Eleven burrow systems of Nesokia indica, located in the waste lands/fallow lands of Faisalabad district were excavated to know their internal structure. The burrow consisted of both superficial and de ... Read More
A survey was carried out in pomegranate orchards of district Layyah, Punjab, Pakistan to explore mite fauna of that reigon. As a result of survey, a new species i.e., Hemicheyletia tanosis was recorde ... Read More
As a result of survey conducted to explore predatory mite fauna of Punjab, Pakistan, a new species, Agistemus rafiqi was collected from district Chakwal (Punjab) and has been described in detail in t ... Read More
Neem crude products like leaves, cake and seed and a refined product viz aza significantly reduced the mobility of juveniles within treated soil. Among the crude products neem leaves were more toxic t ... Read More
Study was carried out to evaluate the comparative efficacy of Amaranthus vitidis L. and Salsola baryosma (Schultes) and cypermethrin against Trogoderma granarium (Everts). Plant extracts were obtained ... Read More
The aim of present study was to determine the effect of severity of mastitis on buffalo milk pH and specific gravity. One hundred and fifty buffaloes were selected randomly having almost same stage o ... Read More
The study was carried out to determine cost of production, profitability and constraints in potato cultivation. Data were gathered from Okara and Kasur districts of Punjab. Autumn crop was selected fo ... Read More
Linear Programming Model was applied to calculate the acreage and income of the farmers of mixed crop zone under the free trade regime. Eight crops were included in the model. The result showed that S ... Read More
The study was carried out to explore the factors responsible towards low wheat productivity in the study area. The data revealed that a significant proportion of small farmers (78.6 %) sowed their whe ... Read More
Nutrition is the key element for a human to survive. Malnutrition is a major problem of third world countries especially their women are more malnourished than the opposite gender. The main objective ... Read More
The aim of present study was to determine the role of rural women in livestock sector and their demographic status along with diet consumption trend. Two Union Councils (UCs) out of fourteen UCs of te ... Read More
In Pakistan, rice is the second most important food as well as a cash crop, which occupies 11% of the country s' cropped area. Pakistan is the fifth largest rice exporting country in the world. It has ... Read More
Pakistan is a country with enormous potential, which is being exhausted due to heavy economic drawbacks and least utilization of its natural and human resources. These factors can be attributed toward ... Read More
Approximately 60% of the clients of micro-finance institutions throughout the world are women. Basically three arguments are used to prioritize women's access to micro-finance services: one is povert ... Read More
This paper describes the experimentally developed relationships between Reynold's Number (Re) and droplet size of different hollow cone nozzles. The experiments were conducted at 250 kPa, 300 kPa, 350 ... Read More
This paper reports the effects of combine and crop parameters on wheat recovery (Pak-81). Three levels of each parameters i.e. moisture content, concave clearance and feed rate were selected. Experim ... Read More
Cunaxid mites are important predators of harmful mites, small soft bodied insects and their eggs. In order to explore Cunaxidae from Punjab- Pakistan the survey resulted in the collection of two new ... Read More
The feasibility of intercropping chickpea, lentil and rapeseed in wheat under rainfed condition was investigated at Arid Zone Research Farm, D.I.Khan during 2002-03. The experiment was laid out in a ... Read More
A field experiment was conducted to see the effects of three tillage systems, i.e. minimum, conventional and deep tillage and three farm manure (FM) levels (0, 20 and 40 Mg ha') on soil physical prope ... Read More
Plants have adopted a wide range of morphological and physiological mechanisms to cope with P deficiency in soil. Crop species and even cultivars within the species differ genetically in these mechan ... Read More
The effects of nitrogen (N) fertilizer (0, 20, 30, 40 and 50 g N plant") applied in two splits, first on 1 5t Mar. 2003, before the onset of flowering and 60 days after application of first dose, on R ... Read More
An experiment was conducted with two factors (A) Planting methods viz. P1 - Manual transplanting, P2 - Parachute technology (B) Nitrogen levels viz. No (control), N1 (25 kg ha'), N2 (50 kg ha"), N3 ( ... Read More
The study was designed to ascertain a suitable planting pattern for sugarcane genotype HSF-240 at chak No. 274 J.B. district Faisalabad. Different planting patterns included in the experiment were 50 ... Read More
An experiment was conducted to study the response of dipping time and various concentrations of IBA (indole-3- butyric acid) on days to root initiation, number of roots per stem cutting and root leng ... Read More
