Pollen morphology of 12 species belonging to the genus Polygonum L., (Polygonaceae) from Pakistan has been investigated by light and scanning electron microscopy. Polygonum L., is an eurypalynous genu...

Medicinal plants which are found on earth have renowned medicinal significance and their usage are increasing day by day in our daily life. Different researches are going on to explore the beneficial,...

Juniperus excelsa (DC.) M. Bieb. (Cupressaceae) is long-lived tree that provides many benefits to regional ecosystems and local economies of surrounding communities. However, relatively little is know...

Fruit of 85 varieties of Pakistani dates were collected throughout the harvest season. Appropriate Performa was designed to write the scientific and commonly used properties. These properties included...

Psilotum nudum L., is of considerable importance in palaeobotany considering its age of evolution i.e. Devonian. It has also been recognized as a medicinal herb. In 2003, one sample of this species wa...

This report concens morphological, chemical and indumentum characteristes of Rhododendron luteum Sweet collected from Ordu province. A detailed description of the species has been prepared and compare...

Seed dormancy is a major constraint in the eradication of weeds from agriculture fields. Seeds of Amaranthus retroflexus, Echinocloa crus-galli and Digitaria adscendens were collected from cultivated ...

The present paper reports therapeutic uses of medicinal plants for wounds healing by the tribal communities of Northern Himalayan Range, district Abbottabad which was recorded during January 2007 to A...

CHENG-YI WANG2,3 AND QI-LANG XIE2,3...

Variability obtained from mutation breeding (gamma rays) was examined through molecular marker techniques (RAPD). A total of 73 loci were amplified with 13 primers, out of which 75.34% were polymorphi...

The genetic diversity analysis of 15 barley landraces was carried out using RAPD markers. These landraces were collected from various bioclimatic Tunisian zones. The amplification products varied from...

Nine sugarcane genotypes were tested for callus induction and subsequent regeneration on MS medium supplemented with different combinations of hormones. Genotype-independent plant regeneration was dev...

Barley accessions collected from three regions of Pakistan were evaluated for seed protein (%) for two seasons. A wide range of variation (9 to 21%) was found in the germplasm studied during both seas...

Correlation and regression studies of cultivars of Gossypium hirsutum L., were analysed for quantitative characters. Results revealed that highly significant positive correlation (r=0.567) was display...

An experiment was conducted to assess the effect of various water regimes on growth and yield of canola genotypes/mutants using physiological indices as screening tool, in the year 2007-08. Three cano...

The effect of two culture media viz., Murashige & Skoog (MS) and Lepoivre (LP) supplemented with 1.0...

Phenological development determines the period of vegetative and reproductive growth, assimilate partitioning and dry matter production. Planting time and density are the major factors affecting pheno...

Different type of data can be used to estimate genetic diversity. In this work, genetic diversity among common bean breeding lines by random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers, and morphological...

2, LUSHAN XIE1 AND FANGMING HU1...

Present investigation was carried out to assay the effects of industrial effluents on different varieties of soybean. For that purpose Textile effluent and Paper & Board effluent were chosen. Concentr...

This study was carried out during 2002-2005 in the east Mediterranean region of Turkey (in Kahramanmaras province), at the experimental field of Agricultural Faculty of Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam Univer...

Many of the microsatellites available in the public domain have been used successfully or tested on species other than that from which they were originally isolated. In this study we report on the dis...

Carbon isotope discrimination (Δ) has been suggested as an indirect tool for selecting plants having higher water use efficiency (WUE) and yield potential. Enhancing WUE is an important breeding obje...

Multi-environment data of 7 different locations for seed yield of 182 soybean diverse genotypes were analyzed. The objectives were to find out the 1) homogenous groups of similar genotypes and similar...

To study the impact of plant population and nitrogen levels on maize, an experiment was conducted at KPK Agricultural University, Peshawar, Pakistan during summer 2006.The experiment was carried out i...

Genetic variability, heritability along with genetic advance of traits, their association and direct and indirect effects on yield are essential for crop improvement. Ten mungbean genotypes were studi...

In vitro studies of Brassica juncea is indispensable for evaluating its response to different biotic and abiotic stresses and its improvement through biotechnological techniques. In the present study,...

