A survey of nodulation was made among 28 species of tree legumes comprising 9, members of Caesalpinaceae, 12 of Mimosaceae and 7 of Papilionaceae. The percentage of nodulation found in Caesalpinaceae, ... Read More
Dimethoate (0, 0- dimethyl-S- (N- methylcarbamoyl- methyl) phosphorodithioate), an organophosphate insecticide, was examined for its potential to produce developmental toxicity in rats after oral admi ... Read More
A total number of 20 species of fungi belonging to 12 genera were isolated from soybean seed collected from different localities of Pakistan by using blotter, agar plate and deep freezing methods as r ... Read More
Treatment of tannery effluents with hydrophytes viz., Chara intermedia, Typha angustifolia, Hemarthria compressa, Pistia stratiotes, Marsilea minuta and Salvinia natans showed a reduction in the heavy ... Read More
A variety of stress situations may affect the activity and survival of plant-beneficial pseudomonads added to soil to control root diseases. Pseticlomonas fluorescens strain CHAO produced extracellula ... Read More
The experiment was conducted to study the effect of varying degrees of shade on wheat crop. The results of the study indicated that plant height and number of tillers increased under full light condit ... Read More
The effect of nine different levels of irrigation on yield and yield components of wheat indicated that Uciab-2000 gave 7.0% to 8.8% higher total dry matter yield than Chenab-2000 in 2001-2002 and in ... Read More
Plants grown under stressful environments, accumulate many organic compounds thorough biochemical changes, which improve their growth and development. Among these, quaternary ammonium compounds, espec ... Read More
Field experiments on mung beans (Vigna Radiata L.) Wilczek were conducted using lignitic derived humic acids. The study includes soaking of seeds with 0.005% aqueous humate and followed by spray of hu ... Read More
Effects of chromium and lead chloride on germination, accumulation and stress phenolics were studied. Lead chloride significantly reduced the germination, increased accumulation and total phenols in t ... Read More
Management of black scurf disease through determining levels of susceptibility in 12 germplasm lines and varieties of potato was investigated by using Rhizoctonia solani AG 3 isolate SL-41, previously ... Read More
Studies on tripartite interactions between vesicular arbuscular mycorrhiza—VAM, root lesion nematode and wheat varieties were carried out in soil pots to find out the potentiality of VAM fungus (Glomu ... Read More
The concentrations and spatial distributions of various pesticides levels were investigated in underground water collected from ten stations from Malir River catchment area. The pesticides analysed we ... Read More
In all 56 species of fungi belonging to 19 genera were isolated and identified from the indoor environment of Karachi City. Hospital records show that there is an increase in dermal and respiratory di ... Read More
Bacteraemic infections have become the major cause of mortality and morbidity in cancer patients. Floroquinolones have broad spectrum of antimicrobial activity and have increasingly been used for prop ... Read More
The present study indicates the quality of water impacts both on the growth as well as on the haematological parameters of Oreochromis mossambicus as the maximum number of RBC, WBC and Hb concentratio ... Read More
Neem seed coat oil fractions were evaluated for their efficacy against three grain storage fungi i.e. Aspergillus flavus, A. fumigatus and A. wentii and one soil fungus Alternaria tenuis. The neem oil ... Read More
A feed trial was conducted to determine growth of three Indian major carps i.e. Catla calla (0.31g), Labeo rohita (0.22g) and Cyprinus carpi° (0.4 g) under intensive culture system. They were fed with ... Read More
Nile tilapias (Oreochromis niloticus) weighing 2.669±1.713 g (inean±SD) were kept in glass aquarium for 8 weeks. The experiment was divided into twL cycles i.e. non feeding period (NFP) and feeding pe ... Read More
Fe: the determination of organic halogens in ground water, AOX, EOX and VOX parameters are used. This method can be used in the range of 1-100 /kg OIL with a coefficient of variation of 5-10%. The met ... Read More
Thirty stands on the slopes of calcareous hills around Karachi and its vicinity were sampled by point-centered quarter method. Sampling was restricted to trees, shrubs and perennial herbs. Soil sample ... Read More
