Fisheries play an important role in Pakistan's economy and are considered to be an important source of livelihood for the coastal inhabitants. Apart from marine fisheries, inland fisheries are very im ... Read More
Modern agriculture is now recognized by both farmers and environmentalists as a significant source of water pollution. Nitrates can cause "Methaemoglobinaemia (blue-baby syndrome)" and "Stomach Cancer ... Read More
A long term field study was conducted to investigate wheat growth and yield response to various green manure legumes (Sesbania, Cluster bean, Rice bean) and different P levels (0, 30, 60, 90 kg P2 0 ... Read More
Intercropping is the most prevalent farming system in the developing countries to intensify and sustain the farm productivity A research experiment on the legumes intercropping in sorghum based farmin ... Read More
Brassica is an oil seed crop of Pakistan which mostly suffers from low Phosphorus (P) availability in calcareous soils A sand culture experiment was conducted to study growth response and phosphorus ... Read More
Six strains (Qso, N3, Q7, N7, Q14 & Y) of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria showing ACC-deaminase activity were isolated from rhizosphere of wheat. Wheat seeds were inoculated and sown in pots fill ... Read More
A Pot experiment was conducted in wire house to study the effect of coinoculation with Rhizobium and two plant growth promoting rhizobacterial (PGPR) strains (Q7 & Q14) on mungbean (Vigna radiata L.). ... Read More
The variation in root biomass and extent of expansion in Eucalyptus camaldulensis, Bombax ceiba and Populus deltoides on planting along north-south direction were studied at Punjab Forestry Research I ... Read More
In this study effect of Green sheet shade and no shade were studied at nursery level on Acacia nilotica tree species to determine the effect of partial shade on seed germination, survival and growth ... Read More
Field experiment was conducted to see the effect of direct sowing methods on agro-economic efficiency of fine rice. Different techniques of direct seeding were applied while transplanting was used as ... Read More
Nine onion (Allium cepa L) genotypes were examined to obtain the early onion bulb production through sets. The genotypes did not differ significantly for number of green leaves, whereas significant di ... Read More
The study was carried out to judge efficacy of wild boar's control methods as perceived by the farmers A 140 sugarcane growers were the study respondents Over whelming majority of respondents (8580%) ... Read More
The members of the genus Euseius Vvarnstein are very potential predators of phytophagous mites, Northern areas of Pakistan were never explored for these mites So these areas were surveyed as a result ... Read More
The effect of spray coverage on bollworm mortality was measured on mature cotton variety CM-495-PB planted at Post-graduate Agricultural Research Station (PARS) experimental fields, University of Agr ... Read More
Nothing seems more important in agricultural development than the dissemination of latest agricultural technologies among the farmers. Agricultural extension organizations are entrusted with this prim ... Read More
Pakistan IS predominately and agricultural country Its development is largely dependent on the development of agricultural sector Presently there exists a big gap between the average yield of various ... Read More
A series of field experiments in the Fourth Drainage Project Area (Site 1 at Chak 140/RB., Site 2 at Chak 147/RB, Site 3 at Chak 123/G.B.), Faisalabad were carried out on saline-sodic soils (ECe 5.7-3 ... Read More
A Iysimeter study was conducted during 1997-2000 at green house of Soil Chemistry Section, Ayub Agricultural Research Institute, Faisalabad to assess the effect of varying irrigation frequencies on so ... Read More
Effectiveness of recycled organic wastes/compost enriched with nitrogen and/or L-tryptophan (L-TRP) was tested for improving the growth and yield of maize by conducting pot and field experiments. Frui ... Read More
Cation exchange equilibria involving Ca2 +-Na+ and Na+-Ca2 + ion pairs was investigated to calculate the Gapon exchange coefficient for sodication and desodication on different textured soils belongin ... Read More
Cation exchange equilibria involving Ca2 +-Na+ and Na+-Ca2 + ion pairs was investigated to calculate the Gapon exchange coefficient for sodication and desodication on different textured soils belongin ... Read More
Phosphorus and zinc interact both in plants and soil; hence may affect the availability and utilization of each other. A pot experiment was conducted to study these interactions in brassica, maize and ... Read More
for two hours on Nuova-II stir plate. After this dilutions (300ml distilled H20) were made for filtration. It was carried out through precision suction pump. Finally, the filtrate was removed and c ... Read More
A field experiment was conducted on Rasulpur soil series (Typic Camborthids) to determine P requirement of wheat for obtaining 95 % relative yield. Site selection criteria were calcareousness and P de ... Read More
Ten wheat varieties showed differential growth behaviour' for shoot dry matter (SDM), root dry matter (ROM), P uptake and P utilization index at stress (rock-P) and adequate (soluble-P) P levels. SDM ... Read More
A two year study was conducted to investigate soil nutrient dynamics influenced by various legumes (Sesbania, Cluster bean, Rice bean) and different P levels (0, 30, 60, 90 kg P20S ha'). Effect of in ... Read More
The study was conducted at Chichawatni irrigated plantation from 1989 to 2000 for suggesting the appropriate indigenous and exotic tree species with similar irrigated conditions for planting on farmla ... Read More
The study was conducted at Punjab Forestry Research Institute, Faisalabad, Pakistan. It examined the effect of Eucalyptus camaldulensis on yield of agricultural crops after reducing the tree density. ... Read More
Base line data of susceptibility of a laboratory reared strain of Musca domestica to dichlorvos 50EC and chlorpyrifos 40EC in a range of concentrations from 250 to 5000 ppm of the formulated insectic ... Read More
Different types of panicles (healthy, malformed, barren and lately barren) were thinned on different dates to minimize alternate bearing by enhancing early vegetative growth, and to lessen the intensi ... Read More
Effect of different seeding rates (20,40,60,80,100 and 120 kg ha') on agro-qualitative traits of direct seeded fine rice was studied during year 2000 and 2001. The results revealed that seeding densit ... Read More
In this paper five separate models were developed for Pakistan, Punjab, Sindh and NWFP for Sugarcane area forecasting. One yield model was developed for Pakistan. Production was estimated by multiplyi ... Read More
The efficacy of the University Boom Sprayer was tested for mortality rate of bollworms on cotton variety CM-496- PB planted at Post-graduate Aqricultural Research Station (PARS) experimental fields, U ... Read More
