: The family Zygophyllaceae has almost 22 genera and more than 250 species. Fagonia is an important genus which belong to this family. This genus comprises of abundant species which grows in different phytogeographical regions of the world. These species grow in different environmental conditions. Fagonia indica belongs to Zygophyllaceae. It is commonly known as Dhamasa, Dhamana, Sachi booti and Shoka’a and is found in deserts of Asia and Africa. The species of this family are of very high importance since very long time. This article is a review based on different studies regarding occurrence, phytochemistry, traditional uses, biochemical constituents and therapeutic uses of F. indica. Available literature review provided base for this review. The presence of flavonoids, saponins, tannins, glycosides, pectin and alkaloids were confirmed by different researchers. F. indica is very important medicinal plant because it has different therapeutic and traditional uses such as antidiabetic, anticancer, antileshminial, antipyretic, antiinflammatory, laxative, gastroprotective, hepatoprotective and antioxidant effects. Further in vitro and in vivo studies should be carried out find the exact mechanisms of actions for better scientific evidences.

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Thirty-five species belong to fresh water are taxonomically identified with the quality of water bodies from the remote areas. The samples are collected from the river Panjkora different sites during February 2015 to August 2016. Algae are collected, identified and describe in the area for the first time and exploration of the local species are presented in this article. The total 35 species belongs to 16 Genera, 15 Families, 12 Orders, 9 classes and 5 Phylum's having phylum Chlorophyta includes 22 (63%) species, Charophyta 6(17%) species, Euglenophyta 4 (11%) Species, Ochrophyta 2 (6%) species and Rhodophyta 1 (3%) species. The most dominant are Genus Euglena 4 species (24%), Genera Ankistrodesmus, Microspora, Spirogyra and Ulothrix has 3 Species (17%), Genera Chaetophora, Chlamydomonas, Cladophora, Nitella, Oocystis, Stigeoclonium and Volvox has 2 species (12%), Asterococcus, Batrachospermum, Chlorochromonas, Synura, Zygogonium each has 1 species (6%).It is the first inclusive taxonomical study in river Panjokora and its surrounding area, the river Panjkora is rich of algal species further investigations were needed.

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A laboratory strain of Beauveria bassiana sensu lato (Balsamo) Vuillemin (Hypocreales: Clavicipitaceae) and commercial formulation of Bacillus thuringiensis (Berliner) were assessed against three field populations of Earias vittella F. ) were applied alone and in combination against 2 nd and 4 th larval instars. The mortality was observed until pupation. The bioassays were carried out at 25°C and 75% RH The highest larval mortality was observed in the population from Faisalabad with lowest pupation rate, adult emergence and egg eclosion treated with combined concentrations of B. bassiana and B. thuringiensis. The lowest mortality was observed in population from Pakpattan among all the tested populations. Overall results demonstrated that all the treatments gave significant control of E. vittella and both microbial agents may become the integral part of the successful IPM program of E. vittella in okra crop.