Ghazalah Yasmin1*, Mir Ajab Khan2, Nighat Shaheen3, Umbreen Javed Khan4
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Sarhad Journal of Agriculture, Vol. 31, Iss. 1
...olygonaceae), we studied pollen morphology in three (A. alpinum, A. rumicifolium and A. tortuosum) of five species distributed in Pakistan using light microscopy and scanning electron microscopy. Results showed that Aconogonon is characterized by tricolpate pollen with microspinulose type of exine ornamentation. One distinctive pollen type was recognized on the basis of aperture number and...
Muhammad Aslam Shahid, Muhammad Iqbal and Muhammad Niamatullah
...ate by using low potency pollen source and get low yield. Present studies were conducted with the aim to explore best pollen sources for maximum fruit set and yield. In this respect, an experiment was conducted during 2012 and 2013 to evaluate the male spath characteristics and to observe the effect of pollen sources on fruit set, yield and physico-chemical characteristics of Dhakki date p...
Rashid Mahmood1*, Saima Asad2, Ghulam Sarwar1, Waqar Ahmad1, Ziyad Abdul Qadir1, Ammara Balouch1 and Muhammad Khalid Rafique1
...ext-align: justify;">The pollen collection by honeybees (Apis mellifera Linguistica) from Brassica campestris was examined during February - March 2015 at National Agricultural Research Centre, Islamabad. Twenty five honeybee colonies were used which had similar number of worker bees, brood and stored food. In order to study the foraging activity of honeybees in the field condition, the number of pollen forager...
Fazal Said1,Mian Inayatullah2 and Hussain Ali3*
...er due to more number of pollen and nectar. Minimum number of honeybees was recorded during initial and very last days of flowering due to less number of plants with blooms and less availability of pollens and nectar on flowers. Maximum seed production as well as oil contents was obtained from sunflower plots kept under natural conditions, where bee visitors had access to sunflower blossoms. In contrast, sunflower plots cove...
Madiha Hashmi1, Abid Hussain1, Shafiq ur Rehman1, Farida Ahmed2, Shahbaz Aslam3,Nadeem Afzal4 and Zaigham Abbas1,*
...oallergens include dust, pollens, cotton and threshing dust particles. Prevalence of different allergic diseases in Pakistan is about 66.1% and every year, almost 2.4 million people get vaccine for allergy from Allergy Centre, National Institute of Health (NIH), Islamabad. Human Leukocyte Antigens (HLA) genes are located on the short arm of the chromosome number 6 and position 21 and the allele frequency is associated with allergy. The study was conduct...
Rashid Mahmood*, Elizabeth Stephen Wagchoure* and Ghulam Sarwar*
INFLUENCE OF SUPPLEMENTAL DIETS ON APIS MELLIFERA L. COLONIES FOR HONEY PRODUCTION
...gn: justify;"> Four pollen supplemental diets were tested for their performance in supporting the bee colonies of Apis mellifera during August, 2011 and January, 2012 in the premises of Honey bee Research Institute, National Agricultural Research Centre, Islamabad, Pakistan, to investigate alternative nutrients to pollen grain. Sixteen A. mellifera bee hives were selected alike with respect to number of frames and bees ...
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Lichao Feng1,2, Shaoqing Zhang4, Dianyuan Chen2, Sina Adl3 and Donghui Wu1,4*
...bitat, as follows: mixed pollen and nectar of flowers (Erigeron annuus, Trifolium repens, Heteropappus hispidus, Potentilla chinensis, Hibiscus trionum), or leaves of grasses (Poa annua, Echinochloa crusgalli), or maize leaves (Songyu 419, a hybrid variety) as food sources to feed the adult of A. fuscicollis. The larvae were reared on roots of the same grasses and germinated maize seedlings. Add...
Shakeel Ahmad Anjum1, Sami Ullah1*, Muhammad Mohsin Raza2, Mohsin Raza1, Muhammad Abbas3, Ijaz Ahmad4, Malik Muhammad Yousaf2, Muhammad Zeshan5, Adeel Abbas1, Mehmood Ali Noor1 and Mohsin Nawaz1
...ohydrate metabolism, and pollen tube growth which suggests plausible effects on all these activities due to its deficiency. Therefore, a field trial was set up to assess the efficacy of different levels (control, 0.01 M and 0.05 M) of foliar applied B at booting, anthesis, and grain filling growth stages of wheat crop respectively. Results revealed that B application at the rate of 0.05 M solution substantially increased plant height, productive tillers, 1000 ...
