HETEROSIS AND INBREEDING DEPRESSION ESTIMATES FOR YIELD AND FIBRE COMPONENTS IN UPLAND COTTON (GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM L.). ... Read More
A thorough inventorying of the plant biodiversity of the Haramosh and Bugrote valleys of Gilgit-Baltistan during the years 2001-2007 revealed four species new to science, while five genera and seven ... Read More
Seed morphology of fifteen species of the genus Silene: Caryophyllaceae has been examined by light and scanning microscope. Viz., Silene arenosa C.Koch, Silene brahuica Boiss., Silene citrina Boiss., ... Read More
Pollen germination capacity and viability period of Cucumis melo var. melo was examined up to 48 weeks in different concentrations of sucrose and boric acid solutions. The collected fresh pollens wer ... Read More
Fifteen improved, low toxin grasspea (Lathyrus sativus L.) genotypes received from the International Centre for Agricultural research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), Aleppo, Syria and a local check were t ... Read More
Thirteen varieties of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor [L.] Moench) and nine varieties of millet (Pennisetum glaucum [L.] R. Br.) were grown on heavy soil slightly affected with salinity having pH range 8.0 ... Read More
Government of Pakistan confined importers of wheat, both public and private to ensure acceptable quality of wheat meeting FAO and WHO standard. Monitoring of wheat quality i.e. physical, chemical and ... Read More
L-Tryptophan (L-TRP), a physiological precursor of Auxin, significantly affected the maize crop growth and dry matter accumulation in a laboratory experiment. The trial was conducted using completely ... Read More
A wheat (GA 2002) field inoculation trial was carried out to evaluate an indigenous formulation comprising of Rhizobium( PAC-19/1) Azospirillum (ZS1) and P-solubilizing Pseudomonas (Psm-na) in single, ... Read More
Gibberellic acid (GA3), a plant growth regulator is commonly used for berry enlargement in grapes. Flame seedless grapes vines, grown at NARC, Islamabad, were sprayed at bloom and fruit set (just aft ... Read More
Sunflower seedlings of 4 varieties grew better on inoculation with Glomus fasciculatum at 10% soil-water regime as against lesser growth in uninoculated series of seedlings. There was no difference i ... Read More
The assessment of immunomodulatory effect of aerial parts of Andrographis paniculata extracted with various organic solvents on stimulated human peripheral blood Monocytes revealed the most significa ... Read More
The antibiotic resistance pattern of 345 Gram negative bacilli, isolated from urinary tract infections in females, was determined against aminoglycosides viz., neomycin, streptomycin, gentamicin and ... Read More
Paramphistomum cervi is one of the most common trematode infection in bovines specially in buffaloes. The present studies have confirmed that a least 50-70% buffaloes slaughtered in slaughter houses ... Read More
The effects of diesel oil pollution on Thespesia populnea (L.) Sol. Ex. Corr. were investigated in a series of artificially and freshly polluted sandy soil with 0, 0.5, 0.75, 1.0, 2.5, 4.0 and 5.0 mL ... Read More
The Zea mays plant is a valued Ecosystem component. This biotic component was used as a marker to determine the impact the crude oil had on the soil where it was spilled. Chlorophyll plays an importa ... Read More
Seaweeds are found in great abundance in Pakistan. The present studies deal with survey of perennial brown alga, S. boveanum, along Karachi coast for its alginic acid and other biochemical constituen ... Read More
Field trials of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) were conducted with different concentrations of Pakistani lignite derived humic acid. The present study included seed treatment with 0.050, 0.075, 0.12 ... Read More
A field research was undertaken to evaluate the comparative efficiency of Bio-power (a multi microbe) and nitrogen (N) chemical fertilizer; alone and in combination on the growth, grain yield and N u ... Read More
Vigna radiata and Vigna unguiculata plants were grown in lead (Pb) contaminated soil which is amended with different concentrations of organic fertilizer (chicken manure) and mineral fertilizer (NPK) ... Read More
This paper describes the effect of Cannabis sativa seeds on growth performance of muscle and abdominal organs of broiler chicks. Total 160 broiler chicks (one day old) of equal weight were purchased ... Read More
Elimination kinetics of cefaclor was investigated in twelve male healthy volunteers after 375 mg single dose oral administration of the drug. Elimination kinetics parameters revealed that the mean va ... Read More
Host diversity in the very late maturity cotton cultivar Ashor 1 was created by gamma rays in order to select agronomical desirable earliness genetic variants. Seeds of cotton cultivar Ashor 1 were ex ... Read More
The fluoroquinolones are synthetic compounds with greater potency and a broader antimicrobial activity than their quinolone precursor, nalidixic acid, which is used only as urinary antiseptic. Suscept ... Read More
The variation in composition, structure, phytomass and net primary productivity was analyzed in a Cenchrus setigerus Vahl. dominated community in a moist-saline site of Karachi, Pakistan. Phyto-ecolog ... Read More
