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This study has surveyed three plots with different groundwater depth (GWD) along the lower reaches of Tarim River in Northwest China. Chlorophyll fluorescence of Populus euphratica (P. euphratica) was...

Effects of electromagnetic fields (EMFs) (created by high tension wires) were studied in 33 specimens belonging to 12 species of 4 angiosperm families. In the study genotoxic effects of EMFs were stud...

The present study deals with the dendroseismological potential of five pine tree species of Azad Kashmir-Pakistan, i.e., Pinus wallichiana A.B. Jackson, Pinus roxburghii Sargent, Picea smithiana (Wall...

Drought is one of the major factors limiting crop production in an arid environment. The exogenous application of osmoprotectants has been found effective in reducing the adverse effects of drought st...

Maize is greatly influenced by competition of Xanthium strumarium L., having an adverse impact on its phonology and growth. Hence, to evaluate the effect of X. strumarium on phenological characters of...

The effects of intercropped garlic (Allium sativum) on chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b, total chlorophyll content, leaf photosynthetic rate and antioxidant enzymes were investigated in pepper during two ...

The present scientific study was taken up at Tamil Nadu Rice Research institute (TRRI), Aduthurai to study the genetic parameters and association among the floral traits of CMS lines and identificatio...

In order to study the antioxidative potential of amaranthine and its relationships with photoprotection, changes of PS II activity of red and green tissue in the same edible amaranth leaf were compare...

To appraise the effect the foliar application of triacontanol (TRIA) on sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) under saline stress, a pot experiment was conducted under natural conditions. Two sunflower cul...

High salinity, high temperature and absence of light may disturb the balance in endogenous growth regulators. This may put constraint on seed germination of halophytic grasses forcing them to adopt ne...

The stomatal and chlorophyll effects were determined on yield and its contributing traits of wheat cultivars (Damani, Hashim-8, Gomal-8, DN-73, Zam-04 and Dera-98) under stress conditions at booting a...

This research was carried out to evaluate the effects of 4 different local faba bean cultivars (LARA, YERLI, SAKIZ and SEVILLE) and intra-row spacing (5, 10, 15 and 20 cm) on the yield and yield compo...

Multivariate technique i.e., CCA has been used to analyze the response of the species against the stress due to moisture. GLM (General Linear Model) response curve and attribute plot using 3-D contour...

MAKKI BOUKHRIS1*AND SAMI SAYADI2...

Rhizobacteria improve plant growth employing a variety of growth promoting mechanisms including nutrient up-take, root growth, proliferation and biocontrol activities. Present study characterizes a sa...

In this study, the probability of salicylic acid (SA), serving as a mediator for protecting plants against cadmium (Cd) toxicity, was investigated. In cucumber seedlings exposed to increasing Cd conce...

Three species of Schoenoplectus (Reichenb.) Palla collected from three different sites of Punjab, Pakistan were evaluated for root morpho-anatomical modifications. All the three species were subjected...

Halopyrum mucronatum have dimorphic seeds and referred to as black and brown seeds. Black seeds when soaked in either non-saline or saline medium, showed lesser solute leakage in comparison to brown s...

This study examines the plant species’ distribution and cover abundance scales relations with soil and other environmental factors such as elevation, exposure, slope in the alpine region. 10 sample ...

A pot experiment was conducted to mimic the adverse effects of air pollution in the form of simulated acid rain (SAR) on morphological and yield attributes of two sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) hybr...

Field experiments were conducted at National Agricultural Research Center Islamabad Pakistan to study the response of sunflower hybrids to irrigation levels. Four irrigation levels (control, heading s...

Wheat seeds treated with different fungicides are qualitatively and quantitatively estimated regularly by different bioassays such as thin layer chromatography, autobiochromatography and spectrophotom...

We assessed feeding effect of Schizaphis graminum Rond. and Rhopalosiphum padi L. (Homoptera: Aphididae) on yield losses to wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) (Cv. Sahar) sown on November 05th (early Novemb...

The influence of sowing time and potato propagules on yield and quality of potato was carried out at Agricultural Research Institute, Tarnab, Peshawar during the year 2005-06. Potato tuberlets were de...

Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) germplasm of one hundred accessions were demonstrated for Cluster and Principal component analysis, the experimental plot was conducted during the growing season 2006 in a...

The functional properties such as water holding capacity (WHC), oil holding capacity (OHC), least gelation capacity (LGC), emulsifying activity (EA) and foaming capacity (FC) of full fat and defatted ...

