An experiment was conducted to examine the effect of salinity and drought on germination of quinoa and to test the influence of priming treatments under these stresses. The stresses were built b...

The most crops are sensitive to salt stress, however, this sensitivity is varied among different growth stages. Therefore, in this study salt stress tolerance threshol...

Water scarcity is a potential effector restraining crop yield and economic returns to the farmers. This situation may be rescued by inoculating drought tolerant rhizobia owing to their plant gro...

To investigate the role of different growth promoting substances including glycine betaine, salicylic acid and ascorbic acid individually and in different combinations on the growth and yield of...

In order to explore the influence of drought stress and nitrogen supplementation on changes in growth, photosynthetic physiological traits, and nitrogen distribution a...

Water is a key factor for plant growth and development and plants require an adequate amount of water for their optimum growth. But, in some cases plants grow better u...

Deficiencies of one or more micronutrients is a common cause of low yield in cassava. The aims of this research were investigated the effects of foliar applications of...

Heavy metals induced stress is a serious threat to crop productivity all over the world. Heavy metals enter the food chain through their uptake by plants and thereby a...

A pot experiment was conducted to appraise the beneficial role of foliar application of proline on two cultivars of carrot (Daucus carota L.) cv. Arwa red lon...

Drought is a major limiting factor affecting wheat production in the world. We aimed to study the effect of soil water deficit on dry matter remobilization (DMR), grain yield (GY) and yield comp...

The impact of potassium fertilization on fruit quality and content of some nutrients of Brown Turky Fig grown in Dirab, Riyadh, King Saud University was studied during the 2015 and 2016 seasons....

In the present study, SNP (0, 50, 100, 200, and 300 μM) was administered hydroponically to 10 –day-old seedlings of radish (Raphanus sativus L. cherry bella) through roots for ...

Isoetes sinensis Palmer (Isoetaceae) is listed as a Wild Plant of National Protection Grade I for its endangered status. The limited population of I. sine...

Reactive oxygen species (ROS), such as hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), can function as signaling molecules in basic cellular processes in plants, or cause oxidative damage to bio...

In dry regions, irrigated agriculture is facing increasing demand for decreasing water resources. For sustainable and efficient use of the available water resources, f...

Paeonol and paeoniflorin, available in Paeonia ostii roots, are active compounds applicable for curing breast cancer and neuropathic pain. We investigated the impacts of growing locatio...

The study reports profiles of nutrients, minerals, bioactive phytochemicals, and anthocyanins in four cultivars of Syzygium cumini (jamun) fruit at four matur...

Pinus wallichiana is the most dominant evergreen species at upper treeline, which is naturally distributed in the Karakoram region of northern Pakistan. The a...

Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) being an important vegetable is cultivated and used throughout the world. It not only contributes in fulfilling the basic nutritional requirements of th...

The objectives of this study were to evaluate allelopathic potential of the total 51 Vietnamese rice landraces (Oryza sativa L.) collected from different ecos...

Seed macro and micro morphological characters of the 18 taxa belonging to the family Acanthaceae have been examined by using light and scanning electron microscopy. The family Acanthaceae is rep...

The plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) perform substantial growth enhancement of aerobic rice. Study was conducted at Universiti Putra Malaysia using 2-dimens...

Grasses are main source of food (cereals), fodder of livestock and good source of therapeutics and cosmetics in traditional medicine systems of the world. It is rather...

Dodonaeoideae Burnett is a subfamily of flowering plants in the soapberry family Sapindaceae Juss. Leaf epidermal characteristics of some species in the subfamily Dodonaeoideae were studied with...

A large amount of foreign exchange is expending to import the edible oil in Pakistan. The improvement of local oil producing varieties such as canola may play a vital role for better socio-econo...

Structural plasticity is an important ability of plants to acclimate to different environmental conditions, especially in limiting environments such as restingas. The ...

Alternanthera philoxeroides, a quickly spreading troublesome invasive weed of summer crops, is causing substantial yield losses in maize and other crops in Pakistan. Influence of A....

Medicinal and aromatic plants produce different bio-compounds which are used in pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and drug industries. In vitro phytotoxic, antibacte...

Seventy-one plant species of ethnoveterinary usage were reported during the survey conducted in 2016-17, from Jaban Hills, District Malakand, hindukush range, Pakistan.  Highest usage value...

Although plentiful in the South African urban areas where it is used as an ornamental tree, Quercus robur (Q. robur; English Oak), is not indigenous. The tree produces an abund...

The present study was conducted to determine total phenolic content, DPPH free radical scavenging properties, total antioxidant/oxidant status and mineral substance co...

Boesenbergia armeniaca and B. stenophylla are two endemic wild gingers from Borneo. Limited information are available on these wild species. The aim of this study was to identi...

Brachypodium distachyon is an attractive model species for biological, physical, genomic and functional studies of the Triticeae. Altitude is an abiotic factor such as latitude/longitud...

Rhamnaceae family is geographically distributed all over the world; its representation both in tropical and subtropical regions presents difficulties in tracing out it...

This study presents the results of chemical analysis of five plant species. A total of 15 minerals were analyzed in these species at pre-reproductive and post-reproductive stages. These included...

Eight parents viz., Rustam Canola, Abasin-95, NIFA Gold, Durr-e-NIFA, Punjab Sarsoon, Faisal Canola, Rainbow and Dunkled were crossed in a complete diallel fashion in ...

The genetic diversity of 210 individuals from seven Camellia chekiangoleosa Hu populations was analyzed using ISSR markers. Results revealed an extraordinarily high level of genetic div...

The effect of applying Ulva lactuca aqueous extract (ULAE) with different concentrations on the growth of maize seedlings was studied. The extract was applied...

The objective of this study is to compare two methods in evaluating soil quality, and to find the change regulation of soil quality with varied stand density. The result will provide a theoretic...

Optimization of the proportionate share of component crops in mixed intercropping systems is vital for achieving the added advantage. This field study investigated the productivity of seed blend...

The proportionate share of binary crops in mixed intercropping systems is crucial for boosting the productivity and nutritional quality of forage. This field trial aimed to investigate the respo...

In this study, extracts of Camellia sinensis (green tea), Trigonella gracecum foenum (fenugreek), Trachyspermum ammi (ajwain), Nigella s...

The megaspore morphology of 15 species of the genus Selaginella P. Beauv. (Selaginellaceae Willk.) using scanning electron microscopy was carried out. Of the 15 species, megaspore morph...

Mesophilic fungi have evolved inherently thermostable/thermophilic enzyme production potentials over the years. To explore this potential, fungal colonies were isolated from rotten food items an...

Trichoderma spp. is an important genus of fungi because of its potential biocontrol and catalytic ability. Here, we isolated Trichoderma spp. from th...

Antiviral research in plants has been focused on RNA silencing (i.e. RNA interference), and several studies suggest that salicylic acid (SA)-mediated resistance is a key part of plant antiviral ...

Penicillium imranianum was isolated along with other halophilic and halotolerant microorganisms from a man-made solar saltern in Phetchaburi province, Thailan...

The plant roots perceive and can respond to drying soil by transferring nHRS (non-hydraulic root-sourced signal) to aboveground plant parts deprived of any noticeable ...

Bakanae disease caused by different species of Fusarium, is one of the most emerging diseases of rice in Asia which is responsible for significant yield losse...

Potato is an important agricultural crop widely grown in different agro-climatic conditions of Pakistan and throughout the world. It is one of the four major staples w...