Salinity is a constraint limiting plant growth and productivity of crops throughout the world. Fourteen canola genotypes were subjected to three salinity levels 0, 150...
50(2): 447-455,2018With 2-years-old pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) cv. ‘Tunisia’ cuttings as materials, the growth properties, salt injury indexes, leaf membrane permeability, Chlorophyll (C...
50(2): 457-464,2018Salinity and drought are twin menaces that have major influence on the sustainability of agriculture, especially in rain-fed areas of Pakistan. Therefore, to evaluate the influence of salinity a...
50(2): 465-469,2018Wheat genotypes were evaluated for their salt tolerance under water culture at early seedling stage, gravel culture at vegetative & maturity stage and under natura...
50(2): 471-479,2018Temperature is increasing continually which limited the production of wheat. Six spring wheat genotypes were evaluated on the basis of relative performance, heat susc...
50(2): 481-488,2018Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms is a floating hydrophyte that dominates metal-polluted wetlands such as industrial effluents. Keeping in view its ...
50(2): 489-493,2018This study is aimed at investigating the effects of silver nitrate (AgNO3) during various stages of somatic embryogenesis in Medjool palm. Silver nitrate is...
50(2): 495-502,2018The phenotypic plasticity of Sagittaria graminea to nitrogen and phosphate including morphology, growth and biomass allocation, and the impact of the biological invasion on biodiversity...
50(2): 505-509,2018Aerobic rice system can be an alternate way to cultivate rice in less water conditions. However, weeds are a major constrain in aerobic rice field which decline its su...
50(2): 511-515,2018This research was designed for the phyto-monitoring of Pb2+ pollution emitted from automobiles running along Motorway (M-2) and G.T. road and its effects o...
50(2): 517-527,2018Cadmium (Cd) is a highly toxic metal in the environment. Automobiles release a considerable amount of Cd along roads. In this study, we assessed the level of Cd in five herbaceous plant species ...
50(2): 529-536,2018A population of Chromosomal Segment Substitution Lines (CSSLs) derived from an Indica nitrogen deficiency tolerant Xieqingzao B (XQZB) and an Indica ...
50(2): 537-544,2018The aim of this study was to access the overall effects of genotype, environment and genotype × environment interaction (GEI), as well as the importance of individual agro-technological tr...
50(2): 545-552,2018Proper identification of medicinally important plant species is useful for their efficient utilization as food and medicine. Seventy eight species belonging to differe...
50(2): 553-560,2018Twenty-five Onosma L. (Boraginaceae) taxa belonging to two subsections (Haplotricha (Boiss.) Gürke and Asterotricha (Boiss.) Gürke) were classified by numeri...
50(2): 561-573,2018The genus Melilotus Mill. of the family Fabaceae is investigated for its seed characters and chemotaxonomy. The seed morphological data, distinct proteins, peptide fingerprinting and el...
50(2): 575-578,2018The middle mountain of Nepal Himalaya is experiencing higher rate of temperature rise. A dendrochronological study was carried out to verify and record the impact of t...
50(2): 579-588,2018Lilium is a genus with 110 species globally. Among them, 55 species are found only in China, making this region a significant distribution zone. The Liliu...
50(2): 589-598,2018The common wormwood Artemisia absinthium (L.) is an aromatic perennial herb, which is wildly grown in the Skardu Baltistan. Locally its fresh and dried form is used as both medicinal an...
50(2): 599-604,2018Development of rapid and efficient propagation methods for Jatropha curcas are highly desirable since its seed oil can be used as biofuel and hence of high economic value. Dormancy, dec...
50(2): 605-608,2018The simple sequence repeat markers were used to investigate the population genetic diversity and structure of 212 germplasm samples from 14 apricot (Prunus armenia...
50(2): 609-615,2018Rangelands of Pakistan have poor vegetation cover mainly due to very less emergence rate and poor growth behaviour of rangeland grasses. In this study Osmopriming tech...
50(2): 617-623,2018A total of 22 genotypes, including 18 chickpeas varieties registered by Private Sector and Agricultural Research Institutes and 4 domestic populations were studied und...
50(2): 625-633,2018A 2-year field trial was carried out at the Agricultural Research Station of Ahmad Wala, district Karak of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan during the chickpea...
50(2): 635-638,2018The herbs are the natural resources for the infinite phenolic compounds that are used in pharmaceutical industry. These herbs are of significant importance due to thei...
