ... | 2015 | 26362119 |
| bioaugmentation of mesorhizobium cicer, pseudomonas spp. and piriformospora indica for sustainable chickpea production. | chickpea establishes symbiotic association with mesorhizobium to fulfill its nitrogen (n) requirement. integrating chickpea rhizosphere with potential native mesorhizobia and other plant growth promoting microorganisms can contribute multiple benefits to plants. the present investigation was undertaken to study interactions among piriformospora indica (pi) with potential plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (pgpr) viz. pseudomonas argentinensis (lpgpr1), pseudomonas sp. (lpgpr2) along with natio ... | 2015 | 26261403 |
| late embryogenesis abundant (lea) proteins in legumes. | plants are exposed to different external conditions that affect growth, development, and productivity. water deficit is one of these adverse conditions caused by drought, salinity, and extreme temperatures. plants have developed different responses to prevent, ameliorate or repair the damage inflicted by these stressful environments. one of these responses is the activation of a set of genes encoding a group of hydrophilic proteins that typically accumulate to high levels during seed dehydration ... | 2013 | 23805145 |
| analysis of root proteome unravels differential molecular responses during compatible and incompatible interaction between chickpea (cicer arietinum l.) and fusarium oxysporum f. sp. ciceri race1 (foc1). | vascular wilt caused by fusarium oxysporum f. sp. ciceri race 1 (foc1) is a serious disease of chickpea (cicer arietinum l.) accounting for approximately 10-15% annual crop loss. the fungus invades the plant via roots, colonizes the xylem vessels and prevents the upward translocation of water and nutrients, finally resulting in wilting of the entire plant. although comparative transcriptomic profiling have highlighted some important signaling molecules, but proteomic studies involving chickpea-f ... | 2014 | 25363865 |
| fusarium oxysporum f.sp. ciceri race 1 induced redox state alterations are coupled to downstream defense signaling in root tissues of chickpea (cicer arietinum l.). | reactive oxygen species are known to play pivotal roles in pathogen perception, recognition and downstream defense signaling. but, how these redox alarms coordinate in planta into a defensive network is still intangible. present study illustrates the role of fusarium oxysporum f.sp ciceri race1 (foc1) induced redox responsive transcripts in regulating downstream defense signaling in chickpea. confocal microscopic studies highlighted pathogen invasion and colonization accompanied by tissue damage ... | 2013 | 24058463 |
| expression of chickpea cipk25 enhances root growth and tolerance to dehydration and salt stress in transgenic tobacco. | calcium signaling plays an important role in adaptation and developmental processes in plants and animals. a class of calcium sensors, known as calcineurin b-like (cbl) proteins sense specific temporal changes in cytosolic ca(2+) concentration and regulate activities of a group of ser/thr protein kinases called cbl-interacting protein kinases (cipks). although a number of cipks have been shown to play crucial roles in the regulation of stress signaling, no study on the function of cipk25 or its ... | 2015 | 26442004 |