Molecular Biology and Evolution - 28 (9-10), 2011

Molecular Biology and Evolution - 28 (9), 2011



Contents:

Letters

Kyriakos Felekkis, Konstantinos Voskarides, Harsh Dweep, Carsten Sticht, Norbert Gretz, and Constantinos Deltas
Increased Number of MicroRNA Target Sites in Genes Encoded in CNV Regions. Evidence for an Evolutionary Genomic Interaction

Georgette N. Kiethega, Marcel Turcotte, and Gertraud Burger
Evolutionarily Conserved cox1 Trans-Splicing Without cis-Motifs

Shohei Takuno and Hideki Innan
Selection Fine-Tunes the Expression of MicroRNA Target Genes in Arabidopsis thaliana

Andrea Blanquer and Maria-J. Uriz
“Living Together Apart”: The Hidden Genetic Diversity of Sponge Populations

Fabia U. Battistuzzi, Paul Billing-Ross, Aditya Paliwal, and Sudhir Kumar
Fast and Slow Implementations of Relaxed-Clock Methods Show Similar Patterns of Accuracy in Estimating Divergence Times

Research Articles


Samir Bhatt, Edward C. Holmes, and Oliver G. Pybus
The Genomic Rate of Molecular Adaptation of the Human Influenza A Virus

Pedro Patraquim, Maria Warnefors, and Claudio R. Alonso
Evolution of Hox Post-Transcriptional Regulation by Alternative Polyadenylation and MicroRNA Modulation Within 12 Drosophila Genomes

Héloise Bastide, Michel Cazemajor, David Ogereau, Nicolas Derome, Frédéric Hospital, and Catherine Montchamp-Moreau
Rapid Rise and Fall of Selfish Sex-Ratio X Chromosomes in Drosophila simulans: Spatiotemporal Analysis of Phenotypic and Molecular Data

Karl J. V. Nordström, Markus Sällman Almén, Monika M. Edstam, Robert Fredriksson, and Helgi B. Schiöth
Independent HHsearch, Needleman–Wunsch-Based, and Motif Analyses Reveal the Overall Hierarchy for Most of the G Protein-Coupled Receptor Families

Axel Künstner, Benoit Nabholz, and Hans Ellegren
Evolutionary Constraint in Flanking Regions of Avian Genes

Viktor Černý, Luísa Pereira, Eliška Musilová, Martina Kujanová, Alžběta Vašíková, Paola Blasi, Luisa Garofalo, Pedro Soares, Issa Diallo, Radim Brdička, and Andrea Novelletto
Genetic Structure of Pastoral and Farmer Populations in the African Sahel

Fabian J. Theis, Nadia Latif, Philip Wong, and Dmitrij Frishman
Complex Principal Component and Correlation Structure of 16 Yeast Genomic Variables

Sean Chun-Chang Chen, Trees-Juen Chuang, and Wen-Hsiung Li
The Relationships Among MicroRNA Regulation, Intrinsically Disordered Regions, and Other Indicators of Protein Evolutionary Rate

Yuchi Zheng, Rui Peng, Masaki Kuro-o, and Xiaomao Zeng
Exploring Patterns and Extent of Bias in Estimating Divergence Time from Mitochondrial DNA Sequence Data in a Particular Lineage: A Case Study of Salamanders (Order Caudata)

A. N. Massa, H. Wanjugi, K. R. Deal, K. O'Brien, F. M. You, R. Maiti, A. P. Chan, Y. Q. Gu, M. C. Luo, O. D. Anderson, P. D. Rabinowicz, J. Dvorak, and K. M. Devos
Gene Space Dynamics During the Evolution of Aegilops tauschii, Brachypodium distachyon, Oryza sativa, and Sorghum bicolor Genomes

Stephanie Sun, Ben J. Evans, and G. Brian Golding
“Patchy-Tachy” Leads to False Positives for Recombination

Juan S. Escobar, Sylvain Glémin, and Nicolas Galtier
GC-Biased Gene Conversion Impacts Ribosomal DNA Evolution in Vertebrates, Angiosperms, and Other Eukaryotes

Sebastian Höhna, Tanja Stadler, Fredrik Ronquist, and Tom Britton
Inferring Speciation and Extinction Rates under Different Sampling Schemes

Olivier Rey, Anne Loiseau, Benoit Facon, Julien Foucaud, Jérôme Orivel, Jean-Marie Cornuet, Stéphanie Robert, Gauthier Dobigny, Jacques Hubert Charles Delabie, Cléa Dos Santos Ferreria Mariano, and Arnaud Estoup
Meiotic Recombination Dramatically Decreased in Thelytokous Queens of the Little Fire Ant and Their Sexually Produced Workers

Chiara Batini, Gianmarco Ferri, Giovanni Destro-Bisol, Francesca Brisighelli, Donata Luiselli, Paula Sánchez-Diz, Jorge Rocha, Tatum Simonson, Antonio Brehm, Valeria Montano, Nasr Eldin Elwali, Gabriella Spedini, María Eugenia D'Amato, Natalie Myres, Peter Ebbesen, David Comas, and Cristian Capelli
Signatures of the Preagricultural Peopling Processes in Sub-Saharan Africa as Revealed by the Phylogeography of Early Y Chromosome Lineages

Anchal Vishnoi, Praveen Sethupathy, Daniel Simola, Joshua B. Plotkin, and Sridhar Hannenhalli
Genome-Wide Survey of Natural Selection on Functional, Structural, and Network Properties of Polymorphic Sites in Saccharomyces paradoxus

Madhavi Nayar and George E. Fox
Defining 5S rRNA Structure Space: Point Mutation Data Can Be Used to Predict the Phenotype of Multichange Variants

Nicholas R. Casewell, Simon C. Wagstaff, Robert A. Harrison, Camila Renjifo, and Wolfgang Wüster
Domain Loss Facilitates Accelerated Evolution and Neofunctionalization of Duplicate Snake Venom Metalloproteinase Toxin Genes

Daniel L. Halligan, Fiona Oliver, Jack Guthrie, Kathryn C. Stemshorn, Bettina Harr, and Peter D. Keightley
Positive and Negative Selection in Murine Ultraconserved Noncoding Elements

Mathieu Groussin and Manolo Gouy
Adaptation to Environmental Temperature Is a Major Determinant of Molecular Evolutionary Rates in Archaea

Jouhyun Jeon, Hyun-Jun Nam, Yoon Sup Choi, Jae-Seong Yang, Jihye Hwang, and Sanguk Kim
Molecular Evolution of Protein Conformational Changes Revealed by a Network of Evolutionarily Coupled Residues

Sankar Subramanian
Fixation of Deleterious Mutations at Critical Positions in Human Proteins

Aline Muyle, Laurana Serres-Giardi, Adrienne Ressayre, Juan Escobar, and Sylvain Glémin
GC-Biased Gene Conversion and Selection Affect GC Content in the Oryza Genus (rice)

Benoît Moury and Vincent Simon
dN/dS-Based Methods Detect Positive Selection Linked to Trade-Offs between Different Fitness Traits in the Coat Protein of Potato virus Y

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Exploring the differences in evolutionary rates between monogenic and polygenic disease genes in human


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Christopher Sauvage, Sébastien Renaut, Eric Normandeau, Nicolas Derome, and Louis Bernatchez
Investigating the Role of Natural Selection on Coding Sequence Evolution in Salmonids Through NGS Data Mining


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Molecular Biology and Evolution - 28 (10), 2011



Contents:

Letters

Josselin Bodilis, Sandrine Nsigue Meilo, Pierre Cornelis, Paul De Vos, and Sylvie Barray
A Long-Branch Attraction Artifact Reveals an Adaptive Radiation in Pseudomonas

Oliver Piskurek and Daniel J. Jackson
Tracking the Ancestry of a Deeply Conserved Eumetazoan SINE Domain

Research Resource

Koichiro Tamura, Daniel Peterson, Nicholas Peterson, Glen Stecher, Masatoshi Nei, and Sudhir Kumar
MEGA5: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis Using Maximum Likelihood, Evolutionary Distance, and Maximum Parsimony Methods

Research Articles

K. Hartnup, L. Huynen, R. Te Kanawa, L.D. Shepherd, C.D. Millar, and D.M. Lambert
Ancient DNA Recovers the Origins of Maori Feather Cloaks

Haiwei Luo, Robert Friedman, Jijun Tang, and Austin L. Hughes
Genome Reduction by Deletion of Paralogs in the Marine Cyanobacterium Prochlorococcus

Célestine M. Atyame, Frédéric Delsuc, Nicole Pasteur, Mylene Weill, and Olivier Duron
Diversification of Wolbachia Endosymbiont in the Culex pipiens Mosquito

Jessica W. Leigh, Klaus Schliep, Philippe Lopez, and Eric Bapteste
Let Them Fall Where They May: Congruence Analysis in Massive Phylogenetically Messy Data Sets

Shinichiro Hayashi, Didier Rocancourt, Margaret Buckingham, and Frederic Relaix
Lack of In Vivo Functional Compensation Between Pax Family Groups II and III in Rodents

Stacey D. Smith and Mark D. Rausher
Gene Loss and Parallel Evolution Contribute to Species Difference in Flower Color

Zélia Ferreira, Belen Hurle, Jorge Rocha, and Susana Seixas
Differing Evolutionary Histories of WFDC8 (Short-Term Balancing) in Europeans and SPINT4 (Incomplete Selective Sweep) in Africans

Zhen-Xia Chen, Yong E. Zhang, Maria Vibranovski, Jingchu Luo, Ge Gao, and Manyuan Long
Deficiency of X-Linked Inverted Duplicates with Male-Biased Expression and the Underlying Evolutionary Mechanisms in the Drosophila Genome

Renchao Zhou, Shaoping Ling, Wenming Zhao, Naoki Osada, Sufang Chen, Meng Zhang, Ziwen He, Hua Bao, Cairong Zhong, Bing Zhang, Xuemei Lu, David Turissini, Norman C. Duke, Jian Lu, Suhua Shi, and Chung-I Wu
Population Genetics in Nonmodel Organisms: II. Natural Selection in Marginal Habitats Revealed by Deep Sequencing on Dual Platforms

Simon Renny-Byfield, Michael Chester, Ales Kovařík, Steven C. Le Comber, Marie-Angele Grandbastien, Marc Deloger, Richard A. Nichols, Jiri Macas, Petr Novák, Mark W. Chase, and Andrew R. Leitch
Next Generation Sequencing Reveals Genome Downsizing in Allotetraploid Nicotiana tabacum, Predominantly through the Elimination of Paternally Derived Repetitive DNAs

Jeremy D. DeBarry and Jessica C. Kissinger
Jumbled Genomes: Missing Apicomplexan Synteny

Romulo Segovia, Walker Pett, Steve Trewick, and Dennis V. Lavrov
Extensive and Evolutionarily Persistent Mitochondrial tRNA Editing in Velvet Worms (Phylum Onychophora)

Austen R.D. Ganley and Takehiko Kobayashi
Monitoring the Rate and Dynamics of Concerted Evolution in the Ribosomal DNA Repeats of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Using Experimental Evolution

Yangyun Zou, Wei Huang, Zhenglong Gu, and Xun Gu
Predominant Gain of Promoter TATA Box after Gene Duplication Associated with Stress Responses

Oleg Balanovsky, Khadizhat Dibirova, Anna Dybo, Oleg Mudrak, Svetlana Frolova, Elvira Pocheshkhova, Marc Haber, Daniel Platt, Theodore Schurr, Wolfgang Haak, Marina Kuznetsova, Magomed Radzhabov, Olga Balaganskaya, Alexey Romanov, Tatiana Zakharova, David F. Soria Hernanz, Pierre Zalloua, Sergey Koshel, Merritt Ruhlen, Colin Renfrew, R. Spencer Wells, Chris Tyler-Smith, Elena Balanovska, and The Genographic Consortium
Parallel Evolution of Genes and Languages in the Caucasus Region

