The chromosome number, karyotype and pollen analysis of Turkish endemic species Tordylium elegans (Boiss. & Bal.) Alava & Hub.-Mor. are reported in this paper for the first time. The somatic chromosom...

A morphological analysis of Euphrasia densiflora complex and E. jaeschkei complex from Pakistan and adjoining areas was carried out. Principal component analysis of 46 OTU’s for E. densiflora comple...

In the revision study on the genus Artemisia L. in Turkey, we observed that there were differences between the descriptions of Artemisia herba - alba Asso. in Flora Europea and Flora of Turkey and tha...

The embryo of the mature seed of the parasitic angiosperm Cistanche tubulosa (Schenk) Whigt remains at pro-embryo stage. Little is known about the establishment of shoot and root apical meristems at p...

Potassium (K) uptake and K use efficiency are the most important characters of plant genotypes that determine their biomass production under K deficiency stress. This study reports the influence of so...

A simple effective protocol was developed for conservation and plant propagation through callus cultures of Withania somnifera (Ashwagandha). Seed germination percentage reached a maximum value of 64....

Shoot multiplication of Chrysanthemum was achieved from shoot tip explant, using MS (Murashige & Skoog) media supplemented with different concentrations and combinations of plant growth regulators. Di...

An ethnobotanical exploration was carried out in Dir Kohistan Valleys. The checklist consisted of 65 species out of which 62 species were of 47 angiospermic families while three were of gymnospermic f...

The morphology and anatomy of the haustoria of the holoparasitic angiosperm Cuscuta campestris parasitizing itself and different tissues of Mikania micrantha were studied under scanning electron micro...

Patterns of species composition and diversity in the lesser Himalayan subtropical forests of Kashmir were studied in relation to environmental variables and underlying anthropogenic influence. Simpson...

Gutwala Artificial Forest Plantation is important due to conservation viewpoint because many endangered species have been planted therein. A survey was conducted to assess the species diversity and or...

Present study was conducted in the fields of Khairpur district, Sindh for the mapping of some important weeds of wheat and cotton by using GPS and GIS technology. A base map of the district was prepar...

RAPDs were quite efficient in bringing out the diversity at DNA level among non-edible legumes viz., Acacia nilotica, Adenanthera pavonina, Prosopis juliflora, Pithecolobium dulce, Clitoria ternatea a...

Cyrenaica is the largest phytogeographical region in Libya. The region holds Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar (the Green Mountain) landscape with the richest vegetation and highest species diversity in the country....

Populus euphratica Olivier is frequently cultivated deciduous tree in Pakistan on agricultural land for its shade, fodder, timber and fuel wood. A relatively reduced understorey is often observed belo...

A field experiment was conducted to evaluate response of barley to mungbean residue (0...

In this study toxicity and tolerance of Samanea saman (Jacq.) Merr. was investigated for Pb, Cd, Cu and Zn under lab conditions. Germination rate of S. saman showed that increased concentration of dif...

One hundred and twenty samples of different fruits including apple, apricot, persimmon, chiku, citrus, grapes, guava, mango, papaya, peach, plum and pomegranate procured from different selling points ...

The study focuses on the use of Waste Stabilization Ponds (WSP) effluent for irrigation and also aims to compare the efficiency of effluent with the Hoagland solution. Results revealed that the number...

Contamination of heavy metals is one of the major threats to water and soil as well as human health. Phytoremediation has been used to remediate metal-contaminated sites. This study evaluated the pote...

To find out effective use of nitrogen (N) in autumn planted maize (Zea mays L.) hybrid, a field experiment was conducted during 2009 at Agronomic Research Area, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad. ...

Field study was conducted during 2001-02 and 2002-03 to investigate the effect of cropping patterns and farm yard manure, potassium and zinc on the grain yield of wheat. Trials were conducted at Agric...

2, RONG XIE3, XICHANG ZHOU2, CHENGYUAN LIU3, YINGGUO ZHU1,...

Two field experiments were conducted at the Experimental Farm of Faculty of Agriculture, Suez Canal University at Ismailia during 2008 and 2009 seasons to study the effect of nitrogen fertilization an...

Field experiments were conducted for two consecutive years (2007-08 and 2008-09) to evaluate the response of a candidate wheat variety NIA-8/7 to different ratios of nitrogen and phosphorus. Four leve...

A field experiment was conducted on autumn planted sugarcane cv. HSF 240 at two locations, i.e., Research Area at Rakh Bibi Campus Gomal University, Dara Ismail Khan on Silty clay soil and Main Line L...

Planting methods and mulching techniques are important factors which affect crop growth, development and yield by conserving soil and plant moisture. A multifactorial experiment was conducted to study...

Twenty advanced lines/genotypes of wheat including two check varieties were sown under two different sowing times through out the Punjab province at 18 different locations with diverse environments to...

Hydroponic experiments were conducted to investigate the effects of nitrogen form on plant growth, water status and photosynthetic characteristics under integrated root-zone drought stress (IR-DS) and...

The paper presents heavy trace metals analysis in some widely used medicinal- herbal plants of Pakistan by using Inductively Coupled Plasma. Because these commonly used medicinal- herbal plants from P...

The epidemic of Cercospora leaf spot (CLS) frequently led to yield losses on unsprayed peanuts in Pakistan. During 3 successive years of field trials under medium rainfall conditions of Pothwar at Cha...

Four faba bean (Vicia faba L.) genotypes were tested for their reaction to Orobanche crenata Forsk., infestation. Evaluation was carried out for two cropping seasons at the Ariana research station, Tu...

Response of different aubergine cultivars against brinjal shoot and fruit borer (Leucinodes orbonalis Guenee.) was evaluated at National Agriculture Research Centre, Islamabad during 2007-08 and 2008-...

