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View article: Growth Dilatory Effects of PEG and Sucrose on <i>Geranium wallichianum</i>: An <i>In Vitro</i> Approach for Conservation
Growth Dilatory Effects of PEG and Sucrose on <i>Geranium wallichianum</i>: An <i>In Vitro</i> Approach for Conservation Open
View article: Detection and Molecular Characterization of Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus in the Local and Hybrid Tomato Varieties in District Mansehra, Pakistan Accession Number (BankIt2535530 Sample OM100018)
Detection and Molecular Characterization of Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus in the Local and Hybrid Tomato Varieties in District Mansehra, Pakistan Accession Number (BankIt2535530 Sample OM100018) Open
View article: DFT-Based Quantum Mechanical and Molecular Docking Investigation of Synthesized Flavokawain B and Its Derivatives
DFT-Based Quantum Mechanical and Molecular Docking Investigation of Synthesized Flavokawain B and Its Derivatives Open
Flavokawain B (FKB) is a naturally occurring chalcone that exhibits potential anti-cancer properties. Density functional theory (DFT) is a computational simulation approach used to investigate the electronic properties of molecules. Here, …
View article: Phytochemical profile, antioxidant and antibacterial activities analysis of crude extract and essential oil of <i>Pinus roxburghii</i> and <i>Pinus wallichiana</i> : <i>in vitro</i> and <i>in silico</i> analyses
Phytochemical profile, antioxidant and antibacterial activities analysis of crude extract and essential oil of <i>Pinus roxburghii</i> and <i>Pinus wallichiana</i> : <i>in vitro</i> and <i>in silico</i> analyses Open
Pinus roxburghii and Pinus wallichiana are traditionally plants used for various medicinal purposes worldwide. The present study focused on evaluating the phytochemical compounds and the free radical scavenging potential in various parts o…
View article: Enhanced Resilience to Salt Stress: An IntegratedApproach Addressing Physiochemical Attributesof Wheat (<i>Triticum aestivum</i> L.)
Enhanced Resilience to Salt Stress: An IntegratedApproach Addressing Physiochemical Attributesof Wheat (<i>Triticum aestivum</i> L.) Open
Salinity stress exerts a deleterious impact on crop growth, presenting a formidable challenge to sustainable agriculture, because of the prevalence of salt-affected arable land globally.The present investigation focused on mitigating the a…
View article: Insight into Physiological and Biochemical Markers against Formaldehyde Stress in Spider Plant (Chlorophytum comosum L.)
Insight into Physiological and Biochemical Markers against Formaldehyde Stress in Spider Plant (Chlorophytum comosum L.) Open
Formaldehyde is a prominent volatile organic compound and also considered an indoor air pollutant. Chlorophytum comosum, an indoor plant, has been reported to metabolize indoor formaldehyde. But the phytotoxic effects of formaldehyde, bein…
View article: Aflatoxins in Wheat Grains: Detection and Detoxification through Chemical, Physical, and Biological Means
Aflatoxins in Wheat Grains: Detection and Detoxification through Chemical, Physical, and Biological Means Open
Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is an essential food crop in terms of consumption as well as production. Aflatoxin exposure has a widespread public health impact in economically developing nations, so there is a need to establish preventive t…
View article: Ectomycorrhiza and ethylenediurea reduced the impact of high nitrogen and ozone stresses and increased the growth of Cedrus deodara
Ectomycorrhiza and ethylenediurea reduced the impact of high nitrogen and ozone stresses and increased the growth of Cedrus deodara Open
Cedrus deodara is the central conifer plant affected by ozone and nitrogen pollutants among forest species worldwide. The growth of C. deodara depends upon the ectomycorrhizal (ECM) association, which is usually disturbed by …
View article: Exploring the Potential of PEG and Sucrose as Growth Retardant of Geranium wallichianum
Exploring the Potential of PEG and Sucrose as Growth Retardant of Geranium wallichianum Open
Geranium wallichianum is a medicinal plant belonging to the Geraniaceae family. It is mainly found in the East Asian Himalayas. Because of its numerous ethnomedicinal uses in the community, this plant is threatened by over-exploitation and…
View article: Genome-wide identification of NAC transcription factors and regulation of monoterpenoid indole alkaloid biosynthesis in Catharanthus roseus
