Nagina Zeb, Muhammad Sajid, Abdul Mateen Khattak and Imtiaz Hussain
Imtiaz Hussain, M. Sajid, Noor ul Amin, Abdul Mateen Khattak, Abrar Hussain Shah, S. Mussarat Hussain, Sayed Hussain and Nagina Zeb
Iftikhar Ahmad, Abdul M. Saleem, Ghulam Mustafa, Khurram Ziaf, Irfan Afzal and Muhammad Qasim
...rly, uniform and healthy nursery stand of the tested species, which can ensure uniform maturity and flower harvesting of ornamentals....
M. B. Meah
Biopesticides for crop growth and crop protection
..., tomato, chilli) in the nursery and leaf blight, anthracnose, fruit rot, root knot and leaf curl/mosaic of tomato and carrot in the field. Aqueous solution of garlic and allamanda tablet sprayed at 1:1, 1:2, 1:3, 1:3, 1:4, 1:5 conc. increased seed germination by 45-60%, completely eliminated damping-off, seedling blight and tip over and increased seedling vigour by 22-50%. The tablets retained the similar range of action over aging up to 90 days. Both garlic ...
1Sitesh Chatterjee, 1Chirasree Gangopadhyay and 2Santosh Kumar Roy
...cause of smaller area of nursery that can be managed better way as compared to transplanted field. In the present study, chlorantraniliprole granule was applied both in seedbed and transplanted field along with spraying of some new generation insecticides like indoxacarb, flubendiamide, spinosad and chlorantraniliprole to test their efficacy against different rice insect-pests. The study found that whorl maggot can be managed properly in seedbed application wi...
Zaheer Ahmad, M. Yaqub Mujahid, M. Anwar Khan, Shaheena Yasmin, M. Asif and Maqsood Qamar*
...from an exotic germplasm nursery (INQYT 2003-04) received from CIMMYT, Mexico. It was evaluated for five years in different trials. It was first tested in advance yield trial conducted at NARC, then in Micro Yield Trials conducted at nine locations by BARI, Chakwal and finally it was evaluated in National Uniform Yield Trials conducted in rainfed ecology of Pakistan for two consecutive years. The NR-268 performed better than all other lines including local che...
Amir Khatam*, Sher Muhammad and Ijaz Ashraf**
ROLE OF FARMER FIELD SCHOOLS IN ENHANCING SKILLS OF FARMING COMMUNITY IN KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA, PAKISTAN
...nced in st the aspect of nursery raising techniques which was ranked 1 with mean value 3.40 closely followed by timely and balanced use of fertilizers and nd rd using recommended seed rate, which were ranked 2 and 3 with mean value 3.08 and 3.05, respectively. While, skill improvement in plant protection especially in the area of insect pests identification was ranked st 1 with mean value 3.22 closely followed by insect pests control by local nd rd recipes and...
Muhammad Nawaz*, Anwar Javaid Wahla*, Muhammad Saleem Kashif*, Masood Qadir Waqar**, Muhammad Anjum Ali*** and Asim Raza Chadhar****
EFFECTS OF EXOGENOUS NITROGEN LEVELS ON THE YIELD OF RICE GRAIN IN SHEIKHUPURA, PAKISTAN
...al site. Every year, the nursery of both the rice cultivars was transplanted during the second week of July. The results indicated that different nitrogen levels had a significant effect on all studied parameters of both rice cultivars during all the years of experimentation. Both cultivars also differed significantly from each other in number of grains per spike, 1000-grain weight and paddy yield during all the years of experimentation. Application of nitroge...
Fouzia Tabssum1, Qamar uz Zaman2*, Yinglong Chen3,4, Umair Riaz5*, Waqas Ashraf6, Ambreen Aslam2, Nusrat Ehsan2, Rab Nawaz2, Humera Aziz7 and Shamim ul Sibtain Shah8
... (salt tolerant) in both nursery and field conditions. For pot experiment, salinity stress was imposed by applying 50 mM of NaCl solution to the soil daily for three continuing days, and applications of proline (0, 25, 50, 75 and 100 mM) was applied 25 DAS. For field experiment, the same cultivars were grown in a saline soil (EC = 5.05 d Sm-1) for two growth seasons with or without 50 mM proline applied at seedling stage (15 days after transplanting, DAT), veg...
Muhammad Nasrullah1*, Liu Chang1, Khurram Nawaz Saddozai2, Asaad Osman Khalid1, Rachel Bayisenge1 and Gulnaz Hameed3
...,750 rupees per hectare; nursery raising cost was estimated at 11,828 rupees per hectare. The bed preparation cost for tobacco is 12,300 rupees per hectare while planting cost was 61,476.68 and processing cost was 95,535 rupees per hectare. The highest cost incurred was 61,750 rupees for land followed by Fuel wood which was 39,957 rupees per hectare. Total product of tobacco was calculated as 44 mounds per hectare. The total revenue was Rs. 405,636 per hectare...
