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The main objectives of this study were to evaluate the genetic diversity in 53 Aegilops accessions belonging to Aegilops tauschii, Ae. cylindrica and Ae. crassa as well as comparison of the efficiency of start codon targeted (SCoT) and targeted region amplification polymorphism (TRAP) markers. A total of 15 SCoT and six TRAP primer pairs amplified 165 and 201 polymorphic bands, respectively. TRAP primers indicated higher values for the number of polymorphic bands, marker index and resolving power compared to SCoT primers. However, SCoT primers showed the higher PIC value than TRAPs. The results of molecular variance analysis (AMOVA) were different for each of the marker systems, so that SCoT markers showed the highest portion of genetic variance referred to intra-species, while based on TRAP markers the highest variance was observed inter-species. SCoT markers indicated the highest values for all genetic parameters compared to TRAPs and Ae. cylindrica and Ae. tauschii exhibited the highest genetic variation based on SCoTs and TRAPs, respectively. Cluster analysis based on each marker systems as well as the pooled data classified all accessions into three main groups. The clustering pattern based on SCoT primers was clearer than TRAPs. Hence, the use of SCoT markers is recommended for population genetic structure analysis and grouping of them, while the use of TRAPs can be recommended for fine mapping studies.

This experiment was carried out to investigate the effect of methyl jasmonate and salicylic acid on the antioxidant production and physiological-biochemical properties of Chelidonium majus under drought stress condition. For this, an experiment was conducted as factorial based on completely randomized design with four replications in Imam Khomeini International University during 2016-2017. Three factors included drought stress in two levels (non-stress and drought stress with 100% and 50% field capacity irrigation, respectively), elicitor in three levels (control, 100 μm methyl-jasmonate and 2 mM salicylic acid) and plant organs (root, stem and leaf). Analysis of variance and mean comparisons showed that methyl-jasmonate and salicylic acid reduced the activity of CAT enzyme. Both salicylic acid and methyl-jasmonate did not affect the activity of SOD, but methyl-jasmonate increased the activity of GPX and salicylic acid reduced APX activity under drought stress. Also, methyl-jasmonate and salicylic acid reduced APX activity compared to control treatment. The highest amount of protein content was observed in root and then in leaf. Salicylic acid increased total protein content up to 34% compared to control treatment. Both Methyl-jasmonate and salicylic acid increased chlorophyll chlorophyll, carotenoids, flavonoids and anthocyanin compared to control treatment, but salicylic acid was superior in increasing of chlorophyll and carotenoids whereas methyl-jasmonate was superior in increasing of flavonoids and anthocyanin. In conclusion, methyl-jasmonate and salicylic acid have increased the ability of celandine in response to drought stress, and also, in addition to the protective effect against drought-induced oxidation, they increased photosynthetic pigments and some of metabolites.

This experiment was conducted to investigate the effect of drought stress on photosynthetic pigments contents, biomass of roots and shoots, total protein content and antioxidant enzymes activity and non-enzymatic antioxidant of six species of Aegilops genus along with two drought resistant and susceptible wheat cultivars as checks in a factorial based on randomized complete block design with three replications. Drought stress treatments were applied at three levels of non-stress (FC=100%), moderate stress (FC=50%) and severe stress (FC=25%) conditions. Ae. caudata, Ae. triuncialis and Ae. cylindrica were ranked higher than resistance cultivar, Sirvan, as check in term of root fresh and dry weights under stresses. The highest total chlorophyll content was related to Ae. cylindrica, Ae. umbellulata and Ae. caudata in stresses. Carotenoid showed decreasing trend in all studied species except for Ae. umbellulata, and Ae cylindrica had the highest amount at both stress and non- stress conditions. The highest SOD under severe stress was observed in Ae. crassa and Sirvan as resistant cultivar. Maximum APX under severe stress was observed in Ae. triuncialis and Ae. caudata and the lowest activity was in Ae. neglecta. The highest level of GPX was observed in Ae. triuncialis, Ae. caudata and Sirvan cultivar under drought stress. Also the maximum CAT enzyme under severe stress was observed in Ae. triuncialis, Ae. caudata and Ae. crassa, respectively, and Ae. umbellulata and Darya cultivar had the lowest amount of CAT enzyme. In conclusion, because the three species Ae. caudata, Ae. triuncialis and Ae. cylindrica had the highest amounts for the traits associated with increased drought tolerance, including root volume, carotenoid, CAT, GPX and APX enzymes, and also these species were same in having CC genome. Therefore, it seems that the CC genome could have a high potential for future wheat breeding programs in increasing of drought tolerance.