Katherine E. Helliwell, Glen L. Wheeler, Kyriacos C. Leptos, Raymond E. Goldstein, and Alison G. Smith
Insights into the Evolution of Vitamin B12 Auxotrophy from Sequenced Algal Genomes

Kamil A. Lipinski, Olga Puchta, Vineeth Surendranath, Marek Kudla and Pawel Golik
Revisiting the Yeast PPR Proteins—Application of an Iterative Hidden Markov Model Algorithm Reveals New Members of the Rapidly Evolving Family

Jonathan M. Mudge, Adam Frankish, Julio Fernandez-Banet, Tyler Alioto, Thomas Derrien, Cédric Howald, Alexandre Reymond, Roderic Guigó, Tim Hubbard, and Jennifer Harrow
The Origins, Evolution, and Functional Potential of Alternative Splicing in Vertebrates

Susan L. Young, Daniel Diolaiti, Maralice Conacci-Sorrell, Inaki Ruiz-Trillo, Robert N. Eisenman, and Nicole King
Premetazoan Ancestry of the Myc–Max Network


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Molecular Biology and Evolution - 28 (7-8), 2011

Molecular Biology and Evolution - 28 (7), 2011



Contents:

Letters

Vania Yotova, Jean-Francois Lefebvre, Claudia Moreau, Elias Gbeha, Kristine Hovhannesyan, Stephane Bourgeois, Sandra Bédarida, Luisa Azevedo, Antonio Amorim, Tamara Sarkisian, Patrice Hodonou Avogbe, Nicodeme Chabi, Mamoudou Hama Dicko, Emile Sabiba Kou' Santa Amouzou, Ambaliou Sanni, June Roberts-Thomson, Barry Boettcher, Rodney J. Scott, and Damian Labuda
An X-Linked Haplotype of Neandertal Origin Is Present Among All Non-African Populations

Willie J. Swanson, Jan E. Aagaard, Victor D. Vacquier, Magnus Monné, Hamed Sadat Al Hosseini, and Luca Jovine
The Molecular Basis of Sex: Linking Yeast to Human

María Méndez-Lago, Casey M. Bergman, Beatriz de Pablos, Alan Tracey, Siobhan L. Whitehead, and Alfredo Villasante
A Large Palindrome With Interchromosomal Gene Duplications in the Pericentromeric Region of the D. melanogaster Y Chromosome


Research Articles

OraLee H. Branch, Patrick L. Sutton, Carmen Barnes, Juan Carlos Castro, Julie Hussin, Philip Awadalla, and Gisely Hijar
Plasmodium falciparum Genetic Diversity Maintained and Amplified Over 5 Years of a Low Transmission Endemic in the Peruvian Amazon

Simon H. Martin, Brenda D. Wingfield, Michael J. Wingfield, and Emma T. Steenkamp
Causes and Consequences of Variability in Peptide Mating Pheromones of Ascomycete Fungi

Masaya Hayashi, Brenda Schilke, Jaroslaw Marszalek (Jarosław Marszałek), Barry Williams, and Elizabeth A. Craig
Ancient Gene Duplication Provided a Key Molecular Step for Anaerobic Growth of Baker's Yeast

Andrew H. Lloyd and Jeremy N. Timmis
The Origin and Characterization of New Nuclear Genes Originating from a Cytoplasmic Organellar Genome

Michael L. Hayes and R. Michael Mulligan
Pentatricopeptide Repeat Proteins Constrain Genome Evolution in Chloroplasts

Stefan J.Y. Laurent, Annegret Werzner, Laurent Excoffier, and Wolfgang Stephan
Approximate Bayesian Analysis of Drosophila melanogaster Polymorphism Data Reveals a Recent Colonization of Southeast Asia

Kazuhiko Kawasaki, Anne-Gaelle Lafont, and Jean-Yves Sire
The Evolution of Milk Casein Genes from Tooth Genes before the Origin of Mammals

Michelle Déquard-Chablat, Carole H. Sellem, Pawel Golik, Frédérique Bidard, Alexandre Martos, Mailis Bietenhader, Jean-Paul di Rago, Annie Sainsard-Chanet, Sylvie Hermann-Le Denmat, and Véronique Contamine
Two Nuclear Life Cycle–Regulated Genes Encode Interchangeable Subunits c of Mitochondrial ATP Synthase in Podospora anserina

Etienne Delannoy, Sota Fujii, Catherine Colas des Francs - Small, Mark Brundrett, and Ian Small
Rampant Gene Loss in the Underground Orchid Rhizanthella gardneri Highlights Evolutionary Constraints on Plastid Genomes

Courtney W. Stairs, Andrew J. Roger, and Vladimir Hampl
Eukaryotic Pyruvate Formate Lyase and Its Activating Enzyme Were Acquired Laterally from a Firmicute

Marc Gottschling, Markus Göker, Alexandros Stamatakis, Olaf R.P. Bininda-Emonds, Ingo Nindl, and Ignacio G. Bravo
Quantifying the Phylodynamic Forces Driving Papillomavirus Evolution

Nicholas Price, Reed A. Cartwright, Niv Sabath, Dan Graur, and Ricardo B.R. Azevedo
Neutral Evolution of Robustness in Drosophila microRNA Precursors

Eric Samarut, Ismail Amal, Gabriel V. Markov, Roland Stote, Annick Dejaegere, Vincent Laudet, and Cécile Rochette-Egly
Evolution of Nuclear Retinoic Acid Receptor Alpha (RAR?) Phosphorylation Sites. Serine Gain Provides Fine-Tuned Regulation

Bradley R. Parry and Daniel H. Shain
Manipulations of AMP Metabolic Genes Increase Growth Rate and Cold Tolerance in Escherichia coli: Implications for Psychrophilic Evolution

Daniel P. Woods, Chelsea L. Hope, and Simon T. Malcomber
Phylogenomic Analyses of the BARREN STALK1/LAX PANICLE1 (BA1/LAX1) Genes and Evidence for Their Roles During Axillary Meristem Development

Mario dos Reis and Ziheng Yang
Approximate Likelihood Calculation on a Phylogeny for Bayesian Estimation of Divergence Times


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Molecular Biology and Evolution - 28 (8), 2011



Contents:

Research Articles

Ivan Molineris, Elena Grassi, Ugo Ala, Ferdinando Di Cunto, and Paolo Provero
Evolution of Promoter Affinity for Transcription Factors in the Human Lineage

Carlos E. Arboleda-Bustos and Carmen Segarra
The Dca Gene Involved in Cold Adaptation in Drosophila melanogaster Arose by Duplication of the Ancestral regucalcin Gene

Benoit Nabholz, Axel Künstner, Rui Wang, Erich D. Jarvis, and Hans Ellegren
Dynamic Evolution of Base Composition: Causes and Consequences in Avian Phylogenomics

Sung K. Kim, Lucia Carbone, Celine Becquet, Alan R. Mootnick, David Jiang Li, Pieter J. de Jong, and Jeffrey D. Wall
Patterns of Genetic Variation Within and Between Gibbon Species

Andre G. Wallace, Don Detweiler, and Stephen W. Schaeffer
Evolutionary History of the Third Chromosome Gene Arrangements of Drosophila pseudoobscura Inferred from Inversion Breakpoints

Jeffrey D. Wall, Rong Jiang, Christopher Gignoux, Gary K. Chen, Celeste Eng, Scott Huntsman, and Paul Marjoram
Genetic Variation in Native Americans, Inferred from Latino SNP and Resequencing Data

Eric Y. Durand, Nick Patterson, David Reich, and Montgomery Slatkin
Testing for Ancient Admixture between Closely Related Populations

Bruno Nevado, Varvara Fazalova, Thierry Backeljau, Mark Hanssens, and Erik Verheyen
Repeated Unidirectional Introgression of Nuclear and Mitochondrial DNA Between Four Congeneric Tanganyikan Cichlids

Yi-Wah Chan, Remus Mohr, Andrew D. Millard, Antony B. Holmes, Anthony W. Larkum, Anna L. Whitworth, Nicholas H. Mann, David J. Scanlan, Wolfgang R. Hess, and Martha R. J. Clokie
Discovery of Cyanophage Genomes Which Contain Mitochondrial DNA Polymerase

Alexander Nater, Pirmin Nietlisbach, Natasha Arora, Carel P. van Schaik, Maria A. van Noordwijk, Erik P. Willems, Ian Singleton, Serge A. Wich, Benoit Goossens, Kristin S. Warren, Ernst J. Verschoor, Dyah Perwitasari-Farajallah, Joko Pamungkas, and Michael Krützen
Sex-Biased Dispersal and Volcanic Activities Shaped Phylogeographic Patterns of Extant Orangutans (genus: Pongo)

Pierre Kerner, Sandie M. Degnan, Lauriane Marchand, Bernard M. Degnan, and Michel Vervoort
Evolution of RNA-Binding Proteins in Animals: Insights from Genome-Wide Analysis in the Sponge Amphimedon queenslandica

Huai-Chun Wang, Edward Susko, and Andrew J. Roger
Fast Statistical Tests for Detecting Heterotachy in Protein Evolution

Ruxandra I. Molnar, Gabi Bartelmes, Iris Dinkelacker, Hanh Witte, and Ralf J. Sommer
Mutation Rates and Intraspecific Divergence of the Mitochondrial Genome of Pristionchus pacificus

Chun-Long Chen, Lauranne Duquenne, Benjamin Audit, Guillaume Guilbaud, Aurélien Rappailles, Antoine Baker, Maxime Huvet, Yves d'Aubenton-Carafa, Olivier Hyrien, Alain Arneodo, and Claude Thermes
Replication-Associated Mutational Asymmetry in the Human Genome

Tobias Warnecke and Eduardo P. C. Rocha
Function-Specific Accelerations in Rates of Sequence Evolution Suggest Predictable Epistatic Responses to Reduced Effective Population Size

Chungoo Park and Jianzhi Zhang
Genome-Wide Evolutionary Conservation of N-Glycosylation Sites

Liang Yang and Brandon S. Gaut
Factors that Contribute to Variation in Evolutionary Rate among Arabidopsis Genes

Jana Szabová, Petr Růžička, Zdeněk Verner, Vladimír Hampl, and Julius Lukeš
Experimental Examination of EFL and MATX Eukaryotic Horizontal Gene Transfers: Coexistence of Mutually Exclusive Transcripts Predates Functional Rescue

Rob M. de Graaf, Guenola Ricard, Theo A. van Alen, Isabel Duarte, Bas E. Dutilh, Carola Burgtorf, Jan W. P. Kuiper, Georg W. M. van der Staay, Aloysius G. M. Tielens, Martijn A. Huynen, and Johannes H. P. Hackstein
The Organellar Genome and Metabolic Potential of the Hydrogen-Producing Mitochondrion of Nyctotherus ovalis

Siu F. Lee, Ying Chen, Aiden K. Varan, Choon W. Wee, Lea Rako, Jason K. Axford, Robert T. Good, Mark J. Blacket, Caroline Reuter, Linda Partridge, and Ary A. Hoffmann
Molecular Basis of Adaptive Shift in Body Size in Drosophila melanogaster: Functional and Sequence Analyses of the Dca Gene

Dror Hilman and Uri Gat
The Evolutionary History of YAP and the Hippo/YAP Pathway

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Molecular Biology and Evolution - 28 (5-6), 2011

Molecular Biology and Evolution - 28 (5), 2011



Contents:

Dvir Dahary, Reut Shalgi, and Yitzhak Pilpel
CpG Islands as a Putative Source for Animal miRNAs: Evolutionary and Functional Implications

Zhaofeng Wang, Takahiro Yonezawa, Bin Liu, Tao Ma, Xin Shen, Jianping Su, Songchang Guo, Masami Hasegawa, and Jianquan Liu
Domestication Relaxed Selective Constraints on the Yak Mitochondrial Genome

Sara Guirao-Rico and Montserrat Aguadé
Molecular Evolution of the Ligands of the Insulin-Signaling Pathway: dilp Genes in the Genus Drosophila

Claus Kemkemer, Winfried Hense, and John Parsch
Fine-Scale Analysis of X Chromosome Inactivation in the Male Germ Line of Drosophila melanogaster

Vanessa E. Gray and Sudhir Kumar
Rampant Purifying Selection Conserves Positions with Posttranslational Modifications in Human Proteins

Jared L. Strasburg, Nolan C. Kane, Andrew R. Raduski, Aurélie Bonin, Richard Michelmore, and Loren H. Rieseberg
Effective Population Size Is Positively Correlated with Levels of Adaptive Divergence among Annual Sunflowers

Janette Tong, Pavel Dolezal, Joel Selkrig, Simon Crawford, Alistair G.B. Simpson, Nicholas Noinaj, Susan K. Buchanan, Kipros Gabriel, and Trevor Lithgow
Ancestral and Derived Protein Import Pathways in the Mitochondrion of Reclinomonas americana

Rebecca R. Gray, Andrew J. Tatem, Judith A. Johnson, Alexander V. Alekseyenko, Oliver G. Pybus, Marc A. Suchard, and Marco Salemi
Testing Spatiotemporal Hypothesis of Bacterial Evolution Using Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST239 Genome-wide Data within a Bayesian Framework

Diana Edo-Matas, Philippe Lemey, Jennifer A. Tom, Celia Serna-Bolea, Agnes E. van den Blink, Angélique B. van 't Wout, Hanneke Schuitemaker, and Marc A. Suchard
Impact of CCR5delta32 Host Genetic Background and Disease Progression on HIV-1 Intrahost Evolutionary Processes: Efficient Hypothesis Testing through Hierarchical Phylogenetic Models

Yosef E. Maruvka, Nadav M. Shnerb, Yaneer Bar-Yam, and John Wakeley
Recovering Population Parameters from a Single Gene Genealogy: An Unbiased Estimator of the Growth Rate

Dmitri A. Petrov, Anna-Sophie Fiston-Lavier, Mikhail Lipatov, Kapa Lenkov, and Josefa González
Population Genomics of Transposable Elements in Drosophila melanogaster

Sophie Breton, Donald T. Stewart, Sally Shepardson, Richard J. Trdan, Arthur E. Bogan, Eric G. Chapman, Andrew J. Ruminas, Helen Piontkivska, and Walter R. Hoeh
Novel Protein Genes in Animal mtDNA: A New Sex Determination System in Freshwater Mussels (Bivalvia: Unionoida)?

Jihua Wu and Edward Susko
A Test for Heterotachy Using Multiple Pairs of Sequences

Jeffrey M. Good, Dan Vanderpool, Kimberly L. Smith, and Michael W. Nachman
Extraordinary Sequence Divergence at Tsga8, an X-linked Gene Involved in Mouse Spermiogenesis

Christina Lange, Georg Hemmrich, Ulrich C. Klostermeier, Javier A. López-Quintero, David J. Miller, Tasja Rahn, Yvonne Weiss, Thomas C.G. Bosch, and Philip Rosenstiel
Defining the Origins of the NOD-Like Receptor System at the Base of Animal Evolution

Miguel Alcaide and Scott V. Edwards
Molecular Evolution of the Toll-Like Receptor Multigene Family in Birds

Jeremiah W. Busch, Simon Joly, and Daniel J. Schoen
Demographic Signatures Accompanying the Evolution of Selfing in Leavenworthia alabamica

Penelope R. Haddrill, Kai Zeng, and Brian Charlesworth
Determinants of Synonymous and Nonsynonymous Variability in Three Species of Drosophila

Asher D. Cutter and Alan M. Moses
Polymorphism, Divergence, and the Role of Recombination in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Genome Evolution

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Molecular Biology and Evolution - 28 (6), 2011



Contents:

Research Articles

Mario dos Reis, Asif U. Tamuri, Alan J. Hay, and Richard A. Goldstein
Charting the Host Adaptation of Influenza Viruses

Haruka Nagai, Yohey Terai, Tohru Sugawara, Hiroo Imai, Hidenori Nishihara, Michio Hori, and Norihiro Okada
Reverse Evolution in RH1 for Adaptation of Cichlids to Water Depth in Lake Tanganyika

Lars Feuerbach, Rune B. Lyngso, Thomas Lengauer, and Jotun Hein
Reconstructing the Ancestral Germ Line Methylation State of Young Repeats

Hong-Song Yu, Yi-Hong Shen, Gang-Xiang Yuan, Yong-Gang Hu, Hong-En Xu, Zhong-Huai Xiang, and Ze Zhang
Evidence of Selection at Melanin Synthesis Pathway Loci during Silkworm Domestication

Miguel Carneiro, Sandra Afonso, Armando Geraldes, Hervé Garreau, Gerard Bolet, Samuel Boucher, Aurélie Tircazes, Guillaume Queney, Michael W. Nachman, and Nuno Ferrand
The Genetic Structure of Domestic Rabbits

Larissa M. Williams and Marjorie F. Oleksiak
Ecologically and Evolutionarily Important SNPs Identified in Natural Populations

Anna van Weringh, Manon Ragonnet-Cronin, Erinija Pranckeviciene, Mariana Pavon-Eternod, Lawrence Kleiman, and Xuhua Xia
HIV-1 Modulates the tRNA Pool to Improve Translation Efficiency

Caroline J. Rose, Joanne R. Chapman, Sean D.G. Marshall, Siu F. Lee, Philip Batterham, Howard A. Ross, and Richard D. Newcomb
Selective Sweeps at the Organophosphorus Insecticide Resistance Locus, Rop-1, Have Affected Variation across and beyond the ?-Esterase Gene Cluster in the Australian Sheep Blowfly, Lucilia cuprina

Emmanuel D. Ladoukakis, Ioannis Theologidis, George C. Rodakis, and Eleftherios Zouros
Homologous Recombination between Highly Diverged Mitochondrial Sequences: Examples from Maternally and Paternally Transmitted Genomes

Sandra Schwarte and Ralph Tiedemann
A Gene Duplication/Loss Event in the Ribulose-1,5-Bisphosphate-Carboxylase/Oxygenase (Rubisco) Small Subunit Gene Family among Accessions of Arabidopsis thaliana

Vladimir Paar, Matko Glunčić, Marija Rosandić, Ivan Basar, and Ines Vlahović
Intragene Higher Order Repeats in Neuroblastoma BreakPoint Family Genes Distinguish Humans from Chimpanzees

Richard P. Meisel
Towards a More Nuanced Understanding of the Relationship between Sex-Biased Gene Expression and Rates of Protein-Coding Sequence Evolution

Xianran Li, Chengsong Zhu, Zhongwei Lin, Yun Wu, Dabao Zhang, Guihua Bai, Weixing Song, Jianxin Ma, Gary J. Muehlbauer, Michael J. Scanlon, Min Zhang, and Jianming Yu
Chromosome Size in Diploid Eukaryotic Species Centers on the Average Length with a Conserved Boundary

Kalle T. Rytkönen, Tom A. Williams, Gillian M. Renshaw, Craig R. Primmer, and Mikko Nikinmaa
Molecular Evolution of the Metazoan PHD–HIF Oxygen-Sensing System

M. Andreína Pacheco, Fabia U. Battistuzzi, Miguel Lentino, Roberto F. Aguilar, Sudhir Kumar, and Ananias A. Escalante
Evolution of Modern Birds Revealed by Mitogenomics: Timing the Radiation and Origin of Major Orders

Akie Sato, Herbert Tichy, Peter R. Grant, B. Rosemary Grant, Tetsuji Sato, and Colm O’hUigin
Spectrum of MHC Class II Variability in Darwin’s Finches and Their Close Relatives

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Pakistan Journal of Botany - 44 (1), 2012

Contents:
1. Population structure, spatial pattern and reproductive capacity of two semi-desert undershrubs Senna holosericea and Fagonia indica in southern Sindh, Pakistan
S. Shahid Shaukat, Seemi Aziz, Waqar Ahmed and Atif Shahzad

2. Analyzing the herbaceous flora of Lohi Bher Wildlife Park under variable environmental stress
Sheikh Saeed Ahmad and Huma Ehsan

3. Phytodiversity and endemic richness of Karambar lake vegetation from Chitral, Hindukush-Himalayas
Hamayun Shaheen and Zabta Khan Shinwari

4. Ecological analysis of the grassland flora in the riparian zone of Okanj Oxbow Lake (Vojvodina, Serbia)
A. Knežević, D. Džigurski, B. Ljevnaić-Mašić and D. Milić

5. Contribution to the red list of Pakistan: a case study of Delphinium nordhagenii (Ranunculaceae)
Haidar Ali, M. Qaiser and K.B. Marwat

6. Trichome micromorphology of Egyptian ballota (Lamiaceae) with emphasis on its systematic implication
A.K. Osman

7. Evaluation of sorghum varieties/lines for salt tolerance using physiological indices as screening tool
Abida Kausar, M. Yasin Ashraf, Iftikhar Ali, M. Niaz and Qaiser Abbass

8. Salt-induced variation in some potential physio-chemical attributes of two genetically diverse spring wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cultivars: photosynthesis and photosystem II efficiency
Muhammad Arslan Ashraf and Muhammad Ashraf

9. An evaluation of water deficit tolerance screening in pigmented indica rice genotypes
Sutee Chutipaijit, Suriyan Cha-um and Kanokporn Sompornpailin

10. Molecular analyses of gladiolus lines with improved resistance against Fusarium wilt
Idrees Ahmad Nasir, Arshad Jamal, Ziaur Rahman and Tayyab Husnain

11. Foliar urea application affects nitric oxide burst and glycinebetaine metabolism in two maize cultivars under drought
Lixin Zhang, Xifeng Zhang, Kai Wang, Yonggui Zhao, Youya Zhai, Mei Gao, Zhenfeng An, Jianchao Liu and Jinjiang Hu

12. Vigna radiata root associated mycorrhizae and their helping bacteria for improving crop productivity
Tahira Yasmeen, Sohail Hameed, Mohsin Tariq and Javed Iqbal

13. The inhibition of polymerization of glucose in carbohydrate under Cu stress in Vigna radiata
Rafia Azmat and Sana Riaz

14. Evaluation of ambient air pollution effects on three cultivars of sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) by using ethylenediurea
Abdul Wahid, Sheikh Saeed Ahmad, Yuechun Zhao and J.N.B. Bell

15. Effects of varied irradiance on flowering time of facultative long-day ornamental annuals
Jalal-ud-Din Baloch, M. Munir, M. Abid and M. Iqbal

16. Effect of salicylic acid treatments on storage life of peach fruits cv.. ‘Flordaking’
Muhammad Javed Tareen, Nadeem Akhtar Abbasi and Ishfaq Ahmad Hafiz

17. Different growing conditions affect nutrient content, fruit yield and growth in strawberry
Leyla Demirsoy, Hüsnü Demirsoy and Gülden Balci

18. Efficacy of Bio-K fertilizer on the growth and sugar content of sugarcane plants
S. Tahir Abbas, Rahila Nazli, Bushra Nawab and R.M. Tariq

