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Two synthetic insecticides i.e. cypermethrin and imidacloprid and botanicals neem oil, Aloe vera and chilli extracts were bioassayed under laboratory conditions for their ability to protect stored gra ... Read More
Twenty varieties of mango viz., Langra, Chaunsa, Sindhri, Neelum, Jagidar, Anwar Ratol, Saleh Bhai, Saroli, Almas, Zafran, Gulab Khasa, Anmol, Sawarnarica, Bagan Pali, Dusheri, Bombay, Mehran, Rampuri ... Read More
Seeds of Jojoba (Simmondsia chinensis (Link.) C.E. Schneider, collected from its plantation raised by Jojoba Research Station, Bahawalpur, Pakistan, were germinated in garden loamy soil and some of th ... Read More
The leaves are variously shaped in Jojoba seedlings and may be broadly categorized into two types. The leaves produced on the lower node (s) are generally smaller with obtuse apex in contrast to the c ... Read More
Allelopathic potentialities of aqueous extract of Pennisetum glaucum (whole plant) was investigated on germination and seedling growth of three pulses of Pakistan (Cicer arietinum, Phaseolus vulgaris ... Read More
Fishes belonging to order Anguiliformes includes eels are represented by many species in Pakistan, however, there is no comprehensive account of all the known species of the area. Present study report ... Read More
Chotiari Reservoir located in District Sanghar, Sindh, Pakistan is known for its high biodiversity. Several threatened species of animals and plants including smooth coated otter (Lutrogale perspicill ... Read More
This paper reports the case of a girl, whose growth-and-obesity pattern was followed up during the age range 6.47-8.53 years, who was suffering from Pulmonary Atresia with Ventricular Septal Defect. S ... Read More
Analysis of variance showed that the genotypic differences for plant height, ear height, days to tasseling, days to silking, ear length, number of grain rows per ear, number of grains per row, 100 gra ... Read More
The experiment was conducted to determine the direct and indirect effects of the some yield attributing traits like plant height, bolls. plant-1 , boll weight, seed index, lint index and ginning outtu ... Read More
Combining ability was studied in five inbred parents and 10 F1 hybrids in upland cotton during 2013-14 at Halani, District Naushehro Feroze, Pakistan. Mean squares due to general (GCA) and specific co ... Read More
Blood, urine and stool samples of 770 students of 5 different schools of Karachi were collected during January to December 2013 for observing the effects of malaria, hook worm and round worm on preval ... Read More
Field experiment was conducted during summer season (February –August) and winter season (December-January) to control vine decline, wilt and root rot diseases of melon. The treatments comprising seed ... Read More
The decline in vegetation cover of the cities is a serious issue around the globe. Karachi, as the largest city of Pakistan is experiencing the removal of vegetation at the cost of the construction of ... Read More
Effects of cypermethrin on melon fruit fly, Bactrocera cucurbitae (Coq.) were studied. Third instar larvae were treated with different doses of cypermethrin i.e. 0.0016%, 0.0032%, 0.0063%, 0.0125% and ... Read More
A study was conducted on gonadosomatic index (GSI) of a Teraponid species, Terapon jarbua collected from Karachi coast. The fish sampling was carried out from January 2013 to December 2014. A total of ... Read More
Present investigation was the first of its type carried out on Pakistani population with respect to vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene polymorphism in Urinary tract infection (UTI) patients. Vitamin D, a s ... Read More
Indoleamine 2, 3-dioxygenase (IDO) is the regulatory enzyme of tryptophan degrading kynurenine pathway. The overexpression of IDO, however, leads to increase concentration of kynurenine pathway metabo ... Read More
In the present work purification and characterization of cellulase was studied which was produced from Aspergillus fumigatus (Fresenius, 1863) when it was grown in 50 mL of culture medium containing s ... Read More
The present work aims to examine a locally isolated fungus, Aspergillus fumigatus (Fresenius 1863) which might be capable of producing cellulases effectively and feasibly by utilizing cellulosic waste ... Read More
EPIC model is an effective tool to simulate soil water which is the key factor to influence the crop production on the Loess Plateau of China. So there is a practical meaning to evaluate the simulatio ... Read More
The species Abutilon badium S. A. Husain & Baquar has since long been widely confused for Abutilon indicum (L.) Sweet. The present paper highlights the characters that clearly differentiate between th ... Read More
Polyhydroxyalkanoate is a natural biodegradable polymer that can be used as a substitute of petrochemical plastic. The present study has been conducted in order to assess the potential of native Pseud ... Read More
Seed borne fungi associated with sixteen white cowpea seed samples collected from various cities of Pakistan were detected using seed health testing techniques as recommended by ISTA viz; standard blo ... Read More
