October, 2016 Vol. 13, No. 04

1. Obituary.
   Dr. Muhammad Ahmed Maqbool

2. Effects of peroxisomes proliferator activated receptor Gamma agonist on oxidative stress biomarkers and insulin resistance in high fat diet induced obesity.
   Arshia Tabassum and Tabassum Mahboob

3. An economical and energy saving approach for Amylase production from Bacillus sp. MTZ-1 by submerged fermentation under static conditions: Application and antimicrobial potential of crude preparations.
   Zainab Sajid, Maryam Shafique, Sehar Afshan Naz and Nusrat Jabeen

4. Detection of GM contamination in IRRI-6 variety of rice (Oryza sativa L.) grown in Pakistan.
   Huma Rao, Naheed Kauser, Ameer Ahmed Mirbahar, Syeda Kahkashan Kazmi, Saifullah Khan and Sajjad A. Rao

5. Analgesic effects and HPLC analysis of Cleome africana Botsch. extracts.
   Muhammad F. Abd El-Wahab, Mohamoud M.E. Mudawi, Nudrat Fatima and Abdullah Naif Alshammari

6. Leaf architecture, ornamentation and estimation of lamina area in Myrtus communis L. (Myrtaceae).
   D. Khan, M. Javed Zaki and Afsheen Khan

7. Feeding habits of Jarbua terapon, Terapon jarbua (Family Teraponidae) Forsskal, from the coast of Pakistan.
   Hamid Badar Osmany and Syeda Kashifa Zohra

8. Evaluation of maize varieties based on antioxidant system in response to drought stress.
   Ahmad Nawaz Khan, Samran Durrani, Muhammad Daud Khan, Abdullah Jalal and Nisar Ahmad

9. Performance of some wheat varieties on the basis of yield and yield contributing characters.
   Saeed K. Kaleri, Arshad A. Kaleri, Abdul Wahid Baloch, S.Y. Rajput , N.F. Veesar, Haling Ning, Tanweer Fatah Abro, Sajid H. Kaleri and Mohsin Khan

10. Genetic architecture of various morphological characters in pearl millet.
    Muhammad Irshad-ul-Haq, Muhammad Siddique, Saeeda Khanum, Naveed Kamal and Muhammad Hussain Chaudhary

11. Toxicity of nitenpyram and neem leaf extract against earthworm.
    Altaf Hussain, Muhammad Farhanullah Khan, Muhammad Faheem and Habiballah Rana

12. Prevalence and detection of fungi associated with post-harvest rots of banana in Karachi.
    M. Talha Azeem, Saleem Shahzad and Nasreen Sultana

13. New fungal records on Bombax ceiba L. from Pakistan. II.
    Syed Qaiser Abbas, Humaira Noureen, Alia Abbas, Tehreema Iftikhar and Mubashir Niaz

14. A new species of Acheta F., A. khanpurensis (Orthoptera: Gryllidae) with special reference to its tegmen and male genitalia from Khanpur, Panjab, Pakistan.
    Nasreen Khan and Imtiaz Ahmed

15. Epistmium sindhensis sp. n., (Trematoda: Echinostomatidae) from the bird Egretta garzetta (Little egret) in Sindh, Pakistan.
    N. Das Sanjota, S. Bushra, R.R. Ghazi and Aly Khan

16. First record of occurrence of bighead goby (ego zebra) from Pakistan.
    Muhammad Moazzam and Hamid Badar Osmany

17. First record of occurrence of the Opisthobranch Kalinga ornata Alder and Hancock, 1864 from the coast of Pakistan.
    Muhammad Moazzam, Naseem Moazzam and Hamid Badar Osmany

18. Hawk moths (Sphingidae) of Tando Jam, Pakistan.
    Nazeer Ahmed Panhwar, Imran Khatri, Maqsood Anwar Rustamani and Raheem Bux Mashori

19. Abundance of fresh water zooplankton with physico-chemical parameters in Hill Park lake, Karachi, Pakistan.
    Shahina Rao, Hira Rasheed and Syed Hamid Hasany

20. An analysis on growth of scales in Platycephalus indicus L.
    Musarrat-ul-Ain and Rehana Yasmeen Farooq

21. Termicide activity of seed extract/oils from Schinus molle Linn. against subterranean termites under laboratory conditions.
    Mureed Abbas, Babar Hassan, Sohail Ahmed and Muhammad Shahid Nisar

22. Portulaca olaracea L.: A mini review on Phytpchemistry and pharmacology.
    Shazia Syed, Nudrat Fatima and Ghazala Kabeer

23. Effect of 2, 4-d herbicide on the stomatal characteristics of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.).
    Saima Ashraf and Ghulam Murtaza

24. Growth-and-obesity vector-roadmaps of the Pakistani children.
    Syed Arif Kamal, Ashfaq Ali Naz and Shakeel Ahmed Ansari

25. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi from some cultivated plants of Sindh, Pakistan.
    Abdul Rauf, D. Khan and M. Javed Zaki