Aluminum (Al) is one of the main toxicants that affect crop growth in acidic soils. Melatonin (MT) is an important steroidal hormone that can increase the plant’s stress resistance. Howeve...

A pot experiment was performed to assess the effect of proline as seed treatment on maize (Zea mays L.) under salt stress. Seeds of maize cultivar (cv.) Safai...

Almond trees are very sensitive to salinity, and saline water is the only alternative for irrigation in many semiarid regions.  Thus, the use of salt-tolerant roo...

The concept of plants reactions to drought conditions is important for improving water-use efficiency (WUE). In this research several physiological traits including: relative water content (RWC)...

In order to study the effect of cadmium (Cd)-added on citrus growth under selenite or selenomethionine (SeMet)-enriched soil, the concentration of leaf pigments, H...

Irrigation practices have imposed the salinity stress in cultivated areas which resultantly inhibiting the crop productivity. Chickpea is also being grown under versat...

Salinity is one of the major constraints that impair plant growth and ultimately limits crop productivity. Growing salt-tolerant crops is thought to be an efficient st...

Seawater irrigation is critical for coastal agriculture development, but key mechanism of root-ion flux in the salt-tolerance of callus-cultured plant lines in response to seawater remains to be...

This research work was conducted to explore some morpho-anatomical features of periwinkle (Catharanthusroseus L.) that are affected by lead toxicity. Pb pollution is a common problem in...

Bombax ceiba can grow in the dry-hot valley of southwestern China where adult trees produce many seeds, but few seedlings are found around the mature trees. Previous studies have shown ...

Drought is a critical limiting factor of plant growth, and plants living in arid areas must develop adaptation mechanisms to resist drought stress. In this study, we s...

Maize yield is very low in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa compared to Punjab-Pakistan and advance countries of the world. Weed and improper nutrients is one of the reason for low ...

The effects of biochar amendment, CO2 concentration ([CO2]), drought and their interactions on the growth and physiology of maize were investigat...

High soil salinity is an important factor to limit turfgrass growth due to insufficient precipitation, inappropriate water management and salts from road deicers or fertilizers. A greenhouse exp...

Castanopsis kawakamii natural forest, with is area above 700 hm2, is a unique forest dominated by C. kawakamii population in southeast of China. However, this popula...

This study was conducted to determine certain plant traits and inter-trait relationships in the Helianthemum ledifolium (L.) Miller var. lasiocarpum ...

Quantitative parameters for the wheat crop as influenced by different sowing techniques were studied in the present research work. Hence, routine and cross sowings wer...

The relationships between epigenetic variation and different environments have being received more attention, however, little is known of the population epigenetic changes by habitat fragmentati...

This study aims to check the effect of mutagenesis on microstructure and ultrastructure of alfalfa (M. sativa L.) leaf. Four alfalfa cultivars were treated with four kinds of mutagenesi...

Five white kernel maize inbred lines with distinct genetic make-up were crossed in a 5 × 5 complete diallel fashion during spring season 2011 at Cereal Crops Res...

In rice, Oryza sativa, Calcineurin B-Like (OsCBL) protein mediated activation of CBL-Interacting Protein Kinase15 (OsCIPK15) is extremely crucial for plants&r...

Enhanced UV-B radiation has multiple effects on the morphological, physiological, biochemical, and genetic mechanisms of wheat growth. The roots of wheat seedlings tre...

Several researchers examined the production of nano-particles for their potential commercial advantages. Hazardous manufacturing methods of synthesizing nano-particles...

Shade avoidance is elongation, apical dominance and some other responses of plants adapting to deficiency light intensity. The spindling plants are susceptible to lodg...

Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum) is the major source of sugar in Pakistan. Development of new high yielding cane varieties is crucial to enhance its producti...

The synthetic growth hormone2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) significantly inhibits shikonin and its derivatives biosynthesis in the medicinal plant Lithospe...

The selection of cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) cultivars with high capability for low-nitrogen (N) tolerance can reduce the production costs and environmental...

The effects of three media, namely; Murashige and Skoog (MS), Gamborg et al., (B5), and Eeuwens (Y3) were assessed for mass propagation of oil palm (Elaei...

Ascorbic acid (AsA) concentration was determined in Actinidia chinensis var. chinensis ‘Jinyang’ and ‘Hort16A’ durin...

The aim of the present study was to screen the test samples (Cr. Met. Ext and different fractions of stem, leaves and resin) of Pinus wallichiana for possible in-vitro and ...

The current study analyzed the diversity of vascular flora in relation to the prevailing environmental gradients of Ayubia National Park (ANP) of 33.2km2 ar...

The first quantitative picture of the geographical distribution pattern of plant life-form spectra in China using SPSS and ArcGIS is presented. Based on the plant spec...

Species in the genus Allium L. (Alliaceae) are important economic crops. They exhibit variations in genome size and basic chromosome number. In the present st...

Brassica carinata is an important species that shows maximum agro-morphological based variations. The principal component analysis (PCA) is an effective metho...

Tanacetum is an important member of the Asteraceae family and considered the most problematic genus and the phylogenetic position of some taxa is of great int...

This study was conducted to assess the variability of seed traits in homologous pairs of five Acacia species, i.e., A. asak, A. ehrenbergiana, A. etbaica, A. gerra...

The genus Eritrichium Schrad. comprises about 50 species, mainly distributed in Central Asia and Pan-Himalaya, with a few species in Europe and North America....

Pollen morphological studies on 18 species of Dilleniaceae from Thailand were conducted using dehydrated samples under a light microscope as well as scanning electron ...

Present study is designed to screen fungal species for cellulase production from agricultural wastes and their utilization in industry. A wide variety of fungal specie...

Lipases are the enzymes of choice for applications in a large number of industries. Present study describes the isolation of potent lipolytic fungal strains and their ...

This article compiles all available morphological and anatomical data on the gametophyte of three species of Plagiothecium genus which are considered to be th...

This research paper is based on the assessment to find the natural substitute of synthetic chemical fungicides and identify the functional group present in methanolic ...

The experiment was fixed to investigate the effect of copper sulphate (0, 1.5, 3 and 4.5 g/l CuSO4) used as a biological  fungicide within fruit trees ...

Broccoli (Brassica oleracea L. var. italica Plenck) is comparatively a new vegetable crop in Pakistan. Recently, a fungal leaf spot disease ...

Plant growth promoters such as humic acid (HA) and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) have a great potential in sustainable agriculture, especially under environmental...

Micro-fungi have been the source of novel and pharmacologically active compounds over decades. Among them, genus Penicillium has been recognized as a rich source of bioactive metabolite...

Trichoderma spp. in the rhizosphere has been proposed to considerably increase growth and yield of some plant species. These fungi are potentially involved in changing IAA production vi...

Lack of attention to forest products’ contribution to socioeconomic status has created a gap between the ecosystem services and its management. To fill this gap,...

All over the world, mangroves are considered one of the highly vulnerable forest ecosystems. These are mainly found along the coastlines of tropical and subtro...

Twenty three chili accessions originating from nine countries including Pakistan were investigated for genetic variability for morphological attributes and total seed ...