A new species Knipowitschiatrema pakistanensis is proposed belonging to the genus Knipowitschiatrema Issaitschikow, (1927) recovered from the small intestine of a bird Sternula albifrons in Sindh, Pak ... Read More
This investigation determines the species composition and diversity of phylloplane mycobiota of twenty different plant species, mostly trees, growing on roadsides in Karachi city or gardens (particula ... Read More
The study was conducted on a common complaint of strawberry farmers regarding stunted growth and death of strawberry runner saplings. Of the 14 symptomatic samples, 9 were recovered with Fusarium oxys ... Read More
Eighty two (82) fungi comprised of sixty (60) genera have been reported on Morus species from Pakistan. This fungal list also include addition of twelve species of fungi on Morus alba from the area. ... Read More
Dematophora necatrix Hartig, Stachybotrys atra Hansf, Alternaria chlamydospora Mouchaccak are reported for the first time on Bombax ceiba from Faisalabad, Pakistan. ... Read More
A new trematode species Uroproctepisthmium bilqeesae sp.n. is described here from the small intestine of cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis Linn.) from Sindh, Pakistan. The new species is characterized by ha ... Read More
Seed macro and micro morphological characters of nine species distributed in three genera of the family Nyctaginaceae were studied using stereo and scanning electron microscopy, and these characters h ... Read More
Seedling characteristics of Pongamia pinnata (L.) Pierre are described. Its seeds were collected from a tree growing in the Campus of University of Karachi and germinated without any dormancy breaking ... Read More
Seedling characteristics of Pongamia pinnata (L.) Pierre are described. Its seeds were collected from a tree growing in the Campus of University of Karachi and germinated without any dormancy breaking ... Read More
Smalleye stingray (Dasyatis microps Annandale, 1908) was originally described from Chittagong, Bangladesh but later on this species was recorded from various other parts of the Indian Ocean including ... Read More
The study was conducted at the experimental field of Faculty of Agricultural Engineering, Sindh Agriculture University Tandojam during the year 2013, with the hypothesis that saline water can successf ... Read More
This study was conducted at new developmental farm, University of Agriculture, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa during the year 2012. The experiment was laid out in randomized complete block design (RCBD) ... Read More
Different concentrations of GA3 (15ppm, 20ppm and 25ppm) were applied to grape CV. Perlet as Bloom treatments in 2011, in two splits doses. The first spray was applied at 70-80% bloom (on 4th April) a ... Read More
The present work has been undertaken to report the microbiological quality of fresh fruit juices available from street vendors in Karachi. Altogether nine (9) types of fresh fruit juices were analyzed ... Read More
BSTRACT Present study aimed to study the morphometric characters and meristic counts of red snapper, Lutjanus argentimaculatus inhabiting the coastal areas of Karachi, Sindh. A total of 50 fish specim ... Read More
Pesticides differ in their toxicity and potential to cause detrimental environmental impacts. Pest control materials that are comparatively non-toxic with few ecological side-effects are called “bio-r ... Read More
Paecilomyces species viz., four strains of Paecilomyces variotii, Paecilomyces lilacinus and Paecilomyces fumosoroseus were evaluated in vitro for biocontrol potential against Sclerotium rolfsii and P ... Read More
This information is shared with great sorrow and sadness that Prof. Dr. Abdul Ghaffar s/o Late Haji Muhammad Mustafa, a world renowned plant pathologist and a dedicated scientist has passed away on Au ... Read More
Serine Alkaline Protease (SAP) gene was isolated from a locally isolated strain of Bacillus subtilis. The gene was amplified and the size of the gene was found to be 1162bp. It was cloned in chemicall ... Read More
Diabetes mellitus is a very rapidly increasing morbid syndrome that is getting highly prevalent day by day. It is necessary to find its causes, new and improved treatments, and discovering novel pharm ... Read More
Most of the probiotic foods are dairy products. Presently, yogurt is the most widely used probiotic products in the world. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of whey protein concentr ... Read More
Cassava is an important tropical starchy root crop which is also used to acquire biodiesel. The aim of the present study was to develop an easy high frequency reproducible method for plant propagation ... Read More
Breast cancer is the commonest type of malignancy in the female population of Pakistan. The rationale of this study is to present the institution based breast cancer incidence in last 13 years and pat ... Read More
This paper proposes an objective criterion for shedding off or putting on mass (weight) in marginally obese children. With increasing awareness of childhood obesity among community-health workers, ped ... Read More