Ammara Saeed* and Noor-ul-Amin
Muhammad Nisar* and Muhammad Idress
...nificantly associated to nursery preparation, water management and manure composting training needs. Trainings for small farmers and women were recommended to create awareness for home gardening and water management at the garden.
...
Hassnain1, Abdul Basit1*, Mehboob Alam1, Imran Ahmad1, Izhar Ullah1, Noor Alam2, Inayat Ullah3, Muhammad Areeb Khalid1, Muhammad Shair4 and Noor ul Ain1
Muhammad Usman Saleem, Nadeem Iqbal, Shawaiz Iqbal*, Usama Bin Khalid, Adila Iram, Muhammad Akhter, Tahir Latif and Tahir Hussain Awan
...ltivated through raising nursery seedlings and transplanting them in puddled soils. Declining surface water, high cost of pumped groundwater, high labor costs, and drudgery in manually transplanted rice (TPR) have motivated researchers to develop alternated technology such as direct seeded rice (DSR). About 30% of total water used in rice cultivation is consumed for puddling of soil (land preparation) and transplanting operations. Physical properties of soils ...
Muhammad Zamin1*, Fazli Rabbi2, Shahen Shah3, Muhammad Amin4, Haroon Ur Rashid5, Hasnain Alam6 and Sabahat Ali1
Performance of Lilium (Lilium elegans L.) Genotypes using Different Planting Media
...cted in the horticulture nursery, University of Swabi, Pakistan in the year 2019. Five Lilium genotypes viz., Star gazer, Star fighter, BomiYellow, Red carpet and Yena were tested in four type of planting media viz., M1-sandy soil+ Compost (1:1; v/v), M2- sandy soil+Humic acid (20:1;v/v), M3- sandy soil+ Peatmoss (1:1;v/v), M4-sandy soil+Potting soil (1:1;v/v). in randomized complete block design (RCBD) with 3 replications. The lilium genotype Bomi Yellow perf...
Saeed Ahmad1, Abdul Ghaffar1, Muhammad Habib ur Rahman1,3*, Tanveer-ul-Haq2, Mahmood Alam Khan4 and Arshad Mahmood5
Evaluation of Different Production Systems in Combination with Foliar Sulphur Application for Sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) under Arid Climatic Conditions of Pakistan
...ower production systems (nursery transplanted and direct seeded) and sulphur foliar spray (0, 50, 100 and 150 ppm) on sunflower in a randomized complete block, with split plots arrangement. Results revealed that tallest plant (175 cm) with maximum number of leaves (32.7) recorded with the application of foliar sulphur spray (150 ppm). Similarly, sunflower produced maximum head diameter (18.0 cm), number of achenes per head (1510), 1000-achene weight (55.7 g) r...
Muhammad Yaseen1*, Muhammad Luqman1*, Zahoor Hussain2, Usman Saleem3, Asif Nawaz1, Tahir Munir Butt4 and Muhammad Umer Mehmood1
Assessment of Knowledge Level and Information Sources of Vegetable Growers regarding Tunnel Farming in District Sargodha
...esponse. Replantation of nursery and distance between plants and rows of plants were also answered quite satisfactorily. Farmers do not know how to overcome the increasing attack of insects, pests, and diseases in tunnel farming. Some areas were identified, which require the attention of responsible authorities for the relevant knowledge....
Zohaib Ahmad Hassan1, Ghulam Sarwar1*, Noor-Us-Sabah1, Mukkram Ali Tahir1, Muhammad Aftab2, Muhammad Zeeshan Manzoor1, Usman Saleem3, Ayesha Zafar1, Imran Shehzad1, Aneela Riaz4, Khurshid Ahmad Mufti5 and Aamer Sattar2
Toxic Effects of Sodium Bicarbonate (NaHCO3) on Growth and Yield of Rice
...y levels. Later on, rice nursery was transplanted in all the pots. Various agronomical operations were carried out as per crop requirement. At maturity, rice was harvested from all pots. Various yield contributing components like plant height, fertile tillers, total biomass, straw and paddy yield were noted for all pots of the experiment. Statistical analysis of all collected data was accomplished. It was noted from the results that control (T1) proved superio...
