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Plant growth promoting substances (PGPS) are being widely used in crop production to increase productivity and to overcome harmful effects caused by environmental stresses. The experiment was planned ... Read More
Field experiment was conducted to assess the integration of oil cakes on severity of basal rot (Fusarium oxysporum) and leaf spot and blight (Alternaria alternata) diseases, and yield of onion. Incide ... Read More
Major quality characteristics of wheat grown in southern-zone of Pakistan were assessed and compared with wheat imported from Australia, USA, Russian federation and Canada. The physicochemical charact ... Read More
The new guar variety BR-2017 was evolved at Agricultural Research Station, Bahawalpur. The BR-2017 was evaluated/tested in Preliminary Guar Yield Trial (A-Trial), Regular Guar Yield Trial (B-Trial), A ... Read More
The experiment comprised of 7 guar genotypes (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba (L.) Taubert sown in two sets under drought and irrigated conditions. Six characters i.e. Plant Height, Cluster/Plant, Pods/Cluste ... Read More
YBS-98 is a high yielding pearl millet variety. It was developed at Maize and Millets Research Institute, Yusafwala through selection from ICRISAT germplasm. The experimental variety YBS-98 was evalua ... Read More
The phenetic relationship between the species of the genus Psychrogeton has been investigated by taximetry. Data obtained from Systematic treatment, Pollen morphology, Cypsela morphology and distribut ... Read More
This study first time describes the free living marine nematodes present in the bank (sediment) of Ambrah Creek, Ghorabari, Thatta. The nematodes were sorted out from the soil samples during the perio ... Read More
A total of 19 species of acanthurids are reported from Pakistan including Naso annulatus, N. elegans, N. brevirostris and N. vlamingii, which are reported for the first time from the Pakistan coast (N ... Read More
The paper represent the first record of Chaetodon gardineri Norman, 1939 recognized as Garden’s butterfly fish from Pakistani coast . Two samples were obtained from the west coast of Baluchistan near ... Read More
This study presents first records of three species of scyphozoan jellyfishes Chrysaora hysoscella, Chrysaora cf. kynthia and Lychnorhiza malayensis from Pakistani coast based upon specimens obtained f ... Read More
This trial was conducted for 42-days with 20, 40, 60 and 80 fish / 250L (stocking density: ST-20, ST-40, ST-60 and ST-80, respectively) with two dietary protein levels CP1 (25%) and CP2 (35%) on growt ... Read More
Exogenous application of growth regulators under saline condition is an economically feasible approach to alleviate the adverse effects of salt stress in plants. The main objective of this study to ev ... Read More
Invasive species (also known as exotic species) are prime focus of government departments, plant conservationist, ecologist, environmentalist and farmers now days. One of the major non climatic driver ... Read More
Childhood obesity is a manifestation of discrepancy between energy intake and expenditure, which disturbs the original steady state causing to form a fresh steady state at an elevated level, with the ... Read More
Phosphorus is stored in the form of phytate in cereal grains, legumes and oil seeds. Usually this phytate is not digested by the animals and animal manure results in phosphorus pollution. Phytase (myo ... Read More
Reactive molecules and free radicals are used to define the reactive oxygen species that include superoxide, hydrogen peroxide, hydroxyl radical, hydroxyl ion, and nitric oxide. Antioxidants are respo ... Read More
The red rot disease of sugarcane caused by the fungi Colletotrichum falcatum is a serious threat for the sugar industry. Synthetic fungicides are used to control the fungi usually which are harmful fo ... Read More
Biochar and compost were used to appraise their antifungal activity against Botryodiplodia theobromae Pat. causing die back disease in several cost-effective vital crops. Various concentration of aque ... Read More
Bacterial blight (Xanthomonas campestris pv. malvacearum) of cotton is an important severe disease occurring in all cotton growing areas of Pakistan. Resistance to it may be systemically induced when ... Read More
Cotton Leaf Curl Virus is a major threat to cotton production and spreading in Sindh after Punjab. It affects whole cotton plant which results in drastically low cotton productions. It has destroyed t ... Read More
