Members of the family Buprestidae were collected in the survey conducted during 2005 to 2013 in various provinces of Pakistan including Sindh, Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwah has well as Azad Kashmir and ... Read More
The present research was carried out at Nuclear Institute of Agriculture (NIA), Tando Jam for the combing capacity and magnitude of heterosis in line x tester cross in cotton during Kharif 2013. The e ... Read More
Materials of Nemobiine cricket species Speonemobius decolyi Chopard from Thatta, Sindh is for the first time described here with reference to its stridulatory organs by using Scanning Electron Microsc ... Read More
Twenty five taxa of pteridophytes belonging to 8 families and 13 genera were collected during the present study from 10 different localities i.e. Abdullah Banda, Borany, Chinarkot, Fazal Abad, Konaye ... Read More
The salad vegetable samples (102) of eight kinds (carrot, salad, radish, tomato cucumber, coriander, mint and sugar beat) grown on vast areas in Sindh especially in Thatta, Mirpurkhas, Hyderabad, Badi ... Read More
Salinity is one of the predisposing factors to plant disease and increase the severity of the plant disease. An experiment was conducted to determine the effect the different levels of NaCl salinity o ... Read More
Antibacterial activity of essential oils of fruit of ajwain [Trachyspermum ammi (L.) Sprague] and leaves and inflorescence of basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) was studied against Acidovorax sp. using disk ... Read More
The investigation focuses on species composition, spatial heterogeneity, diversity and interspecific associations in an early successional plant community. A total of twenty species were recorded of w ... Read More
Trematodes belonging to the Phylum Platyhelminth are poorly studied in fishes of Karachi coast and the literature is also widely scattered. Shaukat and Bilqees prepared a check list of Trematodes in 2 ... Read More
Three species of scleractinian corals Agaricia tenuifolia Dana, 1848, Agaricia agaricites (Linnaeus, 1758) and Pavonadecussata (Dana, 1846) of the family Agariciidae Gray, 1847 were originally collect ... Read More
Four ascomycetous strains viz., Y371-Candida valdiviana, Y207-Saccharomyces kluyveri and two strains of Williopsis californica (Y2- and Y90), which appeared as sensitive in a previous research work (M ... Read More
Ice cream is one of the highest consumption desserts in Iran and the world; so, the type and quantity of its constituents could be important in terms of health care for many consumers. In recent years ... Read More
Seedling characteristics of Erythrina suberosa Roxb. are described. Its seeds were collected from a tree growing in the Campus of University of Karachi and germinated without any dormancy breaking tre ... Read More
Research work carried out to find the efficacy of different concentrations of Prosopis juliflora (Sw.) DC aqueous extract in the management of root infecting fungi. All plants parts extract @100, 50 a ... Read More
Eighteen seed samples collected from Karachi (17) and Sukkur (1) areas of Sindh, Pakistan, were analyzed for seed-borne fungi using standard blotter method, agar plate method and deep-freezing methods ... Read More
Statistical techniques are widely applied in landscape ecology to quantify the spatial patterns exhibited within species and its associated root fungi. Several analyses have been developed and modifie ... Read More
Marine turtle hatchlings, emerge from nests mostly at night. The lights reaching nesting sites from various sides cause disorientation to the emerging hatchlings. The paper discusses observations as w ... Read More
Pollen morphology of 4 species (Phoenix dactylifera, P. loureinii, P. sylvestris, P. roebelenii) belonging to the genus Phoenix L.of the family Palmae has been studied from Pakistan and Kashmir by usi ... Read More
Indigenous knowledge regarding the local and medicinal uses of 34 species belonging to 21 families and 30 genera by the inhabitants of Landi Kotal Valley, Khyber Agency was documented. It is noted tha ... Read More
Optimal mass (weight) was defined in 2011 as the mass (weight) corresponding to percentile of height. Status of obesity was determined as percentage, by considering optimal mass as reference and could ... Read More
This research was undertaken to observe the subacute, subchronic and chronic effects of the neem oil on gonadal morphology and function after oral administration. Forty eight male albino rats were use ... Read More
Present studies under Light and Scanning Electron Microscopic observations of a spiruroid nematode Rhabdochana bilqeesae sp. n. found parasitizing a common edible fresh water fish Labeo rohita in dist ... Read More