Sheza Shehzadi1, Mohammad Umar Farooq2*, Rukhsana Kausar1, Ijaz Ali1*, Muhammad Arshad Ullah3 and Maqbool Shahbaz4
...collected from the grass nursery of range land Research Institute (RRI) and plantation was carried out in one acre in barani condition. The area was laid down and plant to plant distance was 60 cm and row to row distance 90 cm kept in the research study area in RRI, NARC. The parameters of this experiment were included biomass production (BP) kg/ha, carrying capacity (CC) kg/ha and carbon stock (CS) kg C /ha after interval of 21, 45 and 60 days along with the ...
Imran Ullah Khan*, Noor Ul Amin, Sayyed Hamad Ahmad Shah, Maqsood Khan, Shehzad Ahmad and Syed Aizaz Ali Shah
Fayaz Ahmad, Noorullah Khan, Farrukh Siyar Hamid, Abdul Waheed, M. Abbas Khan, Imtiaz Ahmad, Shamsul Islam, Basharat Hussain Shah, Sohail Aslam and Qamar uz Zaman
...was conducted at the tea nursery farm of PARC-National Tea and High Value Crops Research Institute, Shinkiari, Mansehra, Pakistan during the years 2014-16 to assess genetic variability, heritability and genetic advance as percent of mean for various growth attributing traits of fifteen early flushing tea (Camellia sinensis L) clones. The experiment was laid out in randomized complete block design (RCBD) with three replication and 100 plants per replication.&nb...
Muhammad Rafique1, Inam Ul Haq1*, Humara Umar2, Muhammad Jan2 and Muhammad Azhar Iqbal2
...rengthen the local olive nursery setup. A practical problem is that the commercial production of potentially important olive cultivars is limited by poor rooting. Therefore, this research was designed to evaluate the stimulatory effect of indole butyric acid (IBA) treatment durations for 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 seconds by dip method on rooting ability of Gemlik cuttings. The data recorded showed that T6 (30 seconds) produced best results for rooting parameter...
Maryam Yousaf1, Salman Ahmad1*, Romana Anjum2 and Muhammad Zeeshan Majeed3
... Lycopersicum esculentum nursery seedlings in response to tomato wilt disease caused by fungus Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici (FOL). Two months old tomato seedlings were grown under normal conditions in green house and were artificially inoculated with FOL conidial suspension of 1×106 conidia/mL by drenching method. Untreated plants served as control. First disease symptoms appeared after seven days of inoculation and seedlings became wilted withi...
Yaregal Tilahun1*, Benyam Tadesse1, Getachew Mekonnen2 and Tilahun Bekele3
...inkage, and improved tea nursery management were some of the suggestions made to alleviate the study areas’ tea production and marketing difficulties....
Ali Zohaib*, Muzzammil Hussain, Iftikhar Ahmad and Adnan Bashir
...nsplanting with mat type nursery is quite a new planting technique for rice. However, optimization of seeding rate for producing mat type nursery is crucial to acquire suitable seedlings and planting density for better yield of mechanically transplanted rice (MTR). Current 2-years field study was conducted to determine effect of seeding rate (80, 90, 100 and 110 g per tray) for preparing nursery
Muhammad Tahir Latif1*, Muzzammil Hussain1, Ayesha Latif2, Majid Hamid Bajwa1, Iftikhar Ahmad1, Ali Zohaib1, Naeem Faisal1 and Muhammad Hamza3
...sowing and transplanting nursery. For service users of MT on rental basis the 292-303 values (variety wise) of marginal rate of returns (MRR%) was calculated. The project appraisal method of financial analysis illustrated the viability of MTR from the owner user or service provider’s point of view as calculated by the indicators like benefit cost ratio, net present value, internal rate of return, payback period (yr) and breakeven point (ha yr-1). Hence, ...
Nagina Zeb* and Noor ul Amin
Inam Ul Haq1*, Humara Umar1, Farah Umar2, Naeem Akhtar3 and Muhammad Jan4
...timize the protocols for nursery production. In order to attain success in this sector, investigation was carried out to improve the rooting ability of a widely grown olive cv. “Arbequina”. This research aimed to enhance the rooting ability of semi-hardwood cuttings through application of different separate and combined concentrations of indole butyric acid (IBA), urea phosphate (UP) and paclobutrazol (PB). These chemicals were evaluated under seve...
Farwa Batool1*, Riaz ur Rehman1, Samia Ikram2 and Maham Zahara3
...te is critical factor in nursery business profitability. The soil substrates must be non-toxic, environmental friendly, highly sustainable and good in nutrients capacity for better plant growth and economical plant production. The agriculture waste is a good option for soil substrate source in nursery plants production. The present research is focusing on the utilization of agriculture waste with different proportions for be...
