A survey was conducted in Dilek peninsula-Great Menderes Delta national park, with an area of 10.985 ha. Studies were undertaken during 1998-2001. Vegetation types including 3 new associations namely ...

Five siphonocladophycean green seaweeds, Caulerpa chemnitzia (Esp.) Lamour., C. faridii Nizam., C. manorensis Nizam., C. racemosa (Forssk.) J. Ag., and C. taxifolia (Vahl) C. Ag., collected from the c...

Pollen morphology of 79 species representing 27 genera of the family Labiatae from Pakistan have been examined by light and scanning electron microscope. Labiatae is a eurypalynous family. Pollen grai...

Methanol extracts of five species of freshwater green algae, Chara cotraria A. Braun ex Kützing, Chlorococcum humicolum (Nägeli) Rabenhorst, Hydrodictyon indicum lyengar, Rhizoclonium hierog...

The study was conducted near bridge up to Wah Garden from 1st June 2000 to 31st May 2001. Algal samples were collected by phytoplankton net, pipettes, handpicking, etc. and water samples by Nansen bot...

Forty species of seaweeds were collected from Karachi coast and several biological tests conducted on them inorder to investigate their antibacterial, antifungal, phytotoxic and insecticidal activitie...

One hundred sixty-nine species of planktonic, epipelic, epipsammic, epiphytic, aerophytic and epilithic blue-green algae belonging to 2 classes, 4 orders, 9 families and 33 genera have been collected ...

To study the effect of electromagnetic fields of high-tension lines on plants, 45 species belonging to 18 genera and 11 families from different localities in and around Karachi under high-tension line...

To study the relationship among soil, plants and animals regarding translocation of copper, the samples of soil, forage and animals were collected from livestock farm Rukh Ghulama (Distt. Bhakhar, Pun...

Mungbean advanced lines derived through hybridization from different cross. Combinations and the released varieties have been evaluated at NIFA, Peshawar for some important agronomic traits and screen...

Using gravel culture technique, an experiment was conducted to study the genetic variability of some primitive bread wheat varieties to salt tolerance. Eight primitive bread wheat varieties acquired f...

Pakistan is auspicious in having ca. 60,000 hectare of land in the north of the country with propitious ecological elements appropriate for tea cultivation. During the current investigation qualitativ...

To estimate the sensitivity to gamma rays in Basmati rice, five varieties namely Basmati 370, Basmati Pak, Basmati 385, Super Basmati and Basmati 2000 were exposed to different doses of gamma rays ran...

A Gram-positive, spore forming Bacillus sp. strain CrM-1 was isolated from chromium-contaminated site that could resist up to 40 µg mL-1 of K2CrO4 on nutrient agar and 25 µg mL-1 in nutrient broth. ...

The present study showed that both the aqueous and methanolic extracts of Hedera helix L. were hypoglycemic, reducing the blood glucose level in both the normal and alloxan-induced diabetic rabbits to...

Several short stature (20-40 %), early flowering (7-21 days earlier) and long grain mutants/recombinants have been developed at NIAB through induced mutations and other breeding techniques in the trad...

The paper reports the morphogenesis and anatomy of root nodules. The nodules were distributed singly as well as in clusters on the main and lateral roots of Samanea saman (Jacq.) Merr. Young nodules w...

In-vitro mutagenesis followed by micro propagation via axillary bud proliferation in shoot tips of guava (Psidium guajava L.) cultivar Safeda was carried out. Shoot tips were irradiated with 15 to 90 ...

This study was conducted to develop a micropropagation protocol for Coffea arabica, one of the most economically important plant for coffee production. Apical and axillary buds and leaf explants were ...

During unfavorable conditions many bacteria ensure their survival through spore formation, which germinate on restoration of suitable conditions. Defects in sporulation may be associated with inabilit...

Essential oils from the leaves of Eucalyptus camaldulensi, Eucalyptus citriodora, Eucalyptus globulus, Eucalyptus crebra and Eucalyptus tereticornis were extracted by hydro-distillation. Maximum oil (...

