Effect of various NaCI salinity \cvels (5,000, 10,000, 15,000 and 20,000 ppm) and soil types on germination of Jojoba was studied. The increasing salinity delayed and reduced the germination of seeds. ... Read More
This experiment was carried out to investigate the possible mechanism involved in the turgor stability. For the purpose various water relations parameters were studied. The tissue osmotic pressure was ... Read More
A field experiment was conducted on the Bhalwal series (Ustollic Haplargid) with four irrigation levels (0.75, 1.00, 1.25 and 1.50 ET) and four nitrogen rates (0, 50, 100 and 150 kg N ha-I as CAN). Ma ... Read More
A 4 x 4 diallel cross experiment for genetic analysis of five yield and related characters of cotton (G. hirsutum L.) was conducted. Additive effects with partial dominance predominated in the phenoty ... Read More
Effectiveness of chemical and biological methods for the reclamation of a calcareous saline-sodic soil (ECe = 9.1-15.2 dS mol; SAR = 27.4-43.5; pHs = 8.1-8.3; lime = 10.5-12.7%; texture = silt loam) w ... Read More
Thirteen watercourses along the Nasrana Oistributry in Faisalabad district were studied for discharge and sediment load distribution to establish design criteria of settling Basins for efficient desil ... Read More
In the present study, Cu activities in 12 calcareous soils were obtained by chelation. Thc Cu activities (pCu) ranged from 11.5 to 13.0. A positive correlation between CaC03 concentration and Cu2t act ... Read More
Three kabuli chickpea genotypes, viz. ILC's 482, 3279 and 6104 were treated with a range of gamma irradiation doses (10 to 110 kR) and EMS doses (0.1 to 0.4%) to obtain useful information about the us ... Read More
Studies on some wheat based intercropping systems were conducted at Agronomic Research Area, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Wheat was sown in 40 cm apart single rows as well as in 100 cm apart ... Read More
Out of nine cultivars of cotton (GOSSypiIl11l hirsutum L.) tested for resistance in a replicated field trial at Gujrat, Pakistan, during 1990, only FH 90 and NIAB 78 showed some resistance against the ... Read More
Ten wheat varieties/lines were sown under normal field conditions. Phenotypic and genotypic correlations among the protein and carbohydrate contents and grain yield per plant were estimated. Direct an ... Read More
Carrot (Daucus carota L.) is an important winter vegetable and is sown in most parts of the Punjab province. Its various diseases are: Alternaria blight (Alternaria dauci], Cercospora leaf blight (c. ... Read More
Efficacy of Ivermectin (Ivomec-R, MSD) was evaluated against naturally infested sarcoptic mange in 20 dogs. It cured all cases of sarcoptic mange when given subcutaneously at the rate of 0.2 mg/kg bod ... Read More
This study investigated various aspects in the life situation of farm operators assumed to be influential in the adoption of recommended farm practices. Chisquare analysis revealed that a general pred ... Read More
Leaching of chemical fertilizers out of the crop rootzone is a two way problem. On the one hand, leaching results in loss of fertilizer and on the other, it may pollute the groundwater. In view of res ... Read More
The purified colostral immunoglobulins from just after parturition to 72 hours (at 12 hours interval) were processed for the titration of antibodies against foot and mouth disease virus types Asia-I, ... Read More
The fluctuation of watertable in a shallow unconfined aquifer due to rainfall, evapotranspiration, tubewell and canal supplies were determined using the recursive least squares method. The parameters ... Read More
Performance of surge irrigation was analysed with special emphasis on the rate of water front advance for various cycle ratios and tillage depths. Water advance is slower in surge irrigated furrows th ... Read More
Repeatability estimates for lactation yield, peak milk yield, and days in milk were derived from 506 lactation records of 120 Tharparkar cows kept at the Livestock Experiment Station, Rakh Ghulaman, d ... Read More
Keeping in view the meagre economic position of the farmers, it is not fully possible for them to avail themselves of the needed inputs in time and adopt the mechanized farming at their own. They have ... Read More
