Pakistan Journal of Botany - 43 (5), 2011

Contents:

1. Obituary - Dr. Jaffar Hussain Mirza
Abdul Ghaffar

2. New combinations in Campanula Sect. Quinqueloculares from Turkey
Emine Alçitepe

3. Angelica kaghanica (Apiaceae), a new species from Kaghan valley, Pakistan
Muhammad Ishtiaq, Rizwana Aleem Qureshi and Zerqa Nawaz

4. A taxonomic revision of the genus Lactuca L. (Cichorieae- Asteraceae) from Pakistan and Kashmir
Roohi Bano and M. Qaiser

5. Manglietia kaifui (Magnoliaceae), a new species from Yunnan, China
Xiao-Min Hu, Qing-Wen Zeng, Lin Fu and Fu-Wu Xing

6. Taxonomic application of foliar anatomy in grasses of tribe Eragrostideae (Poaceae) from Salt Range of Pakistan
Farooq Ahmad, Mir Ajab Khan, Mushtaq Ahmad, Mansoor Hameed, Rasool Bakhsh Tareen, Muhammad Zafar and Asma Jabeen

7. Molecular marker assisted genetic characterization of some selected wild Ioaceae species
Ayesha Zeb, Zabta Khan Shinwari and Tariq Mahmood

8. Assessment of relocation of Trigonella cylindracea L. and T. polyceratia (L.) Trautv. to genus Medicago as inferred by RAPD and RFLP analyses
Ream, I. Marzouk and R. El-Bakatoushi

9. Comparative assessment of genetic variability in Cryptolepis buchananii, Tylophora hirsuta and Wattakaka volubilis
Tariq Mahmood, Adeeba Tariq, Nazia Nazar, Bilal Haider Abbasi and S.M. Saqlan Naqvi

10. Medicinal uses of plants by the inhabitants of Khunjerab National Park, Gilgit, Pakistan
Babar Khan, Ablimit Abdukadir, Rahmatullah Qureshi and Ghulam Mustafa

11. Eremurus persicus, a new source of medicinally important compounds
Saleha Suleman Khan, Viqar Uddin Ahmad, Nikhat Saba and Rasool Bashkh Tareen

12. Vegetation classification in Ayubia National Park, Pakistan using ordination methods
Sheikh Saeed Ahmad and Quratulann

13. Variability of vegetation of temporal ponds along gradients of stagnant water and altitude in South-West Anatolia
Urban Šilc, Ali Kavgaci, Andraž Čarni, Saime Başaran, Mehmet Ali Başaran, Petra Košir and Aleksander Marinšek

14. Plant distribution in relation to soil conditions in Hangzhou bay coastal wetlands, China
Tonggui Wu, Ming Wu, Mukui Yu and Jianghua Xiao

15. Species and community diversity of vascular flora along environmental gradient in Naran valley: A multivariate approach through indicator species analysis
Shujaul Mulk Khan, David Harper, Sue Page and Habib Ahmad

16. Some preliminary studies on plants and pollutant levels along Pindi Bhattian-Faisalabad motorway (M-3) (Pakistan)
Khalid Farooq Akbar, Sabah Maqbool, Iffat Ashraf, Tariq Mahmood Ansari and Sheikh Saeed Ahmad

17. Ruellia linearibracteolata: Conservation assessment and strategies to avoid extirpation
Haider Abbas and M. Qaiser

18. Magnitude of heritability and selection response for yield traits in wheat under two selection environments
Ikramullah, Iftikhar Hussain Khalil, Hidayat-Ur-Rahman, Fida Mohammad, Hidayat Ullah and Shad Khan Khalil

19. Comparative studies on the competitive abilities of an exotic Parthenium hysterophorus L., with co-existing species to determine the impacts of its invasion
Seemal Vehra and Amin U. Khan

20. Allelopathy by Lantana camara L.
Farrukh Hussain, Seema Ghulam, Zaman Sher and Bashir Ahmad

21. Role of abscisic acid (ABA) in controlling the hormonal balance at booting and grain-filling stages of different wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cultivars under drought
Sumera Iqbal and Asghari Bano

22. Effects of praseodymium on flavonoids production and its biochemical mechanism of Scutellaria viscidula hairy roots in vitro
Wei Lei, Xiaorong Shui, Yuanlin Zhou, Shaohu Tang and Min Sun

