About the Journal

The Pakistan Journal of Biotechnology (PJBT), a broad-based journal, is introduced to publish the most exciting research in all areas of basic and applied biotechnology and related fields. The Journal welcomes the submission of manuscripts that meet the general criteria of significance and scientific excellence. Papers will be published quarterly after acceptance. All articles published in AJB are peer-reviewed.

Current Issue

Vol. 21 No. 2 (2024): Pak. J. Biotechnology

Frequency: Biannual (Continued) 2024

Published: 2024-04-08

Research Articles

  • INDUCED TOXIC EFFECTS OF CHLORPYRIFOS ON HEMATOLOGICAL INDICES IN PIGEONS (COLUMBA LIVIA DOMESTICA)

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.34016/pjbt.2024.21.02.918
    Shakeel Ahmed Memon, Nasreen Memon, Nadir Ali Birmani
    244-249

  • COMPARATIVE EFFICACY OF NEEM OIL DERIVATIVES WITH IMIDACLOPRID AGAINST OKRA JASSID, AMRASCA BIGUTTULA BIGUTTULA (ISHIDA)

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.34016/pjbt.2024.21.02.915
    Bhugro Mal; Wali Muhammad Mangrio, Hakim Ali Sahito; Aqeel Ahmed Siddiqui, Shah Nawaz Khuhro; Fahmeeda Imdad Sahito
    250-257

  • COMPARATIVE APPRAISAL OF THE ACACIA (ACACIA NILOTICA L.) AND MESQUITE (PROSOPIS JULIFLORA) ON THE BASIS OF MINERAL CONTENTS AND CONTAMINANTS FOR THE CAMEL FEEDS

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.34016/pjbt.2024.21.02.908
    Shahela Hakro, Shaikh Muhammad Yusuf, Ghulam Sarwar Gachal
    258-265

  • EVALUATION OF FLAXSEED OIL AND TRICHODERMA SPECIES AGAINST GREY MOLD DISEASE OF GRAPES

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.34016/pjbt.2024.21.02.916
    Khalid Hamza, Gulshan Irshad, Abdullah Shafiq, Muhammad Saeed, Muhammad Ahsan Naseem, Muhammad Riaz Khan
    266-271

  • IMPROVING MCCP VACCINE IN SHEEP: NOVEL STRATEGIES FOR DEVELOPMENT, EFFICACY AND CROSS-PROTECTION

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.34016/pjbt.2024.21.02.919
    Haider Ali Yousafzai, Shahid Hussain Abro, Abdul Sajid, Hanif ur Rahman, Rani Abro, Baitullah, Farhan Anwar Khan, Dildar Hussain Kalhoro
    272-278

  • BACTERIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS AT HYDERABAD, SINDH

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.34016/pjbt.2024.21.02.921
    Samreen Shah, Ghulam Asghar Mako, Sarfraz Ahmed Tunio, Shaista Bano
    279-283

  • PURIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF AMYLASE PRODUCED FROM PROBIOTIC LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM CS FOR INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.34016/pjbt.2024.21.02.890
    Ujunwa Felicia Nwachukwu, Uzoamaka Ogechi George-Okafor, Kelechi Nkechinyere Mba-Omeje , Amara Chioma Ezeme-Nwafor, Ifeoma Agatha Onah, Ifeanyi Jude Victor Egbuji
    284-294

  • POPULATION DENSITY OF LESSER DATE MOTH ON MOST PROMINENT DATE PALM CULTIVARS AT KHAIRPUR MIRS

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.34016/pjbt.2024.21.02.926
    Faheem Ahmed Jatoi; Hakim Ali Sahito, Abdul Manan Shaikh
    305-311

  • FERMENTATION, PURIFICATION AND IN-VITRO EVALUATION OF ANTIMICROBIAL, ANTITUMOR AND ANTIOXIDANT COMPOUNDS FROM A HIMALAYAN ACTINOBACTERIA STRAIN STREPTOMYCES SP. PU-AK14

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.34016/pjbt.2024.21.02.842
    Nimra Naseer, Adeela Fatima, Mohsin Tassawar Cheema, Muhammad Abbas, Shahida Hasnain, Imran Sajid
    312-322

  • CORRELATION AND REGRESSION ANALYSIS FOR YIELD & RELATED ATTRIBUTES IN F2 POPULATION OF BREAD WHEAT (Triticum aestivum L.) GENOTYPES

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.34016/pjbt.2024.21.02.883
    Payar Ali Shar, Jay Kumar, Sohail Ahmed Otho, Ayaz Ali Soomro, Adil Ali Gadahi, Ghulam Fareed, Wazir Ahmed Shar, Muhammad Bux Shar, Kashif Ali Buriro
    323-331

