Category Breeding and Genetics

Lac Culture

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Author: Saad Ramzan, Kanwal Hanif, Muhammad Ahsin Ayub and Naeem Arshad Maan           Ayub Agriculture Research Institute (AARI), Faisalabad.   Introduction: The art of rearing lac insects on scientific lines for lac production is called lac culture. Lac is a…

IN VITRO PROPAGATION OF  APPLE THROUGH SEED

IN VITRO PROPAGATION OF  APPLE THROUGH SEED Written by. M.Shahzad, Sumaira Bibi Tissue culture is emerging field of breeding and forms integral part of biotechnology.  It offers an alternate to conventional vegetative propagation and has various advantages over other breeding methods…

Tissue culture and crop improvements

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PROSPECTS AND CONSTRAINTS OF PLANT TISSUE CULTURE IN CROP IMPROVEMENT INTRODUCTION: Tissue culture is now very common in modern and developing world. Nowadays people use this method commercially for plants as well as animals. In humans, the application is limited…

IN VITRO PROPAGATION OF POTATO

By. Shahzad, Ghulam Fatima IN VITRO PROPAGATION OF POTATO Tissue culture is emerging field of breeding and forms integral part of plant biotechnology. It offers an alternative to conventional vegetative propagation and has various advantages over other breeding methods like…

Transgenic Technology for Pest Management 

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Transgenic Technology for Pest Management    Author: Tehseen Sarwer  Department: Plant Pathology University of Agriculture Faisalabad.     Introduction:  Worldwide transgenic technology added a new era to control pest & become a vital component of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) system to protect crops from…

Efforts to sequence the rice genome

Efforts to sequence the rice genome Asim Munawar1*, Aqsa Arshad1, Muhammad Ishaque Mastoi2, Shehbaz Sharif1 and Muhammad Ali3 1Department of Entomology, University of Agriculture Faisalabad. 2Department of Plant and Environmental Protection, NARC, Park Road Islamabad. 3 Department of Clinical Medicine and…