Pakistan Journal of Botany - 41 (2), 2009

Vol. 41(2) April, 2009

1. Pollen flora of Pakistan-Malvaceae: Dombeyoideae-LXII
Anjum Perveen and Muhammad Qaiser

2. Palynological analysis of pollen loads from pollen sources of honeybees in Islamabad, Pakistan
Mehwish Jamil Noor, Mir Ajab Khan and Elizabeth Stephen Camphor

3. Anatomical and palynological investigations on endemic Onosma mersinana Riedl, Binzet & Orcan
Riza Binzet and Nermin Orcan

4. Seasonal variation in nutritive value of Chrysopogon aucheri (Boiss) Stapf., and Cymbopogon jwarancusa (Jones) Schult., in highland Balochistan, Pakistan
Gul Bano, Muhammad Islam, Sarfraz Ahmad, Sohail Aslam and Shaista Koukab
5. Seasonal variation in current season and dead biomass of Chrysopogon aucheri (Boiss) Stapf., and Cymbopogon jwarancusa (Jones) Schult., in highland Balochistan, Pakistan
Sarfraz Ahmad, Muhammad Islam, Gul Bano, Sohail Aslam and Shaista Koukab

6. Medico-ethnobotanical inventory of Tehsil Chakwal, Pakistan
Rahmatullah Qureshi, Abdul Waheed, Muhammad Arshad and Tallat Umbreen

7. Seasonal availability, palatability and animal preferences of forage plants in harboi arid range land, Kalat, Pakistan
Farrukh Hussain and Mufakhirah Jan Durrani

8. Taxonomic significance of the cypsela morphology in the tribe Anthemideae (Asteraceae) from Pakistan and Kashmir
Rubina Abid and M. Qaiser

9. Plant biodiversity and phytosociological attributes of Tiko Baran (Khirthar range)
Muhammad Ishtiaq Hussain and Anjum Perveen

10. Some corrections and notes in Asteraceae and Malvaceae
Sultanul Abedin and Zamarrud Tajuddin

11. Yield and some morphological characteristics of caper (Capparis spinosa L.) population cultivated at various slopes in Aegean ecological conditions
Zehra Aytaç, Gülcan Kinaci and Ayhan Ceylan

12. In vitro culture of kinnow explants
Nafees Altaf, Abdul Rehman Khan, Liaqat Ali and Inkisar Ahmad Bhatti

13. A micropropagation system for cloning of hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) by shoot tip culture
Ren Wang, Li-Si He, Bing Xia, Jin-Feng Tong, Ning Li and Feng Peng

14. An efficient, short and cost-effective regeneration system for transformation studies of sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L.)
Azad Hussain Shah, Naeem Rashid, M. Saleem Haider, Faiza Saleem, M. Tahir and Javed Iqbal

15. Physico-chemical analysis and determination of various chemical constituents of essential oil in Rosa centifolia
M. Khalid Shabbir, Raziya Nadeem, Hamid Mukhtar, Farooq Anwar and Muhammad W. Mumtaz

16. Alleviation of drought-induced adverse effects in spring wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) using proline as a pre-sowing seed treatment
Muhammad Kamran, Muhammad Shahbaz, Muhammad Ashraf and Nudrat Aisha Akram

17. Role of proline, K/NA ratio and chlorophyll content in salt tolerance of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)
M.A. Khan, M.U. Shirazi, M. Ali Khan, S.M. Mujtaba, E. Islam, S. Mumtaz, A. Shereen and M. Yasin Ashraf

18. Fatty acid and tocochromanol patterns of some Isatis L. (Brassicaceae) species from Turkey
Eyup Bagci and Hasan Özçelik

19. Sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) response to drought stress at germination and seedling growth stages
Shamim Ahmad, Rashid Ahmad, Muhammad Yasin Ashraf, M. Ashraf and Ejaz Ahmad Waraich

20. Evaluation of biochemical composition and physicochemical parameters of oil from seeds of desi chickpea varieties cultivated in arid zone of Pakistan
Muhammad Aslam Shad, Humayun Pervez, Zafar Iqbal Zafar, Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq and Haq Nawaz

21. Flag leaf stomatal frequency and its interrelationship with yield and yield components in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)
Meharun-Nisa Khanum Yousufzai, K.A. Siddiqui and A.Q. Soomro

22. Phytosociological analysis within the range of grey goral in Pakistan and Azad Kashmir
Fakhar-i-Abbas, Tanveer Akhtar and Afsar Mian

23. Nutritional quality and production of soybean land races and improved varieties as affected by planting dates
Asim Muhammad, S.K. Khalil, Khan Bahadar Marwat, A.Z. Khan, I.H. Khalil, Amanullah and Shahnaz Arifullah

24. Development of RAPD-based molecular markers for chromosome 5A of common wheat
Amjad Ali, Imtiaz Ahmad Khan, Habib Ahmad and Sajid-ul-Ghafoor

25. Parentage confirmation of cotton hybrids using molecular markers
Muhammad Asif, Mehboob-ur-Rahman, Javed Iqbal Mirza and Yusuf Zafar

26. Comparative seed storage protein profiling of Kabuli chickpea genotypes
Amjad Hameed, Tariq Mahmud Shah, Babar Manzoor Atta, Nayyer Iqbal, M. Ahsanul Haq and Hina Ali

