Prof. Hafiz was born on April 14, 1937 at Lahore. When he was only 9 years old he joined "Madrassa Zia-ul-Uloom, Faiz Bagh", at Lahore where he learned the Holy Quran by heart at the age of 11 years. ...

Stypopodium shameelii Nizam. et Aisha sp. nov., has been described from the coast of Pakistan. It is characterized by regular tiers of central cells both in cross as well as in longitudinal sections, ...

The mangrove stand of Kalmat Khor, situated in the middle of the Balochistan coastline, is poor most probably due to intensive cutting and lopping for fuel and fodder and absence of any significant so...

Pollen morphology of the family Salvadoraceae has been examined from Pakistan by light and scanning electron microscope. Pollen grains are generally radially symmetrical, isopolar, 3-zonocolporate rar...

Seed oil content and fatty acid composition of seed lipids in 4 species of Consolida viz., C. oriemalis, C. armeniaca, C. glandulosa and C. hoheneckeri of the family Ranunculaceae are reported. The oi...

Effect of sugar concentration on in-vitro pollinium germination in 8 members of Asclepiadaceae viz., Calotropis procera ssp. hamiltonii, Corallima edlllis, Carollima tuIberculata, Ceropegia bulbosa, G...

Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L. cv Regen SY) plants were regenerated from roots induced by inoculation of leaf discs with Agrobacterium rhizogenes containing the vector p35S GUS INT. The DNA transformed t...

Electrophoretic profiles of native seed protein of 26 species of the genus Vicia representing sections Australe, Vicilla and Cracca in subgenus Vicilla and sections Hypechusa, Peregrinae and Faba in s...

Acacia nilotica seeds collected from Cholistan desert, Bahawalpur, Pakistan, exhibited poor germination profiles both at 37°C and at natural day and night alternating temperature cycle (25/16°C), At...

Bayleton showed adverse effects on seed germination of Vigna radiala as compared to Topsin-M. Fungicides also affected root growth as compared to shoot growth. An increase in phenolic content of seedl...

Plant tops are considered as both sink and source of various N gases and other air pollutants which therefore, may influence the gaseous N content of the environment. Five varieties each of wheat (Tri...

A procedure was developed which allows high frequency adventitious shoot regeneration from radicle tissues of Aegle marmelos. Adventitious buds were initiated on Murashige & Skoog's (MS) medium c...

Shoot apices of Bougainvillea spectabilis cv. Texas Dawn were excised and cultured on MS .modified medium containing different concentrations and combinations of plant growth regulators for shoot grow...

Artificial inoculation with a spore suspension of Ascochyta rabiei showed highest leaf and branch infection in Aug424 followed by Pb-1 with maximum resistance in ILCI91 followed by CM72. Histological ...

Seaweed viz., Sargassum lenerrumum, S.swartzii and S. wighlii bused as soil amendment alone or with Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Bradyrhizobium japonicum and Paecilomyces Iilacinus significantly (p ...

Using agar plate, blotter and deep freezing method, 11 genera and 23 species of fungi were isolated from walnut (Juglans regia) seeds. Agar plate method yielded greater number of fungi. Of the fungi i...

Among the pathogenic fungi, Fusarium moniliforme Sheld., has been found widely distributed in seeds of different rice cuItivars in Pakistan causing wilt of seedlings (Khan et aI., 1974). Using blotter...

Fenugreek (Trigonellafo.enum-graecum L) used as a condiment is well known for its alkaloids trogonelline, cholesterin, lecithin and choline. Fenugreek has also been used as a green manure for the cont...

Galphimia gracilis Bartl. (Malpighiaceae) is a shrub or a small tree upto 10' in height with yellow flowers. It is a native of Mexico which has since been introduced in Pakistan. During an excava...