M. AJMAL KHAN AND N. BEENA ...
34(4): 329-340,2002
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Seeds of Atropa acuminata Royle ex Lidley, which were mechanically scarified and then treated with IAA gave 78% germination while seeds subjected to acid scarification and soaking in water gave 50% ge...
34(4): 341-344,2002 -
SABAHAT ZIA AND M. AJMAL KHAN
COMPARATIVE EFFECT OF NACI AND SEAWATER ON SEED GERMINATION OF LIMONIUM STOCKSII
Limonium stocksii (Boiss.) O. Kuntze, a secreting perennial in the family Plumbaginaceae is widely distributed in the coastal marshes of Karachi, Pakistan. We are reporting here the effect of seawater...
34(4): 345-350,2002 -
S.M. ALAM, MUHAMMAD ALI AND EJAZUL ISLAM
EFFECTS OF ZINC, NITROGEN AND TEMPERATURES ON SEEDLING GROWTH OF RICE
A water culture experiment was conducted to examine the effects of Zn (ZnSO4, 7H...
34(4): 351-354,2002 -
S.S.M. NAQVI, SABA MUMTAZ, AISHA SHEREEN AND M.A. KHAN
COMPARATIVE PERFORMANCE OF TWO METHODS FOR PROLINE ESTIMATION IN WHEAT
Wheat leaf extraction, with 3% sulfosalicylic acid and 0.5% toluene was compared for proline determination. It was observed that toluene extracted 50-60% more proline than sulfosalicylic acid. Accumul...
34(4): 355-358,2002 -
ZAHEER-UD-DIN KHAN AND M. ASIF SAEED
ANTIBACTERIAL POTENTIALS OF SOME CONSTITUENTS OF LAVANDULA STOECHAS L.
Antibacterial potential of 10 monoterpenes, isolated from the essential oil of Lavandula stoechas L., and identified as camphor, borneol, caryophyllene, cineole, alpha-terpineol, fenchol, linalyl acet...
34(4): 359-366,2002 -
M. QAISER AND RUBINA ABID
CONTRIBUTION TO ASTERACEAE FROM PAKISTAN AND ADJOINING AREAS-SOME NEW TAXA, COMBINATION AND NEW RECORDS
Anaphalis chitralensis M. Qaiser & Rubina Abid and a variety i.e., Phagnalon schweinfurthii Schultz Bip. ex Schweinf. var. lamondae M. Qaiser & H.W.,Lack of the tribe Gnaphalieae and Pluchea arguta Bo...
34(4): 367-373,2002 -
Pollen morphology of 18 species belonging to 10 genera of the family Amaranthaceae has been investigated using light microscope and scanning electron microscope. It is stenopalynous in nature. Pollen ...
34(4): 375-383,2002 -
Scorzonera adilii A. Duran sp. nov., is described from the Aydos Mountain (C5: Konya) in Turkey. It is related to S. rigida Aucher, from which it mainly differs in its lanceolate leaves and features o...
34(4): 385-389,2002 -
Cerasus yazdiana, Convolvulus kurdistanicus and Dionysia khatamii are described as new species, Chesneya rytidosperma is reported as a new record for Iran and more information about the distribution o...
34(4): 391-396,2002 -
RAIHA QADRI AND A. MAHMOOD
OCCURRENCE OF PERSISTENT INFECTION THREADS IN THE ROOT NODULES OF DALBERGIA SISSOO ROXB.
Root nodules of Dalbergia sissoo Roxb., were globose and present in the axils of lateral roots. Histological studies showed that rhizobia entered the root via root hairs and formed infection threads s...
34(4): 397-403,2002 -
B. SH. BEHBOODI AND L. SAMADI
MITOTIC APPARATUS MOVEMENT AND CELL WALL PATTERNING IN ROOT APICAL MERISTEM OF ALLIUM CEPA
The positioning of cell wall in a dividing cell is very crucial for organ development. It is determined by the cortical information of the cytoskeleton in G2 phase called Preprophase Band (PPB). The c...
34(4): 405-410,2002 -
NESET ARSLAN, BILAL GÜRBÜZ, AHMET GÜMÜSÇÜ, SEBAHATTIN ÖZCAN, SEMRA MIRICI AND KHALID MAHMOOD KHAWAR
CULTIVATION OF STERNBERGIA FISCHERIANA (HERBERT) RUPR., AND A STUDY ON ITS MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS
Bulbs of Sternbergia fischeriana collected from the village Taslica of the province of Marmaris in the first weeks of March, April and May 1998 were planted after separating them into 4 groups based o...
34(4): 411-418,2002 -
ASIF JAVAID, ABDUL GHAFOOR AND RASHID ANWAR
EVALUATION OF LOCAL AND EXOTIC PEA PISUM SATIVUM GERMPLASM FOR VEGETABLE AND DRY GRAIN TRAITS
Sixty-eight pea genotypes both local and exotic were evaluated for 17 quantitative traits related to earliness, green pod yield, shelled fresh yield and grain yield. Results based on basic statistics,...
34(4): 419-427,2002 -
SHAUKAT HUSSAIN, M. BASHIR, M. ARSHAD AND A. BAKHSH
EVALUATION OF CHICKPEA GERMPLASM AGAINST ASCOCHYTA BLIGHT
Of the 269 chickpea breeding lines evaluated against gram blight caused by Ascochyta rabiei under glass house conditions, only 7 lines viz., F16-90C, NCS950088, NCS950038, CMC228S, SEL96TH 11488, FLIP...
34(4): 429-431,2002 -
IFTIKHAR A. KHAN, ABDUL JABBAR AND S. SARWAR ALAM
GENETIC VARIATION AMONG FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM F.SP. CICERIS ISOLATES IN PAKISTAN AS DETERMINED BY BIOLOGICAL PATHOTYPING AND VEGETATIVE COMPATIBILITY
Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. ciceris isolates 2005...
34(4): 433-440,2002 -
KYOUNG-MI KANG AND NAM-KEE CHANG
A TAXONOMIC STUDY OF THE FAMILY DICTYOSTELIACEAE BASED ON RIBOSOMAL DNA SEQUENCES
The sequences of the 5.8S nuclear ribosomal DNA and the internal transcribed spacer (ITS1 and ITS2) regions from 12 species of Dictyosteliaceae were analyzed. These regions were extremely divergent in...
34(4): 441-448,2002 -
SYED QAISER ABBAS, B.C. SUTTON AND A. GHAFFAR
FURTHER STUDIES ON SEIMATOSPORIOPSIS SUTTON, GHAFFAR & ABBAS
Detailed studies on additional hosts of Seimatosporiopsis viz., Salvadora persica, Acacia Senegal, Prosopis juliflora, Citrullus colocynthes, Calotropis procera and Capparis decidua belonging to diffe...
34(4): 449-453,2002