0255-7576_2008_26_2

Author: K. NASIRA, F. SHAHINA AND Y.I. ERUM Publishing Date: 2008 E-ISSN: 0255-7576 Volume 26 Issue 2 ABSTRACT: A compendium of the genus Discolaimus, based on the characters: body length, stylet and spicule length, number of supplements, ratios a, b, c, c’, and vulva percentage, is presented. These allometric and morphometric characters werederived from the original descriptions. Discolaimus pakistanense n. sp., […]

Author: K.A. TABASSUM AND F. SHAHINA Publishing Date: 2008 E-ISSN: 0255-7576 Volume 26 Issue 2 ABSTRACT: The hermaphroditic species Oscheius andrassyi n. sp., collected from soil around the roots of sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L.) from Jhang (Punjab), Pakistan is described and illustrated with its embryonic and post-embryonic development. This new species belongs to the insectivora group having a leptoderan bursa and

Author: A.R. MUSARRAT, K. NASIRA & F. SHAHINA Publishing Date: 2008 E-ISSN: 0255-7576 Volume 26 Issue 2 ABSTRACT: Four known species viz., Mylonchulus contractus Jairajpuri, 1970; M. lacustris (Cobb in Cobb, 1915) Andrassy, 1958; Clarkus papillatus (Bastian, 1865) Jairajpuri, 1970 and Mononchus aquaticus Coetzee, 1968 belonging to the two families viz., Mononchidae and Mylonchulidae have been reported for the first time from Pakistan. These

Author: S.A. MONTASSER, M.E. SWEELAM AND A.F. ELMESALAMY Publishing Date: 2008 E-ISSN: 0255-7576 Volume 26 Issue 2 ABSTRACT: Pods samples of groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) cultivar Giza 4 were collected from eight Governorates in Egypt. Pods were stored for one year in closed stores under natural conditions of temperature 25±2° C. Infested groundnut pods were soaked in modified Baermann Funnel contain

Author: A. KHAN, F.M. BILQEES, K.A. KHANZADA, N. KHATOON AND S. SHAHZAD Publishing Date: 2008 E-ISSN: 0255-7576 Volume 26 Issue 2 ABSTRACT: Roots of chilli (Capsicum frutescens L.) infected with Meloidogyne incognita (Kofoid & White) Chitwood were collected from experimental field of Crop Diseases Research Institute (PARC), University of Karachi. Infected plants showed severe yellowing and stunted growth. The infected roots