The species composition and dispersion of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) spores belonging to 5 genera varied significantly (p< 0.001) greater number of AMF species comparatively higher organic mat ... Read More
The weight reducing herbal drug, Mehzileen, was administered orally to common rabbits Oryctolagus cuniculus in a daily dose of 30 mg for 27 days. Blood samples drawn from the animals on day 0, 3, 7, 1 ... Read More
Field trial to evaluate the response of different maize varieties to organic and inorganic nitrogen was conducted at Agricultural Rescobch Farm, Khyber Pakhtoonkhawah, Agricultural University, Peshawa ... Read More
Conformational analysis and geometry optimization of 2-(4-phenylbutylamino)-5-(3-pyridylmethyl)-4-pyrimidone is performed according to old approach GW BASIC programming and new approaches ACD Chemske ... Read More
A survey was conducted to determine prevalence of intestinal parasites in different seasons in male and female shepherds of Swat, district of Pakistan. Faecal samples of 256 members (159 male and 97 f ... Read More
Pakistan has a vast coastal line of 1120 km bordering the northeast Arabian Sea. The mangrove forest in Bhira village, Miani Hor, Balochistan coast, Pakistan is spread over an area of about 2500 hecta ... Read More
A laboratory experiment was conducted to evaluate the manural potential of farmyard manure (FYM), vis-a-vis 25%, 50% and 100% recommended dose of two standard, commercial rate of NPK fertilizer (i.e ... Read More
The seed weight in Castor (Ricinus communis L.) averaged to 309.99 ± 0.16.016 mg and varied 15.4-folds i.e. around 51.4%. The seed weight distribution was asymmetrical (negatively skewed) and platykur ... Read More
The objective of this study was to evaluate and manage the T.B infection using mathematical model. The model based upon the biomedical knowledge of the pathogenesis of this disease and the current tre ... Read More
Nosocomial infections (NIs), also called hospital-acquired infections are infections acquired during hospital care which are not present or incubating at admission. Nosocomial infections remain a majo ... Read More
Population dynamics of Aedes aegypti is investigated in thirteen towns of Karachi. The breeding stations were chalked and regularly visited four times (weekly) in each month. The stations of Orangi, B ... Read More
This investigation attempts to analyze the growth of brain cancerous tissue employing the technique of fractal geometry, specifically computing the fractal dimensions. The fractal dimensions were dete ... Read More
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is one of the major causative agents of acute and chronic liver disease worldwide and is believed to be responsible for a million deaths annually. Around 400 million people wor ... Read More
The object of the present study was to quantify the concentration of protein, carbohydrate and lipid in the hepatopancreas and muscle of Fenneropenaeus merguiensis and F. penicillatus during the moult ... Read More
The avian leucosis virus induces lymphoma in chicken called lymphoid leucosis. This disease causes severe loss due to mortality of poultry birds and depressed performance. The avian leucosis virus (AL ... Read More
A new species trematode, Nephrostomum oderolalensis, was recovered from the intestine of Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis (Linn.) collected from wheat fields of Oderolal Station, Sindh, Pakistan is describ ... Read More
Catla catla L. is a freshwater fish of economic importance collected (September 2008) from Haleji Lake, Sindh, Pakistan. Nine acanthocephalan specimens were recovered from its intestine which when com ... Read More
Extensive ground surveys and patrolling trips were made along the sandy beaches of Karachi coast, Sindh for a period of 19 years (1979 – 1997) to study nesting grounds, nesting frequency and nesting s ... Read More
Eighteen species of the genus Melanotus (Elateridae: Melanotinae) have been analyzed cladistically on the basis of their apomorphies. Cladogram has been constructed to illustrate the closest relations ... Read More
Twenty two genera and 30 species belonging to Cyanophyceae (5 Genera and 8 spp.), Charophyceae (one genus and one species), Chlorophyceae (4 Genera and 5 spp.) and Bacillariophyceae (12 Genera and 16 ... Read More
Experiment was conducted to investigate the combined effect of seeds treated with 60Co emmiting gamma rays for 2, 8 and 16 minutes and soil amended with nursery fertilizers like frutan, DAP and urea a ... Read More
The study was aimed at evaluating the antibacterial and antioxidant activity of aqueous extract of Cinnamomum verum (cinnamon) bark in order to prevent the spoilage and rancidity of food. The extract ... Read More
The crude extract of Myrica. nagi bark was tested for its analgesic activity by writhing and hot plate methods and its antiinflammatory activity by formalin test method in Swiss albino mice. In analge ... Read More
The concentration of some heavy metals (Zn, Mn, Cu, and Fe) were determined in liver and muscles of 72 specimens of Rastrelliger kanagurta, collected during April 2008-March 2009 from the fish harbour ... Read More