50(2): 639-643,2018Three locus (GS3, Chalk5 and Wx) controlling grain size, grain chalkiness and amylose content (AC) have been cloned and can be used to impro...
50(2): 645-653,2018In this research, the genetic variation of six Iranian garden cress (Lepidium sativum) accessions was studied by 21 agro-morphological traits. A significant v...
50(2): 655-660,2018In this study, the headspace-solid phase microextraction-gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (HS-SPME-GC/MS) was used to determine the type and content of aroma in Vi...
50(2): 661-666,2018In vitro propagation of threatened Brastagi citrus variety Brastepu (Citrus nobilis Brastepu) through shoot tip subculture was carried out to obtain ...
50(2): 667-678,2018Leaf epidermal preparations of seven species within the Sterculiaceae and Verbenaceae were examined with light microscope to determine stomata patterns and other featu...
50(2): 679-684,2018The genus Carthamus L. belongs to Asteraceae family, has approximately 25 taxa with worldwide. The naturally distributed species belonging to this genus in An...
50(2): 685-692,2018The experiment was conducted at the research farms of the college of Agriculture, University of Duhok, Iraqi Kurdistan Region during the growing season 2015-16, consis...
50(2): 693-698,2018Soil Moisture is a vital requirement for plant growth and its measurement with laboratory instruments is still limited to micro-geographic levels only. Howeve...
50(2): 699-709,2018A study was done to describe the soil characteristics and to determine the relationship between the soil properties of the forest reserve. A total of 25 plots were co...
50(2): 711-715,2018Plant graft hybridization is a fact ofasexual hybridization in which heritable changes trigger by grafting, it can produce hereditable variation types desired by breeders and can be used as a ne...
50(2): 717-726,2018Potential utilization of Ulva prolifera was studied on water-retention and slow-release material, cosmetics and food. U. prolifera was harvested from...
50(2): 727-734,2018The expression changes of BFRUCT3, OMT, NHX1, PEAMT genes in root of barley genotypes; Clipper (sensitive), Sahara3771 (tolerant)...
50(2): 735-740,2018Tuber dormancy of Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus L.) is an important factor hindering breeding progress and production as Jerusalem artichoke tube...
50(2): 741-748,2018The non-LTR retrotransposons (retroposons) are abundant in plant genomes including members of Brassicaceae. Of the retroposons, long interspersed nuclear elem...
50(2): 749-756,2018Rhododendron hybridum Hort. (Ericaceae) is an important ornamental species with striking continuous flowering features. However, few genomic resources are cur...
50(2): 757-761,2018The present experiment was aimed to study the effect of sucrose and growth regulators (kinetin and 6- benzylaminopurine) on potato microtuber formation. For this purpose the Murashige and Skoog ...
50(2): 763-768,2018Airborne pollen grains found commonly in the air usually cause hay fever or pollinosis. Typha sp. pollen grain has been frequently reported in various aerobiological surveys from Pakist...
50(2): 769-774,2018The nature’s endowment of medicinal plants in successful management of diabetes necessitates their further exploration. Therefore, the present study was designed...
50(2): 775-784,2018Airborne pollen grains in the atmosphere are important aeroallergens that can lead to allergic diseases in susceptible people. The determination of pollen type and qua...
50(2): 785-790,2018This study highlighted the dynamics of stand parameters as well as root and leaf litter decomposition in the chronosequence (49, 32, 24 & 12 years old plantations ...
50(2): 791-799,2018Wheat is the staple food crop of Pakistan. Heavy losses in crop yield are caused by stripe rust and other foliar diseases. Karnal bunt (Tillecia indica) has also shown damage to wheat c...
50(2): 801-806,2018Thermostable cellulases are required for a variety of commercial processes. Bacillus is a house of thermostable proteins. Screening of indigenously isolated ...
50(2): 807-816,2018MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small, non-coding and regulatory RNAs about ≈ 21 nucleotides in length. The miRNAs are reported in large number of higher eukaryotic plan...
50(2): 817-825,2018In the present study the anti-pseudomonal potential of crude methanolic extracts, hexane, ethyl acetate and water fractions of the leaves of Juglans regia L. ...
50(2): 827-833,2018The present paper describes the taxonomy, distribution and phenology of five species of Oxytoxum and two species of Pyrophacus for the first time fro...
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