Preface: Abiotic stresses such as salinity, drought, flooding, extremes of temperatures and nutrient deficiency or toxicity limit crop productivity world-wide. However, this situation becomes more pro...

Bangladesh is a deltaic country with total area of 147,570 km2. The major part (80%) of the country consists of alluvial sediments deposited by the rivers Ganges, Brahmaputra, Tista, Jamuna, Meghna an...

Crithmum maritimum L. (Apiaceae) is a perennial local oilseed halophyte. For a better understanding of the eco-physiology of salt tolerance at the germinative stage of this species, we investigate her...

The amount of soil moisture available to plants in arid and semi-arid regions is a major limiting factor for crop yield. Under such conditions, potassium fertilization proved helpful in mitigating the...

A field study was conducted at NIA experimental farm, Tandojam to observe the growth and nutrients (macro and micro) content of some salt tolerant multipurpose tree species (Acacia ampliceps, Acacia s...

A pot experiment was carried out to study the effect of lead and chromium on growth, chlorophyll contents and yield components in two mash bean [Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper] cultivars i.e. Fs-1 and Mash-9...

This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of salt stress on photosynthetic capacity and proline accumulation in the Chemlali olive cultivar (Olea europaea L.) grown under field conditions at Sf...

A hypdoponic experiment was conducted to assess the role of ascorbic acid in alleviation of the adverse effects of salt stress on growth of two wheat cultivars, S-24 (salt tolerant) and MH-97 (moderat...

A pot experiment was conducted in glass-house to assess the role of Abscisic acid (ABA), Benzyleadenine (BA) and Cycocel (CCC) on growth, yield, ion accumulation and proline production in three rice c...

The objective of the present study was to conduct DNA based genotyping analysis for hybrid identification in maize (Zea mays L.) using DNA fingerprinting technology. To achieve this random amplified p...

Centurea spicata, C. fenzlii and C. kurdica are widely used as ornamental plants in the Mediterranean and East Anatolian regions of Turkey. C. spicata occupies serpentine habitats in the macchia forma...

Phosphorus (P) deficiency is a widespread problem in modern agriculture that is playing havoc with the crop yields. The shortage and black-marketing of P fertilizers at sowing time is a burning issue....

An experiment was conducted to investigate the genotypic variability and relationship between accumulation of glycinebetaine and productivity traits under field induced water stress at the flowering a...

Seeds of two barley cultivars (i.e. Jou-87 and B-00047) were exposed to two levels of NaCl (150 mol m-3 and 300 mol m-3) along with control in petridishes. Salt stress severely affected germination ra...

Chloroplast genome sequences have been utilized extensively for studying evolutionary dynamics, indicating a very low rate of base substitutions among different plant taxa. An initiative has been take...

2, B. BEN-ROUINA2, HABIB-UR-REHMAN ATHAR3, M. BOUKHRISS1...

Previous studies have shown leaf water efficiency (transpiration per unit of leaf area) to be similar among trees and stands of different Eucalyptus species in similar soil and climatic conditions. On...

Ethylene is well thought-out stress hormone because its synthesis is induced by a variety of stresses. 1-Aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate (ACC) is the immediate precursor of ethylene in higher plants. ...

An experiment was conducted to assess the differential morpho-physiological responses to simulated water stress of two canola (Brassica napus L.) cultivars in hydroponic culture. Seeds of two canola c...

The present study was carried out to evaluate the effect of abscisic acid (ABA) and chlorocholine chloride (CCC) on growth, nodulation and changes in endogenous level of plant hormones indole acetic a...

Aesculus hippocastanum was studied as a possible biomonitor of the heavy metal pollution in the region of Thrace situated in the European part of Turkey. The urban roadside, city centre, and suburban ...

Phosphorus deficiency is a serious concern for agriculture productivity around the globe. It readily forms insoluble compounds by reacting with calcium after addition to calcareous soils. We evaluated...

14 commercial mungbean varieties and 24 advanced genotypes developed through hybridization were evaluated for maximum flowers’ retention capability under high temperature (above 40°C) and agronomic...

A series of lab experiments were conducted to assess the toxicity of lead (Pb) and its phyto- extraction through sunflower cultivation. Seedling growth as shoot length, root length and dry matter stre...