The efficacy of rafoxanide, albendazole and triclabendazole in sheep naturally infected with Fasciola gigalltica and F. hepatica was studied. The results indicated that triclabendazole is virtually 10 ... Read More
Seven erythrocyte indices were studied in 56 clinically healthy one-humped camels in summer. Twenty-eight of these were males divided into four groups of seven each: upto 4 years old, 5 to 6 years, 6 ... Read More
Betamethasone-17-valerate (0.1%) ointment and c1obetasol-17-propionate (0.05%) ointment were applied morning and evening to the dorsal shaved skin of guinea pigs for four weeks. Skin samples were exci ... Read More
Adoption of improved technologies has been partial even on the high productivity farms. As a consequence, less than half of the yield potential could hardly be realized. This Icavesample scope to inte ... Read More
The small farmers occupy a focal position not only in terms of their large number but also from the standpoint of area under their ploughs in the Punjab. For affecting any long-term improvements in th ... Read More
Thirteen breeding bucks of Teddy goat breed maintained at the Livestock Production Research Institute, Bahadurnagar, Okara during 1975-88 were used to rank them on the basis of performance of their pr ... Read More
Studies were carried out to evaluate anticlostridial activity of Rasoot (crude aqueous extract of Berberis aristata seeds), Ajwain-khurasani (Hyoscyamus niger seeds), Neem (Azadiraclua indica leaves) ... Read More
Present study was undertaken to find out the wheat variety suitable for the areas affected with the dual stress of salinity and hypoxia. Matrix culture techniques were used to simulate the field condi ... Read More
A simulation model was developed and applied to determine the irrigation scheduling in order to keep the watertable below a specified level. The regression models were used in the simulation to predic ... Read More
A series of four trials on a sodic field were conducted to evaluate the effect of various levels of ammonium sulphate on yield and quality of rice and wheat from 1986-87to 1987-88.The N was applied @ ... Read More
Four varieties of cotton (G. hirsutum L.) were genetically analysed in a complete set of diallel crosses to study the gene action involved in the phenotypic manifestation of their lint index, staple l ... Read More
The study was carried out to see the yield performance of some sunflower hybrids, viz. NK 259, SF 100, NK 268 NSH 70, NK 265, C 206, NK 256, Rodeo, Pinto and ATI 3. All the hybrids were planted on Mar ... Read More
Seven-day old seedlings were exposed to incremental NaCl stress in order to determine the toxicity levels of Na + and tI- in leaf cell sap of two wheat varieties, viz.Pb-85 (sensitive) and LV-26S (tol ... Read More
The biophysical parameters controlling leaf growth were studied in context of salt stress. Various levels of NaCI, ranging from 25 to 250 mol m-3 , were used to salinize the medium. The parameters wer ... Read More
A pot experiment was carried out to monitor the growth characteristics of wheat Blue Silver and rice KS 282 during reclamation of a saline-sodic soil (pHs 8.6, EC 21 dS m-l, SAR 183.7, GR 5.6 me 100 g ... Read More
FiftyS2families from a random mated sunflower population were evaluated in a randomised complete block design with three replications. Significant differences existed among S2families for the traits e ... Read More
dy day loam) was assessed by green house and chemical extractants like water, N~vAc, MgOAc, CaCh and HN03 • Potassium was applied @ 0, 25, 50, 75 and 100 mg kg-I soil to maize crop which was harvested ... Read More
The conventional reclamation scheme for saline-sodic soils, i.e, "gypsum application followed by heavy irrigation(s)" may be inefficient or even impossible, if there is restricted leaching of soluble ... Read More
Sesame seed samples were collected from different localities of the Punjab. Samples were analysed {or seed mycoOora.Altemaria sesami, Fusarium oxysporum, F. semitectum, F. monilifonne, Macrophomina ph ... Read More
During July, 1989, fourteen lactating, nonpregnant and normally cycling Holsteins were assigned randomly to pens in freestall barn with fan or without fan- to observe the effect of forced ventilation ... Read More