Muhammad Khuram Razzaq1,2*, Saeed Rauf1, Mohsin Khurshid3, Shahid Iqbal1,4, Javaid Akhter Bhat2, Ayaz Farzand5, Adeel Riaz1,6, Guangnan Xing2 and Junyi Gai2
...ge in plants and fertile pollen are important for proficient plant reproduction. Abiotic stresses reduce the photosynthates production, thus genotypes also reduce the reserve mobilization for tapetum cells which induce the significant reduction in pollen fertility. Therefore, pollen fertility index can be exploited to discriminate resistant and susceptible genotypes under abiotic stresses....
Mahnoor Pervez and Farkhanda Manzoor*
...ng pesticide residues in pollen and nectar samples collected from various agricultural areas of Pakistan through high performance liquid chromatography analysis. Pollen and nectar were collected from 2016 to 2017 from different agricultural areas of Pakistan during a field survey. Pollen was collected by installing traps and nectar was collected through capillary method allied with centrif...
Zekeriya Demir1 and Hatice Kaya2*
...aluate the effect of bee pollen (BP) supplemented diet on performance, egg quality and some blood parameters of laying hens. A total of 96 Lohmann layers, 28 weeks of age, were randomly allocated to four dietary treatments and fed a control diet (Pol-0), basal diet plus 0.5% (Pol-1), 1.0% (Pol-2) and 1.5% (Pol-3) bee pollen. The present study lasted for twelve weeks. During the experimental period, the hens were fed ad-li...
Noor Islam1*, Rashid Mahmood1, Ghulam Sarwar1, Sarfaraz Ahmad2 and Saleem Abid3
...ssential when nectar and pollen are not available to honey bees. In this study, some pollen substitute diets i. e., diet 1 (soybean flour + brewer’s yeast + powdered sugar + sugar syrup), diet 2 (soybean flour + brewer’s yeast + powdered sugar + Fenugreek and Turmeric powders + honey + orange juice + A, D and E vitamins + sugar syrup), diet 3 (maize flour + brewer’s yeast + powdered sugar + sugar syrup), di...
Muhammad Mazhar Iqbal1*, Ijaz Ahmad2, Shahzad Maqsood Ahmed Basra3, Abu Baker Ijaz4, Zahid Hassan Tarar5, Muhammad Ansar6, Umer Iqbal7, Tayyaba Naz4, Bilquees Fatima8, Muhammad Akram9, Allah Wasaya10, Asif Iqbal11, Shakeel Ahmed Anwar12, Khalid Saif Ullah Khan13, Azeem Khalid14, Asif Aziz15 and Rashid Mehmood16
...ronous fertilization and pollen desiccation reduce maize yield by reducing grain number and their size. Spray of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), salicylic acid (SA) and ascorbic acid (AsA) may induce heat stress tolerance. Spray of SA, AsA, and H2O2 increased chlorophyll, relative water and nutrient contents, membrane stability index (MSI) and antioxidants activities in heat stress. Moreover, foliar application of chemicals during normal and late planting improved t...
Zulnorain Sajid1*, Muhammad Ramzan2 and Noreen Akhtar1
Foraging Behavior and Pollination Ecology of Bumble Bee and Honey Bee in Pakistan; A Review
..., vibration to burst the pollen sac, high speed to flower visitation at low temperature and solitary colony structure. In northern areas of Pakistan bumblebees are natural pollinators. The various products of honey bee especially honey, royal jelly and bee venom used for the treatment of various diseases like cardiac diseases, hypertension and many others problems. These are the main source of income for entomologist and agriculture graduates. There are severa...
