Salinity is a primary restrictive factor for crop growth at both the cellular and whole plant levels. The effects of salinity on water relations, stomatal morphology a...

Osmotic stress and imbalance nutrients uptake due to salinity stress are major threats that cause decline in growth and yield of crops. This problem is very common in ...

The function of vitamin B9 (folic acid) on mitotic activity and chromosome behaviors in meristematic cells of barley (Hordeum vulgare L. cv. ‘Bülbül 89’) seeds ger...

Plants respond to various abiotic stresses in a complex way, depending upon their severity through cellular, morphological and physiological modifications. Phytohormones are signaling molecules ...

In Mediterranean region, terminal heat stress in late sown wheat is one of the major constraints to harvest good wheat yield. Therefore, this is desired to identify an...

Quality and quantity of chemical constituents in medicinal plants highly depends on environmental conditions. The contents of active constituents in Gentiana macro...

Drought is one of abiotic factors that hampers the growth and yield of crops via an elevated level of ethylene too, inspite of limited nutrients supply. The ACC deaminase containing PGPR can mit...

Waterlogging is one of the limiting factors affecting global wheat yield including Pakistan. Its harmful effects on wheat crop depend on growth stage and type of cultivars. The main objectives o...

Zinc (Zn) and iron (Fe) dense wheat grains are required for malnourished populations groups. Nutrient and water imbalances under calcareous saline-sodic soils decrease mineral accumulation in wh...

Alpha-tocopherol is an antioxidant mainly responsible for detoxification of reactive oxygen species produced during prolonged abiotic stresses as reported in the previous studies. A pot experime...

Nutrients supply at optimum level is essential for the improving growth, yield and quality of wheat grain.Therefore thisstudy was carried to find the effect of Zinc (Z...

A field trial was carried out at the Agronomy Research Farm of the The University of Agriculture Peshawar during the onion sowing season of 2015 to find out the effect...

The expansion of sugarcane production areas is limited, therefore, the improvement of yield components of sugarcane might be a strategy to enhance cane production. Hen...

Wastewater is a source of some nutrients essential for soil fertility, but it includes various types of contaminants like heavy metals that pollute the soil and crops....

Echinops echinatus Roxb., belonging to family Asteraceae is traditionally used as appetizer, carminative, liver tonic, to treat jaundice, diabetes, a...

Carotenoid pigments are extensively found in plant tissues with multifunction. The specific carotenoids have been classified in plant photosynthetic centers and most of them are exclusively abun...

This experiment was aimed to test the effect of apical pinching, humic acid and plastic mulch on different growth parameters of okra. The results showed that pinching ...

Desiccation remains a major limiting factor affecting the storage life of many horticultural crop species. The process of waxing, which provides a seal to protect against water loss, is currentl...

To examine the effects of postharvest UV-B radiation on the accumulation of flavonoid in Scutellaria baicalensis root and the underlying mechanism, the quantitative analysis of the flav...

Livestock production, and small scale and extensive grazing livestock production systems in Pakistan lack long-term sustainability due to declining quantity and quality of green forages and past...

Gladiolus can play a key role in generating substantial amount of revenue in cut flower trade, however, the rapid loss of quality is a serious threat to its wider adap...

In this study, we analysed the genetic diversity and relationships of the leaf lettuce germplasm by SSR markers. The HPLC and Colorimeter techniques were used to measu...

Thirty five Brassica napus genotypes were evaluated to check their genetic diversity on the basis of mapped 20 microsatellite markers. The genetic similarity ...

In the present study the phylogeny of the various selected genera of Acanthaceae was investigated based on macro-morphological characters, chloroplast DNA (cp-DNA) genes rbcL, mat...

Osmanthus fragrans ‘Pucheng Dangui’ is a new ornamental and urban-greening plant variety developed through long-term natural and artificial select...

In this paper, 12 samples of Trichosanthes kirilowii seed from different places of production were studied. The total proteins of the 12 samples were extracted by Tris-phenol method. Tw...

Fragrance is one of the most important trait in cultivated rice. The fragrant allele in rice germplasm worldwide was investigated continuously. The purpose of this stu...

The effects of methyl 1-(3, 3-dimenthyl-2-oxobutyl)-1H-1, 2, 4-triazole-3-carboxylate (CGR3) and 1-(3,3-dimethyl-2-oxobutyl)-1H-1, 2, 4-triazole-3-carboxylic acid (CGR3-1),...

Gac fruit (Momordica cochinchinensis (Lour.) Spreng.) is a good source of lycopene and β-carotene, and it has high potential to be used as functional food. Howeve...

Current study aims at high yield production of L-Asparaginase from family fabaceae. Leaves of Tamarindus indica, seeds of Vicia faba, Phaseolus vulgaris, Pisum sat...

Field trips carried out in different parts of Jordan showed that Osyris alba L. is parasitizing certain fruit and forestry species of different plant families...

Seeds of Angelica species Angelica glauca Edgew. and Angelica archangelica var himalaica (Clarke) E. Nasir family Umbelliferae were collecte...

Invasive alien species have taken attention as one of the significant threats to biodiversity worldwide. The ongoing climate change is likely to exaggerate the problem by opening up favorable en...

Twenty-nine lichen quadrats were sampled in Yaoluoping national nature reserve. The data of three environmental factors, relative humidity, altitude and illumination, ...

Phytogeography is concerned with the past and present distribution of vegetation on the earth surface. The distribution of plants is neither even nor random on earth s...

Hoya lamthanhiae V.T. Pham & Kloppenb. is described and illustrated. The molecular data is provided; this species was found in Dak Lak province, southern Vietnam. Diagnostic feature...

The morphological, anatomical and palynological features of Cousinia eleonorae Hub.-Mor. and Cousinia humilis Boiss. are provided along with their taxonomic significance. Their...

Pollen vitality of four different tea plant varieties under different storage conditions were tested by vitro germination method. Results demonstrate that storage temp...

The rapid exhaustion of fossil fuels and increasing environmental pollution due to burning of traditional fuels urge the scientists to look for alternative renewable e...

By using the fixed monitoring sample sites of two re-vegetation modes in the opencast coal mine dump of Zhongmei Pingsuo as platform, we analyzed the number and the dy...

Lignocellulose, a mixture of cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin, is naturally occurring chemical feedstock on earth which can serve as substrate for the production of plant cell wall degrading ...

Glucoamylase is an industrially important enzyme that finds many applications including in the production of glucose and fructose syrups. Commercially it is obtained from the species of Aspe...

Trichoderma spp. are used in biological plant protection as biofungicides as well as in bioremediation. Trichodrma spp. are also utilized as bio-fert...

The study was conducted to isolate and characterize wheat plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR). The isolation was carried out at tillering stage of wheat crop. The potential of wheat for ...