• CHROMOSOME LOCATION AND SSR MARKERS OF A STRIPE RUST RESISTANCE GENE FROM WHEAT (TRITICUM AESTIVUM) LINE N9738 

  YANG, BAOJU; JI, WANQUAN; WANG, CHANGYOU; XUE, FEI; M. ALI; WANG, YAJUAN; ZHANG, HONG; LIU, XINLUN (Karachi: Pakistan Botanical Society, 2013-06-02)

  The objective of present study here was to determine the inheritance and chromosomal location of the resistance gene in N9738. The phenotypic data of F2 plants, from the crosses N9738/Huixianhong and N9738/Abbondanza, ...
• STUDY ON CHROMOSOMAL STRUCTURAL HETEROZYGOSITY IN PAEONIA EMODI, AN ENDANGERED SPECIES 

  WANG, SHI-QUAN (Karachi: Pakistan Botanical Society, 2013-06-01)

  Chromosomal meiotic behavior in pollen mother cells (PMCs) of Paeonia emodi, an endangered species, was investigated in natural population represented by nine individuals. The results showed that: (1) Mean chromosome ...
• COMPARATIVE EFFECTS OF NACL AND SEA SALT ON SEED GERMINATION OF TWO HALOPHYTIC GRASSES UNDER VARIOUS LIGHT AND TEMPERATURE REGIMES 

  FAIZA SHAIKH; BILQUEES GUL; RAZIUDDIN ANSAR; ABDUL REHMAN A. ALATAR; AHMED. K. HEGAZY; M. AJMAL KHAN (Karachi: Pakistan Botanical Society, 2013-01-06)

  Effect of several concentrations of NaCl or sea salt was studied on seeds germination of two halophytic grasses- an annual (Eragrostis ciliaris) and a perennial (Dichanthium annulatum) in controlled growth chambers maintained ...
• MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF SOIL BACTERIA FOR IMPROVING CROP YIELD IN PAKISTAN 

  RIFAT HAYAT; RABIA KHALID; MUHAMMAD EHSAN; IFTIKHAR AHMED; YOKOTA, AKIRA; SAFDAR ALI (Karachi: Pakistan Botanical Society, 2013-01-05)

  Nine Gram - positive bacterial strains designated as RH-1 to RH-9 were isolated from legumes rhizospheric soil and characterized for plant growth promoting (PGP) activities in legume and cereal crops as well as detailed ...
• STUDY ON CHROMOSOMAL STRUCTURAL HETEROZYGOSITY IN PAEONIA EMODI, AN ENDANGERED SPECIES 

  WANG, SHI-QUAN (Karachi: Pakistan Botanical Society, 2013-07-31)

  Chromosomal meiotic behavior in pollen mother cells (PMCs) of Paeonia emodi, an endangered species, was investigated in natural population represented by nine individuals. The results showed that: (1) Mean chromosome ...
• VARIATIONS IN CARBON AND NITROGEN CONTENTS DURING DECOMPOSITION OF THREE MACROALGAE INHABITING SANDSPIT BACKWATER, KARACHI 

  SEEMA SHAFIQUE; PIRZADA J.A. SIDDIQUI; R.A. AZIZ; NAFISA SHOAIB (Karachi: Pakistan Botanical Society, 2013-07-30)

  Macroalgae constitute a diverse group of photoautotroph contributing to the primary production in the area. It provides food and habitats (directly or indirectly) to many other inhabitants of the marine and coastal communities ...
• SEASONAL ABUNDANCE, BIOVOLUME AND GROWTH RATE OF THE HETEROTROPHIC DINOFLAGELLATE (NOCTILUCA SCINTILLANS) FROM COASTAL WATERS OF PAKISTAN 

  SONIA MUNIR; TAHIRA NAZ; ZAIB-UN-NISA BURHAN; P.J.A. SIDDIQUI; MORTON, STEVE L. (Karachi: Pakistan Botanical Society, 2013-07-29)

