Issue · 2010
Vol. 23, Iss. 1-2, Pages 1-98
15 articles · pp. 1-98 · All issues →
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Zaheer Ahmad, M. Yaqub Mujahid, M. Anwar Khan, Shaheena Yasmin, M. Asif, Maqsood Qamar
Wheat breeding efforts conducted at NARC, Islamabad have resulted in the development of a wheat variety suited for rainfed areas of Pakistan. NR-268 was selected from an exotic germplasm nursery (INQYT 2003-04) received from CIMMYT, Mexico. It was evaluated fo…
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S.A. Khan, M.M. Rahman Jamro, M.Y Arain
Planting geometry is considered as a very important tool for better production of True Potato Seed (TPS). The experiments were conducted to determine the suitable planting geometry for better yield from TPS mini tubers during autumn 2006-2007 and 2007-2008. It…
17 Mar 2018 - Articles
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Nasreen Sultana, A.Ghaffar
The effect of fungicides and microbial antagonists in the control of Lasiodiplodia theobromae , the cause of seed rot, seedling and root infection on bottle gourd was studied in vitro and in vivo. Carbendazim and Topsin-M completely inhibited the g…
17 Mar 2018 - Articles
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Naheed Akhtar, Muhammad Ashfaque, Waseem Ahmad Gillani, Ata-ul-Mohsin, Afzala Tashfeen, Irshad Begum
The germplasm of National Uniform Wheat Yield Trials (Normal) (2003-04) were screened against Rhopalosiphum padi L., bird cherry oat aphid at National Agricultural Research Centre, Islamabad. Twenty National Uniform Wheat Yield Trials (NUWYT), Normal and…
17 Mar 2018 - Articles
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Liaqat Ali Shahid, M. Azhar Saeed, Nadeem Amjad
The domestic production of edible oils is critically insufficient to meet the demand of growing population. It only meets 27% of the total edible oil consumption in the country. The deficit is met through import of edible oils from other countries on whi…
17 Mar 2018 - Articles
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Sidra Majeed, Shahid Ahmad, Asif Ali Bhatti, Ghazanfar Abbas
Organic wheat production was initiated at the National Agricultural Research Centre (NARC) during 1998-1999. Data of wheat grown using chemical fertilizers for the same period were obtained for wheat productivity from the Farm Operations and Services (FO…
17 Mar 2018 - Articles
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Khalid Mahmood Aujla, Sajida Taj, Khalid Mahmood, Nadeem Akmal
Wheat is the main staple diet of the people of Pakistan. There were different views for wheat yield decline and crisis in the country during 2007- 08. To assess the wheat situation and compare wheat production practices to identify the major factors of yield d…
17 Mar 2018 - Articles
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Z. A. Soomro, M.B. Kumbhar, A.S. Larik, M. Imran, S.A. Brohi
Heritability (b.s), genetic advance, phenotypic and genotypic variance for different quantitative traits is important in determining the effectiveness of selection. In this study the potential effectiveness of selection in parents and their F2 and F3 pro…
17 Mar 2018 - Articles
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Haq Nawaz Malik, Iffat Ara, Muhammad Naeem, Mozammil Hussain, M. Hanif Munawwar, M. Yousaf
Eighteen hybrids and 13 open pollinated varieties of maize were evaluated at the National Agricultural Research Centre, Islamabad during kharif 2007. Significant differences were observed for days to 50% tasseling and silking, plant height, ear height, n…
17 Mar 2018 - Articles
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Mohammad Siddique Munawar, Shazia Raja, Elizabeth Stephen Waghchoure, Muhammad Barkat
American Foulbrood (AFB), caused by the bacterium Paenibacillus larvae is a serious disease of honey bees worldwide that inflicts considerable economic losses to beekeepers. All work was undertaken in a commercial apiary that showed visual signs of AFB i…
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Aneela Afzal, Tanvir Ali, Munir Ahmad, Humera Amin, Samina Saki
The study was designed to identify rural women’s participation in different agricultural activities especially crop related involvement in the district Okara, Punjab, Pakistan. A multistage random sampling technique was used to collect the data fro…
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Hassnain Shah, Hina Riaz, Nadeem Akmal, Muhammad Sharif, Abdul Majid
Livestock sector plays an important role in the economy of Pakistan with a share in national and agricultural GDP estimated to be 11.3% and 51.8% respectively. Pakistan accounts for 143 million animal heads in 2006. However, livestock population and fodd…
17 Mar 2018 - Articles
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Babar Hussain, Muhammad Ashfaq, Mazher Abbas, Khalid Mahmood, M. Ather Mahmood
Regional market integration in many agricultural commodities has been extensively studied for the insight, it provides in to the functioning of such markets; such studies provide valuable information about the dynamics of market adjustment, and whether t…
17 Mar 2018 - Articles
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Sikander Khan Tanveer, Shaheena Yasmin, Imtiaz Hussain, M.Yaqub Mujahid, Muhammad Munir, Muhammad Asif
The study was conducted at the National Agricultural Research Centre, Islamabad to assess the effects of different combinations of fertilizer nitrogen (N) and phosphorous (P) with or without farm yard manure (FYM) on yield, yield components and as well a…
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R. Hussain, A. N. Naqvi
Gojali goat breed is found in Tehsil Gojal, subdivision Hunza, of Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan. Generally very small breed with small legs, large belly and most of the specimen have brown strip from temple to nostrils on both sides. It is a pashmina bearing bree…
17 Mar 2018