Professor Dr. Habib Ahmad left for his heavenly abode on 7th April 2021. He was an eminent Botanist, an excellent researcher (Cyto-geneticist), a very good teacher and above all a nob...
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Fernando De Jesus Carballo-Mendez, Emilio Olivares-Saenz, Rigoberto Eustacio Vazquez-Alvarado, Francisco Zavala-Garcia, Adalberto Benavides-Mendoza and Manuela Bolivar-Duarte
Silicon improves seedling production of Moringa oleifera Lam. under saline stress
Salinity is one of the most common environmental stresses, particularly in agricultural areas. This condition affects growth and development of crops, since it causes physiological, biochemical ...
54(3): 751-757,2022 -
Khalil Ahmad, Muhammad Aslam, Muhammad Hamzah Saleem, Muhammad Ijaz, Sami Ul-Allah, Amara Hassan, Mohamed A. El-Sheikh, Muhammad Adnan and Shafaqat Ali
Genetic diversity and characterization of salt stress tolerance traits in maize (Zea mays L.) under normal and saline conditions
To study (genotype × environment) interaction (GEI) of available maize germplasm against different saline environments present study was conducted under four saline environments S0.89...
54(3): 759-769,2022 -
Mabrouka Bouabdallah, Hela Mahmoudi, Tahar Ghnaya, Hédia Hannachi, Ali Taheri, Zeineb Ouerghi and Chiraz Chaffei-Haouari
Spermidine as an elevator of salinity induced stress on two varieties of Triticum durum Desf. (Karim and Razzek)
Salinity is one of the main abiotic constraints affecting crop productivity. Recently, it is reported that exogenous application of spermidine (Spd) could significantly alleviate the effect of s...
54(3): 771-779,2022 -
Arsalan Arif, Fahad Rasheed, Muhammad Safdar Hussain, Irfan Ashraf, Muhammad Farrakh Nawaz and Muhammad Ayyoub Tanvir
Acclimatization strategy of two common tree species under water stress
Due to unpredicted climate change and drought spells, changing towards stress-resistant planting material is dire need in the present scenario. The increasing trend of Agroforestry under arid to...
54(3): 781-786,2022 -
Aisha Shereen, Asma, Mohammad Ubaidullah Shirazi, Mohammad Athar Khan, Mohammad Ali and Mohammad Arif
Physio-biochemical analysis of salinity tolerance in sodium contrasting rice (Oryza sativa L.) genotypes
Experiments were carried out in completely randomized design (CRD) at early seedling stage with five contrasting rice genotypes (high and low sodium rice genotypes) in...
54(3): 787-794,2022 -
Iqra Tahir, Naqib Ullah Khan, Samrin Gul, Sheraz Ahmed, Yusra Andleeb, Amina Habib, Sardar Ali, Sher Aslam Khan, Naushad Ali and Izhar Hussain
Late planting induced heat stress tolerance in wheat
Wheat crop with late planting is rapidly subjected to stress due to high temperature which severely affects crop growth, grain filling, and eventually grain yield. Present studies aim to recogni...
54(3): 795-808,2022 -
Peng Yao, Hu Zhao Tun, Zhong Fenge and Li Sheng Hua
Effects of calcium on physiology and photosynthesis of Paris polyphylla Sm. under high temperature and strong light stress
The present study aimed to explore the feasibility of application of exogenous Ca2+ to alleviate the damage caused by high temperature and strong light stress of Paris polyphylla...
54(3): 809-816,2022 -
Saima Mir Arain and Mehboob Ali Sial
Association analysis of fruit yield and other related attributes in four chilli (Capsicum annum L.) genotypes grown in Sindh province, Pakistan
Chilli (Capsicum spp.,) is an important vegetable, spice and medicinal crop, exhibit great genetic diversity. To strengthen chilli breeding programs, a comprehensive characterization of...
