The seedlings of Glycine soja were treated with varying saline stress and alkaline stress. The growth, photosynthesis and concentrations of inorganic ions in tissue sap of stressed seedlings were meas...

An investigation was carried out to evaluate ionic relation of roots on the basis of anatomical and physiological responses in differently adapted ecotypes of Typha domingensis Pers. under salinity st...

Role of glycinebetaine (GB) in okra (Abelmoschus esculentus L. Moench) cv. Subz-pari plants grown under salinity stress was investigated under field conditions. The crop was planted under varying leve...

In this study, seeds belonging to two varieties of safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) grown for biodiesel production, RemziBey and Dinçer, were used. The seeds were germinated in Petri dishes contai...

This study aimed to identify the most tolerant species under salinity stress, amongst Roegneria turczaninovii (Drob.) Nevski var. macrathera Ohwi (R. turczaninovii), Roegneria stricta Keng (R. stricta...

Present study was aimed to investigate the role of selenium in amelioration of cadmium stress in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Cadmium treatment growth declined by reducing the pigment synthesis and incr...

Bacillus cereus and Pseudomonas moraviensis strains were inoculated singly as well as in consortium with two different carriers i.e., maize straws and sugarcane husk in the formulation of biofertilize...

Pakistan falls under arid to semi-arid climate and therefore, Pakistani soils are sufferer of phosphorus deficiency. Costly phosphatic commercial fertilizers and their unavailability at the time of cr...

Farmers are commercially cultivated tomato with different levels of shoot pruning but this production practice has not been defined clearly. The experiment was conducted under sub-tropical condition t...

Two experiments were accomplished at Agriculture College farms (Duhok) and in pots during the winter growing season 2011-2012, to investigate the response of local lentil in terms of growth, yield and...

To broaden the genetic resources for cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) breeding, and to accelerate the systematic functional analysis of cucumber genes, a cucumber mutant library was constructed by using ...

In rainfed areas, tillage is primarily done for moisture conservation and weed control. However, excessive tilling not only harms the soil health but also increases the cost of production. To find out...

The present research aims to understand the seed bank dynamics of a selected shrub land of Sindh. Studies were conducted for two consecutive years (2012 & 2013). Mostly annual species were observed to...

Biochar application is gaining popularity in agriculture system as prime technology in sustainable context. Field experiments were conducted at the Research Farm of the University of Agriculture Pesha...

Macro and micro nutrients are essential for human health and growth development. It is reported that about three million people are suffering from nutrient deficiencies all over the world. Various sou...

The new high yielding and better quality cotton mutant NIAB-852 was developed through pollen irradiation technique. This paper describers about the development of cotton mutant through induction of mu...

The seed morphological studies of 75 taxa belonging to 6 sub-families of the family Malvaceae were carried out from Pakistan. In Pakistan the family Malvaceae is represented by 6 sub-families viz., By...

The orange species Citrus cavaleriei is endemic to China and its unifoliate compound leaves are characterized by the well-developed wing leaf. Nine populations from Yunnan Province were studied, based...

Estimation of carbon sequestration in forest ecosystem is necessary to mitigate impacts of climate change. Current research project was focused to assess the Carbon contents in standing trees and soil...

The present study is based on the material in a grain filling rate experiment of winter wheat and hourly weather data organised by Xinghua city of Jiangsu Province. The aims are to objectively e...

Rhododendrons, one of the traditional flowering plants in China and overseas, are famous for their beautiful flowers. However, only a few indigenous Rhododendron plants are used for landscaping in Chi...

Cholistan desert is hot and an arid rangeland located in the southern Punjab, Pakistan. The wet season lasts from June to September, whereas dry season falls from October to January with seasonal and ...

A two-year study (2011 and 2012) was conducted at two locations (Skardu and Ghanche) of Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan to characterize and estimate genotype by environment interaction (GEI) for 20 buckwhe...

Distribution of similar taxa between the East Asia (old world) and new worlds fascinated the Botanists and Bio-geographers since the Linnaean time. The current study represents phylogenetic investigat...