Pawinee Kingkan1, Thanathip Supcharoenkul1, Chaowit Rakangthong1, Chaiyapoom Bunchasak1, Komwit Surachat2,3, Wiriya Loongyai1*
...incidence of diarrhea in nursery pigs for 6 weeks. A total of 800 pigs (Large White × Landrace × Duroc) were randomly allocated to two treatments: a basal diet supplemented with a mixture of amoxicillin and colistin (Amox-Co) and a basal diet supplemented with amoxicillin and 1 g/kg of a bacteriophage cocktail (Amox-Phage). Each treatment consisted of eight replicate pens, with 50 pigs per replicate. Average daily gain (ADG) and the FCR did not dif...
Zia Gul1, Muhammad Sajid1, Muhammad Noman Khan1*, Faheem ul Haq1, Zohra Nawaz1, Muhammad Bakhtiar2, Sajid Siddique1, Komal Aslam3 and Muhammad Irshad1
Akbar Hayat1*, Muhammad Asim1*, Tehseen Ashraf2, Ehsan-Ul-Haque1, Rabia Zulifqar2, Maryam Nasir3, Ahmed Raza1, Fahim Khadija1, Sohaib Afzal1 and Shafqat Ali1
...d vigorous plants in the nursery. The trial was designed with seven treatment combinations of growing substrates that was five times repeated for each treatment in Completely Randomized Design (CRD). The rough lemon rootstock was tested for growth with all different types of media as T1 = Soil + silt + sand (2:1:1), T2 = Rice husk + sand + soil (2:1:1), T3 = Bagass + sand + soil (2:1:1), T4 = Wheat straw + sand + soil (2:1:1), T5 = Rice husk + sand + soil (1:1...
Ghulam Sarwar Channa1*, Abdul Razak Mahar1, Inayatullah Rajpar2, Abdul Aziz Mirani3, Saleem Maseeh Bhatti2, Muneer Ali Bhagat1 and Wazir Ali Maitlo4
...e current study. A local nursery was established for each cultivar and healthy seedlings were shifted in isolated hydroponic plastic tubs containing the Hoagland solution and 0 (control), 40, 80, 120 and 160 mM of NaCl concentrations. Amongst the five rice cultivars, DR-92 performed better in terms of survival percentage, average plant height, shoot dry weight, percent reduction over control (PROC) for plant height and shoot dry weight, the accumulation of les...
Nadeem Akmal1, Abid Hussain1*, Muhammad Yousaf2, Waqar Akhtar1 and Hassnain Shah1
...hat costs of raising the nursery and its transplanting through mechanical method are higher than conventional sowing method by 13.55 percent and 2.33 percent, in case of Basmati Super and Basmati-386, respectively. While, all other cost items of the crop production are more or less the same across both methods. Thus, it is reaffirmed that mechanical transplanting of rice (MTR) is labour saving, and more productive than conventional sowing method. Productivity ...
Ali Zohaib1*, Muzzammil Hussain2, Ishtiaq Hassan3, Muhammad Tahir Latif2, Tahira Tabassum1 and Naeem Faisal2
... after transplanting the nursery. Root length, plant height and root/shoot ratio was significantly higher at 72 hours puddled soil setting period; however, seedling age didn’t affect plant growth. The productive tillers, total dry matter (TDM) and grain yield of MTR was improved interactively by 72 hours puddled soil settling period and 25 days old nursery. The 1000-grain weight was increased by increase in puddled soi...
Yongtao Xu1, Dandan Wang1, Xiaolong Hu1, Minling Li1, Ming Tang1, Wuhua Liu2, Jianwen Zhan2 and Weiwei Zhang1*
...S (Fir forests), MP (The nursery base), and NJS (Nie Jiashan) were 9.593, 9.426, and 9.419, respectively. High-throughput sequencing and metabarcoding trnL could provide higher taxonomic resolution, identify more food items, and can simultaneously analyze a larger number of samples compared with traditional diet methods. This study assembled basic summer diet data and provided an important accumulation for the protection and monitoring of Taohongling sika deer...
M. Imran Kasana, Rashid Iqbal Khan*, Noor Ullah Khan, M. Noman, Shahid Ali, Saima Mumtaz, Shamaila Rasheed and M. Qamar-Uz-Zaman
...ed a pressure on avocado nursery production. Generally, avocado has been propagated through seed production that led to variability among off-spring and long juvenile period. Therefore, asexual propagation via grafting is the most appropriate method for producing high-quality, true to type plants. The current study was planned to evaluate four different grafting techniques (Cleft, Tongue, Patch and T-budding) in ten different cultivars of avocado. The outcomes...
Zaryab Murad1*, Sobia Bibi1, Shehr e Yar Ahmad1, Mohsin Ali Khan1, Rimsha Sadaf2, Mauz ul Haq1, Umair Manan1 and Muhammad Younas2
...ch pot, 20 days old rice nursery was selected and 10 healthy plants were transplanted into each pot. After successful and possible growth five most perfect and healthy plants were kept for experimental work. All the pots were kept in standing water condition and the pots were irrigated on the visual requirement of the water. From the experimental results, its depicted that rice yield and biological yield was increased from control to 4% BC application (4.9 and...
