Volume 46: Recent submissions

  • INHIBITION OF IN VITRO GROWTH OF SOIL-BORNE PATHOGENS BY COMPOST-INHABITING INDIGENOUS BACTERIA AND FUNGI 
    RAMZAN, NADIA; NOREEN, NAYARA; SHAHZAD, SALEEM (Karachi: Pakistan Journal of Botany , Botanical garden , University of Karachi, 2014-07-13)
    During the present studies, compost-inhabiting microorganisms including 44 fungi and 15 bacteria isolated from different compost samples were evaluated for their in vitro efficacy against soil-borne pathogens viz., Fusarium ...
  • ISOLATION AND PARTIAL PURIFICATION OF TOXIN FROM COLLETOTRICHUM FALCATUM: THE CAUSAL AGENT OF RED ROT IN SUGARCANE 
    ALVI, AMBREEN KHADIJA; IQBAL, JAVED (Karachi: Pakistan Journal of Botany , Botanical garden , University of Karachi, 2014-07-12)
    The red rot fungus (Colletotrichum falcatum) spores were isolated from infected stalk pieces of sugarcane and grown on Czapek Dox agar medium to obtain pure culture. Spores were obtained from the pure culture and grown in ...
  • OPTIMIZATION OF AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS MEDIATED TRANSFORMATION IN POPULUS DELTOIDES 
    JOHN, EDWIN; MAQBOOL, ASMA; MALIK, KAUSER ABDULLA (Karachi: Pakistan Journal of Botany , Botanical garden , University of Karachi, 2014-07-11)
    The objective of the study was to develop an efficient protocol for Populus deltoides transformation through Agrobacterium tumefaciens LBA4404. Agrobacterium strain harboring binary plasmid pGA482 with Gus (uidA) gene ...
  • DETECTION OF MOLECULAR MARKERS BY COMPARATIVE SEQUENCE ANALYSIS OF ENZYMES FROM MYCOBACTERIA SPECIES 
    ASAD, SABA; HUSSAIN, MADEEHA; SIDDEQUA, AYESHA; QURRAT UL AIN, QURRAT UL AIN; BOKHARI, HABIB (Karachi: Pakistan Journal of Botany , Botanical garden , University of Karachi, 2014-07-09)
    Mycobacterial species are one of the most important pathogens and among these members of non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) and mycobacterial tuberculousis complex (MTC) are the causative agent of a relatively milder form ...
  • OPTIMIZATION OF CULTURAL CONDITIONS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ALPHA AMYLASE BY ASPERGILLUS NIGER (BTM-26) IN SOLID STATE FERMENTATION 
    ABDULLAH, ROHEENA; SHAHEEN, NAEEMA; MEHWISH IQTEDAR, MEHWISH; NAZ, SHAGUFTA; IFTIKHAR, TEHREEMA (Karachi: Pakistan Journal of Botany , Botanical garden , University of Karachi, 2014-07-09)
    The present study deals with the isolation, screening and selection of native fungal strain for the alpha amylase production. Forty fungal strains were isolated from different soil samples. These strains were initially ...
  • HISTOLOGY OF SOMATIC EMBRYOS OF EURYCOMA LONGIFOLIA (SIMAROUBACEAE): RELEVANCE IN AGROBACTERIUM RHIZOGENES-MEDIATED TRANSFORMATION 
    BALAKRISHNAN, BHAVANI; RABIAH SYED ALWEE, SYARIFAH SHAHRUL; KENG, CHAN LAI; SUBRAMANIAM, SREERAMANAN (Karachi: Pakistan Journal of Botany , Botanical garden , University of Karachi, 2014-07-08)
    Histological analysis conducted on somatic embryos of Eurycoma longifolia shows the developmental structures that are remarkably similar to seeds found in the wild. The primary components of a growing somatic embryo are ...
  • IMPACT OF SOLE CROPPING AND MULTIPLE CROPPING ON SOIL HUMIFIED CARBON FRACTIONS 
    AZIZ, IRFAN; MAHMOOD, TARIQ; ISLAM, KHANDAKAR RAFIQ (Karachi: Pakistan Journal of Botany , Botanical garden , University of Karachi, 2015-01-01)
    The present study was planned to improve our understanding how crop rotation can enhance humified C fractions. Along term experiment was conducted on Vanmeter farm of the Ohio State University South Centers at Piketon Ohio, ...