Effect of different ripening stages on the physicochemical properties of osmotic dehydrated mango cubes (var. Chonsa) was investigated. Osmotic dehydration was performed at 50°C for 2 hours using 45, ... Read More
One of the most important tolerance mechanisms to drought stress in plants is drought escape. Therefore, in order to assess responses of soybean cultivars differential maturity periods of soybean to d ... Read More
Influence of smoking, obesity, and body fat distribution on serum lipids, and lipoproteins have extensively been studied. However, there is still a controversy regarding the role of cholesterol and tr ... Read More
Obesity is a complex and multifactorial disorder, and the association between obesity and smoking has extensively been studied. A variety of the aspects of electrolytes involved in obesity, smoking an ... Read More
Most of the studies consider the significance of creatine kinase (CK) and myoglobin (Mb) as the best markers of skeletal muscle injury after high force eccentric exercise (ECE). To confirm this and th ... Read More
Exercising affects the individual behaviors and lifestyle. The opportunity for exercise available to each person with respect to social and economical surroundings may become manage to change the eat ... Read More
A devastating landslide at Attaabad in Gilgit–Baltistan region of Northern Pakistan took place on January 24, 2010 that obliterated the village Atta Abad killing 20 persons, and creating a lake on th ... Read More
The present study was based on the literature review of the fishes belonging to the snapper family Lutjanidae. Data parameters about the morphology and early life history pattern not measured during t ... Read More
Nine male worms collected from the intestine of freshwater fish Mastacembelus armatus from Haleji Lake, Sindh, Pakistan are being described. The present species, when compared with the previously rep ... Read More
A new species Genarchopsis heckmanni is described from freshwater fish Channa O. striatus purchased from Thatta fish market, Sindh, Pakistan. The new species differs in possessing a large voluminous, ... Read More
Five species and one subspecies of the genus Capnodis Eschscholtz, 1829 are listed from Pakistan. Key to the species and additional distribution are also provided. ... Read More
Eleven species of the genus Onthophagus Latreille, 1802 (sensu lato) are listed from Pakistan and a key is provided for their separation. Two new records Onthophagus paliceps and O.quadridentatus are ... Read More
Ten genera of the subfamily Agrypninae have been analyzed cladistically on the basis of their apomorphies and a cladogram has been constructed. The relationship of these genera has been discussed in ... Read More
Five species of the genus Psalmocharias Kirkaldy belonging to the subfamily Cicadinae (Cicadidae) have been cladistically analyzed and a cladogram has been constructed and discussed in the light of a ... Read More
Cellular alteration in Meloidogyne incognita infected Pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) cv. Red Kandhari roots were histologically studied. The common features encountered were hypertrophy and erosion ... Read More
Different organic substrates (maize flour, barley flour, rice flour, sawdust, wheat bran and millet grains) were used as nutrient source to Bacillus thuringiensis Berliner (B.t.) isolates (B.t.-16 and ... Read More
Trichoderma is a ubiquitous fungus found in air, soil, plant materials and other substrates. Twenty four isolates of Trichoderma belonging to four species T. harzianum, T. hamatum, T. koningii and T. ... Read More
This study aimed at the development of protocol for effective acclimatization of sugarcane plantlets (cv. SPC-79) regenerated through tissue culture. After successful in vitro multiplication and root ... Read More
The objective was to study the effect of soil incorporated potassium sulphate when applied alone and in combination with FYM on the growth and yield of fine rice “Super Basmati”. The experiment was co ... Read More
The effects of pruning on growth of Sesamum indicum L. infected by leaf webber/capsule borer insect, Antigastra catalaunalis, is investigated in the field of a farmer in Khipro, Sindh (Pakistan). Ses ... Read More
A newly developed wheat variety NARC 2009 performed significantly superior to wheat cultivar GA 2002, however, it was statistically at par with Wafaq 2001. The experiment was laid out using randomized ... Read More
The graphically measured one-sided leaf area (LAM) of individual leaves of Jatropha curcas L varied from 9.48 – 158.55 cm2 (mean = 72.094 ± 6.937 cm2 ; CV = 56.93%). The leaf area (LAM) was found to c ... Read More
Length, weight and condition factor in 361 Fish individuals of Thunnus tonngol were determined between (Oct. 2007 to Sept. 2008) from Karachi coast of Pakistan. Results showed highest mean length of ... Read More
The stomach contents of 915 Trichiurus lepturus collected from west wharf fish harbour in Karachi coast were investigated between December 2009- December 2010. Two hundred seventy five (30.1%) stomach ... Read More
