Pollen morphology of 5 species of the family Violaceae from Pakistan has been examined by light and scanning electron microscope. Pollen grains are usually radially symmetrical, isopolar, colporate, s...

Gerbera (Gerbera jamesonii) somatic tissues and seeds were tried for raising tissue cultures. The explants of shoot tips, immature inflorescences, leaf sections, capitulum explants, axillary buds and ...

The present research work was designed to gather indigenous knowledge of local people especially medicinal healers (Hakims) about traditional and medicinal uses of plants. Present study was confined t...

The present work is based on the results of research conducted on traditional uses of some important plants by the local women in southern Himalayan Mountains, Pakistan. The locals especially women of...

The effects of lead and cadmium on seed germination, seedling, root, shoot length and seedling dry biomass of Albizia lebbeck was evaluated under laboratory conditions with and without lead and cadmiu...

Segregating populations were developed through induced mutations and hybridization using local and exotic mungbean genotypes to select mutants/recombinants tolerant to flowers shedding under high temp...

In comparison with other legumes and grasses, white clover provides forage with high nutritional value and quality. A field experiment was conducted by growing three indigenous and three exotic ecotyp...

A survey of Abbottabad roadsides vegetation and soil was undertaken. The floristic data were analyzed by using multivariate analysis techniques i.e. Detrended Correspondence Analysis (DCA) and Canonic...

Ruminants are of central to livestock production system in Pakistan and for livestock grazing, forage mineral concentration is of considerable importance. The forage concentrations of Pb, Ni and Cr we...

This study shows seasonal effect on Ca, Mg, Na and K status in both plants and goats at a particular Livestock Experimental Station in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The mean concentration of these ...

Experiments were conducted to study i) the influence of supplemental foliar application of low-biuret urea (LBU) on the leaf nitrogen status and fruit quality and ii) the role of fruit canopy position...

Salt stress strongly affects on plant growth and development, especially maize plant, which is reported as a salt sensitive species. The salt tolerant identification in the large genetic resources and...

In Pakistan, maize (Zea mays L.) is grown following a wheat crop under conventional tillage practices since long ago. The present concern about the soil fertility degradation, soil erosion and environ...

2, AN-CHENG LUO1*, XING-HUA WEI3 AND ABDUL KHALIQ CHAUDRY4...

The comparative assessment of density of glandular hairs, population and size of stomatal aperture in chickpea cultivars resistant (R), moderately resistant (MR), moderately susceptible (MS) and susce...

Combining ability was studied for identification of potential cultivars and hybrids, and the nature of gene action involved for inheritance of cottonseed traits and oil content % in a 6x6 diallel cros...

This study was conducted for developing a high frequency regeneration system in short time span using GA3, as a pre-requisite for the genetic transformation in tomato cultivars. Effects of GA3 were in...

Three sugarcane clones viz., NIA-98, NIA-2004 and BL4 were used for induction of genetic variability through In-vitro mutagenesis. Apical meristametic region was used for callus induction (4mg/l 2,4-D...

Brassica species are the most important source of vegetable oil and the second most important oilseed crop in the international oilseed market after soybean. Genetic improvement of the seed quality ma...

Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are the most popular DNA markers because of their abundance and consistency in the genomes. House keeping genes are conserved in nature across the genomes of di...

Phylogenetic relationship of the genus Eriobotyra was investigated on the basis of the nuclear ribosomal DNA Internal Transcribed Spacer (ITS) sequence. A phylogenetic tree of 15 loquat accessions (sp...

Field experiments were carried out to assess the genetic potential of okra genotypes for drought tolerance through breeding and selection in 6 generations of 4 crosses between pairs of genotypes with ...

Productivity and resource use efficiency are critical issues in sustainable agriculture, especially in high-demand resource crops such as maize. The aim of this research was to compare maize hybrids a...

Zinc (Zn) deficiency is widespread in wheat grown on alkaline calcareous soils. A large population of the world as result of this also lacks adequate Zn nutrition. A pot study was conducted on Pindori...

Foliar application of either GA3 (20mgL-1), or a nutrient solution (comprising of KNO3...

Weed communities of wheat crop were determined using quadrate method at 5 different wheat growing localities of District Toba Tek Singh, during Rabi season 2006-07. A total of 38 weed species distribu...

A phytosociological survey of weeds was conducted during 2002 to check the severity of competition in wheat crop of district Rahim Yar Khan. A total of 37 weed species belonging to 33 genera and 17 fa...

As efficient, reproducible, economical and simple mass screening technique for the selection of salt tolerant wheat genotypes has been developed. This method is able to identify genetic variation in s...

