Mehwish Yaseen; Touqeer Ahmad; Abbasi, Nadeem Akhtar; Hafiz, Ishfaq Ahmad(Karachi: Pakistan Botanical Society, University of Karachi, 2009-04-20)
A study was accomplished to evaluate the effect of different carbon sources for the In vitro rooting of apple rootstocks M 9 and M 26. Significant differences were exhibited by carbon sources, apple rootstocks as well as ...
Shah, Syed Haider; Shah, Syed Munawar; Khan, M.Inayat; Maqsood Ahmad; Imdad Hussain; K.M.Eskridge(Karachi: Pakistan Botanical Society, University of Karachi, 2009-04-20)
Genotype performance in multienvironment trials (METs) are usually analyzed by parametric analysis of variance (ANOVA) and stability models. The results of these models can give misleading inferences when some sensitive ...
Koksal Yagdi; Elif Sozen(Karachi: Pakistan Botanical Society, University of Karachi, 2009-04-20)
This study was carried out during the years 2001 and 2004 to determine the inheritance of important agronomical and quality traits and also the correlations between these traits in durum wheat. The research, studies concluded ...
Ansar Ali; Touqeer Ahmad; Abbasi, Nadeem Akhtar; Hafiz, Ishfaq Ahmad(Karachi: Pakistan Botanical Society, University of Karachi, 2009-04-20)
The effect of Woody Plant Medium (WPM) and Olive Medium (OM) with various concentrations of Zeatin & Benzylaminopurine (BAP) solely or in combinations with each other, was investigated on In vitro shoot proliferation of ...
Bhadar, Amanullah Khan; Paigham Shah; Noor Maula; Shahnaz Arifullah(Karachi: Pakistan Botanical Society, University of Karachi, 2009-04-20)
Field experiments were conducted at the New Developmental Research Farm of NWFP Agricultural University, Peshawar during 2002-03 and 2003-04 to investigate the impacts of nitrogen (N) rate and its time of application on ...
Fakhar-I-Abbas; Tanveer Akhtar; Afsar Mian(Karachi: Pakistan Botanical Society, University of Karachi, 2009-04-20)
Phytosociological analysis of habitat, spread over some 5,000 km2, exploited by almost half the global population of endangered Himalayan grey goral (Naemorhedus goral, order: Artiodactyla, sub-order: Ruminantia, family: ...
Khanum, Mehrun-Nisa; K.A Siddiqi; A.Q Soomro(Karachi: Pakistan Botanical Society, University of Karachi, 2009-04-20)
Three tall (C591, H-68 and H-23-42) and 5 semi-dwarf (Pavon, Pak-81, Mehran, Kohinoor and Sarsabz) cultivars of bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) were grown in the experimental field of Nuclear Institute of Agricultur ...
Shad, Muhammad Aslam; Hamayun Pervez; Zafar Iqbal; Zia-ul-Haq, Muhammad(Karachi: Pakistan Botanical Society, University of Karachi, 2009-04-20)
Seeds of three approved desi chickpea (Cicer arietinum L) varieties viz., Punjab 2000, Bittal 98 and CM 72 grown in arid zones of Pakistan were analysed for their biochemical and physicochemical compositions. The moisture ...
Information is lacking on nutritional quality of indigenous land races of soybean. Three land races (Kulat brown, Kulat white, Mothi) and two improved varieties (NARC-II, Swat-84) of soybean were sown on April 2, May 2, ...
Amjad Hameed; Shah, Tariq Mahmud; Atta, Babar Manzoor; Nayyer Iqbal; M.Ahsanul Haq; Hina Ali(Karachi: Pakistan Botanical Society, University of Karachi, 2009-04-20)
Seed storage protein profiles of 8 kabuli (white seeded) chickpea mutants/genotypes were analysed by Sodium dodecyl sulphate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE). Total soluble proteins were resolved on 10% SDS ...
