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Bhattacharjee S, Bhowmick R, Paul K, Venkat Raman K, Jaiswal S, Tilgam J, Saakre M, Kumari P, Baaniya M, Vijayan J, Sreevathsa R, Pattanayak D. Identification, characterization, and comprehensive expression profiling of floral master regulators in pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan [L.] Millspaugh). Funct Integr Genomics 2023; 23:311. [PMID: 37751043 DOI: 10.1007/s10142-023-01236-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2023] [Revised: 09/04/2023] [Accepted: 09/15/2023] [Indexed: 09/27/2023]
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Pigeon pea is an important protein-rich pulse crop. Identification of flowering master regulators in pigeon pea is highly imperative as indeterminacy and late flowering are impediments towards yield improvement. A genome-wide analysis was performed to explore flowering orthologous groups in pigeon pea. Among the 412 floral orthologs identified in pigeon pea, 148 genes belong to the meristem identity, photoperiod-responsive, and circadian clock-associated ortholog groups. Our comparative genomics study revealed purifying selection pressures (ka/ks) on floral orthologs, and duplication patterns and evolution through synteny with other model species. Phylogenetic analysis of floral genes substantiated a connection between pigeon pea plant architecture and flowering time as all the PEBP domain-containing genes belong to meristem identity floral networks of pigeon pea. Expression profiling of eleven major orthologs in contrasting determinate and indeterminate genotypes indicated that these orthologs might be involved in flowering regulation. Expression of floral inducer, FT, and floral repressor, TFL1, was non-comparable in indeterminate genotypes across all the developmental stages of pigeon pea. However, dynamic FT/TFL1 expression ratio detected in all tissues of both the genotypes suggested their role in floral transition. One TFL1 ortholog having high sequence conserveness across pigeon pea genotypes showed differential expression indicating genotype-dependent regulation of this ortholog. Presence of conserved 6mA-methylation patterns in light-responsive elements and in other cis-regulatory elements of FT and TFL1 across different plant genotypes indicated possible involvement of epigenetic regulation in flowering.
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- Sougata Bhattacharjee
- ICAR-National Institute for Plant Biotechnology, New Delhi, 110012, India
- ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India
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- ICAR-Central Research Institute for Jute and Allied Fibres, Barrackpore, Kolkata, India
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- ICAR-National Institute for Plant Biotechnology, New Delhi, 110012, India
- ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India
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- ICAR-National Institute for Plant Biotechnology, New Delhi, 110012, India
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- ICAR Research Complex for North Eastern Hill Region, Barapani, Meghalaya, India
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- ICAR-National Institute for Plant Biotechnology, New Delhi, 110012, India
- ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India
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- ICAR-National Institute for Plant Biotechnology, New Delhi, 110012, India
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- ICAR-National Institute for Plant Biotechnology, New Delhi, 110012, India
- ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India
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- ICAR-National Institute for Plant Biotechnology, New Delhi, 110012, India
- ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India
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- ICAR-National Institute for Plant Biotechnology, New Delhi, 110012, India
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- ICAR-National Institute for Plant Biotechnology, New Delhi, 110012, India
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- ICAR-National Institute for Plant Biotechnology, New Delhi, 110012, India.
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Saakre M, Jaiswal S, Rathinam M, Raman KV, Tilgam J, Paul K, Sreevathsa R, Pattanayak D. Host-Delivered RNA Interference for Durable Pest Resistance in Plants: Advanced Methods, Challenges, and Applications. Mol Biotechnol 2023:10.1007/s12033-023-00833-9. [PMID: 37523020 DOI: 10.1007/s12033-023-00833-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2022] [Accepted: 07/17/2023] [Indexed: 08/01/2023]
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Insect-pests infestation greatly affects global agricultural production and is projected to become more severe in upcoming years. There is concern about pesticide application being ineffective due to insect resistance and environmental toxicity. Reduced effectiveness of Bt toxins also made the scientific community shift toward alternative strategies to control devastating agricultural pests. With the advent of host-delivered RNA interference, also known as host-induced gene silencing, targeted insect genes have been suppressed through genetic engineering tools to deliver a novel insect-pest resistance strategy for combating a number of agricultural pests. This review recapitulates the possible mechanism of host-delivered RNA interference (HD-RNAi), in particular, the silencing of target genes of insect-pests. We emphasize the development of the latest strategies against evolving insect targets including designing of artificial microRNAs, vector constructs, and the benefit of using plastid transformation to transform target RNA-interfering genes. Advantages of using HD-RNAi over other small RNA delivery modes and also the supremacy of HD-RNAi over the CRISPR-Cas system particularly for insect resistance have been described. However, the broader application of this technology is restricted due to its several limitations. Using artificial miRNA designs, the host-delivered RNAi + Bt combinatorial approach and chloroplast transformation can overcome limitations of RNAi. With careful design and delivery approaches, RNAi promises to be extremely valuable and effective plant protection strategy to attain durable insect-pest resistance in crops. Development of transgenic plant using novel strategies to achieve durable resistance against the target insect.