We isolated Sinorhizobium meliloti (PCC21) from root nodules of wild legume species Alysicarpus bupleurifolius and characterized the AHL diversity produced in symbiosis. The TLC and HPLC-MS/MS profile...

SRAP (Sequence-related amplified polymorphism) molecular markers were used to detect the genetic diversity of 22 accessions of wild Medicago sativa from Xinjiang. Studying on the 22 accessions 15 pair...

A protocol for micropropagation of Lilium orientalis and Lilium longiflorum cv. White Fox has been developed. Effect of different media and sucrose concentrations on shoot formation, root formation an...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of fermented extract contend GA3 obtained by Solid State Fermentation and comparing with a commercial source of GA3 (reagent grade) in In vitro cultur...

In the present study, thirty two genotypes of Nigella sativa L., germplasm were evaluated for various agriculturally important traits for 3 consecutive years along with biochemical composition. Low va...

The present study was conducted with the aim to investigate the proximate composition and elemental analysis of important leafy (Malva sylvestris, Eruca sativa, and Mentha sylvestris) and fleshy (Bras...

Amylases are starch-digesting enzymes that are naturally present in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots, stem and pith of all plants. The present study is focused on the comparative studies on the a-amylase ...

Mucuna sempervirens is a perennial woody climber belonging to family Fabaceae. Hand pollination experiments have proved it to be an out crossing species. In the present study, the chemical composition...

High density molecular linkage map is a prerequisite to identify the quantitative traits loci. Construction of linkage maps, using mapping populations derived from two major subspecies: indica and jap...

Stigmasterol-3-O-β-D glucopyranoside (1) has been isolated from pnematophores (aerial roots) of Avicennia marina (Forssk.) Vierh. along with two triterpenoids, ursolic acid (2) and α-amyrin (3). Com...

The present study was undertaken to investigate the herbicidal potential of aqueous and methanolic extracts of culm plus leaves and root of Pennisetum purpureum against two selected weed species; Hedy...

The air dried leaves of Prosopis juliflora Swartz DC., commonly known as Vilayati Kikar was analyzed for chemical composition. The results revealed the quantitative analysis of following classes of na...

Agastache anisata (anise hyssop) is an herb grown for ornamental and culinary purpose. The present study focuses on the direct regeneration efficiency of Agastache anisata from nodal segments and subs...

The current study was conducted to elucidate the resistance mechanism of Leptochloa chinensis by comparing the difference in metabolism, aryl acylamidase activity, and chlorophyll fluorescence between...

Fusarium crown and root rot (caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. radicis-lycopersici, FORL) and Fusarium wilt (caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici, FOL) are the most important diseases on ...

Combining ability was studied in 6 x 6 complete diallel cross in Brassica rapa (L.) ssp. dichotoma (Roxb.) Hanelt. Significant differences were observed for all the traits except protein and glucosino...

Pollen of 34 aquatic plants distributed in 13 dicotyledonous and 7 monocotyledonous families of Punjab (Pakistan) have been investigated by Light and Scanning Electron Microscopy. Pollen are generally...

Thirteen species of pennate diatoms were collected and taxonomically investigated from various freshwater habitats in Daud Khel, Mianwali District of the Punjab Province of Pakistan during December 19...

Fungicides, microbial antagonists and oilcakes were used In vitro and In vivo to control Fusarium oxysporum, the cause of seed rot, seedling and root infection of bottle gourd and cucumber. Aliette, B...

The degree of virulence of different isolates of Verticillium dahliae (V08sn-1, Anyang and V07df2) was evaluated using pathogen and pathogen free approaches on upland cotton. Direct use of pathogen in...

The study was conducted to evaluate mycfloral pathogenicity prevailing on corn (Zea mays L.) and indigenous management strategies in different districts of Azad Jammu & Kashmir (AJK) Pakistan. Fungi w...

Seventeen seed samples collected from Peshawar (2), Swabi (1), Tordher (1), Fatu chack (1), Mardan (2), Karachi (4), Islamabad (1), Murree (1), Abbottabad (1), Sukkur (1), Ghotki (1) and Mandibahuddin...

The toxicity effects of heavy metals (lead and cadmium) on germination, root length and dry biomass of tree species viz., Thespesia populneoides, Leucaena leucocephala and Delonex regia were evaluated...