A new name Taraxacum khatoonae S. Abedin is proposed for Taraxacum laholensis S. Abedin, a later homonym. Some notes on Eclipta, Pterachaenia and Hibiscus are given.

The present paper deals with the study of 44 species included in 15 genera of the tribe Anthemideae from Pakistan and Kashmir. Micromorphological characters of cypselas were found significant for taxonomic delimitation for ...

Harboi rangeland Kalat, Pakistan, covering an area of 22351 ha, lies between 29o N and 66o, 45 to 67oE. The altitude varies from 2900 to 3300 m with dry temperate climate. The active growing season lasts from April to ...

Chrysopogon aucheri (Boiss) Stapf., and Cymbopogon jwarancusa (Jones) Schult., are the dominated perennial range grasses in highland Balochistan. Seasonal concentration dynamics of nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), magnesium ...

Pollen morphology of 2 species of the subfamily Dombeyoideae from Pakistan has been examined by light and scanning electron microscope. Pollen grains are usually radially symmetrical, isopolar, triporate and sub-oblate to ...

Bacterial blight (BB) of rice caused by Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae is becoming a potential threat to rice crop in many regions of the world. In order to identify resistant sources to virulent isolates of bacterial blight, ...

Prevalence of food borne pathogens in milk products, khoya (a common ingredient in many traditional Indian sweets made by slowly evaporating milk under heat) and burfi (khoya cooked with sugar until it solidifies) and their ...

Five fungal strains of each of the two filamentous fungi viz., Aspergillus niger Van Tieghem and A. flavus Link ex Gray, indigenous to Pakistan, were screened for their alpha-amylase activity. Different selected strains ...