To obtain salt tolerant genotypes, salt tolerance of 10 jute genotypes of different origins was evaluated by relative salt harm rate at germination stage and by index of salt harm at seedling stage, r...

The growth and ionic uptake pattern of some Brassica genotypes i.e., Rainbow, Wester, Durr-e-NIFA, Abaseen 95 (Brassica napus) and NIFA raya (Brassica juncea) under saline-sodic field conditions was s...

Salinity is a major constraint limiting agricultural crop productivity in the world. However, plant species and cultivars differ greatly in their response to salinity. This study was conducted in a gr...

The study was conducted to evaluate the effect of NaCl salinity on germination and emergence of Physalis ixocarpa and Physalis peruviana. Seeds of P. ixocarpa and P. peruviana were germinated by the u...

The effects of seed soaking with salicylic acid or ascorbic acid on pumpkin seedlings growth under saline (10 dS m-1) conditions were investigated. Seedlings fresh weight, protein contents, protease a...

2JEHAN BAKHT2 AND MOHAMMAD ARIF1...

The present study entitled “Response of barley genotypes to salinity stresses as alleviated by seed priming was conducted at the Greenhouses of the Institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering...

The present study was aimed to assess salt tolerance of some newly developed and candidate cultivars of wheat using gas exchange and chlorophyll fluorescence parameters. Ten wheat cultivars including ...

Plant growth response of four week old seedlings of 48 rice lines/cultivars to four NaCl levels (0...

The physiological and biochemical responses of tomato cultivars were studied at Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Agricultural University, Peshawar, Pakistan during 2005-2006 for salt tolerance. Tomato cultivars wer...

A field experiment was conducted at Qaim Bharwana, district Jhang, Pakistan on a saline-sodic soil (ECe = 12.7-20.1 dS m-1, pHs = 10.3-10.4, SAR = 157.0-273.9 at 0-15 cm soil depth and ECe = 5.4-12.1 ...

Experimental plot was conducted to test the variation with correlation of one hundred bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) germplasms under the area of Plant Breeding and Genetics department, Faculty of...

Mimosa pigra L. is widely considered one of the 100 worst invasive species. Native to tropical America this species is now distributed worldwide where it causes severe impact in many regions. Populati...

A reliable protocol for adult Quercus suber L. somatic embryogenesis (SE) was developed recently. To evaluate the potential use of this protocol in cork oak forest breeding programs, it is essential t...

Information about the genetic variability and other associated parameters for different traits is very useful in crop improvement programs. Yield components and some morphological characters were stud...

Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) is one of the world’s oldest oil crops and has been cultivated in Asia since ancient times. The breeding potential of the germplasm accessions held in PGRP gene-bank has ...

Potato is attacked by various diseases (bacterial, viral and fungal). PVX and PVY diseases of potato caused by PVX (Potex virus X) and PVY (Poty virus Y) causes heavy losses to the potato crop. In Pak...

Development of promising cotton populations with improved agronomic performance is primary objective of the cotton breeders. Genetic potential and variability in 8 × 8 F1 diallel hybrids versus their...

Effluent samples were collected from Koh-e-Noor textile mill, Marble Industry and Attock oil Refinery for present study. Different dilutions (0...

Three new combinations in the genus Cephalophilon (Meisn.) Spach (Polygonaceae) viz., C. glaciale (Meisn.) Qaiser & A. Perveen, C. humilis (Meisn.) Qaiser & A. Perveen and C. sinuatum (Royle ex Bap.) ...

The Genus Rebutia K. Schum. is a taxonomically complex genus of Cactaceae subfamily Cactoideae. This genus was subjected to splitting and lumpering treatments through the years. Molecular data reveale...

Wild onion (Asphodelus tenuifolius Cav.) is a major weed of chickpea in the sandy tract of Pakistan and elsewhere in the world, but its biology and physiology is less understood. Seeds of its four bio...

Seed germination is related to seed size in many herbs species, but few studies investigated the relationship between germination and seed size in shrubs. We examined the correlation of seed size and ...