Cell culture-derived soluble Anaplasma marginate vaccine admixedwith a saponin adjuvant was administered in single dose, 2 weeks between doses to 6 months rats. An additional 10 rats served as non-vac ... Read More
Phytophthora infestans is one of the most destructive pathogens of potato and causal agent of notorious disease late blight in Pakistan. Late blight infected potato samples were collected from the dif ... Read More
Results of three successive years' studies under experimental plot condition showed a significant correlation between VAM infection in roots of six wheat varieties viz., Blue silver, Maxi-Pak, Pak-70, ... Read More
Rhizobia from root nodules of Albizia lebbeck, Dalbergia sissoo, Leucaena leucocephala, Pithecellobium dulce, Prosopis glandulosa, P. juliflora, and Vigna unguiculata were tested for their ability to ... Read More
Astola Island locally known as Haft-Talar .(means seven rocks) is a small-uninhabited island with an isolated rock a short distance to the south of Pasni in the Northern Arabian Sea. The island has it ... Read More
Canola oil is a popular oilseed crop due to its low crucic acid and glucosinolate. Being a newly introduce crop. less information is available about its agronomical requirement and genetic diversity. ... Read More
The total thickness of cell wall as well as its component layers was determined in eleven coniferous species viz, Abies pindrow Royle, Cedrus deodara (Rox. ex. Lamb), Cupressus arizonica Endl, C.. fun ... Read More
Fusariutn solani, a mesophilic fungus, was grown for 4 days at 35°C, pH 5 under solid state growth conditions using wheat bran for the production of amyloglucosidase.The specific activity of crude enz ... Read More
Pollen morphology of 11 genera belonging to the family Brassicaceae was studied by light microscope. The pollen grains are 3-4 colpate. The shape of pollens are prolate, spheroidal to prolate or subpr ... Read More
Ethno botanical study revealed that 44 species of 31 families are being used by the local people of Dheri /Julagrarn Malakand Agency. These plants are invariably used as a crud drugs for treating vari ... Read More
The influence of lead (lead acetate) on the cytogenetic and external morphology of Tabanus bovinus (Tabanidae) was investigated. The effect of lead acetate (9.65 mg/1) and (0.009 mg/1) treatment on fi ... Read More
The present study deals with the observation of migratory birds on the coastal areas of Karachi (Hawkes Bay and Clifton) during the year 2001 — 2004. Different kinds of aquatic migratory birds (gull, ... Read More
Trichoderma harzianum strain FA 1132 has shown potential as a biological control agent of Ganoderma boninense, the causal pathogen of basal stem rot (BSR) of oil palms based on previous nursery trials ... Read More
The pollen morphology of the 4 genera of Brassicaceae has been examined by light microscope. The shape of pollen grains are prolate spheriodal to prolate. On the basis of the shape, the pollen grains ... Read More
Aerobic organisms possess antioxidant defense systems that deal with reactive oxygen species (ROS) produced as a consequence of aerobic respiration. Reactive oxygen is related to both, the arrest of g ... Read More
Worldwide one of the most demanded, studied and consumed fruit is 'citrus'. Concurrently its production has been increasing considerably for the last few years. Besides delicious taste, citrus fruits ... Read More
Agriculture is the lynchpin of Pakistan's economy and any improvement in this sector will lead to socio-economic development of the country. Besides major crops, Kinno mandarin has high demand in the ... Read More
A new trematode species Mehraorchis cribbi is being described from the small intestine of frog from Karachi, Pakistan. The new species is characterised by possessing small ovoid body, oral sucker subt ... Read More
Three new species to accommodating already described five species of the genus Pteronemobius described from various localities of Pakistan, with special reference to their male and female genitalia. A ... Read More
Two new species of the genus Stenochirus Karsch are described form Sindh, Pakistan with special reference to their male genitalia, Gel chromatography and clectrophoresis of the venom. These species ar ... Read More
Two new species of the genus Jonesius Yamaguti, 1959 have been described from avian hosts in Karachi. Jonesius calumbae n.sp., from the pigeon Columba livia (Gmelen) is characterized by having elongat ... Read More
