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Chromosomal meiotic behavior in pollen mother cells (PMCs) of Paeonia emodi, an endangered species, was investigated in natural population represented by nine individuals. The results showed that: (1)...

The objective of present study here was to determine the inheritance and chromosomal location of the resistance gene in N9738. The phenotypic data of F2 plants, from the crosses N9738/Huixianhong and ...

The effect of chloride and sulfate salts of Na+, K+ and Mg2+ on seed germination of a halophytic grass Phragmites karka was studied under different dark/light conditions and a range of temperature reg...

Seed dormancy is a major constraint in seedling establishment in desert habitats, Seeds of C. patelliforme were collected from natural population in desert areas. dried and then stored for 2 and 5-yea...

Effect of several concentrations of NaCl or sea salt was studied on seeds germination of two halophytic grasses- an annual (Eragrostis ciliaris) and a perennial (Dichanthium annulatum) in controlled g...

To study the salt tolerance potential in pea cultivars (Pisum sativum L.), an experiment was conducted with nine local pea cultivars: Samarina Zard (SZ), Olympia (OL), Early Green (EG), Climax (CL), 2...

The study was conducted to appraise the effect of saline stress on growth, gas exchange, chlorophyll fluorescence, mineral nutrients and non-enzymatic antioxidants in 2 mungbean [Vigna radiata (L.) Wi...

The present investigation was undertaken to evaluate the effect of priming on spinach with various sources and soaking durations at the Department of Horticulture, Khyber Pukhtunkhwa Agricultural Univ...

The study focuses on the effect of supplemental UV-B radiation on germination, seedling growth, chlorophyll a and b contents, soluble phenols, anthocyanins, flavones contents, phenylalanine ammonia ly...

The study entitled “Response of wheat genotypes to salinity under field environment” was conducted to investigate the response of different wheat genotypes to salinity stresses. The experiment was...

Salt stress is considered as a restricting factor for plant products. Therefore, many compounds have been applied to minimize the harmful effects of salinity. Carrot roots extract is one of the natura...

Three weed species viz., Asphodelus tenuifolius Cav., Euphorbia hirta L., and Fumaria indica (Haussk.) Pugsley were used in the form of powder with different ratios/quantity as treatments of 10, 25, 5...

Cadmium (Cd) is one heavy metal which is toxic and can cause physiological disorder of plants. In the present experiment, effects of Sodium nitroprusside (SNP), a NO donor, on the phenotype, photosynt...

Soil-salinity is a serious problem that impedes food production and reforestation worldwide. In order to improve plant salt tolerance, many genes for abiotic stress have been over-expressed by genetic...

The objectives of this study were to estimate the genetic diversity and to evaluate the relationship between eight chickpea genotypes that is the valuable source for breeding. Chickpea seed is a good ...

The present experiment was conducted to elucidate the physio-morphological and biochemical responses of chickpea plants exposed to 0, 25, 50 or 100 mg cadmium (Cd) per kg of soil. Cd was given in the ...

The genotype by environment (G×E) interactions can be observed by differential genotypic responses to varied environmental conditions. Its effect is to limit the accuracy of yield estimates and compl...

Shoot-root ratio (by length), number of roots plant-1 (NRPP), number of tillers plant-1 (NTPP), and leaf characteristics [number of leaves plant-1 (NLPP), leaf length (LL), mean single leaf area (MSLA...

Genetic diversity is very important for developing new crop varieties with high yield and other desirable traits. Consequently it assists in increasing food production and improving the level of human...

The rice (Oryza sativa L.) genotypes, including 87 breeding lines of Pakistan were evaluated for total seed storage proteins using sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE)....

Different stages/sizes of the same explants have different regenerative capacity even cultured on the same nutrient medium. In present study different stages/sizes of various explants including nodal ...

The present research was carried out to investigate the effect of micronutrients and their application methods on wheat variety Gomal-8 under the agro-ecology of Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan, during the...

Iron deficiency is one of the major yield limiting factors in groundnut. The soils of Pothwar (90% of groundnut production area in Pakistan) are calcareous in nature, thus groundnut is exposed to Fe d...

The quality of black and green commercial tea samples was accessed by physicochemical analysis, mineral analysis and sensory evaluation. Significant variations in physicochemical and organoleptic para...

In this study, the proximate composition, antioxidant activity as well as the phenolics profile of cherry fruit at three maturity stages were investigated. The moisture, protein, total sugars and tota...

Due to similarity in seed texture, colour and size of vetch (Vicia sativa) with lentil (Lens culinaris), these two legumes are mixed when split as “dal” to fetch higher prices. The sole marketing ...

Pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) plants were exposed in open top-chambers to non-filtered ambient air (NFAA) and to charcoal filtered air (FA) to study the effect of ambient air on physiological parameters...

A new wide leaf rice mutant with high yield in the field was identified which has the leaf width about 1.5-2 folds more than that of wild-type. It possesses fewer, larger, upright leaves per plant. Th...

Water stress is a serious threat to the agricultural production. Therefore, the present experiment was aimed to study the effect of abscisic acid (ABA) and/or proline (Pro) on the performance of faba ...

Indigenous land races of soybean has shown promising yield potential, yet limited information are available for leaf area and related parameters. The present study aimed at assessing the leaf area, le...

