Imed Ben Salem*, Aymen Ben Ibrahim, M’barek Chetoui and Said Nouira
...us, L. bellieri, L. griselda, L. limulus, L. macculus, L. rosalia, L. striatus and L. zebra; which have practically similar external morphologies although they spread in completely different geographical areas. The approach adopted was to identify landmarks on the skulls of all specimens using the tpsDig software, and then analyzing them through the program MorphoJ. Our results show that L. griselda has the largest skull, wh...
Goutam Samui and S. Jha
Biology, seasonal incidence and management of Apsylla cistellata Bucton. on mango in West Bengal
...one in the district of Malda and Murshidabad, West Bengal. Adult females of the pest had been found to lay eggs at the sides of midribs during first week to end of March. Incubation period lasted from first week of March to middle of August. Eggs hatched in the middle of August and gall formation had been found to start from first week of September. Nymphal period lasted from mid of August to end of February. Adult emergence occurred from fourth week of Februa...
Zafar Abbas*, Ijaz Ahmad**, Adnan Shakeel**, Muhammad Abdullah***, Muhammad Islam**, Sadiq Muhammad*, Ghulam Murtaza* and Mushtaq Ahmad**
EFFECT OF PHOSPHORUS FERTILIZER AND WATER STRESS ON PROTEIN AND PHENOLIC CONTENTS IN COTTON (GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM L.)
... 90 days of planting. Kjeldahl method and thin layer chromatography (TLC) were used for the quantitative and qualitative analysis of total protein and phenolic compounds, respectively. Proteins were greatly affected by fertilizer treatment and water stress, but phenolic compounds remained unchanged upon fertilizer treatment. However, they were greatly affected by irrigation and water -1 stress. Crop treated with 100 kg ha P O under water stress maintained high...
Soumble Zulfiqar1, Khuram Shehzad1, Sana Tahir1, Khalid A. Al-Ghanim2 and Abdul Rauf Shakoori1,2,3,*
...-1 for Syringaldazine (SGZ). Regulation of cueO in response to various concentrations of copper was studied at transcriptional level. Quantitative analysis through real time PCR demonstrated that the mRNA level increased enormously – up to 18.3 times - under copper induction. Time course study revealed a bimodal pattern of expression with two maxima, first at 15 min and second at 90 min exposure time. The role of CueO in copper detoxifi...
Sumera Siddique1,†, Hafiz Abdullah Shakir1, Javed Iqbal Qazi1*, Amtul Bari Tabinda2, Muhammad Irfan1
Screening of some agri-wastes for economical cultivation of Candida tropicalis SS1
...was measured by micro Kjeldahl digestion system) followed by bagasse, mango, and apple peels with respective values of as 13.38%, 3.20%, 2.69% and 2.58%. Best growth of C. tropicalis SS1 was obtained in aqueous extracts of 2% WM peels and the yeast cells attained up to 33% protein content on dry weight basis. In 2% aqueous extract of WM, the yeast strain yielded maximum biomass up to 6g/L with corresponding absorbance(600 nm) of 3.49±0.05 after 48 h of ...
Neelum Andaleeb1*, Munir Khan1, Syed Attaullah Shah1 and Rahmat Ullah2
Jahangir Khan1*, Abbasullah Jan1, Kar Ho Lim2, Syed Attaullah Shah1*, Aditya R Khanal2 and Ghaffar Ali1
Fehmina Ashraf1*, Muhammad Irfan2, Hafiz Abdullah Shakir1, Shaukat Ali3, Muhammad Khan1
...hoxy monophenols, syringaldazine, ABTS and amino or methoxy monophenols. They have been depicted in various species of bacteria, plants and in different genera of fungi. Laccases have been purified by various methods. It involves in di-oxygen to water reduction and 1e- oxidation of phenolic and its allied parts. Laccases are mostly used in different industries like food, paper and pulp, pharmaceutical and textile etc. Both laccases and mediators have been used...
Matiullah Khan1*, Humera Arif2, Muhammad Rasheed2, Motsim Billah3 and Shoaib Ahmad1
...squo; rock phosphates; Guldania, Kakul and Paswal was collected and ground at 160 mesh level with ± 30% total P2O5 content were treated with various amounts and dilutions of sulfuric acid. The results showed that application of H2SO4 @0.6L + 50% dilution (v/v) per kg Guldania RP gave significantly highest available P content (15.61%), while Kakul RP released maximum P (15.47%) by application of H2SO4 @0.60 L+ 55% v/v ...
Syed Mazuan, Syed Mohamed, Insyirah Ishak, Dzolkhifli Omar and Norhayu Asib*
Rehman Shahzad1, Saba Irshad1*, Malik Saddique Mehmood1 and Faisal Amin2
...single evolving clade. Valdar residues conservation scores by multiple sequence alignment showed the C terminal region of NEP protein is conserved while C terminal region of effector domain (ED) of NSI protein exhibit mutations. These mutations are enhancing the total hydrophobicity of the molecules. Hydrophobicity was calculated by using Kyte and Doolittle method. High hydrophobicity of NS1 protein is also posing a potential for H9N2 virus to adapt in host, w...
