Dr. Abdul Hafiz , an eminent agricultural scientist died of heart attack in Karachi on April 8...
33(3): 221-222,2001
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Pollen morphology of 6 species belonging to a single genus Polygala of the family Polygalaceae has been investigated using light microscope and scanning microscope. It is a stenopalynous in nature. Po...
33(3): 223-227,2001 -
A new species of Cytostagonospora yousufii Abbas, Sutton & Ghaffar is described, illustrated and compared with 4 species of Cytostagonospora....
33(3): 229-232,2001 -
FAHEEM AFTAB AND JAVED IQBAL
PEG-MEDIATED SOMATIC HYBRIDIZATION STUDIESIN SUGARCANE (SACCHARUM SPP. HYBRID CVS. CoL-54 AND CP-43/33)
Somatic hybridization studies were performed using leaf mesophyll as well as homogeneous cell suspension-derived protoplasts. The optimum results were achieved when leaf mesophyll protoplasts from cv....
33(3): 233-238,2001 -
ABDUL GHAFOOR , ZAHOOR AHMAD, SH. MUHAMMAD IQBAL1 AND ZAFAR RIAZ
GENETIC DIVERSITY IN LOCAL COLLECTIONS OF VIGNA MUNGO (L.) HEPPER WITH RELATION TO GEOGRAPHIC PATTERN
Eighty eight genotypes of Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper selected on the basis of source/origin were evaluated for agronomic traits and analyzed on the basis of three geographic parameters i.e., provinces, a...
33(3): 239-249,2001 -
ZAHOOR AHMAD, ABDUL GHAFOOR, SH. MUHAMMAD IQBAL AND M. SAJJAD IQBAL*
YIELD POTENTIAL OF LOCAL AND EXOTIC GERMPLASM WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO POWDERY MILDEW DISEASE IN PEA (PISUM SATIVUM L.)
Pea germplasm consisting of 69 pure-lines from diverse origin was evaluated under screen-house and field conditions for 2 years for their resistance against powdery mildew and yield potential. The gen...
33(3): 251-255,2001 -
KH. KIAROSTAMI AND H. EBRAHIMZADEH
CHANGES OF PROTEINS AND OXIDATIVE ENZYMES IN SEEDS AND IN VITRO REGENERATED PLANTS OF THREE IRANIAN CULTIVARS OF WHEAT (TRITICUM AESTIVUM L.)
Somaclonal variation is one of the possible sources of variation in plant breeding. To evaluate the usefulness of somaclonal variation for creating variation in some Iranian cultivars of wheat, change...
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N. MOTAMED, H. EBRAHIMZADEH* AND SH.MONTASSER-KOUHSARI
CHANGES IN PROTEIN CONTENT AND OXIDASES ACTIVITIES WITH FRUIT DEVELOPMENT AND RIPENING IN THE LEAVES AND FRUITS OF OLIVE (OLEA EUROPAEA L. CV. ZARD) DURING "ON" AND "OFF" YEARS
Results of the studies on olive trees from four regions of Iran (Roudbar, Gilvan, Gorgan, and Zanjan) indicate that soluble protein content as well as the activity of peroxidase and polyphenoloxidase ...
33(3): 267-277,2001 -
BARKAT KHANZADA, M. YASIN ASHRAF*, S. AHMED ALA**, S.M. ALAM, M.U. SHIRAZI AND R. ANSARI
WATER RELATIONS IN DIFFERENT GUAR (CYAMOPSIS TETRAGONOLOBA (L.) TAUB) GENOTYPES UNDER WATER STRESS
Water relations of four guar genotypes viz., S-807, Esser, Brooks and S-1183 under different water regimes at pre-flowering, post-flowering and terminal drought were studied in cemented tanks under na...
33(3): 279-287,2001 -
MUHAMMAD AKRAM NASIR*, NASAR IQBAL**, ATTIQ AKHTAR** AND SHAKIL AHMAD**
EFFECTS OF VARIOUS TRAINING TECHNIQUES ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF DOUBLE RED LEBANON APPLE CULTIVAR
Maximum plant height and spread were observed in Central Leader System of training in Double Red Lebanon cultivar of apple. Maximum fruit size index (83.00 mm), fruit weight (259.20 gm), number of fru...
33(3): 289-292,2001 -
HAMDI GÜRAY KUTBAY AND AYHAN HORUZ*
LITTER FALL AND NUTRIENT RETURN IN QUERCUS CERRIS L. VAR. CERRIS FORESTS IN THE CENTRAL BLACK SEA REGION OF TURKEY
Litter fall and nutrient return in a deciduous Quercus cerris L. var. cerris forest which constitutes the "étage supra-mediterranéen pré-pontique" vegetation layer in the Central Black Sea Region o...
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BILQUEES GUL AND M. AJMAL KHAN*
SEASONAL SEED BANK PATTERNS OF AN ARTHROCNEMUM MACROSTACHYUM (CHENOPODIACEAE) COMMUNITY ALONG A COASTAL MARSH INUNDATION GRADIENT ON THE ARABIAN SEA NEAR KARACHI, PAKISTAN
The seasonal variation of a seed bank was studied along an inundation gradient in a coastal marsh community dominated by Arthrocnemum macrostachyum (Moric.) C. Koch (Syn: Arthrocnemum indicum (Willd.)...
33(3): 305-314,2001