December 2014 Volume 2(2)

Contents Vol. 2(2) December 2014

Farhana S. Ghory and Quddusi B. Kazmi – Developmental stages of Palaemon pacificus (Stimpson, 1860) (Crustacea, Decapoda, Palaemonidae) reared under laboratory conditions

Quddusi B. Kazmi and Moazzam Khan – Some new records of marine molluscans from the Pakistan coast

Aly Khan, Nasira Khatoon, Fatima Mujib Bilqees, Muti-ur-Rahman and Muhammad Arshad Azmi – Histopathological changes in the intestine of buzzard eagle (Butastur teesa Franklin) by acanthocephalan infection

Shahnaz Dawar, Marium Tariq and Hira Ejaz – Observation of seed borne mycoflora related with cumin (Cuminum cyminum L.)

Shahnaz Dawar, Marium Tariq and Hira Ejaz – Observation of seed borne mycoflora related with cumin (Cuminum cyminum L.) (Table)

Muhammad Tanweer Ahsan, Muhammad Arshad Azmi, Mohammad Shoaib and Imtiaz Ahmad – Toxicity of bacterial product (Abamectin), neem extract (Biosal) in comparison to synthetic pyrethroid (Lambda Cyhalothrin) in laboratory against 2nd and 3rd instars larvae of cotton leaf hopper Amrasca devastans (Distant) (Homoptera: Cicadellidae)

Muhammad Tanweer Ahsan, Imtiaz Ahmad and Mohammad Shoaib – Horizontal and vertical life tables and survivorship curves of cotton leafhopper Amrasca devastans (Distant) (Homoptera: Cicadellidae) and the distribution of mortality with age

Quratulan Ahmed, D. Khan and Farzana Yousuf – Length-weight relationship in adult Scomberomorus guttatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) from Karachi coast, Pakistan

Mohammad Shoaib, Syed Anser Rizvi, Aasia Karim and Muhammad Nasir – Competitive analysis of adequate fitness of nitrogen in fish ponds treated with organic and inorganic fertilizers

Naila Khatoon, Hafiza Asma Shafique, Rubina Noreen, Viqar Sultana, Jehan Ara and Syed Ehteshamul-Haque – Role of endophytic and rhizospheric fluorescent Pseudomonas associated with mungbean in suppressing the root rotting fungi of mungbeaan

Seemi Aziz and Syeda Shabi Zehra – Influence of disturbance on the seed bank dynamics of desert plants

Mohammad Shoaib, Muhammad Nasir and Aasia Kareem – Effects of ovaprim on reproductive performance of fresh water carp, Cirrhina mrigala (F. Hamilton, 1822)

Shaheen Akhter and Begum Zarina – Bitylenchus capsicumi sp.n. and one known species of the genus aphelenchus from chilli plants in Sindh, Pakistan

Muhammad Humayun Atta, Adnan Mujahid and Furqana Chaghtai – Population density of Cellana and Acmaea (Mollusca: Gastropoda) at various tidal zones on the rocky coast of Manora, Karachi, Pakistan

Safia Khanam, Javed Mustaquim and Zarrien Ayub – Study of the seasonal abundance and occurrence of macrobenthic crustaceans in mangrove swamps of Sandspit backwaters, Karachi

Abdul Hameed Solangi, Parwaiz Ahmed Baloch, Aqeel Ahmed Siddiqui, R. Uddin, Fateh Khan Nizamani and M. Zafar Iqbal – Seedling growth of three coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) varieties in Karachi, Pakistan … Short communication