Zeuzera mulistrigata Moore, is recorded from Pakistan and described in detail with special reference to its head appendages, venation of fore and hind wings and male genitalia. The systematic position ... Read More
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are common bacterial infections particularly in females. UTIs can be classified by anatomic site of involver ient into lower and upper urinary tract infections. UTIs ca ... Read More
Gonocerus punctiger Dallas which remained confused with Homoeocerus minax Walker, a serious pest of rice in East Asia as Cletus punctiger is redescribed here with reference to its ignored characters o ... Read More
The effect of nine different levels of irrigation on yield and yield components of wheat indicated that Uciab-2000 gave 7.0% to 8.8% higher total dry matter yield than Chenab-2000 in 2001-2002 and in ... Read More
Plants grown under stressful environments, accumulate many organic compounds thorough biochemical changes, which improve their growth and development. Among these, quaternary ammonium compounds, espec ... Read More
The experiment was conducted to study the effect of varying degrees of shade on wheat crop. The results of the study indicated that plant height and number of tillers increased under full light condit ... Read More
A variety of stress situations may affect the activity and survival of plant-beneficial pseudomonads added to soil to control root diseases. Pseticlomonas fluorescens strain CHAO produced extracellula ... Read More
Treatment of tannery effluents with hydrophytes viz., Chara intermedia, Typha angustifolia, Hemarthria compressa, Pistia stratiotes, Marsilea minuta and Salvinia natans showed a reduction in the heavy ... Read More
A total number of 20 species of fungi belonging to 12 genera were isolated from soybean seed collected from different localities of Pakistan by using blotter, agar plate and deep freezing methods as r ... Read More
A survey of nodulation was made among 28 species of tree legumes comprising 9, members of Caesalpinaceae, 12 of Mimosaceae and 7 of Papilionaceae. The percentage of nodulation found in Caesalpinaceae, ... Read More
Dimethoate (0, 0- dimethyl-S- (N- methylcarbamoyl- methyl) phosphorodithioate), an organophosphate insecticide, was examined for its potential to produce developmental toxicity in rats after oral admi ... Read More
Effects of chromium and lead chloride on germination, accumulation and stress phenolics were studied. Lead chloride significantly reduced the germination, increased accumulation and total phenols in t ... Read More
Field experiments on mung beans (Vigna Radiata L.) Wilczek were conducted using lignitic derived humic acids. The study includes soaking of seeds with 0.005% aqueous humate and followed by spray of hu ... Read More
The concentrations and spatial distributions of various pesticides levels were investigated in underground water collected from ten stations from Malir River catchment area. The pesticides analysed we ... Read More
In all 56 species of fungi belonging to 19 genera were isolated and identified from the indoor environment of Karachi City. Hospital records show that there is an increase in dermal and respiratory di ... Read More
Bacteraemic infections have become the major cause of mortality and morbidity in cancer patients. Floroquinolones have broad spectrum of antimicrobial activity and have increasingly been used for prop ... Read More
The present study indicates the quality of water impacts both on the growth as well as on the haematological parameters of Oreochromis mossambicus as the maximum number of RBC, WBC and Hb concentratio ... Read More
Neem seed coat oil fractions were evaluated for their efficacy against three grain storage fungi i.e. Aspergillus flavus, A. fumigatus and A. wentii and one soil fungus Alternaria tenuis. The neem oil ... Read More
A feed trial was conducted to determine growth of three Indian major carps i.e. Catla calla (0.31g), Labeo rohita (0.22g) and Cyprinus carpi° (0.4 g) under intensive culture system. They were fed with ... Read More
Nile tilapias (Oreochromis niloticus) weighing 2.669±1.713 g (inean±SD) were kept in glass aquarium for 8 weeks. The experiment was divided into twL cycles i.e. non feeding period (NFP) and feeding pe ... Read More
Fe: the determination of organic halogens in ground water, AOX, EOX and VOX parameters are used. This method can be used in the range of 1-100 /kg OIL with a coefficient of variation of 5-10%. The met ... Read More