19. Effect of picking dates on seed germination, GIN turn-out, seed index and staple length in Gossypium hirsutum L.
Zaheer Ahmed Deho, S. Laghari, S. Abro, M.A. Arain, M. Hussain, S.A. Abro and Fakhruddin

20. Radiation and nitrogen use efficiencies of C3 winter cereals to nitrogen split application
S. Ahmad, H. Ali, M. Ismail, M.I. Shahzad, M. Nadeem. M.A. Anjum, M. Zia-ul-Haq, N. Firdous and M.A. Khan

21. Evaluation of groundnut genotypes under drought stress conditions at Swat Valley
Ayub Khan, Asghari Bano, Jehan Bakht and Nasrullah Jan Malik

22. Appraisal of temporal variation in soil and forage iron and zinc in a pasture under semi-arid environmental conditions
Kafeel Ahmad, Zafar Iqbal Khan, Muhammad Ashraf and Abid Ejaz

23.Preliminary studies on morphological diversity of coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) seedlings by organic and inorganic fertilizer amendments at Karachi, Pakistan
Abdul Hameed Solangi and M. Zafar Iqbal

24. Allelopathic assessment of fresh aqueous extracts of Chenopodium album L., for growth and yield of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)
Abdul Majeed, Zubeda Chaudhry and Zahir Muhammad

25. Optimization of dilute acid pretreatment using response surface methodology for bioethanol production from cellulosic biomass of rice polish
Zahid Anwar, Muhammad Gulfraz, Muhammad Imran, M. Javaid Asad, Aftab Iqbal Shafi, Pervez Anwar and Rahmatullah Qureshi

26. Substrates effects on growth, yield and quality of Rosa hybrida L.
Iftikhar Ahmad, M. Aslam Khan, M. Qasim, M. Shahzad Zafar and Rashid Ahmad


27. Evaluation of maize S2 lines in test cross combinations II: Yield and yield components
H. Rahman, Arifuddin, Z. Shah, S.M.A. Shah, M. Iqbal and I.H. Khalil

28. Molecular cloning and expression analysis of a NPR1 gene from sugarcane
Jian-Wen Chen, Jian-Fei Kuang, Gang Peng, Si-Bao Wan, Rui Liu, Zhan-Duan Yang and Hai-Hua Deng

29. Determination of processing and nutritional quality attributes of potato genotypes in Pakistan
Ghulam Abbas, I.A. Hafiz, N.A. Abbasi and Azhar Hussain

30. Fruit quality parameters and molecular characterization of some loquat accessions
Aydin Uzun, Ubeyit Seday and Cengiz Turkay

31. Genetic analysis of somaclonal variants and induced mutants of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) cv. Diamant using RAPD markers
Humera Afrasiab and Javed Iqbal

32. Effect of mycorrhizal inoculation on the growth and phytoextraction of heavy metals by maize grown in oil contaminated soil
Abdul Kabir Khan Achakzai, Mojeed Olaide Liasu and Oladele Johnson Popoola

33. Natural occurrence of aflatoxins, Zearalenone and Trichothecenes in maize grown in Pakistan
Salma Khatoon, Nafeesa Qudsia Hanif, Iffat Tahira, Nighat Sultana, Kishwar Sultana and Najma Ayub

34. Genetic analysis and hybrid vigor study of grain yield and other quantitative traits in autotetraploid rice
Muhammad Qasim Shahid, Xu Hai-Ming, Lin Shun-Quan, Chen Zhi-Xiong, Muhammad Naeem, Li Ya-Juan and Liu Xiang-Dong

35. Expression of genes controlling the inheritance of resistance to cotton leaf curl virus disease (CLCuD) in Gossypium hirsutum L.: A quantitative analysis
Manzoor Hussain, Faqir Muhammad Azhar, Asif Ali Khan and Zulfiqar Ali

36. Correlation and frequency distribution for different parameters among bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) accessions
Muhammad Mohibullah, Muhammad Qasim, Malik Ashiq Rabbani, Irfanullah, Muhammad Iqbal, Sadaf Javaria and Manzoor Iqbal Khattak

37. Isolation, characterization, preservation and pathogenicity test of Xanthomonas oryzae PV. oryzae causing BLB disease in rice
Rukhsana Jabeen, T. Iftikhar and Huma Batool

38. Associations of some characters with grain yield in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)
Nihal Kayan and M. Sait Adak

39. Characterization of pearl millet germplasm for various morphological and fodder yield parameters
Irfan Ahmed Shah, Hidayat-ur-Rahman, Syed Mehar Ali Shah, Zahir Shah, Ihteramullah and Muhammad Noor

40. Genetic evolution and utilization of wheat germplasm resources in Huanghuai winter wheat region of China
Cheng Xiyong, Xu Haixia, Dong Zhongdong, Chen Feng, Zhan Kehui and Cui Dangqun

41. Rate of nitrogen application influences yield of maize at low and high population in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
M. Asim, Mohammad Akmal, Ahmad Khan, Farhatullah and Raziuddin

42. An improved Agrobacterium mediated transformation system in wheat
Hamid Rashid, Mohammad Haroon Khan, Zubeda Chaudhry, Raisa Bano and Naveed Iqbal Raja

43. Evolution of new wheat variety NIA-Amber for the general cultivation in Sindh province - a case study
Mahboob Ali Sial, Muhammad Afzal Arain, Khalil Ahmed Laghari and Shamadad Khanzada

44. Walnut biodiversity in south-western Romania-resource for perspective cultivars
Sina Cosmulescu and Mihai Botu

45. Adaptation to polyethylene stress maintains totipotency of cell lines of Oryza sativa L. cv.. Swat-1 for a longer period
Azhar Hussain Shah, Safdar Hussain Shah, Habib Ahmad, Zahoor Ahmad Swati, Fida Muhammad Abbasi, Farhatullah and Abrar Hussain Shah

46. Seasonal and cultivar effects on nodulation potential of soybeans
Asim Muhammad, Shad Khan Khalil, Amir Zaman Khan and Sultan Mehmood Wazir

47. Correlation and path analysis of grain yield and yield components of some Turkish oat genotypes
Ziya Dumlupinar, Rukiye Kara, Tevrican Dokuyucu and Aydin Akkaya

48. Photosynthetic characteristics of an endangered species Camellia nitidissima and its conservation implications
Xiao-Xue Qi, Yun-Sheng Jiang, Xiao Wei, Hui Tang, Zhong-Chen Xiong, Wan-Hui Ye and Zhang-Ming Wang

49. Optimization of lactic acid production from cheap raw material: Sugarcane molasses
Umar Farooq, Faqir Muhammad Anjum, Tahir Zahoor, Sajjad-ur-Rahman, Muhammd Atif Randhawa, Anwaar Ahmed and Kashif Akram

50. Axenically culturing the bryophytes: establishment and propagation of the pleurocarpous moss Thamnobryum alopecurum Nieuwland ex Gangulee (Bryophyta, Neckeraceae) in in vitro conditions
Aneta Sabovljević, Milorad Vujičić, Marijana Skorić, Jasna Bajić-Ljubičić and Marko Sabovljević

51. Direct shoot multiplication in Ochradenus arabicus, an endemic medicinal plant of Saudi Arabia
M. Nadeem, Fahad Al-Qurainy, Salim Khan, M. Tarroum and M. Ashraf

52. A numerical taxonomy of the genus Rosularia (DC.) Stapf from Pakistan and Kashmir
Ghulam Rasool Sarwar and Muhammad Qaiser

53. Biological screening of oils from Impatiens bicolor Royle
Mughal Qayum, Muhammad Nisar, Muhammad Raza Shah, M. Zia-ul-Haq, Waqar Ahmad Kaleem and Inamullah Khan Marwat

54. Screening of commercial wheat varieties to spot blotch under controlled and field conditions
Shamim Iftikhar, Shahzad Asad, Atiq-ur-Rehman Rattu, Anjum Munir and Muhammad Fayyaz

55. Acinetobacter calcoaceticus ameliorated plant growth and influenced gibberellins and functional biochemicals
Sang-Mo Kang, Abdul Latif Khan, Muhammad Hamayun, Zabta Khan Shinwari, Yoon-Ha Kim, Gil-Jae Joo and In-Jung Lee

56. Study of heavy metal pollution in mangrove sediments reference to marine environment along the coastal areas of Pakistan
Manzoor Iqbal Khattak, Mahmood Iqbal Khattak and Muhammad Mohibullah

57. Biodiesel production from algae
G. Khola and B. Ghazala

58. Screening Pakistani cotton for drought tolerance
Muhammad Hussain Soomro, Ghulam Sarwar Markhand and Barkat A. Soomro

59. Anti-emetic activity of some leguminous plants
Muhammad Mohtasheem-ul-Hasan, Iqbal Azhar, S. Muzammil, Salman Ahmed and Syed Waseemuddin Ahmed

60. Production potential of locally isolated strain of Fusarium solani (MBL 24) for extracellular lipases
Tehreema Iftikhar, Mubashir Niaz, Muhammad Anjum Zia, Maneela Sadaf and Rukhsana Jabeen

61. Impact of sawdust using various woods for effective cultivation of oyster mushroom
Nasir Ahmad Khan, M. Ajmal, M. Inam-ul-Haq, Nazir Javed, M. Asif Ali, Rana Binyamin and Sajid Aleem Khan

62. New records of Lactarius species from Pakistan
Abdul Razaq and Saleem Shahzad

63. The seed atlas of Pakistan-VI. Caryophyllaceae
Durdana Kanwal, Rubina Abid and M. Qaiser

64. Effect of Ephedra alata on nucleic acids and nitrogen metabolism of seedborne Aspergillus flavus
Al-Qarawi, A. A., Abd Allah, E. F. and Abeer Hashem

65. Antimicrobial activities of different extracts of Lecanora atra, Lecanora muralis, Parmelia saxatilis, Parmelia sulcata and Parmeliopsis ambigua
Branislav Ranković and Marijana Kosanić

66. Physico-chemical properties, fatty acid profile and antioxidant activity of peanut oil
Muhammad Aslam Shad, Humayun Pervez, Zafar Iqbal Zafar, Haq Nawaz and Hyder Khan

67. Effect of thermally composted culture media on the growth of hyphae from various parts of the basidiocarp of button mushroom, Agaricus bitorquis (Quelet) SACC
Haroon-ur-Rasheed, Saifullah, Fida Mohammad and Khalid Nawab

68. Production of antitumor antibiotic by Streptomyces capoamus
Hamid Mukhtar, Sidra Ijaz and Ikram-ul-Haq

69. Chemical and biological control of Fusarium root rot of okra
Zahoor Ahmad, Saifullah, Fazli Raziq, Hakim Khan and Muhammad Idrees

70. Antimicrobial activity of tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) using different solvents extracts-I
Jehan Bakht, Azra and Mohammad Shafi

71. Assessment of phytohormones producing capacity of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia SSA and its interaction with Zea mays L.
Irum Naz and Asghari Bano

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Pakistan Journal of Botany - 43 (Special), 2011

Contents:

1. DNA barcoding as a means for identifying medicinal plants of Pakistan
M. Schori and A.M. Showalter

2. Efforts on conservation and sustainable use of medicinal plants of Pakistan
Zabta Khan Shinwari and M. Qaiser

3. Medicinal plant collection and taxonomic identification
S. I. Ali

4. Water stress mediated changes in growth, physiology and secondary metabolites of Desi Ajwain (Trachyspermum ammi L.)
Nazila Azhar, Bilal Hussain, Muhammad Yasin Ashraf and Karim Yar Abbasi

5. In vitro plant regeneration in Sinapis alba and evaluation of its radical scavenging activity
Bilal Haider Abbasi, Abdur Rashid, Mubarak Ali Khan, Mohammad Ali, Zabta Khan Shinwari, Nisar Ahmad and Tariq Mahmood