MUHAMMAD TARIQ MAHMOOD,Khan Bahadar Marwat,SYED ASGHAR HUSSAIN
Basheer Ahmad1, Anwar Ali1, Salman Ahmad1, Nowsherwan Zarif1* and Saif Ullah Khan1
...drawn to plantations and nursery-raising. The forest department lends its full assistance. The assistance is provided in the form of a cheque payment, and the director of I&HR also provided the necessary trainings. The forest guard provides on-site training for the nursery farmers. Out of 50 individuals who were interviewed, 68% believe that there are no significant types of damages in plantations, whereas 28% believe that d...
Mamoona Wali Muhammad1, Syed Ajmal Rahim2, Junaid Mumtaz3 and Syed Akmal Rahim4
...ceptions towards private nursery and tree plantings and to determine their role, influencing factors and constraints in the socio economic uplift of the rural communities. A random sampling procedure was adopted to select the five villages per division to collect the relevant data from 50 respondents, according to the pre tested structured questionnaire.
The average household size in the study area was 6 persons with 1-2 earning members per household...
Muhammad Tahir Laeeq and Muhammad Asif Aziz
...anting stock appropriate nursery techniques are imperative.
The study was initiated to assess the effect of various nursery techniques on the growth improvement of neem seedlings for obtaining healthy planting stock. The study comprised of four experiments including (i) application of fertilizer (urea) @ 0.2 gm/seedling at 2, 4, 6 and 8 days intervals. (ii) application of a hydroabsorbant polymer having a blend of ...
Muhammad Shabir Mughal and Muhammad Muslim
...for irrigation to forest nursery spread over an area of 5 acres. Singri area is fertile and suitable for planting trees having commercial and medicinal value like Emblica officinalis (Amla), Moringa oilefera (Sohanjna), Acacia catechu (Katha, Khair) Terminalia belerica (Bhera) and Sapandis mukrossii (Retha) etc to augment income of inhabitants as well as conservation of genetic diversity for future prosperity. Jandi-Chontra t...
Waqar Ahmad, Zahid Ali, Muhammad Rafique and Tariq Mahmood
...bizia lebbeck during nursery stage, in research nursery of Punjab Forestry Research Institute, Faisalabad. Albizia lebbeck is a deciduous light demander tree which needs no shade at nursery stage. Diameter at root collar (DRC) and height was in-significant under partial shade and no shade treatments during the course of study. Fresh and dry weight of plant was adversely affected...
Muhammad Afzal, Aqeela Mobeen Akhter and Masood Amjad
Muhammad Afzal and Aqeela Mobeen Akhter
... saved by raising poplar nursery and poplar plantation together instead of growing them separately. This amount was saved because some operations do not need repetition when these two activities are combined. The combination of one-year-old poplar plantation with second stage poplar nursery gave net return of Rs.13098/ha. While, poplar plantation raised without nursery proved to be unecono...
Shams-ur-Rehman, Altaf Hussain and Riaz A. Khattak
...h short term training in nursery and planting techniques. A bare minimum annual net income of US$ 80 to 90 per acre could be obtained if a 5-6 year old plantation of Eucalyptus camaldulensis (Source No. 15441) is sold to a nearby pulp mill. Simultaneously, growing nitrogen fixing tree species on these problematic sites in the region would not only improve fertility level but could also reduce the problem of fodder and fuel wood to certain extent.
Ke...
Mohit Gera, Neelu Gera and Farooq Ahmad Dar
...d, seed, germination and nursery characteristics. Highly significant variations were observed among the genotypes for all the characters studied. The extent of variation observed for germination characters was large compared to other characters studied. Significant positive correlations were observed for seed weight and germination, pod size (length & width) and germination, number of seeds per pod and germination. The seed from families F7, F10, F13, F14 and ...
M. K. Hossain, B. M. Khan and B. Koirala
...l seedling growth in the nursery of the Institute of Forestry and Environmental Sciences, Chittagong University. Bangladesh. The results revealed that seeds soaked in concentration H2SO4 for seven minutes followed by cold water washing (T5) provide the highest germination (51.33%). This was followed by 48% and 44% germination in seeds treated with concentration H2SO4 for five minutes (T4) and soaking the seeds in cold water for 48 hours following wet pit stora...
