Plant glycogen synthase kinase3/shaggy-like (GSK-3-like) kinases are produced by a multigene family. Here, a novel full-length cDNA encoding rice glycogen synthase kinase3/shaggy-like (GSK-3-like) kin...

9704A is a cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) of chilli pepper (Capsicum annuum L) that has been commercially used in chilli pepper hybrid production in China. However, little is known about the CMS-ass...

In the present study, tissue culture and mutagenic techniques were applied to induce variations in potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) cultivar, Desiree. For obtaining somaclonal variants, internode-derived...

Genomic DNA from the genotypes Khyber-87, Saleem 2000, Suleman-96, Pir Sabak-2004, Pir Sabak-2005, NRL-0320, NRL–0517, RAS-II, Tatara, RAS-I, Bathoor, Fakhare Sarhad, Bakhtawar-94, Inqilab-91, Haide...

The effects of irrigation water salinity on growth, chlorophyll contents, proline and nutrients accumulation and K/Na ratio in three walnut cultivars was investigated. Three irrigation water salinity ...

In this study, the contents of nitrite-nitrate and free L-proline, and pathogenesis-related (PR) proteins in tomato plants following inoculation with Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato strain were examin...

The present study was amid to investigate the genetic diversity of twenty peach cultivars and genotypes by RAPD primers at the Institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, KPK Agricultural Univ...

A pot experiment was conducted in a randomized complete block design using 3 wheat genotypes comprising salt sensitive cultivar Inqlab (V1), a known salt tolerant line N-1073 (V2), a newly developed w...

Plant growth substances play a vital role in growth and development of plants and have been implicated intensively and extensively in the vegetable production. In recent years, calcium carbide (CaC2) ...

To study the effect of water deficit and N fertilizer on some morphological traits, yield and yield components of sunflower cv. Progress, a study was carried out as a split plot experiment based on a ...

A hydroponics culture experiment was carried out to investigate the effect of iron plaque and/or Fe2O3 on Cadmium (Cd) uptake by and translocation within rice seedlings. Uniform rice seedlings grown i...

Relationships between the selenium content in flue-cured tobacco leaves and the selenium content in soil in Enshi tobacco-growing area were analyzed. The results indicated that: ...

Cadmium (Cd) is extremely toxic metal and reduces plant growth. Therefore, study was conducted to evaluate the effect of various Cd levels 0, 5...

Developing countries have a high prevalence of diabetes and their populations are suffering from associated adverse factors. Such a frequency requires more effective diagnosis, mostly achieved by gluc...

In the present work, antagonistic effect of abscisic acid (ABA) and various plant growth regulators on cytogenetic activity in root meristem cells of barley (Hordeum vulgare L. cv. Bülbül 89) was co...

Depleted Uranium (DU) is primarily composed of the isotope uranium-238 (238U). It has been identified as an emerging pollutant with the advancement of nuclear science, especially in the regions where...

Pots experiments were made to investigate the role of effective microorganisms (EM) in improving phytoextraction of metals (Cd+2 and Mn+2) and growth of soybean plant in industrial waste water pollute...

Endophytic fungi represent a trove of unexplored natural source of plant hormones like gibberellins (GAs) and indole-acetic acid (IAA). In present study, we isolated eight endophytes from the roots of...

The aim of this study was to conduct an ethnobotanical survey of North Western Punjab to identify medicinal plants traditionally used to treat skin infections and to determine their antimicrobial pote...

The ecology and dynamics of Ziarat Juniper forests, was analyzed, fifteen stands were sampled during summer 2010. The main results of this research indicate the floristic composition, density ha־¹ a...

Experiments were conducted in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Peshawar, Pakistan during 2006 and 2007 to evaluate the impact of common cocklebur densities on leaf area, leaf area index, plant height ...

The present study was designed to investigate the demographic patterns of Cleome viscosa L., which is the common summer annual of Sindh desert. Demographic studies were carried out at two site named a...

The effect and cost-benefit relationships of planted shelterbelts on reducing wind velocity and sand transportation rate (benefit) in relation to shrub height and density (cost) were studied in the Ya...

Populus euphratica Oliv. is a common tree species found along the Tarim River and is important for the development of the local economy. We did our study in the upper and lower reaches of the Tarim Ri...

A protocol was developed for direct shoot regeneration of Scrophularia takesimensis using shoot tip explants. The explants were excised from mature field grown plants and cultured on Murashige and Sko...