Management of black scurf disease through determining levels of susceptibility in 12 germplasm lines and varieties of potato was investigated by using Rhizoctonia solani AG 3 isolate SL-41, previously ... Read More
Studies on tripartite interactions between vesicular arbuscular mycorrhiza—VAM, root lesion nematode and wheat varieties were carried out in soil pots to find out the potentiality of VAM fungus (Glomu ... Read More
Rhizobia from root nodules of Albizia lebbeck, Dalbergia sissoo, Leucaena leucocephala, Pithecellobium dulce, Prosopis glandulosa, P. juliflora, and Vigna unguiculata were tested for their ability to ... Read More
Results of three successive years' studies under experimental plot condition showed a significant correlation between VAM infection in roots of six wheat varieties viz., Blue silver, Maxi-Pak, Pak-70, ... Read More
Phytophthora infestans is one of the most destructive pathogens of potato and causal agent of notorious disease late blight in Pakistan. Late blight infected potato samples were collected from the dif ... Read More
Cell culture-derived soluble Anaplasma marginate vaccine admixedwith a saponin adjuvant was administered in single dose, 2 weeks between doses to 6 months rats. An additional 10 rats served as non-vac ... Read More
Thirty stands on the slopes of calcareous hills around Karachi and its vicinity were sampled by point-centered quarter method. Sampling was restricted to trees, shrubs and perennial herbs. Soil sample ... Read More
The pollen morphology of the 4 genera of Brassicaceae has been examined by light microscope. The shape of pollen grains are prolate spheriodal to prolate. On the basis of the shape, the pollen grains ... Read More
Trichoderma harzianum strain FA 1132 has shown potential as a biological control agent of Ganoderma boninense, the causal pathogen of basal stem rot (BSR) of oil palms based on previous nursery trials ... Read More
The present study deals with the observation of migratory birds on the coastal areas of Karachi (Hawkes Bay and Clifton) during the year 2001 — 2004. Different kinds of aquatic migratory birds (gull, ... Read More
The influence of lead (lead acetate) on the cytogenetic and external morphology of Tabanus bovinus (Tabanidae) was investigated. The effect of lead acetate (9.65 mg/1) and (0.009 mg/1) treatment on fi ... Read More
Ethno botanical study revealed that 44 species of 31 families are being used by the local people of Dheri /Julagrarn Malakand Agency. These plants are invariably used as a crud drugs for treating vari ... Read More
Pollen morphology of 11 genera belonging to the family Brassicaceae was studied by light microscope. The pollen grains are 3-4 colpate. The shape of pollens are prolate, spheroidal to prolate or subpr ... Read More
Fusariutn solani, a mesophilic fungus, was grown for 4 days at 35°C, pH 5 under solid state growth conditions using wheat bran for the production of amyloglucosidase.The specific activity of crude enz ... Read More
The total thickness of cell wall as well as its component layers was determined in eleven coniferous species viz, Abies pindrow Royle, Cedrus deodara (Rox. ex. Lamb), Cupressus arizonica Endl, C.. fun ... Read More
Canola oil is a popular oilseed crop due to its low crucic acid and glucosinolate. Being a newly introduce crop. less information is available about its agronomical requirement and genetic diversity. ... Read More
Astola Island locally known as Haft-Talar .(means seven rocks) is a small-uninhabited island with an isolated rock a short distance to the south of Pasni in the Northern Arabian Sea. The island has it ... Read More
Gonocerus punctiger Dallas which remained confused with Homoeocerus minax Walker, a serious pest of rice in East Asia as Cletus punctiger is redescribed here with reference to its ignored characters o ... Read More
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are common bacterial infections particularly in females. UTIs can be classified by anatomic site of involver ient into lower and upper urinary tract infections. UTIs ca ... Read More
Zeuzera mulistrigata Moore, is recorded from Pakistan and described in detail with special reference to its head appendages, venation of fore and hind wings and male genitalia. The systematic position ... Read More