Altaf Hussain and Shams-ur-Rehman
...burghii Sarg.) under nursery conditions. Top shoot cuttings of 2-0 seedlings were treated with various concentrations of Indole-butyric acid (IBA) in talc formulation and tested for root initiation in three different seasons i.e. March, July and October using sand media by following randomized complete block design. The results indicated maximum rooting (85.4%) with 4000 ppm IBA treatment. Maximum average rooting was observed in October (78.0%). The untrea...
G.A. Bajwa and H. Gul
... a serious defoliator of nursery plants being environmentally safe for this purpose seed of A. indica, bark of C. fistula and leaves & tender shoots of C. procera were used The reduction in larval body weight in treated larvae was 74 19% to 78.92% over control in case of C. procera and the mixture after 12 and 6 days of treatment, respectively Mean larval period was extended upto 22 days in the mixture treatment while it was 11.5 da...
Muhammad Rafique and Muhammad Afzal
... for longer time
in the nursery.
The study was designed to find out the optimum and
economical age/size of Eucalyptus camaldulensis tubed
nursery plants for transplanting in the field. Six
different age groups of seedling were planted for this
purpose. Results revealed that seedlings of three months
old or less are not suitable for out-planting due to
their high mortality rate. Seedlings of four and a half
to...
Altaf Hussain, M. Arif Chaudhry and Syed Hasnain Abbas
...ings were studied in the nursery at Pakistan Forest Institute, Peshawar. The results indicated that treatment T1 (50% effluent water + 50% tap water) was the best treatment as for as growth parameters are concerned. The maximum survival (100%) was obtained with treatment T0 (100% tap water) followed by treatment T1 (95.8%) which is comparable with treatment T0. The lowest survival percentage (50.2%) was given by treatment T3 (100% effluent water)....
Altaf Hussain
...ive height growth in the nursery and field trials indicated that the provenances ranking have completely changed. The slowest growing provenance (Lehtrar) in the nursery obtained top ranking in the field.
The growth results indicated significant differences between the nine provenances for height and diamter. Lehtrar provenance is the most vigorous amongst all the provenances. Provenances originated from Batrasi, Dadar a...
M. Mohiuddin and R. Ara
..., was studied in an open nursery at Chiittagong, Bangladesh. The influence of two different water soaking periods viz. 02 and 24 hours, on germination of seeds, sown both in seed bed and polyethylene bag containing a sowing medium of nursery soil and cow dung (3:1), was determined. Seeds of all three species, soaked in water for 24 hours before sowing and sown directly in polyethylene bag, showed best germination percentages...
Wang Shiji and Li. Huqun
...This paper describes the nursery and
afforestation techniques for P. euphratica....
Abdul Khaliq Chaudhry, Sahibzada Muhammad Hafeez and Muhammad Jahangir Ghauri
...camaldulensis potted nursery plants and its effect on
the out-planting success. Survival percentage and height
and diameter growth of seedlings at nursery as well as
field phase were found non-significant. Economy in
irrigation water and use of labour for irrigation
without affecting the growth of plants was also worked
out....
S. M. Raidh, M. K. Hossain and S. Akhtar
...three months time in the nursery. The parameters of seedlings like total height, collar diameter, root length, root diameter, dry weight of root and shoot etc. were
measured at the end of the experiment. The finding showed that the polybags of T4 treatment (30.5 x 15 cm size) produced quality seedlings of both the species within three months time and the size may be used in quality seedling production purposes for a short time.
But, for large scale plantatio...
Hanif Gul, Nighat Mansoor Chaughtai and Rukhsana Kausar
...rol agent against forest nursery pests
Poecilocerus pictus, and Brachutrypes portentosus in the
laboratory at the Pakistan Forest Institute, Peshawar
under the controlled temperature of 25-35°C and 55-65%
relative humidity, for evolving their best possible
biological control. B. bassiana fungus was tested in the
doses of 0.8 x 104 spores/ml, 0.6 x 104 spores/ml in the
study. The data showed that B. bassiana has given a non...
Ghulam Ali Bajwa and Hanif Gul
...tosa PFI No. 19, at
nursery stage. Measurements of parameters recorded one
month and twenty days after treatment were plant height,
number of leaves per plant, fresh weight of leaves,
fresh weight of stem, dry weight of leaves, dry weight
of stem and percent dry matter. Five plants per
treatment were selected at random, then data were
converted on per plant basis. Plant height was the only
parameter which significantly increased in response to
Tem...
Sahibazada M. Hafeez
...ia, plants raised in the nursery and then out planted in the field trial during September, 1990. Three years survival and growth data have been analysed and better performing salt tolerant species have been identified.
...
