Treeline is an excellent bioindicator of climate change impacts on high altitude biota. However, very few studies on the biological impacts of climate change have been reported from Nepal due to the l ... Read More
The species viz., Panaeolus papilionaceus (Fr.) Quel, Panaeolus sphinctrinus (Fr.) Staude and Stropharia hornimannii (Fr.) Lund belonging to family Strophariaceae and order Agaricales are described. T ... Read More
Phylum Basidiomycota is a common group of fungi that has worldwide distribution. It includes more than 22,244 species (Hawkworth et al., 1995). This phylum is large and divers, comprising of forms com ... Read More
In this work optimization parameters in submerged fermentation were studied for the production of Invertase from Aspergillus flavus (Link 1809; IBGE 07) using agricultural based by-products (sunflower ... Read More
Potassium is essential for the growth and development of cotton crop. It is essential for many of the enzyme systems in the cotton plant and plays a role in reducing the incidence and severity of the ... Read More
The present study was aimed to assess the population distribution of molluscs in mangroves forests of Pakistan using multivariate analysis. Five different locations of Pakistan coast were selected and ... Read More
In many parts of the world seaweeds are used as a source of food, medicines, fertilizers etc. In the present work, biochemical analysis of some selected seaweeds from Karachi coastal were examined. In ... Read More
Thrips tabaci Lindermann is a major pest of onion crop. Population fluctuation and efficacy of different insecticides were tested against thrips on onion bulb crop in 2011. Pest appeared in second wee ... Read More
The present research study was carried out at Tobacco Research Station, Khan Ghari, Mardan (34.20°N, 72.05°E) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa-Pakistan during 2004 to assess the efficacy of different chemical insec ... Read More
In this study information from the wood dealers in the valley and grazing and mining activities in the public forest was obtained in the form of questionnaire based survey. It was then used to general ... Read More
Quantitative analysis of understorey vegetation was carried out at twenty two different sites of Shogran valley at the elevation range between 2357 to 2784m. Circular plots of 2.5m were used for the p ... Read More
Fifteen chilli growing areas of Sindh (University of Karachi, Malir I, Malir II, Asoo Goth, Memon Goth I, Haji Ghafoor Goth, Memon Goth II, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, New Karachi, National Nematological Researc ... Read More
Effects of salinity, root-knot nematode infection and their combination have been studied on eggplant (Solanum melongena L.). The morphological changes were recorded after 15, 30 and 45 days of inocul ... Read More
The effect of different salts (NaCl, Na2SO4, MgCl2, CaCl2, KCl) on the seed germination of a potential halophytic species Haloxylon stocksii were studied. Germination was carried out in different sali ... Read More
Effect of salinity on three imported seeds i.e. Trifolium repens, Dactylis glomerata and Medicago sativa was studied during the present study. Experiments were conducted in salinity induced soils. See ... Read More
Present study was conducted to evaluate the effect of household greywater (soap water) on growth of Sesbania grandiflora L. The plants were grown in sandy loam soil irrigated with soap water solutions ... Read More
The study was carried out in Dir Valley; district Dir Upper of the Province, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, to explore the flora of Taxo-ethnobotanical potential and estimation economic value of the lo ... Read More
During the ethnobotanical survey a total of 41 shrubs and trees belonging to 36 genera and 25 families of angiosperms were reported, out of which 2 families (Typhaceae & Palme) were monocots (2 sp ... Read More
An ethnobotanical survey was carried out in District Ghizer, Gilgit Baltistan, during 2013-2014 in order to document the importance and local usage of plants through interviews and questionnaire. Plan ... Read More
The present study aimed to examine statistically the non verbal abilities of the individuals using Raven Standard Progressive Matrices (RSPM) test items. RSPM is a non verbal culture fair test that id ... Read More
The length-weight relationship (LWR) and condition factor of adult Pomadasys stridens (Forsskäl, 1775) samples (N = 192) collected during 2013 and 2014 from Karachi Coast was determined. The largest ... Read More
The Metasequoia glyptostroboides Hu & Cheng is reported for the first time as a new record to the Flora of Pakistan from University of Peshawar Botanical Garden. Metasequoia glyptostroboides Hu &a ... Read More
A new species Amphilina kalriai is described recovered from the small intestine of a common edible, fresh water fish Labeo rohita (Ham). caught from Karli Lake, Sindh. The new species differ from earl ... Read More
The quality of the oils is dependent on their chemical compositions, like the percentage of the degree of unsaturation. The peroxide value (PV), which depends on temperature, time and light, measures ... Read More
Pale catechu, Olibanum and Hyoscyamus niger are widely used as clinically as well as home remedy. This study was conducted to evaluate the microbial load in terms of colony forming units such as fungi ... Read More
The indication of Osteoporosis includes both, the reduction in bone mineral mass and the consequent change in bone microarchitecture. The weakness of bones due to degradation of trabecular microarchit ... Read More
Deltamethrin (DM) And Biosal were tested against Eysarcoris modestus by Filter Paper impregnation method (FIM) at different concentrations. The effects of different concentrations & on mortality w ... Read More
The potato (Solanum tuberosum) is an important food crop, grown largely as a carbohydrate staple and also for industrial purposes. Of the various physiological factors which affect potato storage, spr ... Read More
The present study aimed at reducing the microbial content thereby enhancing the shelf life of peanuts through Co60 gamma irradiation dose optimization. Peanut pods were obtained from local fruit marke ... Read More
Shisham (Dalbergia sissoo Roxb.) is a very famous agroforestry tree but in previous years Shisham dieback disease has caused high mortality in standing Shisham trees. Objective of this study was to in ... Read More
A cladistic analysis of twenty three species of the fourteen genera of the family Geometridae is performed using apomorphic characters scanned from whole body characters and male and female genitalia. ... Read More
A survey of plant parasitic nematodes associated with Almond was conducted encompassing six almond nurseries of Khuzdar and Kalat districts Balochistan Province. Sixteen different nematodes were recor ... Read More
Classification of the huge amount of information got more attention since the concept semantic web developed. The sharing of information between people and application efficiently is an important conc ... Read More
Sheep (Ovis aries) is well-thought-out to be a significant source of nutrition around the world. Pathogenic microorganisms have caused numerous outbreaks of food-borne illnesses in many countries in t ... Read More
The pods and seeds collected from two mature trees of Vachellia nilotica (L.) P.J. Hurter & Mabb. from Karachi were studied for their quantitative characteristics such as their sizes, variation in ... Read More
As a parameter of the rice stem bores damage more Dead Heart percentage, White Head percentage, a high tillers percentage and a higher yield was recorded when fertilizer application was made at the ra ... Read More
Dyes are usually toxic and harmful for living organisms, due to their stability and non degradable nature. Many industrial effluents contain different types of dyes, which are then sent to the water s ... Read More
A field study was carried out at Tobacco Research Station, Khan Ghari, Mardan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) Pakistan during 2003-04 to determine the effectiveness of different synthetic insecticides against ap ... Read More
The species Clanidopsis exausta (Butler) is a monotypic and distributed in Oriental region. Presently this species is recorded from Northern areas of Pakistan. Cotes & Swinhoe (1887) mentioned thi ... Read More
The architecture and non-destructive lamina area estimation is described in Bauhinia racemosa Lamk. The graphically measured one-sided leaf area (LAM) of 50 individual leaves of Bauhinia racemosa Lamk ... Read More
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