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<strong>Research</strong> <strong>Achievements</strong><br />
ANNUAL<br />
REPORT<br />
2010-11<br />
138<br />
UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE FAISALABAD<br />
FACULTY OF SCIENCES<br />
DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY<br />
<strong>Research</strong> Papers Published<br />
International (36)<br />
Ahmad, I., M. S. A. Ahmad, M. Hussain, M. Ashraf, M. Y.<br />
Ashraf and M. Hameed. 2010. Spatiotemporal<br />
aspects of plant community structure in open scrub<br />
rangelands of sub-mountainous Himalayan<br />
plateaus. Pak. J. Bot., 42: 3431-3440.<br />
Ahmad, K., Z. A. Khan, M. Ibrahim, M. Ashraf and M.<br />
Hussain. 2010. Evaluation of nutritional composition<br />
of plant species of Soone Valley in Punjab, Pakistan. J.<br />
Plant Nutr., 33: 496-517.<br />
Ali, Q., M. Ashraf and F. Anwar. 2010. Seed composition<br />
and seed oil antioxidant activity of maize under<br />
water stress. J. Amer. Oil Chem. Soc., 87:1179-1187.<br />
Ashraf, M. Y., A. Gul, M. Ashraf, F. Hussain and G. Abert.<br />
2010. Improvement in yield and quality of kinnow<br />
(Citrus deliciosa x Citrus nobilis) by potassium<br />
fertilization. J. Plant Nutr., 33: 1625-1637.<br />
Ashraf, M., N. A. Akram, R. N. Arteca and M. R. Foolad.<br />
2010. The physiological, biochemical and molecular<br />
roles of brassinosteroids and salicylic acid in plant<br />
processes and salt tolerance. Crit. Rev. Plant Sci., 29:<br />
162190.<br />
Ashraf, M., Q. Ali, F. Anwar and A. I. Hussain. 2010.<br />
Composition of leaf essential oil of Eucalyptus<br />
camaldulensis. Asian J. Chem., 22: 1779-1786.<br />
Aslam, N., M. A. Shiekh, M. Ashraf and A. Jamil, 2010.<br />
Expression pattern of Trichoderma cellulases under<br />
different carbon sources. Pak. J. Bot., 42: 2895-2902.<br />
Cha-um, S., M. Ashraf and C. Kirdmanee. 2010.<br />
Screening upland rice (Oryza sativa L. ssp. indica)<br />
genotypes for salt-tolerance using multivariate<br />
cluster analysis. Afr. J. Biotechnol., 9: 4731-4740.<br />
Farooq, M., A. Wahid, D. J. Lee, S. A. Cheema and T. Aziz.<br />
2010. Comparative time course action of the foliar<br />
applied glycinebetaine, salicylic acid, nitrous oxide,<br />
brassinosteroids and spermine in improving drought<br />
resistance of rice. J. Agron. Crop Sci., 196: 336345.<br />
Farooq, M., K. H. M. Siddique, H. Rehman, T. Aziz, D. J.<br />
Lee and A. Wahid. 2011. Rice direct seeding:<br />
experiences, challenges and opportunities. Soil Till.<br />
Res., 111: 8798.<br />
Farooq, M., K. Jabran, Z. A. Cheema, A. Wahid and K. H.<br />
M. Siddique. 2011. The role of allelopathy in<br />
agricultural pest management. Pest Manag. Sci., 67:<br />
493506.<br />
Farooq, M., N. Kobayashi, O. Ito, A. Wahid and R. Serraj.<br />
2010. Broader leaves result in better performance of<br />
indica rice under drought stress. J. Plant Physiol.,<br />
167: 10661075.<br />
Habib, N., M. Ashraf and M. S. A. Ahmad. 2010.<br />
Enhancement in seed germinability of rice (Oryza<br />
sativa L.) by pre-sowing seed treatment with nitric<br />
oxide (NO) under salt stress. Pak. J. Bot., 42: 4071-<br />
4078.<br />
Hussain, A. I., F. Anwar, P. S. Nigam, M. Ashraf and A. H.<br />
Gilani. 2010. Seasonal variation in content, chemical<br />
composition and antimicrobial and cytotoxic<br />
activities of essential oils from four Mentha species.<br />
J. Sci. Food Agric., 90: 18271836.<br />
Iqbal, M. and M. Ashraf. 2010. Changes in hormonal<br />
balance: a possible mechanism of pre-sowing<br />
chilling-induced salt tolerance in spring wheat. J.<br />
Agron. Crop Sci., 196: 440-454.<br />
Khan, Z. I., K. Ahmad, M. Ashraf, S. A. H. Naqvi, S. Kashaf,<br />
A. Ejaz and E. E. Valeem. 2010. Evaluation of<br />
potassium status of rams: the use of pasture and<br />
blood plasma as indicators under semi-arid<br />
environmental conditions in Punjab, Pakistan. Pak. J.<br />
Bot., 42: 3933-3938.<br />
Khan, Z.I., M. Ashraf, K. Ahmad, N. Raza, N. Ahmad and<br />
E. E. Valeem. 2010. Status of two macro elements<br />
calcium and magnesium of pasture and cattle<br />
grazing in a semiarid region of central Punjab,<br />
Pakistan. Pak. J. Bot., 42: 2391-2395.<br />
Nadeem, S. M., Z. A. Zahir, M. Naveed and M. Ashraf.<br />
2010. Microbial ACC-deaminase: Prospects and<br />
applications for inducing salt tolerance in plants.<br />
Crit. Rev. Plant Sci., 29:360393.<br />
Naz, N., M. Hameed, , M. Ashraf, , M. Arshad and M. S. A.<br />
Ahmad. 2010. Impact of salinity on species<br />
association and phytosociology of halophytic plant<br />
communities in the Cholistan desert, Pakistan. Pak. J.<br />
Bot., 42: 2359-2367.<br />
Naz, N., M. Hameed, M. Ashraf, F. Al-Qurainy and M.<br />
Arshad. 2010. Relationships between gas exchange<br />
characteristics and stomatal structural modifications<br />
in some desert grasses under high salinity.<br />
Photosynthetica, 48: 446-456.<br />
Noreen, S. and M. Ashraf. 2010. Modulation in salt<br />
(NaCl)-induced effects on oil-composition and fattyacid<br />
profile of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) by<br />
exogenous application of salicylic acid. J. Sci. Food<br />
Agric., 90: 2608-2616.
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