This experiment was conducted at University of Agriculture, Faisalabad to evaluate the effect of brackish water on r,hr:sical properties of silty clay loam soil [Bhalwal series, pHs = 7.70, ECe = 3.20 ... Read More
The effects of calcium (6 and 12 mM) supply on plant growth, Na, K and Ca uptake of unstressed (0 mM NaCI) and stressed (75 mM NaCI) wheat seedlings (Triticum aestivum cv. Sarsabz) were investigated. ... Read More
Integrated plant nutrition management (IPNM) approach was followed to study P use efficiency and determine its effect on crop productivity. Phosphorus was applied @ 40 mg kg-1 as mineral fertilizer ... Read More
Fertilizers constitute an integral part of improved crop production technology. In countries like Pakistan, the nutrient use is imbalanced, particularly for potash, which is requirement of Pakistan so ... Read More
Major proportion of total Phosphorus in Pakistani soils resides in compounds of calcium with varying solubilities. We investigated the differential growth response and P solubilization efficiency of ... Read More
In a field experiment the response of Canola to different levels of N (0, 50, 100 and 150 kg ha'), P (0, 30, 60 and 90 kg ha") and K (0, 50 and 100 kg ha") was studied at the University of Agriculture ... Read More
A field trial to investigate the effect of different levels of phosphorus i.e. 0, 30, 60 and 90 kg ha' on the growth and yield of two genotypes of linseed namely 'Chandni' and 'LS-49' was carried out ... Read More
A field experiment was conducted to evaluate the performance of different weed control methods in canola at Agronomic Research Area, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad. The weed control methods eva ... Read More
Maize remained the single largest cereal crop in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) for many decades. It was the staple food among Kashmiries before the availability of substitutes like wheat and rice. Maiz ... Read More
Green spaces within the city play a key role in the social, economic and environmental aspects. They add natural beauty to urban areas and merges the habitat where people, plants, birds and animals l ... Read More
Research studies related to the present project were carried out in the Rose project area Department of Horticulture, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, during 2001 to 2002. Rose cuttings were tak ... Read More
The analyses described here were done to determine chemical composition of seed unsaturated fatty acids in a wide range of species and persistence in the soil. Results showed no relationship between s ... Read More
Study was carried out to optimize moisture level, fermentation time, pH of the medium, incubation temperature along with effect of peptone and surfactants on a-amylase production by B. subtilis in so ... Read More
We produced a-amylase from banana peel by Bacillus subtilis through solid state fermentation (SSF). Addition of yeast extract, corn steep liquor, sodium dodesyl sulphate (SDS) and Tween-80 enhanced th ... Read More
Carbonaceous materials can effectively and efficiently be converted into furfural and active carbon. For the present research work pericarp of peanut was hydrolyzed with 16% HCI and H2S04 to produce f ... Read More
The present research work was undertaken to utilize barley husk as a raw material to prepare furfural and active carbon, under different experimental conditions. It was noted that the yield of furfur ... Read More
Peroxidase, extracted from soybean seeds was isolated by ammonium sulfate precipitation technique and purified by ion exchange and gel filtration chromatography. The crude enzyme having 17.29 U/mL ac ... Read More
Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) seeds were SUbjected to environmental treatments known to shorten seed viability rapidly. The cultivar response, seed germ inability, seedling vigor, membrane damage and ... Read More
The study was conducted at Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology (NIAB) Faisalabad. There were eight cotton varieties namely NIAB Karishma, Karishma-1, Karishma-2, FH-901, MNH-554, N-86, N-98 ... Read More
Head Rice Yield (HRY) of three modern milling units, three shellers and one huller was assessed and compared with that of laboratory mill to see their milling efficiency. HRY, on an average, was 63.74 ... Read More
Faisalabad city is famous for its agro-based industries which vary from textile to farm machinery manufacturing units. There are hundreds of small and big textile industries located in the populous ar ... Read More
Reproductive explant derived callus of'papaya (Carica papaya L) was subcultured on Murashige and Skoog (MS) media supplemented with different levels of NAA for embryogenesis and subsequent organogen ... Read More
The efficacy of four different insecticides viz., Imicon (imidacloprid) 25 WP @ 200 gm/acre. Pride (buprofezin) 25 WP ((I) 600 gm/acre. Digital (fenpropathrin) 20 EC @ 250 rnl/acre and Taophos (quinal ... Read More
One hundred and ninty seven advance lines/varieties were sown on Isi of November and December, 2000 at Department of Plant Pathology. University of Agriculture, Faisalabd. The nursery was inoculated w ... Read More
Sawdust, an abundantly available waste material was utilized for the production of furfural and active carbon. The raw material was hydrolyzed with two different concentrations of (14% and 16%) HCI an ... Read More
Non-meat proteins derived from a variety of plant and animal sources are used extensively as binders and extenders in meat products in order to reduce costs and to provide certain functional properti ... Read More
In our society, women of low socio-economic levels are expected to work beyond their limits: to produce children, to look after their homes, to earn money and to do every thing that pleases their men ... Read More
This paper reports farmers' perception about the One Window Operation of ADBP. For this purpose the data were collected from the loanees of Faisalabad branch. Analysis of the data shows that a great m ... Read More