The present study was conducted to assess the potassium (K) status of soil, forage, and blood plasma of male sheep (rams) at Livestock Experimental Station, Khizerabad, Sargodha, Pakistan. Soil, forag...

Excess boron may exhibit detrimental effect on wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). An effective technique for assessing the response of wheat genotypes to excess boron is required to create high yielding to...

The genetic diversity in 18 cotton varieties of Pakistan was assessed using Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD). Three RAPD primers: OPO-19, OPQ-14 and OPY-2 revealed amplifications at 470bp, 325b...

In the present study, effects of varying concentrations of growth regulators including 2, 4-D (2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid), BAP (6-benzylaminopurine), IAA (indole-3-acetic acid) and Kin (kinetin) ...

The analysis of species density and species distribution based on the analysis of land cover characteristics is an important aspect in the process of understanding forest ecology. Therefore in the pre...

The plant extracts from Zygophyllacae and Euphorbiaceae are well known in the human history for medicinal use but their use to control insect pests is still in preliminary stage. In this study the eff...

Sweet sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) has been recognized as an important ethanol crop which can be planted in marginal lands in China, but little is known about its photosynthetic characteristi...

The purpose of the current study was to ascertain the concentration of various micronutrients using atomic absorption spectrophotometer and macronutrients using flame photometry and evaluation of cyto...

Abiotic stress is a major problem around the world causing huge losses to cultivated crops. Salinity, low temperature and drought are the most destructive abiotic stresses worldwide. A study was desig...

A field experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of conventional tillage (CT) or no Tillage (NT) systems using three seed rates (40, 80 and 120 kg ha-1) of chickpea. Aim of the experiment was t...

Heavy metals are contaminants of much environmental apprehension, as they are hazardous to human being and other biota. Buildup of heavy metals in crop plants is of great concern due to the probabilit...

Homostylous populations of Oxalis corniculata L., are recorded from Pakistan (stigmas at the level of long stamens) rarely mixed with semihomostylous flowers (stigmas slightly below the long stamens) ...

Among the different factors temperature and moisture are considered very important for germination, crop maturity and productivity. Experiments were conducted in the laboratory to determine the effect...

Soil fertility and organic matter in our soils are on decline. Legume intercropping and manuring are important measures to sustain fertility and enhance productivity of soil. Four wheat cultivars Inql...

Phosphorus (P) levels and its time of application is considered some of the most important factor affecting crop growth, dry matter accumulation and harvest index in maize (Zea mays L.). Research on t...

Crude methanolic extract and various fractions of Zizyphus oxyphylla Edgew leaves were screened for antibacterial, antifungal, phytotoxic, cytotoxic and insecticidal activities. Antibacterial bioassay...

The seeds of two fine-rice (Shaheen and PB-95) and two coarse rice (IRRI-6 and KS-282) cultivars were soaked in varying levels of nitric oxide (NO) (0, 0.05, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4 and 0.5 mM) and then ex...

Effect of Zn as Zinc sulphate on wheat crop cultivar ‘AS-2002’ was investigated through field experiments laid out at Adaptive Research Farm and Farmer’s fields under arid environment of Thal de...

Acacia nilotica Willd. ex Delile subsp. hemispherica is an endangered and endemic taxon reported from Southern Pakistan. Hence an urgent conservation strategy is required due to exposure of the taxon ...

Field investigations were carried out to test the effect of varying levels of nitrogen (0, 60...

Synthetic-derived bread wheat populations are used as sources of resistance genes for biotic and abiotic stresses. This study used direct field evaluation of synthetic-derived wheat lines to assess gr...

The present study was conducted to investigate the response of different wheat genotypes to salinity stress. Field experiments were conducted at three different locations of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Provinc...

The present field study was carried at Malakandher Research Farms KPK Agricultural University, Peshawar, using randomized complete block design. Seeds of four maize varieties (viz., Azam, Sarhad white...

A sand culture experiment was conducted to investigate the rooting of stem cuttings and growth of Tamarix chinensis irrigated with various dilutions of saline soil solutions extract (0 to 32 g L-1) co...

Management of saline sodic soils requires combination of agronomic practices in addition to the chemical and organic amendments. However, the relative efficiency of the amendments under variable cultu...

