The interspecific and intraspecific variations in some taxa of Vicia is explained by SDS-PAGE method. In this study, nine Vicia L. Taxa, collected from different regions of Turkey have been studied fo...

The present study was conducted with the objective of finding out the concordance between morphological data and molecular data of Mentha spicata and Mentha royleana. Moreover the study was aimed to i...

In this study, anatomical structures of the petiole of 7 taxa viz., Glechoma hederacea L., Origanum vulgare L., Scutellaria salviifolia Bentham, Ajuga reptans L., Prunella vulgaris L., Lamium purpureu...

Ethnobotanical information was collected on 216 plant species from Chagharzai Valley, District Buner, Pakistan. These plants were classified for their traditional medicinal and economic uses. Of the 8...

This paper is based on the results of an ethnomedicinal research work conducted in Dera Ismail Khan (D.I. Khan) District, Khyber Pakhtun Khwa (KPK), Pakistan, during May 2006 to March 2007. The study ...

This investigation was carried out at a rural livestock farm in district Sargodha, Pakistan to assess the effects of different seasons on the flow and status of some essential minerals from soil to fo...

In this study the effects of different cadmium chloride concentrations (5...

The present research was aimed to study the effect of different levels of inorganic fertilizer N on the yield and yield components of barley varieties at KPK Agricultural University, Peshawar, Pakista...

Impact of municipal wastewaters of Quetta city on two cultivars viz., SF-187 and SH-3322 of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) was assessed during 2005 growth season. Wastewaters effluents were not fit ...

Present study was carried out at the Agricultural Research Institute, Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan, during the year 2005. Seeds of five qualitative LDPs (Pot Marigold cv. Resina, Annual Phlox cv. Astori...

A pot experiment was conducted to evaluate the morphochemical response of chaksu (Cassia absus L.) to different levels of IAA. Different concentrations of IAA were applied thirty days after germinatio...

Seed priming has proven beneficial in many important agricultural crops. The present study was conducted to explore the role (if any) of hormonal and vitamin seed priming to improve the germination, s...

2, YUEMING JIANG2, YULONG CHEN2, SHAOYU YANG2, SHENGGEN HE1, HONG LIANG1 AND XUEWU DUAN2,*...

Effects of stratifications at 6 temperatures on the embryo differentiation and development of Paris polyphylla var. yunnanensis seeds were studied by using photomicrography based on paraffin section. ...

Tomato (Lycopersicon esculetum var. Avinash, F1 hybrid) was grown under two different regimes of irrigation water (0.2% Sea salt ECiw = 2.9 dS m-1 and 0.4% Sea salt ECiw = 5.8 dS m-1) and subjected to...

The effect of cadmium (Cd) on the root and seedling lengths, chlorophyll a, b and proline content, lipid peroxidation and peroxidase activity of Verbascum wiedemannianum has been examined. Plants grow...

Performance of nineteen exotic genotypes along with local check variety was studied during 2009-10 at Wheat Research Institute, AARI, Faisalabad, Pakistan. The experiment was conducted under two field...

Three sugarcane (Saccharum sp. Hybrid) varieties viz., AEC82-1026, NIA-98 and BL4 were used in this study in order to compare their response to different concentration of phytohormones (Dicamba 2,4D a...

Climate change prognoses suggest more unpredictable and less favourable conditions for cereal crop establishment in Europe. The development of varieties possessing long coleoptiles could improve winte...

1*, MUBASHIR NIAZ2, RUKHSANA JABEEN3AND IKRAM UL HAQ1 ...

The effects of different doses of sugarcane filter cake (SFC) on iron concentrations in the leaves of varying age of a potential fodder crop oat (Avena sativa L.) are reported in this study. Nine diff...

Root-zone temperature (RZT) changes with season, geographical location and global warming. Nutrient accumulation and use behaviour of two maize (Zea mays L.) genotypes were evaluated under low (22.4 �...

Growth of exotic fodder crops (grasses and clovers) were compared in pots at Agronomy Research Farm, Khyber Pakhtunkhuwa Agricultural University, Peshawar. Initially 20 seeds was planted on 22.10.2005...

Four improved lentil cultivars viz., Masoor 85, Masoor 93, NIAB Masoor 2002 and NIAB Masoor 2006 grown and consumed in Pakistan have been systematically analyzed to determine and compare their nutriti...

This study was aimed to attempt if we can fit a green manure legume in the gap between wheat harvest and rice plantation for sustainable rice (Oryza sativa) -wheat (Triticum aestivum) system. The effe...

Tomato yield depends on two components viz., fruit weight and number of fruit per flower branch. These traits are quantitative and therefore influenced by multiple genes. The objective of this study w...

Grape peel and seed are good sources of important bioactive components such as phenolics, anthocyanins and antioxidants. Recovery of these components and their proper utilization is important for the ...

Modulation of lipid per-oxidation, antioxidant enzyme activity, water status and plant growth induced by glycinebetaine (GB) applied foliarly was investigated in the plants of two maize (Zea mays L.) ...

Herbs have been used as food and for medicinal purposes for centuries. Research interest has focused on various herbs that possess antidepressant properties and may be useful adjuncts in helping the m...

Field study was conducted at Agricultural Research Institute Tarnab, Peshawar during Kharif 2007 to investigate the effectiveness of various weed control measures in maize crop. The experiment was la...

Field experiments were conducted during 2006 and 2007 in Peshawar, using open pollinated maize variety “Azam” in RCB design with split-split plot arrangements having three factors viz., tillage, m...

Grain proteins from 173 rice landraces (Oryza sativa L.) were electrophoretically separated by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE). Densitometric scanning of the elect...

