2*, HUANG XUELIN2, XU QIUSHENG1AND ERIC BUNN3...

Pollen germination and viability of Glycine max L., (family Papilionaceae) was examined up to 48 weeks in different concentrations of sucrose and boric acid solutions. Viability under storage was dete...

Prenanthes stewartii Roohi Bano & Qaiser, a new species from Kashmir is described and illustrated. A new combination viz., Prenanthes aitchisoniana (Beauv.) Roohi Bano & Qaiser, is proposed. Key to al...

Alchemilla L., is a critical and taxonomically difficult group with its numerous and variable forms presents an interesting object for taxonomical studies which have been undertaken since the end of t...

Solanum surattense is phenotypically highly polymorphic species. This polymorphism adds difficulty to identification of lower order taxa of this species. The present study was carried out to find morp...

IRFAN MUSTAFA3 AND EHSAN ELAHI VALEEM5...

The floristic variation in Himalayan moist temperate coniferous forests in Pakistan is poorly understood. Wet temperate forests of Pakistan are interesting because at suitable elevations it merge down...

Eight plant species belonging to 7 different families were collected from Botanical Garden, University of Balochistan, Quetta. Their leaves and stem was separately oven dried, powdered and analyzed fo...

The S.E.M. structure, distribution and taxonomic significance of foliar stomata in the species of the genus Sibbaldia L. (Rosaceae) has been examined with Scanning Electron Microscope. Stomata are mos...

Among agronomic factors, sowing time and plant spacing are considered key management components in any cropping system to harvest a profitable seed cotton yield. Thus, the present studies were conduct...

Frego bract is a mutant type of floral bract in upland cotton. It is an important insect resistant trait; however, some reports in the literature show that frego bract gene has some negative effects o...

2, M.T. VARIATH1, SHAFAQAT ALI1, MUHAMMAD JAMIL2, MUHAMMAD TARIQ KHAN4, MOHAMMAD SHAFI1, 3 AND ZHU SHUIJIN 1*...

To determine the effect of row spacing on earliness in cotton, 3 cultivars viz., NIAB-111, CIM-496 and FH-901 were grown with three row spacings of 60, 75 and 90 cm following a 3 x 3 factorial arrange...

Gas exchange characteristics play an important role in the growth and development of cotton plants .Therefore, field experiments were conducted for consecutive two years during 2004 and 2005 to study ...

Experiments were carried out in drum pot culture to investigate the response of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) cv. “CIM 496” grown at high salinity supplemented with foliar application of KCl (500 pp...

The low wheat yield in salt-affected soils is often attributed to low seed germination, emergence and poor seedling establishment. Seed priming technology has been found valuable but is not extensivel...

Kernels of a groundnut variety No. 334 were irradiated at 0.2, 0.4 and 0.6 KGys doses of gamma rays using 60Co gamma cell at Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology (NIAB), Faisalabd in 1990. Ra...

The effect of elevated level of SO2+NO2 on some physiological and biochemical parameters of Glycine max were examined. Twelve days olds Soybean (Glycine max) seedling were exposed to two different (2%...

A total of 50 accessions of annual wild soybean (Glycine soja) and cultivated soybean (G. max) were used to study genetic variations by three genetic fingerprinting systems, RAPD, SSR, and AFLP. Ninet...

Field experiments were conducted during 2006 and 2007 in Peshawar, using open pollinated maize variety “Azam” in RCB design having 3 factors viz., tillage, maize populations and mulches with split...

An experiment was carried out to appraise inter-accession variation for salt tolerance in safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) using gas exchange attributes and photosynthetic pigments as useful select...

Path and correlation analysis were performed to investigate the relationships between seed yield and other important yield components in sunflower during 5 years period in Edirne–Turkiye conditions....

Browning is a major postharvest problem in litchi fruit which results in reduced shelf life and commercial value. Fruit browning could be related to deficient energy, which could result in a gradual l...

In a provenance-family trial established on marginally saline soil, 45 seedlots of Eucalyptus camaldulensis Dehnh., including 44 families from 11 Australian provenances and 1 family from Pakistan, wer...

This study focuses attention on accumulation of Pb2+ in root and shoot of Phaseolus mungo and Lens culinaris in relation with Ca2+ from nutrient solution in which PbCl2 was added. The plants were cult...

Enviromental stress gives rise to the activation of adaptation and defence responses in plants. It is known that the role of salicylic acid (SA) is quite important in this mechanism. In this study its...

Plant diversity and ecological structure of an area which is in critical level in terms of land degradation and erosion are quite important. North-east part of the Phrygia Region has densely been unde...

Effect of paclobutrazol on flowering characteristics, leaf and flower colour of Consolida orientalis (Gay) Schröd., native to South Anatolia (Turkey) was investigated. Seeds were directly sown into s...

In vitro shoot proliferation and rooting capacity of avocado cv. Fuerte was tested by using two different types of explant sources i.e., apical and axillary buds with varying concentrations of BAP and...

A rapid multiplication protocol for two species of Bryophyllum pinnatum and Bryophyllum daigremontianum has been optimized in the present study. Leaf sections of 1x1cm2 were used as explants. The effe...

