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    Integrated usage of synthetic and bio-fertilizers: an environment friendly approach to improve the productivity of sorghum

    Biofertilizers, a sustainable eco-friendly agricultural approach to crop improvement, are used to supplement chemical fertilizers mainly to maintain soil fertility. A field experiment was conducted to evaluate...

    S. Akhtar, S. Bashir, S. Khan, J. Iqbal, A. B. Gulshan… in Cereal Research Communications (2020)

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    Effect of copper and zinc on the in vitro regeneration of Rauvolfia serpentina

    The present study exemplifies morphogenic roles played by copper and zinc during micropropagation of Rauvolfia serpentina, an important medicinal shrub. Incorporation of 20 μM CuSO4 or 25 μM ZnSO4 to a Murashige ...

    N. Ahmad, A. A. Alatar, M. Faisal, M. I. Khan, N. Fatima, M. Anis… in Biologia Plantarum (2015)

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    Escherichia coli signal peptidase recognizes and cleaves the signal sequence of α-amylase originating from Bacillus licheniformis

    The gene encoding the α-amylase from Bacillus licheniformis was cloned, with and without the native signal sequence, and expressed in Escherichia coli, resulting in the production of the recombinant protein in th...

    B. Malik, N. Rashid, N. Ahmad, M. Akhtar in Biochemistry (Moscow) (2013)

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    Encapsulation of microcuttings for propagation and short-term preservation in Ruta graveolens L.: a plant with high medicinal value

    Synthetic seeds technology is a potential tool for an efficient and cost-effective clonal propagation system. In the present study, synthetic seeds were produced by encapsulating nodal segments (synthetic or s...

    N. Ahmad, M. Faisal, N. Fatima, M. Anis in Acta Physiologiae Plantarum (2012)

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    Enhancement of Antioxidant Defense System Induced by Hormonal Priming in Wheat

    Use of plant hormones as seed priming agents is known to improve the field performance especially under stressful conditions like salinity. A pot experiment was conducted to study the effects of seed priming o...

    I. Afzal, S. M. A. Basra, N. Ahmad, M. A. Cheema… in Cereal Research Communications (2011)

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    Direct plant regeneration from encapsulated nodal segments of Vitex negundo

    An efficient protocol for encapsulation of nodal segments of Vitex negundo L. has been developed for the production of non-embryogenic synthetic seeds. The encapsulations of nodal segments were significantly affe...

    N. Ahmad, M. Anis in Biologia Plantarum (2010)

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    Improved shoot regeneration system through leaf derived callus and nodule culture of Sansevieria cylindrica

    Long-term culture establishment and efficient in vitro regeneration protocol for Sansevieria cylindrica Bojer ex Hook was developed using leaf derived callus and nodule culture. Profuse callus induction on leaf d...

    A. Shahzad, N. Ahmad, M. A. Rather, M. K. Husain, M. Anis in Biologia Plantarum (2009)

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    Enhancing the performance of transplanted coarse rice by seed priming

    Raising the rice seedlings in the nursery and its transplantation into the flooded fields is principal method of rice cultivation in the world. Traditional nursery raising method in Pakistan is tedious and pro...

    Muhammad Farooq, Shahzad M. A. Basra, N. Ahmad, G. Murtaza in Paddy and Water Environment (2009)

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    Improving the performance of transplanted rice by seed priming

    Transplanting is the major method of rice cultivation in the world, in which seedlings are raised in nursery and then transplanted into well puddle and prepared fields. The traditional nursery sowing method is...

    M. Farooq, S. M. A. Basra, N. Ahmad in Plant Growth Regulation (2007)

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    Micronutrients Status in Citrus Orchards and Soils under these Orchards in Pakistan

    There were some reports containing information on micronutrients in citrus area (Kausar et al. 1979; Rashid et al. 1991). Upon looking the details, it was found that existing information were limited and unsys...