Amira Mahmoud Refaie1*, Marwa Hosni Abd El-Maged2, Hassan Abd El-Kriam Hassan Abd El-Halim2, Hanan Abd El-Rahman Hassan Alghonimy2, Sayed Ahmed Mohamed Shaban1
...lementation of date palm pollen (DPP) on the performance, physiological parameters and egg quality traits of laying hens. A total number of 240 Fayoumi chicken hens were classified into two equal experiments, 120 hens each (4 groups × 3 replicates × 10 birds). In each experiment, birds were divided into 4 treatment groups as follow: Normal control, positive control (0.0125% Butylated hydroxytoluene; BHT), 0.1% and 0.3% DPP, respectively. The DPP wa...
Ali Hasan1, Javed Iqbal Qazi1*, Nasreen Muzaffer1, Shamsa Jabeen1 and Ali Hussain2
...he experimental group 8 (pollen + Bacillus clausii in 50 % (w/v) sucrose in distilled water), group 9 (pollen + B. clausii in 50 % (w/v) sucrose in 2.99 % lactic acid), group 12 (pollen + Lactobacillus brevis in 50 % (w/v) sucrose in distilled water) and group 14 (pollen + L. brevis in 50 % (w/v) sucrose in 2.91 % acetic acid). The weight gain values (mg...
Farooq Jan1*, Abdur Rauf1, Ikramullah Khan1, Muhammad Yasin2, Muhammad Qayash3, Hazrat Wali1, Muhammad Luqman1, Fayaz Asad4 and Muhammad Khalid5
...ogical factors affecting pollen concentration in Islamabad. For this purpose, three years data (2009-2011) of pollen concentration and meteorological parameters have been used. Pollen concentration in the atmosphere has been measured using RotoRod sampler. Many plants pollen are allergenic that cause different types of allergenic diseases globally. Pakis...
H.A. El-Nagar1, A.M. El-Hais2, M.S. Mandouh2, W.M. Wafa1*, A.H. ABD El-Aziz, K.A. Attia4
...y supplementation of bee pollen (BP), black seed oil (BS, Nigella sativa), or their combination on growth performance, immunity, and health status of females of newborn Friesian calves. A total of 20 newborn calves (37.51±0.92 kg LBW) were divided into 4 groups. During the suckling period, animals in the 1st group were fed a starter without any addition (G1, control). Animals in G2, G3, and G4 were fed the same starter supplemented with BP (10g/kg), BS ...
Hossam F. Abou-Shaara
... alternatives to natural pollens during dearth periods. In this study, three pollen substitutes prepared using simple materials were compared. The first one contained yeast as protein source (yeast), the second one contained corn flour (corn flour), and the third one contained corn flour plus turmeric (turmeric). These pollen substitutes were presented to bee colonies beside sugar candy wi...
Fawad Khan1, Zahir Muhammad1, Khushdil Khan2 , Shabir Ahmad2, Muhammad Jamil Khan3, Tamana Bakht4 And Asif Kamal2
...morphological studies of pollen through light
microscope (LM) and scanning electron microscope (SEM), the samples were prepared via
acetalization process. We done the fieldwork for the collection of weed plants and also
performed the experimental work i.e. SEM and LM for the pollen morphology. Most of the
species recorded with pollen of trico...
Khushdil Khan1, Mushtaq Ahmad1, Muhammad Zafar1, Khafsa Malik2, Shazia Sultana1, Shabir Ahmad1, Fawad Khan3, Asif kamal1, Kalim Ullah3
AKBAR ALI MEO,MIR AJAB KHAN
Khush Bakht Arooj1, Muhammad Salman2 and Naveed Ahmed3
... about the bee flora for pollen and nectar sources plants in district Bannu. The purposive random sampling method was used. During this study it was found that majority of the respondents belong to age class 21-35 (52%) followed by age class 36-50 (32%) and the least number of respondents belong to age class 51-65 (16%). It was concluded that average production in the study area is 5-7 kg/10 hives and most of the respondents 95% were less educated and were not...
Nasar Iqbal and Naveed Anwar Virk
...lity, self-sterility and pollen viability in six mango, Mangifera indica cultivars namely, Anwar Rataul (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 ...