Specially designed RCC slabs were fabricated and tested to line the watercourses in a trapezoidal shape.The RCC watercourse sections were found to be about 30% less expensive as compared to the waterc ... Read More
A survey was carried out to determine the extent of and preference for animals slaughtered on Eid-ul-Azha involving630 respondents from three districts of Punjab (Sargodha, Faisalabad and Jhang). Of t ... Read More
The age and weight at first calving averaged 1236.58 days and 353.95 kg, respectively. Average first lactation 305-day milk yield and milk yield per day of lactation were 1896.03 and 6.53 kg, respecti ... Read More
Antibody titres against rota virus in purified colostral immunoglobulins at zero hour Gust after parturition) as determined by Streptavidin Biotin Peroxidase Enzyme Linked Immunosorbant Assay (ELISA) ... Read More
The data on reproductive performance of 71 Teddy goats maintained at the Livestock Production Research Institute, Bahadurnagar, Okara (Pakistan) accumulated over a period from 1983-88were used for thi ... Read More
The effect of ascorbic acid supplementation through drinking water was observed on 120 Hubbard broilers during seven weeks of experimental period. The chicks of groups A, B, C and D were supplemented ... Read More
An experiment was conducted at the Poultry Experiment Station, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad on 120 day-old chicks with 60 chicks (30 male and 30 female) of Hubbard strain and 60 chicks (30 ma ... Read More
Interactions of combine indices (cutting and reel) with crop variety and grain moisture at harvest in relation to shattering loss of wheat and grain moisture were statistically significant at 5% level ... Read More
Studies pertaining to the effect of pit and Oat planting systems on the yield and quality of autumn sugarcane were conducted at the Postgraduate Agricultural Research Station (PARS), University of Agr ... Read More
It is an established fact that weeds inflict heavy losses and this situation demands immediate measures to overcome the damage done by weeds in terms of quality and production of wheat. The weeds can ... Read More
Seeds of two wheats 'Langdon (tetraploid) and 'Chinese Spring' (hexaploid) were grown at different salinities (NaCl) in hydroponic culture under controlled conditions. The growth and foliar ionic conc ... Read More
Field studies were carried out to evaluate various green manuring crops viz. sesbania, guara and sunnhemp and grain legumes viz. mungbean and cowpeas for their biomass production and N contribution to ... Read More
Effect of transplanting and plant arrangement on the accumulation of leaf area index and dry matter yields in sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L. cv. Amazon) were investigated during 1981/82 season at Lincol ... Read More
The growth responses of ten genetically different urdbean cultivars to yellow mosaic virus infection revealed that the virus may affect both the vegetative growth and the yield components. Various urd ... Read More
Nitrogen at the rates of 0.5, 1.0 and 1.5 kg tree"! was applied to sweet lime trees, a frequently reported shy bearing citrus cult ivar, Time of nitrogen application for each dose was changed from gen ... Read More
A field experiment was. conducted at the National Agricultural Research Centre to find out the most efficient source of N for wheat under different irrigation regimes. Ammonium nitrate, sulphur-coated ... Read More
Phosphorus (P) fixation by clay samples containing montmorillonite (90%), beidellite (90%), vermiculite (90%), kaolinite (50-90%) and x-ray amorphous material as affected by P sources and water regime ... Read More
Evidence from this inquiry concludes that yield enhancement contributed more than 100% change in the total wheat production during the period 1967/70-1971/74 due to the green revolution impact, while ... Read More
A complete diallel set of crosses among six cultivars of colton were analysed to evaluate the gene action controlling the phenotypic manifestation of yield of seed colton and its components. Additive ... Read More
Combining ability analysis of the data regarding yield of seed-cotton, number of bolls, boll weight, seed index and lint index revealed that both general and specific combining ability effects were si ... Read More
A pot experiment was conducted where a sandy clay loam saline-sodic soil (pHs 8.6, EC. 21 dS mol, SAR 183.7 and OR 5.6 me 100 g-I) was treated with phosphogypsum @ 50 and 100% OR and FYM @ 10 and 20 t ... Read More