Two new species of the genus Jonesius Yamaguti, 1959 have been described from avian hosts in Karachi. Jonesius calumbae n.sp., from the pigeon Columba livia (Gmelen) is characterized by having elongat ... Read More
Two new species of the genus Stenochirus Karsch are described form Sindh, Pakistan with special reference to their male genitalia, Gel chromatography and clectrophoresis of the venom. These species ar ... Read More
Three new species to accommodating already described five species of the genus Pteronemobius described from various localities of Pakistan, with special reference to their male and female genitalia. A ... Read More
A new trematode species Mehraorchis cribbi is being described from the small intestine of frog from Karachi, Pakistan. The new species is characterised by possessing small ovoid body, oral sucker subt ... Read More
Agriculture is the lynchpin of Pakistan's economy and any improvement in this sector will lead to socio-economic development of the country. Besides major crops, Kinno mandarin has high demand in the ... Read More
Worldwide one of the most demanded, studied and consumed fruit is 'citrus'. Concurrently its production has been increasing considerably for the last few years. Besides delicious taste, citrus fruits ... Read More
Aerobic organisms possess antioxidant defense systems that deal with reactive oxygen species (ROS) produced as a consequence of aerobic respiration. Reactive oxygen is related to both, the arrest of g ... Read More
This study deals with the effect of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) on crop sac prolactin receptors (PRLR). Direct hypodermal injections of 45 IU hCG per day for 4 days produced a diametric respons ... Read More
This study was planned to investigate the effect of different combinations of sunflower meal and cotton seed meal in isonitrogenous and isocaloric rations on the performance of broiler chicks. Five ex ... Read More
Research was conducted to determine the extent to which the dietary protein may be reduced with adequate methionine and lysine supplementation. Five hundred broiler chicks were kept on commercial star ... Read More
The immature ooctyes have long been used for experimental trials for betterment of production of genetically superior breed both in terms of meet and milk production. In these experiments immature oo ... Read More
In Punjab waste-lands are being rapidly occupied by a noxious weed Parthenium hysterophorus L.. field surveys revealed that the allelopathic grass Desmostachya bipinnata Stapf. restricts the spread of ... Read More
An investigation was conducted to evaluate the zinc status of three different classes of grazing goats on the basis of zinc concentrations in pasture and animal samples as affected by season and class ... Read More
Thirteen accessions of Brassica including a standard one were sown in a randomized complete block design in four replications. Data on various quantitative characters were recorded for comparative per ... Read More
Four cotton cultivars differing in tolerance to stressed conditions were grown in solution culture at salt concentrations of 75,150 mol m -3 and control. The K+ /Na+ ratios of 1:1, 1:2.5, 1:5,1:10 and ... Read More
Four high yielding Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek genotypes were tested for their salt tolerance at germination, 35, 55 days after emergence of seedlings, and at maturity (81DAE). The genotypes displayed ... Read More
Bacillus anthracis is gram positive, rod shaped bacterium frequently found in the environment and causes Anthrax disease which is common in animal but rare in human. In the present research work the ... Read More
The methanolic and dichloromethane of three medicinal plants viz., Pterocarya fraxinifolia, (Juglandaceae), Ilex spinigera (Aquifoliaceae), Pyrus boissieriana (Rosaceae), were tested for their antiba ... Read More
Acetaminophen is used clinically as an analgesic and antipyretic drug. Although acetaminophen is safe at therapeutic doses, it produces hepatic injury in both human and experimental animals, and also ... Read More
A retrospective study was carried out on formalin fixed paraffin embedded blocks of 50 out of 392 diagnosed cases of hyperplasia and adenocarcinoma. The aim of this study was to compare the incidence ... Read More
The influence of shoot and root extracts of nine plant species including Gaillardia aristata, Cosmos bipinnatus, Helianthus annuus, Tagetes erecta, Tagetes patula, Chamomilla recutita, Matricaria disc ... Read More
