Issue · 2016
Vol. 29, Iss. 1, 1-109
12 articles · All issues →
ArticlesPHYTOTOXIC EFFECTS OF CALOTROPIS PROCERA, TAMARIX APHYLLA AND PEGANUM HARMALA ON PLANT GROWTH OF WHEAT AND MUSTARD
Muhammad Mudasar Aslam ⃰, Muhammad Jamil, Ijaz Malook, Amana Khatoon, Ali Rehman, Abdur Rahim et al.
Phytotoxic effects of many plants are known on growth of different useful crops. This research study was designed to find out phytotoxic effects of Calotropis procera, Tamarix aphylla and Peganum harmala on seed germination and seedling length of wheat and mus…
31 Mar 2018- Articles
OCCURANCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF POTY VIRUSES INFECTING GARLIC IN PAKISTAN
S. Talat Gilani, Shahid Hameed, Hussain Shah
The study was designed to detect and determine the prevalence, incidence and distribution of the poty viruses causing diseases in garlic (Allium sativum) from major garlic growing areas of Pakistan. The yellow stripes, mosaic and chlorotic spot sym…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
EFFECT OF SOIL AND FOLIAR APPLIED COPPER ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF WHEAT (TRITICUM AESTIVUM L.)
Azhar Usman Ali, Ghulam Sarwar, Muhammad Aftab, Sher Muhammad
The experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of copper on wheat growth and soil composition through its soil and foliar application. For -1 this purpose, non-saline non-sodic soil (pH = 8.10, EC = 0.85 dS m , SAR = 4.60, saturation percentage = 29…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
SOCIOECONOMIC DETERMINANTS OF RURAL HOUSEHOLD FOOD EXPENDITURES IN RAWALPINDI
Hafiz Saqib Habib, Arshad Mahmood Malik, Abid Ali, Muhammad Aamir Khan
Higher food expenditures disturb the delicate balance of allocated decisions of household monthly expenditures. Several past studies in Pakistan have been committed on determining household consumer's characteristics on requirement for specific kinds of…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
MARKETING SYSTEM OF LIVE CAMELS IN THE DESERT ECOLOGIES OF PAKISTAN
Khalid Mahmood Aujla, Abid Hussain
Livestock markets are trading places for live animals where suppliers and buyers can make transactions. This study was designed to investigate the existing marketing system of live camels in the desert ecologies of Pakistan. Out of 220 camel farmers that…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
ASSESSMENT OF AGRICULTURE SERVICE PROVIDERS' TRAINING ON WATER CONSERVATION TECHNOLOGIES IN POTHWAR REGION
Sumia Bint Zaman, Waqas Farooq, Sidra Majeed, Hasnain Shah, Abdul Majid
Water conservation technologies especially, High Efficiency Irrigation Systems (HEIS) remained unpopular due to absence of service sector for these technologies despite of the efforts being carried out since long. Therefore, a training component to prepa…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
RESPONSE OF SUNFLOWER HYBRIDS TO DIFFERENT NITROGEN LEVELS FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL AND AGRONOMICAL TRAITS UNDER FIELD CONDITIONS
Doulat Baig, Fida Mohammad Abbasi, Habib Ahmed, Maqsood Qamar, Muhammad Ayub Khan
Sunflower occupies main position among oil seed crops in Pakistan. Mostly indigenous sunflower hybrids are cultivated which give low achene and fodder yields. The issue related with these hybrids ascribed to lack of information about use of inputs and cu…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
CROP RESIDUES AND PHOSPHORUS EFFECT ON YIELD AND ECONOMICS OF DIRECT SEEDED RICE AND WHEAT GROWN UNDER SALINE-SODIC SOIL
Imdad Ali Mahmood, Arshad Ali, Armghan Shahzad, Muhammad Asif Masud Ghumman, Muhammad Arshad Ullah, Tariq Sultan et al.
A field study on saline-sodic sandy loam soil (EC =6.6 dS m ; pH e -1 1/2 -1 =8.31; SAR =17.4 (m.mol L ) ; CaCO =3.5% and available P=3.9 mg kg ) was c 3 conducted on direct seeded rice and wheat for two consecutive years at Soil Salinity Research…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
DETERMINATION OF FORAGE QUALITY OF INDIGENOUS AND EXOTIC RHODES GRASS ACCESSIONS UNDER RAINFED CONDITIONS
Sohaib Arshad, Sarwat Naz Mirza, Imtiaz Ahmad Qamar, Maqbool Shahbaz
Utilization of grasses as fodder and forage is the most important source of nutrition for cattle as it provides them with metabolizable energy, carbohydrates, proteins and other important minerals. As global warming is increasing, overall water scarcity…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
RESPONSE OF TOMATO CULTIVARS TO DIFFERENT ORGANIC FERTILIZERS UNDER AGRO-CLIMATIC CONDITIONS OF MINGORA, SWAT
Salar Khan Yousafzai, Shah Masaud Khan, Khalil ur Rehman, Junaid Khan, Sher Aslam Khan, Ijaz Hussain et al.
An experiment was conducted at Agricultural Research Institute (ARI) Mingora, Swat during 2013 to study the effect of different organic fertilizers of tomato cultivars under the agro-climatic conditions of Mingora, Swat. The experiment was conducted in r…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
FACTORS AFFECTING GROUNDNUT YIELD IN POTHWAR REGION OF PUNJAB, PAKISTAN
Muhammad Qasim, Khuda Bakhsh, Sultan Ali Tariq, Mahmood Nasir, Rashed Saeed, Muhammad Ather Mahmood
Groundnut being an important oilseed crop in the Pothwar -1 region of Pakistan has the productivity level of 609 kg ha , much lower from the -1 potential yield of 3000 kg ha . Present study was designed to explore factors affecting productivity of ground…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
COMBINING ABILITY STUDIES FOR SEED YIELD TRAITS IN SUNFLOWER
Syeda Nasreen, Muhammad Ayub Khan, Muhammad Arshad, Maryam Kamal, Doulat Baig, M. Tariq et al.
Six cytoplasmic male sterile inbred lines and six restorers/testers were selected on the basis of variability for yield related characters. The lines and tester restorers were crossed in a line x tester mating design resulting in 36 F hybrids. The potent…
31 Mar 2018