• BALLIELLA SHAMEELII SP. NOV. (CERAMIALES, RHODOPHYCOTA) IN THE COASTAL WATERS OF NORTHERN ARABIAN SEA 

  SHAHNAZ, LAILA (Karachi: Pakistan Journal of Botany , Botanical garden , University of Karachi, 2015-01-21)

  The feather-like thalli of the red alga; Balliella shameelii Shahnaz sp. nov. were collected as drift material from the seashore waters at Buleji, the coastal area near Karachi (Pakistan) during February and March, 2012. ...
• ANTIFUNGAL AND ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF ENDOPHYTIC PENICILLIUM SPECIES ISOLATED FROM SALVADORA SPECIES 

  KOREJO, FARZANA; ALI, SYED ABID; SHAFIQUE, HAFIZA ASMA; SULTANA, VIQAR; ARA, JEHAN; HAQUE, SYED EHTESHAMUL (Karachi: Pakistan Journal of Botany , Botanical garden , University of Karachi, 2014-02-20)

  Salvadora persica and S. S.oleoides are facultative holophytic plants, well known as miswak, are traditionally used to ensure oral hygiene among Muslim people in Asian and African counties. Species of Salvadora have a ...
• COMPARATIVE EFFICACY OF DIFFERENT FUNGICIDES AGAINST FUSARIUM WILT OF CHICKPEA (CICER ARIETINUM L.) 

  MAITLO, S.A.; SYED, R.N.; RUSTAMANI, M.A; KHUHRO, R.D.; LODHI, A.M (2015-01-19)

  Fusarium wilt caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. ciceris (Foc) is the most serious and widespread disease of chickpea, causing a 100% loss under favorable conditions. Fourteen fungicides were evaluated against wilt pathogen ...
• MORPHO-MOLECULAR IDENTIFICATION OF A NOVEL ASPERGILLUS SPP. AND ITS CULTURAL OPTIMIZATION FOR LIPASES PRODUCTION 

  IFTIKHAR, TEHREEMA; NIAZ, MUBASHIR; HAIDER, MUHAMMAD ZULQURNAIN; SIDRA, SIDRA; DURR-E-NAYAB, DURR-E-NAYAB; ABDULLAH, ROHEENA; ZIA, MUHAMMAD ANJUM (Karachi: Pakistan Journal of Botany , Botanical garden , University of Karachi, 2015-01-18)

  Different lipid rich products were used to obtain oil degrading fungal isolates. The isolates were codified for referral to our culture bank and compared for their lipolytic potential. Amongst the isolates, MBL-1412 isolated ...
• COMPARATIVE EFFECT OF SELENIUM AND SELENIUM TOLERANT MICROBES ON BRACHIARIA REPTANS L. GROWTH 

  YASIN, MUHAMMAD; FAISAL, MUHAMMAD (Karachi: Pakistan Journal of Botany , Botanical garden , University of Karachi, 2015-01-17)

  Brachiaria reptans L. is an annual grass. It is good fodder grass which is distributed in tropical Asia, Kenya, Pakistan and India and introduced throughout the tropics. In present study we determine the growth correlation ...
• TEMPERATURE AND PH KINETICS FOR ENHANCED BIOSORPTION OF CR (VI) BY HIGHLY CHROMIUM RESISTANT FUNGI GLIOCLADIUM SPP.ZIC 

  TAHIR, ARIFA; MEGEED, AHMED ABDEL; ZAHID, SIDRA (Karachi: Pakistan Journal of Botany , Botanical garden , University of Karachi, 2015-01-16)

  This study investigates the kinetics of Cr (VI) biosorption by locally isolated high Cr tolerant fungus Gliocladium sp. ZIC2063. The effect of two most important variables pH and temperature was investigated for enhanced ...
• CHARACTERIZATION OF THE CAUSAL ORGANISM OF BLACKLEG AND SOFT ROT OF POTATO, AND MANAGEMENT OF THE DISEASE WITH BALANCED FERTILIZATION 

  ALI, HAFIZ FARHAD; BIBI, AYESHA; AHMAD, MUSHARAF; JUNAID, MUHAMMAD; ALI, ASAD; HUSSAIN, SHAUKAT; ALAM, SHAH; ALAM, SARTAJ (Karachi: Pakistan Journal of Botany , Botanical garden , University of Karachi, 2015-01-15)

