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Zinc Tolerance and Accumulation in Aspergillus oryzae Penicillium citrinum and Rhizopus stolonifer isolated from Saudi Arabian Soil
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Qatar University
, 1997 , Article)
Aspergillus oryzae, Penicillium citrinum and Rhizopus stolonifer isolated from Taif soil, Saudi Arabia could survive in a liquid medium containing up to 500 ug/ml Zn. Aspergillus oryzae and Penicillium citrinum were more ...
Additions to the flora of Qatar
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Qatar University
, 1997 , Article)
Collections and earlier studies on the plants of Qatar are limited and of recent origin — since the seventies. The latest of these in 1983 (El Amin) listed 300 species belonging to 202 genera in 56 families. At present, a ...
A practical Approach for water Use Efficiency in Arid Areas
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Qatar University
, 1997 , Article)
A practical approach for water use efficiency (WUE) relying on the actual amount of applied water was examined from both theoretical and practical stand points. Pearlmillet {Pennisetum americanum (L.) K. Schum), sorghum ...
Appraisal into Phytochemistry and Taxonomy of an Old Plant Collection from The Middle East
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Qatar University
, 1997 , Article)
The English traveller Richard Pococke (1704 -1765) visited the Middle East during the period 1737-1740 and collected medicinal plants from localities in Egypt and Arabia. This collection gave a description of the Middle ...
Production Of Extracellular Enzymes By Some Soil Yeasts
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Qatar University
, 1997 , Article)
This study investigated the ability of soil yeasts, Geotrichum candidum, Geotrichum capitatum and Williopsis californica to produce extracellular enzymes (amylase, cellulase and protease) in vitro compared with that of a ...
Record of a fruiticose lichen, Ramalina farinacea (L.) Ach. for Qatar
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Qatar University
, 1997 , Article)
Lichens are thallophytic lower plants. Ramalina farinacea (L.) Ach., family Ramalinaceae, is the only fruticose lichen recorded in Qatar. It occurs on stony terrain bordering the coastline in association with other more ...
Plant phenology and its relation to the cool semi-arid condition of Sana'a
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Qatar University
, 1997 , Article)
In the cool semi-arid highland areas of Sana'a a plant phenological study of forty two species revealed that there was one major
outburst of plant emergence corresponding with the first period of the heavy rainfall which ...
The relationship between heavy metal concentration and soil mycoflora in the Gizan region, Saudi Arabia
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Qatar University
, 1997 , Article)
Soil samples were collected from different places from the Gizan region, Saudi Arabia, and analyzed mechanically and chemically for mineral content. The soils were highly alkaline and sandy in texture in all cases. The ...
Edaphic properties and soil cyanobacteria of South Western Saudi Arabia.
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Qatar University
, 1997 , Article)
Three sites at each of five localities, in the South Western Region of Saudi Arabia were surveyed during 1992, for their soil physico-chemical properties, and cyanobacterial communities. The soils were moderately calcareous, ...
Changes in carbohydrate and nitrogen fractions during germination of fenugreek (Trigonellafoenum-graecum L.) seeds presoaked in GA3, growing under different osmotic potentials
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Qatar University
, 1997 , Article)
Changes in carbohydrate and nitrogen fractions during seed germination of fenugreek under water stress and GA^ treatment were investigated. The germination percentage was reduced with the decrease in the osmotic potential ...