Field and pot experiments were conducted to study the growth and uptake responses to Zn, Cu and Fe application in various rice cultivars to check their suitability to be grown in the deficient soil ... Read More
ubstantial heterosis was observed for plant height, grain yield and yield components in eight wheat crosses involving local and exotic wheat crosses. The Ft hybrids exhibited heterosis due to partial ... Read More
To study the yield performance and sucrose contents of different varieties of sugarcane, an experiment was conducted in sandy clay loam field fertilized @ 150-100-100 kg NPK/ ha. The cane varieties ... Read More
The influence of different weed control practices on cotton cv. NIAB 78 and some Kharif weeds under two fertility levels on a sandy clay loam soil was investigated in a field trial during 1987-88. T ... Read More
To monitor the feasibility of using brackish water for soil reclamation, synthetic brackish waters with Ca:Mg ratios of 4:1, 2:1,' 1:1, 1:4 and 1:6 were used to grow wheat and rice crops in pots fi ... Read More
Sixteen varieties / advanced lines of cotton were tested at Faisalabad for their relative resistance against insect pests complex of cotton with reference to physico-ehemical factors, like number o ... Read More
Heterosis and inbreeding depression were studied for yield components in six hybrids of four parents. Significant heterosis and inbreeding depression were estimated for traits studied. The maximum ... Read More
The heavy mineralogical investigation of the soil sample involved from the Khurrianuiala soil series suggests a mixed parentage dominated by schists of low, e.g., chlorite to high, e.g., hyanite, c ... Read More
A hydroponic study was conducted in the wire house to evaluate the physiological behaviour of sordan grass to NaCl salinity. Seedlings of sordan grass were exposed upto 17 days to four levels of Na ... Read More
Two separate experiments in solution culture were conducted simultaneously under saline conditions with varying external K:Na ratios. Shoot and root yield, their composition and selectivity of Kover ... Read More
Data on 918 Sahiwal cows, the progeny of 35 sires, were used to estimate heritabilities of some measures of milk yield by the method of paternal half-sib correlation. The first lactation 305-day mil ... Read More
Mycotoxins produced by Arachniotus species during the fermentation of rice polishings showed positive results against a common soil-borne plant pathogen Fusarium oxysporum. These toxins were isolate ... Read More
A cylindrical parabolic solar concentrator has' been designed using mirror strips of high reflecting coefficient. The simplicity of the design ensures its easy manufacturing even in remote villages ... Read More
~ sample of 408 specimens of the common toad, Bufo stomatleUS Lutken, was collected from March through December from the campus of the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad. About 75% of the toads car ... Read More
The actual price received by the farmers show significant variations over the fixed support prices. In all 234 farmers were selected to conduct this study in the Faisalabad division. The difference ... Read More
A substantial quantity of food grains deteriorates during storage after harvesting due to unawareness of the lm portance of crop drying, As high. as 20% losses have beer. N:· corded during sun dryin ... Read More
This study was an attempt to determine the attitude of rural mothers regarding the pursuit of education concerning their daughters. Data were collected through an interviewing schedule from 150 mot ... Read More
The data were recorded during 1980-85 on crossbred bulls maintained at the Semen Production Unit, Qadirabad, district Sahiwal. From 2374 ejaculates it was found that volume per ejaculate was 6.65, 6 ... Read More
Milk samples from 325 buffaloes, 79 cows and 4 goats suffering from mastitis were studied. The analysis of samples showed bacterial growth in 353 (86.51%) samples while one (0.24%) sample showed fun ... Read More
The impact of different ration regimes having different metabolizable energy levels and two temperature ranges has been studied on the specific growth rate of major carps. The L. rohita showed the ... Read More
Despite concerted efforts on the part of the Government, the supply of credit still lags much behind than the demand. Even under existing situation, the credit facilities provided by different inst ... Read More
The Mobile Farm Extension Services (M.F.E.S.' Project was undertaken at Eminabad, District Gujranwala from January 1987 to June 1988jointly by the Fauji Fertilizer Company Limited (F.F.C.), Pakistan ... Read More