6. Ecological consequences, genetic and chemical variations in fragmented populations of a medicinal plant, Justicia adhatoda and implications for its conservation
Syed Abdullah Gilani, Yoshiharu Fujii, Akira Kikuchi, Zabta Khan Shinwari, Kazuo N. Watanabe

7. Medicinal flora of the Cholistan desert: a review
Mansoor Hameed, Muhammad Ashraf, F. Al-Quriany, Tahira Nawaz, Muhammad Sajid Aqeel Ahmad, Adnan Younis and Nargis Naz

8. Chemistry of genus Lantana
Hidayat Hussain, Javid Hussain, Ahmed Al-Harrasi, Zabta Khan Shinwari

9. Physico-chemical, phytochemical evaluation and dpph-scavenging antioxidant potential in medicinal plants used for herbal formulation in Pakistan
Hina Fazal, Nisar Ahmad and Mir Ajab Khan

10. Seasonal variation in some medicinal and biochemical ingredients in Mentha longifolia (L.) Huds.
Iftikhar Ahmad, Muhammad Sajid Aqeel Ahmad, Muhammad Ashraf, Mumtaz Hussain and Muhammad Yasin Ashraf

11. Traditional drug therapies from various medicinal plants of central Karakoram National Park, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Ishtiaq Hussain, Asghari Bano and Faizan Ullah

12. Antioxidant, antitumor activities and phytochemical investigation of Hedera nepalensis K.koch, an important medicinal plant from Pakistan
Simab Kanwal, Nazif Ullah, Ihsan-ul-Haq, Imran Afzal And Bushra Mirza

13. Antimicrobial activity, phytochemical profile and trace minerals of black mulberry (Morus nigra L.) fresh juice
Nauman Khalid, Sardar Atiq Fawad and Iftikhar Ahmed

14. Residual value analyses of the medicinal flora of the Western Himalayas: the Naran valley, Pakistan
Shujaul Mulk Khan, David Harper, Sue Page, Habib Ahmad

15. Ethnobotanical survey of plants from Neelum, Azad Jammu & Kashmir, Pakistan
Adeel Mahmood, Riffat Naseem Malik, Zabta Khan Shinwari and Aqeel Mahmood

16. Medicinal plants - a potent antibacterial source against bacterial leaf blight (BLB) of rice
Rukhsana Jabeen

17. Analgesic and antiemetic activity of Cleome viscosa L.
Salman Ahmed, Munnawar Sultana, Muhammad Mohtasheem Ul Hasan and Iqbal Azhar

18. In vitro inhibition potential of four Chenopod halophytes against microbial growth
Samiullah and Asghari Bano

19. Species richness, ethnobotanical species richness and human settlements along a himalayan altitudinal gradient: prioritizing plant conservation in Palas valley, Pakistan
Zafeer Saqib, Riffat Naseem Malik, Muhammad Ibrar Shinwari, Zabta Khan Shinwari

20. Ethnobotanical study of Kohat Pass (Pakistan)
Shehla Shinwari, Rahmatullah Qureshi and Elias Baydoun

21. Authentication of herbal medicine neem (Azadirachta indica A.Juss.) by using taxonomic and pharmacognostic techniques
Shazia Sultana, Mir Ajab Khan, Mushtaq Ahmad, Asghari Bano, Muhammad Zafar and Zabta Khan Shinwari

22. Major phenolic acids of local and exotic mint germplasm grown in Islamabad
Riffat Tahira, Muhammad Naeemullah, Fazal Akbar and Muhammad Shahid Masood

23. Antibacterial activity in herbal products used in Pakistan
Cynthia Walter, Zabta K. Shinwari, Imran Afzal and Riffat N. Malik

24. Supercritical carbon dioxide extraction and gas chromatography analysis of Jasminum sambac essential oil
Adnan Younis, Aqsa Mehdi and Atif Riaz

25. Antimicrobial potentials of Eclipta alba by well diffusion method
Jehan Bakht, Amjad Islam and Mohammad Shafi

26. Phytotherapy: research gaps in Pakistan
Abdul Ghafoor, Sadar Uddin Siddiqui, Shakeel Ahmad Jatoi and Malik Ashiq Rabbani

27. Estimation of antimicrobial potential of Ganoderma lucidum (Leyss. ex Fr.) Karst. extracts
Ghazala Nasim And Muhammad Ali

28. NARC-Kalonji: An early maturing and high yielding variety of Nigella sativa released for cultivation in Pakistan
Malik Ashiq Rabbani, Abdul Ghafoor and Muhammad Shahid Masood

29. Eefficacy evaluation of Azadirachta indica, calotropis procera, datura stramonium and Tagetes erecta against root-knot nematodes Meloidogyne incognita
Muhammad Arshad Hussain, Tariq Mukhtar and Muhammad Zameer Kayani


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Pakistan Journal of Botany - 43 (6), 2011

Contents:

1. Screening of salinity tolerant jute (Corchorus capsularis & C. olitorius) genotypes via phenotypic and physiology-assisted procedures
Hongyu Ma, Ruifang Yang, Zhankui Wang, Tian Yu, Yuying Jia, Hanyan Gu, Xiansheng Wang and Hao Ma

2. Growth and ions (Na+, K+ and Cl-) accumulating pattern of some Brassica genotypes under saline– sodic field condition
Muhammad Ubaidullah Shirazi, Muhammad Tahir Rajput, Muhammad Athar Khan, Muhammad Ali, Shaikh M. Mujtaba, Aisha Shereen, Saba Mumtaz and Mukhtiar Ali

3. Comparative salinity responses among tomato genotypes and rootstocks
Golgen Bahar Oztekin and Yuksel Tuzel

4. Salt tolerance of Physalis during germination and seedling growth
Ertan Yildirim, Huseyin Karlidag and Atilla Dursun

5. Pre-sowing application of ascorbic acid and salicylic acid to seed of pumpkin and seedling response to salt
Noman Rafique, Syed Hammad Raza, Muhammad Qasim and Naeem Iqbal

6. Seed priming improves salinity tolerance of wheat varieties
Yousaf Jamal, Mohammad Shafi, Jehan Bakht and Mohammad Arif

7. Response of barley genotypes to salinity stress as alleviated by seed priming
Shazma Anwar, Mohammad Shafi, Jehan Bakht, Muhammad Tariq Jan and Yousaf Hayat

8. Assessment of salt tolerance of some newly developed and candidate wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cultivars using gas exchange and chlorophyll fluorescence attributes
Hina Kanwal, Muhammad Ashraf and Muhammad Shahbaz

9. Sodium chloride tolerance in rice (Oryza sativa L.) at early seedling growth: Genotypic variability, identification and selection
Abdus Salam, Zulfiqar Ali and Muhammad Aslam

10. Enhanced proline synthesis may determine resistance to salt stress in tomato cultivars
Syed Ghias Ali, Abdur Rab, Naqib Ullah Khan and Khalid Nawab

11. Use of low quality groundwater for reclamation of saline-sodic soil by growing rice and wheat crops
M.J. Qamar, A. Ghafoor, G. Murtaza, Saifullah and M.Z. Rehman

12. Genetic variability and correlation analysis of bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) accessions
Muhammad Mohibullah, Malik Ashiq Rabbani, Shah Jehan, Zakiullah, Adnan Amin and Ghazanfarullah

13. Population genetics of invasive weed Mimosa pigra L. (Mimosoideae) in Thailand
Pairot Pramual, Suttira Khumkratok and Komgrit Wongpakam

14. Genetic stability evaluation of Quercus suber L., somatic embryogenesis by RAPD analysis
Pedro Fernandes, Armando Costa Cristina Rocha and Conceiçao Santos

15. Assessment of heritability estimates for some yield traits in winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)
Muhammad Khalid, Iftikhar Hussain Khalil, Farhatullah, Abdul Bari, Mohammad Tahir, Shahid Ali, Sajjad Anwar, Amjad Ali and Muhammad Ismail

16. Genetic divergence in sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) landraces based on qualitative and quantitative traits
Fazal Akbar, M. Ashiq Rabbani, Zabta Khan Shinwari and Shah Jehan Khan

17. Identification of resistance source in potato germplasm against PVX and PVY
Nadeem Ahmad, M. Aslam Khan, Nasir Ahmad Khan, R. Binyamin and M. Azam Khan

18. Genetic divergence and association among polygenic characters in Gossypium hirsutum L.
Maryam Bibi, Naqib Ullah Khan, Fida Mohammad, Rozina Gul, Abdul Aziz Khakwani and Obaid Ullah Sayal

19. Impact of industrial effluents on germination and seedling growth of Lens esculentum varieties
Azra Yasmin, Sofia Nawaz and Syeda Maria Ali

20. Three new combinations in the genus Cephalophilon (Meisn.) Spach (Polygonaceae)
Muhammad Qaiser and Anjum Perveen

21. Further insights and new combinations in Aylostera (Cactaceae) based on molecular and morphological data
Stefano Mosti, Nadeesha Lewke Bandara and Alessio Papini

22. Factors influencing seed germination of wild onion and chickpea cultivars
M.I. Khan, G. Hassan, I. Khan, M. Saeed, A.A. Khakwani, M. Idrees And K. Nawab

23. Relationship between germination and seed size in alpine shrubs in Tibetan plateau
Wu Gao-Lin, Li Wei and Du Guo-Zhen

24. Evaluating the potential of seed priming techniques in improving germination and early seedling growth of various rangeland grasses
Ihsan Qadir, Z.H. Khan, R.A. Khan and Irfan Afzal

25. Allelopathic effects of Acacia tortilis (Forssk.) Hayne subsp. raddiana (SAVI) Brenan in North Africa
Zouheir Noumi and Mohamed Chaieb

26. Effect of adding inorganic, organic and microbial fertilizers on seed germination and seedling growth of sunflower
M. Jalaluddin and Maria Hamid

27. Effect of GA and ABA on germination behavior of black raspberry (Rubus coreanus Miquel) seeds
Shafiq Rehman, Heh-Ran Choi, Muhammad Jamil and Song Joong Yun

28. Floristic composition, communities and ecological characteristics of weeds of wheat fields of Lahor, district Swabi, Pakistan
Zaman Sher, Farrukh Hussain, Lal Badshah and Muhammad Wahab

29. Surveillance of microbial indicators and physicochemical parameters to investigate pollution status of Lahore canal
Arifa Tahir, Fariha Kanwal and Bushra Mateen

30. Pollen flora of Pakistan –LXVIII. Dipsacaceae
Anjum Perveen and Muhammad Qaiser

31. Determination of macro-and micro-nutrients and nutritional prospects of six vegetable species of Mardan, Pakistan
Javid Hussain, Najeeb ur Rehman, Abdul Latif Khan, Hidayat Hussain, Ahmed Al-Harrasi, Liaqat Ali, Farhana Sami, and Zabta Khan Shinwari

32. Over expression of rice phytochrome A in Arabidopsis: diverse role in multiple physiological responses
Chunfeng Chen, You Chen, Qing Zhang, Benwen Chen, Chengwei Yang and Ya Qin Wang

33. Aminolevulinic acid-induced changes in yield and seed-oil characteristics of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) plants under salt stress
Nudrat Aisha Akram, Muhammad Ashraf and F. Al-Qurainy

34. Ecophysiological responses of rice (Oryza sativa L.) to hexavalent chromium
Maqsood Ahmad, A. Wahid, Sheikh Saeed Ahmad, Zahid Ali Butt and Maryum Tariq

35. Effects of soil proprieties on water and mineral nutrition of Beta macrocarpa Guss.
Sameh Sassi-Aydi, Samir Aydi, Kamel Hessini, Chedly Abdelly, Mokhtar Lachaâl and Abdelaziz Soltani