Genome-wide identification of NAC transcription factors and regulation of monoterpenoid indole alkaloid biosynthesis in Catharanthus roseus Open
NAC transcription factors (TFs) are crucial to growth and defense responses in plants. Though NACs have been characterized for their role in several plants, comprehensive information regarding their role in Catharanthus roseus , a perennia…
View article: Evaluation of morphological and biochemical variations in pea under two widespread abiotic stresses
Evaluation of morphological and biochemical variations in pea under two widespread abiotic stresses Open
Pea is the third most widely grown leguminous vegetable crop in the world. The crop is fairly easy to grow but is salt and drought sensitive limiting its yield. The current study was, therefore, designed to explore the morphological and bi…
View article: Real time expression and in silico characterization of pea genes involved in salt and water-deficit stress
Real time expression and in silico characterization of pea genes involved in salt and water-deficit stress Open
Background To tolerate salt and water-deficit stress, the plant adapts to the adverse environment by regulating its metabolism and expressing certain stress-induced metabolic pathways. This research analyzed the relative expression of four…
View article: Impact of Aflatoxins Exposure on Human Health and its Management Strategies
Impact of Aflatoxins Exposure on Human Health and its Management Strategies Open
Aflatoxins are common contaminants in human food supplies that affects the world's developing economies. These are cosmopolitan in distribution and found everywhere in nature and can grow under drought, warm, and humid conditions. The afla…
View article: Biomass Allocation and Nutrients Utilization in Wheat as Affected by Phosphorus Placement and Salt Stress
Biomass Allocation and Nutrients Utilization in Wheat as Affected by Phosphorus Placement and Salt Stress Open
Phosphorus (P) management in wheat grown under saline soil conditions requires a better understanding of how P placement and salt stress affect spatial root distribution, plant agronomic performance, and nutrient utilization. A column cult…
View article: In vitro propagation of Geranium wallichianum: An indigenously threatened medicinal plant in Pakistan
In vitro propagation of Geranium wallichianum: An indigenously threatened medicinal plant in Pakistan Open
View article: Synthesis of Rumex hastatus-based silver nanoparticles induced the inhibition of human pathogenic bacterial strains
Synthesis of Rumex hastatus-based silver nanoparticles induced the inhibition of human pathogenic bacterial strains Open
The development of antibiotic resistance in pathogenic bacterial strains has drawn attention to the quest for new natural antibacterial drugs. Therefore, in the present study, extracts of Rumex hastatus leaves were obtained in methanol and…
View article: Industrial Wastewater Irrigation Increased Higher Heavy Metals uptake and Expansins, Metacaspases, Cystatin Genes Expression in Parthenium and Maize
Industrial Wastewater Irrigation Increased Higher Heavy Metals uptake and Expansins, Metacaspases, Cystatin Genes Expression in Parthenium and Maize Open
Industrial wastewater irrigation of agriculture crops could cause a lot of environmental and health problems in developing countries due to heavy metals deposition in agriculture soils as well as edible plants consumption by human beings. …
View article: In vitro and in silico validation of antibacterial potential of Pinus roxburghii and Cedrus deodara leaves’ extract against human pathogenic bacteria
In vitro and in silico validation of antibacterial potential of Pinus roxburghii and Cedrus deodara leaves’ extract against human pathogenic bacteria Open
The emergence of resistant pathogenic bacterial strains has threatened the human beings and already developed remedial measures. Based on the traditional herbal therapeutic history, present study is aimed to assess in vitro and in silico i…
View article: Salt Tolerant Bacillus Strains Improve Plant Growth Traits and Regulation of Phytohormones in Wheat under Salinity Stress
Salt Tolerant Bacillus Strains Improve Plant Growth Traits and Regulation of Phytohormones in Wheat under Salinity Stress Open
Soil salinity is a major constraint adversely affecting agricultural crops including wheat worldwide. The use of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) to alleviate salt stress in crops has attracted the focus of many researchers due …
