Adaptation to environmental changes is crucial for the viability of all organisms. In plants, cysteine proteases (CP) are vital proteolytic enzymes response to complex...

The date palm is a woody plant growing in different regions of the world. Two potential cultivars of the date palm (Ajwa and Mabroom) from Saudi Arabia were studied for their tolerance to salini...

Sulfur has considerable importance in ameliorating the adverse effects of salinity by modulating different physiological and biochemical pathways in the plants. A stud...

Salinity is a wide spread environmental constraint that limits the yield and productivity of crops by altering physiological and biochemical processes at the cellular ...

The present study evaluates the effects of plant growth hormones (PGR), salicylic acid (SA), abscisic acid (ABA) and plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPRs) Rhizobium pisi (DSM 301...

Currently, drought stress has been known as a critical abiotic factors limiting crop production around the world. Several genes associated with water stresses, includi...

Water deficit is a serious threat to the global crop production. Marigold (Tagetes erecta L.), an economically important annual is resistant to drought stress, however, anatomical adapt...

The fruit of tomato is one of the highly consumed vegetables in the world, because of its increasing nutraceutical quality and positive effects on the health of the co...

This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of different concentrations of cadmium (Cd) (0, 100, 200, and 400 µM Cd) on two genotypes (AG-10 and AP-3) of Pisum sativum. Cd str...

Gladiolus is commercially grown through corms and freshly harvested gladiolus corms exhibit endo dormancy for 2-4 months or even more depending on cultivars. It creates hindrance in round the ye...

Late spring coldness is one of the mainly disastrous weather affecting wheat development in the central Jianghuai region of China. In this study, 18 major wheat variet...

Weed residues mixing with the soil after the death of weeds can inhibit growth and development of crop plants. A study was conducted to assess the allelopathic intrusi...

Lithium-7 (7Li) ion beam radiation is an effective method for inducing mutations in plants. In this study, the effects of 7Li ion beam radiation on mutation induction in pe...

Smoke produced by fire is an important environmental stimulus that plays a major role in improving the germination of plant species, including crops. However, smoke induced biochemical and molec...

Intercropping is an economically beneficial and a favorable measure for the fertility restoration of agricultural lands. A two year study on herbicide application and legume maize intercropping ...

Trichoderma spp. are beneficial endophytic plant symbionts known as plant growth improving factors and control agents for plant pathogens. We report in this s...

This work investigates the foliage’s changes reported on seedlings and regenerated sprouts of Acacia saligna (Labill.) H.L.Wendl. cultivated in Tunisia. First, a tracking of leave...

Vinblastine (VBL) and vincristine (VCR) are produced exclusively and in small amounts in Catharanthus roseus. These secondary metabolites (terpenoid indole al...

Natural populations of Silene compacta, native to South Anatolia, have ornamental potential for use in bedding plant design. However, some germination difficulties need to be overcome t...

The objective of this study was to determine nuclear DNA content and ploidy of 48 Bromus L. gene bank accessions obtained from USDA by flow cytometry. Based on the results of the flow c...

Pinus massoniana Lamb. is a unique and fat-producing tree species growing in southern China. However, cuttings of this species are difficult to root....

Anoectochilus roxburghii and Anoectochilus formosanus are the two important species of genus Anoectochilus used as herbal drug and health fo...

In this study, morphological and anatomical properties of a rare species Anthemis trotzkiana Claus were investigated. Morphology structure o...

The antioxidant potential of isolated bioactive compounds of Citrus paradisi cv related to seasonal variation, explored in this article. The results revealed significant differences in ...

Apple is grown more than other fruits in the world. Recently, raising awareness in the community about consuming food rich in antioxidants is crucial for human health....

A high frequency of pollen grain abortion causes male sterility in Rosa sterilis S. D. Shi. To study the cytological mechanism of male sterility in R. ste...

This study was carried out to explore the phytochemical analysis and antimicrobial activity of different extracts of Achillea millefolium and Chaerophyllu...

Conventional hybrid breeding methods were used to hybridize and evaluate the affinity of different ploids lily varieties as parents, and abundant hybrid offspring were...

The present study elaborates the results of the first phytosociological research conducted in the Shigar valley, Karakorum Mountains along with posed natural and human made threats. Random strat...

In the recent scenario of global warming, there is a growing concern of planted forest as a potential option for the mitigation of climate change, combating desertific...

Hypericum genus holds an important place in the flora of Turkey with 46 endemic species out of its naturally growing 96 species. H. perforatum is the most popular and common sp...

Eleven grapes cultivars (comprising 4 local and 7 exotics genotypes) were investigated for physicochemical evaluation and to identify early maturing cultivars before monsoon rains that are suita...

A new species, Bromheadia petuangensis R.Go et E.E. Besi belonging to Sect. Aporodes is described from hill dipterocarp forest in Terengganu...

An unusual Camellia specimen was noticed during field investigations in Hainan Island. In order to identify the phylogenetic position, the complete chloroplast genome sequences and the ...

Bioethanol is in limelight these days being safe and renewable. Its production from plant feed stock is getting considerable importance as it does not pose food competition. Therefore, current s...

There are number of applications of yeast lipases, hence new and novel strains are constantly explored for higher yields of lipases and improved features. In this work, effect of parameters on t...

Drought stress adversely inhibits plant growth and causes yield loss worldwide. Beneficial Trichoderma species have recently been shown to improve drought res...

Molecular systematics based on molecular markers has revolutionized traditional taxonomy because of its comprehensive identification, precise methodology and reliable evolutionary affinities. In...

Exogenous application of nano-silver, non-traditional compounds and fungicides were used to alleviate the harmful effect of net blotch disease in the highly susceptible Egyptian barley ‘Gi...

Three fungal (Fusarium, Rhizoctonia and Trichoderma) species isolated from diseased tomato, maize and wood decayed plants from Iraq were morphologica...

Fungal endophytes are well-noted residents inside plant tissues to assist plant development and fitness. However, plant growth-promoting endophytes (PGPE) are less rep...

Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is one of the most important crop feeding about 2.5 billion people around the world and it is a major source of nutrition. Asian countries are the main producers ...

In this study biocontrol potential of rhizobia individually and in combination with Pseudomonas aeruginosa were evaluated against root rot and root-knot disea...

Rhizosphere inhabiting bacteria are indirectly or directly modulate plant growth and physiological attributes by secretion of unique metabolites. This study was conducted to isolate and characte...

Lichens are an important part of the vegetation, which plays a vital role in the environment i.e. pollution indicator. This research area is completely virgin in Pakistan, as very few studies ar...