Atta Ullah*, Nasrullah Khan, Ataur Rahman and Rafi Ullah
...ra and 5 families, while dicots were represented by 99 species belonging to 84 genera and 45 families. The results reflect that 24% of plants were used as fodder, 29% fuel, 20% medicinal, 17% construction, and furniture, while 8% were used for ornamental purposes. The majority of the plant species were used as multipurpose. The most important medicinal plants were Caralluma edulis (Pamana), Withania ovata (Aspeghol), Pla- ntago ciliate (Aspeghol), Tribulus ter...
V. Sunitha*, V. Vasudeva Rao, V. Ravinder Reddy, P. Venkateshwarlu, A.V.L.N. Ramalingeswar Rao and B. Naresh
... (33%) Rattus rattus, Bandicota bengalensis, Funambulus palamaram, Mus musculus and Mus booduga. The insects (51%) which includes Orthoptera (21%), Coleoptera (19%) and Dermaptera (11%) were predominantly recorded. The month wise analysis for the year 2015-17 showed that the diet of the spotted owlet closely related to availability of prey in the study area. The occurrences of insects were dominant during the month of April to September and from October to Mar...
Saqib Mehmood1, Bushra Allah Rakha1*, Muhammad Sajjad Ansari2, Ali Akhter1, Nadeem Munawar1 and Tariq Mahmood1
...g order of dominance: Bandicota bengalensis > Nesokia indica >Tatera indica > Golunda ellioti. Maximum (P<0.05) rodent density was found in reference sites (2.03 ± 0.04 ha-1) as compared to treated sites (1.18 ± 0.05 ha-1). However, at each study sites, maximum activity (P <0.05) of rodents was recorded inside of the crop field (1.75 ± 0.02 ha-1) in relation to the boundary (1.46 ± 0.04 ha-1) of the field. 6.20%, 1.30...
Farrukh Hussain1, Sajid Aziz1, Gul Hassan2, Khalid Aziz1 and Sapna Raisham1
Haroon Khan1*, M. Mubassir Khan1, Bakhitar Gul1, M. Fawad1 and Imtiaz Khan1
...ies from 16 families (14 dicots and 2 monocots) and 36 genera were identified. The major monocot family Poaceae contributed 10 species while among dicots, Asteraceae took the lead with 6 species. Among the weed species, 27 were annual and the rest 12 were perennial. Annuals were reported from all three sites, while perennials were found in the non-field area i.e. irrigation canals, field ridges, orchards, and undisturbed was...
Maqsood Anwar1, Naveed Akhtar1*, Shah Khalid1 and Hassan Zeb2
...milies, twevel (12) were dicots having (17 genera and 18 species) and three (3) were monocots having (10 genera and 10 species). Poaceae was dominant family with eight (8 species). Amaranthaceae has five (5 spp.) followed by Aizoaceae and Convolvulaceae 2 species each. The remaining 11 families were each represented by 1 species. Annuals contributed 19 (67.8%) species while perennials shared 9 (32.2%) species. Life form spectra indicated that therophytes were ...
Muddasir Khan1, Siraj-Ud-Din1, Muhammad Farooq2* and Sanam Zarif2
...n the taxonomic study of dicot of Malakand Pass Hills a total of 113 species belonging to 54 families of Angiosperms, were recorded. Maximum genera and species were in case of Lamiaceae i.e 9 genera being (9.782%) and 11 species (9.734%) of the total genera and species followed by Asteraceae comprising 8 genera (8.695 %) and 10 species (8.849 % followed by Papilionaceae comprising 6 genera (6.521%) and 7 species (6.194 %). It was again followed by Euphorbiacea...
Hassan Sher, Midrarullah, A. U. Khan, Z. U. Khan, Farrukh Hussain and Siraj Ahmad
..., of which 68 plant were dicotyledons, 6 monocotyledons, 1 gymnosperm, 2 pteriodophytes and 1 fungus. The largest family was Lamiaceae (9 species) followed by Asteraceae, Poaceae (each with 5 species), and Rosaceae (4 species). The family Apiaceae, Asclepidaceae, Brassicaceae, Caryophylaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Moraceae, Oleaceae, Papilionaceae, Polygonaceae, Scrophulariaceae, Solanaceae, and Uriticeae were represented by two species each. The remaining families h...
M. A. Quraishi, A. Khalique, Shahida Perveen and Perveen Akhtar
.../i> 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 (Hawksworth 1972) During British India, Brandis (1906) and Parker (1924) reported it on juniper but its pathological significance was brought up recently by Jamal and Beg (1974) while conducting a survey of the diseases of f...
Fawad Khan1, Zahir Muhammad1, Tahseen Ullah1, Khushdil Khan2 , Shabir Ahmad2, Asif Kamal2 and Khafsa Malik2
...47 families including 42 dicots and 5
monocots. Poaceae was the dominant family containing 18 species followed by
Brassicaceae, Fabaceae, Asteraceae and Solanaceae. Therophytes were dominant class
having 89 species (62.23%) followed by Microphanerophytes with 19 species (13.28%),
Hemicryptophytes with 13 species (9.09%), Chamaephytes 8 species (5.59%),
Geophytes 7 species (4.89%), Nanophanerophytes wi...
Shahida Naveed1, Salma2, Inayatullah Khattak3 and Khan Bahadar Marwat4
...es (14.75 %) followed by dicotyledonous family Asteraceae with seven (7) genera and seven (7) species (11.47%). Amaranthaceae and Brassicaceae were represented by five (5) species each (8.19 %). Chenopodiaceae was represented by one genus having three (3) species (4.91 %) and Euphorbiaceae was represented by three (3) genera with four (4) species (6.55%). Cucurbitaceae, Caryophyllaceae, Malvaceae, Solanaceae and Zygophyllaceae were represented by two genera an...
Mushtaq Ahmad1, Hikmat Ullah Jan2, Kanwal Raina3, Nazara Shafiq3, Syed Mukarram Shah1, Muhammad Ibrahim4, Shaha Buddin1 and Gulnaz Parveen3*
...) species collected were dicots whereas, 22 (24%) species belonged to monocots. Among the Dicots, Asteraceae were the dominant family having 9 weed species followed by, Solanaceae 8 species, Amaranthaceae 7 species, Euphorbiaceae 6 species and Chenopodiaceae with 5 species. The remaining families have less than 5 species each. Among the monocots Poaceae family has 20 weed species whereas, Cyperaceae family has 2 weed species...