54(3): 817-822,2022 -
Zeeshan Ahmad, Naqib Ullah Khan, Samrin Gul, Azhar Iqbal, Sardar Ali, Naushad Ali, Sher Aslam Khan, Izhar Hussain, Kiramat Din and Waqar Ali
Wheat assessment for heat stress tolerance using stress selection indices under distinct planting regimes
Heat stress is a widespread problem due to changing climatic conditions which influence wheat productivity and quality. To assess the heat stress tolerance, thirty-six...
54(3): 823-834,2022 -
Adeel Ahmad, Aftab Wajid, Muhammad Hamzah Saleem, Memoona Shehzadi, Muhammad Rehan, Muhammad Hussaan, Muhammad Faheem, M. Tariq Javed, Mohamed A. El-Sheikh, Huda Alshaya and Shafaqat Ali
Simulating the growth and yield of peanut cultivars under temporal variation using CROPGRO-peanut (DSSAT) model
Crop models are widely used in developing crop management strategies for sustainable production especially under changing climatic conditions. The impact of sub-optima...
54(3): 835-842,2022 -
Shagufta Perveen, Muhammad Parvaiz, Muhammad Shahbaz, Muhammad Saeed and Sara Zafar
Triacontanol positively influences growth, yield, biochemical attributes and antioxidant enzymes of two linseed (Linum usitatissimum L.) accessions differing in drought tolerance
Foliar application of three triacontanol (TRIA) levels i.e., 0, 1.0 and 0.1 µM was performed on two linseed (Linum usitatissimum L.) accessions (20888 and 22186) at week 6 and 9 f...
54(3): 843-853,2022 -
Sabir Hussain Shah, Shaukat Ali, Sher Muhammad, Shehla Shoukat, Zahid Hussain, Muhammad Amir Zia, Arshad Iqbal, Siffat Ullah Khan and Muhammad Latif
Influence of pH of co-cultivation medium, claforan® concentration, co-cultivation period, pre-selection duration and selection regime on tomato transformation
Tomato fruit is enriched with lycopene and β-carotene which is an initiator of vitamin A, whereas lycopene has a shielding effect against prostate cancer. The tomato crop is very sensitive ...
54(3): 855-863,2022 -
Gui Hua Lu, Zhiye Na, Zijian Zhang, Rui Cao, Aliya Fazal, Shoucheng Huang, Hanyue Zhang, Jialing Chen, Rui Cheng, Yan Li, Yonghua Yang, Hongjun Yang and Zhong Yuan Na
The perennial sweet sorghum cultivar and its recruiting rhizosphere dominant bacterial taxa under field growth
Breeding new perennial sorghum germplasms has been ongoing for decades since perennial crops provide significantly greater environmental benefits in terms of resource utilization, soil erosion, ...
54(3): 865-878,2022 -
Lirong Cui, Yunlong Wang, Kai Cao and Zhirong Zou
Overexpression of the ATP synthase β subunit gene enhanced the ability of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) plantlets to resist low temperatures
Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) is a kind of important greenhouse vegetable in the north of China, but it is also sensitive to low temperatures. Commercial l...
54(3): 879-885,2022 -
Faiza Mir, Sajida Bibi, Noreen Asim and Asad Jan
Genomic analysis of C3H zinc finger proteins family in Brassica rapa
The C3H zinc finger proteins play critical roles in a number of biological processes both in animals and plants. These transcription factors are characterized...
54(3): 887-896,2022 -
Shawkat M. Ahmed, Eldessoky S. Dessoky and Amal M.E. Abdel-Hamid
Comparison among six DNA barcodes for molecular authentication of Otostegia fruticosa
Otostegia fruticosa (Forssk.) Schweinf. ex Penz. plant is native to eastern Africa and the Middle East. This study is the first work for barcoding of Otostegia fruticosa subsp....
54(3): 897-902,2022 -
Asif Javaid, Abdul Ghafoor and Malik Ashiq Rabbani
Analysis of genetic diversity among local and exotic Pisum sativum genotypes through RAPD and SSR markers
Pea is an important temperate legume that is used as a vegetable and pulse crop. Study of genetic diversity in the crop using molecular markers helps to enhance the pl...
