Present study was undertaken to elucidate some physiological mechanisms of induced salt tolerance by different plant growth regulators (PGRs) in rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) seedlings. ...

High temperature stress would be one of the major threats to wheat productivity due to changing climate scenario.  A field study was carried out at Experimental Farm of Nuclear Institute of...

Salinity stress one of the primary abiotic stress affected growth and establishment of crops. The study was conducted to examine if biochar can mitigate the negative effects of salinity on sorgh...

Drought stress reduces rice yields around the globe. For this, an investigation was carried out with rice landraces and cultivars to identify drought tolerant genotypes under drought stress cond...

The aim of this study was to analyze the effects of ascorbic acid (AsA) and potassium nitrate (KNO3) on the salt-based oxidative stress in Lycopersicon ...

Photosynthesis (A) plays a key role in maintaining plant carbon balance, but it is sensitive to drought. Both A and plant hydraulic conductivity (Kplant) de...

Amorpha fruticosa is widely planted in arid and semi-arid areas of northern China as the pioneer species for vegetation restoration. To determine the response...

The seed bank of salinized soil is a valuable germplasm resource for plant salt tolerance research. The study collected 468 soil samples from plant communities of 5 subtypes and 13 soil genera i...

This study encompasses the synthesis and characterization of ZnO, SiO2 and ZnO/SiO2 composite NPs by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Fourier Transform infrared spectroscopy (FT...

Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) is one of the important vegetable crops worldwide. It is consumed in fresh as well as in processed form and is a rich source of antioxidants. There are ...

Bituminaria bituminosa is an herbaceous, perennial legume that use as feed crop and have ability to remain green in dry summer. This research was conducted to determine the differences ...

Ubiquitin is a small conserved protein ubiquitous in all eukaryotic organisms. It plays a critical role in intracellular protein turnover, being the “tag” that marks proteins for pro...

Light signal plays a key negative regulatory role in the biosynthesis of shikonin and its derivatives which are important pharmaceutical secondary metabolites in Lithospermum erythrorhizon...

Cotton is the most vital source of fiber and food industry. Limited availability of water results in the limited growth of plants. Drought responsive genes have been explored in several plants t...

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Zea mays and Helianthus annuus are considered most important oil crops in the world due to the favorable fatty acid composition of the oil for human consumption, so ef...

This article presents data on the determination of heavy metals (Pb+2, Zn+2, Cu+2, Fe+2, Ni+2, Co+3, ...

Two Sarcocornia species, Sarcocornia fruticosa and Sarcocornia perennis growing at the Mediterranean Coast of Egypt were collected from two salt marshes locations; Por...

Rhus typhina is a kind of indigenous species to North America, it has been accommodated in many mountain areas in north China because of this species can display luxuriant growth in dif...

The present study aimed to assess different clonal propagation methods, culture conditions and different exercising and transplanting conditions for...

Medicinal plants are rich source of bioactive compounds and other secondary metabolites and are used to prepare drugs for preventing infectious diseases because natural sources like plants have ...

Pomegranate have two types of flowers: bisexual flower and functional male flower. Flower development is a complex process which is regulated by an intricate transcriptional regulatory network. ...

Corm and cormles production has major role in gladiolus industry of the world as well as in Pakistan. However, its commercial production is limited in cold to moderate climatic regions and there...

Being a non-climacteric fruit, table grape face huge postharvest losses. Some adverse effects of chemicals used for maintaining postharvest quality of table grapes necessitated the find for some...

This study was carried out with Stanley's and Sugar's pulm fruit in two separate convective and microwave dryers such as cabin-type and precision. It determined the drying performance an...

Experiments were conducted at University of Gujrat, Pakistan during 2018-2019. Plant growth regulators i.e. Indole Butyric Acid (IBA), Indole Acetic Acid (IAA) and Gibberellic Acid (GA3...

Methanolic crude extract from the seed coat of Caesalpinia crista was purified into different polyphenolic fractions. Solid Phase Extraction (SPE) was used for the purification of crude...

Present study was structured to explore the full potential of Carissa carandas fruits whose potential is unidentified in Pakistan. Comparative study of unripe...

Multivariate analysis has been rarely used for seedling traits characterization of Chinese basmati hybrids. Twenty-two seedling attributes of Basmati and coarse rice germplasm of China and Pakis...

Atmospheric pollen grains were surveyed with the gravimetric method between 2015 and 2016 in Dikili (Turkey). Annually 6986 pollen grains, belonging to 47 plant taxa were identified; pollen grai...

Six field experiments were conducted at Al-Muwaqar (arid) and Al-Jubeiha (Mediterranean) locations, Jordan for four years to study establishment, growth and production of selected medicinal spec...

Facing the impacts of climate change and decline in the agriculture crop productions, the coastal districts of Southern Pakistan, Thatta and Badin, are facing severe e...

Alpine life zones exist at the cold edge above the tree line in mountains where tree species do not grow, however, a large plant diversity thrives due to alpine climate adaptations to short grow...

Ratti Gali Lake area is an alpine area in district Neelum AJK located at altitudes > 3800 m and is an important repository of western Himalayan alpine floral taxa attributed to its unique geo...

The southern desert of Sindh, Pakistan is considered as green desert in the World due to rich diversity of medicinal plants and livestock production where ethnoveterinary medicines (EVM) are com...

Water deficit influences the phenotypic appearance of leaf hairs and stomata which plays a critical role in adaptability of plants growing in such habitats. Four grass species Aristida adsce...

In this study, the field experiments were conducted to study the effects of different proportions of vermicompost (without vermicompost, 1800 kg ha-1 vermic...

Algae have high ecological and commercial importance; the estimated turnover of the seaweed industry is USD 10 billion. In order to understand the distribution of seaw...

Amylases production potential of non-toxigenic starch hydrolyzing indigenous Aspergillus niger was determined. A. niger soil isolates (06) identified based on macroscopic and m...

The aims of this study were to evaluate and compare the antibacterial and antifungal activities of botanicals extracted using 70% methanol from leaf, bark and pneumatophore/root of four differen...

The aim of this study was to determine the affectivity of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) on some biochemical and agronomic parameters of maize exposed to drought stress. Two PGPR sp...

The objective of the study was to examine the inhibitory effect of lectin as a glycoprotein isolated from wheat seeds (Triticumaestivum) against the fungus ...

In current study eleven Brassica genotypes, with diverse range of response to Alternaria black spot disease (ABSD), were evaluated to assess the role of superoxide dismutase (S...

Increasing resistance of microbes against antimicrobial drugs keep scientists busy in exploring novel and potent antibiotics. The present study is concerned with the production of antitumor anti...

The present study is concerned with the screening of microbial strains and suitable fermentation medium for the best production of phytase using solid state fermentation process. The results rev...