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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • BACTERIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS AT HYDERABAD, SINDH

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    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
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.34016/pjbt.2024.21.02.883

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

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

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

    Haider Ali, Iqbal Hussain, Kazim Ali, Saima Noor, Amber Imtiaz, Muhammad Zeeshan, Mumtaz Hussain, Sadia Sarwar
    839-844
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.34016/pjbt.2024.21.02.927

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Review Articles

  • FUNCTIONAL COMPONENTS AND MEDICINAL PROPERTIES FOODS

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