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{"title":"Floristic diversity and ecological attributes of the vegetation in Behram Khel, Lakki Marwat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan","authors":"Ilyas Khan","doi":"10.19045/bspab.2025.140099","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.19045/bspab.2025.140099","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20855,"journal":{"name":"Pure and Applied Biology","volume":"14 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147883349","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A comprehensive study of the morphometric and meristic features of fish (Mastacembelus armatus) in the geographicm boundaries of district Swabi Pakistan","authors":"Nafees Ur Rehman","doi":"10.19045/bspab.2025.140082","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.19045/bspab.2025.140082","url":null,"abstract":"The present study was conducted to investigate the morphometric and meristic characteristics, lengthweight relationships, and distribution of Mastacembelus armatus (Spiny eel) from a primary tributary of the River Indus in Swabi, Pakistan, with the aim of generating baseline biological data for this commercially and ecologically important species.A total of 159 specimens were sampled between May and July from five sites: Shiekh Dheri (Site I), Salah (Site II), Tano (Site III), Zaida (Site IV), and Rana Dheri (Site V).Fourteen morphometric and six meristic traits were analyzed.The specimens ranged from 9.3-62 cm in length and 9.5-470 g in weight.The length-weight relationships varied across sites, with regression equations: Log BW = -4.8887+ 2.7524 Log TL (Site I), -2.4396 + 1.8442 Log TL (Site II), -1.0910 + 1.3458 Log TL (Site III), -4.8866 + 2.7106 Log TL (Site IV), and -5.9125 + 3.1301 Log TL (Site V).Growth was more satisfactory at Shiekh Dheri (Site I) compared to Salah (Site II) and Tano (Site III).Seasonal distribution indicated 49 specimens in May, 73 in June, and 37 in July, with percentage distributions of 18.23% (Site I), 18.23% (Site II), 15.72% (Site III), 25.15% (Site IV), and 22.64% (Site V).This study was undertaken to provide scientific information that can support conservation planning, stock assessment, and sustainable fisheries management of M. armatus.The findings will serve as a reference for future ecological monitoring and may guide policymakers in developing strategies to maintain population stability and protect aquatic biodiversity in the River Indus system.","PeriodicalId":20855,"journal":{"name":"Pure and Applied Biology","volume":"14 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://doi.org/10.19045/bspab.2025.140082","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147887848","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Effect of different weed management practices on growth and yield of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)","authors":"Ali Raza Gadahi","doi":"10.19045/bspab.2025.140028","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.19045/bspab.2025.140028","url":null,"abstract":"The Agronomy Section of the Agriculture Research Institute (ARI), Tandojam, conducted the study during the Rabi season of 2022.The study used a randomized complete block layout design, with a net plot size of 5 m x 3 m (15 m2), three replications, and six treatments.One treatment, T1, was a weedy check, one treatment, T2, was hand pulling weeds once (30 DAS), one treatment, T3, was Topik 15 WP @ 300 g ha-1 (30 DAS), one treatment, T4, was an allelopathic plan (sorghum) at a 1:5 concentrations at 12 L/ha once (30 DAS), one treatment, T5, was an allelopathic plant (sorghum) at a 1:10 concentration at 12 L/ha once (30 DAS), two treatments, T6 and seven treatments, each with a 1:15 concentration at 12 L/ha twice (30+60 DAS).The parameters under study included plant height (cm), spike length (cm), number of grains per spike, grain weight (g), seed index (1000 grain weight), biological yield (kg/ha), grain yield (kg/ha), harvest index (%), weed population (m2), and weed control (%).The results are summarized below.The results of various weed management practices on the wheat crop significantly (P 0.05) influenced the present findings, revealing that T7 = Allelopathic plant (sorghum) at a 1:10 concentration @ 12 L ha-1 twice (30+60 DAS) recorded the maximum plant height (961.1 cm), spike length (12.0 cm), grains spike-1 (62.1), grain weight spike-1 (2.7 g), seed index (57.7 g), biological yield (11790 kg/ha), grain yield (4486.7 kg/ha), and harvest index (38.4).On the other hand, T1 = Control (weedy check) recorded the minimum plant height (71.2 cm), spike length (8.2 cm), grains spike-1 (32.8), grain weight, spike-1 (2.2 g), seed index (43.2g), biological yield (8699 kg/ha), grain yield (3181.7 kg/ha), and harvest index (36.5%).Furthermore, T7 = Allelopathic Plant (Sorghum) recorded the maximum weed population (35.3 m2) and weed control (64.3%) at a 1:10 concentration @ 12 L ha-1 twice (30+60 DAS).In contrast, T1 = Control (weedy check) recorded the lowest weed population (34.0 m-2) and weed control (9.8%).It is concluded that various weed management practices significantly impacted all measures of growth and yield.After planting wheat, a 1:10 concentration of Allelopathic Plant (sorghum) was applied twice at a rate of 12 L ha-1, 30 and 60 days later.This greatly improved the crop's growth and yield, leading to a high grain yield of 4486.7 kg/ha.","PeriodicalId":20855,"journal":{"name":"Pure and Applied Biology","volume":"14 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"http://dx.doi.org/10.19045/bspab.2025.140028","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147878813","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Enhancing anaerobic digestion through the integration of microbial electrolysis cells: A comprehensive review","authors":"Satesh Kumar Devrajani","doi":"10.19045/bspab.2024.130015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.19045/bspab.2024.130015","url":null,"abstract":"Enhancing anaerobic digestion through the integration of","PeriodicalId":20855,"journal":{"name":"Pure and Applied Biology","volume":"119 29","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141362633","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Influence of asafoetida herbal supplementation on the growth performance and nutrients digestibility in broiler chickens","authors":"Naseeb ullah Marri","doi":"10.19045/bspab.2023.120163","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.19045/bspab.2023.120163","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20855,"journal":{"name":"Pure and Applied Biology","volume":"2 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138584956","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Ochratoxin-A induced pathological changes in broiler chicks","authors":"Shahzad Akbar Khan","doi":"10.19045/bspab.2023.120162","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.19045/bspab.2023.120162","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20855,"journal":{"name":"Pure and Applied Biology","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138585304","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Ravi river, a potential reservoir for opportunistic pathogens of mucormycosis","authors":"Shumaila Rasheed","doi":"10.19045/bspab.2023.120164","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.19045/bspab.2023.120164","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20855,"journal":{"name":"Pure and Applied Biology","volume":"7 38","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138584826","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Impact of irrigation intervals on the growth and yield of super basmati rice (Oryza sativa L.)","authors":"Jameel Ahmed Bohar","doi":"10.19045/bspab.2023.120148","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.19045/bspab.2023.120148","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20855,"journal":{"name":"Pure and Applied Biology","volume":"14 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81160555","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Design, development and testing of different shapes of flails in Pak-seeder","authors":"Muhammad Asif Javaid","doi":"10.19045/bspab.2023.120160","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.19045/bspab.2023.120160","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20855,"journal":{"name":"Pure and Applied Biology","volume":"17 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91289831","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Detection, partial purification and characterization of Bacteriocin from Enterococcus species indigenous to Azad Jammu and Kashmir","authors":"S. Rafique","doi":"10.19045/bspab.2023.120157","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.19045/bspab.2023.120157","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20855,"journal":{"name":"Pure and Applied Biology","volume":"69 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82282117","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}