Ibrarul-Haq* and Malik Muhammad Shafi
Zahra Naz1,2, Fouzia Ismat1, Muhammad Saleem2, Mazhar Iqbal1, Aamir Shehzad1 and Moazur Rahman1,2*
SAIMA SHARIF*1, SHAGUFTA NAZ1, RIDA IRAM1, FARKHANDA MANZOOR1, TASNIM FARASAT1 and MUHAMMAD SAQIB2
Yu Song1*, Yueping Wei2 and Peng Wang3
Iftikhar Alam1*, Sumbal Ali1, Anwar Ali Shad2, Aneela Tahmeed1, Hafsa Nawaz1, Shumail Bakht1 and Muhammad Farooq3*
Shad K. Khalil, John G. Mexal, Abdur Rehman, A. Z. Khan and Iftikhar Hussain Khalil
...i>Pinus brutia var. eldarica is gaining popularity because it provides high quality Christmas tree under a wide range of growing conditions in addition to its use in pulp and other wood products. Rapid and complete germination is one of the problems associated with this species. Osmoconditioning has been used for the speedy germination of most plant species. Eldarica pine seeds were osmoconditioned with the objective to ...
Nasar Iqbal and Naveed Anwar Virk
...ul (V1), Dusehri (V2), Malda (V3), Neelum (V4) and Samar Bahisht (V5) by using Langra (V6) as male parent. The results obtained indicated that maximum (51.40%) fruit set was noted in V1 and this was followed by V2, V4, V5 and V3 with 41.80, 41.40, 10.40 and 9.40 %, respectively. There was statistically non-significant difference in respect of fruit drop at pea stage. The varieties regarding fruit set by selfing portrayed a sequence of V4, V6, V3, V5, V2, and V...
Shad K. Khalil and John G. Mexal
...i>Pinus brutia var. eldarica seedlings were inoculated with two ectmycorrhizal fungi i.e. Rhizopogon vinicolor and Hebeloma crustuliniforme, to determine how different mycorrhizal and non mycorrhizal (NM) fungi control affect the response of photosynthesis, dry matter, shoot-root partitioning and photosynthetic water use efficiency (PWUE). Containerized seedlings were grown in greenhouse for about 9 months under well-watered and nitrogen fertili...
Shad K. Khalil, J. G. Mexal and M. Ortiz
...inus brutia var. eldarica. Osmoconditioning has proved successful for the improvement of speedy germination of the most plant species. The objective of this study was to evaluate the
effect of osmoconditioning on germination speed of Eldarica pine were assessed by seed treatment with different polyethylene different experiement. In experiment 1, seeds were 7, 9, and 11 days with three PEG concentration having wat...
K. M. Suleman
...tus and Bambusa tulda)
were pulped by soda process to investigate their pulping
potential as a source of long fiber pulp in Pakistan.
All the species can be pulped by soda process. D.
hamiltonii gave the highest yield and the best tearing
strength properties. Tearing properties were comparable
to the kraft pulp made from Pinus roxburghii and
imported Southern pine kraft pulp. However, the bonding
properties of bamboo pulp were i...
Jalil Ahmad Khan and Pervaiz Akhtar
...It has been tried in Andaldal Plantation of Shikarpur Forest Division and in Daphar Plantation of the Gujrat Forest Division. Pure stands of Eucalyptus tereticornis are found in several places in Abbottabad and Changa Manga. On account of its adaptability to a wide range of climatic conditions and its past performance in Africa and India, it has been recommended by Pryor (8) that this species should be preferred keeping in view the overall nee...
Cristian Mendoza1*, Adriana Celi-Soto2, Ernesto Cañarte3 and George Cedeño-García2
...an Lorenzo Canton, Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador, located at 1°17’18” N and 78°50’13” E and 100 m above sea level. 10-year plants from the OxG Coari x La Mé hybrid were used in the study. Parts of oil palm were used as mulching (physical barriers) under the crown of the plant as follows: 200 kg of fruitless bunches, 160 kg of palm fiber, 20 kg of around weeds, 40 kg of pruned palm leaves, also, there was a treatment with i...
Bounthan Sounyvong1, Yohan Lee2 and Eun-Jae Lee3*
...g-tailed giant rat (Leopoldamys sabanus), house mouse (Mus musculus), and black rat (Rattus rattus), and the stand structure of primary and secondary forest stands resulting from two types of post-fire silvicultural management practices in the Phou Khao Khauy National Protected Area (PKKNPA), Lao PDR. Post-fire silvicultural practices contributed to dramatically converting the structure of forests. Coverage of overstory, midstory, and ground vegetation, number...