23. Effect of FYM, potassium and zinc on phenology and grain yield of wheat in rainfed cropping systems
Khalid Nawab, Amanullah, Muhammad Arif, Paigham Shah, Abdur Rab, M. Azim Khan, Muhammad Anwar Khan and Khalid Khan

24. Effect of plant growth regulators and drought stress on peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) genotypes
Ayub Khan, Jehan Bakht, Asgahri Bano and Nasrullah Jan Malik

25. Response of Gossypium hirsutum genotypes to various nitrogen levels
Zarina Bibi, Naqib Ullah Khan, Maria Mussarat, Mohammad Jamal Khan, Rafiq Ahmad, Imdad Ullah Khan and Salma Shaheen

26. Cadmium and chromium concentrations in six forage species irrigated with canal, sewage or mixed canal and sewage water
Kafeel Ahmad, Z.I. Khan, A.R. Bayat, M. Ashraf and Y. Rizwan

27. Callus induction and plant regeneration from leaf explant of Cornukaempferia aurantiflora Mood & Larsen
Piyaporn Saensouk

28. Micropropagation and callogenesis of a recalcitrant species Ricinus communis
Shagufta Naz, Fozia Tabassum, Sumera Javad, Saiqa Ilyas, Farah Aslam and Aamir Ali

29. Plant regeneration from irradiated embryogenic callus of sugarcane
Shafquat Yasmin, Imtiaz A. Khan, Abdullah Khatri, Nighat Seema, M. Aquil Siddiqui and Sajida Bibi

30. In vitro mutagenesis in banana and variant screening through ISSR
Abdullah Khatri, Sajida Bibi, Mahummad Umar Dahot, Imtiaz Ahmed Khan and Ghulam Shah Nizamani

31. Wheat growth and phytoavailability of copper and zinc as affected by soil texture in saline-sodic conditions
Muhammad Arshad, Ghulam Murtaza, Muhammad Arif Ali, Muhammad Shafiq, Camille Dumat and Niaz Ahmed

32. The cytogenetic effects of organophosphorus insecticide dichlorvos in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) seedlings
Halil Erhan Eroglu

33. Studies on the effect of genotype and explant type on callogenesis and organogenesis in indica rice
Amna Noor, Hamid Rashid, Mohammad Haroon Khan and Zubeda Chaudhry

34. The seed atlas of Pakistan-V. Balsaminaceae
Rubina Abid, Afsheen Ather and M. Qaiser

35. Effect of salinity and silicon application on oxidative damage of sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench.].
Mohammad Kafi, Jafar Nabati, Ali Masoumi and Mohammad Zare Mehrgerdi

36. Modulation in activities of antioxidant enzymes in salt stressed and non-stressed wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) plants raised from seed treated with triacontanol
Shagufta Perveen, Muhammad Shahbaz and Muhammad Ashraf

37. Winter drought variations based on tree-ring data in Gaoligong Mountain, North-Western Yunnan, China, A.D. 1795-2004
Zongshan Li, Chunming Shi, Yongbo Liu, Jinlong Zhang, Qibing Zhang and Keping Ma

38. Drought tolerance studies through WSSI and stomata in upland cotton
Muhammad Jurial Baloch, Naqib Ullah Khan, Wajid Ali Jatoi, Gul Hassan, Abdul Aziz Khakhwani, Zahoor Ahmad Soomro and Nasreen Fatima Veesar

39. Grain quality attributes of wheat lines having differential photosynthetic efficiency under prolonged drought stress
Faryad Ali, Naeem Iqbal, Makhdoom Hussain and Javed Anwar

40. Determination of genetic diversity of different barley genotypes grown in Khyber Pakhtun Khwa province using RAPD markers
Jehan Bakht, Mehnaz Ghaffar, Mohammad Shafi, Saleem Khan and Abdul Latif

41. Tolerance of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) cultivars to the major chickpea herbicides
M.I. Khan, G. Hassan, I. Khan, K.B. Marwat, N.U. Khan and R. Gul

42. A comparative study of five loquat genotypes at Tret, Murree, Pakistan
Azhar Hussain, Nadeem Akhtar Abbasi, Ishfaq Ahmad Hafiz and Syed Zia ul Hasan

43. Genetic diversity in radish germplasm for morphological traits and seed storage proteins
Shakeel Ahmad Jatoi, Asif Javaid, Muhammad Iqbal, Obaid Ullah Sayal, M. Shahid Masood and Sadar Uddin Siddiqui

44. Probing genetic diversity to characterize red rot resistance in sugarcane
Abdul Samad Mumtaz, Dur-e-Nayab, Muhammad Javed Iqbal and Zabta Khan Shinwari