Biocontrol potential of Rhizobium and Bradyrhizobium species against soil borne root infecting fungi was tested. All strains showed infectivity and produced nodules on mungbean. Rhizobia used as seed ... Read More
In Iran, organochlorine insecticides such as lindane are used for agriculture purpose, in rice-field to destroy the pests. Due to high stability and long life, lindane can remain in rice crop and crea ... Read More
Chitin, a natural polysaccharide, widely exists in the outer skeleton of arthropods such as shrimp. Chitin and its deacetylated derivative chitosan have been reported to be useful for biomedical appl ... Read More
Regarding the importance of beeswax, we evaluate the preparation of the pharmaceutical beeswax in Iran. The raw beeswax was provided from the waxes prepared by Appis Mellifera L in two different seas ... Read More
The effect of Cr (III) combined with atrazine on the level of carbohydrates, proteins, amino acids in roots and shoots, and that of chlorophyll, of bean plants were investigated. Application of Cr (NO ... Read More
This study evaluated the extent of physical, chemical and microbiological contamination in ground water of Malir River catchment area. Underground water samples were collected from 10 different locati ... Read More
Microbial products have been recognized as an integral component of natural products chemistry and microbes they are significant resource for environment friendly compounds, which have multiple indust ... Read More
Probiotics for chickens are designed either to replace beneficial organisms that are not present in the alimentary tract or to provide the chicken with the effects of beneficial bacteria. Salmonella t ... Read More
This cross sectional study investigates the status of drinking water of various sources including municipal water supply, water supply from vendors and mineral water. The city was divided district wis ... Read More
The paper deals with holopelagic shrimps Sergestes and Sergia described from the Indian Ocean. The frequency of occurrence and abundance of Sergestes and Sergia in different regions of the Indian Oce ... Read More
The dispersal pattern of a weed Tridax procumbens was investigated in an agricultural field. Two seed traps were designed, one to examine the dispersal pattern of isolated individuals and another to ... Read More
The variation in composition, structure, phytomass and net primary productivity was analyzed in a Dichanthium annulatum (Forssk.) Stapf. dominated coastal community of Karachi, Pakistan. Phyto-ecologi ... Read More
A soil bacterium (CMG500) capable of degrading a fungicide buprimate (Nimrod), was isolated from vegetable fields and identified as Achromobacter species. It harbors a catabolic plasmid pNS3. The isol ... Read More
The diversity of fungi in tiger shrimp P. monodon culture pond sediments was investigated. The culture pond types sampled were aged (>8 years), moderately aged (3 years) and new (<1 year); the former ... Read More
Eleven species of the genus Calosoma Weber including two new species from Pakistan and Azad Kashmir are briefly described with reference to their taxonomic characters, male and female genitalia. A ke ... Read More
Pyrrhia umbra Hufn., is recorded for the first time from Sindh. Described in detail with special reference to its head appendages, venation of fore and hind wings and female genitalia. The systematic ... Read More
Phiala incana Wallengren., is recorded first time from Galyat, Pakistan. Described in detail with special reference to its head appendages, venation of fore and hind wings and female genitalia. The sy ... Read More
Myllocerus discolor Boheman is redescribed with reference to its male genitalia from Sindh, Pakistan. The present taxon is compared with its closest allies. ... Read More
Myllocerus undecimpulatus Faust is redescribed with reference to its male and female genitalia from Sindh, Pakistan. The present taxon is compared with its closest allies ... Read More
Pollen morophology of 10 species belonging 5 genera of the family Brassicaceae from Pakistan has been examined by light microscope. Pollen grains are usually radially symmetrical, sub-prolate to prola ... Read More
Pollen morphology of 4 species belonging to 4 genera of the family Brassicaceae from Pakistan has been examined by the light microscope. Pollen grains are 3-colpate, isopolar, prolate, prolate spheri ... Read More
