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This paper focuses on the evaluation and performance of newly developed wheat genotypes (DH-7, DH-8, DH-11, DH-12, DH-18, DH-20)along with two local check varieties (Lu-26s and Kiran-95) under t...

The aim of this study is to evaluate whether volatile organic compounds (VOCs) of Masson pine adapted their physiological responses under drought stress or not. The ne...

Fifteen genotypes of spring wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) including eleven commercial cultivars, three landraces, and one Mexican variety were evaluated in an entirely different mega-env...

Identification of leguminous crops and screening of accessions for drought tolerance are effective approaches to ensure food security and hence to increase soil fertility. To appraise the physio...

Among the abiotic stresses, terminal drought and heat stress are two critical threats to crop production worldwide. The objective of this study was to quantify the sep...

Oxalic acid (ethanedioic acid: OA) is the simplest organic acid occurring naturally in plants. It functions as a chelator of metals. The effects of the exogenous application of OA (1000 μM) o...

To explore aluminum (Al) tolerance in Ophiopogon japonicus, we used AlCl3 at the concentrations of 0 (control), 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, and 60 mmol/L t...

Fruit of Sararanga sinousa Hemsley is called as “Anggur Papua” or “grape Papua” by local people. S. sinousa is endemic to Papua and its fruits are class...

Leaf physiological responses, chlorophyll content and stomata density of two cultivars Xestawi and Suranni (Olea europaea L.) transplants grown under two levels of light intensity (100%...

Experiments were conducted at University of Gujrat, Pakistan during growing seasons of 2016-17 and 2017-18 to evaluate the effect of foliar applications of GA3 and IAA on pea. Four cu...

Plants, from Myxomycetes to Gymnosperms has been found to contain ubiquitous proteins namely Germins. These proteins are found to express mainly during plant development; that ...

Plant pathogenic fungi deteriorate roots leading immense losses to agricultural economy of Pakistan, for this reason research was conducted to investigate the fungicid...

Cucurbita pepo is an economically important plant. However, the fact that there are few high-quality varieties that have limited the development of this plant in Cucurbita bree...

Anabasis aphylla is a salt and alkali resistant shrub which grows in arid and semi-arid areas. There are few reports about the transcriptome of A. aphylla. The objective of thi...

Basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) also called as FGF2/FGF-β is an important growth factor and signal protein belongs to heparin binding growth factor family. ...

The study was conducted in the department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad. In total 226 genotypes were grown in polythene bags an...

Germin-like proteins (GLPs) are plant glycoproteins, which are included in cupin superfamily. These proteins show high similarity in sequence but diversity in function and are reportedly involve...

Medicinal plants are the rich source of bioactive compounds so that’s why number of human ailments is treated by plant based medications. The main objective of this study is to document th...

Present work has been commenced to evaluate the possible antioxidant, antibacterial, hemolytic and antiviral properties of ethanolic extract of leaves of Ficus benjamina var. comosa. To...

Sorghum allelopathy can be a vital tool in curbing weeds in maize as substitute to hazardous chemical weedicides to mitigate environmental pollution. The main objective of this study was to eval...

Recurrent selection is a cyclical breeding procedure which has been mostly used for the improvement of maize populations. This study was aimed at comparing the responses of maize S1 a...

This study focused on the composition and species diversity of plants during different succession periods based on a field investigation in Houzhai Valley in Puding County, a karst area in Guizh...

In order to investigate the effect of Zn and FYM levels on phenology and yield of coarse and fine rice cultivars, field experiments were conducted at Agriculture Resea...

The permanent climate changes having occurred in the last decade present a serious risk to the agricultural crops. Тhis requires to study new herbaceous forage specie...

Plants rely on a variety of dispersal vectors to transport their seeds, including both abiotic and biotic vectors. Distribution patterns of seedlings may be different owing to these differences ...

Field pea (Pisum sativum L.) is an important protein-rich pulse crop produced globally. Genetic and environmental factors lead to a variation in protein content and also influence the q...

An experiment was conducted to examine sixteen commercial wheat varieties (Triticum aestivum L.) varieties for agro-morphological, physicochemical and dough rheological traits variabili...

The Altai Mountains in Northwest China has a great potential for dendroclimatological studies. Dendrochronological and climatological response analysis potentials of t...

Climbers play diverse roles in the biology of forests. Climber species due to its fragile nature are sustible to any change in the forests. Knowledge about climber species in the forests is rela...

Tetracentron sinense is an endangered tree in China in appendix III of CITES. The current status and dynamics of wild population of T. sinense are un...

Mediterranean region of Turkey has mountainous and hilly topography that is ecologically suitable for goat grazing. However most of the time goat producers do not consider the carrying capacity ...

Polygonaceae is a large dicot family of approximately 48 genera and 1200 species worldwide. The main objective of the current investigation is to compare between the pathways of evolution and th...

Water scarcity has become a challenge for food security at national and global level. This problem has been aggravated by population explosion and inefficient irrigation practices. Keeping this ...

Prunus longispinosa S.E. Shahbaz and S.S, Abdulrahman (Rosaceae), a new species from Kurdistan-Iraq, is described and illustrated. It differs from all Iraqi taxa of the subgenus Amy...

Dendroecological investigations were carried out for different sites of Shangla District, using 3 conifer tree species i.e. Pinus wallichiana, Abies pindrow and Cedrus deod...

Stripe rust is one of the devastating diseases with potential to affect wheat yield all over the world. It is essential to continuously identify novel causes of resistance and make them availabl...

Soil-borne plant diseases caused by root-knot nematodes and root rotting fungi are a serious threat to modern agriculture. In Pakistan, no extensive research work has been done on crop losses es...

In the present study, the extracts of different plant parts were used to control the growth of soil-borne fungi viz., Fusarium oxysporum, Macrophomina pha...

In Turkey, orchids are under a serious threat of extinction as a result of both excessive collecting and severe destruction of their habitats. Studies conducted ha...

This study assessed the impact of using soil tillage on the weed infestation intensity and weed species composition in maize monoculture. Maize has been grown in monoculture consecutively in our...

Seasonal variations in population structure of phytoplankton community with respect to water parameters were investigated from in the coastal and near-shore waters (Ma...

Based on 2,500 herbarium vouchers of the subgenus Seriphidium of Artemisia, which were collected from 21 sites across Central and NW-Balochistan, morphological studies and deta...

The aim of the study to determine some chemical, fermentation properties and In vitro organic matter digestibility, metabolisable energy and net energy lactat...

Soil water is a major limiting factor to determine the grassland productivity in temperate grassland of China. Artificial irrigation is a useful way to increase the grassland productivity to imp...