INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGY RESEARCH

Founder Editor

Prof. Dr. Nasira Khatoon, Department of Zoology, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan

Editor-in-Chief

Prof. Dr. Syed Ehteshamul-Haque, Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan

Editors

Dr. Athar Tariq, (Ph.D., D.Sc.), California Department of Food & Agriculture, Sacramento, CA, USA

Prof. Dr. Zahir Hussain, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine,
Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia

Editorial Boards

Prof. Anthony Wright, Institutionen för Laboratorie Medicin, Karolinska Universtetss Jukhuset (Sweden)

Prof. Dr. Mohamed Ahmed Mohamed El-Metwally, Mycology Research Department, (Egypt)

Prof. Dr. Sarwar Hashmi, Developmental Biology, Center for Vector Biology, Rutgers University, (USA)

Prof. Naji A. Mahat, Forensic Biology, Jabatan Kimia, Fakulti Sains, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (Malaysia)

Prof. Haider Khwaja, David Axelrod Institute, Wadsworth Center, Department of Health, New York (USA)

Prof. Dr. Viliana Vasileva, Institute of Forage Crops (Bulgaria)

Associate Prof. Dr. Gamze Yildiz, Department of Biology, Uludag University, Bursa (Turkey)

Prof. Dr. M. Arshad Azmi, Department of Zoology, University of Karachi (Pakistan)

Prof. Dr. Fasihuddin A. Ansari, Department of Microbiology, University of Karachi (Pakistan)

Prof. Dr. Viqar Sultana, Department of Biochemistry, University of Karachi (Pakistan)

Dr. Aly Khan, Crop Diseases Research Institute, PARC, Karachi (Pakistan)

Prof. Dr. M. Javed Zaki, Department of Botany, University of Karachi (Pakistan)

Dr. Mubarak Ahmed, Agricultural Marketing Development, USAID, Karachi (Pakistan)

Prof. Dr. Aliya Rehman, Department of Botany, University of Karachi (Pakistan)

Prof. Dr. Shahnaz Dawar, Department of Botany, University of Karachi (Pakistan)

Prof. Dr. Syed Abid Ali, HEJ Research Institute of Chemistry & ICCBS, University of Karachi, Karachi (Pakistan)

Dr. Zafar Iqbal Shams, Institute of Environmental Studies, University of Karachi, Karachi (Pakistan)

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