Quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for rice (Oryza sativa L.) yield and related components have been reported in recent years. However, due to differences between the genetic backgrounds, type of molecular markers and the ...

The interaction of sugar with ABA plays an important role in many aspects of plant growth and development. Although glucose is reported to act as a signal molecular to promote abscisic acid (ABA) biosynthesis, whether ...

Poor germination is one of the main problems in adopting direct seeded rice culture. The objective of the work was to enhance the efficiency of direct seeded rice in terms of germination and seedlings vigor. In this study, ...

We developed a high frequency watermelon regeneration system using two inbred lines of watermelon (Citrullus lanatus), ‘W1-4’ and ‘W1-12’. Shoots were induced from cotyledonary nodes cultured on Murashige and Skoog (MS) ...

Solanapyrone A and C were isolated from a Pakistani isolate of Ascochyta rabiei, Pk-1. Two experiments were conducted to investigate the phytotoxic effects of the most potent toxin, solanapyrone A on chickpea cultivars ...

To investigate the effect of salicylic acid (SA) on growth and nitrogen metabolism in mungbean grown under saline conditions, an experiment was conducted in wire house in plastic pots containing soil + sand at NIAB Faisalabd. ...

Heavy metals belong to significant pollutants of environment accumulate in organisms and are unable to degrade. The goal of our experiments was to measure spectroscopically the content of photosynthetic pigments in the ...

Seed morphology of 12 taxa belonging to the family Fumariaceae, was examined using light and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The seed morphological data fully support the gross morphological and palynological data and ...

Habitat heterogeneity and species-specific traits (seed mass) both impact on seedling performance and recruitment. Five species of Saussurea DC., from the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau were selected to study seedling performance ...

The present research was undertaken to study vegetation along Motorway (M-1) from Rawalpindi to Attock district (90 km) in Pakistan. Braun-Blanquet’s approach was used for the phytosociological survey. Classification ...