abstract objective: this study was conducted to collect indigenous traditional knowledge about the medicinal plants and their uses in mangowal, district gujrat, punjab, pakistan. materials and methods: the ethnomedicinal data were gathered through questionnaires and extensive personal dialogues with native individuals comprising 40 males and 20 females of diverse age groups between 50 to 80 yea...

Cotton leaf curl disease (CLCuD) in Pakistan and northwestern India is caused by monopartite begomoviruses in association with an essential, disease-specific satellite, Cotton leaf curl Multan betasatellite (CLCuMB). Following a recent upsurge in CLCuD problems in Sindh province (southern Pakistan), sequences of clones of CLCuMB were obtained from Sindh and Punjab province (central Pakistan), w...

Canine hepatozoonosis is a growing tick-borne disease in Punjab. Two canine hepatozoonosis cases, one clinical and one subclinical, in Punjab were analyzed by PCR targeting 18S rRNA gene (666 bp). After sequence analysis of the PCR products, both of them were found almost identical to each other and were closely related to the Hepatozoon canis strain found in Saint kitts and Nevis and Brazil wi...

The present study was conducted to ascertain the seroprevalence of bluetongue in cattle and buffalo population in Punjab, India. Total 92 serum samples were collected from female bovines belonging to 3 different agroclimatic zones of Punjab and subjected to cELISA test for the detection of anti-bluetongue antibodies. The overall apparent seroprevalence of bluetongue was 8.7%, while true serolog...

The 2012 Assembly Elections in Punjab received attention for being the first elections in post-1966 reorganised Punjab to witness return to power of an incumbent party regime. The elections also saw the emergence of a new set of political leadership, most notably the rise of Sukhbir Badal, the SAD President who led the campaign and crafted the Akali victory. The rise and fall of Manpreet Badal,...

By using total organic carbon (TOC) and Rock-Eval pyrolysis analysis measurements, the hydrocarbon source rock potential of Chichali Samana Suk formations found in subsurface Panjpir oilfield Punjab platform located eastern part middle Indus Basin was investigated. Twenty two core samples were collected from producing well. The analysed formation contains TOC ranging between 0.99-4.61 wt.% havi...

Punjabi farmer suicides represent a broader problem related to the marginalization of the rural sector to the benefit of burgeoning towns and cities in the developing world. Studying and addressing this issue can provide important lessons for future rural development interventions and also serve as a reminder of the importance of holistic analysis of the many layers of human rights issues impli...

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Consumption of cut flowers is going to increase day by day in Pakistan. It is related with the rising living standards, education and electronic media that have promoted this business in recent years. The production and consumption of cut flowers has increased over the past decade and this increase is expected to continue. However, local consumption and demand is yet to be satisfied. Gladiolus ...