Salinity stress negatively impacts agricultural yield throughout the world affecting production whether it is for subsistence or economic gain. Despite their great degree of stress tolerance, minor cr...

Inheritance of testa colour, testa pattern, cotyledon color and stem color was studied in crosses of lentil involving parents with brown, grey, green testa color, red and yellow cotyledon color, and w...

Plant-derived chemicals play an important role in protection against invading microbes that cause many infectious diseases and also found to be beneficial for therapeutics in prevention of many other ...

Seeds of Cassia angustifolia Vahl treated with different concentrations (0%, 0.1%, 0.15%, 0.2%, and 0.25%) of a fungicide, Mancozeb, were sown in field conditions in order to study the effect of the s...

The aim of present study was to appraise the antioxidant activity and phenolic contents in peel and pulp parts from two locally harvested verities of pear. The extraction yield of antioxidant componen...

Phytotoxic ability of aqueous extracts of new and old mango leaves at different concentrations i.e., 2.5, 5.0, 7.5 and 10% against canary grass and wheat were tested In vitro and In vivo. Results reve...

Photosynthetic pigments, biochemical activities and chloroplast ultra-structure were investigated to survey the photosynthetic characteristics of ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba L.) leaves during natural senesc...

The stimulation of seed germination by smoke and aqueous smoke extracts has received much attention in recent years. However, the combine effects of smoke with plant hormones on seed germination remai...

Current study describes the effect of artificial drought stress using PEG on different tomato varieties at seedling stage. The performance was assessed by germination, root and shoot length, and seedl...

A sand culture experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of nitrogen-fixing and phosphate-solubilizing Klebsiella sp. RSN219 and Rhizobium meliloti LW135 on seedlings of alfalfa (Medicago sativa...

The aim of the present investigation was to assess the ameliorative effect of nitric oxide on some salt stressed rice (Oryza sativa L.) plants using some key physiological criteria. The experiment com...

Citrus reticulata Blanco cv. Murcot (honey) is one of the most important fruit tree crops in Pakistan. A detailed study regarding total antioxidant capacity (TAC), radical scavenging, antidiabetic and...

Crops which are stored for more than a few days become a potential target for mould growth and mycotoxin formation by the species Aspergillus. The present study investigated an effective extraction, c...

Tomato plants were foliar sprayed with naphthalene acetic acid (0.02%) and calcium chloride (0.5%, 1%) individually as well as in combination to determine its effect on growth, nutrient uptake, incide...

Seeds of Facultative SDPs (Zinnia cv. Lilliput, Sunflower cv. Elf, French Marigold cv. Orange Gate, African Marigold cv. Crush, Cockscomb cv. Bombay and Cosmos cv. Sonata Pink) were sown into module t...

Physiological responses to chilling were investigated in sorghum plants to identify the mechanisms of chilling tolerance. The experiment was conducted in the botany laboratory of Faculty of Education ...

The objective of this study was to determine the effects of peat and mixture (peat:perlite:sand (1:1:1 v:v:v) growing media on length, diameter, weight of fruit, fruit number per plant, yield, ascorbi...

The influence of four rates of foliar-applied urea (0, 0.2, 0.5 and 0.8%; i.e., N0, N1, N2 and N3 rates, respectively) without or with girdling was evaluated on ‘Fuji’ apple fruit quality paramete...

Five selected genetically diversified sugarcane clones were tested for yield stability for two consecutive years at six locations in Sindh. The objective of the study was to evaluate variability, effe...

Accuracy and precision of nitrogen estimation can be improved by hyperspectral remote sensing that leads effective management of nitrogen application in precision agriculture. The objectives of this s...

Drought is the most important factor limiting growth and yield of tomato. Genetic improvement in tomato for water stress tolerance is of prime importance for economically and efficient utilization of ...

Sustainable production of food crops relies on germplasm improvement and genetic diversity. The use of multivariate techniques is an important strategy for germplasm classification and study of geneti...

Seed germination and recovery from salt stress of an annual halophyte Suaeda heterophylla (Kar. & Kir.) Bunge to different iso-osmotic concentrations (0, -0.46, -0.92, -1.38, -1.84, and -2.30 MPa) of ...

A field experiment was conducted during 2010-11with a premier objective to evaluate different organic amendments for organo-mineral fertility for pearl millet [Pennisetumglaucum (L.) R. Br.]. The expe...