  The seasonal variation of Noctiluca scintillans was investigated from coastal areas of Karachi (Manora Channel), Pakistan. Total cell abundance ranged between < 100 cells l-1 to 1340 cells l-1 during the sampling period ...
• NUTRITIONAL VALUE OF PLEUROTUS (FLABELLATUS) DJAMOR (R-22) CULTIVATED ON SAWDUSTS OF DIFFERENT WOODS 

  KHAN, NASIR AHMAD; M. AJMAL; NICKLIN, JANE; SADIA ASLAM; M. ASIF ALI (Karachi: Pakistan Botanical Society, 2013-07-28)

  The sawdust of different woods were investigated for the cultivation of exotic strain of Pleurotus (flabellatus) djamor (R-22) to find out the efficiency of different nutrients including protein, fat, crude fiber, ash, dry ...
• INTRA-SPECIFIC VARIABILITY AMONG METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE STRAINS IN THEIR ABILITY TO PRODUCE BLASTOSPORES IN LIQUID CULTURE MEDIA 

  ABID RIAZ; FAROOQ A. SHAH; BUTT, TARIQ M. (Karachi: Pakistan Botanical Society, 2013-07-27)

  This study describes intra specific variability among Metarhizium ansiopliae strains in terms of their ability to produce blastospores in selected liquid culture media. Blastospore production of 10 strains was evaluated ...
• EFFECT OF SOME PLANT OILS ON MYCELIAL GROWTH OF AGARICUS BISPORUS (LANGE) SING 

  ÖZCAN, MEHMET MUSA; KAŞIK, GIYASETTİN; ÖZTÜRK, CELALEDDİN; KALYONCU, İ. HAKKI; EROĞLU, GÖNÜL (Karachi: Pakistan Botanical Society, 2013-07-26)

  The levels of 10μl, 30μl and 50μl concentration of plant oils of apricot (Prunus armeniaca L.), melon (Cucumis melo L.), parsley (Petroselinum crispum (Miller) A.W. Hill), pine stone (Pinus pinea L.), plum (Prunus domestica ...
• FIELD EVALUATION OF SESAME GERMPLASM AGAINST SESAME PHYLLODY DISEASE 

  KHALID PERVAIZ AKHTAR; GHULAM SARWAR; NIGHAT SARWAR; MUHAMMAD TANVIR ELAHI (Karachi: Pakistan Botanical Society, 2013-07-25)

  Phyllody disease, caused by phytoplasma, is a major threat for the successful production of sesame worldwide, including Pakistan. Use of resistant varieties is considered as an economical and durable method of controlling ...
• APPLICATION OF BACILLUS SPECIES CULTURED ON DIFFERENT LOW COST ORGANIC SUBSTRATES FOR THE CONTROL OF ROOT-KNOT NEMATODE INFECTION ON OKRA (ABELMOSCHUS ESCULENTUS MOENCH) 

  ABBASI, MUHAMMAD WASEEM; MUHAMMAD JAVED ZAKI; MUHAMMAD ANIS (Karachi: Pakistan Botanical Society, 2013-07-24)

  Low cost organic substrates such as rice grain, chickpea, wheat grains, rice husk, chickpea husk and wheat bran were used to culture Bacillus subtilis and B. firmus. Vegetative cell counts of both bacterial species generally ...
• MOLECULAR AND PATHOGENIC DIVERSITY IDENTIFIED AMONG ISOLATES OF ERWINIA CAROTOVORA SUB-SPECIES ATROSEPTICA ASSOCIATED WITH POTATO BLACKLEG AND SOFT ROT 

  HAFIZ FARHAD ALI; MUHAMMAD JUNAID; MUSHARAF AHMAD; AYESHA BIBI; ASAD ALI; SHAUKAT HUSSAIN; SHAH ALAM; JAWAD AHMAD SHAH (Karachi: Pakistan Botanical Society, 2013-07-23)

  Twenty isolates of Erwinia carotovora subspecies atroseptica (Eca) causing blackleg of potato, were collected from tubers and diseased stems of potato plants grown in both plains and mountains of the North-Western Pakistan. ...
• ALTERNATIVE APPROACH IN CONTROL OF TOMATO PATHOGEN BY USING ESSENTIAL OILS IN VITRO 