Various methods are being sought to manage the insect pests by following the safe and environment friendly practices including the minimal and justified use of pesticides. Bio insecticides have a sign ... Read More
A new thorny headed worm, Pallisentis munifi n.sp. is described here from the small intestine of freshwater fish, mrigal carp (Cirrhinus mrigala Hamilton, 1822). The new species is characterized by po ... Read More
An experiment was conducted during Rabi 2012-13 at the Nuclear Institute of Agriculture (NIA), Tandojam, Pakistan to figure out yield potential of different wheat genotypes under water deficient condi ... Read More
The present studies were carried out at the experimental farm of Nuclear Institute of Agriculture (NIA), Tando Jam, Pakistan during wheat growing season 2012-13, to determine the effects of water stre ... Read More
The present research was carried out at Nuclear Institute of Agriculture (NIA), Tando Jam for the combination of capacity and magnitude of heterosis in line x tester during Kharif 2013. The experiment ... Read More
The experiment was conducted at Nuclear Institute of Agriculture (NIA), Tando Jam during rabi season 2012-13 to evaluate the performance of newly developed mutant populations (M3 generation) originate ... Read More
The present study was conducted to investigate the Halophytic Biodiversity of the University of Peshawar Botanical Garden. The study revealed 37 halophytic plant species belonging to 34 genera and 18 ... Read More
Based on the principles of Mendelian inheritance, efforts were made to estimate the general and specific combining abilities of genotypes that may foster selection of promising recombinants for future ... Read More
Plants are beneficial and recognized by almost every society on earth. In the present study, 32 villages of Tehsil Ahmad Pur East, District Bahawalpur were studied because of richness of biodiversity ... Read More
Distribution of various weeds in the fields of Okra, Sponge-gourd, Bitter-gourd and Red-gourd in Tehsil Gojra, District Toba Tek Singh, Punjab, Pakistan was investigated during 2007-2008 and forty wee ... Read More
Scoliosis, a body-disfiguring disease, is associated with lateral curvatures and rotations of a person’s spine. It is, generally, detectable around the age of 8 years. A two-minute-stripped-orthopedic ... Read More
Salicylic acid (SA) exogenous application could modify the physiological and morphological capacity wheat plants in water stress condition. A greenhouse experiment was conducted with seeds of a drough ... Read More
Osteoporosis is a world wide well known metabolic bone disease featured as vulnerable fracture fragility associated by dropped bone mass.. Ageing female Albino rats were used in this experiment in ord ... Read More
The present research is intended to explore a new dimension for the management of knee joint osteoarthritis. This study resulted in encouraging results for the administration of enzymes (bromelain & p ... Read More
The present research is intended to explore a new dimension for the management of knee joint osteoarthritis. This study resulted in encouraging results for the administration of enzymes (bromelain & p ... Read More
To determine the appropriate packing material for true potato (Solanum tuberosum) seed (TPS), seedling tubers and Potato standard variety tubers during cold storage, the present study was conducted at ... Read More
Recent research work was conducted to observe the efficacy of inorganic fertilizers with extracts of Aerva javanica parts on the growth and in the control of root rot fungi (Macrophomina phaseolina (T ... Read More
Eggplants showing stunting and wilting appearance and seeds were collected from Hyderabad and Mirpurkhas districts. Nine fungi including four predominant pathogenic fungi Fusarium solani, Rhizoctonia ... Read More
An experiment was conducted to compare the growth and yield of different organic vegetables at National Institute of Organic Agriculture, NARC Islamabad during the year 2011. The revenue per acre unde ... Read More
Urtica dioica (UD) has been used as herbal medicine since prehistoric times for the treatment of ailments including liver cirrhosis, benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), rheumatoid arthritis, Type 1 Di ... Read More
The present work was designed to investigate the changes in some hematological, biochemical parameters and lipid profile as well as possible protective role of vitamin C and E against gasoline vapours ... Read More
Staphylococcus aureus and Coagulase Negative Staphylococci (CoNS) are significant pathogens of humans and emergence of multidrug resistant (MDR) strains is limiting the treatment options against these ... Read More
Osteoarthritis is a chronic escalating degenerative joint disorder characterized by mechanical malformations affecting degradation of joints, including articular cartilage and subchondral bone. Exerci ... Read More
Optimization parameters in submerged fermentation were studied for the production of α-amylase from Mucor geophillus IBGE 05 using agricultural wastes (sunflower waste, cotton stalk and rice husk) as ... Read More
The present research is intended to explore a new dimension for the management of knee joint osteoarthritis. This study resulted in encouraging results for the administration of enzymes (bromelain & p ... Read More