Ten different wheat varieties/lines were studied to ascertain and compare the heritability, coheritability and genetic advance for grain yield per plant, days to anthesis, grain filling period, plant ... Read More
Eight commercial wheat varieties were harvested in two sets, i.e. pre-rain and post-rain. All the varieties were grown in field of National Agricultural Research Centre, Islamabad. Pre-rain harvested ... Read More
Most of the farmers of Tehsil Sahiwal had grown collon but they did not get optimum yield per acre. This study was conducted to see why it was so? A total of 150 farmers randomly selected from 15 rand ... Read More
For approaches to linguistics, it is not uncommon to be labelled either as 'modern' or 'traditional'. In practice both terms may be misleading since modern approaches invariably aim at an alternati ... Read More
All scientific studies of reading habits show that a reader, no matter how fast or slow he reads, or how much or little he gets from his reading, can improve both his rate and his comprehension. The s ... Read More
Modulation of voice is a character which is immensely individualistic and differs from person to person in relation to geographical and climatic environments. In the rough regions or hilly tracts, acc ... Read More
Data on 3438 breeding records of 1062 Sahiwal cows maintained during 1963- 87 were analysed to estimate various parameters of reproductive efficiency. The age at first service ami that at first calvin ... Read More
The hydro-salinity system of the two adjoining watercourses was studied over an eight-year period. Different sources of irrigation contribute about 1390 tonnes of salts in the rootzone annually. This ... Read More
The study was conducted upto Seven weeks age to determine the effect of feeding regimes on the performance of broilers. Ninetyj day-old broiler chicks were randomly divided into 9 experimental units w ... Read More
Female labour force in Pakistan has not so far been fully utilized mainly because of unorganized supply, inadequate economic incentives and other socio-cultural constraints and inhibitions. A number o ... Read More
One year pond fertilization trial was conducted with the rearing of major carps such as Calla calla, Labeo rollita and Cirrhina nuigala, so as to test cow-dung treatment with control (no additives). B ... Read More
The investigation was conducted employing sand as heat transfer medium for drying of shelled maize initially at 18.10% moisture content on dry basis (d.b.), A grain dryer was designed and fabricated u ... Read More
The data on 305-day milk yield and age at calving in F, H. Friesian X Sahiwal crossbred cows for 1977 to 1990 were utilized for this study .. The average 305-day milk yield for 1057 normal lactation r ... Read More
The study aimed at making an economic analysis of additional capital investment for higher cotton production. The data collected from Bahawalpur district were analysed by using partial budgeting tech ... Read More
A tubewell in Orangabad, District Sahiwal, which lost 50% of its original production within a period of eight years was investigated. The rehabilitation of this tubewell indicated that screen cleaning ... Read More
Locally isolated virus of Newcastle disease was injected 11M, SIC and was also given by oral route in layer chicks in groups A, Band C at the age of 6th week. Chicks showed predominant respiratory and ... Read More
The effect of drought stress on the germination and growth of nine cultivars/lines of lentil, ILL 5845, ILL 6451, ILL 6788, ILL 6793, ILL 6796, ILL 6439, ILL 6778, Local Masoor and Masoor 18-10 was as ... Read More
Of the 49 germ plasm lines/cultivars screened against YMY in a disease screening nursery, none of the cultivars was found to be immune or resistant. However, five cultivars (MRI M-B, MRI M-26, MRI M-2 ... Read More
A field experiment was conducted to see the effect of seven different combinations of N, P20S and K20 on "Red Ball" onion variety. All the combinations gave significantly higher yield compared to the ... Read More
The effect of time and method of fertilizer application on sunflower production was determined on a loamy soil having 0.03% N, 7.2 and 147 ppm PzDs and KzD, respectively. Both the NP fertilisers were ... Read More