  • ENDOGENOUS ANTIOXIDANTS AND PHYTOHORMONAL REGULATION INDUCED BY SPERMIDINE IMPROVE CUCUMBER PLANT GROWTH 
    RADHAKRISHNAN, RAMALINGAM; - JUNG LEE, IN (Karachi: Pakistan Journal of Botany , Botanical garden , University of Karachi, 2014-12-31)
    Involvement of exogenously applied low dose of spermidine (Spd) on the regulation of endogenous chlorophylls,b reactive oxygen species (ROS), antioxidants, gibberellins (GAs), jasmonic acid (JA) and salicylic acid (SA) was ...
  • INTEGRATION OF PHYSIO-BIOCHEMICAL PROCESSES AT DIFFERENT PHENOLOGICAL STAGES OF WHEAT (TRITICUM AESTIVUM L.) PLANTS IN RESPONSE TO HEAT STRESS 
    JAVED, NAMRA; ASHRAF, MUHAMMAD; -AL-QURAINY, FAHAD; AKRAM, NUDRAT AISHA (Karachi: Pakistan Journal of Botany , Botanical garden , University of Karachi, 2014-12-30)
    A study was conducted to assess the influence of heat stress imposed at different growth stages of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) plants. Four wheat cultivars namely S-24, Saher-2006, Lasani and AARI-10 were subjected to ...
  • COMBINING ABILITY AND HETEROSIS FOR YIELD AND YIELD CONTRIBUTING TRAITS IN BRASSICA RAPA (L.) SSP. DICHOTOMA (ROXB.) HANELT 
    NASIM, ADNAN; FARHATULLAH, FARHATULLAH; KHAN, NAQIB ULLAH; M. AFZAL, M; AZAM, SYED MUHAMMAD; NASIM, ZEESHAN; UL AMIN, NOOR (Karachi: Pakistan Journal of Botany , Botanical garden , University of Karachi, 2014-12-29)
    Combining ability was studied for yield and yield contributing traits in 5 × 5 diallel cross in Brassica rapa (L.) ssp. dichotoma (Roxb.) Hanelt. Primary branches plant-1, pods main raceme-1, pod length, 100-seed weight ...
  • RESPONSE OF VITIS VINIFERA L. SEEDS TO 22(S), 23(S)-HOMOBRASSINOLIDE 
    GOKBAYRAK, ZELIHA; ÇAKIR, ATILLA; ŞIRIN, ANDOMER (Karachi: Pakistan Journal of Botany , Botanical garden , University of Karachi, 2014-12-28)
    In order to determine effects of brassinosteroid on germination, seeds of var. Karasakız (Vitis vinifera L.) were soaked in different concentrations of 22(S), 23(S)- homobrassinolide solutions (0.025, 0.010, and 0.005 ...
  • PROCESS OPTIMIZATION OF CITRIC ACID PRODUCTION FROM ASPERGILLUS NIGER USING FUZZY LOGIC DESIGN 
    ALI, SIKANDER; IKRAM UL HAQ, IKRAM UL HAQ (Karachi: Pakistan Journal of Botany, botanical garden, university of karachi, 2014-07-07)
    The inherent non-linearity of citric acid fermentation from Aspergillus niger renders its control difficult, so there is a need to fine-tune the bioreactor performance for maximum production of citric acid in batch culture. ...
  • FUNGITOXIC POTENTIAL OF TAGETES ERECTUS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA STRAINS OF TOMATO 
    MEHMOOD, TAHIR; SHAFIQUE, SOBIYA; SHAFIQUE, SHAZIA; ZAHEER, ZUNERA (Karachi: Pakistan Journal of Botany, botanical garden, university of karachi, 2014-07-06)
    Tomato (Lycopersicum esculentum Mill.) is economically the most vital vegetable crops of this world but diseases reduce tomato production to a greater extent worldwide. Plants exudates contribute a lot in fight against ...