A new hemiurid trematode Microvesicula otolithi n.gen., n.sp. is described here from the fish Otolithus argenteus of Karachi coast. This trematode is characterized by having a more or less spindle-sha ... Read More
Two new species of the genus Scottiola Uvarov are described to accommodating one already described species in detail with reference to their genital components. A key to the Pakistani species is formu ... Read More
A new hemiurid trematode is described here parasitizing the intestine of the fish Otolithus argenteus of Karachi coast. Qadriana otolithi n.sp., is the third species of the genus Qadriana Bilqees, 197 ... Read More
A new hemiurid trematode Prosorchis macroacetabulum is described here from the fish Stromateus niger (Bl) collected from the fish harbour, Karachi coast, Pakistan. Body of this fluke is dorsoventrall ... Read More
One hundred and thirty two species were collected from the research area. These species were spread into 65 families, among them 61 families were angiosperms, 54 of them were dicot and 7 were monocot ... Read More
Helicobacter pylori infections and gastroduodenal diseases have been reported several times in this region but there is no data regarding prevalence of H. pylori VacA and CagA genotypes in this part ... Read More
A set of 22 experimental wheat lines along with four check cultivars were evaluated in irrigated and unirrigated environments with objectives to determine genetic and phenotypic variation and heritab ... Read More
Blending is an important factor for producing a particular count of quality yarn. A study on the jute cotton blended yarn of different ratios viz., jute: cotton /40:60, jute: cotton / 50: 50, jute: co ... Read More
Authenticity of vegetable oils is of concern for commercial and health reasons. Fatty acid composition in the seed oil of locally grown crops like corn, canola, soybean, sunflower and cotton were det ... Read More
COMPARATIVE STUDY ON THE PROPERTIES OF DENIM FABRICS PRODUCED WITH BLENDED ROTOR SPUN YARN AND 100% COTTON YARN. ... Read More
Examination of five Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis Linn.) revealed two trematodes from the small intestine of a bird. Morphometric studies specify that the trematode being reported is new to Science and ... Read More
A new trematode Plagioporus multiovariumi is described here from the freshwater fish Labeo gonius from Keenjhar Lake, Sindh, Pakistan. The new species is characterized by having smooth elongated body, ... Read More
Asota caricae (F.), is recorded from Ghora-gali, Pakistan and described in detail with special reference to its head appendages, venation of fore and hind wings and female genitalia. ... Read More
Trichomes morphology of the subfamily Heliotropioideae (Boraginaceae) representing by 18 species has been examined by light and scanning microscope. Within the subfamily Heliotropoideae trichomes are ... Read More
Twist is an important factor for the strength of yarn as well as the end product. Generally, higher the twist of the yarn higher the strength of the yarn. But twist has to be an optimum value. If the ... Read More
Helicobacter pylori is a principal cause of chronic gastritis (CG), gastric and duodenal ulcers and a major risk factor for gastric cancer in humans. The objective of this study was to determine and c ... Read More
Genetic variability, estimates of broad sense heritability, genetic advance as percent of mean and genotypic and phenotypic correlation coefficients were observed in eight rice genotypes at Nuclear In ... Read More
A set of 22 experimental wheat lines along with four check cultivars were evaluated in irrigated and unirrigated environments with objectives to determine genetic and phenotypic variation and heritabi ... Read More
Based on measurements of 106 leaves of F. religiosa plants, the measured one-sided leaf area (LA) varied from 3.55 – 162.55cm2 (mean = 67.89 ± 4.42 cm2 ; CV = 64.43%). Allometrically, LA (cm2 ) was gi ... Read More
Karachi is the most industrially developed and populous city of Pakistan. A big part of its basin is occupied by alluvial of Malir River which is basically a seasonal river but becomes perennial withi ... Read More
Twenty advanced lines of cotton in the National Coordinated Varietals Trial were screened for cotton leaf curl disease (CLCuD) and seed cotton yield during the year 2007-08. The experiment was laid ou ... Read More
A marine fish, Lutjanus argentimaculatus of the Karachi coast, was studied for effect of its sex on the abundance of its parasites. The infestation of parasites did not show any significant difference ... Read More
Nematode larvae are the common helminth parasite in vertebrates. They also affect reptiles. The present study deals with the collection of nematode larvae from the intestine of snake Vipera russelli ... Read More
There has been much interest in homocysteine (Hcy) as an important risk factor for vascular diseases including stroke, independent of the long-recognized factors like hyperlipidemia, hypertension, dia ... Read More
The total arabinoxylan (AXt) and water-soluble arabinoxylan (WeAX) contents in meal and flour from eight hard white spring wheat cultivars grown at two distinct locations in Pakistan were examined. AX ... Read More
Effects of different blanching media on the yield and nutritional value of carrot juice was investigated in this study. Each blanching medium showed different effect on the yield and nutritional value ... Read More