This study was conducted to gather information about some external features and density of porcupine burrows located in the embankments and other non-crop areas of central Punjab. An average hectare ... Read More
The effect of transplanting and sowing date on bolting of sugar beet (cu. Amazon) was investigated from 1981 to 1983 at Lincoln College, Canterbury, New Zealand. In addition, the effect of bolters ... Read More
Five forest plantations, all located in the central Punjab, were sampled for knowing the abundance of burrows of the Indian crested porcupine (Hystrjx indica). It was estimated that an average block ... Read More
Analysis of zinc (In) cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb) and copper (Cu) in drinking and irrigation waters by potentiometric stripping analysis (PSA) is described. The pH and EC of waters were also determined. T ... Read More
Analysis of data on three traits of 35 F1 s from crosses between 5 male sterile sorghums and 7 sudangrasses revealed that sorghum line 3048 on average basis gave an excellent performance in respect of ... Read More
Biotic and chemical methods for the reclamation of a calcareous saline-sodic soil were compared under field conditions. Five Treatments viz. control, gypsum@100%GR-15 em, Sesbania (Sesbania aculeata), ... Read More
Effect of low, medium and high moisture tensions on yield and nutrient uptake by wheat, barley and oat plants was studied to know the economic water levels for optimum nutrient absorption from soils. ... Read More
In a fieid trial the effect of chlormequat applied by two modes was studied on two varieties of maiz (Zea mays L.) Viz. Akbar and Sultan. The chemical shortened the internode and stem length. It broug ... Read More
To see the effect on growth and yield performance of two wheat cultivars (Pak-81 & 5S-5) treated with varying phosphorus doses (0, 50, 75 and 100 kg-ha-1 ) with and without Nand K (100 kg ha-1 each) a ... Read More
Eight soil series varying in amount and type of clay Minerals were used to see K-fixation behaviour under alternate wetting and drying conditions. mineral identity in the clays was established by X-ra ... Read More
A pot experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of presowing seed treatments on vegetative growth of cotton under saline conditions. Delinted cotton seeds were treated in 0.5 per cent solution/ ... Read More
The effect of feed restriction during brooding period (first 10 days) on the blood picture of brioler chicks was detennined during a 42 days study at the Poultry Research Center, University of Agricul ... Read More
This study was conducted to evaluate the extension activities of L s DO Department in District Toba Tek Singh. Analysis was made of the data collected through two separate interview schedules administ ... Read More
The relative effectiveness of different extension teaching methods/media as perceived by the farmers and field workers of Niaz-Beg sub -project, Lahore, was assessed. An analysis of the data collected ... Read More
Normal soybean oil or the oil oxidized to a peroxide value of 292 milli-equivalent per kg and free fatty acids 2.91 %, was incorporated at a level of 2% in broiler starter rations and 3% in broiler fi ... Read More
After cotton and rice, sugarcane is the most important cash crop of Pakistan. In this study the sugarcane yield response was estimated in three ecological zones, i.e. Faislabad, Gujranwala and Multan, ... Read More
Flow measuring devices show good applicability within a limited range of discharge to be measured. However, in small watershed. when rainfall is not uniformly distributed. it ensures considerable fluc ... Read More
The major crops grown through drip irrigation are fruit trees and some vegetables. It has been found that the area under drip irrigation from 1975 to 1984 has increased by four times in various countr ... Read More
Four hundred and twenty -one pellets of the Spotted Owlet (Athene brama) were collected fortnighty from the campus of the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad from August, 1984 to July, 1985. Examina ... Read More
The effect of some feed additives on the digestive activity in broiler chicks was determined. Eightly-four day-old Hubbard broiler chicks were used. These chicks were randomly divided into twelve grou ... Read More
Trickle irrigation has been proved to be the most efficient irrigation system regarding water application efficiency. On average, water saving from 42 to 47% has been observed when compared to furrow ... Read More