During the present study...

Lobophora variegata (Lamouroux) Womersley ex Oliveira [=Dictyota variegata Lamouroux], a fan-shaped, reddish brown alga of the family Dictyotaceae (Dictyotales, Dictyophyceae, Phaeophycota) was collec...

Three brown seaweeds Stoechospermum polypodioides (J.V.F. Lamourourx) J. Agardh, Jolyna laminarioides Guimarães in Guimarães et al., and Sargassum tenerrimum J. Agardh were collected during January ...

In the present study high efficiency Agrobacterium tumefaciens mediated transformation system of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cv. Inqilab-91 was developed by exploiting bacterial culture density and a...

In the present study production, characterization and identification of virulence factors produced by virulent isolates of Pseudomonas syringae pv. sesami (Psse-08/NARC 1) and Xanthomonas campestris p...

The efficacy studies for lactic acid were conducted using rats to observe the toxicity of food grade lactic acid, produced in laboratory through fermentation process. The Sprague-Dawley rats were used...

Investigations were carried out to evaluate influence of some selective insecticides on mycelial growth and conidial germination of Metarhizium anisopliae (Metsch.) Sorokin and Paecilomyces fumosorose...

In the present paper the types of arbuscular mycorrhizal propagules in the rhizosphere soil of the four different varieties of potato raised by meristem culturing method have been enlisted. A total of...

Fungal species composition on retail Amla fruits obtained from local market of three localities of Hyderabad, Hala and Tando Allah Yar was studied. Forty-eight fruit samples were randomly picked from ...

Present studies describe the optimization of process parameters for the production of cellulases by Trichoderma viride using submerged fermentation technique. The fermentation experiments were carried...

2, †, WANG CHANGYOU1, †, M. ALI1,3, ZHANG HONG1, LIU XINLUN1, LI WEIYAN1 AND JI WANQUAN1,*...

The unnecessary inputs costs to farmers due to N losses can be optimized by developing a sound fertilizer strategy. The optimization for improved wheat productivity, N re-translocation, utilization an...

Methanolic extracts of Thuja occidentalis, Vernonia anthelmintica, Dryopteris chrysocoma and Trachyspermum ammi were tested In vitro for their antibacterial and antifungal activities. Antibacterial st...

1, MUBASHIR NIAZ@ AND IKRAM UL HAQ1...

Zanthoxylum alatum Roxb., is a medicinal plant which abundantly grows in the hilly areas of Pakistan. The dried fruit of the plant is used as condiment and has excellent spice value. In the present st...

Killer-Sensitive Pattern (KSP) was screened by cross reactions in 23 yeast species belonging to 13 genera which were previously isolated from slime fluxes of trees and 56 yeast species belonging to 23...

Seed treatment with oil seed cakes like Cotton cake, Mustard cake (Black and yellow) and Taramera cake alone or in combination with Trichoderma harzianum­ and T. resei significantly reduced colonizat...

A contribution is made to the biodiversity of mushrooms and ectomycorrhizae from Himalayan moist temperate forests of Pakistan with ectomycorrhizal morphotypes of Cantharellus cibarius and Tricholoma ...

Twenty one seed samples of lentil (Lens culinaris L.) collected from various localities of Pakistan viz., Karachi (12), Sukkur ...

Studies were carried out under In vitro conditions to investigate the inhibition effect of garlic root exudates on the hyphae of Phytophthora capsici and some other specific observations were made usi...

The effects of diozotrophs which fix atmospheric nitrogen into ammonium ions on lead (Pb) phytoextraction and their subsequent effect on the growth of maize (Zea mays L.) was evaluated in a green hous...

A long survey of different freshwater habitats was made during December 2003-July 2006 in the districts of Gujranwala, Jhang, Lahore, Rawalpindi, Sargodha, Sheikhupura and Sialkot in the Punjab Provin...

Essential oils are regarded as the major bioactive compounds and exhibit antibacterial, antifungal, anti-viral and antioxidant activities. The contents and components of essential oils present in plan...

In the present paper three more fungi viz....

Thirty-seven sunflower hybrids were evaluated for 8 agronomic characters under field conditions to estimate genetic parameters, correlation coefficient, path analysis and principal components analysis...