ti-emetic activity of ethanolic extract of Cymbopogon citratus leaves was investigated by anti-emetic assay at 300 and 500mg/kg doses in young male chicks. Acute oral toxicity test was also performed ... Read More
Mankial Valley is located at 35o 12/ N and 72o , 32/ E in the Hindukush range of Northern Pakistan. Its area is 13063 ha and its elevation range is 1430-5800 m. The landscape includes snow covered pea ... Read More
Swine flu and its respective strains have influenced the world at an alarming level. Pakistan is no exemption. The main purpose of this study was to identify the current knowledge, attitude and behavi ... Read More
Eight genotypes of chickpea (NCS-0609, CH38/00, DCK-110-1, NCS-0530, CC121/00, NCS-0608, DCK-112-2 and CM-2000) developed by different institutes of Pakistan, were evaluated under eight different loca ... Read More
Seed oil content and fatty acid composition of the seed-oil was determined from T. populnea (L.) Sol. Ex. Corr. plants growing in saline soils (ECe : 1.56-43.9 dS.m-1 ). The seed oil content varied fr ... Read More
The plant material (fresh and older leaves and mature capsules) from variously aged trees of T. populnea growing in and around Karachi (Hawkes Bay, Boat Basin areas, Karsaz and North Nazimabad) in dif ... Read More
Seed mass variation in seed lots of nine sunflower cultivars viz. S-278, local, Hybrid 1, Hysun 33, Hysun 39, N K Armoni, Aussie gold 04, Aussie gold 61 and Aussie gold 62 is described. Within individ ... Read More
This investigation attempts to examine the effects of UV-B radiation on seedling growth, chlorophyll content and total soluble phenol accumulation in the roots of mungbean. Imbibed seeds of mungbean ... Read More
Mung bean (vigna radiata) is one of the most popular pulse crop in Asia. It is cultivated biannually in large areas of Pakistan during warm seasons and is a good source of protein. Optimum temperature ... Read More
High temperature is one the major abiotic stress that are principal cause of reduced crop yield world wide. Four mung bean genotypes (NM 19-19,NM 20-21, NM121-123 and NCM 89) were tested against high ... Read More
In order to study the effect of zinc priming on chickpea, an experiment was conducted at Agricultural Research Farm of NWFP Agricultural University Peshawar during Rabi 2002-2003. The experiment was ... Read More
A variety of animals are known to occupy trees and snags as cavity nesters. Cavity makers/nesters of Ayubia National Park were studied in detail as a part of comprehensive project on the ecology of t ... Read More
Twenty two plant species belonging to 21 genera and 17 families have been mentioned in the Holy Quraan. They include: Ficus carica L., Olea europaea L., Phoenix dactylifera L., Vitis vinifera L., Pun ... Read More
The present work is based on the results of research conducted on traditional uses of some important plants by the local people of Shahi, Lower Dir in southern Himalayan Mountains, Pakistan. The loca ... Read More
The important predisposing factors for urinary infections in females are age, sex, pregnancy, sexual intercourse, menopause, use of birth control devices, catheterization, surgery, diabetes, use of ca ... Read More
Chilli is economically very important and valuable crop through out the world. The native home of chillies is considered to New Mexico. Portuguese brought chillies in Indo-Pak subcontinent from Brazi ... Read More
This is informed with profound sadness that Prof. Dr. M. Nizamuddin, an internationally renowned phycologist and pioneer in marine algal studies in Pakistan, breathed his last on January 16, 2011 at ... Read More
Hyalomma (Euhyalomma) anatolicum excavatum Koch, 1844 is re-described and recorded for the first time from new localities in Balochistan, Pakistan in detail with special reference to its capitulum, b ... Read More
Hyalomma (Euhyalomma) marginatum isaaci Sharif, 1928 is recorded and re-described for the first time from Balochistan, Pakistan in detail with special reference to its capitulum, basis capituli, hypo ... Read More
The study on in-vitro fertility assessment of frozen thawed semen from Kundhi bulls was undertaken during the months of July to September 2006 at the Department of Animal Reproduction, Faculty of Ani ... Read More
Acute oral toxicity and efficacy study of poly herbal drug was carried out in albino rats and rabbits respectively to assess its effects on gross behavior, body weight, biochemical and hematological ... Read More
Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) is a single base mutation in DNA. SNPs are the simplest form and also the most common sources of genetic polymorphism in the human genome. They have been used in ... Read More
Date syrup is a liquid waste of date processing industries. It is rich in reducing and non reducing sugars and may be used as a fermentation substrate. Cotton stalk is rich in cellulose and hemi cell ... Read More
Campylobacter spp. are often found on poultry meat and can cause gastroenteritis in human. The aim of this study was to detect thermophilic Campylobacter species in quail, partridge, and ostrich meat ... Read More
