Effect of different salts viz., sea salt, NaCl , CaCl2, NaNO3, MgSO4, MgCl2 and KCl was studied on in vitro growth of Fusarium solani by food poison method. Growth of F. solani was enhanced as compare...

A protocol was established for isolation of sugarcane protoplasts, cell wall regeneration and cell division. Protoplast were isolated from cell suspension initiated from fresh leaf calli and produced ...

Quantitative, qualitative and multi-state morphological characters on 350 herbarium specimens from 35 Iranian populations of Hordeum murinum s.l. were examined. Based on the results of this study, the...

The seed characters of 10 species of Veronica in Iran are described. Six distinct types based on seed features such as shape, surface ornamentation and cell shape are distinguished. A diagnostic key f...

Through selecting new epitypes for incomplete type material of both A. cryptocarpos and A. rechingeri the systematic position of Astragalus cryptocarpos is clarified. It was confirmed that the latter ...

This study was carried out during the field trips for Turkey's endemic plant seeds collection project where 48 taxa presented in this study were interesting in terms of being known from the type-gathe...

Karyotype structure of two Iris L., species viz., Iris galatica Siehe and Iris kerneriana Ascherson & Sint ex Baker collected from Central Black Sea Region of Turkey have been analysed. Chromosome num...

A comparative study of total seed storage protein was carried out by sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) to characterize oilseed mustard [Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. &...

Inheritance of three isozymes i.e., Leucine aminopeptidase-1, Phosphoglucoisomerase-1, and Phosphoglucomutase-2 in lentil was investigated. The plants were grown in greenhouse and the isozyme analysis...

Twelve genotypes of mungbean (No. 7-2, NCM 201, NCM 209, No. 1, NCM 205, AEM 6/20, NM 18, AEM 30/20, NM 93, NM 90, NM 121-25, M 20-24) were evaluated for stability of grain yield under seven diverse e...

Ten promising genotypes of groundnut were evaluated for their adaptiveness and stability performance at eight different locations during 1997. The G x E interaction was highly significant. The regress...

Experiments were conducted to determine the level of ABA, K+ and Ca2+ mineral content and mannitol in the leaves of two lines of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) under field condition in order to find any...

Plant transformation is now a routine practice in many laboratories around the world. However it has been observed that sometimes the introduced gene becomes inactive. This inactivation could be rever...

Thirty four Citrus cultivars were studied for nucellar embryogenesis and for the extent of polyembryony per seed. Ovule weight had no correlation with the number of nucellar embryos. Also seed weight ...

A survey of betelvine fields in Karachi and Thatta districts of Sindh and Hub area of Balochistan was conducted during 1996 to 1999 where 38 funfal species belonging to 25 genera were isolated from ro...