Black sesame seed, a member of Pedaliaceae, is important source of oil. Sesame oil is good source of some phyto-nutrients such as omega-6 fatty acids, flavonoid phenolic anti-oxidants, vitamins and dietary fiber with potent anti-cancer as well as health promoting properties. Limited transcriptomic and genomic data hinder the research on it. Sesame transcriptomes fr...
Key words:Genome sequence, celery, de novo, assembly, contig, KEGG, SSRs. Celery (Apium graveolens L.) is one of the most ancient and important seed spice crop. Celery belongs to the Apiaceae family. It is an excellent source of antioxidants and beneficial enzymes, in addition to vitamins and minerals such as vitamin K, vitamin C, potassium, folate and vitamin B6....
The present investigation was undertaken to analyse the fruits of 13 promising okra cultivars and hybrids for their nutritional and biochemical characteristics, as influenced by the stage of harvest maturity. The fresh fruits of 13 okra cultivars were obtained from the senior Vegetable Breeder, M.P.K.V., Rahuri, and were analysed by following standard proc...
“Xaj”, the popular rice based alcoholic beverage is produced by the Ahom community of Assam using fermentation starter, Xaj pitha. The methodology of Xaj brewing is almost similar among the Ahom community residing in different localities of Assam, however, the concoction of the fermentation starters differ in terms of varieties and number of herbs or plant parts re...
In the present investigation, in vitro studies were carried out to determine the effect of different hormonal concentrations in MS and N6 basal media for callus induction, growth and regeneration in two rice genotypes viz., BPT-5204 and Swarna. Studies were conducted to optimize various parameters for stable transformation in rice through Agrobacterium mediated...
The black rice germplasm suffers from inherent low productivity due to inefficient performance of yield attributing characters. Besides, the crop is also susceptible to biotic and abiotic stress. Gene technology can provide an effective approach for improvement of black rice. The availability of a robust and reproducible plant regeneration system that is amenable t...
Citrus species are the most widely grown fruit crops within the whole world. India is the fourth largest producer of orange in the world. North-Eastern India is considered as one of the centres of origin of many citrus species. Among them Khasi Mandarin is the most widely grown citrus species. According to Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation, Govt. Of India,...
Lignocellulosic alcohol production from agricultural residues has the great potential to produce transport fuel as the substitute of petroleum or diesel, as it is renewable in nature, no competition with food as well as less emission problems. Sugarcane bagasse is one of the largest agricultural wastes in many countries including India. The country produces ~40...
Finger millet is the primary food source for millions of people living in tropical dry lands.It posses many desirable properties in terms of adaptability and nutrition. Finger millet can become a hub for fishing out vital genes involved in adaptation to biotic and abiotic stress which can be used for improvement and development of superior crop varieties. For gen...
Pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan L. Millsp.) is one of the major grain legume crops of the tropics and subtropics grown in about 50 countries of Asia, Eastern and Southern Africa and the Caribbean for various uses such as food, fodder & firewood. The present study was conducted to develop and optimize tissue culture independent in planta transformation system in pigeo...