36. Role of nitrate nutrition in alleviation of the adverse effects of drought stress on maize cultivars: Biomass production and antioxidative capacity
Lixin Zhang, Kai Wang, Xifeng Zhang, Lixia Lu, Yunfei Li, Mei Gao, Cuiyun Wang, Jinjiang Hu and Zongsuo Liang

37. Fraction of intercepted radiation of cotton responds to irrigation and integrated plant nutrition
Muhammad Saleem, Mahmood-ul-Hassan, Syed Sarwar Alam and Asif Javaid

38. Bio-reactive properties of citrus waste: an investigation of antioxidant and tyrosinase inhibitory activities
Musarrat Akhtar, Lubna Iqbal, Mehreen Lateef, Bushra Nawab, Muhammad Saleem and Nighat Afza

39. Morpho-physiological comparison of cut rose cultivars grown in two production systems
Iftikhar Ahmad, M. Shafique Khalid, M. Aslam Khan and M. Saleem

40. Influence of defoliation and deblossoming on the vegetative and reproductive growth of guava (Psidium guajava L.) cv. ‘Gola’
Ahmad Sattar Khan, Muhammad Rehman Gul Khan, Aman Ullah Malik, Basharat Ali Saleem, Ishtiaq Ahmad Rajwana and Iftikhar Ahmad

41. Seminal root of maize varieties in relation to reduction in the substrate moisture content
Asad Shah, Rabia Gohar, S. Khalid and Mohammad Akmal

42. Impact of boron fertilization on dry matter production and mineral constitution of irrigated cotton
Niaz Ahmed, Muhammad Abid, Fiaz Ahmad, Muhammad Aman Ullah, Qaisar Javaid and Muhammad Arif Ali

43. Effect of phosphorus fertigation in wheat on different soils varying in CaCO3 levels
Muhammad Yousuf Memon, Javaid Ahmad Shah, Parvez Khan, Muhammad Aslam and Nizamuddin Depar

44. In vitro evaluation of anthelmintic activity of essential oils of different parts of Skimmia laureola (DC.) Zucc. ex Walp., Var. Nair
Ferhat Mehmood, Muhammad Qasim, Zaheer-ud-Din Khan, Naeem Iqbal, Shahid Mehmood and Phool Shahzadi

45. Optimizing water and nitrogen requirements in maize (Zea mays L.) under semi-arid conditions of Pakistan
Hafiz Mohkum Hammad, A. Ahmad, F. Azhar, T. Khaliq, A. Wajid, W. Nasim and W. Farhad

46. Effect of mineral nitrogen fertilization on growth characteristics of lucerne under induced water deficiency stress
Viliana Vasileva, Ognyan Kostov, Emil Vasilev and Mohammad Athar

47. Relationship of plant available sulphur with soil characteristics, rainfall and yield levels of oilseed crops in Pothwar Pakistan
Rizwan Khalid, Khalid Saifullah Khan, Zahid Akram, Rahmatullah Qureshi and Muhammad Gulfraz

48. In vitro growth of Melaleuca alternifolia Cheel in bioreactor of immersion by bubbles
Gessiel Newton Scheidt, André Luís Lopes Da Silva, Yohana De Oliveira, Jefferson Da Luz Costa, Luiz Antonio Biasi and Carlos Ricardo Soccol

49. Effect of ethanolic plant extracts on three storage grain pests of economic importance
Farkhanda Manzoor, Ghazala Nasim, Sadia Saif and Saadiya Asma Malik

50. Grain yield stability in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) across environments
Ahmad Bakhsh, Lal Hussain Akhtar, Shahid Riaz Malik, Asif Masood, Sh. Muhammad Iqbal and Ramatullah Qureshi

51. Accumulation of heavy metals by lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) irrigated with different levels of wastewater of Quetta city
Abdul Kabir Khan Achakzai, Zahoor Ahmed Bazai and Safdar Ali Kayani

52. Crop burning practice-a threat to arbuscular mycorrhizal biodiversity
Ghazala Nasim

53. Effect of maturity on comparative nutritive value and fermentation characteristics of maize, sorghum and millet silages
Sohail Hassan Khan, Atiya Azim, Muhammad Sarwar and Abdul Ghafar Khan

54. Isolation and characterization of peptide(s) from Pisum sativum having antimicrobial activity against various bacteria
Saima Rehman and Azra Khanum

55. Isolation and characterization of Ralstonia solanacearum from infected tomato plants of Soan Skesar valley of Punjab
Zubeda Chaudhry and Hamid Rashid

56. Peroxidase, polyphenol oxidase activity, protein profile and phenolic content in tomato cultivars tolerant and susceptible to Fusarium oxsyporum f.sp. lycopersici
Gyanendra Kumar Rai, Rajesh Kumar, J. Singh, P.K. Rai and S.K. Rai

57. The effects of seed treatments with fungicides on stem rot caused by Sclerotium rolfsii Sacc., in peanut
Davut Soner Akgul, Hulya Ozgonen and Ali Erkilic

58. Removal of Pb(II), Cu(II) and Cd(II) from aqueous solution by some fungi and natural adsorbents in single and multiple metal systems
Amna Shoaib, Taskeen Badar and Nabila Aslam

59. Production of cellulases from Alternaria sp. MS28 and their partial characterization
Muhammad Sohail, Aqeel Ahmad and Shakeel Ahmed Khan

60. Phytotoxic potential of bark extracts of Acacia nilotica and Syzygium cumini against Parthenium hysterophorus
Khalid Mehmood, Hafiz M. Asif, Rukhsana Bajwa, Shazia Shafique and Sobiya Shafique

61. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) associated with the rhizosphere of Mentha arvensis L., and M. longifolia Huds.
Tanvir Burni, Farrukh Hussain and M. Sharief

62. Evaluation of rice germplasm against Xanthomonas oryzae pv oryzae causing bacterial blight
Muhammad Afzal Akhtar, Fida Mohammad Abbasi, Habib Ahmad, Muhammad Shahzad, Mehr Ali Shah and Azhar Husain Shah

63. Cytotoxic potential of fungi associated with rhizosphere and rhizoplane of wild and cultivated plants
Shamim A. Qureshi, Hira, Viqar Sultana, Jehan Ara and Syed Ehteshamul-Haque

64. Assessment of antibacterial activity of in vitro and in vivo grown garlic (Allium sativum L.)
Aneela Fatima, Tauqeer Ahmad, Shaista J. Khan, Farah Deeba and Nasreen Zaidi

65. Demographic studies of Ipomoea sindica Stapf., a desert summer annual
Seemi Aziz and Syed Shahid Shaukat

66. Biological characterization of Pakistani isolates of cucumber mosaic cucumovirus (CMV)
Shomaila Iqbal, Muhammad Ashfaq and Hussain Shah

67. Bioconversion of drifted seaweed biomass into organic compost collected from the Karachi coast
Tooba Haq, Farooq Ahmed Khan, Razia Begum and Alia Bano Munshi

68. Bioactive assessment of selected marine red algae against Leishmania major and chemical constituents of Osmundea pinnatifida
H. Sabina and R. Aliya

69. Taxonomic study of some euglenoid algae along G.T. road between Shahdara and Gujranwala
A. Zarina, Syed Tariq-Ali, Masud-ul-Hasan and Mustafa Shameel

70. The dinoflagellate genus Prorocentrum (Prorocentrales, Prorocentraceae) from the North Arabian Sea
Sadaf Gul and S.M. Saifullah


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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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Pakistan Journal of Botany - 43 (4), 2011

Contents:

1. Chromosome number, karyotype analysis and pollen morphology of Turkish endemic Tordylium elegans (Boiss. & Bal.) Alava & Hub.-Mor. (Apiaceae)
Ayşe Nihal Gömürgen, Cahit Dogan, Edibe Özmen, Birol Başer and Haşim Altinözlü

2. Two new species of Euphrasia (Orobanchaceae) from Pakistan and adjoining areas
M. Qaiser, Tahmeena Siddiqui and S. Shahid Shaukat

3. Artemisia sieberi Bess. subsp. sieberi, a new record for Turkey and a delete record for Turkey: Artemisia herba-alba Asso. (Asteraceae)
Murat Kurşat, Şemsettin Civelek, Ismail Turkoglu and Selma Tabur

4. Postembryonic development of Cistanche tubulosa (Schrenk) Wight
Chen Qing-Liang, Jia Ya-Min, Wang Zhi-Fen, Shan Cheng-Gang, Zhu Jing-Bin and Guo Yu-Hai

5. - Relationship among root characteristics and differential potassium uptake and use efficiency of selected cotton genotypes under potassium deficiency stress
Ziaul Hassan and M. Arshad

6. An attempt to conserve Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal - a highly essential medicinal plant, through in vitro callus culture
Jyoti Ranjan Rout, Santi Lata Sahoo and Ritarani Das

7. Significance of different plant growth regulators on the regeneration of chrysanthemum plantlets (Dendranthema morifolium L.) through shoot tip culture
Kashif Waseem, Muhammad Saleem Jilani, Muhammad Jaffar Jaskani, Muhammad Sohail Khan, Mehwish Kiran and Ghazanfar Ullah Khan

8. Ethnobotanical studies on some useful plants of Dir Kohistan valleys, KPK, Pakistan
Gul Jan, Mir Ajab Khan, Farhatullah,, Farzana Gul Jan, Mushtaq Ahmad, Masood Jan and Muhammad Zafar

9. The morphology and anatomy of the haustoria of the holoparasitic angiosperm Cuscuta campestris
Lan Hong, Hao Shen, Hua Chen, Ling Li, Xiaoying Hu, Xinlan Xu, Wanhui Ye And Zhangming Wang

10. Structural diversity, vegetation dynamics and anthropogenic impact on lesser Himalayan subtropical forests of Bagh district, Kashmir
Hamayun Shaheen, Rizwana Aleem Qureshi and Zabta Khan Shinwari

11. Influence of plantation type on ground flora composition and diversity in Gatwala artificial forest plantation
Mansoor Hameed, Ramla Khan, Muhammad Ashraf, Tahira Nawaz, Muhammad Sajid Aqeel Ahmad and Sadaf Mubarik

12. Use of GPS and GIS technology in surveying and mapping of wheat and cotton weeds in Khairpur district, Sindh, Pakistan
Rabia Asma Memon, Shahida Khalid, Arfana Mallah and Ameer Ahmed Mirbahar

13. Potential RAPD markers for population studies in tree legumes
S. Michael Gomez, T. Ramasubramanian and S. Mohankumar

14. Vegetation and species altitudinal distribution in Al-jabal al-akhdar landscape
A.K. Hegazy, L. Boulos, H.F. Kabiel and O.S. Sharashy

15. Allelopathic potential of Populus euphratica Olivier
Zaman Sher, Farrukh Hussain, Bashir Ahmad and Muhammad Wahab

16. Effect of mungbean residue and nitrogen levels on barley
Amanullah Jan, Ihsanullah Daur, Zar Muhammad and Ijaz Ahmad Khan

17. Toxicity and tolerance in Samanea saman (Jacq.) Merr. to some metals (Pb, Cd, Cu and Zn)
M. Kabir, M. Zafar Iqbal and M. Shafiq

18. Monitoring of multiple pesticide residues in some fruits in Karachi, Pakistan
Zahida Parveen, Riazuddin, Sajid Iqbal, M. Iqbal Khuhro, M. Abbas Bhutto and Mubarik Ahmed

19. Application of waste stabilization pond’s effluent on cultivation of roses (Rosa damascena Mill.)
Moazzam Ali Khan, S. Shahid Shaukat, Atif Shahzad and Waqar Ahmed

