Sixtyfour Indian barnyard millet genetic resources were studied to assess the extent of divergence for 18 quantitative traits using Mahalanobis D2 Statistic. evaluated during kharif, 2020 in a lattice square design, replicated twice at Regional Agricultural Research. Based on Tocher’s method, entire materials separated into eight distinct and non-overlapping clusters suggesting availability div...

Echinochloa crus-galli, a problem weed in rice fields, has the rare ability to germinate and to grow in a totally oxygen-free environment. After 7 days growth in the light or dark under N(2), E. crus-galli var. oryzicola produces a 2- to 3-centimeter nonpigmented shoot.Ethanol, malate, and lactate were measured in seeds germinated under N(2) and air, and compared with changes in the activities ...

Edaphic properties have been widely shown to influence community composition and distribution. However, the degree which edaphic factors can affect grasses in semi-arid lowlands is still little researched. We assessed significance of nine explain distributions 65 grass species with various ecological traits (i.e., indicator values for their preferred habitat) Pakistan. To record information on ...