An experinenr to assess the efficacy of fertilizer (urea) on the growth rate of culturable carps viz. Labeo rohita, Catla catla and Cirrhina mrigala was conducted in the control and treated ponds. Ave ... Read More
Studies on the varietal resistance of 20 test lines of chickpea against gram pod borer, Helicoverpa armigera (Hb.) showed that only one cultivar i.e. 1230 was resistant to H. armigera (Hb.). Three cul ... Read More
Eucalyptus camaldulensis, native of Australia, was tried a century ago in areas that now make a part of Pakistan. It has gained much popularity in various plantation programmes during last two decades ... Read More
!Jal11Oil 4lX lactation records of 130 Nili-Ravi buffaloes maintained during 1978-93 at the Livestock Experiment Station. University 01 Agriculture. Faisulabad were analysed to estimate rcpeatahility ... Read More
Growth medium of milk whey for the production of lactic acid by Lactobacillus acidophilus was developed and different conditions were optimized for lactic acid production. Maximum yield of lactic acid ... Read More
Normal lactations (n=2353) of buffaloes from four institutional herds and four field data collection centers involved in a progeny testing progranune in Pakistan were used for the development of corre ... Read More
Quality of the Paharang drain effluents at Faisalabad and its surrounding industrial units with respect to EC, SAR, RSC, macroand micro-nutrients and impact on soils as well as plants was assessed. It ... Read More
A comprehensive study involving 12 camels in different age groups was conducted for a period of 15 days at a Govt. Livestock s Experiment Station in Thai desert of Punjab province to observe their var ... Read More
Effectiveness of seed inoculation with Azotobacter for improving potato yield was assessed in pot and field experiments under optimum fertilizer application (NPK: 250-150-150 and 200-100-100 kg ha'. r ... Read More
III vitro shoot cultures of two commercial cultivars of Solanum tuberosum, Desiree and Maris Piper, and of two wild species S. conunersonii and S. acaule, were established. Growth of axillary buds was ... Read More
A field experiment was conducted to study the effect of different levels of NP on the productivity of three wheat cultivars: LU-26S, Pasban-90 and Inqalab-91. The application of 100-80 kg NP ha' produ ... Read More
Pakistan is pursuing the policy of export led economic growth. Present study is an attempt to assess the future prospects of raw cotton export from Pakistan up to the year 20 IO. The data used in this ... Read More
Waterlogging is one of the main problems besetting agriculture in Pakistan. The paper presents a modification and evaluation of Chieng's model for Rechna Doab area of the Punjab, Pakistan, for existin ... Read More
Three new mite species of genus Paraseiulus .... P. cardinis. P. adalesco and P. affinis have been described in this research paper. Key words: genus Paraseiulus Muma, three new species ... Read More
Sllils GIIT\ both the positivI: and negative charges. To accomplish quantitative information for arid lands of Pakistan. samples lrorn the A and B horizons of normal (Ustalfic Haplatgids) and salineso ... Read More
Biological etficiency and economics of different barley-based mtercropping systems were studied on a sandy clay loam soil at the University of Agriculture. Faisalabad during the year 1991-92. The inte ... Read More
A study was undertaken in solution culture to investigate the performance of two wheat cultivars LU-26S and Pak-81 grown under different salinities (ECe O. 7.5 and 15 dSml ) and varying levels of N (0 ... Read More
The "f", of MtOrem po",,,I=, levels 00 yield and quali 'Y of mungb",o variety NM, 12I -25 was dere nniu'd in a field oxP"im'm on, sandy day loam soil havlog nitrogen 0.035%, available pho,pho,"> ','I ... Read More
The findings of this paper are based on experimental data collected from the Postgraduate Agricultural Research Station. University of Agriculture. Faisalabad. The data were used to evaluate comparati ... Read More
Samples of whole plant, leaf and stem of Akbar, Neelum, U. M -X I and I. Z- 31 cultivars of maize fodder harvested at weekly intervals/growth stages were drawn and analysed for dry matter contents and ... Read More
A study was conducted on four maize cultivars to determine the dry matter and fibre digestibility as influenced by advancing plant age. Samples of maize cultivars Akbar, Naeelum, U.M-81 and I.Z-31 wer ... Read More
The focus of this paper was on assessment of the viability of experimental improvements in Karez Abdul Hakim, Quetta. The benefit-cost ratio was estimated to be 2.55: I. The results showed that the in ... Read More
Heterosis was estimated over mid- and better parents for yield and some important yield components in 10 crosses of wheat, involving 2 local varieties viz. Inq-9l, LU26S and three promising lines viz. ... Read More
