Issue · 1977
Vol. 27, Iss. 4
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ArticlesH2SO4 treatment help early germination of Gleditschia triacanthos seed (note)
Mahmood Iqbal Sheikh
Note: Gleditschia triacanthos, Linn. (Dozakh) a large deciduous tree from U.S.A, has a wide range of adaptation starting from the plains right upto 2200 m above sea level. Tn some recent studies, it has turned out to be a very hardy species and has survived th…
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Evaluation of twenty seven years Bastargi exclosuer in Ziarat Juniper forests of Pakistan
S. Maqsood Khan
A 16 hectare exclosure was established in Ziarart Juniper forests in 1949 to find out the effects of protection on the vegetation and soil characteristics. In 1977, twenty seven years after its establishment, eighty randomly selected one square meter plots wer…
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Water relations of dwarf mistletoe Arceuthobium oxycedri M. Bieb. in relation to that of its host Juniperus excelsa M. Bieb.
M. A. Quraishi, A. Khalique, Shahida Perveen, Perveen Akhtar
Aceuthobium oxecedri M. Bieb is an aerial dicotyledonous parasite on branches or stems and is an important forest pathogen. It is most widely distributed dwarf mistletoe in the northern hemisphere, and among hosts it mainly infects the species of Juniperus (Ha…
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Gazette Notifications
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Gazette Notifications
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Abundance of termites in experimental plots in Lal Sohara and Karachi (note)
Ashiq Ahmad, M. Ismail Chaudhry
Note: These observations were recorded in small experimental plots at Lal Sohara (Bahawalpur) and Karachi where natural resistance in six common timbers of Pakistan is being tested against termites.
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Socio-economic conditions of workers engaged in cultural operations in Pakistan (note)
Mohammad Amjad
Note: This study reports the results of a sample survey of the socio-economic conditions of the labour engaged on Cultural operations and on the maintenance of the Pakistan Forest Institute grounds in August, 1976. 114 workers were employed on 20-8-76; 63 regu…
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Heterotrophic growth during seed germination in Juniperus excelsa M. Bieb
Abdul Khalique
Juniperus excelsa M. Bieb has an extremely slow rate of autotrophic growth (Troup, 1921), while nothing is reported about its heterotrophic mice of growth - especially during seed germination. The present investigation was taken up or determining the rate of g…
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Twenty-ninth passing-out ceremony of the Pakistan Forest Institute, Peshawar (October 5, 1977)
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Twenty-ninth passing-out ceremony of the Pakistan Forest Institute, Peshawar (October 5, 1977)
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Home and Foreign News
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Home and Foreign News
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Cultivation trials of tulips and daffodils in Peshawar
Amjad Mahmood Chima
Two thousand bulbs each of tulips (7 varieties) and daffodils (5 varieties) were imported from Holland planted at Peshawar in December, 1976. The objective was to study their performance of sprouting, growth and multiplication. All varieties sprouted and flowe…
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Litter size in Markhor
Abdul Aleem
Litter size in markhor was determined in Chitral Gol game sanctuary during the first fortnight of July, 1977, one month after the birth of young ones. A kid/female ratio of 1.2 was observed. Percentage of younger age gradations in the population was more excep…
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The role of social sciences in the man and the Biosphere (Note)
Abdul Aleem
Note: UNESCO's Man and Biosphere (MAB) programme is a programme of research directed towards developing the basis within the natural and social sciences for the rational use and conservation of the resources of the biosphere, and for the improvement of the glo…
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