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Hypoxia tolerance studies in cotton are very rare in Pakistan. Unpredicted and excessive rainfalls result in severe losses to cotton crop in many regions of the country due to lack of hypoxia tolerance in curr...
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Open AccessGenetic effects conferring heat tolerance in upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.)
Climate change and particularly global warming has emerged as an alarming threat to the crop productivity of field crops and exerted drastic effects on the crop** patterns. Production of cotton has been drop...
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Open AccessNeed for growing non-Bt cotton refugia to overcome Bt resistance problem in targeted larvae of the cotton bollworms, Helicoverpa armigera and Pectinophora gossypiella
The effectiveness of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) cotton against target arthropod larvae is decreasing day by day. The comparative effect of Bt expression among Bt cotton varieties and different plant parts was ob...
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Open AccessOptimization of ultrasound-assisted extraction of Nigella sativa seed oil for enhancement of yield and antioxidant activity
The seeds of Nigella sativa have been shown to contain a number of constituents that have nutritional and therapeutic characteristics. The oil extracted from the seeds of Nigella sativa has been traditionally use...