    M. Ibrahim, N. Ahmad, A. Niaz, T. Majeed in Advances in Plant and Animal Boron Nutrition (2007)

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    Boron Nutrition and Boron Application in Crops

    Due to high pH and calcareousness of soil, the availability of micronutrients is affected (Talibudeed, 1981; Marschner, 1995) and growing citrus on such soils frequently shows deficiency symptoms like yellowin...

    M. Ibrahim, N. Ahmad, S. A. Anwar… in Advances in Plant and Animal Boron Nutrition (2007)

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    Improved plant regeneration in Capsicum annuum L. from nodal segments

    Multiple shoots were induced by culturing nodal explants excised from 1-month-old aseptic seedlings of red pepper (Capsicum annuum L. cv. Pusa Jwala) on Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium supplemented with (0.1–10 μ...

    N. Ahmad, I. Siddique, M. Anis in Biologia Plantarum (2006)

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    Fate of CO(NH2)2-15N applied to taro (Colocasia esculenta var.esculenta) in an acid Vertisol of Trinidad

    Vertisols are an important natural resource, particularly in the develo** world, but a greater understanding of their chemical characteristics with special reference to the fate of applied N is needed for th...

    N. Ramnanan, N. Ahmad, S. M. Griffith in Fertilizer research (1995)

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    Downward movement of nitrate and ammonium nitrogen in a flatland ultisol

    Three field trials were conducted in the early and late rainy season on a Piarco Series soil (Aquoxic Tropudults) in Central Trinidad to monitor downward movement of NH 4 + ...

    Fredericka M. Deare, N. Ahmad, T. U. Ferguson in Fertilizer research (1995)

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    Mechanisms of salinity tolerance in rice (Oryza sativa L.)

    Four rice cultivars i.e. NIAB 6, BG 402-4, Basmati 370, and IR 1561 with different salt tolerance were grown in Yoshida nutrient solution without and with 100mol m-3NaCl. Concentration of sodium, calcium, zinc, p...

    M. Aslam, R. H. Qureshi, N. Ahmad in Towards the rational use of high salinity … (1993)

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    A procedure for quick screening of wheat cultivars for salt tolerance

    A quick and reliable procedure for mass screening of wheat genotypes for salt tolerance has been developed. Four-day old seedlings raised in gravel culture are transferred to foam plugged holes in polystyrene ...

    R. H. Qureshi, A. Rashid, N. Ahmad in Genetic Aspects of Plant Mineral Nutrition (1990)

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    Lysimeter and field studies on15N in a tropical soil

    Twenty four plots, each 2.0 m2 in area, were established on St. Augustine loam soil series as field plots and microplots (containing lysimeters) in a completely randomised block design of four treatments (mulched...

    M. Nkrumah, S. M. Griffith, N. Ahmad, F. A. Gumbs in Plant and Soil (1989)

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    Lysimeter and field studies on15N in a tropical soil

    Field plots and lysimeter (micro) plots were established on St. Augustine loam in a completely randomised block design with four fertilized, mulched and unmulched treatments, replicated three times. Labelled (15N...

    M. Nkrumah, S. M. Griffith, N. Ahmad in Plant and Soil (1989)

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    Evaluation of brodifacoum against house murids of Garhwal Himalaya (India)

    Brodifacoum (WBA 8119) was tested at various concentrations (0·02, 0·01, 0·005, 0·0025 and 0·00125%) by choice tests in laboratory against house murids vizRattus rattus gangutrianus Hinton andMus musculus Linnaeu...

    C Sheikher, N Ahmad, S S Guraya in Proceedings: Animal Sciences (1987)

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    Effect of soil acidity and saturating cation on adsorption of urea in soil

    Elevating the pH of two extremely acid tropical soils from an initial pH of 4 to 5 with Ca(OH)2 and NaOH solutions resulted in a sharp decrease in urea adsorption. Further increases in pH to 9 caused only slight ...

    M. Subba Rao, N. Ahmad in Plant and Soil (1984)

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