CONSERVATION STATUS ASSESSMENT OF MECONOPSIS ACULEATA ROYLE; A
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ABDUL MAJID1*, HABIB AHMAD2*, ZAFEER SAQIB3, HAIDER ALI4 AND JAN ALAM1

A CASE STUDY OF ETHNOBOTANY AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION FROM TEHSIL BARAWAL, UPPER DIR, KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA, PAKISTAN
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AND KHAN BAHADAR MARWAT3

VEGETATION STRUCTURE, EDAPHALOGY AND ETHNOBOTANY OF MAHABAN
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SHAUKAT ALI, ANJUM PERVEEN AND MUHAMMAD QAISER

CULTURAL USES OF PLANTS AMONG BASIKHEL TRIBE OF DISTRICT TOR GHAR, KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA, PAKISTAN
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1Department of Botany, Hazara University Mansehra Pakistan

POTENTIAL DISTRIBUTION OF ENDEMIC SCUTELLARIA CHAMAEDRIFOLIA;
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ABDUL MAJID1*, HABIB AHMAD2, ZAFEER SAQIB3 AND HAIDER ALI4

FIRST FLORISTIC EXPLORATION OF THE DISTRICT TORGHAR,
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AZHAR MEHMOOD1,2, SHUJAUL MULK KHAN3*, AZHAR HUSSAIN SHAH1,

DISTRIBUTION AND STRUCTURE OF CONIFERS WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON TAXUS BACCATA IN MOIST TEMPERATE FORESTS OF KASHMIR HIMALAYAS
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1Department of Botany, University of Azad Jammu &Kashmir Muzaffarabad, Pakistan

VEGETATION ANALYSIS OF KABAL VALLEY, DISTRICT SWAT, PAKISTAN
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MOHAMMAD ILYAS1, RAHMATULLAH QURESHI1*, NAVEED AKHTAR2,

EVALUATING THE THRESHOLD LEVELS OF NESLIA APICULATA IN WHEAT AND ITS EFFECTS ON CROP YIELD LOSSES IN SWAT VALLEY OF KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA
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1The University of Agriculture Peshawar, Pakistan

PHYTOGEOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS AND DIVERSITY OF GRASSES AND SEDGES (POALES) OF NORTHERN PAKISTAN
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The monocot order Poales is one of the largest (ca. 20,000 species), and economically and ecologically most important group of flowering plants. Exploring this important component of the biodiversity is of paramount significance in conservation of species and developing climate change models. Northern Pakistan occupies a unique biogeographic position at the summit of the planet’s three highest mountain ranges i.e.Himalaya, Hindukush and Karakurum.These ranges contain the hot spots of floral and faunal diversity with high proportions of endemic and rare species.The studies revealed 117 species belonging to 30 genera in three families of the order Poales. Juncaceae is represented by single genus Juncuswith four species, Cyperaceae by 5 genera and 27 species, and Poaceae being the dominant family with 25 genera and 86 species. Carexand Poaare the largest genera having 21 and 16 species respectively. Phytogeographic analysis of the Poalesof temperate and alpine regions of Northern Pakistan shows twelve different phytogeographic elements. The highest percentage of species (30%) belongs to the western Himalayan floristic region (near endemics), with cosmopolitan elements (19%), Central Asian elements (17%) and Eurasian elements (12%) being the other significant elements. The proportion of Endemic species (8%) is less apparent, while the rest of the seven categories are poorly represented. The Two Way Cluster Analysis (TWCA) divided the sixteen districts into two major groups, and four subgroups based on environmental gradients of altitude, latitude and longitude. TWCA classified the data matrix including 114 species into seven clusters based on presence/absence data and elevation from mean sea level. Species in each cluster can be attributed to similar habitat conditions and altitudinal ranges. Hence it is clear that climatic characters associated with each category control the species

ETHNOVETERINARY MEDICINAL PLANTS PRACTICES IN DISTRICT
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MUHAMMAD AAQIL KHAN, ASAD ULLAH* AND ABDUR RASHID

ANNUAL ACCUMULATION OF CARBON IN THE CONIFEROUS FOREST OF DIR KOHISTAN: AN INVENTORYBASED ESTIMATE
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1Department of Forestry, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University Sheringal, Dir Upper KPK, Pakistan

PROTEIN PROFILES OF PHYTOAGGLUTININS FROM INDIGENOUS SPECIES OF
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HASEENA GULZAR1,2*, JAWERIA GUL2 AND GUL HASSAN3

BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES OF RUBUS FRUTICOSUS L. COLLECTED
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MUHAMMAD RIAZ* AND NAJM UR RAHMAN

