OBITUARY: Dr. Khushnood Ahmed Siddiqui, a world renowned geneticist/agriculture scientist of Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) died on 18th March 2009 at Tando Jam due to heart failure. May Al...

Pollen morphology of 2 species of the family Moringaceae from Pakistan has been examined by light and scanning electron microscope. Pollen grains are usually radially symmetrical, isopolar, colporate,...

Palynology of 19 endemic plant taxa belonging to 9 families distributed in North Cyprus was investigated by both light (LM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The pollen grains were measured and ...

Pollen germination capacity and viability of 3-mango cultivars viz., Chaunsa, Dasheri and Langra were investigated up to 48 weeks. Pollen germination was standard by hanging drop technique in differen...

Experiments were conducted with two commonly grown mungbean varieties viz., M-28 and 6601, in open top chambers and ambient field conditions with the aim of ascertaining the effects of air pollution o...

Twelve wheat genotypes developed through hybridization programme were screened for genetic diversity through RAPD marker. A total of 102 loci were amplified with 14 primers out of which 91 (89.2%) wer...

A pot experiment was conducted to study the effect of mixed cropping of wheat and chickpea on their growth and nodulation in chickpea. The plants were grown to maturity alone and in a mixture and data...

The N-band patterns of heterochromatin distribution in Hordeum jubatum chromosomes was studied to identify general patterns or preferential sites for heterochromatin. Mean number of Giemsa N-bands ind...

The objective of the study was to develop insect pest management strategy by exploring host plant resistance in canola, Brassica napus L., and seasonal abundance of aphids at Multan, Bahawalpur and De...

The productivity of Atriplex stocksii population located near the coast (Gizri Creek) of Karachi, Pakistan was studied for two years. The net biomass production showed seasonal variation and productiv...

This study was conducted to determine the adaptability and stability of 7 wheat cultivars, viz., Cumhuriyet-75, Momtchill, Tosun-22, Gemini, Katea-1, Kırkpınar-79 and Atilla-12 under Bursa condition...

ERDOGAN BARUT, AHMET IPEK*, HATICE GULEN...

A study was carried out in 1998-1999 and 1999-2000 growing seasons with 7 different “durum wheat” genotypes under West Anatolia conditions. The correlations among plant height, grain number per sp...

ATİLA OCAK1, CENGİZ TÜRE*2, A. BARAN ŞENMERDAN1 AND HARUN BÖCÜK2...

MUHAMMAD YUSSOUF SALEEM1*, MUHAMMAD ASGHAR, MUHAMMAD AHSANUL HAQ, TARIQ RAFIQUE2, ATIF KAMRAN3 AND ASIF ALI KHAN3...

Indigenous germplasm of winter vegetables (radish, turnip, coriander and fenugreek) were evaluated for genetic divergence and characterization under field conditions during 2003. High variance observe...

IFTIKHAR ALI1, MUHAMMAD ASHRAF*, MEHBOOB-UR-REHMAN**, YUSUF ZAFAR**, MUHAMMAD ASIF**, ABIDA KAUSAR, SANA RIAZ, MUBASHIR NIAZ, ABDUL WAHID* AND SYED QAISER ABBAS...

FARRUKH HUSSAIN1 AND MUFAKHIRAH JAN DURRANI2...

ÇIMEN ATAK AND ÖZGE ÇELIK*...

The aim of the research was to discuss the genetic relationships among Piper methysticum, Pepper and it wild relatives. With 28 germplasms including 6 materials of P. methysticum...

The heat stress-responsive abscisic acid (ABA) subcellular distribution in pepper mesophyll and root cap cells was investigated by colloidal gold labeling technique. The results showed that the ABA wa...

In our studies, gypsiferous soils were compared with garden soil. Five research groups were formed with gypsiferous soils from Middle Anatolia of Turkey. When plant lengths were compared in all groups...

Genetic variability induced by gamma rays (750 Gy...

A field experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of foliar application of urea applied in different concentrations and at different stages on yield and yield components of wheat (Triticum aesti...

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Different microcutting sizes and various levels of IBA @ 0, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75...

The inability to induce adventitious roots is often a limiting factor in conventional cuttings and tissue culture. In this study, several criteria were taken into consideration in determining the best...

Petiole of six genotypes of oilseed Brassica viz., Tori-7, Sampad, Kallyania, BARI Sarisha-7, BARI Sarisha-8 and MM 20-3 were cultured in MS medium with different concentrations of BAP, NAA and AgNO3 ...

The effects of major agronomic practices on growth and above-ground dry biomass production have been studied individually or in combinations of two, but not studied collectively and deeply. This resea...

Quality of the produce is as much important as quantity in all walks of life and particularly in directly consuming commodities. The present study was conducted to compare the morphological and qualit...