54(3): 903-909,2022 -
Yuanyuan Wang, Tianlin Jin, Xue Wang and Dacheng Liang
Phytosterol alterations responding to ROS inhibitors by GC-MS in Arabidopsis
Phytosterols, essential components of cellular membrane integrity, play an important role in plant growth, development, and responses to various types of stressors. Em...
54(3): 911-916,2022 -
Hong Ma, Xiongfang Liu, Xiujiao Zhang, Zhenghong Li and Youming Wan
Identification and verification of the optimal reference genes for the floral development of Luculia gratissima (Rubiaceae) by qRT-PCR
Luculia gratissima is a perennial short-day woody plant with important ornamental value, of which flowering is affected by photoperiod. Currently, the studies on the perennial woody pla...
54(3): 917-924,2022 -
Yaya Guo, Weihua Lu, Zhaobi Che, Jiamin Cao, Hanjun Yang and Xingyu Huang
A meta-analysis on the relationship between seed size, seed shape and persistence in soil seed bank
The recent literature on seed size, shape and persistence in soil seed bank and the data from the seed plant traits database in Western Europe was collected. A total o...
54(3): 925-930,2022 -
Safina Naz, Muhammad Usman Latif, Sakeena Tul-Ain Haider, Sajid Ali, Hasan Sardar, Riaz Ahmad and Muhammad Akbar Anjum
Potential of foliar application of micronutrients on growth, yield, quality and nutraceutical properties of pea (Pisum sativum L.)
Nutrients management has prime importance in agricultural crops for imperative yield. Micronutrients, though needed in low amounts, are essential for different physiological processes, thus impr...
54(3): 931-942,2022 -
Muhammad Usman, Muhammad Sarwar Khan, Muhammad Mumtaz Khan, Muhammad Jaffar Jaskani and Abdul Salam Khan
Development of an efficient and reproducible in vitro regeneration system in carrot (T-29)
Embryogenic calli were induced from stem segment of carrot (Daucus carrota L.) cultivar T-29 when cultured on callus induction (CI) medium containing MS salts...
54(3): 943-951,2022 -
Slavka Kalapchieva, Valentin Kosev and Viliana Vasileva
Biological potential assessment of samples of garden pea (Pisum sativum L.) through the orthogonal analysis method
Plant material from aboveground biomass of 53 samples of pea different originated was analyzed during two consecutive years. The ecological-genetic model for the organ...
54(3): 953-968,2022 -
Alzubaidi Ali Ibrahim, Abadlla Ahmed Elfeel and Ahmed Abdalla Bakhashwain
Assessment of population structure and regeneration status of different communities of Acacia tortilis in Makkah region, Saudi Arabia
Assessment of population structure provides necessary information about the status and disturbance of the forest key supporting indicator for forest management and conservation interventions. In...
54(3): 969-976,2022 -
Yuhan Ma, Yanyun Shao, Wanting Zhang, Yan Zhou, Yan Zhao and Yujun Sun
Analysis of different manifestations and causes of liquid culture of Ganoderma lucidum with three traditional Chinese medicinal herbs
Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has been in use since ancient times, most TCM is consumed directly without going through the extraction and purification process, several components are diffic...
54(3): 977-984,2022 -
Muhammad Idrees, Meng Li, Mitra Lal Pathak, Muhammad Qaiser, Zhiyong Zhang and Xin-Fen Gao
A taxonomic revision of the genus Eriobotrya Lindl. (Rosaceae)
A comprehensive taxonomic revision of the genus Eriobotrya (Rosaceae) in Southeast Asia, the Himalayas and Western Malaysia were carried out. All published names or referrable to Er...
54(3): 985-1017,2022 -
Beifen Yang and Junmin Li
Phytotoxicity of root exudates of invasive Solidago canadensis on co-occurring native and invasive plant species
The mechanisms underlying the dominance of Solidago canadensis in invaded communities are unclear. We conducted a multi-species experiment to test whether the...
54(3): 1019-1024,2022 -
Abdelghani Zedam, Djamel Khoudour and Fateh Mimeche
A Ramsar wetland’s endemic flora inventory and conservation of Chott El Hodna’s plants (Northeastern Algeria)
Chott El Hodna is classified as an internationally important site under the Ramsar Convention in Northeastern Algeria. It belongs to the Mediterranean arid bioclimatic...