The knowledge of genetic diversity is very important for developing new rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) cultivars. The genetic diversity among 77 rapeseed accessions, including 22 varieties and 55 advanc...

Male sterility is an important approach in utilization of heterosis in marigold (Tagetes erecta L.). Study on the mechanism of male sterility is very important, especially in mining of fertility-relat...

In the present study, twenty homozygous segregante of edible pea were developed through conventional breeding (2004- 2015). The seed storage proteins were extracted from the seeds of each line and run...

Hordeum brevisubulatum(Trin.) Link., a tolerant ofdiverse abiotic stresses,is a wild barley,distributed in Songnen Plain of China. However, many populations of this wild barley are fragmented and/ordi...

Panax vietnamensis var. fuscidiscus, is a new variety of Panax. vietnamensis, which was first found in Jinping County, the southern part of Yunnan Province, China. It is also one of the most prized me...

An efficient and reliable transformation system is imperative for improvement of important crop species like barley and wheat. Wheat transformation is complex due to larger genome size and polyploidy ...

Postharvest losses are of great concern in vegetable crops, including tomato, due to their perishable nature. Damage to tomato fruit during transportation is related to its shape besides other factors...

The extracts and its derived fractions from three medicinal plants species Nepeta leavigata, Nepeta kurramensis and Rhynchosia reniformis were tested for insecticidal activities and preliminary phytoc...

Falat CH is an important commercial tomato cultivar being used in Iran. In this article an optimized protocol with increased transformation and regeneration rate for this tomato variety is reported. S...

This study examined the ability to induce callus from immature zygotic embryos of five wheat genotypes (Lu 26, WH 543, Zamindar 80, BT-002 and Seher-06) in response to 2, 4 and 6 mg/L of 2,4-dichlorop...

The crude ethanolic extracts (EE) derived from different parts of Iphiona grantioides (flower, leaf, stem and root) and Pluchea arguta subsp.glabra Qaiser (leaf, stem and root) were screened In vitro ...

Thymidine kinase (TK) is a key enzyme in controlling DNA synthesis and plays an important role in cell proliferation. However, our understanding on the TK functions in plants is still limited. From an...

The biofertilizer potential of residual biomass, derived from two parts that is flowers and leaves of Akk,was investigated in terms of its applications as a substrate for phyto-beneficial bacterial gr...

Salicornia begelovii Torr displays excessive biotechnological prospective as a salt-water irrigated crop. Qualitative and quantitative compositions of fatty acids were analyzed in the seeds of S...

We analyzed sugar accumulation and the activities of sugar-metabolic enzymes in ripening fruits of three cultivars of watermelon; a high-sugar type “w2”, a low-sugar type (“w1”), and their hyb...

In present study an isolated hyper producer of Aspergillus niger (MBL-1511) was treated for sodium azide mutagenesis. Results showed 147.27 % enhanced extracellular lipase activity after 150 minutes o...

The current study investigated the effect of seasonal variation on larch root exudates and the impact of some phenolic acids allelopathic on soil microbes and seedling growth. The soil microbial profi...

Amylases are omnipresent and exceedingly demanded industrial enzymes. In this study, the conditions of extracellular amylase production from a fungal strain A. tubingensis SY1 were statistically optim...

The biosorption capacity of Spirogyra sp. biomass was evaluated for removal of cadmium (Cd) from wastewater. Batch experiments were conducted to optimize various parameters, such as pH, contact time a...

Being one of the important tropical and subtropical fruit trees, banana (Musa.spp.) belongs to the family Musaceae and the order Scitaminae with two genera, Musa and Ensete. In a field survey, researc...

UV radiation of sunlight is one of harmful factors for earth organisms, especially for photoautotrophs because they require light for energy and biomass production. A number of works have already been...

MPF2-like genes belonging to STMADS11 clade of MADS-box transcription factors are mostly involved in calyx inflation, floral reversion and fertility. However their role in fertility remained enigmatic...