Diallel analysis was studied in F1 and F2 hybrids by crossing six upland cotton cultivars (CIM-109, CIM-240, CIM-1100, FH-682, BH-36 and CRIS-9) following Hayman’s diallel approach using Mather’s ...

Study was conducted to elucidate the nitrite-dependent nitric oxide (NO) production by wheat roots grown in hydroponics under cadmium (Cd) stress. In a long-term Cd exposure experiment, plants were gr...

The ameliorative effect of pre-sowing seed treatment with glycinebetaine (GB) on growth attributes, gas exchange characteristics, and root and shoot mineral nutrients of wheat was observed under water...

Experiments were carried out to study the effect of different water stresses applied at different crop development stages on the yield and yield components of 25 wheat varieties. In a complete randomi...

In order to assess whether exogenous application of glycinebetaine and proline could induce salt tolerance in canola, two canola cultivars Dunkled (salt tolerant) and Cyclone (salt sensitive) were all...

Medicinal plants gained momentous support in the recent era for their therapeutic potential. The core objective of the research study was to characterize the indigenous variety of black cumin (Nigella...

Agro-morphological variations in 11 accessions of Lasiurus scindicus collected from different areas of the Cholistan desert in 2004-2005 were evaluated. The most widely varied variables were number of...

The nutritional functions of boron were investigated in improving rice growth and yield, both in solution and soil culture environments. Three rice cultivars [viz., KS-282 (salt-tolerant), BG-402-4 (m...

Investigations were conducted to examine the effect of plant nutrition and weed management practices on weed biomass, yield contributing parameters and grain yield of fine rice cultivar Basmati-2000. ...

In the present study, various physio-chemical parameters i.e. moisture, ash, fiber, protein, fats, oils and carbohydrates were determined in the whole plants samples of Indigofera gerardiana and berri...

Carbon-14 pulse labeling technique was used to study the effect of rooting medium salinity and form and availability of N on growth and rhizodeposition of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Of the applied ...

Field experiment was performed with an objective to evaluate the effect of organic fertilizers viz., vermicompost and biogas slurry on various parameters of vegetative and reproductive growth of sunfl...

Silicon is the abundant mineral in soil, present exclusively in the form of silicic acid (H4SiO4). It is absorbed by plants in the form of silicic acid. The different levels of silicic acid were teste...

The effect of treated wastewater and equivalent basal fertilizer on growth parameters, chlorophyll and nutrient contents of sunflower was examined. Fresh water with basal fertilizer and treated wastew...

Study was conducted under greenhouse conditions to elucidate the effects of dicyandiamide (DCD, a nitrification inhibitor) on microbial activity in the root-zone and bulk soils under cotton fertilized...

The major components of plant cell walls are cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin, with cellulose being the most abundant component. Cellulose degrading-enzymes provide a key opportunity for achieving ...

Investigations in the airborne mycoflora of Karachi was carried out using Spore Trapper technique along with culture media Petri plate technique. In order to collect different types of airborne fungal...

Thermomyces lanuginosus Tsiklinsky is for the first time reported on two female patients from...

Bipolaris sorokiniana (Sacc.) Shoemaker (teleomorph Cochliobolus sativus) is the causal agent of common root rot, leaf spot and seedling blight, head blight of wheat and barley and black point of grai...

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Effect of seeds powder of Azadirachta indica A. Juss, Adenanthera pavonina L., Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) de Wit and Eucalyptus spp., in the control of root rot diseases caused by Macrophomina phase...

Effect of different concentrations of cytokinin on growth of 4 species of soil fungi viz., Aspergillus oryzae, A. terreus, A. niger and Alternaria alternata was studied. The hormone was applied singly...

In the present study, Salvia cabulica an endemic plant of Balochistan, was screened for different biological activities for the first time. For this purpose, 6 crude extracts i.e., petroleum ether (A)...

Enduring resistance based on partial resistance is very noteworthy and successful way to combat against the stripe rust dilemma (Puccinia striiformis West. tritici) in wheat crop. For this purpose, fi...

Replicase-and coat protein gene-mediated resistances against potato leafroll virus (PLRV) and potato virus Y (PVY), respectively, demonstrated to be an effective way of protecting potato against two m...

The present study is concerned with the improvement of Bacillus licheniformis strain GCB-30UCM for alpha amylase production in 250 ml Erlenmeyer flasks. Chemical mutation using ethyl methanesulfonate ...

In the present study, Bacillus pumilus SAF1, capable of producing antimicrobial compounds, was indigenously isolated from soil. Antimicrobial substances were found to be produced by Bacillus pumilus S...

Wheat and other stored products are vulnerable to attack of Khapra beetle, which deteriorates quality of the infested commodities, depletes nutrition value and makes them unfit for human consumption. ...

Soone Valley (Salt Range) Punjab, Pakistan is a rich habitat of a large number of plant and animal species. Various leguminous and non-leguminous species are indigenous to this Valley which are grazed...