• ADAPTATION TO POLYETHYLENE STRESS MAINTAINS TOTIPOTENCY OF CELL LINES OF ORYZA SATIVA L. CV. SWAT-1 FOR A LONGER PERIOD 

  HUSSAIN SHAH, AZHAR; HUSSAIN SHAH, SAFDAR; AHMAD, HABIB; AHMAD SWATI, ZAHOOR; MUHAMMAD ABBASI, FIDA; FARHATULLAH, FARHATULLAH; HUSSAIN SHAH, ABRAR (Karachi: Pakistan Journal of Botany, Botanical Garden, University of Karachi, 2012-03-16)

  Cell suspension cultures of rice cv Swat-1 were adapted to osmotic (polyethylene glycol, PEG) and ionic (lithium chloride) stresses to find components of stress having greater inhibitory effects on regeneration frequency ...
• SEASONAL AND CULTIVAR EFFECTS ON NODULATION POTENTIAL OF SOYBEANS 

  MUHAMMAD, ASIM; KHAN KHALIL, SHAD; ZAMAN KHAN, AMIR; MEHMOOD WAZIR, SULTAN (Karachi: Pakistan Journal of Botany, Botanical Garden, University of Karachi, 2012-03-17)

  Indigenous land races of soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merrill) have great potential for seed quality and grain yield. However information on its nodulation potential are limited. The objective of the present study was to ...
• CORRELATION AND PATH ANALYSIS OF GRAIN YIELD AND YIELD COMPONENTS OF SOME TURKISH OAT GENOTYPES 

  DUMLUPINAR, ZİYA; KARA, RUKİYE; DOKUYUCU, TEVRİCAN; AKKAYA, YDIN (Karachi: Pakistan Journal of Botany, Botanical Garden, University of Karachi, 2012-03-18)

  This research was carried out in 2002-03 and 2005-06 crop years in Kahramanmaras province located in EastMediterranean Region of Turkey. The experimental design was randomized complete block design with four replications. ...
• PHOTOSYNTHETIC CHARACTERISTIC OF AN ENDANGERED SPECIES CAMELLIA NITIDISSIMA AND ITS CONSERVATION IMPLICATIONS 

  XUE QI, XIAO; JIANG, YUN-SHENG; WEI, XIAO; TANG, HUI; XIONG, ZHONG-CHEN; YE, WAN-HUI; WANG, ZHANG-MING (Karachi: Pakistan Journal of Botany, Botanical Garden, University of Karachi, 2012-03-19)

  Camellia nitidissima is a shrub and a famous ornamental species with golden-yellow flowers. The responses of net photosynthetic rate (Pn) to the incident intensity (PFD) and the diurnal course of variation in major ...
• OPTIMIZATION OF LACTIC ACID PRODUCTION FROM CHEAP RAW MATERIAL: SUGARCANE MOLASSES 

  FAROOQ, UMAR; MUHAMMAD ANJUM, FAQIR; ZAHOOR, TAHIR; UR-RAHMAN, SAJJAD; ATIF RANDHAWA, MUHAMMD; AHMED, ANWAAR; AKRAM, KASHIF (Karachi: Pakistan Journal of Botany, Botanical Garden, University of Karachi, 2012-03-20)

  Biotechnological process is advantageous over chemical one as we can utilize cheap raw materials as carbon source such as agro-industrial byproducts and can produce the pure lactic acid in a very economic way. Sugar cane ...
• AXENICALLY CULTURING THE BRYOPHYTES: ESTABLISHMENT AND PROPAGATION OF THE PLEUROCARPOUS MOSS THAMNOBRYUM ALOPECURUM NIEUWLAND EX GANGULEE (BRYOPHYTA, NECKERACEAE) IN IN VITRO CONDITIONS 

  SABOVLJEVIĆ, ANETA; VUJIČIĆ, MILORAD; SKORIĆ, MARIJANA; BAJIĆ-LJUBIČIĆ, JASNA; SABOVLJEVIĆ, MARKO (Karachi: Pakistan Journal of Botany, Botanical Garden, University of Karachi, 2012-03-21)