ESSENTIAL AND NONESSENTIAL METAL CONCENTRATIONS IN MOREL
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JUMA MOHAMMAD1,2*, SARDAR KHAN1*, MUHAMMAD TAHIR SHAH3,

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES OF BIO-INSPIRED GOLD NANO-PARTICLES OF PHYLLANTUS EMBLICA FRUIT AND BETA VULGARIS BAGASSE WITH THEIR CRUDE EXTRACTS
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SADIQ AZAM1, IBRAR KHAN1 AND SAHAR NIGAR1

FFECT OF FERTILIZER TREATMENTS ON THE GROWTH OF ALOE VERA L.
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Pharmacognosy Lab, Department of Botany, University of Peshawar, Pakistan

THE COMBINED EFFECT OF BIOLOGICAL CONTROL WITH PLANT
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(PARTHENIUM HYSTEROPHORUS L.)

SEED PRIMING WITH SALICYLIC ACID INDUCES TOLERANCE AGAINST CHROMIUM (VI) TOXICITY IN RICE (ORYZA SATIVA L.)
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1Department of Biotechnology & Genetic Engineering, Kohat University of Science & Technology, Kohat 26000, Pakistan

EFFECT OF VARIOUS LEVELS OF NPK ON CROP GROWTH AND YIELD OF SUNFLOWER HYBRIDS GROWN UNDER AUTUMN SEASONS
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1Institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, University of Agriculture Peshawar KPK Pakistan

EFFICACY OF AQUEOUS EXTRACTS OF DIFFERENT ALLELOPATHIC PLANTS ON GERMINATION AND GROWTH OF WHEAT AND WILD OAT
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1The University of Agriculture, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa -Pakistan

PHARMACOGNOSTIC AND ETHNOMEDICINAL STUDIES ON
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SHAFIQ UR RAHMAN1, 2*, MUHAMMAD ISMAIL2, MUHAMMAD KHURRAM1 AND INAM UL HAQ3

AGROBACTERIUM-MEDIATED TRANSFORMATION OF SPINACIA OLERACEA L. THROUGH A SYNTHETIC CHITINASE GENE INDUCING RESISTANCE
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JAWERIA GUL1,2, IQBAL MUNIR1, HASEENA GULZAR2 AND GUL HASSAN2*

RAPD MARKERS BASED GENETIC DIVERSITY OF SAFFLOWER
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HINA REHMAN1, M. ASHIQ RABBANI2, ZABTA KHAN SHINWARI1*AND FAZAL AKBAR1

EFFECT OF FLUORIDES ON AIR, WATER, SOIL AND VEGETATION IN
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SOFIA KHALID* AND SAIRA MANSAB

CLONING AND AGROBACTERIUM MEDIATED TRANSFORMATION OF THE PUTATIVE PROMOTER REGION OF ORYZA SATIVA C3H52 GENE INTO
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MALEEHA KHAN1, ASAD JAN1*, SAIMA HASHIM1 AND KHAN BAHADAR MARWAT2

EFFECT OF ROCK PHOSPHATE AND FARMYARD MANURE APPLIED WITH
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UPTAKE OF WHEAT AND SUNFLOWER CROPS

GENETIC DIVERGENCE IN MAIZE (ZEA MAYS L.) GERMPLASM USING QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE TRAITS
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1Department of Biotechnology, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan

PREDICTION OF GRAIN YIELD LOSSES IN WHEAT (TRITICUM AESTIVUM L.) UNDER DIFFERENT DENSITIES OF WILD OAT (AVENA FATUA L.)
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Department of Weed Science, The University of Agriculture Peshawar, Pakistan

ASSISTED AND NATURAL POTENTIAL OF HEAVY ACCUMULATION
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NAZIA USMAN1, NAFEES BACHA1* AND ABDUR RAFI2

EFFECT OF WEEDS AND SOIL AMENDMENTS ON N, P AND K CONTENTS OF RICE
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Institute of Agricultural Sciences, University of Punjab, Quaid -e-Azam Campus, Lahore 54590, Pakistan

MAIZE (ZEA MAYS L.) GERMPLASM AGRO-MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION BASED ON DESCRIPTIVE, CLUSTER AND PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS
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1Department of Biotechnology, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan

PRECEDING RICE GENOTYPES, RESIDUAL PHOSPHORUS AND ZINC INFLUENCE HARVEST INDEX AND BIOMASS YIELD OF SUBSEQUENT WHEAT CROP
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AMANULLAH1, INAMULLAH1,4, KHALID NAWAB3 AND ZAHIR SHAH2

EXPLORING GERMINATING POTENTIAL OF TREE SPECIES IN DOMESTIC WASTEWATER FOR USE IN URBAN FORESTRY
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1Department of Botany, Government College University, Lahore, Pakistan