Experiment was conducted with 5 mungbean accessions/genotypes with the aim of ascertaining the effect of salt stress on the yield and its component. The decrease in seed yield per plant under salt str...

Two indigenous aquatic weeds Lemna minor (Fam: Lamnaceae) commonly called as common duckweed and Spirodella spp., commonly called as large duckweed were used for the biological control of mosquitoes w...

Altogether 139 species of planktonic, edaphic, epioikotic, epiphytic and epilithic algae belonging to 3 phyla, 5 classes...

The methanolic, aqueous and petroleum ether extracts of the root tubers of Gloriosa superba were studied for antibacterial, antifungal and mutagenic activities. Results showed that the petroleum ether...

Bipolaris sorokiniana is a known cause of foliar blight, seedling blight, head blight and common root rot of wheat worldwide. It causes significant yield losses in South Asian countries and considered...

Spot blotch is a common disease of barley and wheat caused by Bipolaris sorokiniana (Cochliobolus sativus). The disease is found where ever barley is grown. Total 130 lines of barley (provided by ICAR...

The effects of three composts (C1, C2 and C3) produced from Solid Olive Mill wastes (SOMW), Posidonia oceanica (Po) and Chicken Manure (CM), at different proportions, were tested on Pythium aphaniderm...

Assessment of losses in yield and yield components by bacterial leaf blight of 11 rice genotypes viz., PARC-291, PARC-292, PARC-293, PARC-294, PARC-295, PARC-296, PARC-297, PARC-298, PARC-299, PARC-30...

The main objective of the study was to determine the presence of different types of mycotoxins in different varieties of wheat, fruits and vegetables. The toxins included aflatoxin (total), deoxynival...

The effect of coating with irradiated Crab and Shrimp chitosan (CHIirr, Mv = 5.14 × 104) and un-irradiated Crab chitosan (CHIun, Mv = 2.61 × 105) on postharvest preservation of mango (Mangifera indi...

Mango decline has assumed an alarming position due to increasing losses day by day in the orchards of Pakistan. The problem is intensified due to dearth of reliable information and suitable control st...

During the uredonological survey of Northern areas of Pakistan, Cronartium ribicola, Puccinia coronata, Puccinia taraxaci and Aecidium clematidis have been found infecting different plant species. The...

Extensive surveys of the major citrus groves in Punjab (Faisalabad, Sahiwal, T.T. Singh, Sargodha and Bhalwal) and N.W.F.P (Haripur, Peshawar and Mardan) and ELISA tests revealed that CTV is prevalent...

This study was conducted to assess the possible role of the integrated use of seed inoculation with plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR), compost and mineral fertilizers for improving growth an...

Local isolates of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae were collected from different rice producing areas of Pakistan and evaluated for their virulence on 12 rice lines viz., IRBB1, IRBB2, IRBB3, IRBB4, IRBB...

The transformation of plants through Agrobacterium is very important to impart desirable traits. Usually plants are subjected to various abiotic and biotic stresses, which affect the growth and metabo...

Ten isolates of Ascochyta rabiei derived from single spore cultures were studied for their morphological characters and pathogenic variability. These isolates exhibited variation in morphological and ...

Twenty available genotypes of maize were screened for resistance to Chilo partellus in the field. The genotype Sahiwal 2002 was found to be most susceptible while DK-6525 was most resistant. Maximum i...

Seed and soil inoculation by M. roridum and M. verrucaria reduced seed germination and caused seed rot, damping off, root rot and spots on aerial parts of bitter gourd. Isolates of M. roridum were fou...

Using ISTA techniques, the seed borne fungi of bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria was studied. A total of 22 genera and 45species of fungi were isolated, of which 35 have not hitherto been recorded fro...

Seed borne mycoflora of maize was tested by using blotter, agar plate and deep freezing methods as recommended by ISTA. Of the 100 samples collected from different places of Pakistan, a total number o...

The paper deals with some rare micromycetes species viz., Cryptocoryneum condensatum, Pestalotia fibricola, Pestalotiopsis maculans, Cercospora myrti, Pseudocercospora ceratoniae, Oidium ceratoniae, U...

The purpose of the present study was to determine the antibacterial activities of honey, sandal oil and black pepper by taking a selected standard medicine. These products are used for the treatment o...

Paecilomyces variotii is for the first time reported on human beings from Faisalabad, Pakistan. The fungus was isolated, identified and illustrated....

Salicylic acid (SA) is a growth regulator that promotes growth of plants under stress and non-stress conditions. The present study was conducted to assess alteration in antioxidative capacity of salt ...

Eruca sativa Miller of the family Brassicaceae is grown in West Asia and Indo-Pakistan as poor quality oilseed crop at marginal land under poor rainfall. Studies have shown that it is salt tolerant as...