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View article: Nanoparticles in Agriculture: Enhancing Crop Resilience and Productivity against Abiotic Stresses
Nanoparticles in Agriculture: Enhancing Crop Resilience and Productivity against Abiotic Stresses Open
The agricultural sector faces unprecedented challenges to ensure food security as the global population soars and climate change intensifies. Abiotic stresses are well-known for diminishing agricultural output and constraining crop yield g…
View article: Improvement of Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants with the Application of Nanoparticles
Improvement of Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants with the Application of Nanoparticles Open
Plants are under the threat of climatic changes and there is a reduction in productivity and deterioration in quality. The application of nanoparticles is one of the recent approaches to improve plant yield and quality traits. A number of …
View article: Abiotic Stress: Interplay Between ROS Production and Antioxidant Machinery, Signaling, and ROS Homeostasis
Abiotic Stress: Interplay Between ROS Production and Antioxidant Machinery, Signaling, and ROS Homeostasis Open
Climate change poses a substantial threat to global crop yield. Moreover, crop production is likely to reduce in the near future because of increasing average temperatures, widespread extreme climate events, and the loss of agricultural la…
View article: Heat Shock Proteins (HSP70) Gene: Plant Transcriptomic Oven in the Hot Desert
Heat Shock Proteins (HSP70) Gene: Plant Transcriptomic Oven in the Hot Desert Open
Heat stress is considered to induce a wide range of physiological and biochemical changes that cause severe damage to plant cell membrane, disrupt protein synthesis, and affect the efficiency of photosynthetic system by reducing the transp…
View article: Non-GAAP Financial Measures: Evidence From Canada
Non-GAAP Financial Measures: Evidence From Canada Open
This paper investigates non-GAAP financial measures voluntarily reported by Canadian companies listed on Toronto stock exchange (TSX) and Toronto Ventures Exchange (TSXV) for the year 2017. Non-GAAP measures are those that do not adhere to…
View article: Identification, Isolation and Characterization of GaCyPI Gene in Gossypium arboreum under Cotton Leaf Curl Virus Disease Stress
Identification, Isolation and Characterization of GaCyPI Gene in Gossypium arboreum under Cotton Leaf Curl Virus Disease Stress Open
Pakistan is facing the threat of Cotton Leaf Curl Virus (CLCuV) which is transmitted through whitefly to cotton crop. Molecular mechanism of leaf epicuticular wax protects the plants from different pathogens including insect attack and dis…
View article: Cloning, Genetic Transformation and Cellular Localization of Abiotic Stress Responsive Universal Stress Protein Gene (GUSP1) in <i>Gossypium hirsutum</i>.
Cloning, Genetic Transformation and Cellular Localization of Abiotic Stress Responsive Universal Stress Protein Gene (GUSP1) in <i>Gossypium hirsutum</i>. Open
GUSP1 has cloned from native species of local cotton and its integration and expression in transgenic plants confirmed that the role of GUSP1 will provide direction to breed economically important cotton varieties.
View article: Embryogenic Capabilities of Cotton through Tissue Culture and Expression Analysis of SERK3 for Regeneration Potential
Embryogenic Capabilities of Cotton through Tissue Culture and Expression Analysis of SERK3 for Regeneration Potential Open
Plant tissue culture technique was used to develop a regeneration procedure in local Pakistani cotton varieties. Three cotton varieties Coker 312, CEMB66 and Klean cotton were cultured on MS media supplemented with vitamins and growth regu…
View article: Trackable CEMB-Klean Cotton Transgenic Technology: Affordable Climate Neutral Agri-biotech Industrialization for Developing Countries
Trackable CEMB-Klean Cotton Transgenic Technology: Affordable Climate Neutral Agri-biotech Industrialization for Developing Countries Open
Background: Transgenic technology reflects the incorporation of novel useful traits in crop plants like cotton for economic benefits by overcoming the problems including insects’ pests and weeds in special. The present study is the success…
View article: Efficiency of the Black Foreign Exchange Market
Efficiency of the Black Foreign Exchange Market Open
This empirical study is first of its nature to examine the weak-form of efficiency for unofficial foreign exchange market of Pakistan proxied by Japanese Yen (JPY/PKR), Swiss Franc (CHF/PKR), British Pound (GBP/PKR), and US Dollar (USD/PKR…
View article: Identification and characterisation of heat shock protein gene (HSP70) family and its expression in <i>Agave sisalana</i> under heat stress
Identification and characterisation of heat shock protein gene (HSP70) family and its expression in <i>Agave sisalana</i> under heat stress Open
Heat shock Protein (HSP) expression is the plants’ responses to high temperature. We analysed the HSP70 gene family in Agave sisalana transcriptome to understand its expression under heat stress. A total of 167 genes were identified as hea…
View article: Temperature Based Spatiotemporal Growth Monitoring of Rice Plant from Germination-Ripening Stage Using Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques
Temperature Based Spatiotemporal Growth Monitoring of Rice Plant from Germination-Ripening Stage Using Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques Open
Rice (Oryza sativa) is the second staple food largely grown and widely consumed in Pakistan. About 10% of the total crop area of Pakistan is cultivated by rice that takes a part in value addition of almost 1.3% - 1.6% in the total Gross Do…
View article: Identification and Characterization of the Diverse Stress-Responsive<i>R2R3-</i>RMYB Transcription Factor from<i>Hibiscus sabdariffa</i>L.
Identification and Characterization of the Diverse Stress-Responsive<i>R2R3-</i>RMYB Transcription Factor from<i>Hibiscus sabdariffa</i>L. Open
Various regulatory proteins play a fundamental role to manage the healthy plant growth under stress conditions. Differential display reverse transcriptase PCR and random amplification of cDNA ends (RACE) was used to explore the osmotic str…
View article: Gene expression in response to Cotton Leaf Curl Virus infection in Gossypium hirsutum under variable environmental conditions
Gene expression in response to Cotton Leaf Curl Virus infection in Gossypium hirsutum under variable environmental conditions Open
Cotton Leaf Curl Disease (CLCuD) is one of the threatening constrains of cotton production in Pakistan for which no adequate remedy is available until now. Local variety of Gossypium hirsutum (FH-142) was grown in field and infected natura…
View article: Tolerance of Roselle (Hibiscus Sabdariffa L.) Genotypes to Drought Stress at Vegetative Stage
Tolerance of Roselle (Hibiscus Sabdariffa L.) Genotypes to Drought Stress at Vegetative Stage Open
Background: Hibiscus sabdariffa L. is an important medicinal and fiber plant in Sudan. Among other stresses, drought extremely limits the growth, quality and net yield of the crop. The drought effects the crop plants by imposing certain…