Fresh seeds of tomato cultivars Nagina, Pakit, Riogrande improved and Roma were subjected to osmopriming treatments with an objective to improve germination and seedling vigor by dormancy breakdown. ... Read More
Present studies were carried out on chemical control of mushroom mites (Tarsonimidae) at different time intervals and concentrations of Dicofol, Abamectin and Hexythiazox. The acaricides used include ... Read More
Studies on the Relative efficacy of different acaricides against mushroom mites (Pygmephoroidae) were carried out in the Acarology Research Laboratory Department of Agri. Entomology University of Agri ... Read More
Decrease in yield of crop may be related to the imbalance of essential plant nutrients within the plant which may be controlled by the composition in the rooting medium, therefore, some experiments we ... Read More
A very important and well established chemical characteristics of salt affected soils relevant to crop growth is their .~ anionic compossion i.e- O-:SO/: ratio of soil solution. Rice soils (}f the upp ... Read More
In a field study conducted for two consecutive years on a sandy-clay loam soil at the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, the comparative agro-economic performance of different upland rice-based in ... Read More
A field study was conducted to evaluate the performance of diversified rice-based relay cropping systems at zero and conventional tillage on a sandy-clay loam soil at the University of agriculture, F ... Read More
We evaluated growth response and potassium utilization efficiency of 10 chickpea cultivars grown under adequate (3.0 mM) and deficient (0.3 mM) K supply in hydroponics. Cultivars were grown for one m ... Read More
A study was conducted at farmer's field in Sheikhupura district to investigate the efficiency of different K fertilization methods for rice cv. 385. Various application methods (band placement, broadc ... Read More
Brackish water can be made productive through the addition of various chemical and organic amendments. In this experiment we used three or~anic amendments to reduce the deleterious effect of brackish ... Read More
A field study was conducted at Jatri Kohna, district Sheikhupura to evaluate the effects of foliar spray (1.5 % of K solution) of KCI, K2S04 and KN03 on the yield of rice cv. 385. Foliar application o ... Read More
Phosphorus (P) availability is severely low in alkaline calcareous soils. Crop cultivars adopt morphological and physiological adaptation to maintain their normal growth under P stress conditions. Twe ... Read More
Phosphorus (P) availability is severely low in alkaline calcareous soils. Crop cultivars adopt morphological and physiological adaptation to maintain their normal growth under P stress conditions. Twe ... Read More
calcium carbide (CaC2 ) for wheat (Triticum aestivum L., var. inqlab 91). CaC2 was applied @ 30, 60, 90 and 120 kg ha' with and without NPK fertilizers @ 120-90-60 kg na' at three times i.e. sowing, 2 ... Read More
A field experiment was conducted on a sandy-clay loam soil at the agronomic area, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad for two consecutive years to evaluate the effect of grain legumes intercropping ... Read More
Fifty-five lines of mungbean were evaluated for their days to maturity and grain yield. Maturity duration of the lines studied ranged from 63-91 days. The line NM-92 was the earliest maturing and 562- ... Read More
A diallel cross experiment involving eight parents was conducted to understand the genetic mechanism controlling harvest index in mungbean. Analysis of variance depicted highly significant differences ... Read More
Quantitative study was conducted on the vegetation of the Reserve Forest compartment 17 of Margallah Hills National Park. Phyto-sociological observation were made on the fifteen transect lines coverin ... Read More
Cotton known as silver fibre in Pakistan, enjoys a unique position among cash crops and is the life blood of foreign exchange earning. In order to find out an effective and economical control on Helic ... Read More
Studies on the external burrow structure of Nesokia indica were carried out in the central region of Punjab province of Pakistan. As many as 130 active burrow systems located in non-crop sites and 28 ... Read More
This paper investigates the livelihood assets along with strategies and land management practices used in the salt affected areas near the Khewra Salt Mines. The effect of brackish water on crops, cop ... Read More
A 2.7-m long, 1.22-m wide, and 1.73-m high University Boom Sprayer Test Bench had been designed, developed, and fabricated to evaluate different types of nozzles for the measurement of discharge, swa ... Read More
We have compared growth performance of seven rice and six wheat salt tolerant varieties at different salinity/sodicity levels in pots. Sandy clay loam soil was used to achieve various EC:SAR ratios, ... Read More
Cunaxid mites are important predators of harmful mites, small soft bodied insects and their eggs. In order to explore Cunaxidae from Punjab- Pakistan the survey resulted in the collection of two new s ... Read More