  Based upon colony morphology, physio-biochemical tests and polymerase chain reaction (using species or subspeciesspecific primers) studies, 20 isolates (out of a total of 42) were found to be Erwinia carotovora subspecies ...
• SCREENING OF MEDICINAL NATURAL EXTRACTS FOR THEIR ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY AGAINST SALMONELLA SPECIES 

  KHAN, AROOJ YOUSAF; LATIF, ZAKIA (Karachi: Pakistan Journal of Botany , Botanical garden , University of Karachi, 2015-01-14)

  The present study was aimed to screen out natural crude extracts exhibiting antibacterial activity against Salmonella causing gastrointestinal problems in humans. Fifteen Salmonella species were isolated from uncooked ...
• VERTICAL ZONATION AND SEED GERMINATION INDICES OF CHROMIUM RESISTANT CELLULOLYTIC AND NITROGEN FIXING BACTERIA FROM A CHRONICALLY METAL EXPOSED LAND AREA 

  ASLAM, SUMAIRA; QAZI, JAVED IQBAL; HUSSAIN, ALI; ALI, SHAHID (Karachi: Pakistan Journal of Botany , Botanical garden , University of Karachi, 2015-01-13)

  Twenty eight cellulolytic and 25 nitrogen fixing bacteria were isolated from 20, 40 and 60 cm depths of the chromium contaminated land area. The cellulolytic as well as nitrogen fixing microbial communities in soil profiles ...
• BIO-PHYSICOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION AND APPLIED STUDIES OF CAROTOVORICIN NA5 (CrNA5) ON BLB AFFECTED RICE PLANTS 

  JABEEN, NUSRAT; HUSSAIN, MUSHTAQ; KHAN, JUNAID A; NAZ, SEHAR AFSHAN; SUBHAN, SYED ABDUS; RASOOL, SHEIKH AJAZ (Karachi: Pakistan Journal of Botany , Botanical garden , University of Karachi, 2015-01-12)

  Erwinia carotovora is a common soil borne plant pathogen, which generally infects plants of family Solanacea. In the present study, bacteriocin (CrNA5), produced by an indigenously isolated E. carotovora NA5 has been ...
• DIFFERENCES IN STARCH COMPOSITION AND PHYSIOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES ARE INFLUENCED BY GRANULE TYPES IN WHEAT AND ITS RELATIVES 

  KE, ZHENG; TAO, JIANG QIAN; WEI, ZHANG XIAO; JIN, LAN XIU; FEN, DAI SHOU; MING, WEI YU; ANDRE, LAROCHE; XIANG, LU ZHEN; LIANG, ZHENG YOU (Karachi: Pakistan Journal of Botany , Botanical garden , University of Karachi, 2015-01-11)

  Starch morphology, composition, and physiochemical properties were characterized from wild wheat species and wheat cultivars with diploid (AA, BB, and DD genome), tetraploid wheat (AABB genome), and hexaploid (AABBDD) ...
• THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FIBER INITIATION AND LINT PERCENTAGE IN COTTON 

  XIAN, GUO; JUN, MA; YUPING, GUO; MIZHEN, SUN; ZHOUJIAJIA, ZHOUJIAJIA; YANCHAO, YUAN; ZHANG TIANZHEN, ZHANG; XUEZHEN, SUN; XIANLIANG, SONG (Karachi: Pakistan Journal of Botany , Botanical garden , University of Karachi, 2015-01-10)

  In this study, cytological observation of cotton fiber initiation from 1 d before anthesis to 3 d post anthesis (dpa) was performed using a scanning electron microscope. Six cotton chromosome segment introgression lines ...
• ASSESSMENT OF SILVER NITRATE ON CALLUS INDUCTION AND IN VITRO SHOOT REGENERATION IN TOMATO (SOLANUM LYCOPERSICUM MILL.) 

