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Author: M. KAMRAN, K. NASIRA AND F. SHAHINA Publishing Date: 2009 E-ISSN: 0255-7576 Volume 27 Issue 2 ABSTRACT: The mangroves areas of Pakistan are unique being representative of the largest arid zone mangroves in the world. Mangroves swamps support a high biological diversity of microorganisms. Pakistan has a rich meiofauna in the coastal and inshore water of the Arabian Sea. Samples […]

Author: S.A. ANWAR, A. ZIA, N. JAVED AND Q. SHAKEEL Publishing Date: 2009 E-ISSN: 0255-7576 Volume 27 Issue 2 ABSTRACT: There is a hypothesis that damaging pests wide in host range continue their survival by repeated infection of host plants or alternative hosts. For example root-knot nematodes, Meloidogyne spp., are the most damaging nematode pests of field and vegetable crops because

Author: A. KHAN, F.M. BILQEES AND N. KHATOON Publishing Date: 2009 E-ISSN: 0255-7576 Volume 27 Issue 2 ABSTRACT: Histopathology of grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) roots naturally infected with Meloidogyne incognitarevealed that the larvae entered roots by puncturing action of the stylet and reached to the stellar region by intercellular penetration where cells were extensively damaged. The changes recorded were erosion of

Author: M. SHAHID, A.U. REHMAN, S.H. KHAN, K. MAHMOOD AND A.U. KHAN Publishing Date: 2009 E-ISSN: 0255-7576 Volume 27 Issue 2 ABSTRACT: The potential of bio-pesticides, chemical pesticides, organic amendments and bio-control agent was studied in controlling the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita on brinjal “cv” Dilnasheen in two greenhouse experiments. In first experiment bio-pesticides (Abamectin and Azadirachtin) and a chemical pesticide Lorsban

Author: F. SHAHINA AND K.A. TABASSUM Publishing Date: 2009 E-ISSN: 0255-7576 Volume 27 Issue 2 ABSTRACT: Efficacy of live or dead (killed) infective stage juveniles of Steinernema pakistanense Shahina et al., (2001) against plant parasitic nematodes of Bermuda grass (Cynodon dactylon L.) was evaluated in microplot studies during 2007. Both live and dead IJs of S. pakistanense were equally found toxic