ZARREEN BADAR; KHAN, SAIFULLAH; SAIFULLAH; KASHIF ALI; SYED GHULAM MUSHARRAF; CHOUDHARY, MUHAMMAD IQBAL(Karachi: Pakistan Botanical Society, 2013-01-02)
Tissue culture technology can play an important role in the yield improvement of active ingredients of medicinal plants. In the present study, the potential of regeneration system of Aloe barbadensis along with biotransformational ...
KHAN, SARTAJ; KHAN, M. AJAB; M. AKMAL; MUSHTAQ AHMAD; M. ZAFAR; ASMA JABEEN(Karachi: Pakistan Botanical Society, 2014-05-21)
Mixed over sole cropping is advantageous under the rainfed conditions in Pakistan. This avoids risk of complete crop failure and may returns higher income. The study aimed to investigate appropriate seed-rates combination ...
There is an increasing demand for natural antioxidant molecules to replace the synthetic additives currently used in the food industry. Therefore, in this study, the total phenolic contents, total antioxidant capacities ...
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) regarded as ubiquitous soil fungi which help in improving plant growth under harsh conditions. Petunia hybrida is one of the most favorite ornamental plants growing all over the Riyadh ...
The inhibitory effect of methanolic extract of 100 plant species from 45 plant families were investigated on mycelial growth of Alternaria solani, the cause of early blight of tomatoes, based on paper disc diffusion method. ...
This study was conducted to optimize Agrobacterium tumefaciens mediated transformation for Eucalyptus
camaldulensis. Transformation was done by using LBA4404 containing binary plasmid pGA482 with uidA (Gus) gene under ...
The present study was carried out to investigate the leaf spot disease of Avicennia marina (Forski) Vierh in Saudi Arabia. The leaf spot disease is reported for the first time in mangrove plants of SA. The symptoms of leaf ...
The present study was undertaken to investigate the potential anti-microbial activity from different parts of
Dendrobium crumenatum (leaf, stem, root and pseudo-bulb) against 8 pathogenic bacteria. The antimicrobial ...
Melon Actin gene was used as a reference gene, to explore the gene expression profiles of the Fom-2 gene in roots, stems, and leaves of melon MR-1 under induction by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. melonis. Monitoring using ...
Three microbial cultures Bacillus subtilis DSM 1970, Bacillus subtilis GCU-8 and Bacillus licheniformis DSM 1969 were screened for protease production by casein agar plate method. Among these Bacillus subtilis GCU-8 was ...
An efficient method has been developed for In vitro regeneration of shoot and microcorm from corm explants of Crocus vernus. Corms were cut into 0.5-1.0 cm long segments and cultured on the SH medium supplemented with ...
This study was undertaken In vitro to investigate the inhibitory effects of Chromium (Cr) VI by using K2Cr2O7 on the growth of adventitious roots of potato (Solanum tuberosum L. cv Desiree). Another objective was to determine ...
ZARREEN BADAR; KHAN, SAIFULLAH; SAIFULLAH; KASHIF ALI; SYED GHULAM MUSHARRAF; CHOUDHARY, MUHAMMAD IQBAL(Karachi: Pakistan Botanical Society, 2014-05-09)
Tissue culture technology can play an important role in the yield improvement of active ingredients of medicinal plants. In the present study, the potential of regeneration system of Aloe barbadensis along with biotransformational ...
The present study reports on optimizing protoplast isolation and fusion in two garlic cultivars ‘Balady’ and ‘Seds 40’. Protoplast density and viability were investigated in four different explants (etiolated and green ...
Apical meristems and nodal plant parts were used for mass propagation of Peperomia obtusifolia. Different
concentrations of BAP (6-benzylaminopurine), TDZ (Thidiazuron) and KIN (Kinetin) were used in MS medium. The highest ...
SALEEM-UD-DIN; KHAN, MUHAMMAD AYUB; SADIA GULL; KHALID USMAN; FAZAL YAZDAN SALEEM; OBAID ULLAH SAYAL(Karachi: Pakistan Botanical Society, 2014-05-06)
This paper encompasses the study of line x tester analysis to chalk out genetic implications regarding yield and yield relating components in different genotypes of sunflower. Eight parents (four CMS lines and four restorers) ...
The safety of herbal products has become a foremost apprehension in public health with their recognition and
worldwide market growth and due in part to the widespread assumption that “natural” implies “harmless”. The ...
MUHAMMAD YOUNAS KHAN BAROZAI; TAYYAB HUSNAIN(Karachi: Pakistan Botanical Society, 2014-05-04)
Epicuticular wax covers plant aerial organs to protect them from various biotic and abiotic stresses. Wax mutants have fundamental role in understanding the mechanism of production and deposition of these waxes. In the ...
The climate is changing day by day and water scarcity has developed a milieu for the breeder to think accordingly. Twenty-four advanced wheat lines along with four prominent check cultivars were evaluated independently in ...
AMEER AHMED MIRBAHAR; GHULAM SARWAR MARKHAND; KHAN, SAIFULLAH; ADEL A. ABUL-SOAD(Karachi: Pakistan Botanical Society, 2014-05-02)
The present study was conducted with an aim to analyze the genetic diversity and phylogenetic relationship among twenty five date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) cultivars from Pakistan. The leaf samples for DNA isolation ...