0255-7576_2009_27_2

Author: R. AZMAT AND Y. AKHTER Publishing Date: 2009 E-ISSN: 0255-7576 Volume 27 Issue 2 ABSTRACT: Presence of nematodes in various ecosystems and mediums such as soil, water, plants, humans, animals, fishes and other aquatic resources etc., is of great importance and concern. In every ecosystem, the nematodes like any other organisms must be playing a role. So far, nematodes associated […]

Author: K. NASIRA, F. SHAHINA AND M. KAMRAN Publishing Date: 2009 E-ISSN: 0255-7576 Volume 27 Issue 2 ABSTRACT: Free- living marine nematodes are the most abundant and diverse metazoan in sea and play important roles in the ecosystem. Nematodes exhibit many very different roles in aquatic ecosystem as consumers of bacteria, as grazers of primary producers, as predators and parasites. Their

Author: N. HAJRA, K. FIROZA AND F. SHAHINA Publishing Date: 2009 E-ISSN: 0255-7576 Volume 27 Issue 2 ABSTRACT: An experiment was conducted to elicit biochemical substantiation for the observed differences in resistance to nematode infection in roots colonized by mycorrhiza. Sunflower shoot and roots were assayed for their biochemical profile with respect of total carbohydrates, total proteins, amino acids, chlorophyll a

Author: S. AHMED, A. MUNIR, K. BURNEY, S. HAMEED AND H.U. RAHMAN Publishing Date: 2009 E-ISSN: 0255-7576 Volume 27 Issue 2 ABSTRACT: Tylenchulus semipenetrans Cobb, the citrus nematode occurs in all the citrus growing regions of the world. Population dynamics directly effects the production and citrus industry under wide range of environmental and edaphic conditions. The continuous information on seasonal fluctuation of

Author: F. SHAHINA, J. SALMA, G. MEHREEN, M.I. BHATTIAND K.A. TABASSUM Publishing Date: 2009 E-ISSN: 0255-7576 Volume: 27 Issue: 2 ABSTRACT: Methods for rearing of red palm weevil (RPW) Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier) in laboratory and field conditions were developed. Three mediums were tested for egg laying viz., cotton wool having 20 % honey solution, apple and sugarcane pieces, Cotton wool