View article: Evaluating the Antioxidative Defense Response of Selected Indoor Plants Against Benzene and Formaldehyde: Indoor Air Pollutants
Evaluating the Antioxidative Defense Response of Selected Indoor Plants Against Benzene and Formaldehyde: Indoor Air Pollutants Open
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) such as formaldehyde and benzene are among the key contributors to indoor air pollution. The current situation of environmental pollution is alarming, where especially the indoor air pollution is becoming …
View article: Assessing Interactive Response of Humic Acid Amended Media and IBA on the Growth and Propagative Capacity of Fig (Ficus carica L.) Stem Cuttings
Assessing Interactive Response of Humic Acid Amended Media and IBA on the Growth and Propagative Capacity of Fig (Ficus carica L.) Stem Cuttings Open
This study assessed the interactive effects of humic acid (HA) amended growing media (GM) and indole butyric acid (IBA) on a range of parameters determining growth and propagative capacity of Fig (Ficus carica L., var Black Mission) stem c…
View article: Intron-Containing Hairpin RNA Interference Vector for OBP8 Show Promising Mortality in Peach Potato Aphid
Intron-Containing Hairpin RNA Interference Vector for OBP8 Show Promising Mortality in Peach Potato Aphid Open
Myzus persicae is a devastating pest affecting potato production. RNA Interference technology is used against essential odorant binding protein 8 (OBP8) to enhance protection against Myzus persicae in potato. Gene was isolated, sequenced a…
View article: Impact of saline stress on the uptake of various macro and micronutrients and their associations with plant biomass and root traits in wheat
Impact of saline stress on the uptake of various macro and micronutrients and their associations with plant biomass and root traits in wheat Open
The associations among ion uptake, root development and biomass under salt stress have not been fully understood. To study this, a pot experiment was conducted with the objective to determine the concentrations of sodium (Na), potassium (K…
View article: Ca2SiO4 chemigation reduces cadmium localization in the subcellular leaf fractions of spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) under cadmium stress
Ca2SiO4 chemigation reduces cadmium localization in the subcellular leaf fractions of spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) under cadmium stress Open
Heavy metal like cadmium (Cd) is inessential and highly toxic and is posing serious environmental problems for agriculture worldwide. Presence of Cd gives rise to several physiological and structural disorders that leads to reduction in gr…
View article: Optimization of IBA Concentration for Rapid Initiation of Roots and Ultimate Growth of Kiwi Seedlings and the Association between Root System Architecture and Seedlings Growth
Optimization of IBA Concentration for Rapid Initiation of Roots and Ultimate Growth of Kiwi Seedlings and the Association between Root System Architecture and Seedlings Growth Open
View article: Influence of foliar nutrients application on growth and yield of onion grown in nutrient deficient soil
Influence of foliar nutrients application on growth and yield of onion grown in nutrient deficient soil Open
Commercially available foliar spray labeled as ‘Planto-fuel’ increased significantly (p ≤ 0.05) most of the growth traits viz., leaf length, bulb diameter (7.6 cm), bulb length (5.9 cm), leaves fresh weight/plant, neck fresh weight/plant, …
View article: Sodium in the leaf apoplast does not affect growth of maize (Zea mays L.) under saline field conditions
Sodium in the leaf apoplast does not affect growth of maize (Zea mays L.) under saline field conditions Open
Studies dealing with leaf apoplastic Na+ concentration of monocots, such as maize, under actual saline soils are scarce. Therefore, the current study was aimed to investigate the growth, total ions and leaf apoplastic Na+ concentration of …
View article: Confirmation of Proteins Encoding Genes Important in Bacterial Wilt Resistance
Confirmation of Proteins Encoding Genes Important in Bacterial Wilt Resistance Open
View article: Determination of lytic enzyme activities of indigenous Trichoderma isolates from Pakistan
Determination of lytic enzyme activities of indigenous Trichoderma isolates from Pakistan Open
This study investigated lytic enzyme activities in three indigenous Trichoderma strains namely, Trichoderma asperellum, Trichoderma harzianum and Trichoderma sp. Native Trichoderma strains and a virulent strain of Rhizoctonia solani isolat…