Raza-ul-Haq
...rvival and growth of the nursery raised
3 and 12 month old planted seedlings. Vegetation
treatments included cutting and killings with herbicide
applications. Seedling age in relation to competition
from other vegetation is important for the survival of
seedlings. Total shrub (Viburnum) control and soil
working improved survival (77% of 3 months old seedlings
as compared to control (67%). The highest survival of
85-87% was achieved in the plots where h...
Raja Atta Ullah Khan
...e of raising of shisham
nursery consists of broadcasting sowing of shisham
pods on raised beds and keeping the beds moist
with water through trenches till the seed
germinates. Although the seed germinates very
profusely and the density of seedlings in
goodnurseries varies from 100 to 160 per sq. metre of nursery area, yet the average number of standard size planting stock seldom exceeds 100,000 per ha. Beca...
*Raja Muhammad Omer, **Shaukat Ali Khan and ***Charles R. Hatch
... 1989 2,057 private farm nursery contracts have
been issued in four forest divisions of Punjab and tow forest divisions of NWFP. A sample survey of
approximately 10 percent of these contracts was
undertaken in 1993. This study describes attributes of
private farm nursery operators, estimates the supply,
demand and direct sale of tree seedlings from private
farm nurseries, identifies limitations which prevent the
marke...
Raza-ul-Haq
...lythene tubes
in common nursery soil and forest soil were kept (in
poly bags) and planted bare-rooted at age 3, 12 and 24
months, under four cover conditions in the experimental
site at Kund. The survival and growth of the seedlings
were monitored over time. Both 3-month-old and
12-month-old plants in polythene tubes gave best
survival rate under shade in all three cover condition.
Under similar condition the survival rate was
comparatively low for th...
S. M. Rafique
... Both cuttings and whole nursery plants were planted in it at a spacing of 2.7 x 2.7 meters (9 x 9 feet). Irrigation was applied as and when required from an open sewerage drain. All necessary cultural operation were carried out according to the plan of operations. Ten years old tree crop in may, 1992 consisted of only 536 trees because there were numerous gaps in it. Amongst these, 11 trees were defective (top broken per dry and partially rotten from ground u...
S. Rehman, A. Hussain and S. Ameen
...d Prosopis in the nursery gave significant differences
among sources indicating the possibilities of selection
of best seed sources for afforestation in Pakistan.
Further scope of improvement of these species is
discussed....
M. I. Sheikh
... of the species, various nursery and field
planting techniques, species trials, rate of growth and
yield management of the plantations, water requirement
etc. have been discussed....
A. B. I. Igboanugo
...ndis
growing in the nursery, were soaked in 25,50, 75 and
100ppm concentrations of Indole-3 Butyric Acid (IBA) and
in distilled water for 3, 6, 12 and 24 hours and left in
Petri dishes, in order to asses their rooting abilities.
After four weeks, when most of the un-rooted lignotubers
had started drying up, the lignotubers were assessed for differences in root number and length. The lower the
concentration if IBA, and the fewer the number of hours
...
K.M. Siddiqui, M.I. Sheikh and S. Rehman
...f germ
plasm, describes nursery techniques and presents results
on progeny and clonal trials of Populus ciliata Wall, in
Pakistan. Two-year-old seedlings of few individual trees
originating from xeric habitat outperformed those of
mesic habitat under high rainfall conditions. The
saplings raised at 1300m.atitude and under controlled
conditions exhibited better growth thus assign in early
screening of progenies/clones. The species can be easily p...
Mahmood Iqbal Sheikh
...cientific production of
nursery stock and field planting have been developed and
streamlined. Spacing studies and clonal trails have
given quite indicative results. Plantations have been
raised in pure blocks, with agricultural crops, around
farms and along roads, canals and rivers. As it brings
handsome revenue within 5-6years, the tree has become a
favorite of the farmers. Native willow cuttings have
been planted for more then a 100 years on almost t...
M.I. Sheikh and Sultan Maqsood Khan
Mahmood Iqbal Sheikh, Ali Akbar Khan and Mohammad Khan
Mahmood Iqbal Sheikh
...gs were planted in
the nursery and after one year it was decided to lay out a comparative study in
the Research Garden of Pakistan Forest Institute, Peshawar (average rainfall
300 mm)....
Hanif Gul and M. Ismail Chaudhry
...x asperasa attacking nursery plants. Baylucid gave 75% and 100% mortality in 0.05% and 0.1% concentration respectively, 72 hours after treatments while Barestan gave 70% and 80% mortality in 0.1% and concentrations as against a natural mortality of 23% to 33%. Nogas and Sodium Chloride were less effective....
Khial Badshah and Zakaullah
...sil. The plants in the nursery were found severely attacked by a species of Fusarium causing longitudinal stripes on the stem and chlorotic spots on leaves which wilt and fall prematuiely. The pathogen was found to invade the plants through injured roots. Plant debris, infected young transplanting mateiial and seeds served as source of infection. The pathogen proved specific to Ocimum spp.
