Sampa Das

TL;DR: Molecular analyses and insect-feeding assays of six highly expressive independent transgenic ICP lines revealed that the transferred synthetic cryIAc gene was expressed stably in the T2 generation of these lines and that the transgenic rice plants were highly toxic to YSB larvae and lessened the damage caused by their feeding.

TL;DR: The genetic relationships and fidelity among the cultivars and micropropagated plants as assessed by random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) and inter-simple sequence repeat (ISSR) markers, revealed three somaclonal variants from Robusta and three from Giant Governor.

TL;DR: The results of this experiment indicate that fluoride at a dose encountered in drinking water in contaminated areas exerts an adverse effect on the male reproductive system and this effect is associated with indicators of oxidative stress.

TL;DR: ASAL promises to be a potential component in insect resistance rice breeding programme and is detected on chromosomes of transformed plants using PRINS and C-PRINS techniques.

TL;DR: The ligand-binding ability of this lectin, correlated with the insecticidal property, facilitated to ascertain the mode of action of the particular lectin on above mentioned insects physiology and opens up the possibility of using garlic leaf lectin as a potent control agent to engineer crop plants for insect resistance.