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Threat and Conservation Status of Traditionally Important Plant Species: A Case Study of Indus Valley, Western Ladakh Trans-Himalaya
The study aims to analyze the threat status and conservation pattern of traditionally important plant species in Indus valley of western Ladakh. Five ecological parameters viz altitude, habitat, use value, den...
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Stage-Wise Assessment of Trifolium repens Performance Against Elevated UV-B: Gaseous Exchange, Antioxidant and Forage Quality
Accessory agricultural activities like rearing of livestock are declining because of deterioration in forage/fodder productivity and quality. Fodder species like Trifolium repens through biological nitrogen fixat...
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Role of fruit volatiles of different guava varieties in attraction and oviposition behaviors of peach fruit fly, Bactrocera zonata Saunders
The present study was conducted to determine the role of guava fruit volatiles in attraction, oviposition and associated fitness parameters of the peach fruit fly, Bactrocera zonata Saunders, which is a key pest ...
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Ethnobotany of Mountain Region of Himalaya, District Poonch, Azad Kashmir
District Poonch was investigated for ethnopharmacological studies, and a total of 121 plants was recognized. Both open-ended and closed-ended questionnaires were developed, together with data from ...
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Use of Osmolytes in Improving Abiotic Stress Tolerance to Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)
Wheat is an important food crop that provides vital calories and nutrients essential for human health. However, climate extremities threaten wheat yields and hence food security around the globe. Improving whe...
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Effects of nickel toxicity on morphological and physiological aspects of osmoregulation in Typha domingensis (Typhaceae) populations
The present work examined morphological and physiological aspects of osmoregulation in some differently adapted populations of Typha domingensis. Six populations of T. domingensis were grown in waterlogged condit...
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Beating cold by being tough: impact of elevation on leaf characteristics in Phleum himalaicum Mez. endemic to Himalaya
Effect of altitude on leaf responses in Phleum himalaicum populations was evaluated at three different elevation levels, viz. (Low 1200 m.a.s.l.), middle (1600 m a.s.l.) and high (1900 m a.s.l.) in western part o...
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Ecotypic adaptations in Bermuda grass (Cynodon dactylon) for altitudinal stress tolerance
Three ecotypes [foot hill (700 m), mid hill (1571 m) and top hill (2804 m)] of a Bermuda grass Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. from Pir Chinasi Hill in Western Himalaya were evaluated for their degree of tolerance to...
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Interactive effect of cobalt and nitrogen on growth, nodulation, yield and protein content of field grown pea
Pea (Pisum sativum L.) has increasing nutritional, commercial, and economical value, and initial low supply of N and Co is needed to increase nodulation, yield, and profit. A field experiment in 2010 was conducte...
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Gas exchanges and yield responses of mungbean (Vigna radiata L. Wilczek) genotypes differing in flooding tolerance
Flooding-induced changes in leaf gas exchanges, grain yield, and yield-related parameters of mungbean were evaluated employing two flood-tolerant (GK48 and VC3945A) and one flood-susceptible (Vo1982A-G) genoty...
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Genetic variability in flooding tolerance of mungbean (Vigna radiata L. Wilczek) genotypes
The study was an exploratory in nature conducted using a large number of mungbean (Vigna radiata L. Wilczek) genotypes of diverse growth habit and adaptive characters. Soil flooding induced changes in eleven morp...
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Genetic Variation of Glutelin Acidic Subunit Polypeptides in Bangladesh Rice Genetic Resources
Bangladesh rice genetic resources collected from six distinct regions of the country were examined to obtain the diversity in glutelin acidic subunit polypeptides. Seed glutelins from 576 Bangladesh rice culti...
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Grain Growth and Yield Performance of Wheat under Subtropical Conditions: II. Effect of Water Stress at Reproductive Stage
Wheat is predominantly grown under rainfed conditions in the subtropics where the crop growth mostly depends on stored soil moisture content. As the evaporative loss of soil moisture exceeds rainfall for sever...
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Grain Growth and Yield Performance of Wheat under Subtropical Conditions: I. Effect of Sowing Dates
The optimum sowing time of wheat in subtropical countries like Bangladesh lies between mid-November to mid-December. Wheat is usually sown after transplanted summer rice (aman rice). Due to various reasons sum...
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Efficiency of N uptake by wheat, as affected by time and rate of application, using N15-labelled ammonium sulphate and sodium nitrate
The efficiency of N uptake by wheat was studied in field experiment, using N15-labelled (NH4)2SO4 and NaNO3. The N rate used was 120 kg N/Ha. It was applied in three split doses (at seeding, tillering and boot st...
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Diffusion coefficient of I-ions in saturated clay soil
The diffusion of I-ions was measured in saturated clay soil using radioactive I131 and I-ions. The measured diffusion coefficient of I-ions was 1.96×10−7 cm2/sec in disturbed soil and 0.67×10−7cm2/sec in undistur...
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Indian water moulds—III
This is the third contribution in the series“Indian Water Moulds”. Two species of Achlya, viz., Achlya oblongata and A. androcomposita nov. sp. and one species of Pythiogeton, viz., P. sterilis nov. sp., have ...