54(3): 1025-1032,2022 -
Wajid Zaman, Jianfei Ye, Mushtaq Ahmad, Saddam Saqib, Zabta Khan Shinwari and Zhiduan Chen
Phylogenetic exploration of traditional Chinese medicinal plants: a case study on Lamiaceae
Lamiaceae (Labiatae) are one of the most important medicinal plant families having a wide variety of plants with traditional medicinal uses. The medicinal species of L...
54(3): 1033-1040,2022 -
Abdulveli Sirat, Bilge Bahar and Necmiye Bahar
Evaluation of grain quality properties and mineralcontents (nutritional values) of triticale (x Triticosecale wittmack) cultivars under rainfed agricultural conditions in the eastern Black Sea region of Turkey
Triticale is an important alternative crop and is largely grown on marginal lands in Turkey to overcome the shortage of rising animal feed problem. Sometimes Triticale is also used as human food...
54(3): 1041-1048,2022 -
Syed Rehan Fareed, Mehrunisa Memon, Saleem Maseeh Bhatti and Muhammad Ibrahim Keerio
Zinc fertility of red delicious apple orchards and its association with soil properties in Tehsil Sanjavi, Balochistan
Prevailing Zn issue at the country level and some studies of fruit orchards highlighting Zn deficiency gave rise to the evaluation of apple orchards in Sanjavi Tehsil....
54(3): 1049-1054,2022 -
Zahoor Ul Haq, Shujaul Mulk Khan, Abdullah, Zeeshan Ahmad, Majid Iqbal, Raees Khan, Sana Rasheed and Zaheer Abbas
Macro- and micro-anatomical diversity in the Alnus nitida (Spach) Endl. growing in varying climatic conditions of Sino-Japanese region of Pakistan
Alnus nitida (Spach) Endl. belong to the family Betulaceae. It is distributed in the western Himalayas and the Hindu Kush regions of the Sino-Japanese belt of northern Pakistan. This st...
54(3): 1055-1064,2022 -
Arifa Khan, Shazia Erum, Naveeda Riaz, Muhammad Ibrar Shinwari and Maryum Ibrar Shinwari
Ex-situ conservation and morpho-biochemical study of exotic germplasm of potato
To keep potato germplasm disease-free and available for use, it was conserved as In vitro micro-plants under tissue culture conditions using different concentrations of mannitol and sor...
54(3): 1065-1071,2022 -
Rubina Abid, Rida Faheem, Sana Riaz and Afsheen Ather
The reproductive biology of Fagonia indica Burm. f. (Zygophyllaceae) from Pakistan with special emphasis on mode of breeding system
The reproductive biology of Fagonia indica Burm. f. (Zygophyllaceae) reveals that it is a facultative autogamous taxon i.e. predominantly self-fertilized but also gets benefit by crossi...
54(3): 1073-1076,2022 -
Natalija Grittner, Radomir Mandic and Maja Jecmenica
Plant genetic resources of Serbia - situation and perspectives
The paper presents plant genetic resources of Serbia. Old autochthonous varieties including cereals and corn, fodder plants, industrial plants, vegetables, medicinal p...
54(3): 1077-1088,2022 -
Huseyin Turker and Bengu Turkyilmaz Unal
Development of a micropropagation protocol for endangered Hypericum bilgehan-bilgilii Başkose & Savran (Hypericaceae) species, local endemic to Turkey
Hypericum species, are medicinally important and well studied for their pharmaceutical values. These species are gradually losing ground due to habitat loss, serious anthropogenic reaso...
54(3): 1089-1095,2022 -
Mohammad Aquil Siddiqui, Muhammad Mahran Aslam and Mahboob Ali Sial
Allometric parameters assessment in canola under different macro and micronutrient regimes
Nutrient management strategies are an excellent resource for optimizing canola production in Pakistan's arid and semi-arid regions. The current study was conducted to investigate the effect ...