During an investigation on helminth parasites of birds, a new species of trematode genus Echinostoma rafiae sp. n was recorded from the intestine of Egretta garzetta collected from Hyderabad, Sindh, P ... Read More
During the survey of fresh water nematodes in Sindh Pakistan, four known nematodes species viz., Basirotyleptus (Basirotyleptus) basiri (Jairajpuri, 1964) Jairajpuri & Ahmad, 1992; Propanagrolaimus hy ... Read More
The occurrence of fishes of families Diodontidae (porcupinefishes), Ostraciidae (boxfishes) and Molidae (oceanic sunfishes) belonging to order Tetraodoniformes is reviewed. A total of 12 species were ... Read More
The samples of fish, Megalaspis cordyla (Linnaeus) collected in Pre-monsoon (January to May), Monsoon (June to August) and Post-monsoon (September to December) seasons of 2010 from coastal waters of K ... Read More
Cellulases are the collection of the enzyme mainly produced by the microorganisms. Recombinant strain of Thermotoga peterophila was used to produce the enzyme through submerged fermentation at 37°C fo ... Read More
The production of cellulase enzyme using an economical medium has been a significant achievement in the field of industrial biotechnology. Cellulase enzyme activity of Trichoderma viride FCBP–142 and ... Read More
This research was undertaken to observe the subacute, subchronic and chronic effects of Neem oil on liver morphology and function after oral administration. Ninety six albino rats were used in this st ... Read More
The vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene serves as a candidate gene for susceptibility to several diseases. The gene has a critical role in the modulation of bone mineral density in thalassemia patients. VDR ... Read More
Secondary infections are the most common complications in patients of tuberculosis. In the present study the prevalence of opportunistic organisms was assessed among tuberculosis patients with respect ... Read More
Alternaria solani, the cause of early blight of tomato, is an important plant pathogen from economic standpoint. An attempt was made to select locally occurring plant species with fungicidal potential ... Read More
Biopriming of leguminous and non-leguminous seeds was used as an alternative technique to fungicidal treatments for controlling root infecting fungi and increasing growth of leguminous and non-legumin ... Read More
The Karachi Western Backwaters lie behind the sandy stretch of the Sandspit and Hawkes Bay beaches. Sea water enters the lagoon via Manora Channel, while the Lyari River falls on the eastern-northeast ... Read More
This paper initiates discussion and critique of teaching and curriculum relating to English and Pakistani primary-school-physicaleducation practices and their implications on school health. In most En ... Read More
Forty two species were found to be present in P. paniculata (Forssk) Brumitt. - dominated stands in the campus of University of Karachi with mean number of species per stand, 12.45 ± 0.054. Poaceae w ... Read More
An easy and trouble-free rearing scheme has been developed for reproduction of house flies. The rearing was carried out in the glass cages of 58 cm high, 76 cm long and 46 cm wide. The length wise sid ... Read More
The present investigation was carried out for the estimation of general magnitude of heterosis and heterobeltiosis among F1 hybrids derived from six hexaploid bread wheat varieties which were TD-1, SK ... Read More
Six fungal strains collected from decomposed woods in the Northern areas of Pakistan (Khanspur) were evaluated for their ability to decolorize pulp and paper production wastewater. All the strains, IP ... Read More
Two spice plants turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) and black paper (Piper nigrum L.) showed infestation of root-knot nematode. Roots of turmeric were collected from National Nematological Research Centre, U ... Read More
Seven insecticides i.e., trichlorfon, malathion bifenthrin, lambda-cyhalothrin, spinosad, cypermethrin and chlorpyrifos were studied for resistance against three field strains viz., M1, M2 and SWL der ... Read More
This study was conducted on saline soil collected from Biosaline Research Station (BSRS) of Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology (NIAB) Faisalabad, Pakistan to determine the effect of potassi ... Read More
A field experiment was undertaken to evaluate the efficiency of Boron and Gibberellic Acid (GA3) on fruit setting phenomenon in Olive cultivar Gemlik at the Experimental area in Olive fruit orchard at ... Read More
The investigation focuses on composition and diversity of phylloplane mycobiota of two mangrove species Ceriops tagal (Perr.) C.B. Rob. and Aegiceras corniculatum (L.) Blanco from Pakistan coast and g ... Read More