27. Nonparametric methods in combined heteroscedastic experiments for assessing stability of wheat genotypes in Pakistan
Syed Haider Shah, Syed Munawar Shah, M. Inayat Khan, Maqsood Ahmed, Imdad Hussain and K.M. Eskridge

28. Water stress induced variations in protein profiles of germinating cotyledons from seedlings of chickpea genotypes
N. Bibi, A. Hameed, H. Ali, N. Iqbal, M.A. Haq, B.M. Atta, T.M. Shah and S.S. Alam

29. Genetic differentiation of rice mutants based on morphological traits and molecular marker (RAPD)
Sajida Bibi, Imtiaz Ahmed Khan, Hafeez-ur-Rehman Bughio, Iftikhar Ali Odhano, Muhammad Azeem Asad and Abdullah Khatri

30. Path coefficient analysis of some yield components in durum wheat (Triticum durum Desf.)
Koksal Yagdi

31. Heritability, variance components and correlations of yield and quality traits in durum wheat (Triticum durum Desf.)
Koksal Yagdi and Elif Sozen

32. Nitrogen levels and its time of application influence leaf area, height and biomass of maize planted at low and high density
Amanullah, Khan Bahadar Marwat, Paigham Shah, Noor Maula and Shahnaz Arifullah

33. Assessment of apple rootstocks M 9 and M 26 for in vitro rooting potential using different carbon sources
Mehwish Yaseen, Touqeer Ahmad, Nadeem Akhtar Abbasi and Ishfaq Ahmed Hafiz

34. Effect of different media and growth regulators on in vitro shoot proliferation of olive cultivar ‘Moraiolo’
Ansar Ali, Touqeer Ahmad, Nadeem Akhtar Abbasi and Ishfaq Ahmed Hafiz

35. Direct regeneration of sugarcane plantlets: A tool to unravel genetic heterogeneity
Imtiaz Ahmed Khan, Muhammad Umar Dahot, Nighat Seema, Shafqat Yasmeen, Sajida Bibi, Ghulam Raza, Abdullah Khatri and Mazhar H. Naqvi

36. Optimization of the protocols for callus induction, regeneration and acclimatization of sugarcane cv. Thatta-10
Arjumand Ather, Saifullah Khan, Abdul Rehman and Muddasir Nazir

37. Enhanced production of ethanol from free and immobilized Saccharomyces cerevisiae under stationary culture
Irfana Mariam, Kanwal Manzoor, Sikander Ali and Ikram-ul-Haq

38. Optimization and establishment of Actinidia deliciosa cell suspension culture to study the biotransformation for the production of novel compounds
Asma Nasib and Saifullah Khan

39. A facile procedure for efficient plantlet regeneration and fruiting without vernalization in Thellungiella salsuginea
Weiyang Sun, Jianfang Li, Yanxiu Zhao and Hui Zhang

40. Age and growth rates of some gymnosperms of Pakistan: A dendrochronological approach
Moinuddin Ahmed, Mohammad Wahab, Nasrullah Khan, Muhammad Faheem Siddiqui, Muhammad Uzair Khan and Syed Tariq Husain

41. Survey of freshwater algae from Karachi, Pakistan
R. Aliya, A. Zarina And Mustafa Shameel

42. Seasonal periodicity of phytoplankton and chlorophyll content in lake Manchar
M.A. Mahar, S.I.H. Jafri, S.M. Leghari and M.Y. Khuhawar

43. Analysis of mines and contaminated agricultural soil samples for fungal diversity and tolerance to heavy metals
Shazia Iram, Iftikhar Ahmad and Doris Stuben

44. Screening of Aspergillus niger and A. flavus strains for extracellular alpha-amylase activity
Sobiya Shafique, Rukhsana Bajwa and Shazia Shafique

45. Cellulase biosynthesis by selected Trichoderma species
Shazia Shafique, Rukhsana Bajwa and Sobiya Shafique

46. Resistance characterization of wild relatives of rice in response to bacterial blight
Syed Mehar Ali Shah, Hidayat-ur-Rahman, Fida Muhammad Abassi, Muhammad Afzal Akhtar, Abdul Rafi and Ijaz Ahmad Khan

47. Pathogenesis of Pseudomonas syringae pv. sesami associated with sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) bacterial leaf spot
Syeda Sadiqa Firdous, Rehana Asghar, Muhammad Irfan-ul-Haque, Abdul Waheed, Syed Nadeem Afzal and Muhammad Yasin Mirza

48. Prevalence and antibiotic resistance of bacteria in two ethnic milk based products
Kalsoom Farzana, Saeed Akhtar and F. Jabeen

49. Development of molecular resistance in potato against potato leaf roll virus and potato virus y through Agrobacterium-mediated double transgenesis
M. Arif, P.E. Thomas, J.M. Crosslin and C.R. Brown

50. Prevalence, occurrence and distribution of chili veinal mottle virus in Pakistan
Hussain Shah, Tahira Yasmin, Muhammad Fahim, Shahid Hameed and M.I. Haque

51. Changes in mineral and mineralizable N of soil incubated at varying salinity, moisture and temperature regimes
Asma Lodhi, M. Arshad, F. Azam and M.H. Sajjad

52. Corrigendum
Rahmatullah Qureshi and Ghulam Akbar


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