Pollen morphology of 13 species representing 2 genera of the family Valerianaceae from Pakistan has been examined by light and scanning electron microscope. Pollen grains usually radially symmetrical,...

Cypsela morphology of 17 taxa of the genus Anaphalis DC., was examined using light and scanning electron microscopy. On the basis of cypsela surface all the taxa are divided into two main groups and m...

Hippophae rhamnoides, which comprises of 9 subspecies, has an extremely wide distribution but fragmentally in Eurasia. H.rhamnoides L. subsp. caucasica is the only known species growing in Turkey. In ...

Manglietia pubipetala Q.W. Zeng, a new species of Manglieta Bl. (Magnoliaceae), from Yunnan, China is described and illustrated, which occurs in the evergreen broad-leaved forest in Maguan (Bazhai), X...

The effects of simulated SO2 treatment (NaHSO3 with different concentrations) on chlorophyll fluorescence in five subtropical forest plants, namely Pinus massoniana Lamb, Schima superba Gardn., and Ch...

Abstract:To assess inter-cultivar variation for salt tolerance in safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.)...

Chrysanthemum nodal explants were cultured on ½ X MS medium containing different combinations of growth hormones. A reasonable callus formed on explants when MS contained 0.5 mg. cm-3 each of BAP and...

At present Pakistan has 22 m ha of arable land out of which 4.59 million hectares are rainfed. About 1.8 million hectares of Pothowar Plateau comprises of Fatehjang¸ Murree¸ Attock and Jehlum. The t...

An efficient embryogenic response (both direct and indirect) of two different varieties of sugarcane (CP 77,400 and BL-4) was obtained in this study. The results demonstrates that fresh inner whorl o...

Explants from leaf, shoot apical meristem and parenchymatous pith were cultured on MS medium supplemented with different concentrations of 2,4-D either alone or in combination with BAP. MS medium cont...

Seasonal changes in water relations and accumulation of proline during drought stress were assessed in different plant species viz., Artemisia scopria, Juniperus exceltata, Onobrychis cornuta and Soph...

The seedless trait in Kinnow mandarin (Citrus reticulata) is desirable because of natural factors like ovule, pollen and pollen self incompatibility. Various degrees of ovule sterility are present in ...

Twenty sunflower hybrids were evaluated for various parameters under field conditions to estimate genetic parameters, correlation coefficient, path analysis and linkage distance. Analysis of variance ...

This research was conducted in Samsun, Turkey during 1999-2000 and 2000-2001 to determine the performance of 15 pea cultivars sown in autumn and spring. The study was designed with split plot in rando...

The investigations were carried through a series of experiments in two years to confirm the results of two cropping sequences with application of three fertilizer levels. Wheat planted after soybean p...

2 line x 3 tester mating design along with 5 rice genotypes and 6 F1s were used of line, tester was higher than that of interaction of line x tester for all the characters. The predictability ratio in...

Deviations observed by Metroglyph method regarding the number of clusters formed, number of genotypes in each cluster and superimposition of the genotypes within the cluster pointed out the precision ...

Research studies were carried out for identification and isolation of low phytate bread wheat mutants / cultivars in Pakistan. Sixty six mutants / cultivars collected from different parts of the count...

Sea buckthorn (Hyppophae rhamnoides L.) is a hardy shrub belonging to the family Elaeagnaceae. It bears yellow to orange berries, which have been used for centuries in Europe and Asia for beneficial p...

The direct regeneration ability in different explants i.e., shoot and nodal explants of Cicer arietinum was investigated on M.S. basal medium supplemented with different concentrations of Benzyl amino...

In order to improve salt tolerance, it is important to explore inter-cultivar genetic variation for salt tolerance, so a greenhouse experiment was conducted to screen 11 local accessions of pea (Pisum...

Faculty of Fisheries, University of Çukurova, Balcalı, 01330 Adana, Turkey ...

The epiphytic algal biomass on pneumatophores of the grey mangrove Avicennia marina (Forssk.) Vierh., was estimated for the first time from the Indus Delta region during the northeast monsoon season. ...

2,*, M. ASLAM KHAN1, S. M. MUGHAL 2, N. JAVED 1,...

Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a plant growth promoting rhizobacterium and Paecilomyces lilacinus, an egg parasite of root knot and cyst nematodes inhibited the growth of Macrophomina phaseolina, Fusarium so...

Using ISTA techniques, the seed borne fungi of bitter gourd (Momordica charantia Linn.) was studied. A total of 15 genera and 29 species of fungi were isolated, of which 25 have not hitherto been reco...

Studies were carried out to assess wheat yield losses inflicted by Puccinia striiformis f.sp. tritici. Investigations revealed that there exists a direct linkage between the disease level and the yiel...

Xanthomonas campestris pv. sesami (Xcs), causes bacterial blight disease which can significantly reduce the production of sesame. Previously collected isolate of Xcs differed in their ability to induc...

In the present study the agricultural and kitchen wastes viz., potato peels, sugar cane waste, tree bark, used microbiological media, news paper, saw dust, fruit peels, grass, leaves, guar, used tea, ...

Mango (Mangifera indica L.) is susceptible to a number of diseases. One of the important diseases is sudden death phenomenon which is a complex of biotic and abiotic factors. Several fungi have been i...

Microbial antagonists viz., Bacillus subtilis, B. thuringiensis, B. cereus and Rhizobium meliloti multiplied on dry powder of leaves and stem of R. mucronata were used in the control of root infecting...

In this study, it was found that growth and development of Arabidopsis seedling main root and lateral root were affected by Hygromycin. Compared to the controls, main roots of Arabidopsis seedlings cu...

Nitrogen and phosphorus contents of un-inoculated plants of lentil lines included in susceptible group were higher than those of the resistant one whereas, potassium, contents were more in the un-inoc...

Mineral composition (Ca, Na, Cu, and Zn) of different forages and soils in five agricultural local pastures in the Punjab, Pakistan were studied. They were designated as pastures, feeding sites and si...

Geastrum sessile and G. vulgatum are being reported for the first time from Gilgit valley, Pakistan. These species are characterized by the production of pointed starfish-like rays on fruiting body. S...

In a greenhouse experiment, wheat and chickpea were compared for root-induced changes in bacterial/fungal population of rhizospheric soil, microbial biomass, immobilization/loss of N applied as NH4+ a...

Different parts of Eucalyptus sp., viz., leaves, stem, bark and fruit used as aqueous and ethanol extracts showed nematicidal effect against Meloidogyne javanica root knot nematode, reduced hatching o...

Strategies for the management of mycotoxins in corn using soil solarization alone and in combination with soil amendments (farm yard manure, chicken farm yard manure, neem leaves and biokhad) were dev...

Leaf blight of wheat caused by Bipolaris sorokiniana (Cochliobolus sativus) is a world wide economically important foliar disease. It mainly occurs in warm, humid wheat growing areas. In Pakistan Helm...

Calotropis procera (Ait.) R. Br., a widely used medicinal plant in Indian sub-continent, was investigated for endophytic mycoflora as a possible source of bioactive secondary metabolites. Four hundred...