A survey was conducted to analyse the vegetation pattern and soil characteristics of Astore valley at different altitudes (1250m-4200m) and localities. It was observed that the herbaceous plant specie...

Red chili is amongst the important market commodities mainly for its pungency, color and their respective therapeutic significances. However, the persistence of aflatoxin contamination in chilies at h...

The developmental morphology of the coleorhizas of Hemerocallis was studied by paraffin method in this paper. Our results show when their seeds germinate the coleorhiza stretches out the testa first, ...

Numerical analysis based on seed morphological characters of 38 taxa belonging to the family Orobanchaceae was carried out. Seed macro and micro-morphological characters were found useful to trace the...

The various crude extracts of the In vivo plant parts of medicinally important Eurycoma longifolia were observed to demonstrate antibacterial activity to all the tested pathogenic bacteria. The most e...

Twenty five wheat varieties were evaluated for various morphological and yield related traits. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) showed significant differences among the genotypes for flag leaf area, plant...

Nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) resorption efficiency (RE) and, resorption proficiency (RP) and functional strategies in Schoenoplectus lacustris subsp. tabernaemontani and Typha latifolia occurring i...

Twelve individuals were selected to determine the effects of tree size (crown area) on herbaceous species composition, total cover, perennial and annual species density, species number and floristic d...

Seaweeds are the fascinating groups of marine plants gorging enormous important micro and macro nutrients. Due to their ability to concentrate minerals and trace elements from the sea, render them a p...

Field experiments on intercropping in maize crop were conducted during 2008 and 2009 at Agriculture Research Institute, Tarnab Peshawar, Pakistan. The experiments were laid out in a randomized complet...

In this study, ecological, anatomical and antimicrobial properties of Tilia rubra DC. subsp. caucasica (Rupr.) V. Engler which has several medicinal characters were investigated. There were significan...

A cereal with legumes intercropping is a popular cultural technique and is useful for soil conservation, weed control and getting higher crop yield. To cope with and then find out remedies for many pr...

The methanolic extracts of the Datura innoxia Miller, Solanum nigrum Lin, Solanum surattense Burm. f, Withania somnifera L and Withania coagulans (Stocks) Dunal are more cytotoxic as compared to the a...

Taxus wallichiana Zucc., is a medium sized temperate forest tree species of Asia ranging from Afghanistan through the Himalayas to the Philippines. It has been heavily exploited for its leaves and ba...

Gastrodia Antifungal Protein (GAFP) and Neutrophils Peptide-I (NPI), two disease-resistant genes were successfully transferred into the Dtps.Tailin Angel Phalaenopsis by using Agrobacterium strain off...

The leaf spot disease caused by Alternaria alternata in Avicennia marina in Yanb'a city, Saudi Arabia showed significant alterations in chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b, and total pigments as compared to ...

The effects of grape root exudates and residues on rhizosphere available nutrient, enzyme activity, microorganism quantity and population structure were determined with potted seedlings of Beta (V. vu...

Rhizospheric bacterial community associated with GM and Non GM maize crop were studied for PGP characteristics and cell wall hydrolytic enzymatic production. Twelve bacterial strains were isolated fro...

In the present study organic extracts (Chloroform) of twenty four plants were tested through anti-bacterial susceptibility test against specific bacterium X. oryzae causing Bacterial Leaf Blight (BLB)...

The lab scale optimization of lovastatin production through submerged fermentation by Aspergillus terreus has been described. Fermentation experiments for the screening of fermentation media showed th...

‘Tetraploid Locust’ is one of the most popular and commercially valuable cultivars. An attempt was performed to explore propagation techniques by softwood cuttings for nursery industry. Results sh...

The infection process of Phytophthora capsici on susceptible and resistant pepper cultivars were studied by scanning electronic microscopy. The development of P. capsici within 24 h post inoculation (...

Diseases caused by Alternaria sp. are among the most common diseases of crops throughout the world. Alternaria sp. is a common component of the flora of wheat seed. Although isolation of Alternaria sp...

Consistently replicable methods of inoculation are necessary to efficiently screen Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus L.) genotypes for resistance to the soilborne fungal pathogen Sclerotium ro...

The natural occurrence of fungal contamination was evaluated in different sample of corn (zea mays L.) and sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) grains. Mycological survey was carried out of four cere...

Studies on heritability estimates were carried out in 30 F2 segregating population originated through cross combinations of six different parental lines/varieties of bread wheat. Genetic parameters su...