  SHAH, SABIR HUSSAIN; SHAUKAT ALI; JAN, SOHAIL AHMAD; UD–DIN, JALAL; ALI, GHULAM MUHAMMAD (Karachi: Pakistan Journal of Botany, Botanical Garden, University of Karachi, 2015-01-01)

  In vitro morphogenesis is greatly influenced by a gaseous plant growth regulator (ethylene). The effect of silver nitrate (AgNO3) and different plant growth regulators were assessed on callus induction, In vitro shoot ...
• GLYCINEBETAINE SYNTHESIZING TRANSGENIC POTATO PLANTS EXHIBIT ENHANCED TOLERANCE TO SALT AND COLD STRESSES 

  AHMAD, RAZA; HUSSAIN, JAMSHAID; JAMIL, MUHAMMAD; DUCK KI, MYOUNG; KWAK, SANG-SOO; MAROOF SHAH, MOHAMMAD; HENDAWY, EL-; S.E, S.E; -SUHAIBANI, AL; -REHMAN, SHAFIQ-UR (Karachi: Pakistan Journal of Botany , Botanical garden , University of Karachi, 2014-12-08)

  Abiotic stresses are the most important contributors towards low productivity of major food crops. Various attempts have been made to enhance abiotic stress tolerance of crop plants by classical breeding and genetic ...
• MORPHO-PHYSIOLOGICAL ADAPTATIONS OF WHEAT GENOTYPES TO SALINITY STRESS 

  ATHAR KHAN, MUHAMMAD; SHIRAZI, M.U.; MAHBOO, WAJID; MUJTABA, S.M.; ALI KHAN, M.; MUMTAZ, SABA; SHEREEN, AISHA (Karachi: Pakistan Journal of Botany , Botanical garden , University of Karachi, 2014-12-07)

  To explore morpho-physiological alteration in wheat for salinity tolerance, a glass house experiment was laid out in randomized complete block design (RCBD) with three replications at Nuclear Institute of Agriculture, (NIA) ...
• NPK MEDIATED IMPROVEMENT IN BIOMASS PRODUCTION, PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND Na+ REGULATION IN PANICUM ANTIDOTALE UNDER SALINE CONDITIONS 

  ALI, HAIBAT; GUL, BILQUEES; YOUSUF ADNAN, MUHAMMAD; AHMED, MUHAMMAD; AZIZ, IRFAN; GULZAR, SALMAN; ANSARI, RAZIUDDIN; AJMAL KHAN, M. (Karachi: Pakistan Journal of Botany , Botanical garden , University of Karachi, 2014-12-06)

  Panicum antidotale is a promising grass species for use as fodder and forage using non-conventional agricultural practices. It was therefore grown using brackish water irrigation to determine the optimal spacing and ...
• POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS OF HALOXYLON AMMODENDRON (C.A.MEY) BUNGE IN GURBANTÜNGGÜT DESERT, CHINA 

  LV, CHAOYAN; ZHANG, XIMING; LIU, GUOJUN (Karachi: Pakistan Journal of Botany , Botanical garden , University of Karachi, 2015-01-24)

  Haloxylon ammodendron C.A. Mey Bunge is a desert shrub with ecological and economic importance. Because of the severe drought and the over-exploitation for firewood and livestock, the species is threatened. The survivor ...
• SPECIES DIVERSITY, BIOMASS, AND CARBON STOCK ASSESSMENTS OF A NATURAL MANGROVE FOREST IN PALAWAN, PHILIPPINES 

  C. ABINO, AZYLEAH; A. CASTILLO, JOSE ALAN; JIN LEE, YOUNG (Karachi: Pakistan Journal of Botany , Botanical garden , University of Karachi, 2014-12-04)

  Philippines claims international recognition for its mangrove-rich ecosystem which play significant functions from the viewpoint of ecosystem services and climate change mitigation. In this study, we assessed the species ...
• FLORISTIC DIVERSITY OF SANTH SAROOLA, KOTLI SATTIAN, RAWALPINDI, PAKISTAN 

  SHAHEEN, HUMAIRA; QURESHI, RAHMATULLAH; ZAHRA, IRAM; MUNIR, MUBASHRAH; ILYAS, MUHAMMAD (Karachi: Pakistan Journal of Botany , Botanical garden , University of Karachi, 2014-12-03)

  The objective of present study was to record the existing flora of Santh Saroola, Kotli Sattian, Pakistan. For this purpose, field surveys were conducted in August 2009 to July, 2010. A total of 186 plants species belonging ...
• THE FLORISTIC CHARACTERISTICS OF PLANTS IN GARDENS AND STREETS IN URBAN AREAS OF ADANA, TURKEY 

  KARAKUS, HAVVA; TURKMEN, NECATTIN (Karachi: Pakistan Journal of Botany , Botanical garden , University of Karachi, 2014-12-02)

  This study was carried out to determine the flora of the gardens and road sides in Adana from March 2008 to April 2012. During the floristic studies, 337 vascular plant taxa belonging to 259 genera and 93 families were ...

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