Halophytic flora of approximately 2500 km long Aegean coastal zone situated between Dikili (Izmir) and Fethiye (Mugla) was investigated. In all 78 plant taxa were determined from this area. Families w...

Performance of five selected wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cultivars and a local variety as a check were studied during 1990-2001 at Agriculture Research Sub-Station Kot Deji, District Khairpur. The ex...

The effects of different concentrations (150 mM and 300 mM) of NaCl alone or in combination with drought stress were determined on six wheat varieties. Among them, four varieties viz. E-38, E-37, E-2 ...

Salicornia utahensis Tiderstrom is a perennial halophyte from the family Chenopodiaceae and is widely distributed in brackish water playas of northern Utah. Salicornia utahensis produces seeds under h...

Effect of nitrogen fertilizer providing two different doses of urea (@ 150 and 250 kg/ha) were investigated on the growth of canola (Brassica napus L. cv. Oscar) under saline water irrigation of diffe...

Four desert shrubs (Abutilon indicum, Aerva javanica, Calotropis procera and Senna holosericea) commonly found in Karachi and its vicinity were studied for the plant water status and proline content d...

Atriplex prostrata (Chenopodiaceae) is a salt tolerant plant species that is widely distributed in inland and coastal salt marshes of the United States and Europe. Atriplex prostrata (Chenopodiaceae) ...

Coconut water was evaluated as rehydration fluid in diarrhoea. Oral rehydration has been recommended in patients with diarrhoea to replace the fluid loss from gastrointestinal tract. To evaluate the f...

The phenology of Alstonia scholaris and Pongamia pinnata was significantly (p...

Effect of different chemicals: kinetin (0.05 mM), ethephon (5 µM), GA3 (0.3 mM), proline (0.1 mM), betaine (0.1 mM), nitrate (10 mM) and thiourea (5 mM) was investigated in alleviating salinity enfor...

The effect of sandy and clayey loams was studied on the growth and development of roots of cotton seedlings at different soil salinity levels. Plastic bags were filled with soils of different textures...

Morphological characteristics of three different groups of isolates of Verticillium alboatrum which had previously been differentiated on the basis of rDNA polymorphism and mtDNA RFLPS, were studied. ...

Sensitivity of Xanthomonas campestris pv. citri was tested by dual culture plate assays using 10 plant extracts viz. Acacia modesta (Phulai), Acacia nilotica (Babool), Allium sativum (Garlic), Bougain...

Trichoderma harzianum inoculum multiplied on different substrates viz. rice grain, sorghum grain, millet grain and sawdust were used in the control of root infecting fungi on chickpea and mashbean. Th...

Salicylic acid, potassium dihydrogen phosphate (KH2PO4) and dipotassium hydrogen phosphate (K2HPO4) at 2 and 3 % concentrations were drenched in pots in wooden cages covered with muslin cloth and as f...

Nimbokil applied at 3 % concentration was found most effective in reducing egg hatchability, adult emergence, whitefly population and CLCuV severity on S-14 and NIAB-Krishma, respectively. Furnace oil...

Streptomycine sulphate and garlic (Alium sativum) extract were tested at different concentrations against the multiplication of Xanthomonas campestris pv. citri on nutrient agar using dual culture ass...

Bacterial blight (BB) of rice incited by Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae created a serious situation in rice during the crop year 2002. It occurs at all stages of the crop and shows either kresek or lea...

The present work was carried out to study the comparative antimicrobial activity of pure solvents, standard antibiotic discs viz. Amikacine, Ciprofloxacin, Griseofulvin and solvent extracts of Cuscuta...

Some allopathic and homoeopathic drugs were evaluated against, Meloidogyne incognita root knot nematode. Significant reduction in hatching of eggs was observed with Katrex (99 %) followed by T-26 (94 ...

Powdery scab of potato caused by Spongospora subterranea (Wallr.) Lagerheim has been reported in Pakistan in 1980's. The fungus which is a vector of potato mop-top virus remains in soil for long perio...

Plants showed vigorous growth of root and shoot system in unstressed natural soil and also soil artificially infested with sclerotia of Macrophomina phaseolina compared to stress conditions. In stress...