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- Manjesh Saakre
- Division of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, ICAR-National Institute for Plant Biotechnology, IARI Pusa Campus, New Delhi, 110012, India
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- Division of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, ICAR-National Institute for Plant Biotechnology, IARI Pusa Campus, New Delhi, 110012, India
- ICAR-Research Complex for NEH Region, Umiam, Meghalaya- 793103, India
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- ICAR-National Institute for Plant Biotechnology, IARI Pusa Campus, New Delhi, 110012, India
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- ICAR-National Institute for Plant Biotechnology, IARI Pusa Campus, New Delhi, 110012, India
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- Division of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, ICAR-National Institute for Plant Biotechnology, IARI Pusa Campus, New Delhi, 110012, India
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- Division of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, ICAR-National Institute for Plant Biotechnology, IARI Pusa Campus, New Delhi, 110012, India
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- ICAR-National Institute for Plant Biotechnology, IARI Pusa Campus, New Delhi, 110012, India
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- ICAR-National Institute for Plant Biotechnology, IARI Pusa Campus, New Delhi, 110012, India.
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Jaiswal S, Paul K, Raman KV, Tyagi S, Saakre M, Tilgam J, Bhattacharjee S, Vijayan J, Mondal KK, Sreevathsa R, Pattanayak D. Amelioration of cold-induced sweetening in potato by RNAi mediated silencing of StUGPase encoding UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase. Front Plant Sci 2023; 14:1133029. [PMID: 36875591 PMCID: PMC9981964 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1133029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2022] [Accepted: 01/30/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Cold-induced sweetening (CIS) is an unwanted physiological phenomenon in which reducing sugars (RS) get accumulated in potato (Solanum tuberosum) upon cold storage. High RS content makes potato commercially unsuitable for processing due to the unacceptable brown color in processed products like chips, fries, etc., and the production of a potential carcinogen, acrylamide. UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase (UGPase) catalyzes the synthesis of UDP-glucose towards the synthesis of sucrose and is also involved in the regulation of CIS in potato. The objective of the present work was RNAi-mediated downregulation of the StUGPase expression level in potato for the development of CIS tolerant potato. Hairpin RNA (hpRNA) gene construct was developed by placing UGPase cDNA fragment in sense and antisense orientation intervened by GBSS intron. Internodal stem explants (cv. Kufri Chipsona-4) were transformed with hpRNA gene construct, and 22 transgenic lines were obtained by PCR screening of putative transformants. Four transgenic lines showed the highest level of RS content reduction following 30 days of cold storage, with reductions in sucrose and RS (glucose & fructose) levels of up to 46% and 57.5%, respectively. Cold stored transgenic potato of these four lines produced acceptable chip colour upon processing. The selected transgenic lines carried two to five copies of the transgene. Northern hybridization revealed an accumulation of siRNA with a concomitant decrease in the StUGPase transcript level in these selected transgenic lines. The present work demonstrates the efficacy of StUGPase silencing in controlling CIS in potato, and the strategy can be employed for the development of CIS tolerant potato varieties.