The present studies were conducted to prepare inventory of wild and introduced ornamental tree species growing at Hayatabad Township. A total of 106 tree species belonging to 83 genera and 43 families ... Read More
Poplar (Populus deltoides W. Bartram ex Marshall) is an important agro-forestry tree in Pakistan due to its fast growing nature and high economical value. The objectives of this study were to determi ... Read More
This research was carried out to assess the interactive effects of irrigation and phosphorus on root-shoot development, crop growth, development and yield of wheat. The experiment was carried out at A ... Read More
Population dynamics of Aedes aegypti is investigated in eighteen towns of Karachi. The breeding stations were established and regularly visited each month. The stations of Orangi, Baldia, SITE, Liaqua ... Read More
In this study, biology and behavior of Nilgai (Boselaphus tragocamelus), Chinkara (Gazella bennettii), Hog Deer (Axis porcinus), Blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra) and Chital (Axis axis) was studied at t ... Read More
Deh Akro -2 Wildlife Sanctuary is a very important Ramsar Site and an Important Bird Area in Sindh. It has a complex of four major habitats viz. desert, wetlands, agriculture fields and villages. It h ... Read More
Variations in morphometric parameters in 488 males and 450 female individuals of Scylla serrata (Forskal, 1775) are presented. Males were larger than females. The male: female sex ratio was 1.1038 ± 0 ... Read More
Biomass investment in pods, seeds and seed packaging was studied in Erythrina suberosa Roxb. from the campus of the University of Karachi, Pakistan. The pods were tardily dehiscent or indehiscent for ... Read More
This study was carried out from January 2005 to December 2005. A total of 12 species of crustaceans belonging to eight families were identified at the sandy beach of Clifton, Karachi, Pakistan. The ha ... Read More
Although more than 200 bacteriocins have been isolated yet numerous antimicrobial compounds or BLIS are still to be fully characterized. The aim of the current study was to characterize novel signific ... Read More
Synbiotic products (in both probiotic and prebiotic) have beneficial effects on the health of the consumer. The aim of this study was to investigate the production of synbiotic reconstituted yogurt. T ... Read More
Biodegradation is one of the efficient processes for detoxification of many pesticides and their metabolites from the environment. The present study evaluates the biodegradation of endosulfan by Pseud ... Read More
Textile industry has posed serious environmental problems causing adverse health effects, thus making it a social obligation for industries to minimize water pollution. During the present study, sampl ... Read More
The genotoxicity of wastewater samples was investigated using Allium cepa assay. Wastewater samples were taken from marble cutting factory, cloth dying factory, cooking oil industry and residential ki ... Read More
A disaster is generally sudden whether natural or man-made and requires prompt action. Combination of GIS and RS technologies in the world leading towards the emergence of GIS based Environmental Sens ... Read More
Geo-informatics is a useful tool for the environmental applications that comprises of Remote Sensing (RS), Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and Geographic Information Systems (GIS). In recent times la ... Read More
The mugger or marsh crocodile (Crocodylus palustris), belonging to family Crocodylidae is found throughout the Indian subcontinent and the surrounding countries. It is one of the two crocodilians spec ... Read More
Two years field experiments were conducted at Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology to study the effect of moisture stress and nitrogen interaction on fruit setting of new genotypes of cotton ... Read More
Carica papaya and Aloe barbadensis leaf extracts in different solvents like alcohol, acetone, acetic acid and water assessed for the insecticidal activity to mustard aphid (Lipaphis erysimi Kalt.). Th ... Read More
Background: Stunting and wasting are accepted, widely, as health-risk indicators of individuals at micro level, and that of population at macro level. These two conditions, when present together in a ... Read More
Seven cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) cultivars (one standard variety namely CRIS-134 and six advanced strains namely CRIS–19, CRIS-82, CRIS-83, CRIS-467 CRIS-468 and CRIS-5-A) were analyzed for quanti ... Read More
Field studies on the effect of bio-pesticides against Amrasca devastans and Bemisia tabaci on okra were carried out at the University of Karachi. Seeds of Abelmoschus esculentus L. (Okra) were planted ... Read More