20. Hyperaccumulators of heavy metals of industrial areas of Islamabad and Rawalpindi
Ashfaq Nazir, Riffat Naseem Malik, Muhamamd Ajaib, Nasrullah Khan and Muhammad Faheem Siddiqui

21. Maize response to time and rate of nitrogen application
Hafiz Mohkum Hammad, Ashfaq Ahmad, Aftab Wajid and Javaid Akhter

22. Impact of integrated nutrient management on growth and grain yield of wheat under irrigated cropping system
Khalid Nawab, Amanullah, Paigham Shah, Abdur Rab, Muhammad Arif, M. Azim Khan, Abdul Mateen and Fazal Munsif

23. Effect of neodymium ion on mitochondrial metabolism of rice (Oryza sativa)
Qiming Mei, Rong Xie, Chengyuan Liu and Yingguo Zhu

24. Response of sesame to population densities and nitrogen fertilization on newly reclaimed sandy soils
Ijaz Rasool Noorka, S.I. Hafiz and M.A.S. El-Bramawy

25. Response of candidate wheat variety ‘NIA-8/7’ to different levels/ratios of nitrogen and phosphorus
Muhammad Yousuf Memon, Parvez Khan, Muhammad Imtiaz, Javaid Ahmed Shah and Nizamuddin Depar-

26. Physiological response of autumn planted sugarcane to soil moisture depletion and planting geometry on different soils under arid conditions
Ejaz Ahmed Khan, Abdul Gaffar Sagoo and Gul Hassan

27. Sustainable cotton production and water economy through different planting methods and mulching techniques
Hafiz Muhammad Nasrullah, Muhammad Bismillah Khan, Riaz Ahmad, Saghir Ahmad, Wajad Nazeer and Mamoona Hanif

28. Assessment of adaptability and stability of grain yield in bread wheat genotypes under different sowing times in Punjab
Javed Anwar, Mujahid Hussain, Muhammad Amjad Ali, Makhdoom Hussain, Muhammad Saleem, Ghulam Mahboob Subhani, Javed Ahmad and Muhammad Munir

29. Growth, water status and photosynthesis in two maize (Zea mays L.) cultivars as affected by supplied nitrogen form and drought stress
Zhang Li Xin, Gao Mei, Li Shiqing, Li Shengxiu and Liang Zongsuo-

30. Study of heavy trace metals in some medicinal–herbal plants of Pakistan
Manzoor Iqbal Khattak and Mahmood Iqbal Khattak

31. Correlation between humid thermal ratio and epidemics of Cercospora leaf spot of peanut in Pothwar
Muhammad Ijaz, M.I. Haque, C.A. Rauf, Fayyaz-ul-Hassan, Abid Riaz and S.M. Mughal

32. Variation in the resistance of some faba bean genotypes to Orobanche crenata
Zouhaier Abbes, Fadhel Sellami and Mohamed Kharrat

33. Relationship between morphological characters of different aubergine cultivars and fruit infestation by Leucinodes orbonalis Guenee
Humayun Javed, Ata-ul-Mohsin, Muhammad Aslam, Muhammad Naeem, Muhammad Amjad and Tariq Mahmood

34. Inter-varietal variation in the composition of seeds and seed oils from winter melon [Benincasa hispida (Thunb.) Cogn.] fruit
Farooq Anwar, Nor Azizah Mohammad, Fatimah Othman and Nazamid Saari

35. Induced genetic variability in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) III. Frequency of morphological mutations
Tariq Mahmud Shah, Babar Manzoor Atta, Javed Iqbal Mirza and Muhammad Ahsanul Haq

36. In vitro germination of hybrid embryos from interploidal crosses of citrus
Asim Mehmood, Muhammad Jafar Jaskani, Yasar Sajjad, Iftikhar Ahmad and Zahoor Hussain

37. Differential responses of onion and garlic against plant growth regulators
G. Ouzounidou, A. Giannakoula, M. Asfi and I. Ilias

38. Requirement of pro-peptide in proper folding of subtilisin-like serine protease TK0076
Nouman Rasool, Naeem Rashid, Muhammad Arshad Javed and Muhammad Saleem Haider

39. Toxicity of pesticides on photosynthesis of diatoms
Nafisa Shoaib, Pirzada Jamal Ahmed Siddiqui, Amjad Ali, Zaib-un-Nisa Burhan and Seema Shafique

40. Yield stability in bread wheat genotypes
Muhammad Afzal Arain, Mahboob Ali Sial and M. Arif Rajput

41. - Determination of genetic diversity of different barley genotypes grown in Khyber Pukhtunkhwa using RAPD markers
Jehan Bakht, Mehnaz Ghaffar, Mohammad Shafi and Abdul Latif

42. Nitrogen effects on growth and development of sunflower hybrids under agro-climatic conditions of Multan
Wajid Nasim, Ashfaq Ahmad, Aftab Wajid, Javaid Akhtar and Dilbaugh Muhammad

43. Sustaining rice-wheat system through management of legumes ii. effect of green manure legumes and N fertilizer on wheat yield
Zahir Shah, S. Rashid Ahmad and Hidayat-ur-Rahman

44. Morphology and yield of soybean grown on allophanic soil as influenced by synthetic zeolite application
Amir Zaman Khan, H. Khan, R. Khan, S. Nigar, M. K. Shah, S. Wahab, S. Munir, M. Ayub, N. Matsue and T. Henmi

45. Pollen germination capacity of two cultivated species (Jasminum sambuc (L.) Ait. and Nycanthes arbor-tristis L.) of family Oleaceae
Anjum Perveen

46. Effect of different allelochemicals on germination and growth of horse purslane
Muhammad Saeed, Muhammad Ashfaq and Bakhtiar Gul

47. Effect of exogenous supply of boron on nodule development in pea (Pisum sativum L.)
Ferhat Mehmood, Muhammad Qasim, Zaheer ud Din Khan and Syed Hammad Raza

48. Classification of cotton and sugarcane plants on the basis of their spectral behavior
Muhammad Shahzad Shifa, M. Shahid Naweed, Muhammad Omar, M. Zeeshan Jhandir and Tanveer Ahmed

49. Identification of fibers of woody and non-woody plant species in pulp and papers
Vahidreza Safdari, Mohammad Reza Nikseresht Sigarody and Moinuddin Ahmed

50. Influence of salt stress on growth and biochemical parameters of citrus rootstocks
Rashad Mukhtar Balal, M. Yasin Ashraf, Muhammad Mumtaz Khan, Muhammad Jafar Jaskani and Muhammad Ashfaq

51. Performance of high yielding wheat and barley cultivars under moisture stress
Amanullah, Shitab Khan, Shad Khan Khalil, Amanullah Jan, Amir Zaman Khan and Khalid Nawab

52. Interspecific variation of total seed protein in wild rice germplasm using SDS-PAGE
Syed Mehar Ali Shah, Hidayat-ur-Rahman, Fida Muhammad Abbasi, Malik Ashiq Rabbani, Ijaz Ahmad Khan, Zabta Khan Shinwari and Zahir Shah

53. Genetic diversity of sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) germplasm from Pakistan using RAPD markers
Fazal Akbar, M. Ashiq Rabbani, Zabta K. Shinwari and M. Shahid Masood

54. Cloning and characterization of peroxidase gene in Phalaenopsis
Xu Chuanjun, Sun Xuzhuo, Chen Dongyin, Lai Yanyan and Li Ling

55. Diversity for seedling vigor in wild barley (Hordeum vulgare L., subsp. spontaneum) germplasm
Kuldeep Tyagi, Hyo Jeong Lee, Chong Ae Lee, Shafiq Rehman, Brian Steffenson, Kui Jae Lee and Song Joong Yun

56. Cloning and bioinformatics analysis of Aspartate aminotransferase gene in Arabidopsis thaliana
Hongying Duan, Xiaosheng Ding, Xinwei Li, Zhiqiang Duan and Yanqing Zhou

57. Detection of sodium azide-induced mutagenicity in the regenerated shoots of Artemisia annua L., using internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequences of nrDNA
Fahad Al-Qurainy, Fahad M. Al-Hemaid, Salim Khan, M. Ajmal Ali, M. Tarroum and M. Ashraf

58. Marine centric diatom Rhizosolenia Brightwell: its occurrence and distribution in neritic waters of Pakistan
Asma Tabassum and S.M. Saifullah

59. Partial characterization of bacteriocin like inhibitory substance from Bacillus subtilis BS15, a local soil isolate
Syed Iqbal Alam, Muhammad Kamran, Muhammad Sohail, Aqeel Ahmad and Shakeel Ahmed Khan

60. Optimization of cultural conditions for the biosynthesis of lipases by Penicillium chrysogenum (MBL 22) through solid state fermentation
Tehreema Iftikhar, Mubashir Niaz, Zaib-un-Nisa, Asma Tariq, M.N. Khalid and Rukhsana Jabeen

61. Anatomy of Dictyopteris divaricata (Phaeophycota) from the coast of Karachi
Alia Abbas and Mustafa Shameel

62. Process optimization for a potent wild and mutant strain of Aspergillus niger for biosynthesis of amyloglucosidsae
Shazia Malik, Tehreema Iftikhar and Ikram-ul-Haq

63. Role of ultraviolet (UV-C) radiation in the control of root infecting fungi on groundnut and mungbean
Anum Siddiqui, Shahnaz Dawar, M. Javed Zaki and Neelofar Hamid

64. Study of fungi from the contaminated soils of peri-urban agricultural areas
Shazia Iram, Iftikhar Ahmad, Kainat Nasir and Shazia Akhtar

65. antifungal activity of Aloe vera gel against plant pathogenic fungi
Uzma Sitara, Nusrat Hassan and Jawed Naseem

66. Total phenols and antioxidant activities of leaf and stem extracts from coriander, mint and parsley grown in Saudi Arabia
Fahad Al-Juhaimi and Kashif Ghafoor


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Pakistan Journal of Botany - 43 (3), 2011

Contents:

1. Determination of genetic diversity in the Vicia L. (section Vicia) by using SDS-PAGE
Irfan Emre

2. Molecular and morphological characterization of selected Mentha species
Zabta Khan Shinwari, Sidra Sultan and Tariq Mahmood

3. Petiole anatomy of some Lamiaceae taxa
Öznur Ergen Akçin, M. Sabri Özyurt and Gülcan Şenel

4. Ethnobotanical studies of some plants of Chagharzai valley, district Buner, Pakistan
Zaman Sher, Zaheer Ud Din Khan and Farrukh Hussain

5. Medicinal folk recipes used as traditional phytotherapies in district Dera Ismail Khan, KPK, Pakistan
Sarfaraz Khan Marwat, Fazal-ur-Rehman, Mir Ajab Khan, Mushtaq Ahmad, Muhammad Zafar and Said Ghulam

6. Assesment of iron, cobalt and manganese in soil and forage: A case study at a rural livestock farm in Sargodha, Pakistan Asia Fardous, Kafeel Ahmad, Sumaira Gondal, Zafar Iqbal Khan, Abid Ejaz and Ehsan Elahi Valeem

7. Effect of cadmium on growth, protein content and peroxidase activity in pea plants
Khadijeh Bavi, Bahman Kholdebarin and Ali Moradshahi

8. Effect of nitrogen application on yield and yield components of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.)
Mohammad Shafi, Jehan Bakht, Fazal Jalal, Mohammad Aman Khan and Sabir Gul Khattak

9. Impact of municipal wastewaters of Quetta city on some oilseed crops of Pakistan: Effects on biomass, physiology and yield of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.)
Saeed-ur-Rehman Kakar, Abdul Wahid, Rasool Bakhsh Tareen, Siraj Ahmad Kakar and Rukhsana Jabeen

