Pollen morphology of 12 species distributed in 3 genera viz., Corchorus, Grewia and Triumfetta were examined by light microscope (LM) and scanning electron microscope (SEM). Pollen grains generally tr...

Pollen quality of 5 caprifig genotypes selected in the East Mediterranean Region was determined. Triphenyltetrazolium chloride (TTC) and fluorescent diacetat (FDA) test procedures were used in evaluat...

Stomatas of 54 monocot species belonging to 42 genera in 10 families were examined by light and scanning electron microscopy. Three types of stomata viz., tetracytic, paracytic and anomocytic were rec...

An In vitro propagation method was developed for Gladiolus anatolicus (Boiss.) Stapf (Iridaceae ) using corm sections. Calli were obtained from longitudinally shaped corm sections in Murashige & Skoog...

This study was aimed a improves in vitro shoot regeneration efficiency without inducing hyperhydricity in sunflower Helianthus annuus L. Cotyledons of sunflower were regenerated on Murashige & Skoog m...

Nature of gene action and inheritance of traits related to seedling vigor and grain yield was determined in F1 generation of a 7 parent diallel cross. Genetic component analysis revealed that rate of ...

An experiment was conducted in which introduced citrus hybrids (Orlando tangelo, Minneola tangelo, Saminola tangelo, Honey mandarin, Pixie mandarin and Frost dancy tangerine) were crossed with Mosambi...

The tertiary gene tetraploid Aegilops variabilis (2n = 4x = 28; UUSS) is an alien germplasm resource that provides much needed genetic diversity for resistance to Cochliobolus sativus (spot blotch) an...

Ten elite wheat inbred lines / cultivars were tested for grain yield stability at five different locations under the rainfed conditions in the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan. These inbred li...

The effect of boron on the mitotic index of Allium cepa root meristematic cells were investigated. By using the growth inhibition test LD50 value was determined first and then different doses of varie...

This research was carried out during 2000...

Programs for screening the genetic and cytogenetic diversity among Punica granatum L., cultivars of Iran are in hand, therefore cytogenetical study of 22 Punica granatum cultivars was carried out for ...

The seeds of a local chickpea variety Pb-91 were irradiated at 0.30 KGy doses of gamma rays using 60Co gamma cell and raised M1 generation at Nuclear Institute for Food and Agriculture (NIFA) during 1...

Forty diverse mungbean [Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek] genotypes were evaluated for 14 quantitative traits at National Agricultural Research Centre, Islamabad, Pakistan during 1999-2000 under rainfed con...

Inheritance of salt tolerance at the seedling stage was studied in 5 varieties/lines (both local and exotic) of Gossypium hirsutum L. The five parents were crossed in all possible combinations. The 20...

Two finger millet landraces were grown in glasshouses under two moisture regimes (fully irrigated and subjected to drought) to investigate the effects of environmental stress on the growth, developmen...

High concentration of Hg i.e., 50 ppm and 100 ppm HgCl2 was used to find the deleterious effects in internode of Cucumis sativus L. Xylem vessels and sieve tube members showed inhibition with mercury ...

A glass-house pot experiment was conducted to assess the role of Abscisic acid (ABA) and Benzyladenine (BA) on growth and ion accumulation of two spring wheat cultivars viz., cv. Inqulab-91 and cv. SA...

A two-year experiment was conducted in Karacadag rangeland, Sanliurfa, Turkey to evaluate Nitrogen (N) and Phosphorus (P) fertilization on forage quality and plant species composition and to determine...

A green house experiment was conducted to know the nutritional constraints of Azolla for enhancing its growth under flooded conditions and select the best ones for its use as biofertilizer in rice-whe...

The chemical composition of the essential oils from flowering parts of Salvia aramiensis Rech. Fil. and Salvia cyanescens Boiss & Bal. (endemic) from Turkey was determined by GC/MS. The main constitue...

A field experiment was conducted to assess the effect of different weed control practices and fertilizer levels on weeds and grain yield of wheat in winter 2002-03 and 2003-04. The experiment comprise...

In the present study salicylic acid (SA) treatment and challenge by Uncinula necator (Schwein.) Burr., significantly induced the systemic acquired resistance components in grapevine (Vitis vinifera L....

Agricultural irrigation with wastewater is common in arid areas but has possible public health and environmental side effects, as effluent may contain pathogens, high level of salts, detergents and to...

Influence of morphological plant characters such as leaf hairiness, length of hairs, leaf area and surface waxes of the leaves were studied against the abundance of cunaxid mites in some summer vegeta...

1M. MASUD-UL-HAQ KHAN AND 2MUHAMMAD ASHRAF...

We report here a new procedure for cotton transformation based on cavitations caused by sonication which results in thousands of micro wounds on and below the surface of plant tissue and allow Agrobac...

A new biosorbent was developed by immobilizing a white rot basidiomycete Phanerochaete chrysosporium within low cost and easily available matrix of loofa sponge. Fungal biomass immobilized on loofa sp...

Leaf (Brown) rust is major disease of wheat in Pakistan as well as in other countries. The objective of the study was to find DNA marker(s) linked to leaf rust resistance trait for use in tailoring di...

The activity of Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR) to mobilize indigenous soil zinc (Zn) in rice (Oryza sativa L.) rhizosphere was observed in a net house micro plot experiment and compared w...

Pot studies under natural conditions were undertaken to determine the effect of various exotic Bradyrhizobium japonicum strains viz., TAL 377, 379...

Aqueous and ethanol extracts of leaves and stem of Rhizophora mucronata plant were tested for their nematicidal activity against Meloidogyne javanica root knot nematode. Results showed that R. mucrona...

A pilot study was conducted to assess the feasibility of composting of source separated organic matter of municipal solid waste (MSW) generated in low, middle and high income areas of Karachi city wit...

1F. SHAHINA,2M. IZHAR-UL-HAQ, N. HUMAYOON AND B. PEMBROKE...

Using standard blotter and deep freezing techniques, 7 genera and 11 species of fungi viz., Aspergillus niger, A. flavus, A. wentii, Chaetomium sp., Drechslera sp., Fusarium chlamydosporum, F. oxyspor...

Macrofungi samples collected from different localities of Mut province in 1999-2001, particularly in the months of autumn and spring showed the occurrence of 95 species belonging to 46 genera and 28 f...

Agaricus silvicola is being reported for the first time from Gilgit valley, Pakistan. This edible species is characterized by the production of scales on fruiting body. Spores are 6-8x4-5 m, ellipsoid...