Summary Currently, the weed science is going through a new era of technological change. Weed scientists are now facing new challenges, particularly in the light of emergence of weed resistant to herbicides and concerns ...

Sericulture is a cottage industry in Pakistan and Azad Kashmir. During the last twenty-year, disease of B. mori have caused tremendous economic loss to pool villagers. Keeping in view the national importance of sericulture ...

Two recent studies reported that various that various posions effecting the central nervous system do not elicit conditioned taste eversion (CT.). To test the validity of this statement cobra, Krait and scorpion neurotoxins ...

The present work deals with micropopagation potential of jojoba (Simmondsia chinensis) an oil yielding plant of high commercial value. To explore the callogenic and organogenic potential of different explants, five explants ...

OBJECTIVES Colours make food items attractive and add to their acceptability and palatability. Natural colours are short in supply so synthetic colours are used to meet over increasing demands. It has, however, been ...

Tuberculosis is one of the biggest National Health problem but information concerning its incidence, etiology and drug sensitivity is not available which makes the whole tuberculosis control programme a shot in the dark. ...

Some of the major objectives of the present study were: firstly, to assess the amount of variation for salinity tolerance in sunflower, secondly, to determine the extent of variation which is genetically determined, thirdly, ...

Identification of genes responsible for indoleacetic acid (IAA) production in plant growth promoting bacteria (PGPB) was carried out by using plus 2 DNA probe. Out of 18 strains tested, 12 strains tested, 12 strains were ...

Absorption rates for carbon dioxide into aqueous solution of ethylamine, di-ethylamine and tri-ethylamine with and without adding surface active agent were measured to investigate the chemical absorption mechanism and ...

Enzymes are very effective catalysts which transforms biological substrates to produce very selectively. The major drawbacks associated with these biocatalysts is their high cost and low thermal and operational stability. ...