  The study gives the first report of In vitro culture of the moss Thamnobryum alopecurum and the insight into the problems of axenicaly culturing this bryophyte and the conditions for establishment and propagation. This ...
• DIRECT SHOOT MULTIPLICATION IN OCHRADENUS ARABICUS, AN ENDEMIC MEDICINAL PLANT OF SAUDI ARABIA 

  NADEEM, M.; AL-QURAINY, FAHAD; KHAN, SALIM; TARROUM, M.; ASHRAF, M. (Karachi: Pakistan Journal of Botany, Botanical Garden, University of Karachi, 2012-03-22)

  In vitro studies were carried out with Ochradenus arabicus for rapid micropropagation from embryo explants. Direct regeneration of shoot buds of O. arabicus was observed in MS basal medium supplemented with varying levels ...
• A NUMERICAL TAXONOMY OF THE GENUS ROSULARIA (DC.) STAPF FROM PAKISTAN AND KASHMIR 

  RASOOL SARWAR, GHULAM; QAISER, MUHAMMAD (Karachi: Pakistan Journal of Botany, Botanical Garden, University of Karachi, 2012-03-23)

  Numerical analysis of the taxa belonging to the genus Rosularia (DC.) Stapf was carried out to find out their phenetic relationship. Data from different disciplines viz. general, pollen and seed morphology, chemistry and ...
• BIOLOGICAL SCREENING OF OILS FROM IMPATIENS BICOLOR ROYLE 

  QAYUM, MUGHAL; NISAR, MUHAMMAD; RAZA SHAH, MUHAMMAD; ZIA-UL-HAQ, M.; AHMAD KALEEM, WAQAR; KHAN MARWAT, NAMULLAH (Karachi: Pakistan Journal of Botany, Botanical Garden, University of Karachi, 2012-03-24)

  The oil sub-fractions obtained by solid phase extraction of the n-hexane fraction from aerial parts of the Impatiens bicolor Royle, were tested In vitro for their antibacterial, antifungal, insecticidal, cytotoxic and ...
• WALNUT BIODIVERSITY IN SOUTH-WESTERN ROMANIA-RESOURCE FOR PERSPECTIVE CULTIVARS 

  COSMULESCU, SINA; BOTU, MIHAI (Karachi: Pakistan Journal of Botany , Botanical garden , University of Karachi, 2012-03-15)

  Juglans regia L. (Juglandaceae) germplasm from the Oltenia region, located in the South Western part of Romania, was evaluated to determine the variability in walnut germplasm and to identify the promising material. Important ...
• AN IMPROVED AGROBACTERIUM MEDIATED TRANSFORMATION SYSTEM IN WHEAT 

  RASHID, HAMID; HAROON KHAN, MOHAMMAD; CHAUDHRY, ZUBEDA; BAN, RAISA; IQBAL RAJA, NAVEED (Karachi: Pakistan Journal of Botany , Botanical garden , University of Karachi, 2012-03-13)

  Wheat is the world’s largest volume crop traded internationally. Foliar diseases are the main biotic restriction reducing yield in wheat crops. Wheat productivity can be enhanced through controlling foliar disease through ...
• ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS AMELIORATED PLANT GROWTH AND INFLUENCED GIBBERELLINS AND FUNCTIONAL BIOCHEMICALS 

  KANG, SANG-MO; LATIF KHAN, ABDUL; HAMAYUN, MUHAMMAD; SHINWARI, ZABTA KHAN; HA KIM, YOON; JOO, GIL-JAE; LEE, IN-JUNG (Karachi: Pakistan Journal of Botany, Botanical Garden, University of Karachi, 2012-03-27)

  Acinetobacter calcoaceticus, a plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) and gibberellins producing strain was investigated for the presence of organic acids in its culture and interactive effect on cucumber plant’s ...
• STUDY OF HEAVY METAL POLLUTION IN MANGROVE SEDIMENTS REFERENCE TO MARINE ENVIRONMENT ALONG THE COASTAL AREAS OF PAKISTAN 

  IQBAL KHATTAK, MANZOOR; IQBAL KHATTAK, MAHMOOD; MOHIBULLAH, MUHAMMAD (Karachi: Pakistan Journal of Botany, Botanical Garden, University of Karachi, 2012-03-27)