  • PREVALENCE OF DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY AMONGST TYPE 2 DIABETIC PATIENTS ATTENDING TERTIARY HOSPITAL OF HYDERABAD, SINDH, PAKISTAN

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.34016/pjbt.2024.21.02.869
    Noshaba Zaheer Khan, Tahira Jabeen Ursani, Jawaid Ahmed Khokhar, Samina Malik, Muhammad Junaid Khilji, Shadab Kaka, Khalid Hussain Dhiloo, Sabina Shaikh
    332-338

  • EFFECTS OF GROWTH REGULATOR ON INVITRO PROPAGATION OF LILIUM USING BULB SCALE

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.34016/pjbt.2024.21.02.927
    Haider Ali, Iqbal Hussain, Kazim Ali, Saima Noor, Amber Imtiaz, Muhammad Zeeshan, Mumtaz Hussain, Sadia Sarwar
    339-344

  • PHYTOGENOTOXICITY ASSESMENT OF MOSQUITO REPELLENT COILS USED IN PAKISTAN VIA PLANT CHROMOSOMAL ABERRATION ASSAY

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.34016/pjbt.2024.21.02.928
    Sadaf Tabasum Qureshi, Asma Parveen Channar , Anila Naz Soomro
    345-354

  • BIOMETRICAL ANALYSES OF ELITE WHEAT VARIETIES USING HALF DIALLEL METHOD IN HEXAPLOID WHEAT (TRITICUM AESTIVUM L.)

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.34016/pjbt.2024.21.02.907
    Dalel Khan Mandan, Shah Nawaz Marri, Zahoor Ahmed Soomro, Qamar-ud-Din Chachar
    356-368

  • ENHANCING GROWTH, YIELD, AND QUALITY POTENTIAL OF PROMISING COTTON VARIETIES THROUGH SOWING DATE VARIATIONS

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.34016/pjbt.2024.21.02.889
    Rizwan Wahid, Muhzzam Anwar, Niaz Ahmed Wahocho, Jahanzaib, Zahid Hussain, Syed Taimoor Shah, Khuda Dost, Kaleem Ullah, Ikhlaq Ahmed
    369–379

  • DIAPAUSE DYNAMICS IN PINK BOLLWORM (PECTINOPHORA GOSSYPIELLA) TRIGGERED BY EPISODES OF PHOTOPERIOD AND TEMPERATURE REGIMES

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.34016/pjbt.2024.21.02.923
    Shamim Akhtar, Talal Ihsan, Iqra Shehzadi, Shumaila Afzal, Ghulam Zainab, Kamra Mahmood, Saira Khan, Muhammad Bilal, Imran Ali, Ferkhanda Farooq
    380–386

  • BACTERIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE TRENDS IN BACTERIA ISOLATED FROM CEREBROSPINAL FLUID OF SUSPECTED BACTERIAL MENINGITIS PATIENTS AT HYDERABAD, SINDH.

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.34016/pjbt.2024.21.02.922
    Sarfraz Ahmed Tunio, Santosh Kumar Bathija, Shaista Bano
    387-391

  • MITIGATION OF SALT STRESS IN WHEAT THROUGH THE APPLICATION OF INDOLE ACETIC ACID

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.34016/pjbt.2024.21.02.924
    Jabreen Tariq, Muhammad Yasin Ashraf, Ali Ilyas
    392–400

  • QUANTITATIVE, HETEROSIS AND COMBINING ABILITY ANALYSIS OF MORPHOLOGICAL TRAITS OF WHEAT (TRITICUM AESTIVUM L) UNDER WATER STRESS CONDITIONS

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.34016/pjbt.2024.21.02.920
    Nazir Ali Panhwar, Zahoor Ahmed Soomro , Wajid Ali Jatoi , Mahboob Ali Sial
    401-415

  • METHOD DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF TOTAL VIABLE COUNT USING SPECIFIED TECHNIQUES AND PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS OF ISO/IEC 17025:2017 IN MICROBIOLOGICAL SAMPLES

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.34016/pjbt.2024.21.02.933
    Muhammad Amjad Qureshi, Abid Niaz, Muhammad Asif Ali, Sajid ur Rahman, Shabana Ehsan, Shahid Nazir, Munazza Rafique, Hina Javed, Fraza Ijaz, Allah Nawaz, Muhammad Shahid, Ifra Saleem
    416-427

  • PHOSPHORUS NUTRITION OF MUNGBEAN (Vigna Radiata L.) IN RELATION TO MYCORHIZOBACTERIAL INOCULATION

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.34016/pjbt.2024.21.02.932
    Zia-ul-hassan, Nizamuddin Depar, Sana Saleem Rajput, Javaria Afzal Arain, Inzamam Jamali, Naheed Akhter Talpur, Hajra Khan, Inayatullah Rajpar
    428-434