The present paper deals with the impact of “Tasman Spirit” oil spill on marine primary producers which occurred near Karachi Harbour on July, 27th, 2003. One year long study in the affected area revea ... Read More
Homoeocerus subjectus Walker an unique and little known squash bug species from Indian Assam, China and Thailand is redescribed in detail with reference to metathoracic scent auricles and male and fe ... Read More
Caystrus marginiventris quadrimaculatus Linnavuori is redescribed with additional informations on its newly raised specific status by its original author with reference to its male genitalia. In this ... Read More
The efficiency of SOP, FYM (farmyard manure) and wheat straw was studied on two maize varieties viz., EV-1098 and EV-3001 at Agronomic Research Farm of University of Arid Agriculture, Rawalpindi in 20 ... Read More
A study was conducted to determine the calcium nutrition status of different classes of grazing sheep during two different seasons on a farm located in southern Punjab (Pakistan). A complete free-choi ... Read More
Investigations were conducted in the southern part of Punjab, Pakistan to evaluate the mineral status of goats, to determine the classes of animals which are most susceptible to specific mineral defic ... Read More
Pakistan is an agricultural country and its increased agricultural productions depend on the consumption of chemical fertilizers. In this paper an effort has been made to highlight the socio-economic ... Read More
Response of cotton and cowpea intercropping with different doses of NPK fertilizers was investigated. Cotton, cowpea (sole) and cotton + cowpea produced best result at maximum (150, 70, 70) fertilize ... Read More
A study was undertaken on 53 farms during the year 2002 to investigate flock size, egg production traits and various factors affecting egg production performance of broiler breeder chickens in Manseh ... Read More
The study was conducted to compare the present growing stock of sub-tropical pine forests of Murree hills in Pakistan with the standard values of growing stock of a Normal Forest. Stand table was prep ... Read More
Population of T.harzianum after multiplication on different substrates viz., rice grain, sorghum grain, millet grain and saw dust was determined at 0 day and after 15, 30, 60,90 and 180 days of storag ... Read More
The aim of the study was to determine the best parameters for rapid performance of daily quality control testing of intrinsic uniformity for the single-head gamma- camera, by changing one parameter wh ... Read More
Six R-plasmids of Gram negative bacteria isolated from poultry in Karachi region designated as pFK-2, pFK-6, pFK-7, pFK-8a, pFK13 and pFK-20 were studied for various genetic properties such as fi′ cha ... Read More
Studies were carried out to investigate the incidence of multiple antibiotic resistance among Escherichia coli (total 152) isolated from poultry in Karachi to eight commonly used antibiotics: ampicil ... Read More
The pH conditions were optimised for the biodegradation of pharmaceutical wastewater. Wastewater treatment in the presence and absence of added nutrients of nitrogen and phosphorous was also checked ... Read More
Administration of 0.06 mg isoniazid (INH) per day for 5 days to Uromastix hardwickii showed adverse effects on the blood cellularity. It resulted in elevated number of neutrophils and eosinophils with ... Read More
This study examines the developmental toxicity of hexavalant chromium (Cr (VI)) in rats following oral exposure to Cr (VI) in drinking water. Pregnant Fischer 344 rats ingested deionized water contai ... Read More
Aldicarb, 2-methyl -2-(methylthio)- propionaldehyde O- methylcarbamoyloxime, is currently manufactured in the US by RhonePoulenc Company and sold under the trade name Temik. In the present study, aldi ... Read More
A retrospective study was conducted to find the incidence of carcinoma of gall bladder. Data were collected from the patients admitted with cholelithiasis in surgical units of different hospitals of K ... Read More
Ergotamine tends to produce a pattern of subjective effects that varies as a function of dose. Male albino rats were employed in this study as animal model and three different drug dosages of ergotami ... Read More
During an extensive survey of Cereals, Vegetables and Cash crops in Balochistan province 32 known species of plant parasitic nematodes were recorded for the first time on a number of crops at differen ... Read More