A phytosociological study of Pinus roxburghii was undertaken in Lesser Himalayan and Hindu Kush range of Pakistan during summer 2005. Thirteen stands were sampled at five different locations i.e., Man...

The apomictic system in Malus was used as a model to examine the competence of genetically identical mature and juvenile tissues for regeneration and to undergo genetic transformation using Agrobacter...

Eight genera and 12 species of plants viz., Apluda mutica L., Bothriochloa ischaemum (L.) Keng, Chrysopogon aucheri (Boiss.) Stapf., C. serrulatus Trin., Cymbopogon caesius (Nees ex Hook. & Arn.) Stap...

Present study describes the effect of canopy cover of different shrubs on the physico-chemical parameters of soil. The organic and inorganic content of soil underneath the canopy covers (canopied subh...

This study was carried out to determine the effects of pasture and sampling periods on selenium status of soil and forage at a livestock farm in district Sargodha, Punjab, Pakistan. All animals at thi...

Rice-Wheat system is one of the most important cropping sequences adopted on large areas not only in Pakistan but also in many other countries of the world. Rice and wheat straw is the main crop resid...

The genetic basis of flag leaf area, days to flowering, seed weight per panicle, biological yield per plant, harvest index and yield per plant were investigated using triple test cross analysis in Bas...

Sea buckthorn (Hippophae rhamonides L) is a very potent medicinal and multipurpose plant which has gained global significance due to its medicinal and multipurpose utility. It bears yellow to orange b...

Dendroclimatic studies were carried out in Picea smithiana dominated forests of Chera and Naltar, located in Himalayan region of Pakistan. Six hundred year (1400-2006 AD) dated chronologies are presen...

Loquat is an important sub-tropical fruit crop of Pakistan. A number of loquat genotypes are there in the loquat growing areas of Pakistan, however, no research work has been reported regarding the de...

The ecological traits and relationships of these traits with wood anatomy of Quercus pontica C. Koch were examined. Despite some minor differences in wood anatomy Q. pontica is entirely within the ran...

A pot experiment was conducted in the wirehouse to compare the effects of 2 precursors (Calcium carbide and L-methionine) of ethylene on growth and yield of tomato. L-methonine @ 1 mg kg -1soil in the...

The current research on the assessment of mineral composition of forages for grazing ruminants was carried out at the Government Livestock Experimental Station in Central Punjab, Pakistan. The aim of ...

Taxonomic status of 14 Turkish endemic species and one variety of the genus Ebenıus L. was analyzed using seed proteins and RAPD markers. These profiles were evaluated as characters to clarify the ta...

Seeds of 3 rice varieties viz., Shua-92, Sarshar and IR-8 were irradiated with gamma rays (150...

Four varieties of indica rice differing in salt sensitivity were used for comparative study of defense systems in response to salinity. Rice seedlings were transferred into the photoautotrophic system...

A preliminary vegetation and smooth coated otter survey was carried out in the month of October...

Inula koelzii of Astereaceae, an endemic plant growing at Ladakh and Kashmir regions, has been observed a potential allelopathic plant species. Further observing its allelopathic role, four subfractio...

Wild cherry (Prunus avium L.) is a fast-growing broadleaved tree of Turkey with great ecological and economic values. Deep and variable dormancy inhibits germination of PA seed. Presoaking seed with a...

Intercropping trial in coconut (Cocos nucifera L), was carried out for generating more income/yield. The experiment was conducted at Coastal Agricultural Research Station (CARS) Farm, PARC, Karachi. T...

An experiment was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of multi enzyme in broiler diets containing varying levels of sunflower meal and crude fiber. Sixteen isonitrogenous experimental diets were prepar...

Twenty nine genera of algae belonging to 15 families of the phylum Bacillarophycota were collected during December 2003 and July 2006 from different freshwater habitats in various districts of the Pun...

Using component plating technique Macrophomina phaseolina was isolated from testa, tegmen, cotyledons and embryo of cucumber seeds. The fungus was transmitted to seedling and caused pre- and post-emer...

One hundred and twenty eight fungi isolated from the native environments, including soil, plant, deteriorating distempered-wall and spoiled orange-juice samples and 32 isolates obtained from the cultu...

Peri-urban cultivated areas of many cities in Pakistan are being irrigated from municipal and /or industrial wastewater since long. Soil samples were collected from two villages of Faisalabad (Jappayw...

2, RAISA BANO1...

The factors affecting the Agrobacterium mediated gene transformation of tomato cv. Riogrande are reported in detail. Shoot tips (explants) were transformed with pBI333 carrying rice chitinase (cht-3) ...

Agrobacterium-mediated genetic transformation was explored for inducing insect resistance in mat rush (Juncus effusus L.). Firstly, the callus regeneration system was established, and secondly the Agr...

Nematicidal activity of some spices against Meloidogyne javanica root knot nematode was examined. In vitro results showed that aqueous extract of Cuminum cyminum (100 % w/v) and ethanol extract of Cap...

Two termite species viz., Anacanthoterms vagans (Hagen), harvester termite and Microceroterms diversus (Silvestri) mound–building termite are reported for the first time from cultivated and wild pis...

This research examines the possible role of two commonly used disinfectants viz., hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl) in improving seed germination and rate of germination of a su...