In response to salt stress, plants have evolved some adaptations such as osmotic adjustment to acclimatize salt stress. Glycinebetaine (GB) is known to have a role in osmotic adjustment. The present i...

A pot experiment was conducted to screen 60 maize accessions for water stress tolerance. In preliminary experiment, 60 maize accessions were grown at four moisture levels (100%, 80%, 60% and 40% of fi...

Two populations each of Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. and Cenchrus ciliaris L. collected from the Salt Range and Faisalabad were grown under control or saline (150 mM NaCl) conditions. Imposition of sal...

Experiments for evaluation of 22 accessions of three grass species (Panicum antidotale, Cenchrus ciliaris and Sporobolus iocladus) from Cholistan for salinity tolerance were conducted in a growth cham...

Over the last two decades, DNA fingerprinting have been increasingly used to characterize germplasm of different organisms including crop plants, which was otherwise difficult with morphological and o...

The coastal and near coastal habitats of Karachi, Pakistan are characterized by dominant stands of perennial halophytes like Aeluropus lagopoides, Desmostachya bipinnata, Haloxylon stocksii and Suaeda...

Genetic linkage among drought tolerant (relative water content, excised leaf water loss, stomatal size and stomatal frequency) and agronomic traits (fiber fineness, fibre strength, fiber length, numbe...

In order to assess the influence of exogenous application of varying concentrations of brassinosterioids as a foliar spray in inducing salt tolerance in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), a seedling experi...

Salt tolerance of sixteen wheat genotypes was studied using gravel culture technique in lysimeters. One week old wheat seedlings were exposed to salinity created with NaCl. Four salinity levels, i.e. ...

Sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) cv Suncross and Gulshan-98 achenes were germinated in Petri-plates containing filer papers moistened with solution of polyethylene glycol, PEG-8000 (control and osmoti...

Increased salinity is a severe problem to crop production while pre-sowing seed treatments can effectively induce salt tolerance in plants. The effect of different pre-sowing seed treatments (hydropri...

In the present project, distribution of K+, Na+, Mg2+ Ca2+ and inorganic phosphate between the leaves of different age of Panicum antidotale was determined. The plant exposed to high level of salinity...

Drought significantly depresses yield of many crop plants including wheat in the world. Identification of wheat genotypes that can tolerate limited water condition is vital to boost the wheat producti...

Instability of cotton yield is partly caused by drought susceptibility. The purpose of this study was to assess genotypic variation for drought tolerance in a set of cotton germplasm using geometric m...

Potassium (K) status of Pakistani soils is rapidly decreasing at an alarming rate. Thus, the exploitation of genotypic variation among the major crops of Pakistan could be helpful for future breeding ...

Fifteen wheat genotypes were evaluated in the experimental area of the Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, University of Arid Agriculture, Rawalpindi, during Rabi season 2004-2005. There were h...

In order to assess relationship between ion transport and variation in growth responses of four canola cultivars under salt stress, four canola cultivars were grown at 0 and 150 mM NaCl for six weeks ...

The adverse effects of salinity and PEG-induced water stress on growth of Matricaria chamomilla were assessed at the germination stage using osmotic solution of NaCl (0, -0.175, -0.358, -0.541, -0.716...

We evaluated growth performance of two wheat genotypes (Auqab-2000 & SARC-5) differing in salinity tolerance to applied silicon under saline conditions. Plants were grown in pots filled with normal (E...

Drought is one of the most serious environmental hazards that Pakistan is facing at present. It is even more severe to the agricultural crops and only for that single reason vast arid lands remain unc...

Most of the crop plants respond to growth limiting heat shock or other stresses by inducing or enhancing the expression of a number of specific stress proteins called heat shock proteins. These protei...

To assess the genotypic variation for efficiency of photo-system-II (Fv/Fm) in wheat genotypes containing introgression from chromosomes 1D, 3D and 5D of Aegilops tauschii and whether it could be used...

Nine wheat genotypes having introgression from chromosome 1D of Aegilops tauschii were studied under control (non-stress) and salt stress conditions. The objective was to detect variation in wheat gen...

Bacterial diversity plays a key role in agricultural environments and is promising for its potential use in sustainable agriculture. The present study was conducted to assess the influence of moisture...

The experiments were planned to investigate the effect of salt stress on morphobiochemical response of wheat cv. Uqab-2000. Seeds were given different priming treatments like hydro priming, chilling, ...