Effects of salt stress on plant water status, leaf gas exchanges and chlorophyll fluorescence of Pistacia atlantica Desf. versus Pistacia vera L.

The productivity of agricultural systems and the ecological distribution of plants are strongly influenced by salinity in arid and semi-arid regions. In this context, two pistachio species, Pistacia vera L. (P. vera) and Pistacia atlantica Desf. (P. atlantica), have been exposed to NaCl (between 0 and 80 mM) to study the effect of salinity on […]

Diversity and abundance of macro-invertebrate fauna in wheat weed crop complex of Bahawalpur, Pakistan

Macro invertebrates are the organisms of 0.2 mm in size or more and can be seen with naked eye. They may consist of predators, preys or pests which play a significant role in balancing the natural agro-ecosystem. The organisms were sampled from wheat-weed crop complex of Baghdad-ul-Jadeed university campus and major cropland area of district […]

Assessing the growth performance of teak (Tectona grandis Linn. f.) coppice two years after clearcut harvesting

The establishment of plantations has become an obvious option to mitigate the challenges placed on the worlds’ natural forests due to anthropogenic factors. Teak is currently one of the most widely planted tree species used to curb deforestation especially, in Ghana. In this paper, we investigated the growth performance of teak coppice, two years after […]

Reproductive biology and seed germination of tropical evergreen tree Canarium strictum Roxb.

Canarium strictum Roxb. (Burseraceae) an evergreen tree was studied for its phenology, flower morphology, pollen viability, stigma receptivity, seed setting and seed germination. This species has got meager population and restricted distributed in the Kolli, Pacchamalai, Karanadamalai and Sirumalai hills of Eastern Ghats of Tamilnadu, India. Though there is enormous number of pollens (946/anther) produced […]

Using GIS, ordination and discriminant analysis for study gnihabitat characteristics of medicinal plants from Compositae family; case study: Boushehr province, Iran

Medicinal plants are among the most important byproducts of Rangelands. The Compositae family, with 10 medicinal plants, is one of the richest plant families in the Boushehr province. Habitat conditions of medicinal plants from Compositae family, were determined by crossing of homogeneous unites map of the study area and distribution map of each species using […]

Present status and future trend of chilghoza forest in Goharabad, District Diamer, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

The current study was carried out in Chilghoza forest of Goharabad District Diamer. The study area is situated in the foothills of Hindukush mountain range at 5 Km from KKH, at an elevation of 2000 to 5000 m with an area of 310 km². Six stands of Chilghoza Forest were selected randomly for the enumeration […]

Land use type affects butterfly diversity: a case study of the university of ghana, main campus, Legon

Butterflies are known to be well distributed worldwide, however, the different species and their occurrence in an area depend on various factors such as the extent of ecological damage and the availability of suitable food plants. The main campus of the University of Ghana, the largest University in Ghana, which covers an area of 11.4 […]

Diverse antioxidative effects in Pui vegetable (Basella alba) induced by high temperature stress

Basella alba is a green vegetable and grows in both winter and summer; however the temperature sensitivity on metabolic regulation in this species is not clarified. To identify the physiological mechanisms involved in regulation of adaptive response and anti oxidative effects in leaves of Basella alba, plants grown in pot were exposed to high temperature […]

Chemical, biochemical and environmental aspects of atrazine

Atrazine herbicide is one of the primarily herbicide used for agricultural purposes worldwide. Amongst the different herbicide used more attention is paid to atrazine as it exhibit serious environmental problems including ecological risks and some human health damages. Due to their extensive usage and long half life period most of the actual evidence suggests that […]

Botanical pesticide and insects repellent prepared from Tanacetum baltistanicum endemic to Gilgit-Baltistan

Conventional pesticides and antiseptics are no more attractive for consumers where biotechnology and hyphenated state of art techniques are available to bring innovation and discoveries. The shift from the current, conventional market to new greenest paradigm can be possible by rational identification and amplifications of botanicals. These botanicals, in turns can be applied on field […]