Vergouskii (1958) studied some peculiar...
K.M. Siddiqui and M. Khan
...ured and sown in the nursery at Nawanshehr (Abbottabad) alongwith the seed of this species which was collected from seed stands selected from amongst the best natural stands of chir pine in the same locality under our Agricultural Research Council project (1). This note compares the performance of one year old seedlings raised from two types of seed....
Mahmood Iqbal Sheikh and Abdul Aleem
...one year old bare rooted nursery raised stock, and dibbling of seed. In the Murree Hills, dibbling of seed has been the usual method with poor results. This investigation was started to find the best method of growing walnut in that area....
Moinuddin Ahmad, Asrar Hussain and Tariq Hussain
... propagated in the grass nursery
of Botany Department, University of Karachi. Various
stage of their life cycle were studied under field and
laboratory conditions inflorescence development period,
an thesis time, number of sterile and normal florets per
inflorescence were determined, and pollen grain
fertility, pollen grain germination and viability and
seed germination tests were carried out. Mean size,
shape and weight of seed and % seed were also
d...
K.M. Siddiqui
... reduce the influence of nursery environment variation on the selection outcome.
...
Mahmood Iqbal Sheikh
... of raising Agave in the nursery and the field have been discussed in this paper. It has been found that bulblis must be planted in well manured and well irrigated nurseries for a period of one and a half to two years before these are planted out.
...
Mohammad Shamsul Hasan Khan
... insecticidal control of nursery pests such as cutworms, army-worms cock-chafers, white ants, plant lice and some important insect pests of forest plantations like defoliators and borers has been comprehensively reviewed. Ekalux, Azodrin, Lebaycid and Bidrin against leaf eating insects and Dieldrin, Aldrin and Heptaclhor against white ants and wood borers have been recommended....
Abdul Aziz Khan and M. N. Malik
... water and soil from the nursery beds were analysed for ascertaining the causes of high rate of mortality of Morus spp. and Dalbergia sissoo seedlings in Kalar Kahar Forest nursery. Jehlum Forest Division. The water had permissible limits of soluble salt content. The soil was however, distinctly alkaline (pH 8.4 to 8.8). Presence of unusual high content of lime was suspected to be responsible for causing defic...
A. A. Dar, DFO
... to the editor. Fox as a nursery pest....
Mahmood Iqbal Sheikh
... old. The results at the nursery stage as well those of field planting are quite encouraging.
...
Zaka-Ullah
...n an epiphytotic form on nursery plants. Absence of large scale and compact plantations of Willows seemed to be a limiting factor in the appearance of few other pathogens in epiphytotic forms. No bacterial or virus disease was observed....
Rhuan Chaves1, Diego Leal2, Ygor de Paula³, Andreia Vilas Boas4, Ana Toledo4, Sígfrid López-Ferrer5, Vinicius Cantarelli3, Cesar Garbossa2*
...performance or health of nursery piglets. ...
Iqrar Hussain1, Ibrar Hussain2, Fazal-i-Wahid2, Ghani Gul3, Waseem Ullah Shah*4, Muhammad Numan5 and Muhammad Anas4*
Muhammad Jan1*, Muhammad Ashraf Sumrah2, Muhammad Azhar Iqbal1, Inam-ul-Haq1, Attiq Ur Rehman1, Javeria Sherani3, Muhammad Imran3 and Rizwan Latif4
...and for the olive plants nursery production technologies should be optimized according to over local conditions. In this context, a study was designed at CEFORT BARI, Chakwal in order to find which season is suitable for maximum rooting. Five olive varieties from Germ Plasm Unit (GPU), of Barani Agricultural Research Institute (BARI), Chakwal were selected. Thousand cutting of each were planted during mid-August- mid October (S1) and mid-January- mid March (S2...
Aimen Raza1, Muhammad Muzamil Ijaz1,2*, Adnan Younis1, Nasir Ahmad Khan3, Ahsan Akram1, M. Abdul Salam khan2 and M. Nadeem4
Shaila Akter1, MD Zobayer Rahman2*, Farzana Islam1, Zamal Hussan1, Rasel Mia3, Kazi Rabeya Akther1, Nirmal Chandra Roy1
...stigation focused on the nursery rearing of H. fossilis fry in non-biofloc (T1) and biofloc (T2, T3 and T4) reared systems for 60 days to examine growth without exchanging water. At the same time, water quality metrics were carefully monitored and maintained. The stocking density in all tanks was 800 fry of H. fossilis initial weight of (0.51±0.02 g)/1000 liters of water in an outdoor fish hatchery. During the trial, additional commercial floating powde...