Sarfaraz Hussain Bangash
.... Boron has an effect on pollen germination and prevents bursting of Pollen Tube, hastens flowering and fruiting process and increases seed & fruit formation, activities salt absorption, Increases seed & Fruit formation, hormone movement, metabolism of pecitc sustances, water metabolism and the water relations in plants and respiratory activities. Boron is said to be a constituent of membranes and serve in precipitating exce...
Abdul Ghani Awan, Sohail Jamil Qureshi, Mir Ajab Khan and Sofia Bano
...ers like grain, shape of pollen grain, equatorial view, polar view, equatorial diameter (E), polar diameter (P). P/E ratio, length of colpus, exine surface, exine thickness, inter poral distance, inter spinal distance, inter spinal outline, length of spines, number of spines between colpi in each species were recorded for comparison. At species level, micromorphological differences and distribution of surface pattern, shape and size of
Abdul Samad Mumtaz, Mir Ajab Khan and Tanweer Akhtar
...hology). Characters like pollen shape, polar
diameter 'P', equatorial diameter 'E', 'P/E' ratio,
exine thickness and pore diameter are found considerably
important. Artemisia japonica and A. desertorum are
distinguished due to pollen grain size and the absence
of operculum on the pore of A. dubia is distinguished
due to pollen grain size and the...
Wali-ur-Rehman
...or sources of nectar and pollen and the blooming period of each plant species....
Wali-ur-Rehman and M. Ismail Chaudhry
...g on a mixture of sugar, pollen and
soyabean flour increased brood development of honeybee
Apis mellifera L. Up to 40% in the dearth period
(August, September) as compared to non-feeding colonies.
An increase of 53% of brood development was found in the
colonies placed on sarsoon flora as against colonies
placed on common flora during January, February. Mean
maximum controlled temperature and mean humidity ranging
from 30 to 34°C and to 67% d...
Wali-ur-Rehman and M. Ismail Chaudhry
...or sources of nectar and pollen have
been recorded at the campus of the Pakistan Forest
Institute, Peshawar. Bee-foraging calendar has been
prepared showing both major and minor sources of nectar
and pollen and their blooming periods. Eucalyptus
camaldulensis, E. ocharphloia, E. piluaris , E.
fruticetorum, E.microtheca, E. rudis eriobotrya,
japonica , Acacia modesta,Dombeya acutanula out of major
sources and <...
Salahuddin Ahmad
...ole source of nectar and pollen for the bees and bee-keeping industry .We talk and dream no stalically about a land overflowing with milk and honey but practically do nothing to realise our ambition. Generally it does not pay to raise plants specially for the bees but we can combine and encourage, by thoughtful selection of nectar-producing plants for the chief object which could be wood or landscaping and thus a honey crop would be harvested as a bye-product....
Moinuddin Ahmad, Asrar Hussain and Tariq Hussain
...nce were determined, and pollen grain
fertility, pollen grain germination and viability and
seed germination tests were carried out. Mean size,
shape and weight of seed and % seed were also
determined. Eleven species of various grasses including
the above three were also studied for the establishment
of relationship between TTC reactivity and routine
germination test. The two were found highly correlated.
...
A. Khalique and Shahida Perveen
... of D is 16.1 meters....
Mohammad Shahid and Abdul Qayyum
...ore different nectar and pollen
yielding plants for honey-bees. A detailed list of 122
such plants both wild and cultivated, their scientific
names, time of blossom and their distribution in the
Province has been prepared. Of the 122 bee-foraging
plants, the shisham (Dalbergia sissoo), phulai (Acacia
modesta), bhaikar (Adhatoda vasica), apple (Malus
sylvestris ), loquat (Eriobotrya japonica), clovers
(Trifolium...
Islam Mahmood Khan Dr.
...it with colchicines. The pollen mother cells in the auto diploid petunia showed a remarkable shape with continuous cytoplasm and without partition walls. The chromosomes were scattered in lots of different sizes. These pollen grains resembled the synocytes described by Levan 1914.
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K.M. Siddiqui and M. Saleem Khattak
...>Intro: Knowledge of pollen dispersion is useful in forest genetics and tree improvement work. Pollen flow within a tree population determines its mating pattern and consequently local and geographic variation in the species. Studies carried out in the past have shown that pollen and seed travel relatively short distances and gene flow is limited enough to promote ge...