Experiments were conducted to investigate the influence of moisture and temperature on the survival of two isolates (B.t. -16 and B.t. - 64) of Bacillus thuringiensis Berliner in autoclaved soil. Both ... Read More
Reduced tillage has become an integral component of sustainable agriculture reducing input costs and soil loss, conserve energy, reduce soil erosion and labor costs, and elimination of extensive land ... Read More
The influence of Farm Yard Manure (FYM) was studied by examining seedling growth and some important physiological and biological aspects in green gram (Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek), against Eucalyptus ... Read More
Field experiments were conducted to investigate the use of portable chlorophyll meter to improve nitrogen management during the growth period of cotton at Central Cotton Research Institute, Multan. Th ... Read More
A field research was under taken to evaluate the efficiency of Boron (B) and Gibberellic Acid (GA3) on fruit setting phenomenon in Olive cultivar “Uslu” in Olive fruit orchard at NARC, HRI during 2009 ... Read More
Eight Elite advanced Non Bt(NBt) and six local Bt varieties planted at Faisalabad, Multan and Khanewal were evaluated for their response to cotton leaf curl virus (CLCuV) disease. SLH-284, BH-167 and ... Read More
Thirty five advanced cotton lines including nine hybrids in National Coordinated Varietal Trials (NCVT) and twenty six lines in Provincial Coordinated Cotton Trials (PCCT) were planted in order to tes ... Read More
Allometric equations were developed to estimate aboveground phytomass of Prosopis juliflora (Swartz.) DC using regression models based on height, crown diameter, basal area of stem, stem diameter etc ... Read More
RESISTANCE PATTERN IN COMMUNITY ACQUIRED URINARY PATHOGENS AGAINST SULFISOXAZOLE AND TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOL. ... Read More
SEED MASS VARIATION AND ITS EFFECTS ON GERMINATION, SEEDLING GROWTH AND THE ROOT INFECTIVITY WITH MACROPHOMINA PHASEOLINA IN SUNFLOWER (HELIANTHUS ANNUUS L.). ... Read More
Allodiscocotyla pakistanensis n.sp is described from the gills of the fish Chorinemus tol (Carangidae), from the Karachi coast. The new species is characterized by having bean-shaped genital atrium, ... Read More
A new hemiurid trematode Lecithocladium cybii n.sp. is described from the fish Cybium guttatum (Cybidae) of Karachi coast, Pakistan. This new species is separted from the previously described large n ... Read More
Pomadasys maculatum (Bloch) is a marine fish of economic importance, were collected ( February 2006 to July 2007) from fresh landing of Karachi coast, Pakistan. Seventy five specimens of P. maculatum ... Read More
Genus Orosius Distant from Pakistan is described with two species O. albicinctus Distant, 1918 and O. aegypticus Ghauri, 1966. The use of incorrect name in the region is also discussed. ... Read More
The myrocheine stink bug genus Erachtheus Stål is redescribed with reference to a brief description of both the sub genera i. e., E. Erachtheus s. str. and E. Alomaella with their type species or clo ... Read More
The component species of Caystrus langei Breddin subgroup of Caystrus nigriventris Germar of main group including Linnavuori’s species C. hipponax, C. niokanus and C. pseudobrunnescens and C. langei B ... Read More
Comparative study of ctenoid scales was conducted with reference to the total body length of species belongs to genus Lutjanus of the family Lutjanidae collected from Karachi fish harbor. The main obj ... Read More
A study was conducted on the length-weight relationship, condition factor and frequency distribution pattern of 120 fishes representing two genera and four species of family Gobiidae. Fish samples we ... Read More
L-dopa is an amino acid derivative used for the cure of Parkinson’s disease, a degenerative disoreder of nervous system. The present study is concerned with the propagation of C. utilis NRRL-Y-1084 fo ... Read More
The assessment of neuronal markers such as neuron specific enolase (NSE), which enables the diagnosis of meningitis infections and its severity as well as possible development of sub-clinical lesions ... Read More
The tumor markers such as Neuron Specific Enolase (NSE), carcino-embryonic antigen (CEA), cytokeratin fragment 21-1 (CYFRA 21-1), cancer antigen 15-3 (CA 15-3) and Tissue Polypeptide Specific antigen ... Read More
Hepatitis B virus affects millions of people worldwide and can lead to serious diseases as liver cirrhoses and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).The local prevalence of HBV infection among healthy popul ... Read More
This paper introduces quantifiable growth-and-obesity profiles of children in family-centered care. This work presents a model based on the mathematical-statistical technique of ‘box interpolation’, w ... Read More
The objective was to evaluate the allelopathic upshot of brassica and barley herbage water extracts on weed suppression and grain yield of wheat. The experiment was conducted during 2007-2008 at Pir M ... Read More
The allelopathic effects of Eucalyptus camaldulensis Dehnh. and its control by farmyard manure was subjected by the application of different concentration of aqueous leachate of leaf litter and with t ... Read More