54(3): 1097-1101,2022 -
Shabir Ahmad Khan, Ali Akbar, Muhammad Aslam, Muhammad Shafee, Abdul Samad, Fazal Ur Rehman, Khalid Mehmood and Imran Ali
Biotechnologically potent halophilic fungal biodiversity from mangrove ecosystem of Lasbela, Balochistan
In this study, we have isolated the halophilic fungi from mangrove ecosystem and analyzed it for their biotechnological potential. Soil samples were collected from the...
54(3): 1103-1112,2022 -
Ramadanil Pitopang, Wahyu Harso, Umrah Umrah, Risqi Fadilah and Muhammad Sulaiman Zubair
A comprehensive study and antimicrobial evaluation of Alpinia eremochlamys K. Schum. (Zingiberaceae), an endemic ginger species of Sulawesi, Indonesia
Antimicrobial activity of Alpinia eremochlamys K. Schum (Zingiberaceae) which is an endemic ginger species of Sulawesi, Indonesia was studied from May 2019 to...
54(3): 1113-1119,2022 -
Wardah Qureshi, Fasiha Saeed, Munazza Ajaz and Sheikh Ajaz Rasool
In vitro antimicrobial, antibiofilm and antiphage activity of thyme (Thymus vulgaris)
The present study was conducted to estimate the antimicrobial activity of Thymus vulgaris water extract and essential oil against multidrug resistant...
54(3): 1121-1128,2022 -
Sajjad Hyder, Amjad Shahzad Gondal, Zarrin Fatima Rizvi, Rashid Iqbal, Abdul Hannan and Shahbaz Talib Sahi
Antagonism of selected fungal species against Macrophomina phaseolina (Tassi) Goid, causing charcoal rot of mungbean
Macrophomina phaseolina (Tassi) Goid is a destructive soil-borne fungus that infect several crops and cause considerable yield losses. In this work, M. ph...
54(3): 1129-1138,2022 -
Shazia Shafique, Ayesha Mubarak, Sobiya Shafique, Abrar Hussain, Alina Javed and Rubab Rafique
Isolation and identification of novel leaf spot pathogen Fusarium equiseti from Spinacia oleracea
In recent past spinach is threatened by various fungal, viral and bacterial diseases which are major cause of loss in crop production. Diseases caused by fungal pathog...
54(3): 1139-1145,2022 -
Iqra Mobeen, Rabia Arif and Muhammad Saleem
In silico investigation of glycosylation of SET9 protein in different strains of Sordaria fimicola
Glycosylation is the most abundant and complex type of post-translational modification (PTM), which diversifies the protein functions and is affected by environmental stress. This study has inve...
54(3): 1147-1155,2022 -
Rawish Zehra, Shumaila Moin, Syed Muhammad Enamullah and Syed Ehteshamul-Haque
Detection and identification of quarantine bacteria and fungi associated with imported and local potato seed tubers
Potato, one of the most important vegetable crops, is feeding the growing global population. It has an enormous economic outlet however; fungal and bacterial pathogens associated with seed tuber...
54(3): 1157-1161,2022 -
Imran Ahmed Khan, Mudassar Hassan Arsalan, Asma Tabassum, Syed Mohammed Saifullah, Ijaz Ahmad, Muhammad Faheem Siddiqui, Ibrahim Zia and Tariq Mahmood
Satellite derived diatom dynamics in the Indian Ocean: mean seasonal patterns and trends
Assessment of phytoplankton (diatom) dynamics was studied using NASA Ocean Biogeochemical Model (NOBM) from NASA Geospatial Interactive Online Visualization and analysis Infrastructure (Giovanni...
54(3): 1163-1167,2022 -
Lilian D. Chel-Guerrero, Luis F. Cuevas-Glory, Enrique Sauri-Duch, Edgar Sierra-Palacios, Fernando Díaz De León-Sánchez and José A. Mendoza-Espinoza
Tropical fruit peels as sources of bioactive compounds: a review
Tropical ecosystems are rich in plant species of special interest to the pharmacological industry. Tropical fruit peels contain several bioactive compounds and show biological activities, unfort...
54(3): 1169-1179,2022