Tomatoes (Lycopersicun esculentum L.) are an important group of vegetable crops that have high economical and nutritional value.The use of fertilizers and appropriate substrates is one of the important strategies that can assist in increasing the yield and quality of fruits.The present study aimed to investigate the effects of exogenous seaweed ext
Construction of doxycyline-dependent mini-HIV-1 variants for the development of a virotherapy against leukemias
Abstract T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL) is a high-risk type of blood-cell cancer.We describe the improvement of a candidate therapeutic virus for virotherapy of leukemic cells.Virotherapy is based on the exclusive replication of a virus in leukemic cells, leading to the selective removal of these malignant cells.To improve Double Sided
Ralstonia solanacearum biovar 1 associated with a new outbreak of potato brown rot in Portugal
In May 2007, potato plants exhibiting symptoms possibly of brown rot were collected in some potato fields in the Baixo Mondego region (Center), Portugal, as a part of a nationwide programme to monitor Ralstonia solanacearum.All laboratory procedures laid down in Commission Directive 2006/63/EC, including dilution plating on semi-selective medium SM
Elicitation of defense responses in tomato against Meloidogyne javanica and Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. Lycopersici wilt complex
In this study, Trichoderma harzianum BI was evaluated for its capability to reduce the incidence and severity of the root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne javanica, and Fusarium wilt, F.oxysporum f.sp.lycopersici, as causal agents of a complex disease of tomato in the laboratory and greenhouse conditions.Initial in vitro studies revealed that the parasit