This research was conducted on selected underutilized plant species in Ayubia National Park, Pakistan. The six most prominently used medicinal and food species viz., Adhatoda vasica, Artemisia scoparia, Galium aparine, Amaranthus viridis, Hedera nepalensis and Urtica dioica that gain little attention by scientific research and local community were selected as underutilized species. Due to their...

To evaluate food preferences and group activity patterns, a fragmented population of Blackbuck Antilope cervicapra was selected for observation in semi-arid ecosystem western Haryana. A field survey conducted fortnightly, from dawn to dusk, between September 2019 August 2020, covering every season. Scan sampling quadrat methods were used record data on size vegetation. Group sizes ranged 3 72 i...

Since seed reserves can influence seed germination, the quantitative and qualitative differences in seed reserves may relate to the germination characteristics of species. The purpose of our study was to evaluate the correlation between germination and seed reserves, as well as their mobilization during germination of six grassland species (Chloris virgata, Kochia scoparia, Lespedeza hedysaroid...

New strategies are desperately needed for restoring the millions of hectares degraded grasslands in arid and semiarid areas northern China. This study evaluated using different combinations manure amendments shrub branch shelters their impacts on soil moisture, nutrient availability, plant growth over two growing seasons a grassland Ningxia, A two-factor experiment was conducted, with three con...

Chrysanthemum has been commercially propagated by rooting of cuttings, whereas the quality will decline over multiple collections from a single plant. Therefore, we compared the vigour, rooting ability, and some physiological parameters between cuttings harvested from nongrafted "Jinba" (non-grafted cuttings) with those collected from grafted "Jinba" plants onto Artemisia scoparia as a rootstoc...