  The aim of this paper is to measure the concentration of heavy metals (Cd, Co, Pb, Cr, Zn, Cu & Fe) in Mangrove sediments. The concentrations of heavy metals (Cd, Co, Pb, Cr, Zn, Cu & Fe) were measured in different samples ...
• BIODIESEL PRODUCTION FROM ALGAE 

  KHOLA, G.; GHAZALA, B. (Karachi: Pakistan Journal of Botany, Botanical Garden, University of Karachi, 2012-03-28)

  Algae appear to be an emerging source of biomass for biodiesel that has the potential to completely displace fossil fuel. Two thirds of earth’s surface is covered with water, thus algae would truly be renewable option of ...
• RATE OF NITROGEN APPLICATION INFLUENCES YIELD OF MAIZE AT LOW AND HIGH POPULATION IN KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA, PAKISTAN 

  ASIM, M.; AKMAL, MOHAMMAD; KHAN, AHMAD; FARHATUALAH, FARHATUALAH; RAZIUDDIN, RAZIUDDIN (Karachi: Pakistan Journal of Botany , Botanical garden , University of Karachi, 2012-03-12)

  Getting maximum production from maize (Zea mays L.) lies not only to economize the N application to crop but also to maintain a desired plants density. Field experiments were conducted as spring and summer season (S) crops ...
• SCREENING PAKISTANI COTTON FOR DROUGHT TOLERANCE 

  HUSSAIN SOOMRO, MUHAMMAD; SARWAR MARKHAND, GHULAM; A. SOOMRO, BARKAT (Karachi: Pakistan Journal of Botany, Botanical Garden, University of Karachi, 2012-03-29)

  The drought is one of the biggest abiotic stresses for crop production in arid and semi-arid agriculture. Thus it is a challenge for plant scientists to screen and develop the drought tolerant cotton lines. In this study, ...
• ANTI-EMETIC ACTIVITY OF SOME LEGUMINOUS PLANTS 

  MOHTASHEEM UL HASAN, MUHAMMAD; AZHAR, IQBAL; MUZAMMIL, S.; AHMED, SALMAN; WASEEMUDDIN AHMED, SYED (Karachi: Pakistan Journal of Botany, Botanical Garden, University of Karachi, 2012-03-30)

  Crude methanol extracts of the leaves of Adenanthera pavonina L., Peltoforum roxburghii L, Prosopis cineraria L., and Prosopis juliflora DC., were evaluated for anti-emetic activity. Emesis was induced by the oral ...
• PRODUCTION POTENTIAL OF LOCALLY ISOLATED STRAIN OF FUSARIUM SOLANI (MBL 24) FOR EXTRACELLULAR LIPASES 

  IFTIKHAR, TEHREEMA; NIAZ, MUBASHIR; ANJUM ZIA, MUHAMMAD; SADAF, MANEELA; JABEEN, RUKHSANA (Karachi: Pakistan Journal of Botany, Botanical Garden, University of Karachi, 2012-03-31)

  The present study is focused to exploit the indigenous strain of Fusarium solani (MBL-24) for the extracellular lipases production through solid state fermentation technique. In order to exploit the locally isolated fungal ...
• IMPACT OF SAWDUST USING VARIOUS WOODS FOR EFFECTIVE CULTIVATION OF OYSTER MUSHROOM 

  AHMAD KHAN, NASIR; AJMAL, M.; INAM UL HAQ, M.; JAVED, NAZIR; ASIF ALI, M.; BINYAMIN, RANA; ALEEM KHAN, SAJID (Karachi: Pakistan Journal of Botany, Botanical Garden, University of Karachi, 2012-04-01)

  Sawdust of different woods which included Kikar,Mango,Simbal and Kail used as substrates were investigated for cultivation of Oyster mushroom. The maximum linear mycelial growth after 5, 10 and 15 days respectively were ...
• NEW RECORDS OF LACTARIUS SPECIES FROM PAKISTAN 

  RAZAQ, ABDUL; SHAHZAD, SALEEM (Karachi: Pakistan Journal of Botany, Botanical Garden, University of Karachi, 2012-04-02)

  Lactarius pubescens and L. helvus are being reported for first time from Pakistan whereas L. obscuratus and L. piperatus have been recorded for the first time from Gilgit-Baltistan Valley. These species are characterized ...

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