10. Effects of different photoperiods on flowering time of qualitative long day ornamental annuals
Jalal-ud-Din Baloch, M. Munir, M. Abid and M. Iqbal

11. Morphochemical response of chaksu (Cassia absus L.) to different concentrations of indoleacetic acid (IAA)
Khalid Hussain, Mumtaz Hussain, Khalid Nawaz, Abdul Majeed and Khizar Hayat Bhatti

12. Wheat seed enhancement by vitamin and hormonal priming
Muhammad Bismillah Khan, Madhia Aman Gurchani, Mubshar Hussain, Shoaib Freed and Khalid Mahmood

13. Combined effects of pectic enzymes on the degradation of pectin polysaccharides of banana fruit
Guiping Cheng, Yueming Jiang, Yulong Chen, Shaoyu Yang, Shenggen He, Hong Liang and Xuewu Duan

14. Effects of stratification at different temperatures on the embryo differentiation and development of Paris polyphylla var. yunnanensis seeds
Yu Ye, Shu-Ying Chen, Li Wang, Yan-Qiong Yang and Chang-Ling Zhao

15. Foliar application of some essential minerals on tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) plant grown under two different salinity regimes
Mohammad Azeem and Rafiq Ahmad

16. Physiological and biochemical responses of the leaves of Verbascum wiedemannianum Fisch. & Mey. to cadmium
Yasemin Ozdener and H. Güray Kutbay

17. Drought tolerance indices and their correlation with yield in exotic wheat genotypes
Javed Anwar, Ghulam Mahboob Subhani, Makhdoom Hussain, Javed Ahmad, Mujahid Hussain and Muhammad Munir

18. Influence of phytohormone on the organogenesis of sugarcane
Nighat Seema, Fateh Chand Oad, Imtiaz Ahmed Khan, Shamssuddin Tunio, Mohammad Aquil Siddiqui, Shafquat Yasmin, Abdullah Khatri and Sajida Bibi

19. Relationship of coleoptile length and plant height in winter wheat accessions
Žilvinas Liatukas and Vytautas Ruzgas

20. Purification and characterization of extracellular lipases
Tehreema Iftikhar, Mubashir Niaz, Rukhsana Jabeen and Ikram-ul-Haq

21. Evaluation of iron content in a potential fodder crop oat (Avena sativa L.) grown on soil treated with sugarcane filter cake
Zafar Iqbal Khan, Kafeel Ahmad, Shahneela Kashaf, Muhammad Ashraf, F. Al-Qurainy, Muhammad Danish, Asia Fardous, Sumaira Gondal, Abid Ejaz and Ehsan Elahi Valeem

22. Root zone temperature influences nutrient accumulation and use in maize
Shahid Hussain and Muhammad Aamer Maqsood

23. Growth comparison of exotic species for green forage
Mohammad Akmal, Uzma Farid, M. Asim and Farhatullah

24. Compositional studies of lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.) cultivars commonly grown in Pakistan
M. Zia-ul-Haq, S. Ahmad, M. Aslam Shad, S. Iqbal, M. Qayum, A. Ahmad, D.L. Luthria and R. Amarowicz

25. Sustaining rice-wheat system through management of legumes: I. Effect of green manure legumes on rice yield and soil quality
Zahir Shah, S. Rashid Ahmad and Hidayat Ur Rahman

26. Generation mean analysis of yield components and yield in tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.)
Jasmina Zdravković, Nenad Pavlović, Zdenka Girek, Milka Brdar-Jokanović, Dubravka Savić, Milan Zdravković and Dejan Cvikić

27. Effects of grape (Vitis labrusca B.) peel and seed extracts on phenolics, antioxidants and anthocyanins in grape juice
Kashif Ghafoor, Fahad Al-Juhaimi and Yong Hee Choi

28. Modulation of plant growth, water status and antioxidantive system of two maize (Zea may L.) cultivars induced by exogenous glycinebetaine under long term mild drought stress
Zhang Li-Xin, Gao Mei, Li Shiqing, Li Shengxiu and Liang Zongsuo

29. Evaluation of antidepressant-like effects of aqueous extract of sea buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides L. ssp. turkestanica) fruits in experimental models of depression
Farhat Batool, Aisha Kamal, Madiha Sattar, Asad Hussain Shah, Syed Dilnawaz Ahmed, Zafar Saied Saify and Darakhshan Jabeen Haleem

30. Impact of different mulches on weed flora and yield of maize
Ijaz Ahmad Khan, Z. Ullah, G. Hassan, K.B. Marwat, Amanullah Jan, S.M.A Shah and Sheraz A. Khan

31. Impact of tillage, plant population and mulches on weed management and grain yield of maize
Bakhtiar Gul, Khan Bahadar Marwat, Muhammad Saeed, Zahid Hussain and Haidar Ali

32. Diversity in major seed storage proteins of rice landraces of Pakistan
Zahida Hassan Pervaiz, Sadia Tehrim, M. Ashiq Rabbani, M.S. Masood and Salman A. Malik

33. Authentication of Ruta graveolens and its adulterant using internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequences of nuclear ribosomal DNA (Please include my this paper in this issue)
Fahad Al-Qurainy, Salim Khan, M. Ajmal Ali, Fahad M. Al-Hemaid, Mohamed Tarroum and M. Ashraf

34. Is photothermal quotient determinant factor for spring wheat yield?
M. Ahmed, Fayyaz-ul-Hassan, Abdul Razzaq, M.N. Akram, M. Aslam, S. Ahmad and M. Zia-ul-Haq

35. Effect of planting methods on growth, phenology and yield of maize varieties
Jehan Bakht, Mohammad Shafi, Habib Rehman, Razi Uddin and Shazma Anwar

36. Phenolic compounds and antioxidant activity of peanut’s skin, hull, raw kernel and roasted kernel flour
Mar Mar Win, Azizah Abdul-Hamid, Bablishah S. Baharin, Farooq Anwar, Mandumpal C. Sabu and Mohd S. Pak-Dek

37. Growth promoting activities of different Rhizobium spp. in wheat
Ijaz Mehboob, Zahir Ahmad Zahir, Muhammad Arshad, Asif Tanveer and Farooq-e-Azam

38. Salinity tolerance in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.): Effects of varying NaCl, K+/Na+ and NaHCO3 levels on cultivars differing in tolerance
K. Mahmood

39. Certain growth related attributes of micropropagated banana under different salinity levels
Ikram-ul-Haq, Faheeda Soomro, Nazia Parveen, Muhammad Umar Dahot and Ameer Ahmed Mirbahar

40. Salinity induced metabolic changes in rice (Oryza sativa L.) seeds during germination
A. Shereen, R. Ansari, S. Raza, S. Mumtaz, M.A. Khan and M. Ali Khan

41. Isolation and characterization of phosphate solublizing bacteria from rhizosphere soil of weeds of Khewra Salt Range and Attock
Humaira Yasmin and Asghari Bano

42. Vegetation analysis and winter season carrying capacity of sub-tropical, sub-humid rangelands of Dhrabi watershed, Pakistan
Sana-ul-Haq, S.N. Mirza, S.M. Nizami, A. Khaliq Chaudhry, I.A. Khan and Rahmatullah Qureshi

43. Canonical correspondence analysis of the relationships of roadside vegetation to its edaphic factors: A case study of Lahore-Islamabad motorway (M-2)
Sheikh Saeed Ahmad

44. Floristic inventory of Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University Research Farm at Koont and its surrounding areas
Rahmatullah Qureshi, G.R. Bhatti and Ghulam Shabbir

45. Convolvulus scindicus: Conservation assessment and strategies to avoid extirpation
Haider Abbas and Muhammad Qaiser

46. Breeding and characterization of Homokaryotic heteroplasmic male sterile lines in rice (Oryza sativa)
Qiming Mei, Rong Xie, Chengyuan Liu, Xichang Zhou and Yingguo Zhu

47. Inheritance of lodging components in mungbean (Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek)
G.S.S. Khattak, I. Saeed and S. Rehman

48. Combining ability and heterotic studies through line × tester in local and exotic upland cotton genotypes
Huseyin Basal, Oner Canavar, Naqib Ullah Khan and Cem Serdar Cerit

49. Reaction of exotic and indigenous Capsicum genotypes against Pakistani isolates of chili veinal mottle virus
Hussain Shah, Tahira Yasmin, Muhammad Fahim, Shahid Hameed, Irfan-ul-Haque, Muhammad Munir and Khalil Ahmed Khanzada

50. Genetic potential and heritability studies for some polygenic traits in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.)
Mushtaq Ahmad, Naqib Ullah Khan, Fida Mohammad, Sheraz Ahmed Khan, Iqbal Munir, Zarina Bibi and Salma Shaheen

51. Combining ability analysis in intra-specific F1 diallel cross of upland cotton
Sheraz Ahmed Khan, Naqib Ullah Khan, Fida Mohammad, Mushtaq Ahmad, Ijaz Ahmed Khan, Zarina Bibi and Imdad Ullah Khan

52. Virulence / aggressiveness testing of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryza isolates causes BLB disease in rice cultivars of Pakistan
Rukhsana Jabeen, Tehreema Iftikhar, Muhammad Ashraf and Iftikhar Ahmad

53. Correlation and path analysis of grain yield and morphological traits in test–cross populations of maize
Zorana Sreckov, Aleksandra Nastasic, Jan Bocanski, Ivica Djalovic, Mirjana Vukosavljev and Bojan Jockovic

54. Novel protocol for albumin and globulin detection in Pisum sativum genotypes using Sodium dodecyl sulphate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE)
M. Nisar, A. Ghafoor, M.R. Khan, Saddrudine Siddiqui, Nasrullah Khan and Muhammad Faheem Siddiqui

55. Evaluation of Pakistani wheat germplasm for bread quality based on allelic variation in HMW glutenin subunits
Aqsa Tabasum, Nayyer Iqbal, Amjad Hameed and Rubina Arshad

56. Selection index based on performance and hybrid vigour over four generations and its relationship with diversity in eleven crosses of Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper
Abdul Ghafoor and Muhammad Arshad

57. Bearing fruit by male Carica papaya similar to that of a female plant provides a potential source for understanding Homo sapiens evolution
Rajput Muhammed Tariq

58. Utilization of Cyanobacterium phormidium sp. to produce immobilized hybrid disc biosorbent for the removal of Cd2+ from aqueous solution
Muhammad Iqbal and Asma Saeed

59. Diversity of the genera of Chlorophyta in fresh waters of district Swat N.W.F.P. Pakistan
Asghar Ali, Zabta Khan Shinwari and Muhammad Khan Leghari

60. Bacterial and toxic pollutants in lakes of river Indus
Humerah Bano Shafiq, Munazza Ajaz and Sheikh Ajaz Rasool

61. Antimicrobial screening of some plants of medicinal importance
Mehjabeen, Mansoor Ahmad, Noor Jahan, M. Zia-ul-Haq, S. Mehboob Alam, Asma Wazir and Saeedul-Hassan

62. Checklist of agarics of Kaghan valley
Kishwar Sultana, Chaudhary Abdul Rauf, Abid Riaz, Farah Naz, Gulshan Irshad and Muhammad Ifran ul Haque

63. Diversity in arbuscular mycorrhizal morphology in some medicinal plants of family Lamiaceae
Tanvir Burni and Farrukh Hussain

64. Quick decline of mango in Pakistan: Survey and pathogenicity of fungi isolated from mango tree and bark beetle
Asad Masood, Shafqat Saeed, Silvaldo Felipe Da Silveira, Chrysantus Nges Akem, Nazim Hussain and Muhammad Farooq

65. Detection of phytoplasma from diseased potato samples
Shamim Iftikhar and Fauqia Fahmeed


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