APRIL, 2024 Vol. 21, No. 02

1. Serum leptin levels in normal weight hypertensive women during reproductive age
   Shalan Alaamri

2. Comparative analysis of mosquito repellency potential in three brown seaweeds collected from the coast of Karachi, Pakistan
   Hafsah, Hira Anwer, Asma Tabassum, Sofia Qaiser and Aliya Rehman

3. Role of PGPR in the proliferation and biocontrol activity of Vesicular Arbuscular Mycorrhizae (VAM) in Soil
   Mariyam Ahmed, Hafiza Farhat, Sharfun-Nahar and Hafza Asma Shafique

4. Physicochemical Properties of Black Pepper Seed Oil as affected by different Extraction Methods
   Usman Ahmad, Naveed Iqbal Raja, Zia-ur-Rehman Mashwani, Rahmatullah Qureshi and Rahmat Wali

5. Genotypic evaluation of upland cotton for drought tolerance using physiological traits and drought tolerance indices
   Muhammad Mudasir, Yaqoob Sultan, Abdul Smad Baig and Mirza Muhammad Ahad Baig

6. Toxicity of a biopesticide abamectin, a botanical biosal (neem extract) in comparison to a synthetic parathyroid lambda cyhalothrin against cotton leafhopper Amrasca devastans (Distant) (Homoptera:Cicadilidae), a sucking pest of cotton and vegetables
   Muhammad Tanweer Ahsan

7. Comparison of biodiversity of birds in rural and urban areas of Islamabad, Pakistan
   Abdul Mateen, Muhammad Sajid Nadeem, and Usman Ahmad

8. New locality and host record of Rhabdochona bilqeesae, Naqvi et al., 2014 (Nematode: Rhabdochonidae Wigdor, 1916) from the freshwater fish Rita rita in Naushahro Feroze, Sindh, Pakistan
   Sanjota Nirmal Das, Tasmina Leghari, Abdul Saeed Hulio

9. New host and locality record of Contracaecum Bubakii Akram, 1996 (Nematoda: Anisakidae) from the gizzard of Bubulcus ibis in Larkana, Sindh, Pakistan
   Abdul Saeed Hulio and Sanjota Nirmal Das

10. Effects of x-rays on seed germination and seedling growth of Zea mays L.
    Ishrat Jahan and S.Tanveer Iqbal

11. Exotic and invasive fish species: a major threat to aquatic biodiversity of Pakistan
    Muhammad Moazzam and Hamid Badar Osmany