Poor and erratic germination is a sever problem in stand establishment of range grasses. In this study, the potential of seed priming techniques in improving germination and early seedling growth of t...

Allelopathic and autotoxicity effects of aqueous extracts from under the canopy soil and from different parts of Acacia tortilis subsp. raddiana were studied. These effects were measured in terms of g...

In a comparison made on the effect of adding inorganic, organic and microbial fertilizers in soil on the germination of seeds of 4 sunflower varieties viz., Hysun-33, Hysun-38, Helico-250 and SA-278 i...

Black raspberry (Rubus coreanus Miquel) seed is covered with hard seed coat and enveloped in an endospermic layer. Seeds failed to germinate without scarification and stratification, suggesting that s...

Forty species related to 21 families were identified as the weeds of wheat from village Lahor, District Swabi during April 2005. Poaceae (7 spp), followed by Brassicaceae (5 spp), Caryophyllaceae, Ast...

The Lahore canal is an important watershed in Lahore. The present study was conducted to monitor pollution load of Lahore canal. Surface water was collected from the middle of the canal at four differ...

Pollen morphology of three genera representing 6 species of the family Dipsacaceae from Pakistan has been examined by light and scanning electron microscope. Pollen grains usually radially symmetrical...

This study was carried out to assess the nutritional and mineral composition of selected vegetables, which are commonly used as food in Pakistan. Abelmoschus esculentus, Solanum melongena, Cucurbita m...

2, YOU CHEN1, QING ZHANG1, BENWEN CHEN3, CHENGWEI YANG1 AND YA QIN WANG1,*...

Effectiveness of a potential plant growth regulator, 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) on improving yield and regulating some potential physio-chemical attributes of seed and oil of two sunflower cultivars ...

The effects of hexavalent chromium (Cr) were studied in rice plants by applying its different concentrations ranging from 50-500 mg/kg of soil. Cr significantly altered growth of rice plants and reduc...

During their development cycle, plants are subjected to variations of climatic conditions and soil proprieties which affect their growth. Scattered information is available on the mineral status of th...

Optimal nitrogen (N) nutrition has been shown to alleviate the negative effects of drought stress (DS) on plants. The mechanisms of beneficial effect of nitrogen form are not conclusive. In this study...

Significant effect of different irrigation schedules and integrated nutrition levels was determined on fraction of intercepted radiation (Fi) in cotton. The treatments were four irrigation schedules v...

The antioxidant potential as well as tyrosinase inhibitory activity of citrus fruit waste were determined. Fruit peels of 4 species of genus citrus viz. Citrus sinensis (Malta), C. reticulate (Orange)...

A study was conducted to compare the growth and yield of five promising cut rose (Rosa hybrida L.) cultivars in two production systems viz. greenhouse and field under agro-ecological conditions of Fai...

The study was undertaken to determine the influence of defoliation and deblossoming on the vegetative and reproductive growth of guava (Psidium guajava L.) cv. ‘Gola’ tree. Twenty guava trees of u...

To study the different moisture regimes on root growth of maize varieties, this experiment was conducted at Institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (IBGE), Agricultural University, Peshawar...

The inorganic fertilizers produce significant effects on quantity as well as quality on the produce of most of the crop plants: The productivity of cotton crop varies greatly due to addition of macro-...

Low native soil phosphorus availability coupled with poor utilization of added phosphorus is one of the major constraints limiting the productivity of alkaline and calcareous soils of Pakistan. With a...

In this study ‘anthelmintic activity of essential oils (EOs), of leaf, stem and root of Skimmia laureola (DC.) Zucc. Ex Walp., ver. Nair was evaluated. ‘Adult motility assay’ was employed using ...

Water and nitrogen are the most important factors, play their role in better growth and yield of maize. To find out effective use of resources a field experiment was conducted to study the effect of i...

Utility of lucerne crop fertilization with nitrogen fertilizer has been discussed in literature with controversy. In this study experiment was conducted to determine the effect of mineral nitrogen at ...