The floristic study of Asshab Baba graveyard District Peshawar was conducted during March-June, 2013 with the aim to identify the conserve plant species. A total of 66 plant species were identified be ... Read More
Spiders were collected for this checklist from the campus of the University of Karachi, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. The specimens were collected by hand-picking, pitfall traps and jarring methods. Thirt ... Read More
The genus Pholiota (Fr.) belong to family Strophariaceae and order Agaricales. There are four different species of Pholiota viz., Pholiota carbonaria, P. squmosa, P. aurivella and P. lenta that are di ... Read More
The species Clitocybe clavipes and C. inversa are characterize by at first convex cap and then depressed, become funnel shaped, usually paler towards margin. Stem finely silky, club-shaped, tapering m ... Read More
This paper describes the species of genus Sciobia of family Gryllidae on the basis of their sound producing organs, including stridulating file, structure of teeth, number of teeth, length of stridula ... Read More
Sawfishes which are important elasmobranches occurring in Pakistan has been reviewed. Three species belonging to two genera are reported to occur in Pakistan. Of these, there are recent records of occ ... Read More
A potato cultivar (Desiree) pot inoculation trial was carried out to evaluate an indigenous formulation comprising Azospirillum, Azorhizobium and P-solubilizing Pseudomonas in single, dual and triplic ... Read More
Epidemiological studies have proven the threats associated with the food commodities either as raw or packed after processing. Tetra pack milk (TM) and tea whiteners (TT) are increasingly used in the ... Read More
A field experiment was conducted for two years to study the effect of crop residue and Phosphorus management on the growth and yield of direct dry seeded rice cultivation system on farmer’s field in v ... Read More
The influence of L-Methionine (L-MET under field conditions revealed that nitrogen availability influenced ethylene production, leaf tissue nitrogen concentration, photosynthetic attributes, and growt ... Read More
In the present investigation, nineteen tomato cultivars were studied at vegetable programme HRI, NARC, Islamabad to evaluate the performance of these cultivars and data were chronicled on number of fr ... Read More
Plants have complex biological and cultural relationships with mankind because of their reliance upon floral diversity to fulfill their needs. The present study was conducted in 11 villages of Agra Va ... Read More
A laboratory trial was conducted to investigate the effect of lambsquarter Chenopodium album L. aqueous extract on germination and radicle elongation of two test species, namely wheat and maize. The t ... Read More
The present study was undertaken to evaluate the antioxidant activity and irritancy or dermatological effects of extracts of Moringa oleifera Lamk. belonging to family Moringaceae. The crude extracts ... Read More
Pseudomonas aeruginosa has become an important cause of infections for example bacteremia, urinary tract infections and pneumonia etc. Antibiotic resistance rates in Pseudomonas aeruginosa are increas ... Read More
Suaeda acuminata (C.A. Meyer) Moquin-Tondon is an annual halophyte belonging to the family Chenopodiaceae. Other species of the genus Suaeda have been extensively used in traditional medicine. However ... Read More
This work presents the fatty acids methyl esters (FAME) profile of neogastropod species Babylonia spirata from Manora Channel, the area subjected to intensive shipping activity. A total of 39 compound ... Read More
The various types of yogurt are characterized by their structural properties. Drinking yogurt is generally described as stirred yogurt of low viscosity. It, in contrast to regular cup yogurt, is not p ... Read More
The experiment was conducted to observe the influence of Sea salt salinity (0, 0.15, 0.3, 0.6, 0.9 and 1.2% Sea salt corresponding to ECiw of 0.6, 3.51, 5.23, 9.23, 12.81 and 16.67dS.m-1 , respectivel ... Read More
The experiment was performed to find the seed germination indices of eggplant under various salinity levels (0.1 to 1.0 % sea salt concentrations of ECiw = 1.7 to 14.2 dS.m -1 ). Distilled water was u ... Read More
Physiological performance of two Korean rice cultivars viz. Ilmi and Dong-Jin were examined in saline environment. Salinity caused a substantial decline in seed germination of two tested cultivars wit ... Read More
Fluctuations in environmental salinity impose stress on the physiology of aquatic organisms. The effect of 3, 6, 9, 12 and 15 ppt of salinity on the hematology of juvenile Tilapia mossambicus was stud ... Read More