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- Sandeep Jaiswal
- ICAR-National Institute for Plant Biotechnology, New Delhi, India
- Post Graduate (PG) School, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India
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- ICAR-National Institute for Plant Biotechnology, New Delhi, India
- Post Graduate (PG) School, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India
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- ICAR-National Institute for Plant Biotechnology, New Delhi, India
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- ICAR-National Institute for Plant Biotechnology, New Delhi, India
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- ICAR-National Institute for Plant Biotechnology, New Delhi, India
- Post Graduate (PG) School, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India
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- ICAR-National Institute for Plant Biotechnology, New Delhi, India
- Post Graduate (PG) School, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India
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- ICAR-National Institute for Plant Biotechnology, New Delhi, India
- Post Graduate (PG) School, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India
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- ICAR-National Institute for Plant Biotechnology, New Delhi, India
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- Division of Plant Pathology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India
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Malhotra EV, Jain R, Tyagi S, Venkat Raman K, Bansal S, Pattanayak D. Identification of dynamic microRNA associated with systemic defence against Helicoverpa armigera infestation in Cajanus scarabaeoides. Pest Manag Sci 2022; 78:3144-3154. [PMID: 35452179 DOI: 10.1002/ps.6941] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2021] [Revised: 04/07/2022] [Accepted: 04/22/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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BACKGROUND Helicoverpa armigera is a major insect pest of several crop plants, including pigeonpea. Resistant gene sources are not available in the cultivated gene pool, but resistance has been observed in its crop wild relative, Cajanus scarabaeoides. Gene regulatory mechanisms governing the systemic immune response of this plant to pod borer infestation have not yet been deciphered. MicroRNA (miRNA) profiles of H. armigera-infested and undamaged adjacent leaves of C. scarabaeoides were compared to gain an insight into the plant-insect interactions and to identify dynamic miRNA molecules potentially acting as mediators of systemic defence responses. RESULTS A total of 211 conserved, temporally dynamic miRNA were identified in the unfed adjacent leaves, out of which 98 were found to be differentially expressed in comparison to control leaves. On further analysis, most of the miRNA detected in the adjacent leaves was found to target genes involved in the defence pathways and plant immune response. An overlap of the differentially expressing miRNAs was observed between insect-fed and adjacent unfed leaves, indicating the transmission of signal from the site of infestation to the undamaged parts of the plant, indicative of induction of a systemic defence response. CONCLUSION The miRNA response in the unfed leaves had the signatures of induced changes in metabolism and signal transduction for induction of defence pathway genes. This study reveals the participation of miRNAs in imparting pod borer resistance and mounting a systemic defence response against pod borer infestation in C. scarabaeoides. © 2022 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- ICAR - National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, New Delhi, India
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- ICAR - National Institute for Plant Biotechnology, New Delhi, India
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- ICAR - National Institute for Plant Biotechnology, New Delhi, India
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- ICAR - National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, New Delhi, India
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Malhotra EV, Jain R, Tyagi S, Raman KV, Bansal S, Aminedi R, Pattanayak D. Comparative analysis of herbivory responsive miRNAs to delineate pod borer (Helicoverpa armigera) resistance mechanisms in Cajanus cajan and its wild relative Cajanus scarabaeoides. Plant Cell Rep 2022; 41:1147-1161. [PMID: 35366099 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-022-02842-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2021] [Accepted: 02/04/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Comparative analysis of herbivory responsive miRNAs between pod borer susceptible C. cajan and its resistant Crop Wild Relative (CWR) C. scarabaeoides revealed miRNA-based regulation of defense genes and plant-insect interactions. Gram pod borer (Helicoverpa armigera) is one of most devastating pests of pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan) worldwide, responsible for huge losses in crop productivity. The lack of genes conferring resistance to pod borer in pigeon pea has proven to be a bottleneck for its improvement. One of its CWR, C. scarabaeoides has demonstrated resistance to this pest and can be exploited for developing pest resistant crop varieties. Differences in expression patterns of herbivory responsive microRNAs in the susceptible C. cajan and resistant C. scarabaeoides after different time duration of pod borer infestation (2 h, 8 h and 18 h) were identified, characterized and functionally validated to understand their role in insect defense response. A total of 462 conserved and 449 novel miRNAs and 273 conserved and 185 novel miRNAs, were identified in C. cajan and C. scarabaeoides, respectively. Among the identified miRNAs, 65, 68 and 65 miRNAs were found to be differentially expressing between the C. scarabaeoides and C. cajan libraries 2 h, 8 h and 18 h post infestation, respectively. These miRNAs were found to target genes involved in a number of pathways contributing to defense and acquired resistance in C. scarabaeoides against pod borer, indicating miRNA-based regulation of defense pathways. Expression patterns of eight of these miRNAs were validated by qRT-PCR. This study provides novel insights into the miRNA-mediated plant-insect interactions and the mechanisms of regulatory pathways involved in insect defense. These findings can be utilized for further exploring the mechanism of herbivore defense in plant systems.
