Pollen morphology of 4 species of the family Menispermacea from Pakistan has been examined by light and scanning electron microscope. Pollen grains usually radially symmetrical, isopolar subprolate, r...

A reliable in vitro method for germination of sainfoin pollen grains has been developed. Highest pollen germination rate of 96% with mean pollen tube length of 223.5 µm was obtained on medium contain...

Geopora cooperi Harkness f. cooperi Burdsall, a macrofungus belonging to the Ascomycetes collected during a field trip around Izmir and Manisa in 1996 is reported as a new record for west Asia, Turkey...

The rust fungus Puccinia phrynae sp. nov. is described and illustrated from endemic Phryna ortegioides collected in East Anatolia, Turkey....

Use of inorganic fertilizers viz., urea, NPK, DAP and superphosphate on the efficacy of Paecilomyces lilacinus inoculum multiplied on rice grain showed that the infection of Fusarium spp., significant...

Effectiveness of rhizobacteria for promoting the growth and yield of different cultivars of wheat was evaluated by conducting Leonard jar and pot trials. Thirty one cultures of bacteria isolated from ...

Two hundred streptococcal isolates from varied human indigenous clinical sources were screened for bacteriocinogenic activity by both direct and deferred methods (70% were showing bacteriocin-like act...

Of the 110 isolates of Staphylococcus aureus from clinical specimens particularly from osteomyelitis and septic arthritis when subjected to bacteriophage typing using 8 available phages showed that 48...

High molecular weight crude polysaccharides obtained from green algal plants Codium elongatum and Ulva lactulus were evaluated as an elicitor of disease resistance response in chickpea tissues in term...

The present study is concerned with the optimization of cultural conditions for the production of lipases by Rhizopus oligosporous T uv31. Studies were carried out in 250 ml Erlenmeyer flasks by subme...

Invertase enzyme is used traditionally in the production of inverted sugars for industry, especially in the manufacture of candies and preserves, production of lactic acid and ethanol production from ...

The present investigation deals with the control of Aspergillus niger morphology to enhance citric acid production under liquid culture. For this purpose, the parental Aspergillus niger GCB-16 and its...

The present investigation is concerned with the nitrogen limitation for enhanced citrate productivity by a 2-deoxy D-glucose resistant culture of Aspergillus niger NGd-280 in 15-L stirred tank bioreac...

The present study deals with the kinetic investigation of the effect of initial sugar concentration and rate of citrate overproduction by a mutant strain of Aspergillus niger RABt-10 developed after U...

The present study deals with the re-use of fungal mycelium for citric acid fermentation. Among the 16 - different isolates of Aspergillus niger, IS-6 was optimised for citric acid production. The re-u...

Nucellar polyembryony in picked and dropped fruits was studied. There were 2,3, 4 and 5 leaf embryos with balanced normal germination. The significant differences were imbalanced growth with 8.7% thin...

The work reported relates to grafting of sprout/shoot apex/nucellar embryo of Kinnow tissue having seedless trait on rough lemon seedlings. Normal healthy and vigorous embryos with balanced germinatio...

A study was carried out using the apple populations grown in Amasya, Tokat and Samsun ecological conditions between 1997 and 2000. In the first year, 51 apple types were selected on which the studies ...

The internode cuttings of 4 potato cultivars viz., Agria, Diamant, Kennebec and Ajax grown in callus inducing media amended with 0, 50...

In this study phytosociological structure of Pinus pinea L., forests that occurs in Trabzon and Artvin provinces in the East-Black Sea region in Turkey has been investigated. From the phytogeographica...

Wheat germplasm comprising of 150 diverse genotypes was evaluated for four quantitative traits at five locations throughout the country viz., Islamabad, Faisalabad, Quetta, Tandojam and Peshawer. Diff...

Genotypic and phenotypic variability, heritability, genetic advance and correlation studies for yield and its components were conducted in 24 genotypes of chickpea. High heritability with low genetic ...

Sixty accessions collected from major chickpea growing areas of the Punjab along with two check varieties were investigated for principal components analysis based on agronomic characters and seed pro...

Studies were conducted to examine the form and the quantity of second dose of nitrogenous fertilizers given to wheat in spring in Yozgat's ecological conditions in Turkey during 1998-1999 and 1999-200...

Excessive use of nitrogen fertilizers is a factor of nitrate accumulation in vegetables which causes health problems to the consumers. A study was conducted to assess the effect of NPK fertilizers on ...