In this study, biological activity of some fractions for Achillea biebersteinii and A.millefolium (Compositae) was evaluated in vitro against the epimastigotes of Trypanosoma cruzi, the parasitic age ... Read More
Four cotton cultivars were studied at seedling stage in salinized nutrient growth medium having 0, 75,150 and 250 mol m-3 NaCI salinity. After salinization, the seedlings were harvested after day 3 an ... Read More
The study was conducted to determine whether salt tolerance could be induced in wheat at emergence stage by seed priming. Different seed priming techniques used were, soaking of seeds for 24h in disti ... Read More
The biomass of Alstonia scholaris, Pongamia pinnata, Cassia siamea and Peltophorum pterocarpum in the term of leaf dry weight was significantly (p<0.05) affected in Karachi city. Plants were more aff ... Read More
Effect of some organic nitrates on seed germination of Cenchrus biflorus was investigated. Of the three organic nitrates nitroglycerine and isosorbide mono-nitrate stimulated seed germination in the d ... Read More
Three populations of Tephrosia uniflora Pers. were studied in various habitats of the southern Sindh, namely: (i) rocky soil (ii) calcareous sandy loam soil and (iii) saline sandy soil. The population ... Read More
A total of 47 species belonging to 14 genera of Chlorophyceae, Cyanophyceae, Bacillaerophyceae and Xanthophyceae viz, Spirogyra, Mougeotia, Stigeoclonium, Rhizoclonium, Ulothrix, Cladophora, Vaucheri ... Read More
Specimens of aquatic and wetland species were collected and identified during the year of 2001. The voucher specimens were submitted in the Karachi University Herbarium (KUH). The present study has r ... Read More
Some 78 species (23 grasses, 2 sedges. and 53 dicotyledons including 9 legumes) were seen to compose winter aspect growth of 14 grass-dominated communities of Karachi, Pakistan. The mean number of spe ... Read More
Distant (1910) while transferring Caystrus nigriventris Germar for the first time in its appropriate genus Caystrus Stål synonymized marginiventris Stål with it and Linnavuori (1982) speculated that ... Read More
Actias selene Hubner is described in detail with special reference to its larva, head appendages, venations of fore and hind wings, male and female genitalia. The life cycle, economic importance, cont ... Read More
The water beetle Cybister lateralimarginalis (De Geer) of the family Dytiscidae first time described from Pakistan with special reference to its genitalia. The systematic postion and cladistic relatio ... Read More
Ethnoecological studies carried over three years in Harboi rangeland, Kalat revealed that of the total 202 recorded species 145 species (72%) had various local uses. The major utilization of plants wa ... Read More
Pesticides are compounds that used by human being, especially farmers for controlling biotic factors for a long time and bring a lot of environmental problems. Among these compounds chlorine incectic ... Read More
Different explants of mango cultivars were explored for in vitro plantlet regeneration on Murashige and Skoog (MS) and Gamborg (B5) medium. Only zygotic embryos of Chaunsa cultivar initiated callus f ... Read More
Three zoeal stages of the crab Metopograpsus messor are described and illustrated from laboratory reared material. The description of the first zoea in the present study is compared with previous des ... Read More
Egg masses of two species of Nerita; viz., N. albicilla and N. textilis, are reported for the first time from the coast of Karachi, northern Arabian sea. The egg capsules of N. textilis are similar to ... Read More
Pesticides are compounds that used by human being, especially farmers for controlling biotic factors for a long time and bring a lot of environmental problems. Among these compounds chlorine incectici ... Read More
The fecundity and sex ratio of Sardinella longiceps has been described. The occurrence of mature specimen of S. Longiceps was found in different size group. The minimum and maximum size of maturity w ... Read More
A seventy five days feeding experiment was conducted on juveniles of Oreochromis mossambicus having the initial weight of 0.9267±0.1464 g. The ingredients were fish meal @200g/kg, rice protein @530g/k ... Read More
The digestibility of locally available ingredients namely fish meal, rice protein, squid, shrimps, fish oil, minerals, vitamins and salt by juveniles of Oreochromis mossambicus was evaluated for perio ... Read More