Perception of the genetic diversity in domesticated and wild relatives of a plant species is important for their use in breeding programs. Considering that a large part of wheat cropping fields in Iran is located in arid and semi-arid areas, and that plants adapt to environmental stresses with different strategies, such as changes in antioxidant enzymes. Therefore, it is necessary to study more about the resistant species and the recognition of their mechanism of tolerance. In order to investigate the effect of drought stress on the content of photosynthetic pigments, fresh and dry biomass of roots and shoots and antioxidant enzymes activity in five ancestral and cultivated species of Aegilops and Triticum (Aegiliops tauschii ،Aegiliops speltoides ،Triticum aestivum ، Triticum urartu و Triticum durum), a factorial experiment was conducted based on randomized complete block design with three replications at three levels of normal irrigation (100% FC), medium stress (FC 50%) and severe stress (FC% 25). By mean comparing, the highest activity of CAT, SOD, APX and GPX was observed in severe stress compared to non-stress condition, with an increase of 80, 34, 84 and 29%, respectively. The results showed that the species T. aestivum and T. urartu in terms of SOD, Ae. tauschii for CAT, T. durum for APX and Ae. Speltoides in terms of GPX are considered as candidate species for drought tolerance breeding due to the highest activity of mentioned enzymes in both stresses. Total chlorophyll decreased in moderate and severe stresses by 11. 5 and 66%, respectively, however, the two species Ae. speltoides and T. durum showed the lowest reduction compared to normal condition. The carotenoid, which is a non-enzymatic antioxidant, decreased with increasing of drought severity. Not only this reduction was not occurred in T. durum, but also it increased with drought severity. Positive correlation (0. 60) was observed between the amount of carotenoid and GPX activity under stress conditions in contrast to non-stress condition. Root dry weight showed a positive correlation (0. 81) with APX enzyme under stress conditions. However, in non-stress condition, this correlation was not significant. The highest activity of studied enzymes was observed in severe stress compared to non-stress condition. T. aestivum and T. urartu in terms of SOD, Ae. tauschii for CAT, T. durum for APX and Ae. Speltoides in terms of GPX are considered as candidate species for drought tolerance breeding due to the highest activity of mentioned enzymes in both stresses. Total chlorophyll decreased in moderate and severe stresses by 11. 5 and 66%, respectively, however, the two species Ae. speltoides and T. durum showed the lowest reduction compared to normal condition. The carotenoid, which is a non-enzymatic antioxidant, decreased with increasing of drought severity. Not only this reduction was not occurred in T. durum, but also it increased with drought severity.