  • TYLOSOIDS IN LATIFEROUS CANALS OF TOXICODENDRON VERNICIFLUUM 
    ZHAO, MENG; WE, SHUONAN; HU, ZHENGHAI (Karachi: Pakistan Journal of Botany, botanical garden, university of karachi, 2014-07-05)
    This study aims to investigate the ontogeny, anatomy and ultrastructure of the tylosoids in the laticiferous canals of T. vernicifluum (lacquer tree), samples were processed for light microscopy and TEM. Results showed ...
  • POLLEN FLORA OF PAKISTAN–LXXI. ROSACEAE 
    PERVEEN, ANJUM; QAISER, MUHAMMAD (Karachi: Pakistan Journal of Botany, botanical garden, university of karachi, 2014-07-04)
    Pollen morphology of 50 species representing 17 genera of the family Rosaceae i.e., Alchemilla, Argimonia, Cotoneaster, Crataegus, Duchesnea, Fragaria, Eriybotyra, Filipandula, Geum, Malus, Prunus, Potentilla, Pyrus , ...
  • HEAT-INDUCED REGULATION OF ANTIOXIDANT DEFENSE SYSTEM AND NUTRIENT ACCUMULATION IN HEXAPLOID BREAD WHEAT (TRITICUM AESTIVUM L.) 
    ZIA, MUHAMMAD AZHAR; ASHRAF, MUHAMMAD; AKRAM, NUDRAT AISHA; HUSSAIN, MUJTABA (Karachi: Pakistan Journal of Botany, botanical garden, university of karachi, 2014-06-26)
    Ten cultivars (five registered S-24, Inqlab-91, Saher-2006, Fsd-2008, and Lasani, and five candidate cultivars P.B-18, M.P-65, S.H-20, AARI-10, and G.A-20) of spring wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) were examined for high ...
  • IN VITRO POLLEN GERMINATION OF FIVE CITRUS SPECIES 
    KHAN, SHAUKAT ALI; PERVEEN, ANJUM (Karachi: Pakistan Journal of Botany, botanical garden, university of karachi, 2014-06-25)
    The aim of present study is In vitro germination of the pollen grains of five Citrus species belonging to the family Rutaceae viz., Citrus aurantium L. var., aurantium Hook.f., C. limon (L.) Brum. f., C. paradisii Macfad, ...
  • UV-C IRRADIATION EFFECTS ON YOUNG TOMATO PLANTS: PRELIMINARY RESULTS 
    CASTRONUOVO, DONATO; TATARANNI, GIUSEPPE; LOVELLI, STELLA; CANDIDO, VINCENZO; SOFO, ADRIANO (Karachi: Pakistan Journal of Botany, botanical garden, university of karachi, 2014-06-24)
    Ultraviolet-C radiation (UV-C = 100-280 nm) is strongly affected by ozone levels, so that the amount of this radiation reaching the Earth's surface is extremely low. In the future, UV-C radiation is expected to increase ...
  • ENHANCED PLANT REGENERATION IN LEMNA MINOR BY AMINO ACIDS 
    LIN YANG, LIN YANG; HUAJUN HAN, HUAJUN HAN; ZHAOJIANG ZUO, ZHAOJIANG ZUO; KAIQIANG ZHOU, KAIQIANG ZHOU; CONG REN, CONG REN; YERONG ZHU, YERONG ZHU; YANLING BAI, YANLING BAI; YONGWANG, YONGWANG (Karachi: Pakistan Journal of Botany, botanical garden, university of karachi, 2014-06-23)
    In present study we investigated the effects of different L-amino acids on the plant regeneration from callus of Lemna minor, and established an efficient protocol. Among the 20 L-amino acids, only L-Ser and L-Gly showed ...
  • A CEREAL CROP CANOPY LIGHT DISTRIBUTION AND PHOTOSYNTHESIS MODEL BASED ON MULTIPLE FACTORS – MODELING AND SIMULATION 
    XUMENG LI, XUMENG LI; XIAOHUI WANG, XIAOHUI WANG; HUANG HUANG, HUANG HUANG; XIAOPING LI, XIAOPING LI (Karachi: Pakistan Journal of Botany, botanical garden, university of karachi, 2014-06-21)
    Canopy light distribution and photosynthesis modeling is fundamental to cereal crop cultivation, breeding and crop informatics. It also has a great theoretical and practical significance for the evaluation and optimization ...

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