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- ICAR-National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, New Delhi, India
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- ICAR-National Institute for Plant Biotechnology, New Delhi, India
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- ICAR-National Institute for Plant Biotechnology, New Delhi, India
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- ICAR-National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, New Delhi, India
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Joshi I, Kumar A, Singh AK, Kohli D, Raman KV, Sirohi A, Chaudhury A, Jain PK. Development of nematode resistance in Arabidopsis by HD-RNAi-mediated silencing of the effector gene Mi-msp2. Sci Rep 2019; 9:17404. [PMID: 31757987 PMCID: PMC6874571 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-53485-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2019] [Accepted: 10/30/2019] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Root-knot nematodes (RKNs) are devastating parasites that infect thousands of plants. As RKN infection is facilitated by oesophageal gland effector genes, one such effector gene, Mi-msp2, was selected for a detailed characterization. Based on domain analysis, the Mi-MSP2 protein contains an ShKT domain, which is likely involved in blocking K+ channels and may help in evading the plant defence response. Expression of the Mi-msp2 gene was higher in juveniles (parasitic stage of RKNs) than in eggs and adults. Stable homozygous transgenic Arabidopsis lines expressing Mi-msp2 dsRNA were generated, and the numbers of galls, females and egg masses were reduced by 52-54%, 60-66% and 84-95%, respectively, in two independent RNAi lines compared with control plants. Furthermore, expression analysis revealed a significant reduction in Mi-msp2 mRNA abundance (up to 88%) in female nematodes feeding on transgenic plants expressing dsRNA, and northern blot analysis confirmed expression of the Mi-msp2 siRNA in the transgenic plants. Interestingly, a significant reduction in the reproduction factor was observed (nearly 40-fold). These data suggest that the Mi-msp2 gene can be used as a potential target for RKN management in crops of economic importance.
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- Ila Joshi
- ICAR-National Institute for Plant Biotechnology, PUSA Campus, New Delhi, 110012, India.,Department of Bio & Nano Technology, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar, 125001, Haryana, India
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- ICAR-National Institute for Plant Biotechnology, PUSA Campus, New Delhi, 110012, India
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- Division of Nematology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, 110012, India
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- ICAR-National Institute for Plant Biotechnology, PUSA Campus, New Delhi, 110012, India
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- ICAR-National Institute for Plant Biotechnology, PUSA Campus, New Delhi, 110012, India
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- Division of Nematology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, 110012, India
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- Department of Bio & Nano Technology, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar, 125001, Haryana, India
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- ICAR-National Institute for Plant Biotechnology, PUSA Campus, New Delhi, 110012, India.
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Palanivel C, Kumar AMV, Mahalakshmi T, Govindarajan S, Claassens M, Satyanarayana S, Gurumurthy D, Vasudevan K, Purty A, Paulraj AK, Raman KV. Uptake of HIV testing and HIV positivity among presumptive tuberculosis patients at Puducherry, South India. Public Health Action 2015; 3:220-3. [PMID: 26393033 DOI: 10.5588/pha.13.0045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2013] [Accepted: 07/02/2013] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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SETTING Puducherry, a district in South India with a low prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection (<1% among antenatal women). OBJECTIVES 1) To estimate the proportion of patients with known HIV status who were HIV-positive, 2) to describe the demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with unknown HIV status among presumptive TB patients, and 3) to assess the additional workload at HIV testing centres. DESIGN In this cross-sectional study, consecutive presumptive TB patients attending microscopy centres for diagnosis during March-May 2013 were asked if they knew their HIV status. Patients with unknown HIV status were offered voluntary counselling and HIV testing. RESULTS Of 1886 presumptive TB patients, HIV status was ascertained for 842 (44.6%); 28 (3.3%) were HIV-positive. The uptake of HIV testing was significantly higher in younger age groups, males, residents of Puducherry and smear-positive TB patients. The median increase in the number of clients tested for HIV per day per testing centre was 1 (range 0-6). CONCLUSION The uptake of HIV testing was low. HIV prevalence was higher among presumptive TB patients than in antenatal women, and as high as in TB patients. With minimal increase in workload at HIV testing centres, HIV testing could be implemented using existing resources.
