Pharmacotherapy is the cornerstone in the symptomatic treatment of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, but non-adherence to the medications constitutes major obstacles to optimal outcome in their management. This study assessed the prevalence of and exclusively x-rayed medication-related factors of non-adherence among patients with these disorders in a resource-poor setting. Three hundred and fifty eight (358)

Sclerotinia stem rot caused by Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Lib.) de Bary is one of the most serious disease and causes damage to oilseed Brassica. Seventeen geographical isolates of S. sclerotiorum from different geographical locations of India were compared for their growth under artificial culture conditions and the result was validated through random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers. Based on the morphological studies, the isolates were grouped into fast growing (SR-01, SR-02, SR-05, SR-16) and intermediate (SR-03, SR-04, SR-07, SR-10 to SR-13, SR-18), though the rest of the isolates showed comparatively a slow mycelial growth rate. In RAPD analysis for their genetic diversity, fifty decamer primers of arbitrary sequences produced 692 scorable amplicons ranging from 180 to 3900 bp in size. Out of these, 385 fractionated fragments were reported polymorphic. As an average, 13-14 unambiguous and reproducible amplified products were generated by single primer (minimum of 4 and maximum of 23 fragments). Hence, the present investigation confirmed the diversity among the different geographical isolates from India.