The farms sampled from the watercourse with effective WAU (Category I) compared with those sampled from other two categories with ineffective WUA (11) and without WUA (Ill) had higher, land use inte ... Read More
Thirty-eight species belonging to 24 families were recorded as weeds of wheat from three different areas of district Muzaffarabad during March-April, 1990. Family Asteraceaea had 7 species while Papil ... Read More
In a 2-year study conducted during 1985-87, berseem reaction to root rot was studied in a sequence of crop plantings, The infection was only 17.22% when berseem was followed by sorghum compared to 57. ... Read More
In a laboratory experiment, different size-grades of gypsum were shaken mechanically in the synthetic saline-sodic waters in order to monitor their dissolution. The results reflected significantly hig ... Read More
Effects of transplanting and agronomic treatments (plant arrangement, plant population, sowing date) on partitioning of dry matter were investigated on crops of sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L. cv. Amazon ... Read More
A pot experiment was conducted to study the effect of time of nitrogen application at two salinity levels (EC. 1.6 and 10 dS mI). Salinity was developed by a mixture of salts before transplanting rice ... Read More
The micromorphological investigations of the quartz sand grains from a soil each from Pakistan and Saudi Arabia revealed the following microtcxtural features: 1. angular, irregular and rounded shapes; ... Read More
A quarrel is being carried on between two groups of extremists in language. One insists that language should be kept "pure", while the other says that language is an organism, and lakes its shape with ... Read More
Two combine harvesters with three forward speed levels were used to harvest two wheat varieties having three grain moisture levels (26%, 20% and 13%) to monitor the harvesting losses. The analysis sho ... Read More
A field study was conducted to compare zero tillage sowing technique with the conventional sowing techniques. In zero tillage method wheat was sown directly in rice harvested plots, whereas in convent ... Read More
Efforts for higher crop yields have led to extensive use of chemical fertilizers that may possibly leach out of crop root zone on applieation of water or rainfall. The leaching results in wastage of f ... Read More
Prediction equations were developed for predicting the strength of soil when different fertilizers at different levels were applied. The soil strength was found to increase linearly with the applicati ... Read More
Meat production in Pakistan has been estimated to be 1.59 million tonnes in 1990-91. It is mainly obtained from buffaloes and cattle (43.47%), sheep and goats (42.57%) and poultry (13.94%). The demand ... Read More
This study was conducted in Crescent Sugar Mills, Area, Faisalabad to determine various sources of information for sugarcane growers. The population of the study consisted of 110 villages. Ten village ... Read More
A study was conducted on the application of statistical quality control tcch •. nique on end-processing units in the Koh-i-Noor Textile Mills Ltd., Faisalabad, Thc collon MNH-93 spun for 20's yearn ch ... Read More
The paper describes an empirical study of modelling and forecasting time series data of sugarcane production in Pakistan. The Box-Jenkins ARIMA methodology has been used for forecasting. The diagnosti ... Read More
The living conditions of migrants in their present city slum dwellings have been highlighted in this study. The migrants face many problems at their new destinations and in turn create more problems f ... Read More
This study was conducted to evaluate the working of the Extension Field Staff of the Department of Agriculture, Lahore. An analysis of the data collected through interview schedule administered to 120 ... Read More
Apical dominance in newly budded plants of Cvs Apricot Silk, Peace, Alcc's Red and Golden Treasure was checked at an early stage using benzyl adenine (BA), 2,3,5 tri-iodobcnzoic acid (TlI3A), (2-chlor ... Read More
A greenhouse experiment was conducted lo elucidate the influence of Nand P fertilisation on various soil K fractions andto investigate yield and plant uptake of K in rice. Application of 100 kg N ha-1 ... Read More