Anomalies in fishes are not uncommon and have been reported from different parts of the world from time to time. This study presents a record of an abnormal male and an abnormal female torpedo trevall ... Read More
The reticulate unicornfish, Naso reticulates is well known, distributed from Indonesia, Taiwan, Philippines and east coast of India. The range distribution of this species is now extended to further w ... Read More
Five candidate and one commercial safflower genotypes, namely, P-I 253 566, P-I 405 995, P-I 205 077, P-I 405 990, P-I 195 895 and Thori-78 (Check) were evaluated for yield potential during the year 2 ... Read More
Homeopathic drugs due to fungicidal potential are used as substitute technique in reducing the incidence of root rot fungi like Rhizoctonia solani, Fusarium spp and Macrophomina phaseolina. Homeopathi ... Read More
The present research was carried out so as to estimate general combining ability (GCA) which is due to additive genes action, whereas specific combining ability (SCA) is due to dominant and epistatic ... Read More
A trial was conducted at National Agricultural Research Centre, Islamabad to assess the effects of different combinations of phosphorus (P) fertilizer with or without farmyard manure (FYM) on growth, ... Read More
The study was conducted to evaluate the population structure, morphometric relationships and growth in a commercial important bivalve species, Meretrix casta, collected from May 2010 to April 2011, fr ... Read More
One of the most daring tasks faced by the pharmaceutical researchers is the ophthalmic drug delivery. Their aim is to achieve and sustain a therapeutic level at the site of action for extended period ... Read More
The concentration of various major and trace metals (Na, K, Ca, Mg, P. Mn, Cu, Zn, B, Fe, Cd. Pb, Cr, Ni, Co, and V) were determined by means of Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer (AAS, Perkin-Elmer ... Read More
Seedling characteristics of Bauhinia racemosa Lamk. are described. The seedling was of Phanerocotylar – Epigeal Reserve type. The total leaf area per seedling increased exponentially with age with rel ... Read More
Pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan (L.) Millspaugh) is one of the important leguminous crops of arid and semiarid region used traditionally as food, fodder and fuel. In this study the salinity tolerance of thi ... Read More
Growth of amylase producing Bacillus subtilis AR-27, a Gram positive strain from soil was found maximum at 60°C after 24 h keeping the medium pH 7.0 in Luria broth containing 1% starch as a substrate. ... Read More
The present work was aimed to study the effect of various grinding agents and detergents on the amount and purity of the extracted DNA from diverse plant samples. Agents supporting grinding process we ... Read More
‘Growth-and-Obesity Profiles’ of a family gave percentiles of height, mass, optimal mass and status, indicating obesity or wasting as percentage, for all family members. Additionally, for children, ta ... Read More
Histology of almond (Prunus amygdalus Batsch) seedlings roots was conducted for the changes by a root-knot nematode and a fungi Plasmodiophora brassicae. The seedlings were planted in infected soil co ... Read More
The morphology of male reproductive system of Metapenaeus monoceros, an important commercial species is described. The testicular lobes are connected though thread like tubules which joins the vasa de ... Read More
For present studies dragonflies were collected from various localities of district Hyderabad. Examination and identification of dragonflies revealed the occurrence of nine species among three familie ... Read More
Genotypic and phenotypic variability, heritability, genetic advance for grain yield and different quantitative characters were conducted in ten genotypes of pearl millet. High heritability coupled wit ... Read More
Recently, climatic change has supported delay for some days in the previously suggested planting time of wheat in Pakistan. Delayed planting can also improve grain protein contents. Grain protein in w ... Read More
Jalaluddin, M., Botanist: b. Patna, India May 1, 1934; d. Karachi, Pakistan November 19, 2014: migrated to Pakistan 1949: son of Md. Nasiruddin and Syeeda Khatoon: w. Azra: Children: Ahsan, Nayyara, B ... Read More
Using sensitive Pichia strains viz., Y246-P. fabianii, YF42-P. heimii, Y206-P. jadinii, Y18-P. strasburgensis, Killer and Sensitive Pattern (KSP) was screened in 553 isolates of yeasts belonging to 89 ... Read More
Rice is a staple food to almost one-third population of the world. The crop sustainability must therefore be considered to keep pace with the growing world population. Microorganims are one of the key ... Read More
The increased use of antimicrobial agents resulted in the development of resistance against most of the commonly used antimicrobial drugs. Therefore the need for safe and effective antimicrobial agent ... Read More
A cost effective procedure was devised for efficient plant propagation of Jatropha curcus L. Direct and indirect in vitro regeneration was witnessed by addition of plant growth regulator (PGR) combina ... Read More