  • SCREENING AND MODULATION OF THE BACTERICIDAL POTENTIAL OF PICKLE-BASED LACTIC ACID BACTERIA AGAINST COMMON NOSOCOMIAL PATHOGENS

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.34016/pjbt.2024.21.02.931
    Maham Chaudhry, Bushra Mazhar, Sara Hayee, Samreen Riaz, Faryal Sajjad, Nazish Mazhar Ali, Muhammad Ahsan Raza
    435-444

  • EXOGENOUS APPLICATION OF IRON ANDZINC NANOPARTICLES ON GERMINATION AND GROWTH CHARACTERISTICS OF SUGARCANE (SACCHARUM OFFICINARUM L.) BUDNODE

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.34016/pjbt.2024.21.02.935
    Mena Hameed, Iram Shahzadi, Asif Kaleri, Danish Manzoor, Akhtar Jamali, Muahmmad Tufail Jogi, Aadab Akhtar, Rida Pervaiz, Sabir Ali, Muhammad Ashraf
    445-456

  • PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF SUGARCANE CLONES AT PRELIMINARY YIELD TRIAL

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.34016/pjbt.2024.21.02.949
    Muhammad Shahzad Afzal, Muhammad Zafar, Hafiz Bashir Ahmad, Mahmood Ul Hassan, Mubashra Yasin, Babar Hussain Babar, Rashida Naheed
    457-462

  • REVEALING THE FERTILITY STATUS OF KHANEWAL DISTRICT’S LANDS THROUGH GIS-BASED STUDY

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.34016/pjbt.2024.21.02.950
    Muhammad Mubashir, Muhammad Mubashir, Muhammad Imran, Fatima Bibi, Saeed ur Rehman, Ghulam Murtaza, Muhammad Rashid Farooq, Muhammad Khalid, Muhammad Zahid khan Nazar, Syed Ali Zulqadar, Qurrat-ul- Ain, Nazia Parveen
    463-471

  • ISOLATION, IDENTIFICATION AND ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE PROFILES OF BACTERIA FROM SPOILED FRUITS IN RAWALAKOT DISTRICT POONCH, AZAD JAMMU AND KASHMIR

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.34016/pjbt.2024.21.02.954
    Nayab Qayyum, Fauzia Aziz, Raees Ahmed, Muhammad Tahir Younas, Urooj Zafar, Laiba Mahmood, Uzma Barkat, Hassam Qayyum, Muhammad Najeeb, Nasrullah ., Sabahat Javied
    472-484

  • APPLICATION OF ORGANIC AND INORGANIC NUTRIENT SOURCES FOR IMPROVING GROWTH AND YIELD ATTRIBUTES OF MAIZE (ZEA MAYS L.) UNDER CLIMATIC CONDITIONS OF PAKISTAN

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.34016/pjbt.2024.21.02.929
    Aqeel Ahmed, Nabil Ahmed, Uzma Arif, Sadaf Khalid, Lubna Zafar, Raees Ahmed, Jahanzaib Shahzad, Raza Mustafa, Qamar Ali Khan, Hassan Farid
    484-488

  • EVALUATION OF SPRING WHEAT GENOTYPES UNDER WATER STRESSED CONDITION

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.34016/pjbt.2024.21.02.951
    Naveed Yaseen Sial, Mahboob Ali Sial, Ghulam Fareed, Amir Ali Mastoi, Ayaz Ali Keerio, Muhammad Adeel Butt, Muhammad Aslam Mengal, Sana Ullah Baloch, Sajid Ali Shah, Bismillah Khan
    489-493

  • MORPHOLOGICAL AND YIELD-RELATED POMOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF INTRODUCED OLIVE (OLEA EUROPEA) CULTIVARS IN RAINFED AREA OF POTHOWAR PUNJAB

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.34016/pjbt.2024.21.02.953
    Uzma Javed, Ayesha Manzoor, Ruqeah Mustafa, Tanveer Hussain, Irfan Ali, Muhammad Tahir Akram, Mehwish Liaquat, Laiba Satti, Asfa Quddus, Ijaz Ahmad
    494-500

  • UNLOCKING COMMERCIAL POTENTIAL: CPF 249, A MEDIUM-MATURING SUGARCANE VARIETY FOR PUNJAB

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.34016/pjbt.2024.21.02.917
    Mahmood Ul Hassan, Muhammad Akhlaq Muddasar, Naeem Fiaz, Muhammad Shahzad Afzal, Zaheer Sikandar, Muhammad Shafique, Syed Saqlain Hussain, Fida Hussain, Muhammad Farooq Ahmad, Mubashra Yasin, Salma Niaz, Muhammad Zafar
    501-506