Winter melon (Benincasa hispida), locally known as Kundur, is a vegetable crop, popular, especially among Asian communities both for nutritional and medicinal attributes. In the present work, physicoc...

A comparative study for frequency of morphological mutations induced by physical (gamma rays) and chemical (EMS) mutagens in M2 population was conducted in two desi (Pb2000, C44), one each of kabuli (...

Interploid crosses between Feutrell’s early (2x), Kinnow mandarin (2x), Succari sweet orange (2x) and Kinnow (4x) were made for the production of triploid hybrids. Maximum fruit set (100%) was obser...

The effects of Gibberellic acid-GA3, Prohexadione-Calcium, and Ethephon pre-harvest application on yield, biomass production, photosynthetic function, lipid peroxidation and quality characteristics of...

Subtilisin-like proteases are characterized by a catalytic triad of the three amino acids Asp His and Ser. Tk0076 is a subtilisin-like serine protease originated from Thermococcus kodakaraensis. Regio...

Pakistan being an agricultural country, a large amount of pesticides are used, including organophosphates and synthetic pyrethroids. These pesticides are released through rivers and other tributeries ...

Stability for grain yield performance and genotype x environment (GxE) interaction was studied in twelve (nine advance genotypes and 3 checks) wheat genotypes evaluated at various locations having dif...

In Pakistan, Brassica is the second most important source of oil after cotton. Seventeen NURYT (National Uniform Rape Seed Yield Trial) lines and 5 Brassica napus varieties were assessed through RAPD ...

2*, ASHFAQ AHMAD1, AFTAB WAJID1, JAVAID AKHTAR3 AND DILBAUGH MUHAMMAD4...

This study was undertaken to assess the effect of 6 green manure legumes viz., mungbean (Vigna radiata), cowpea (Vigna unguiculata), soybean (Glycine max), sesbania (Sesbania rostrata), pigeonpea (Caj...

Our objective was to assess the effect of synthetic zeolite application on morphology, yield and yield components of soybean grown on allophanic soils. A greenhouse experiment was carried out using th...

Pollen germination and viability of two species viz., Jasminum sambuc (L.) Ait., and Nycanthes arbor-tristis L. of the family Oleaceae were examined . Viability was determined on the basis of germinat...

An experiment was conducted to investigate the potential of various allelopathic plants in Weed Science Laboratory Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Agricultural University Peshawar in 2010. The trial was replicated...

Exogenous supply of boron was evaluated on the seeds of Pisum sativum L. inoculated with Rhizobium leguminosarum and grown in aqua-culture. The liquid nutrition medium contained six boron concentratio...

The study is about the classification of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) and sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L.) crops based on spectral behavior of their plants. The hand held ground based remote sen...

Now a days the paper factories, which because of environmental issues and lack of forest sources, use waste papers, need to identify fibers in raw materials to improve quality of recycled papers. In o...

Soil salinity is a major abiotic stress in agriculture worldwide which affects plant morpho-physiology and ultimately leads to reduction in yield. To assess the effect of salinity on some physio-bioch...

The performance of six high yielding wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and two barley (Hordeum vulgare) cultivars was studied under moisture stress. The experiment was undertaken at the Agricultural Resear...

Variation in seed protein of 14 wild rice species (Oryza spp.) along with cultivated rice species (O. sativa) was studied using sodium dodecylsulphate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) to ...

Genetic diversity among 20 sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) accessions was examined at DNA level by means of random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) analysis. Ten primers used produced a total of 93 RAPD f...

Plant peroxidases oxidize phenolic substrates at the expense of H2O2 perform a significant function in responses to environmental stresses via the regulation of H2O2 in plants. In this study, a full-l...

Seedling vigor is important for improving stand establishment of barley crops, particularly in arid regions and areas where the soil temperature is low at sowing time. Three hundred and fifteen wild b...

In this study, gene encoding Aspartate aminotransferase was cloned from Arabidopsis thaliana by RT-PCR, named F23N and its bioinformatics analysis was performed. It was found that there is one pyridox...

Sodium azide (NaN3) is a well known chemical mutagen which can effectively cause point mutation in plant genome. The mutagenicity by this potential mutagen was assessed in the regenerated mutant shoot...

Seventeen taxa including 14 species and varieties of marine centric diatom of the genus Rhizosolenia Brightwell from the Northwest Arabian Sea shelf of Pakistan are described. Almost all species were ...

The aim of this study was to investigate the production of bacteriocin/bacteriocin-like inhibitory substances (BLIS) from Bacillus subtilis BS15, isolated from soil. The inhibitory substance was parti...

The present study was conducted in the Laboratory of Biotechnology and Mycology, Department of Botany, GC University, Faisalabad with the objective to study the production of extracellular lipases by ...

Dictyopteris divaricata (Okamura) Okamura, a dichotomously branched brown alga of the family Dictyotaceae, was collected from Buleji, the coastal area of Karachi (Pakistan) during March 2008 and April...

The present study is concerned with the selection of a potent strain of Aspergillus niger and optimization of the cultural conditions for the biosynthesis of amyloglucosidase. The cultural conditions ...

Seeds of mung bean (Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek and groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) were treated with ultra violet (UV-C) radiation for 0, 5...

The micro-fungal flora of heavy metals contaminated peri-urban agricultural fields of Pakistan were investigated in terms of their diversity by soil serial dilution method. A total of 30 micro-fungi w...

Aloe vera gel extracted from the Aloe vera leaves was evaluated for their antifungal activity @ 0.15%, 0.25% and 0.35% concentration against five plants pathogenic fungi viz., Aspergillus niger, Asper...

Leaves and stems of three different herbs from two different families were used to extract phenolic compounds and the bioactivity of the extracts was evaluated by using 1...