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- C Palanivel
- Indira Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute, Puducherry, India
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- International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, South-East Asia Regional Office, New Delhi, India
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- Indira Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute, Puducherry, India
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- State TB Cell, Directorate of Health Services, Puducherry, India
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- Desmond Tutu TB Centre, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa
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- State TB Cell, Directorate of Health Services, Puducherry, India
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- Pondicherry State AIDS Control Society, Puducherry, India
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- Indira Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute, Puducherry, India
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- Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Puducherry, India
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- World Health Organization Country Office in India, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Health and Family Welfare Services, Government of Puducherry, Puducherry, India
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Singh RK, Singh VK, Raghavendrarao S, Phanindra MLV, Venkat Raman K, Solanke AU, Kumar PA, Sharma TR. Expression of Finger Millet EcDehydrin7 in Transgenic Tobacco Confers Tolerance to Drought Stress. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 2015; 177:207-216. [PMID: 26160315 DOI: 10.1007/s1201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2014] [Accepted: 06/29/2015] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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One of the critical alarming constraints for agriculture is water scarcity. In the current scenario, global warming due to climate change and unpredictable rainfall, drought is going to be a master player and possess a big threat to stagnating gene pool of staple food crops. So it is necessary to understand the mechanisms that enable the plants to cope with drought stress. In this study, effort was made to prospect the role of EcDehydrin7 protein from normalized cDNA library of drought tolerance finger millet in transgenic tobacco. Biochemical and molecular analyses of T0 transgenic plants were done for stress tolerance. Leaf disc assay, seed germination test, dehydration assay, and chlorophyll estimation showed EcDehydrin7 protein directly link to drought tolerance. Northern and qRT PCR analyses shows relatively high expression of EcDehydrin7 protein compare to wild type. T0 transgenic lines EcDehydrin7(11) and EcDehydrin7(15) shows superior expression among all lines under study. In summary, all results suggest that EcDehydrin7 protein has a remarkable role in drought tolerance and may be used for sustainable crop breeding program in other food crops.
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- Rajiv Kumar Singh
- National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology, LBS Building, Pusa Campus, New Delhi, 110012, India
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Singh RK, Singh VK, Raghavendrarao S, Phanindra MLV, Venkat Raman K, Solanke AU, Kumar PA, Sharma TR. Expression of Finger Millet EcDehydrin7 in Transgenic Tobacco Confers Tolerance to Drought Stress. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 2015; 177:207-16. [PMID: 26160315 DOI: 10.1007/s12010-015-1738-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2014] [Accepted: 06/29/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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One of the critical alarming constraints for agriculture is water scarcity. In the current scenario, global warming due to climate change and unpredictable rainfall, drought is going to be a master player and possess a big threat to stagnating gene pool of staple food crops. So it is necessary to understand the mechanisms that enable the plants to cope with drought stress. In this study, effort was made to prospect the role of EcDehydrin7 protein from normalized cDNA library of drought tolerance finger millet in transgenic tobacco. Biochemical and molecular analyses of T0 transgenic plants were done for stress tolerance. Leaf disc assay, seed germination test, dehydration assay, and chlorophyll estimation showed EcDehydrin7 protein directly link to drought tolerance. Northern and qRT PCR analyses shows relatively high expression of EcDehydrin7 protein compare to wild type. T0 transgenic lines EcDehydrin7(11) and EcDehydrin7(15) shows superior expression among all lines under study. In summary, all results suggest that EcDehydrin7 protein has a remarkable role in drought tolerance and may be used for sustainable crop breeding program in other food crops.
