Category Breeding and Genetics

Photosynthesis, under drought stress

Photosynthesis, under drought stress Hamna Shazadee1, Sonia Zulfiqar1, Mahnoor Jamil1, Shakra Jamil2, Rahil Shahzad2 Centre of Agricultural Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Agriculture Faislabad Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute, AARI, Faisalabad. Importance of water Water is one of the most important…

Marker Assisted Selection in Plant Breeding

Marker Assisted Selection in Plant Breeding Purwa Khan1, Hamna Shazadee1, Sana Shaheen1, Shakra Jamil2, Rahil Shahzad2 Centre of Agricultural Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Agriculture Faisalabad. Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute, AARI, Faisalabad.   Marker assisted selection has revolutionized the field…

Next Generation Sequencing and Cancer Treatment

                  Next Generation Sequencing and Cancer Treatment Mahnoor Jamil1, Sonia Zulfiqar1, Shakra Jamil2, Rahil Shahzad2, Dr. Muhammad Zaffar Iqbal2 Centre of Agricultural Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute,…

water management

BUSHRAGULL42@G MAIL.COM water management Water management is the management of water resources under set policies and regulations. Water, once an abundant natural resource, is becoming a more valuable commodity due to droughts and overuse. Programmes Agricultural Water Management Program (AWMP) earlier it was as Irrigation Systems…

Biofuel from Sugarcane?

BIOELECTRICITY AND BIOFUEL PRODUCTION THROUGH SUGARCANE BAGASSE Sugarcane is native to Asia and grown here for over 4000 years. Around 400 B.C, in India different methods were developed to extract sugar from sugarcane. Sugarcane is known as one of “cash…

Apomixis and farmers

                                           Apomixis and farmers Farmers, and particularly poor farmers in developing countries, are expected to benefit from apomixis in two ways: saving hybrid seeds and stabilizing their best plants. Commercial farmers are to benefit as clients of a more responsive…

What is Apomictic development?

                                           Apomictic development Sexual reproduction in diploid angiosperms is characterized by double fertilization. After meiosis and the production of haploid sperm and egg cells within the anthers and ovules, respectively, two male sperm (released from a single pollen grain) enter…

Protein metabolism and its regulation

Protein metabolism and its regulation Proteins are large macromolecules or biomolecules consisting of one or more long chains of amino acid. Protein metabolism is biochemical processes responsible for the production of proteins/amino acids by anabolism and breakdown of proteins/amino acids by catabolism.…

Role of mitochondria in life of Trypanosoma brucei

    Trypanosoma brucei is a species of parasitic protozoan belonging to the genus Trypanosoma. It causes African trypanosomiasis, known also as sleeping sickness in humans and nagana in other animals. T. brucei has traditionally been grouped into three subspecies: T. b. brucei, T. b. gambiense and T. b. rhodesiense. The latter two…