Dopamine (DA) or 3, 4-dihydroxyphenethylamine is neurotransmitter involve in neurodegenerative disorder effecting through dopaminergic neurons of substantia nigra. Different herbs and herbal drug have ... Read More
Amphibian metamorphosis is regulated under the influence of several hormones, including glucocorticoids. It is well documented that during critical stages of amphibian metamorphosis, exposure to envi ... Read More
The micromorphological structure of seedlings of Rhynchosia minima (L.) DC. is described, from a dry ruderalized site of Karachi, on the basis of optical (OM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). T ... Read More
The morphology, thallus length, biomass and reproductive pattern of green seaweed Enteromorpha intestinalis (L.) Nees (now it is recognized as Ulva intestinalis L.) was studied from clean (Station1) a ... Read More
This communication reports the first evidence of the presence of cephalochordate Amphioxus genus Branchiostoma from the intertidal sandy beach of Clifton, Karachi, Pakistan. During the analysis of mac ... Read More
The paper firstly record Gymnosarda unicolor (Ruppell) recognized as dogtooth tuna from Pakistani water. A sample was obtained from the west coast of Baluchistan near Astola Island of Pakistan on 6th ... Read More
Rice (Oryza sativa L.), is an important cereal crop fulfilling half of the world's food demands, is the most salt-sensitive among cereals. Approximately 30% of rice growing areas in the world are harm ... Read More
YH-1898 is a full season high yielding and high temperature tolerant maize hybrid, developed at Maize & Millets Research Institute, Yusafwala, Sahiwal. This hybrid is tolerant to high temperature and ... Read More
A solution culture study was planned to evaluate genetic variations among ten advance wheat genotypes. Wheat genotypes differed significantly (P< 0.05) in shoot and root dry matter production, root: s ... Read More
A survey was conducted to assess the perception of toxic pesticide dealers in Karachi. Information was collected on a predesigned questionnaire containing two parts; one part comprising questions rega ... Read More
The present study aimed to quantify the status of pesticide residues in the blood sample of persons representing from different regions of Karachi, Pakistan. Total 45 persons exposed to pesticides wer ... Read More
Hydatidosis or Echinococcosis is caused by a parasitic cestode, Echinococcus (Rudolphi, 1807) with a life cycle having sheep and cattles as an intermediate and canines as a definitive host. Humans, if ... Read More
This study evaluated the cardioprotective effect of Cheilocostus speciosus (J. Köenig) C. Specht. (Syn, Costus speciosus (Köenig ex Retz. Sm.) (Family Costaceae) during isoproterenol induced cardiac t ... Read More
To describe scientific methods for dose estimation and conversion for herbal, experimental and traditional drugs from animal to human and vice versa. Various databases were searched like FDA for guide ... Read More
Objective: To propose objective criteria of cutoff heights for still-growing youth by examining current criteria and identifying their short comings Study Design: Observational study Place and Duratio ... Read More
In the present study screening of different growth media such as Czapex Dox, Yeast-Malt Extract and Potato Dextrose Broth were employed for the growth of Aspergillus niger capable of silver nanopartic ... Read More
The present study is aimed at growing Aspergillus niger on a variety of plant extract based culture media prepared by using various components of different plants. The extracts were used in combinatio ... Read More
Benzalkonium chloride (BKC), an antimicrobial preservative, commonly used in nasal drops, has been reported for its many adverse effects especially when used in pediatrics formulations. Therefore it i ... Read More
This study was conducted on 630 women from three age groups 18-25, 26-35 and 36-45 years having pregnancy induced hypertension and admitted in hospitals of Multan District from September 2015 to Decem ... Read More
The study of the impact of geographical variation and seasonal changes on the male call song structure of house cricket, Acheta domesticus (L.) has been made in the present work. We used A. domesticus ... Read More
A total of 5 phytoplankton samples from North Arabian Sea bordering Pakistan were collected just after Tasman Spirit oil spill and 16 samples after 1.5 year of spill during Bio-remedial Project. Marin ... Read More
The mature and healthy fruits of Luffa cylindrica were collected from its plant grown in Gulshan-e-Maymar, Karachi. The fruits were studied for their size, brood size and seed characteristics. The bro ... Read More
