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)

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

  • 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
    339-344
    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

  • 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

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

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

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

    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
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.34016/pjbt.2024.21.02.933

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF SUGARCANE CLONES AT PRELIMINARY YIELD TRIAL

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

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

    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
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.34016/pjbt.2024.21.02.950

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

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

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

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

  • EVALUATION OF SPRING WHEAT GENOTYPES UNDER WATER STRESSED CONDITION

    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
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.34016/pjbt.2024.21.02.951

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

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

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

    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
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.34016/pjbt.2024.21.02.917

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

    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
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.34016/pjbt.2024.21.02.958

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

    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
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.34016/pjbt.2024.21.02.934

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

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

  • ANTIBACTERIAL EFFICACY OF BACTERIOPHAGES AGAINST VIBRIO CHOLERAE

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

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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