DRY MATTER PARTITIONING AND GRAIN YIELD OF WHEAT AS AFFECTED BY PHOSPHORUS AND ITS APPLICATIONS
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AND SHAHEENSHAH

RESPONSE OF MAIZE CULTIVARS TO PHOSPHORUS AND ZINC NUTRITION
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ABDUL QAHAR1, INAMULLAH1, ASAD ALI2 AND MUSHARAF AHMAD2

EX-VIVO ANTIBACTERIAL, PHYTOTOXIC AND CYTOTOXIC, POTENTIAL IN THE CRUDE NATURAL PHYTOCONSTITUENTS OF RUMEX HASTATUS D. DON
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MUHAMMAD AYAZ3, ANWAR ZEB3 AND MUHAMMAD IMRAN3

BIOLOGICAL SCREENING OF POLARITY BASED EXTRACTS OF LEAVES AND SEEDS OF SISYMBRIUM IRIO L.
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1 Department of Botany, PMAS Arid Agriculture University, 46300, Rawalpindi

CATEGORIES OF RESISTANCE IN WHEAT TO GREEN BUG SCHIZAPHIS, GRAMINUM (RONDANI) THROUGH A NOVEL TECHNIQUE DIRECT
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SHAH ALAM KHAN1*, J.C. REESE2, C. PREDEESH2, M. MURUGAN3 AND Y. HAYAT1

ANTIMICROBIAL, PHYTOTOXIC, HEAMAGGLUTINATION, INSECTICIDAL
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SARCOCOCCA SALIGNA (D. DON) MUEL.

RADISH EXTRACTS AS NATURAL FUNGICIDES FOR MANAGEMENT OF FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM F. SP. LYCOPERSICI, THE CAUSE OF TOMATO WILT
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Institute of Agricultural Sciences, University of the Punjab, Lahore.

THE ROLE OF PLANT GROWTH PROMOTING RHIZOBACTERIA IN STIMULATING GROWTH AND YIELD OF MAIZE
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1Pharma biotech Research Lab, Centre for Biotechnology and Microbiology,

OPTIMIZATION OF INOCULUM VOLUME, FERMENTATION MEDIUM AND AERATION RATE FOR THE PRODUCTION OF GLUCOSE OXIDASE BY UV MUTANT STRAIN OF ASPERGILLUS NIGER AN-14
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In this study the effect of inoculum size, volume of fermentation medium and aeration rate was analyzed for UV mutated strain of Aspergillus niger AN-14 regarding enhanced production of glucose oxidase. UV treated 10 variants showing positive variations from parent strain were isolated and analyzed for glucose oxidase production using shake flask fermentation. Mutant strain AN-14 gave maximum production of glucose oxidase (44.61 U/g of cell mass) as compared to wild strain W-47 (21.74 U/g of cell mass). About 100% increase in the production of glucose oxidase was observed by the mutant strain. The experiments were up scaled and carried out in a 7.5 L capacity bioreactor with working volume of 5 L. It was concluded that 65% volume of total bioreactor, 5% inoculum of the total volume of fermentation medium and aeration rate of 0.8vvm were optimum for glucose oxidase production by the mutant strain. The optimized yields of glucose oxidase for wild and mutant strains were recorded as 26.48U/g of cell mass and 50.39 U/g of cell mass, respectively.

BIODEGRADATION OF ENDOSULFAN BY ASPERGILLUS NIGER ISOLATED FROM COTTON FIELDS OF PUNJAB, PAKISTAN
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Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, GC University Lahore-54000, Pakistan

EXPLOITATION OF WILD AND MUTANT STRAINS OF ASPERGILLUS NIGER
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TEHREEMA IFTIKHAR1,2*, SIDRA1, MUBASHIR NIAZ1 AND YASIR HUSSAIN1

OPTIMIZATION OF FERMENTATION MEDIUM FOR L-LYSINE
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AMJED HUSSAIN, HAMID MUKHTAR* AND IKRAM-UL-HAQ

STUDIES ON THE LIPASE PRODUCTION BY ASPERGILLUS NIGER
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HAMID MUKHTAR*, MADIHA HANIF, ASAD-UR-REHMAN, ALI NAWAZ AND IKRAM UL HAQ

ISOLATION AND SCREENING OF ENDOPHYTIC FUNGI FOR
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UMAR FAROOQ GOHAR, HAMID MUKHTAR* AND IKRAM UL HAQ

APPLICATION OF HOLDRIDGE LIFE ZONES (HLZ) IN PAKISTAN
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1Office of the Inspector General of Forests, Climate Change Division, LG and RD Complex, G-5/2 Islamabad, Pakistan