Professor Abdul Ghafoor was born on 1st January 1938 in a small village named Kamali (Indian Punjab). He migrated to Pakistan in 1947 with his maternal grandfather after crossing rive...

Adequate management of nitrogen fertilizer application in agriculture can contribute substantially to expanding Eucommia ulmoides Oliv. cultivation in the sal...

Water deficit is confirmed to be the most destructive factor in abiotic stress, which can inhibit crop growth. Here we examined the effect of exogenous applied 10 μM abscisic acid (ABA) on th...

Abiotic stresses adversly effect the growth and physiological processes in crop plants, which ultimately lead to significant reduction in the yield. Based upon emerging threats of salinity and d...

The present investigation was performed to examine the positive role of exogenous application of melatonin on bio-mass production, photosynthetic pigments, total solub...

The physiological mechanism by which exogenous spermidine (Spd) alleviates high-temperature stress of lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) was explored. The effects of...

In order to characterize the physiological mechanisms of waterlogging tolerance of Dactylis glomerata L. and to help rationally select waterlogging-tolerant s...

The research work presented in this manuscript was carried out to know the pattern of various osmolytes accumulation in maize plants exposed to heat stress after appli...

In their natural habitats, plants have to cope with multiple stress factors triggering respective response pathways, leading to mutual interference. The aim of the study is to effect of salt str...

Heavy metal pollution is becoming one of the major problems around the globe resulting from the increase in population, urbanization, and industrialization. Therefore,...

The aim of the study was to determine the effects of increasing doses (control, 100, 200, and 400 mg L-1) of lead nitrate (Pb(NO3))2 o...

Avenafatua L. (Wild oat) is one of the world's worst agricultural weeds and is an ever-increasing threat in wheat growing areas of Pakistan. The injudicious application of herbicide...

The principal concern of our study, which is carried out in microcosmic conditions, is focused on removing some plant toxic heavy metals such as Ni, Se, Zn, Pb, Cd, Cr...

Evaluation the interactive allelopathy between different crops is a wise strategy for determining the advantageous effects and avoid the disadvantageous effects among ...

The world is confronting with food shortage and malnutrition problems. Millions of people mainly from Asia and Africa are at maximum risk of hidden hunger due to the i...

DNA fingerprinting, gene sequencing, genetic diversity studies and other valuable applications in molecular biology require highly purified DNA isolation for further u...

A total of 96 indigenous rice accessions from Northern areas of Pakistan were used as research material, while IR6, JP5, Nipponbare, and Super-basmati were included as...

Medicinal plant (MP) cultivation is taken into consideration for the sustainable use of MPs. The effort in developing effective management of MPs has focused on biomas...

Dendrobium huoshanense C.Z. Tang et S.J. Cheng, plants have been declared as geographical indicators (GI) of different ecoregions of China, and wild D. hu...

Eurya alata is one of the few nectar plants that bloom in winter, mainly distributed in the south of the Yangtze River in China. In this research, the chlorop...

Cinnamomum camphora (Lauraceae) is an evergreen tree species with many essential oils that have been used in the fragrance, medicine and chemical industry. However, limited variation of...

Transgenic approaches have shown a huge potential in crop improvement against biotic and abiotic stresses. The regulated expression of stress induced genes provides in...

GID1 (gibberellin insensitive dwarf1) is a gibberellin receptor and plays an important role in the function of gibberellin. The full-length cDNA sequences of gibberellin receptor genes DoGID...

Ziziphus nummularia (Burm. f.) is a multipurpose wild tree species well adapted to the arid regions of Pakistan. The tree is drought tolerant and may ensure f...

Thirty six tea genotypes (M1-M36) along with three check genotypes (Qi men, P3 and Indonesian) treated with gamma irradiation were evaluated with help of Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) ...

Amur grape (Vitis amurensis Rupr.) is a dioecious species. To elucidate the cause of pistil abortion in male amur grape from the perspective of nutrition, we performed a metabolic pathw...

Amygdalin is a glycoside which commonly found in the seeds of stone fruits. This active ingredient has a great importance in drug industry. Amygdalin is commonly obtai...

Allium caroli-henrici, A. registanicum are newly recorded from Zhob district of Pakistan, and a new species Allium zhobicum is described and...

Charybdis glaucophylla Bacch. & al. (Asparagaceae) is here reported for the first time for the Kroumiria region (NW Tunisia) and for the entire African continent. Basic ecological a...

This study was designed to investigate the mineral composition at three phenological stages of some selected fodder forage. Therefore, five taxa viz., Indigofera gerardiana, Tagetes...

The present work was conducted with the aim to record the ethnic medicinal knowledge. This work is the first effort to document the folk knowledge of medicinal plants....

Breeding among Rosa species is a tedious process with low success rate due to presence of variability in pollen fertility and environmental conditions. Introduction of varieties and dev...

Alpine pastures of Kaghan valley are one of the most productive grazing lands in Pakistan. These pastures provide many ecosystem services which are important for livel...

This research aims to collect significant data on traditional uses of medicinal plant species used by the inhabitants as remedies in Northern Pakistan. In this regard ...

Carex (Family Cyperaceae) resembles superficially with grasses and rushes. This genus primarily is confined to high elevations, and is among the least studied groups in Pakistan. The pr...

The Margalla Hills falls in moist subtropical ecosystem with rich floristic diversity. Frequent field trips were conducted to record the floristic and ecological characteristics of vegetation. A...

Larix gmelinii forest is one of the most important cold-temperate conifer forests which plays a crucial role on national ecological security in China. Underst...

This paper presents a study to find an advanced line of cotton which has desirable yield and quality parameters with better nutritional constituents and low amount of gossypol contents in the se...

Adequate supply of N nutrition is essential in banana production and is an indirect indicator of chlorophyll content, as considerable amount of it is incorporated in g...

This paper provides the first insight into the altitudinal zonation of vegetation of Shigar valley, Central Karakorum Mountains, Pakistan. The study was conducted in t...

Southern corn leaf blight, caused by Bipolaris maydis, is an important disease of maize in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, Pakistan.  Extensive surveys...

Anaphalis DC. is the largest genus in Asian Gnaphalieae, and China, containing 54 known species, is one of the largest centers of Anaphalis diversity...

The article identifies the following biologically active substances in the surface and the underground parts of Eichhornia crassipes, Pistia Stratiotes, and Lemna minor aquatic pla...

The fungal pathogen Colletotrichum falcatum, the causal agent of red rot disease, is one of the most damaging pathogens of sugarcane (Saccharum spp.). The identification of eli...

Leaf rust disease in wheat (caused by Puccinia triticina), is the best controlled through sustainable deployment of genetic resistance, which requires rigorou...

The aim of the present study is to assess the effect of aqueous and ethanol cinnamon extract on some growth criteria of the opportunistic mold Aspergillus fumigatu...