Different parts of the greater celandine herb contain important alkaloids such as chelodonin, chloritin, sanguinarine, and berberine. Sanguinarine is a four-member benzofenanthridine that is widely found in Papaveraceae, Fumariaceae and Rutaceae. This biologically active alkaloid, singuainarin, has a wide range of potentially useful pharmacological properties, such as anti-microbial, anti-inflammatory, and anti-tumor. The first step in biosynthesis pathway of sanguinarine alkaloid requires the transformation of S-reticulin to S-skolorine, which catalyzes by berberine beridge enzyme encoded by the BBE gene. In order to prepare plant materials for gene isolation, and the expression of BBE gene in four drought levels including severe, moderate, weak stress and non stress (40, 55, 70 and 100% field capacity, respectively) in three organs, root, stem and leaf, an factorial experiment was carried based on completely randomized design with three replications. RNA was extracted from root, stem and leaf to isolate the cDNA encoding BBE enzyme and study the gene expression. The cDNA encoding BBE enzyme with approximate length of 1500 bp was isolated from root and successfully integrated into PTG19-T plasmid and cloned at E. coli. The sequencing results showed that the isolated gene with a length of 1441 bp could translate to a peptide chain with 483 amino acids. The predicted BBE peptide chain had NX(S/T) motif as glycosylation sites, the flavin binding domain for the binding of flavinated histidine, SGGH motif, and the Glu sequence which plays an important catalytic role in the formation of berberine bridge in flavoprotein enzymes. Based on the mean comparison results, the highest and lowest expressions of this gene were obtained on root under weak drought stress (FC 70%) and on leaf and shoot under non-stress condition (100% FC), respectively. In general, it can be concluded that the weak drought stress can increase the BBE gene expression, and possibly this could result in higher production of sanguinarine in celandine.

Transferring foreign genes into mushroom mediated by Agrobacterium tumefaciens is a standard technique in genetic engineering. Recombinant human insulin has been greatly used in the treatment of type I diabetes. The production of edible mushroom derived insulin should facilitate oral delivery. In this study we used the Agrobacterium tumefaciens mediated transformation method for the transfer and expression of the cholera toxin-B subunit (CTB) fused with human pro-insulin (Pins) in the edible oyster mushroom، Pleurotus ostreatus. The binary vector pCAMBIA1304 harboring CTB-Pins gene driven by the P. ostreatus gpd promoter was constructed and introduced into P. ostreatus via Agrobacterium tumefaciens mediated transformation. Optimization of gene transformation and tissue culture conditions is one of the most important issues in transgenic mushroom production. For attaining optimized conditions، the effects of co-cultivation conditions، Agrobacterium strains and the concentration of Agrobacterium cell suspensions were studied. Integration of CTB-Pins into mushroom genome was confirmed by PCR. The successful transformation to oyster mushroom suggests that the proposed modified transformation system is apparently useful for the production of human pro-insulin in these edible mushrooms.

The aim of this article is to study the effect of thermal treatment and adding chromium, during the casting, on mechanical and wear behavior of modified Cr-Mo casting steel alloy. Comparison of numerical simulation, which was done by Procast software, with practical results showed that the places which fractures happened, are dependent on hot and chill zones in the casting parts. Therefore, the casting needs to heat treat to eliminate thermal residual stresses and metallurgical stresses. Results of the optical and electron microscopy, hardness, impact and tensile tests in order to studying the wear properties of main and modified specimens showed that adding chromium and heat treatment cycle with controlled cooling rate to obtain superfine pearlitic structure, present the best wear resistance by increasing strength. This structure could improve the lifetime of the castingup to 5000 hours.

The traditional autopsy is unpleasant for the family members of the dead person. The aim of this study was to assess abdominal traumas by a laparoscope and to determine the accuracy of laparoscopic examination in comparison with the traditional autopsy. From December 2004 through August 2005, 50 fresh cadavers (<24 hours old) of blunt trauma victims were selected. They were first assessed by a laparoscope for intraperitoneal and retroperitoneal organs and then the traditional autopsy was performed as gold standard. The organs were assessed regarding the nature and intensity of damages and the results were compared with laparoscopic findings. The diagnostic accuracy of laparoscope was determined for each case with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) using Fisher''s exact test. The accuracy for investigation of intraperitoneal and retroperitoneal organs and the overall accuracy values were significant. The accuracy of laparoscope for detecting intraperitoneal organ damage was 90% (95%CI of 81.7% to 94.8%) while for the retroperitoneal organs was 92% (95%CI of 84.7% to 96%). The overall accuracy of laparoscope was 84% (with 95%CI of 74.3% to 90.5%). The sensitivity and specificity of laparoscopic examination for intraperitoneal organs are acceptable but its accuracy for retroperitoneal organs is lower. Therefore, it seems that laparoscopic examination is an eligible substitute for the traditional autopsy.