Lespedeza bicolor Turcz commonly called bicolor, bush clover or bicolor lespedeza of the family Papilionaceae has been collected from high saline field of Ditrict Mardan, Pakistan (34° 05’ to 34° ...

An efficient In vitro regeneration system was developed for rapid clonal propagation of hermaphroditic Carica papaya cv. Meizhonghong using shoot buds from seedlings and axillary buds from greenhouse ...

The present studies designed as In vitro antimicrobial and phytochemical activity of whole plant of Cardiospermum halicacabum. The extracts and seed oil exhibited antibacterial activities with zones o...

The effects of fluorescent light on the availability of selected antioxidant compounds and antioxidant activity during storage of fresh-cut carambola (Averrhoa carambola L.) fruit were investigated. T...

The photosynthetic capacity of carob tree (Ceratonia siliqua L.) and the quality indices of the fruits growing under natural conditions, at Athens and Rethymno in Greece, were measured on diurnal and ...

The present study describes the production, purification and characterization of alkaline protease from mutant strain of Bacillus subtilis EMS-8. The enzyme was purified using ammonium sulphate precip...

One approach to improve the chickpea yield is to identify stable genotypes that perform consistently better under diverse environments. Fifteen genotypes of chickpea were evaluated for stability of di...

In this study proximate and mineral composition of Rosa hybrida (cvs. Kardinal, Anjleeq and Maria shever) flowers were investigated. Minerals such as Fe, Mn, Zn, Cu, Pb, Ca, Cr, Ni, Mg, and Co were an...

Eighteen sunflower hybrids of diverse origin were evaluated for nine agronomic characters under field conditions at NARC, Islamabad. Data were recorded on days to flower initiation & completion and da...

Parthenium hysterophorus L., is a noxious annual weed rapidly spreading across the non-cropped areas of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province and elsewhere in Pakistan. Parthenium weed has attained the...

The effect of planting time (October-20, October-30, November-10, November-20, November-30-10-20 and December-30) on wheat (var. Zam-04, Gomal-8, Hashim-8, candidate lines DN-62 and DN-76) was assesse...

To investigate the effects of electromagnetic fields of high tension wires 30 specimens of 11 species in two angiosperm families, Capparaceae and Chenopodiaceae were examined. The plants were collecte...

Narrow endemic plants are more prone to the process of extinction; this is due to their narrow ecological amplitude and habitat specificity as compared to the sufficively rare or widely distributed en...

Convolvulus glomeratus Choisy is a facultative autogamous taxon and favours both direct and insect mediated selfing or crossing. Flower opening and closing times are fairly regulated by light and temp...

In order to monitor and determine the incidence of Cucumber mosaic virus chilli pepper. Surveys were conducted in 73 fields throughout the Pakistan during 2006-07. Total 706 samples (Sindh 191, Punjab...

An investigation of airborne pollen grains from Hyderabad: Tando-Jam, Sindh has been carried out by Burkard’s Seven Day Recording Volumetric Spore Trap. From August 2008 to July 2009. A total of 466...

Litter produced in mangrove forest includes vegetative and reproductive part of the plants, which forms a primary source of organic biomass available as food to a wide variety of commercially importan...

Studies were carried out in Sindh (Pakistan) for survey, identification, incidence and chemical control of leaf spot disease in okra. The disease incidence percent ranged between 53.5- 61.5% at differ...

Among 5 fungicides viz., Thiophanate-methyl, Carbendazim, Fosetyl-aluminium, Mancozeb and Copper oxychloride, used against the Magnaporthe oryzae, only Mancozeb appeared as the highly effective fungic...

Genetic diversity was studied among 13 locally developed elite cotton genotypes and two exotic lines using metroglyph analysis. Different morphological, yield and yield contributing traits and intensi...

In order to determine the phytoplankton species in the Gulf of İskenderun and the environmental factors that affect the distributions of the species, samples were collected horizontally with a plankt...

Nutritionally valuable seaweeds are being used as fresh or dried vegetables or as ingredients in wide variety of prepared foods. Interest in seaweeds has increased markedly through out the world due t...

The present paper reports taxonomic enumeration of Bacillariophyta, a diatomic group from Kallar Kahar Lake, Salt Range, Pakistan. A total of 35 species distributed in two orders, 7 families and 15 ge...

The unbranched filaments of a grass green macroalga, Spirogyra rhizoides Randhawa were collected from freshwater habitats at Nai Baran in the Sindh Province of Pakistan and extracted in methanol. The ...