Shamim Ahmad; Rashid Ahmad; Ashraf, Muhammad Yasin; M.Ashraf; Warraich, Ejaz Ahmad(Karachi: Pakistan Botanical Society, University of Karachi, 2009-04-20)
Response of six sunflower hybrids/ breeding lines viz., G-101, SF-187, Hysun-33, Hysun-38, 64-A-93 and S-278 to drought stress imposed at germination and seedling growth stages was investigated in a laboratory experiment ...
Amjad Ali; Khan, Imtiaz Ahmad; Habib Ahmad; Sajid-ul-Ghafoor(Karachi: Pakistan Botanical Society, University of Karachi, 2009-04-20)
During the present study, 6 deletion lines (del 5AS-3, del5AS-7, del5AS-10, del5AL-10, del5AL-12 and del5AL-23) of chromosomes 5A of common wheat were used to identify RAPD (Randomly Amplified Polymorphic DNA) based molecular ...
Eyup Bagci; Hasan Ozcelik(Karachi: Pakistan Botanical Society, University of Karachi, 2009-04-20)
During investigations of new sources of higher plant lipids, seed fatty acid compositions and the tocopherol contents of some Isatis sp. (Isatis cappadocica subsp. steveniana, I. kotschyana, I. candolleana, I. spectabilis, ...
Muhammad Asif; Mehboob-ur-Rehman; Mirza, Javed Iqbal; Yusuf Zafar(Karachi: Pakistan Botanical Society, University of Karachi, 2009-04-20)
Parentage of F1 hybrids of cotton was verified using random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) and microsattelite (SSR) assays. Out of 500 primers surveyed, 3 random and 3 EST based SSR primers were found polymorphic between ...
M.A Khan; M.U.Shirazi; Khan, M.Ali; Mujtaba, S.M; E.Islam; S.Mumtaz; A.Shreen; Ashraf, M.Yasin(Karachi: Pakistan Botanical Society, University of Karachi, 2009-04-20)
Studies to determine the role of proline, K/Na ratio and chlorophyll contents in salt tolerance of wheat genotypes were conducted in lysimeters using hydroponics technique. Seeds were allowed to germinate under normal ...
Muhammad Kamran; Muhammad Shahbaz; Muhammad Ashraf; Akram, Nudrat Aisa(Karachi: Pakistan Botanical Society, University of Karachi, 2009-04-20)
An experiment was conducted to assess the effect of exogenous application of proline as a pre-sowing seed treatment on morpho-physiological and yield attributes of 5 wheat cultivars viz., SARC-I, Inqlab-91, MH-97, Bhakkar ...
Shabir, M.Khaild; Raziya Nadeem; Hamid Mukhtar; Farooq Anwar; Mumtaz, Muhammad W.(Karachi: Pakistan Botanical Society, University of Karachi, 2009-04-20)
This paper reports the isolation and characterization of essential oil of Rosa centifolia. The oil was extracted from freshly collected flower petals of R. centifolia with petroleum ether using Soxhlet apparatus. Rosa ...
Shah, Azad Hussain; Naeem Rashid; Haider, M.Saleem; Faiza Saleem; M.Tahir; Javed Iqbal(Karachi: Pakistan Botanical Society, University of Karachi, 2009-04-20)
Sugarcane genetic transformation efforts are seriously hampered by the lack of an efficient and reproducible regeneration system. An efficient, short and cost-effective regeneration system, through direct embryogenesis, ...
Ren Wang; Li-Si He; Bing Xia; Tong, Jin-Feng; Ning Li; Feng Peng(Karachi: Pakistan Botanical Society, University of Karachi, 2009-04-20)
This study describes the standardization of an efficient in vitro propagation and hardening procedure for obtaining plantlets from shoot tips of Hemp (Cannabis sativa L.). Hemp seedlings were germinated on half-strength ...
Nafees Altaf; Khan, Abdul Rehman; Liaquat Ali; Bhatti, Inkisar Ahmad(Karachi: Pakistan Botanical Society, University of Karachi, 2009-04-20)
Kinnow mandarin is the most adaptable Citrus scion variety in Punjab, Pakistan. The explant tissues responded to culture media. BA and 2-4, D were essential for good callusing. The reproductive tissues such as nucellus ...