ABDUL GHAFFAR AND S. SHAHID SHAUKAT...

The cypsela morphology of 22 species of Inula L. (s.str.) and its allied genera (Pentanema Cass., Duhaldea DC., Dittrichia Greuter and Iphiona Cass.) was examined from Pakistan and Kashmir. Micromorph...

Pollen morphology of the family Sapotaceae has been examined from Pakistan by light and scanning electron microscope. Pollen grains are generally tricolporate, triangular, prolate with striate - rugul...

Chromosome number and morphology of three species belonging to Amaryllidaceae viz., Galanthus rizehensis Stern., Leucojum aestivum L., and Pancratium maritimum L., from the Central Black Sea Region of...

Heritability and relationship of quantitative traits was studied in 36 genotypes of chickpea. Analysis of variance showed highly significant differences among genotypes for primary branches, secondary...

A new sugarcane clone AEC81-8415, generated from seed (fuzz) of a croos combination of NCo 310 x CP56-614, imported from ARS, USDA, Canal Point, Florida, USA, alongwith other genotypes was evaluated f...

Conditions for plant regeneration from excised hypocotyl of Peganum harmala were studied. Complete plants were regenerated directly from hypocotyl segments on MS medium supplemented with BAP, Kinetin ...

Anatomical studies of both the abaxial and adaxial surfaces of leaf epidermis of the selected Digitaria species showed variations in size and shapes of prickles, short cells, silica bodies, microhairs...

Cotton cultivars Qalandri and MNH-93 were analysed for their heat acclimation potential. The 8-12 days old leaves were given repeated hardening treatments at 42°C for 2h for upto 7 days and after eve...

The content of total phenolics in roots, leaflets and seeds of a number of Astragalus species from Iran was examined. Phenolics content of the aqueous and methanolic extracts of the species were deter...

This study was undertaken to document the distribution of chemical components and determine whether phytochemical characters support the delimitation of the taxa in the genus Convolvulus L., from Moro...

Somatic hybridization studies were performed using leaf mesophyll as well as homogeneous cell suspension-derived protoplasts in sugarcane (Saccharum spp. hybrid cvs. CoL-54 and CP-43/33). The conditio...

The mangrove stand of Miani Hor, a subtropical lagoon located within the coastal belt of Pakistan bordering North Arabian sea, is small yet the most diverse in the area and comparable with other mangr...

Occurrence of Cladophora coelothrix Kützing on pneumatophores of gray mangrove Avicennia marina (Forssk.) Vierh., was observed which has not been reported before. The species formed ball like alg...

Pinto bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.), cultivar ouray, was inoculated with beet curly top virus (BCTV) at the crook neck seedling stage using beet leafhoppers (Circulifer tenellus Baker). After 7-10 days...

Sclerotial strains of Aspergillus flavus showed greater aflatoxin production as compared to non-sclerotial strains. There was significant correlation with number of sclerotia used for inoculation of s...