Some quantitative and morphological characteristics of an Australian Acacia (Acacia stenophylla A. Cunn. Ex. Benth.) are described with respect to the variation in its pod size, seed: mericarp ratio, ... Read More
The aim of the study was to determine the heavy metals (Fe, Cu, Zn, Co, Cr, Ni, Pb and Cd) in mangrove sediments and their associated fiddler crab (Austruca sindensis (Alcock, 1900) from the mangroves ... Read More
This note provides current knowledge on diversity of echinoderm class Echinoidea in Pakistan. It is revealed that the echinoid fauna is scarcely known in the region with no study since nearly five dec ... Read More
We report first records of five species of sea anemones: Hormathianthus tuberculatus, Neoaiptasia commensali, Anthopleura waridi, Paracondylactis sinensis and Entacmaea quadricolor from the coast of P ... Read More
Presented study provides, length weight relationship for a total of 486 specimen of Arabian yellow-finned sea bream Acanthopagrus arabicus (Iwatsuki, 2013) belonging to family Sparidae from Karachi co ... Read More
The present research was conducted to elucidate biodiversity of cyanobacteria associated with brown macroalgal species distributed on rocky coast of Buleji, Karachi. In total 48 species of cyanobacter ... Read More
The study was conducted to determine the role of potassium nutrition in improving the productivity of sunflower under different tillage systems with varying water deficit levels. The experiment compri ... Read More
Maize is an important food, feed and industrial crop that is severely affected by adverse climatic conditions, especially heat stress. An experimental study was designed to characterize maize hybrids ... Read More
Twenty chickpea varieties were assessed for days to flowering, days to maturity, plant height, primary branches, secondary branches, and pods per plant, 100-seed weight and grain yield per plant. Diff ... Read More
A year round study was carried out on sugarcane fields at Thatta, lower Sindh. Bimonthly snap-trapping for five successive trap nights was carried out from January to December. Two snap traps were set ... Read More
Sore throat, tonsillitis and pharyngitis are the common problems in children. The objective of study was to evaluate the current prescribing trend of various antibiotics in mentioned clinical conditio ... Read More
Seed size distribution pattern within pods of Albizia lebbeck (L.) Benth. is investigated with respect the position of the seeds within pods. The composite healthy pod sample of 73 pods gave brood siz ... Read More
Childhood obesity appears, when there develops a discrepancy between energy intake and expenditure, causing to disturb the original steady state and formation of a fresh steady state at a higher level ... Read More
Acute Intermittent Porphyria (AIP) is one of the acute hepatic porphyria. It is a rare inherited autosomal dominant metabolic disorder. This disorder itself causes a severe neuropathic abdominal pain ... Read More
During the investigation of the nematodes of birds in district Matiari, Sindh, Pakistan, three specimens of the genus Pseudopsilostoma Yamaguti, 1958, were collected from the intestine of Cattle egret ... Read More
The concentrations of protein, carbohydrate and lipid were measured in the ovaries and body tissue of the barnacles, Megabalanus tintinnabulum Linnaeus, 1758 during the ovarian maturation stages that ... Read More
Amylase is an enzyme that hydrolyzes starch for the production of maltose and glucose. In present study, the enzyme was isolated and partially purified to homogeneity by ammonium sulfate fractionation ... Read More
Teucrium oliverianum Ging ex Benth. is used in Mediterranean region as antidiabetic, analgesic and anti-inflammatory remedy. Literature search revealed that much work has been done on other species of ... Read More
Present study was performed to evaluate the Phytochemistry, antioxidant, antifungal and cytotoxic potential of Tephrosia purpurea methanolic extract. The plant of Tephrosia purpurea was purchased from ... Read More
The present study was aimed to check the physiological and biochemical influence of NaCl stress on the calli of tissue culture responsive variety CP 77/400 in vitro. Four level of NaCl stress i.e. 50m ... Read More
Drought is one of the major threats to potential yield of crop as it strongly impair growth both at vegetative and reproductive stage leading to decrease in yield and productivity. Thus, identificatio ... Read More
Vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene polymorphisms might play a role in the development of PCOS by exerting effects on LH, testosterone and sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG) concentration. VDR gene is high ... Read More