This paper examines the relationship of farmers' age, educational qualification and size of land holding with awareness of Novartis company's pesticides and information exposure through which they bec ... Read More
Seed of onion (Allium cepa L.) cv. Ailsa Craig were exposed to various doses of gamma radiation, i.e. 10,20.40.80. and 100 krad. Irradiation doses have no significant effect on seed viability, except ... Read More
To study the quality of litchi (litchi chinensis. Sonn) fruit as effected by exposure to sunlight on the tree, five cultivars viz; Purbi, Bedana, Bombai, Serai and Gola were collected from the orchard ... Read More
Different explants excised from reproductive organs of papaya (Carica papaya L.) were appraised on half strength Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium. It was supplemented with 2,4-D (2.5. 5.0 & 7:5 rngl.") ... Read More
Harvesting or hushes during summer in trials or Atriplex project was associated with high plant mortalitics. However. it \\as not clear whether these deaths were caused by seasonal conditions. since n ... Read More
For sustainable crop production, changing the soil or water chemistry so as to counter the adverse effects of brackish water is good option. This is normally accomplished by soil- or water- applied am ... Read More
A pot culture study was conducted on growth and yield performance of two wheat genotypes (Pato and SA RC-6) in response to waterlogging under non-saline (2.96 d Sm') and saline (15 d Srn") soil condit ... Read More
The effect of Zn, Fe and Mn on yield and yield contributing parameters and mineral contents of rice variety KS-282 was studied in the IO-kg sandy clay loam soil pot'. Two rates of Zn (0; 5 and 10 mg ... Read More
In a few plant species essentiality of silicon has been demonstrated so far, but it is beneficial for most of the higher plants, under certain circumstances. The beneficial effects of silicon on crop ... Read More
Brassica is an important oil seed crop of Pakistan, which commonly suffers from P deficiency. A solution culture experiment was conducted to evaluate the differential growth response and P utilization ... Read More
A field study to evaluate the effect of phosphorus application on different agronomic traits of three lentil cultivars viz. Masoorlocal. Masoor-85 and Masoor-93 was conducted at the Agronomic Research ... Read More
Effect of foliar application of calciurn-curn-rnagnesium in different concentrations (0, 100, 200, 300 mol m") on the chemical composition and quality traits of seed of three lentil cultivars viz. Mas ... Read More
Field experiments were conducted at the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad to determine the effect of seeding density and planting time on yield and yield attributes of direct-seeded coarse rice cv ... Read More
This study was conducted to isolate and characterize the Rhizobial strains from alfalfa (Medicago sp.). Of six strains isolated from alfalfa plants, only four were found capable of nodulation. They we ... Read More
To study the interspecific competition between wheat and gram, a pot experiment was conducted. The experiment comprised nine treatments varying in the density of wheat (with or without bio-power inocu ... Read More
Two new (Hypopi) species viz. Acotyledonfalki and A. bellulus have been described from Pakistan along with key, similarity matrix and phenogram for all Pakistan species ... Read More
The susceptibility of six wheat varieties to Sitotroga cerealella (Oliv.) was studied under laboratory conditions. The results obtained on the basis of moth emergence, percent damaged grains and perce ... Read More
Pedigree and performance records (N=3197) of 1322 Nili-Ravi buffaloes maintained at the Livestock Experiment Station, Bahadumagar, Okara, Pakistan during the period 1954 to 1998 were utilized for the ... Read More
To predict the digestibility of whole maize plant and its morphological fractions from its chemical composition. samples of whole plant. leaf and stem of Akbar, Neelurn, U.M.-81 and'I.Z.-31 cultivars ... Read More
The drawframe plays an important role in spinning for the production of good quality yam. The yarn elongation and hairiness was improved by the delivery speed of 600 m/minute as well as by increasing ... Read More
Different setting points of scutcher i.e. feed roller to krischner beater, krischner beater to stripping rail and grid bar gauges were changed and their effect on lap evenness, card sliver evenness, a ... Read More
Four different media: matrix culture, sa~d culture: hydroponic culture (N?-~ubbling) and h~~roponic culture (surface sealing) .were used to study the effect of hYPOXiaand salinity on two wheat vanetie ... Read More
Accumulation of various osmotica plays a crucial role in the maintenance of cell water balance under stressfull conditions, This study was initiated to find out the role of some osmotica in various pa ... Read More
Present study was conducted to screen few exotic potato varieties received from abroad and to evaluate them for recommending the cultivation of the best selected variety. Five varieties i.e. Gigant, W ... Read More
The study was conducted to evaluate the performance of nine pea cultivars i.e. AM-I, Samrina Zard, 226- Y/B, P-48. Olympia, P-42. Meteor, Knight and P-I under Faisalabad conditions. Many quantitative ... Read More
Mango is the second major fruit of Pakistan after citrus and ranks second in the world for its production. Its per hectare yields are very low due to non-adoption of recommended horticultural practice ... Read More
A field study was conducted during 1999-2000, at the Agronomic Research Area, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, to determine the influence of sowing date and irrigation levels on the growth and y ... Read More
A study on different wheat-based intercropping sy.stems in relation to nitrogen management was conducted at the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad during the year 1999-2000 on a sandy clay loam soi ... Read More
