Combining ability analysis was conducted for grain yield and yield Components viz., plant height. branches per plant, pods per plant, pod length, seeds per pod, 100 grain weight in a five parent diall...

Heterosis studies were undertaken in seven intervarietal F1 hybrids of Gossypium hirsunum L, for number of sympodia, mimber of monopodia, number of bolls, boll weight, ginning outturn percentage, s...

Both F1 and F2 hybrids of cotton manifested considerable amount of heterosis against the parents. The F2 hybrids which produce more quantity of seed as compared to F1 may be considered for hybrid cott...

Aqueous extracts and leachates of young, mature, and senesced anthers of Ceratonia siliqua were tested for their inhibition of lettuce seed gemlination. Only senesced anthers was found to contain su...

Three salt tolerant plant types viz., Atriplex amllicola, Leptochloa fusca (L) Kunth. (Pakistani origin) and Leptochloa fusca (L) Kunth (Australian origin) were used for a comparative study of al...

 Leaf samples of Phragmites australis collected from five locations varying from totally flooded to dry regime showed a sharp decrease in the fresh leaf water content of the plant from flooding to ...

Growth, seed yield and nodulation of Cicer arietinum were compared at 0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.4, 0.8, 1.2, 1.6 and 2.0% levels of NaCI salinity in sandy clay loam. Fresh weight of shoots and roots after 8, 1...

The vegetation of 20 different graveyards in District Swabi was sampled quantitatively. Three main communities: Dalbergia sissoo-Melia azedarach, Ziziphus mauritiana with 2 subtypes, and Acacia mod...

Survivorship pattern of some common summer annuals and perennials showed quite varied mortality patterns which can be tentatively grouped, according to Deevey system of classification. Annuals like I...

Species of seed bank and those occurring in vegetation were compared for six desert halophytic shrub communities. Perennial shrubs like Suaeda fruticosa, Haloxylon recurvum, Cressa cretica and Sa...

The taxonomy and morpho-anatomy of Dilophus fasciola (Roth) Howe var. repens (J. Agardh) Feldmann and Spatoglossum australasicum Kuetzing is reported for the first time from the coast of Karachi...

Using TLC patterns and growth response to tannin, the profiles of secondary metabolites in 5 species of Fusarium viz., F. anthophilum, F. proliferatum, F. subglutinans, F: scirpi and F. sporotric...

Extra early pigeonpea genotypes selected from ICRISAT materials planted at the National Agricultural Research Centre, Islamabad were found infected by a pod rot disease during September-October, 1990....

Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) is one of the most important crop of Pakistan which accounts for 60% of the export product of the country. In the last few years cotton leaf curl disease has acquired e...

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