Studies on the varietal resistance of wheat against wheat aphid were conducted during 1998-99. The experimental material consisted of 20 cultivars/genotypes of wheat including a susceptible check line ... Read More
Ten maize cultivars, MS-512. EX-295. Cargel-727. FHY-319. 1Z-1l, DTC, Golden, Sonehri, Gilgit 'olnd PopCorn were tested on physico-morphic basis for relative resistance to Chtlo partel/us S'. which sh ... Read More
The present study was carried out to determine the quantity of water applied and saved using different irrigation methods. Four irrigation methods i.e. border. furrow. raingun sprinkler and trickle ir ... Read More
Comparative effect of four insecticides viz. sweep (phenpropethrin+buprofezin) 250 EC @ 1500 ml/ha, Pride (buprofezin) 25 WP rQI, 1225 g/ha, endosulfan 35 EC @ 1750 ml/ha and methamidophos 60 SL @ 100 ... Read More
This paper reports the situation regarding awareness and adoption of recommended potato production practices by the growers. Majority of the respondents had partially adopted the recommended tillage p ... Read More
The interactive effect of nitrogen and water stress on nitrogen content and grain yield of two wheat varieties (Inqalab91 and. Parwaz-94) was investigated. Urea as nitrogen fertilizer was applied befo ... Read More
Women's involvement in livestock production and development has been a long-standing global tradition. In rural areas they are engaged in different tasks from dawn to dusk such as watering of farm ani ... Read More
The parameters focussed upon in this study included some endocrinological and a few behavioural aspects of camels, growth rate of camel calves, milk production and its composition, and certain welfare ... Read More
The parameters focussed upon in this study included some endocrinological and a few behavioural aspects of camels, growth rate of camel calves, milk production and its composition, and certain welfare ... Read More
The parameters focussed upon in this study included some endocrinological and a few behavioural aspects of camels, growth rate of camel calves, milk production and its composition, and certain welf ... Read More
The parameters focussed upon in this study included some endocrinological and a few behavioural aspects of camels, growth rate of camel calves, milk production and its composition, and certain welf ... Read More
The parameters focussed upon in this study included some endocrinological and a few behavioural aspects of camels, growth rate of camel calves, milk production and its composition, and certain welf ... Read More
This study was carried out in district Toba Tek Singh (Punjab) to determine the cost of milk being produced at farm level. Primary data were collected by selecting the respondents and interviewing the ... Read More
Weeds pose a major threat to the yield ofmungbean crop. Allelopathy has emerged as a recent tool for manipulating the growth of different plant species. In this study. selective allelopathic character ... Read More
Investigation pertaining to the efficacy of tribunilherbicide at various concentrations with and without a surfactant for the control of wheat weeds was carried out at the University of Agriculture. F ... Read More
Investigation pertaining to the efficacy of tribunil herbicide at various concentrations with and without a surfactant for the control of wheat weeds was carried out at the University of Agriculture, ... Read More
The present investigations were undertaken to carbonize pericarp of peanut. an agricultural waste material. in the presence of zinc chloride in various concentrations at different activation temperatu ... Read More
Response of inoculated and uninoculated seeds of gram (Cicer arietinum L.), cultivar Paidar-91, was studied to NP levels of 0-0, 13-45, 26-90,39-135 and 52-180 kg ha" under field conditions. Seed yiel ... Read More
The present study was conducted to see the response of potato plants to the application of iron and manganese. Seven treatments were used in this study. In three treatments the potato seeds were dipp ... Read More
This study was' conducted to evaluate the perfonnance of circular, rectangular, double rectangular and triangular-shaped outlet nozzles to spray water on orchard trees. The circular nozzle was found b ... Read More
A study was undertaken to compare two levels of sodium bentonite as a preventive measure to minimize the effect of aflaloxin (B1 ) on the performance of broiler chicks. One hundred and twenty day-old ... Read More
Stock keeping and stock checking are among the major components of any business organization. Manual reports are time consuming and difficult to construct. A user friendly computerized store inventory ... Read More
This paper reports the fanners' perception of the 'difficUltiesin obtaining agricultural loans from Agricultural Development Bank of Pakistan (ADBP). The credit facilities provided by the bank are lik ... Read More
The data on larval population of Cnapha/ocrocis. medinalis and its damage to rice leaves of different rice varieties! cultivars revealed that Basmati 370 and Basmati 385 had the lowest (2.4) larvae pe ... Read More
Different varieties of rapeseed (Canola, Raya, Toria. Gobi Sarsoon and Sarsoon) were selected for is~lation of rhizobactcria The potential of these isolates for auxin production was measured in terms ... Read More
Leaf extract of Datura alba, seed oil of neem (Azadirachta indica), neemseed bitter and nimbokil 60 EC were evaluated at 1. 2 and 3% concentrations on the growth of Xanthomonas campestris pv. malvacea ... Read More
Corn cobs. bagasse. sawdust and pericarp of peanuts are abundantly available as agro-industrial wastes These arc important precursors of pentosans. On dilute acid hydrolysis. pentosans are converted i ... Read More
Water samples from 36 hand pumps (13-20 m deep) and 76 tube wells (30-40 m deep) were collected from Daska. Faisalabad and Multan Tehsils during 1998 and 1999. These samples were analysed for EC, solu ... Read More
This study was undertaken to detennine the optimal utilization of corn cobs for the production of furfural and active carbon by digesting them with various hydrolyzing acids. in the presence of added ... Read More