Aboveground biomass (AGB) is an important biophysical parameter for evaluating global carbon stocks. Accurate estimates of AGB are gaining importance because of UN Climate Change requirements. This re ... Read More
The key object of this study was to govern whether chewing and cigarette brands used in Pakistan, have prominent levels of heavy metal or not. Two metals Zinc (Zn) and Cadmium (Cd) were determined in ... Read More
This study has been made out to check the efficiency of leaves of our wild plants (Melia azedarach, Withania somnifera, Thespesia populnea and Terminalia catappa) as organic amendment for the control ... Read More
Root knot nematodes, Meloidogyne species cause severe losses to economically important crops. Synthetic nematicides put some major threats to humans and environment, that’s why there is a need to find ... Read More
Phytotoxic potential of Launaea procumbens (Roxb) Ramayya and Rajagopal were studied on two test crops Brassica rapa and Cucurbita maxima. In Petri plates experiment, it observed that germination perc ... Read More
An experiment was conducted to study the effects of different fertilizers doses of N, P and K on growth, yield and quality of hybrid sunflower at Agronomic Research Area, Faculty of Agriculture, Gomal ... Read More
The effect on genetic constitution by the environment interaction was studied for 13 maize genotypes, during 2012 over four different location of Khyber Pakhtun Khwa i.e. KPK Agricultural University P ... Read More
The present study was conducted to determine the heritability of grain yield with various yield components in six F2 populations of bread wheat originated from ten parental varieties. The experiment w ... Read More
To investigate the effect of planting densities (i.e. 12, 9, 6 and 3 plants m-2 ) of maize cv. Azam on suppression of barnyard grass, a field trial was undertaken at New Developmental Research Farm, t ... Read More
Ten pearl millet genotypes were tested in a randomized complete block design replicated thrice in two seasons to select the most stable high yielding genotypes. Analysis of variance for kharif 2013 re ... Read More
The present research trial was carried out in the experimental area of Crop Diseases Research Institute (CDRI) Karachi, Pakistan during crop season of the year 2013. The experiment was laid out in acc ... Read More
Killer activity of yeast strains viz., Y21-Bullera pseudoalba, Y16-Pichia anomala and Y20-Sporidiobolus ruineniae (previously isolated from slime fluxes) was determined against 555 isolates of 89 yeas ... Read More
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic autoimmune disease that causes severe join problems. Adults suffering from RA are about 0.5-1% throughout the world. In serum, synovial fluid and other body flu ... Read More
Seed morphological characters of 6 taxa belonging to the family Oleaceae were numerically analyzed. Seed macro and micro characters were examined under light and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). A ... Read More
The present study is the part of research concerning identification of cyanobacteria from coastal water of Karachi. As report on the distribution cyanobacterial epiphytes in coastal area of Pakistan i ... Read More
Healthy seeds of Leucaena leucocephala grown in small pouches were transferred to earthenware pots containing loamy soil irrigated with Sea salt solutions of 0.02%. 0.4%, 0.6%, 0.8% and 1.0% salinity, ... Read More
Childhood obesity is manifested when there develops a discrepancy between intake and output of energy, disturbing the original steady state and formation of a fresh steady state at a higher level, res ... Read More
Memnoniella echinata (Rivolta) Galloway, Rotula graminis (Desm.) Crane, Chaetomium aureum Chivers, Phaeoisaria clematids (Fuckel) Hughes, reported for the first time on Bombax ceiba from Faisalabad, ... Read More
The present work provides the first ever evidence of the presence of molluscan species, Atrina vexillum (Born, 1778) and Atrina pectinata (Linnaeus, 1767) species procured from Bandri Beach (25.0667° ... Read More
Agriphila tristella ([Danis and Schiffermüller], 1775), a stick moth (Family Crambidae: Lepidoptera), was collected accidentally from Karachi in the night of July 16, 2012. It is brown in colour. Eyes ... Read More
The present work was undertaken to study the histopathological changes in the liver of rat Rattus norvegicus (Berkenhout, 1769) infected with Hymenolepis diminuta (Rud. 1819) larvae. Histopathological ... Read More