African Journal of
Biotechnology

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Biotechnol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1684-5315
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJB
  • Start Year: 2002
  • Published Articles: 12487

Full Length Research Paper

Pollen fertility estimation of some sub-tropical flora of Pakistan

  Khalid Ahmad*, Nighat Shaheen, Mushtaq Ahmad and Mir Ajab Khan  
  Department of plant sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.  
Email: [email protected]

  •  Accepted: 11 January 2010
  •  Published: 06 December 2010

Abstract

 

A total of 46 species from 3 monocotyledon and 18 dicotyledonous families were investigated for percentage pollen fertility. The average fertility was 91.15% which showed the general stability of the flora in the study area. In the present research the highest 100% value was observed in Argyrolobium roseum (Camb.) Jaub. and Spach and the lowest 66.67% was observed in Spergularia arvensis L. The dominant families regarding number of species were: Brassicaceae having six species, whose average fertility was 91.82% and Papalionaceae having five species whose average fertility was 88.79%. The present studies showed that the flora of the area is a stable one.

 

Key words: Pollen fertility, district tank, sub-tropical flora.