Growth attributes from sowing to physiological maturity and seed developmental changes from anthesis to physiological maturity were monitored in two varieties of wheat (Pirsabaq-2005 and Khyber-87) un...

A field experiment was conducted at Farmers field on adaptive research station Mianwali during Rabi 2006-07 and 2007-08, to evaluate the response of wheat variety BK-2002 to various levels of fertiliz...

Nitrogen plays an important role in the production and quality of crop through enhancing vegetative growth. In spite of this fact, if it is applied in excess of the requirement of the crop then it pol...

Pollen morphology of three genera representing 5 species of the family Ericaceae from Pakistan has been examined by light and scanning electron microscope. Pollen grains usually tetrads, radially symm...

Studies different herbicides and plant extracts for controlling weeds in wheat crop were conducted at Malakander Research Farm, Khyber Pukhtunkhwa Agricultural University Peshawar, during Rabi season ...

Picea smithiana and Juniperus excelsa are two tree species growing in Gilgit valleys are used to explore growth climate and growth river flow response. About 100 wood samples in the form of cores from...

Brassica juncea is one of the most important oilseed crop. An efficient and reproducible protocol was developed for Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of Brassica juncea variety NIFA RAYA with Wasa...

Seeds of 6 Facultative SDPs (Zinnia cv. Lilliput, Sunflower cv. Elf, French Marigold cv. Orange Gate, African Marigold cv. Crush, Cockscomb cv. Bombay and Cosmos cv. Sonata Pink) were sown into module...

Post-genomics need tools to analyze genomic data for its functional characterization within short time. Agrobacterium mediated transient gene expression assays are popular choice to analyze the functi...

Salinity results in poor crop yield round the globe. We hypothesized those strategies of endogenous osmolytes proline, glycine betaine and choline accumulation in moderately halophilic bacterial strai...

Release of inorganic P was studied as a result of degradation of phytates during legume green manuring in soil. Aspergillus niger strain 419 was also inoculated for the production of phytase. Four set...

The pathogenic potential of Meloidogyne incognita on okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) was determined at initial population densities of 0, 1000, 2000 and 4000 second stage juveniles per kg of soil in pot...

Severity of various diseases in plants can be reduced by nutrient management. The knowledge of K nutrition on relationship between plants and pests may help in devising strategies to set up high yield...

Killer-Sensitive Pattern (KSP) was screened by cross reactions in 50 yeast species belonging to 20 genera which were previously isolated from different dairy products. The Killer-Sensitive Pattern (KS...

Nine Gram - positive bacterial strains designated as RH-1 to RH-9 were isolated from legumes rhizospheric soil and characterized for plant growth promoting (PGP) activities in legume and cereal crops ...

In the present study, cephalosporin was produced through submerged fermentation in 250 ml Erlenmeyer flask. About one hundred fungal strains were isolated and screened for maximum productivity of the ...

The aim of the present study was to characterize the pattern of seed development in precociously mature soybean seeds during its progression from germination to seedling growth and maturation as affec...

Essential oils of Mentha piperita, Eucaliptus globulus, Pinus sylvestris, Rosmarinus officinalis, Pimpinella anisum and Origanum vulgare were studied for antifungal effect of their volatile phase towa...

Twenty isolates of Erwinia carotovora subspecies atroseptica (Eca) causing blackleg of potato, were collected from tubers and diseased stems of potato plants grown in both plains and mountains of the ...

Low cost organic substrates such as rice grain, chickpea, wheat grains, rice husk, chickpea husk and wheat bran were used to culture Bacillus subtilis and B. firmus. Vegetative cell counts of both bac...

Phyllody disease, caused by phytoplasma, is a major threat for the successful production of sesame worldwide, including Pakistan. Use of resistant varieties is considered as an economical and durable ...

The levels of 10μl, 30μl and 50μl concentration of plant oils of apricot (Prunus armeniaca L.), melon (Cucumis melo L.), parsley (Petroselinum crispum (Miller) A.W. Hill), pine stone (Pinus pinea L...

This study describes intra specific variability among Metarhizium ansiopliae strains in terms of their ability to produce blastospores in selected liquid culture media. Blastospore production of 10 st...

The sawdust of different woods were investigated for the cultivation of exotic strain of Pleurotus (flabellatus) djamor (R-22) to find out the efficiency of different nutrients including protein, fat,...

The seasonal variation of Noctiluca scintillans was investigated from coastal areas of Karachi (Manora Channel), Pakistan. Total cell abundance ranged between < 100 cells l-1 to 1340 cells l-1 during ...

Macroalgae constitute a diverse group of photoautotroph contributing to the primary production in the area. It provides food and habitats (directly or indirectly) to many other inhabitants of the mari...

Colchicine was used as chemical mutagen for In vitro induction of polyploids. Nodal segments of In vitro grown marigold plantlets were cultured on MS medium supplemented with four different concentrat...

Family Boletaceae is characterized by tubular hymenium that contains simple/compound, minute, broad or hexagonal tubes that some times may be radial, elongated or nearly gill-like, and mostly fusiform...

In the present study the amount of three important flavonols (kaempferol, quercetin, myricetin) and five phenolic acids (gallic acid, ferulic acid, cinnamic acid, vanillic acid and caffeic acid) were...