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- Rajiv Kumar Singh
- National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology, LBS Building, Pusa Campus, New Delhi, 110012, India
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Lima JM, Nath M, Dokku P, Raman KV, Kulkarni KP, Vishwakarma C, Sahoo SP, Mohapatra UB, Mithra SVA, Chinnusamy V, Robin S, Sarla N, Seshashayee M, Singh K, Singh AK, Singh NK, Sharma RP, Mohapatra T. Physiological, anatomical and transcriptional alterations in a rice mutant leading to enhanced water stress tolerance. AoB Plants 2015; 7:plv023. [PMID: 25818072 PMCID: PMC4482838 DOI: 10.1093/aobpla/plv023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2014] [Accepted: 02/26/2015] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Water stress is one of the most severe constraints to crop productivity. Plants display a variety of physiological and biochemical responses both at the cellular and whole organism level upon sensing water stress. Leaf rolling, stomatal closure, deeper root penetration, higher relative water content (RWC) and better osmotic adjustment are some of the mechanisms that plants employ to overcome water stress. In the current study, we report a mutant, enhanced water stress tolerant1 (ewst1) with enhanced water stress tolerance, identified from the ethyl methanesulfonate-induced mutant population of rice variety Nagina22 by field screening followed by withdrawal of irrigation in pots and hydroponics (PEG 6000). Though ewst1 was morphologically similar to the wild type (WT) for 35 of the 38 morphological descriptors (except chalky endosperm/expression of white core, decorticated grain colour and grain weight), it showed enhanced germination in polyethylene glycol-infused medium. It exhibited increase in maximum root length without any significant changes in its root weight, root volume and total root number on crown when compared with the WT under stress in PVC tube experiment. It also showed better performance for various physiological parameters such as RWC, cell membrane stability and chlorophyll concentration upon water stress in a pot experiment. Root anatomy and stomatal microscopic studies revealed changes in the number of xylem and phloem cells, size of central meta-xylem and number of closed stomata in ewst1. Comparative genome-wide transcriptome analysis identified genes related to exocytosis, secondary metabolites, tryptophan biosynthesis, protein phosphorylation and other signalling pathways to be playing a role in enhanced response to water stress in ewst1. The possible involvement of a candidate gene with respect to the observed morpho-physiological and transcriptional changes and its role in stress tolerance are discussed. The mutant identified and characterized in this study will be useful for further dissection of water stress tolerance in rice.
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- John Milton Lima
- National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology, IARI, New Delhi, India Department of Botany, North Orissa University, Baripada, Odisha, India
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- National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology, IARI, New Delhi, India
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- National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology, IARI, New Delhi, India
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- National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology, IARI, New Delhi, India
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- National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology, IARI, New Delhi, India
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- National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology, IARI, New Delhi, India
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- National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology, IARI, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Botany, North Orissa University, Baripada, Odisha, India
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- National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology, IARI, New Delhi, India
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- Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India
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- Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, India
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- Directorate of Rice Research, Hyderabad, India
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- University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, India
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- Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India
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- Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India
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- National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology, IARI, New Delhi, India
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- National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology, IARI, New Delhi, India
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- National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology, IARI, New Delhi, India Present address: Central Rice Research Institute, Cuttack, Odisha, India
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Santos TS, Moodera JS, Raman KV, Negusse E, Holroyd J, Dvorak J, Liberati M, Idzerda YU, Arenholz E. Determining exchange splitting in a magnetic semiconductor by spin-filter tunneling. Phys Rev Lett 2008; 101:147201. [PMID: 18851564 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.101.147201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2008] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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A large exchange splitting of the conduction band in ultrathin films of the ferromagnetic semiconductor EuO was determined quantitatively, by using EuO as a tunnel barrier and fitting the current-voltage characteristics and temperature dependence to tunneling theory. This exchange splitting leads to different tunnel barrier heights for spin-up and spin-down electrons and is large enough to produce a near-fully spin-polarized current. Moreover, the magnetic properties of these ultrathin films (<6 nm) show a reduction in Curie temperature with decreasing thickness, in agreement with theoretical calculation [R. Schiller, Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 3847 (2001)10.1103/Phys. Rev. Lett.86.3847].
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- T S Santos
- Francis Bitter Magnet Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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Shim JH, Raman KV, Park YJ, Santos TS, Miao GX, Satpati B, Moodera JS. Large spin diffusion length in an amorphous organic semiconductor. Phys Rev Lett 2008; 100:226603. [PMID: 18643439 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.100.226603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2008] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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We directly measured a spin diffusion length (lambdas) of 13.3 nm in amorphous organic semiconductor (OS) rubrene (C42H28) by spin polarized tunneling. In comparison, no spin-conserved transport has been reported in amorphous Si or Ge. Absence of dangling bond defects can explain the spin transport behavior in amorphous OS. Furthermore, when rubrene barriers were grown on a seed layer, the elastic tunneling characteristics were greatly enhanced. Based on our findings, lambdas in single-crystalline rubrene can be expected to reach even millimeters, showing the potential for organic spintronics development.
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- J H Shim
- Francis Bitter Magnet Laboratory, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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