FAHAD AL-QURAINY1, SALIM KHAN1*, M. AJMAL ALI1, FAHAD M. AL-HEMAID1, MOHAMED TARROUM1 AND M. ASHRAF1,2...

Photothermal Quotient as combined effect of temperature and solar radiation were studied as determinant factor for spring wheat grain yield. The data obtained at anthesis and maturity for grain m-2, g...

JEHAN BAKHT1*, MOHAMMAD SHAFI2 HABIB REHMAN2, RAZI UDDIN3 AND SHAZMA ANWAR2...

In this study, phenolic compounds and antioxidant properties of peanut’s skin, hull, raw kernel and roasted kernel flour (RKF) were evaluated. Total phenolic contents (TPC) and individual phenolic c...

In the present study, large number of rhizobial strains were isolated from chickpea, lentil and mung been nodules and twenty fast growing colonies of each host legume, were selected. A series of jar e...

Although barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) is regarded as salt tolerant among crop plants, its growth and plant development is severely affected by ionic and osmotic stresses in salt-affected soils. To eluc...

The effect of salinity (NaCl) was assessed on banana (Musa spp.) cv., Sindhri Banana (Basrai) propagating plantlets in aseptic condition. Four different NaCl levels [0 (control) 50...

Six inbred lines of rice exhibiting differential tolerance to salinity were exposed to 0, 50, 75...

During the present study rhizosphere soil of four halophytic weeds viz., Chrysopogon aucheri, Lactuca dissecta, Solanum surattense and Sonchus arvensis growing in saline soil of Khewra salt range and ...

Quantitative vegetation assessment of Dhrabi watershed Chakwal, Pakistan was conducted to determine the productive potential and carrying capacity during winter 2008-09. Twelve sites of watershed were...

A survey of roadside vegetation and soils along Lahore-Islamabad motorway (M-2) was undertaken and the data were subjected to Canonical Correspondence Analysis to investigate the vegetation structure ...

The aim of present study was to provide botanical inventory of the study area. For this purpose, floristic survey was carried out during April...

The conservation status of Convolvulus scindicus Stocks in Pakistan, was assessed according to IUCN red data categories and criteria. After three years (2006-2008) of extensive field studies based on ...

Twelve different Cytoplasmic Male-Sterile (CMS) lines were crossed with 18 rice varieties. From the hybrid with japonica rice Nongken 58, twelve homokaryotic-heteroplasmic male sterile lines were deve...

Inheritance of lodging related traits in mungbean i.e., average inter-nodal length and average circumference of the main stem were studied using Triple Test Cross (TTC) technique. Both traits showed h...

Combining ability is mostly used by breeders to select appropriate parental cultivars to produce the larger progeny of new combinations through their hybridization. The objectives of this research wer...

Viral diseases are considered to be the major limiting factor in chili pepper production. Chili veinal mottle virus (ChiVMV) is one of the important viruses, which decrease yield by 50%. Screening of ...

The research work comprising genetic potential and heritability in a 6 × 6 F1 diallel cross of upland cotton was conducted during 2008 and 2009 at Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Agricultural University, Peshawar...

The research work comprised of combining ability and genetic variability in a 6 × 6 F1 diallel cross which was carried out during crop seasons 2008 and 2009 at Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Agricultural Univers...

In present study, virulence and aggressiveness of seven Xanthomonas oryzae hypersensitive isolates, (Xoo 20, Xoo 36, Xoo 51, Xoo 65, Xoo 74, Xoo 99 and Xoo 105) were tested on seven rice varieties (Ba...

One of the goals of this paper was to determine correlation between grain yield, like the most important agronomic trait, and traits of the plant and ear that are influencing on the grain yield, in tw...

In the present study a novel protocol for the removal of Albumin and Globulin in 10 genotypes of Pisum sativum were developed by using Osborn solubility class protein extraction buffer (10mM Tris-Hcl ...

Seventy six Pakistani wheat genotypes including land races were investigated for Bread quality (BQ) based on allelic variation in HMW glutenin subunits at the Glu-1 loci through SDS- polyacrylamide ge...

Six cultivars of blackgram Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper selected from genetically diverse groups based on three years evaluation under field conditions were crossed and generations were advanced accordingl...

The papaya plant Carica papaya (family: Caricaceae), locally known as Papita, is cultivated commonly in different parts of Sindh-Pakistan specially in Karachi. It was reported hermaphrodite. Recently ...

An indigenous strain of blue green microalga was entrapped within reticulated fibrous network of loofa sponge disc to produce immobilized hybrid disc biosorbent (IHDB) and successfully used for the re...

Fifty six genera of green algae were collected from ten different localities of District Swat, belonging to 25 families and 9 genera of Chlorophyta from December 2006 August 2008. Family Oocystaceae w...

Indus river water gets polluted through three sources viz., municipal wastewater, industrial wastewater and agricultural runoff through drainage structure. The lakes in Sindh (fed by the river Indus),...

Methanolic extracts of Solanum nigrum (leaves and seeds of both black and red varieties), Elettaria cardamomum Cuscuta reflexa and Cinnamomum camphora were tested in vitro for their antibacterial and ...

The list of Agarics of Kaghan valley includes 228 species belonging to 59 genera, placed in seven orders. Out of these...

Present study was designed to find out the mycorrhizal status of some selected medicinal plants of family Lamiaceae growing in KPK (Khyber Pakhtunkhawa). The mycorrhizal infections were present in all...

Mango sudden death syndrome (MSDS) has become an increasing threat for mango production all around the world. The present study was conducted to identify the association of pathogenic fungi with mango...

The stunted and deformed potato (Solanum tuberosum) samples were received from Potato Research Station, Sahiwal at Crop Diseases Research Program, National Agriculture Research Centre, Islamabad for d...