  DJORDJEVIC, MLADEN; DJORDJEVIC, OLIVERA; DJORDJEVIC, RADISA; MIJATOVIC, MIRJANA; KOSTIC, MIROSLAV; TODOROVIC, GORAN; IVANOVIC, MIRKO (Karachi: Pakistan Botanical Society, 2013-07-22)

  Essential oils of Mentha piperita, Eucaliptus globulus, Pinus sylvestris, Rosmarinus officinalis, Pimpinella anisum and Origanum vulgare were studied for antifungal effect of their volatile phase toward tomato pathogen ...
• INFLUENCE OF SYNTHETIC ZEOLITE APPLICATION ON SEED DEVELOPMENT PROFILE OF SOYBEAN GROWN ON ALLOPHANIC SOIL 

  KHAN, AMIR ZAMAN; S. NIGAR; SHAD. K. KHALIL; S.WAHAB; A. RAB; M. K. KHATTAK; TERU HENMI (Karachi: Pakistan Botanical Society, 2013-07-21)

  The aim of the present study was to characterize the pattern of seed development in precociously mature soybean seeds during its progression from germination to seedling growth and maturation as affected by synthetic zeolite ...
• STUDIES ON THE NUTRITIONAL PARAMETERS FOR CEPHALOSPORIN BIOSYNTHESIS FROM ACREMONIUM CHRYSOGENUM BY SUBMERGED FERMENTATION 

  UMAR FAROOQ GOHAR; HAMID MUKHTAR; IKRAM-UL-HAQ (Karachi: Pakistan Botanical Society, 2013-07-20)

  In the present study, cephalosporin was produced through submerged fermentation in 250 ml Erlenmeyer flask. About one hundred fungal strains were isolated and screened for maximum productivity of the antibiotic cephalosporin. ...
• MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF SOIL BACTERIA FOR IMPROVING CROP YIELD IN PAKISTAN 

  RIFAT HAYAT; RABIA KHALID; MUHAMMAD EHSAN; IFTIKHAR AHMED; YOKOTA, AKIRA; SAFDAR ALI1 (Karachi: Pakistan Botanical Society, 2013-07-19)

  Nine Gram - positive bacterial strains designated as RH-1 to RH-9 were isolated from legumes rhizospheric soil and characterized for plant growth promoting (PGP) activities in legume and cereal crops as well as detailed ...
• SCREENING OF KILLER-SENSITIVE PATTERN (KSP) FOR BIOTYPING YEAST STRAINS ISOLATED FROM DAIRY PRODUCTS 

  MUHAMMAD MUSHTAQ; SHARFUN-NAHAR; M. H. HASHMI (Karachi: Pakistan Botanical Society, 2013-07-18)

  Killer-Sensitive Pattern (KSP) was screened by cross reactions in 50 yeast species belonging to 20 genera which were previously isolated from different dairy products. The Killer-Sensitive Pattern (KSP) appeared as strain ...
• REDUCING DISEASE INCIDENCE OF COTTON LEAF CURL VIRUS (CLCUV) IN COTTON (GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM L.) BY POTASSIUM SUPPLEMENTATION 

  ZAFAR ULLAH ZAFAR; HABIB-UR-REHMAN ATHAR (Karachi: Pakistan Botanical Society, 2013-07-17)

  Severity of various diseases in plants can be reduced by nutrient management. The knowledge of K nutrition on relationship between plants and pests may help in devising strategies to set up high yielding production system ...
• ESTIMATION OF DAMAGE TO OKRA (ABELMOSCHUS ESCULENTUS) BY ROOT-KNOT DISEASE INCITED BY MELOIDOGYNE INCOGNITA 

  TARIQ MUKHTAR; ISRAR ARSHAD; KAYANI, MUHAMMAD ZAMEER; MUHAMMAD ARSHAD HUSSAIN; KAYANI, SAMAH BASHIR; RAHOO, ALI MURAD; MUHAMMAD ASHFAQ (Karachi: Pakistan Botanical Society, 2013-07-16)

  The pathogenic potential of Meloidogyne incognita on okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) was determined at initial population densities of 0, 1000, 2000 and 4000 second stage juveniles per kg of soil in pots in the glasshouse ...

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