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  1. Fulltext Silicon Improves Yield Performance by Enhancement in Physiological Responses, Crop Imagery, and Leaf and Culm Sheath Morphology in New Rice Line, PadiU Putra
    Berahim Z, Omar MH, Zakaria NI, Ismail MR, Rosle R, Roslin NA, et al.
    Biomed Res Int, 2021;2021:6679787.
    PMID: 34159198 DOI: 10.1155/2021/6679787
    The PadiU Putra rice line is a blast-resistant and high-yield rice line with high potential. The application of topdressing and the foliar applied method of silicon (Si) treatments could strengthen the culm to resist breakage and ultimately increase yield production. Treatments which consisted of a control, a Si topdressing, and a Si foliar applied were arranged in a randomised complete block design. At 55 days after transplanting (DAT), the foliar applied Si treatments had 59% higher dry matter partitioning to the roots. Meanwhile, at 75 DAT, both Si foliar applied and topdressing method showed increased assimilate partitioning into the culm sheath by 29% and 49%, respectively. Dark green and light yellowish colours were obtained in both Si treatments using UAV, indicating similar results to physiological responses. Remarkably, Si foliar applied treatments enhanced the diameter and width of the outer and inner layers of the diameter of vascular bundles at 75 DAT by 58, 181, and 80%, respectively. The yield production of rice increased by 53% in the Si foliar applied, compared to the control, and produced a 1.63 benefit-cost ratio.
  2. Molecular and biological characterization of citrus bent leaf viroid from Malaysia
    Iftikhar Y, Khoo YW, Murugan T, Roslin NA, Adawiyah R, Kong LL, et al.
    Mol Biol Rep, 2022 Feb;49(2):1581-1586.
    PMID: 34773552 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-021-06930-9
    BACKGROUND: A 328-nucleotide variant of citrus bent leaf viroid (CBLVd) was characterized by citrus varieties in Malaysia. After the first report in Malaysia, the emerging CBLVd was detected in five citrus species, namely Citrofortunella microcarpa, Citrus aurantifolia, Citrus hystrix, Citrus maxima, and Citrus sinensis.

    METHODS AND RESULTS: CBLVd was detected in 23 out of 133 symptomatic samples through RT-PCR. Sequence analysis of the RT-PCR amplicons from this study showed 99-100% sequence identity to the reference CBLVd Jp isolate and CBLVd isolates reported in Malaysia. Inoculation of sap, obtained from a CBLVd positive sample, into 6-month old healthy C. microcarpa seedlings showed symptoms of slight leaf bending, reduced leaf size of matured leaves, and mild mosaic between 4 to 6 months after inoculation. Moreover, the observed symptoms of chlorosis, midvein necrosis, leaf rolling, and smalling of leaves in calamondin, C. microcarpa (Bunge) Wijnands, were not reported in earlier studies and opened a new avenue for the study of symptomology. The mechanical transmissibility of CBLVd in the inoculated seedlings was reconfirmed by RT-PCR assay and sequencing.

    CONCLUSIONS: Based on the results, the sequence similarity of CBLVd isolates from different areas of Malaysia showed no significant difference among each other and the reference isolate. The CBLVd is mechanically transmissible and could produce variable symptoms in different hosts.

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