Peroxidase from soybean seeds was extracted and partially purified by ammonium sulfate precipitation technique and then by ion-exchange OEAE-cellulose chromatography. It was observed that conditions a ... Read More
The prevalence of hydropericardium syndrome (HPS) was studied in broilers of 3-5 weeks age from 10· poultry farms around Faisa labad. The source of feed and managemental conditions did not influence t ... Read More
Addition of urea. MgSOr 7Hp. KCI and KHl04 enhanced the production of r~-amylase by Aspergitlu» lIig!'r from waste bread. whereas lnS04.7H2 0 depressed the enzyme production under optimum conditions. ... Read More
The study was carried out to utilize alkali treated corn cob as a substrate for single cell protein production by Arachniouts sp. The maximum crude protein (18.87 %) was obtained after 96 hr of contin ... Read More
Verticillium chlamydosporium, Paecilomyces lilacinus, Aspergillus flavus, Arachniotus sp .. Bacillus subtilis and Pseudomonas aeruginosa were evaluated against actively multiplying culture (107 cfu/ml ... Read More
Response of three mungbean genotypes namely NM-51, NM-54 and NM-92 to seed inoculation from two different sources (NIBGE inoculant and AARI inoculant) was studied under field conditions. The growth an ... Read More
Field studies were conducted to evaluate the effect of two planting methods i.e. transplanting and direct seeding and three levels of nitrogen i.e. 0, 50 and 100 kg N ha'! on growth and yield of rice ... Read More
Cellulosic and carbonaceous materials on hydrolysis and activation yield furfural and active carbon compounds of high utility. Poplar (Populus nigra) was hydrolyzed with various concentrations of sulp ... Read More
A pot experimentwas conducted to evaluate the impact of variable drought stress and nitrogen levels on plant height, root length and grain numbers per plant in sunflower IHelianthus annuus L.) variety ... Read More
Gross lesions caused by the cestode infection in indigenous and exotic layers included nodule formation on the intestinal mucosa, thickening, ulceration, pale and rough mucosa of intestines. Histopath ... Read More
A study was carried out in the rural areas of Faisalabad district with an objective to explore the effectiveness of agricultural programme "Sandal Dharti" of Radio Pakistan, Faisalabad. A total of 300 ... Read More
Two new mite species (hypopi) viz. Histiostoma gracilis and Histiostoma fortis have been collected and described from Pakistan. A comprehensive key, comparison of characters, similarity matrix and phe ... Read More
The experiment was conducted to study the effect of floor space on productive performance of 432 female and 216 male Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix Japonica) breeders reared under litter floor and ... Read More
An experiment was conducted to evaluate the response of five nitrogen levels viz. 0.10, 0.13, 0.16, 0.19 and 0.22g N, from broiler droppings, towards increase in fish weight, organoleptic quality of f ... Read More
The fish (Catla catla, Labeo rohita and Cirrhina mrigala) muscle protein profile viz. sarcoplasmic, myofibrillar and stromal proteins has been determined after one year pond fertilization trial under ... Read More
Four different composite improvers namely A, B, C and D comprising different proportions of maize starch, maize gluten, malt, soybean, NFDM, ascorbic acid, potassium iodate and ammonium chloride were ... Read More
Crime is the breach of ethical, religious and moral values and sacred customs in any society. In this study we tried to find out the main causes of murders in the Punjab. Main causes of murders were f ... Read More
Field studies were conducted during 1990-92 at Agronomic experimental area, Agriculture Institute, Tandojam to determine the effect of planting patterns and irrigation regimes on growth and seed yield ... Read More
Level of hybrid vigour and dominance estimates for six quantitative and qualitative parameters were examined in intervarietal crosses of nine cultivars of cotton. Results demonstrated that the parents ... Read More
Three fertilizer lev~ls (?-O-O, 27-92-0 and ~4-184-0 NPK kg/ha) and four irrigation frequencies (flowering stage; 30 days after germination (DA?) + flowenng stage; 30 DAG + flowering stage + pod forma ... Read More
Some 22,948 soil samples obtained from farmers' fields were tested by kit method to find out available phosphorus (PPs) status and pH level during 1985-99. It was observed that pH of 80.35 % of analys ... Read More
The study was conducted to find efficacy of Fluozifop-butyl and Fenoxaprop-p-ethyl applied post-emergence on mungbean. The mungbean (Vigna radiata (L) Wilczek) is a short duration, early maturing legu ... Read More
A solution culture experiment was carried out to screen wheat genotypes against salinity. The experiment was conducted in a greenhouse by growing forty wheat genotypes in- 200 L capacity tubs containi ... Read More
Estimates of broads ense heritability of seven characters measured in 26 F3 progenies were of varying magnitude ranging from 62% to 97%. Number of boIls, boIl weight, and staple length showed positive ... Read More
Three plant species, bishkatali, Polygonum hydropiper Linn.; Nishinda, Vitex negundo Linn., and pithraj, Aphanamixis polystachya locally grown in Bangladesh were evaluated for their repellent and feed ... Read More
This paper represents an attempt at deriving the welfare scores by using logarithmic transformation. These scores have been used to assess the comparative effects of different policies to improve the ... Read More
Amylolytic activity, inherently present amylase activity and levels of amylase inhibitors, as affected by common processing and cooking methods, were studied in the grain legume Vigna mungo L. (black ... Read More
The prevalence and biometry of hydatidosis was studied in 5000 cattle of either sex. Magnitude of prevalence was 35.0 %. The hydatid cysts were found in liver (25.31 %), lungs (47.31 %), and spleen (1 ... Read More
