The constant salinization of arable land is a warning to the world food security. Salinized soils spreading across the various countries of the world lead to a great loss of cultivated land. Bre...

The experiment was conducted to validate the effect of salinity (NaCl) and seed priming (CaCl2) on biological yield of wheat. The six wheat varieties (Lalma...

Six grasses Ochthochloa compressa (Oc), Lasiurus scindicus (Ls), Panicum antidotale (Pa), Cymbopogon jwarancusa (Cj), Leptochlo...

The study was conducted to evaluate the antioxidant enzymes activities, chlorophyll contents, growth parameters in four halophytic grasses Khawi (Cymbopogon jwaran...

The present study describes successful transformation of sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum), CP-77/400 variety with the rice vacuolar H+-PPase (OVP2) gene. Transgenic...

The effect of drought stress on 11 durum wheat (Triticum durum Desf.) cultivars was determined at the germination stage. Cultivars were screened for drought tolerance. Six levels of osm...

Pinellia ternata grown under four water regimes in a greenhouse. The morphology traits and photosynthetic pigment content were highest in P. ternata plants grown under the well...

The Synonymous Codon Usage Bias (SCUB) corresponds to the difference in the expression level of a gene that interrupts the quantity of proteins and varies the expression level of a protein. Stre...

We studied the effects of glyphosate and glufosinate-ammonium (GLA) herbicides on the photosynthetic and antioxidant enzyme capacities in the leaves of various non-tar...

The field experiment was conducted according to a randomized block design with three replications. Most common cultivated soybean cultivars (Arısoy, Atalkişi, Blaze, Bravo, İlksoy, Lide...

To investigate the mechanisms of cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) in pepper (Capsicum annuum L.), cytological observation and metabolomics analysis of differe...

Application of nitrogen (N), phosphorous (P) and potassium (K) is an important practice for cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) production and is a useful tool to ...

The study aimed at providing an efficient and sustainable pruning technique and theory for high quality and stable yield in grape production, sap flow rate in current-year shoots on different ag...

Beneficial endophytic bacteria are well known for plant growth enhancement, induced plant defense responses and antioxidant activities that confer resistance against v...

Many ARF genes have been identified in plants, yet there remains a limitation of comprehensive analyses of this gene family in sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) M...

The B-box proteins (BBXs) are a class of transcription factors that play important regulation roles in plant growth and development, and in the response to biotic and ...

With the ever-increasing demand of healthy vegetable oil for domestic and industrial use, there is the need to seek for alternative sources through molecular breeding ...

Two variants of RuBisCO promoter from zea mays were selected to generate hybrid promoter by using bioinformatics tools. Sequence analysis of both RuBisCO promoter variants revealed several criti...

Identification of superior maize hybrids for targeted environment is very complex due to the existence of lager genotype-by-environment interaction (GEI). This study c...

Leaf structure, orientation and other properties along elevation gradients in seven populations of Lonicera caerulea var. edulis in the Changbai Moun...

In the research, genetic diversitry of Cuscuta refelexa Roxb.and some slected taxa of Convolovulaceae was conducted using DNA markers and SDS-PAGE technique. ...

Climate change and global warming have necessitated re-investigating production technology package of field crops for boosting their performance. Forage maize herbage yield, nutritional value an...

The genus Lactuca, known as vegetables or oil crops, is widely cultivated in Canada, Australia, European and Asian countries. To satisfy people’s demand...

Seed dormancy is a major factor in germination of seeds. Sunflower is the most important oil seed crop that faces a major problem in seed dormancy. Therefore, a study was conducted to find out t...

The study was conducted to optimize medium and growth conditions for micropropagation and field establishment of grey mangrove, Avicennia marina (Forssk.) Vierh using nodular stem secti...

Anther culture generate completely homozygous line in single generation whereas 6–8 cycles of self-pollination is required to develop homozygous line through conventional breeding method.&...

In present times the world is facing a severe energy crisis. Therefore, alternative resources of energy have been studied to cope with this ever increasing global issu...

Urban areas often provide suitable microhabitats for the establishment of invasive alien plants (IAPs), which subsequently disseminate their propagules for further spr...

The Central Karakoram National Pakistan is one of the largest National Park in Pakistan, covering an area of 10,000 km2. The park consists of 14 valleys of Karakoram Range out of whic...

Ranalisma rostratum, a marsh plant species, is considered to be extinct in China because the wild population had not been discovered till 1930s. In 1993, ...

Dicliptera bupleuroides Nees. a medicinal herb belongs to family Acanthaceae. Morpho-anatomical, phytochemical and physicochemical characterizations of Di...

Effective production of tuberous orchids (sahlep orchids) from Orchideceae family has not yet been achieved. For that reason, all the species of this family a...

The purpose of the current study was to determine the phylogenetic relationships between the Arabis alpina L. growing naturally in Afro-Alpina Mountains at south western regions of the ...

Bamboo shoot degeneration is a widespread phenomenon that can lead to bamboo forest loss and impaired sustainable management. However, little is known about the mechan...

In this study, palynological features of Gagea granatellii, G. villosa var. villosa, G. juliae, G. bohemica, G. peduncularis, G. taurica, G. foliosa, G. v...

The present article pertains to the pollen vitality and germination capacity of 3 Brassica taxa viz. B. rapa ssp. campestris (L.) C...

This study examines the survivorship patterns of trees and seedlings of four conifer species including Pinus wallichiana, P. roxburghii, Abies pindrow and Cedrus d...

Tree ring investigations at the high altitude mountains of the Karakoram-Himalaya, northern Pakistan have received limited attention concerning the climate-tree growth...

Invasive weed species dominate crop fields, forages, rangelands and pastures, thus, it is important to determine their nutritive value. Two year field study was aimed to explore nutritive value ...

Weeds are one of the major biotic constraints in crop production system. As an alternative approach, allelopathy can be used to develop eco-friendly weed control strategy for sustainable agricul...

Okra is an essential vegetable world over, but in past decade, a reduction in per hectare yield was noted. Amongst various reasons for its low yield, weeds are the most important. These weeds re...

Ceriops tagal is a typical non-salt secretion mangrove plant while it has a strong salt resistance. However, the mechanism of C. tagal underlying salt stress remains l...

Potato is a globally important crop whose production is severely damaged by black scurf disease (stem cankers and tuber blemishes) caused by soil-borne fungus, Rhizoctonia solani. This ...

Cucumber downy mildew caused by Pseudoperonospora cubensis is an important airborne disease in China and greatly threatens cucumber production. Early accurate...

Amylases are the industrial enzymes that are produced on large scale using Bacillus or Aspergillus species. Keeping in view the significance of Asper...