45. Physical and genetic analysis of Ph1 gene region on the long arm of chromosome 5B in wheat and related cereals
Ummara Waheed Khan and Mohammad Maroof Shah

46. Transgenic tobacco with rice FAE gene exhibits higher water use efficiency
Khizar Hayat Bhatti, Amin Shah, Qaiser Mehmood, Sardar Khan, Wujia He and He Chaozu

47. An appraisal of resistance of old and new wheat genotypes to red flour beetle (Tribolium castaneum Herbst)
M.S. Khanzada, G.H. Abro, T.S. Syed, S.R. Khanzada, Khalil A. Khanzada, Shahjahan, S. D. Khanzada and Akhlaq Ahmed

48. Genetic disparity and relationship among quantitatively inherited yield related traits in diallel crosses of upland cotton
Maryam Bibi, Naqib Ullah Khan, Fida Mohammad, Rozina Gul, Abdul Aziz Khakwani, Obaid Ullah Sayal, Ijaz Ahmad Khan and Muhammad Idrees

49. Assessment of planktonic diversity in River Chenab as affected by sewage of Multan city
Muhammad Ismail Chughtai, Khalid Mahmood and Abdul Rasul Awan

50. Bioactivity and phycochemical studies on Microspora floccosa (Chlorophycota) from Sindh
M.N. Khalid and Mustafa Shameel and V.U. Ahmad

51. Causes of yield reduction by delayed planting of hexaploid wheat in Pakistan
Mohammad Akmal, S.M. Shah, Muhammad Asim and M. Arif

52. Combination of fungal and bacterial antagonists for management of root and stem rot disease of soybean
D.S. Mishra, A.K. Gupta, C.R. Prajapati and U.S. Singh

53. The inhibitive effects of garlic bulb crude extract on Fulvia fulva of tomato
Wei Ting-Ting, Cheng Zhi-Hui, Muhammad Azam Khan, Ma Qing and Han Ling

54. Study of drinking water fungi and its pathogenic effects on human beings from district Bhimber, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan
Tanveer Hussain, Muhammad Ishtiaq, Altaf Hussain and Kishwar Sultana

55. Biosynthesis of extracellular lipases by Bacillus sp. (MBLB-3) in relation to the nutritional conditions
Tehreema Iftikhar, Mubashir Niaz, M. Anjum Zia, Rukhsana Jabeen and Muhammad Nauman Aftab

56. Relationship of quantitative traits with two viral diseases in mungbean (Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek)
Muhammad Zubair, Saif Ullah Ajmal and Nasir Mahmood Cheema

57. Influence of herbal dye extracted from dry wood of indigenous Berberis pachyacantha Kochne in plant histological staining
Hikmat Ullah Jan, Zabta Khan Shinwari and Khan Bahader Marwat

58. Genetic control of late blight, yield and some yield related traits in tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.)
Muhammad Yussouf Saleem, Khalid Pervaiz Akhtar, Muhammad Asghar, Qumer Iqbal and Abdul Rehman Khan

59. Identification and pathogenicity of Fusarium species associated with head blight of wheat in Iran
Khosrow Chehri, Elham Maghsoudlou, Mehdi Asemani and Mohammad Reza Mirzaei

60. In vitro bactericidal and bacteriostatic potential of ingredients of traditional medicine obtained from Kacha area (River Indus) district D.I. Khan, KPK, against human bacterial pathogens
Adnan Amin and M. Ayaz Khan

61. Addition of a new genus from Turkey into list of fungi
Sinan Alkan, Giyasettin Kaşik and Sinan Aktaş

62. Distribution of cellulolytic-thermophilic fungi on various substrates and geographic locations in Pakistan
Muhammad Mohsin Javed, Ikram-Ul-Haq, Irfana Mariyam and Farooq Latif

63. Efficacy and persistence of microbial antagonists against Sclerotium rolfsii under field condition
Fouzia Yaqub and Saleem Shahzad

64. Evaluating BLB resistance/aggressiveness in rice through best inoculum concentration, inoculation and application methods
Rukhsana Jabeen, Saeed ur Rahman and Afros Rais

65. Effect of different moisture and storage temperature on seed borne mycoflora of maize
Ishrat Niaz, Shahnaz Dawar and Uzma Sitara

66. Giemsa N-banding pattern in Hordeum murinum
Bushreen Jahan and Ahsan A. Vahidy



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