A study was carried out in order to assess the status of plant available S in the 15 rain-fed arable soils of Pothwar, Pakistan and to evaluate its relationships with soil characteristics, rainfall di...

Development of new techniques for in vitro culture is necessary to optimize and reduce the production costs. The aim of this work was to introduce the bioreactor BIB® (Bioreactor of Immersion by Bubb...

Screening of plant extracts from wild species of plants for insecticidal properties could lead to the discovery of new agents for pest control. Keeping this in view, the ethanolic extracts of five pla...

Heavy metal contamination of soils resulting from irrigation by wastewater is causing major concern due to the potential health risk involved. This study was therefore designed to investigate the heav...

The burning of crop straw or vegetable remains is a traditional agricultural practice in many countries of the world including Pakistan. Present study reveals that the crop straw /veg remain burning p...

This study was conducted to compare nutritional worth of maize (Zea mays), sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) and millet (Pennisetum americanum) silages. These fodders were manually harvested and then preserve...

Abstract : A systematic approach was taken to isolate and characterize the antimicrobial peptide(s) from the crude aqueous extract, solubilized ammonium sulphate precipitates and purified gel filtrati...

The most devastating disease of tomato is bacterial wilt (BW) caused by Ralstonia solanacearum which occur in hot and humid areas of Pakistan. Control of bacterial wilt is difficult, because the patho...

The total phenol content, peroxidase and polyphenol oxidase enzyme activities and the total protein profile in tomato cultivars (Lycopersicon esculantum Mill.), tolerant and susceptible to Fusarium wi...

The effects and the possibility of using some systemic fungicides as seed treatments with different active ingredients against stem rot caused by Sclerotium rolfsii in peanuts were investigated. The e...

Six fungal and 10 natural biosorbents were analyzed for their Cu(II), Cd(II) and Pb(II) uptake capacity from single, binary and ternary metal ion system. Preliminary screening biosorption of assays re...

Cellulase production was studied after cultivation of Alternaria sp. MS28 in cellulose containing media. This fungus produces different component activities of cellulases, a property influenced by gro...

Effect of aqueous and n-hexane bark extracts of allelopathic tree species viz., Acacia nilotica and Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels was studied on germination and seedling growth of Parthenium hysterophor...

Present investigations were carried out to identify, quantify and find out the AMF relationship with chemical characteristics of rhizospheric soils of Mentha arvensis and M longifolia, growing in some...

Bacterial blight (BB) caused by Xanthomonas oryzae pv oryzae is the most destructive disease of rice in Pakistan due to its high epidemic potential. Forty seven rice accessions comprising 6 crosses, ...

Discovery of anticancer drugs that must kill or disable tumor cells in the presence of normal cells without undue toxicity is an extraordinary challenge. In the past 50 years, number of highly success...

Antibacterial activities of In vitro and In vivo grown garlic were compared against five bacterial strains Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Proteus mirabilis, Enterobacter aerogenes and Staphy...

This study focuses on the population ecology of a desert summer annual, Ipomoea sindica Stapf, the abundant flora after the monsoon rains in Karachi, Sindh. Two sites were selected for the study, desi...

Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) can be transmited mechanically as well as biologically through insect vector (Aphis gossypii). CMV has a wide host range particularly it infects Solanaceous crops. Sixty on...

Present bioconversion studies were carried out to convert drifted seaweed biomass into bioactive organic compost. Chemical analysis of the collected seaweed biomass from the Karachi coast revealed 60....

The antileishmanial activities of the seven different species of red algal extracts were evaluated against the promastigote form of Leishmania major. The ethanol extracts of Osmundea pinnatifida score...

Six taxa of algae (phylum Euglenophycota Shameel) were collected from various freshwater habitats in the Punjab Province of Pakistan during April and June 1989. They have been taxonomically investigat...

The present paper reports the occurrence of four species of Prorocentrum viz., P. compressum, P. gracile, P. rhathymum and P. micans from the North Arabian Sea shelf of Pakistan. P. micans was the onl...