  • NUTRITIVE VALUATION OF WINTER FORAGE CEREALS HAY UNDER VARIABILITY OF AGRO-CLIMATIC CONDITIONS AND NITROGEN REGIMES AT BOOTING STAGE

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.34016/pjbt.2024.21.02.958
    Muhammad Jamil, Sadaf Khalid, Aqeel Ahmad, Muhammad Mazhar Qayyum, Muhammad Yousuf, Qamar Ali Khan, Raza Mustafa, Muhammad Zahid, Muhammad Tariq-Khan, Lubna Zafar
    507-512

  • RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT OF P2O5 DETERMINATION METHOD IN PHOSPHATE FERTILIZERS AND ITS VALIDATION

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.34016/pjbt.2024.21.02.934
    Muhammad Aleem Sarwar, Sumreen Siddiq, Muhammad Faraz Anwar, Quais Muhammad Affan, Khadim Hussain, Waqas Ashraf, Hafiz Naveed Ramzan, Muhammad Arif, Muhammad Shafqat, Memoona Shehzadi, Muhammad Saeed Ashraf
    513-517

  • HEAVY AND TRACE METALS CONTAMINATION IN THE SOIL AND TAP WATER OF QASIMABAD, HYDERABAD, SINDH PAKISTAN

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.34016/pjbt.2024.21.02.939
    Kashif Ahmed Memon, Ghulam Mustfa Thebo, Mohammad Hassan Agheem, Muhammed Ali Solangi, Javed Ali Kalhoro, Shahid Ali Shaikh, Zainab Ursani
    518-527

  • ANTIBACTERIAL EFFICACY OF BACTERIOPHAGES AGAINST VIBRIO CHOLERAE

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.34016/pjbt.2024.21.02.961
    Sidra Fareed, Rafiq Ahmad, Muhammad Fayaz Khan, Hifza Rehman, Samia Gul, Daniyal Akram, Afshan Saleem
    528-533

  • EFFECT OF ANTIOXIDANTS TO CONTROL BROWNING IN GUAVA SOFT WOOD CUTTINGS

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.34016/pjbt.2024.21.02.963
    Mohsin Abbas, Komal Aslam , Nida Mahreen, Maaz Aziz, Naseem Sharif, Qamar Shehzad Anjum, Muhammad Talha Bin Zahid
    534-539

  • The Impact of BMI on Heart Rate and Blood Pressure Unveiling the Cardiovascular Connection.docx

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.34016/pjbt.2024.21.02.965
    Muhammad Daniyal Maqsood Alvi, Khair Ul Wara, Faizan Raza Shah Zaidi, Komal Tariq, Shahzad Nasim, Saifullah Bullo, Sidra Abid Syed
    540-549

  • Morpho-Biochemical Characterization of Mentha spp. Using Cluster Analysis in Garala, District Sudhnuti Azad Jammu and Kashmir

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.34016/pjbt.2024.21.02.903
    Tahsin Razzaq, Mamoona Saghir, Eifa Khalil, Aqsa Ajaz, Muhammad Faraz Khan, Amna Mustafa, Dania Habib, Saiqa Nazir, Ahmed Ali, Basharat Mehmood
    550-560

  • COMPARATIVE EFFICACY OF VARIOUS DOSAGES OF KURTUMA (CITRULLUS COLOCYNTHIS) AND AKK (CALOTROPIS GIGANTEA) AS BIO-PESTICIDES FOR PINK BOLLWORM (PECTINOPHORA GOSSYPIELLA) CONTROL IN COTTON CROPS UNDER ARID CONDITIONS

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.34016/pjbt.2024.21.02.865.
    Summar Abbas, Fazlullah, Ali Asghar, Muhammad Sabir
    561-564

  • CORRELATION AND PATH ANALYSIS FOR YIELD AND YIELD LINKED TRAITS IN WHEAT (Triticum aestivum L.)

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.34016/pjbt.2024.21.02.952
    Haris Khan Muhammad, Hassan Mujtaba, Muhammad Sohail Khan, Muhammad Faisal Khan, Nadia Jabeen, Noshin Shafqat, Muhammad Adil Younis, Arshid Iqbal, Umar Sidduqe, Wasiq Saeed, Syed Ihsan Ullah Shah, Khalil Ur Rehman
    565-570

Review Articles

  • FUNCTIONAL COMPONENTS AND MEDICINAL PROPERTIES FOODS

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.34016/pjbt.2024.21.02.901
    Shaista Soomro, Shahzor Gul Khaskheli, Aijaz Hussain Soomro, Aasia Akbar Panhwar, Ashfaque Ahmed Khaskheli, Sana Nawaz, Abdul Ghani Dars
    295-304
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