Communities with a relatively equal distribution of power and influence and high percentage of people organized as influentials, are considered rather appropriate for cooperative projects like waterco ... Read More
The investigation to determine the effect of size of spacing on the grain yield and ripening of rice cultivar Basmati-370 revealed that 20 x 20 cm plant spacing produced significantly higher paddy yie ... Read More
Pea seed soaked in distilled water for different intervals (0,12,24,36,48,60 and 72 hours) were irradiated with different doses of gamma irradiation (0, 5, 10 and 15 KR). Lesser period of seed soaking ... Read More
A comparative study was conducted to vindicate micropropagtion and callus culture in Mailing 9 apple rootstock. Supplemented Murashige and Skoog basal salts were used as culture medium. Callus from no ... Read More
The influence of use of oxytocin on productive performance in buffaloes and cows in urban as well as rural areas, located within the radius of 15km from the city"Clock Tower" Faisalabad was determined ... Read More
Heterosis over mid and better parent was estimated in a five parental diallel cross for some important morphological characters. The parents used were Pak 81, PunJab 81, Kohinoor 83, LU26S and SS - 5. ... Read More
Soil salinity is one of the major obstacles to crop production in arid and semi - arid regions. To overcome this problem scientists have devised various reel amative methods and management practices. ... Read More
Four hybrid varieties of cucumber namely Egnazia, Belares, Maram and Serano were evaluated for their performance under a fibre glasshouse with fan and pad system at NARC Islamabad. Empty fertilizer ba ... Read More
Inoculation of one or both the cotyledonary leaves or all leaves of cotton seedlings by Xanthomonas campestrjs pv. malyacearum resulted into water soaking and necrosis at the infection site. Inoculate ... Read More
Sugarcane being one of the most important cash crops of Pakistan occupies 2nd place in consumption after wheat. In spite of persistent emphasis laid by the Government upon the increase of sugarcane ou ... Read More
The lactation curve constants derived from gamma type model Y = A n b e-cn (Wood, 1967) expressed in logarithmic form fitted to 707 lactation records of dairy buffaloes maintained at two different mil ... Read More
Five forest plantations, all located in the central Punjab, were sampled for knowing the abundance of burrows of the Indian crested porcupine (Hystrjx indica). It was estimated that an average block o ... Read More
The milling quality of Basmati-385 harvested by John Deer 1055 R Combine was determined and compared with manually reaped samples. The machine parameters like cylinder speed, concave clearance and fee ... Read More
A 10 week experiment was conducted on 120 Babcock commercial layers of 30 weeks age, in a completely randomized design to study the effect of supplementation of methionine to a normal layer ration on ... Read More
An attempt has been made to measure the type and extent of post harvest wheat grain losses alongwith the factors contributing to the same. Post harvest losses seem to be a neglected aspect of farm pro ... Read More
This paper deals with livestock data collected from livestock census 1976 and Agricultural census of 1972 and 1980 conducted in Pakistan. An attempt has been made to study changes in various kinds of ... Read More
The cost of production of buffalo and cow milk and its utilization in and around Muzaffargarh city was determined. The average daily milk yield per buffalo and cow was 5.73 and 2.99 Iitres, respective ... Read More
A standard model for repair and maintenance costs of agriculture machinery is proposed alongwith model parameters.fortractor,thresher, trailer and cultivator. The model predicts the total accumulated ... Read More
A laboratory study was conducted to investigate the effects of sowing depth, moisture content, soil bulk density and organic matter on wheat seedling emergence. For this purpose wheat cultivar LU 26S ... Read More
This study reports the micronutrient status of 20 benchmark soils of Punjab which belonged to the orders: Entisols, Inceptisols, Aridisols and Alfisols. Seventy seven (77) samples from 0-15 cm soil de ... Read More
To study the effect of Fe and Zn on soybean dry matter yield and nutrient accumulation, experiments were conducted in pots at Nuclear Institute for Food and Agriculture ( NIFA) during 1983 and NWFP Ag ... Read More
Forty four plant species related to 14 families were identified as the weeds of maize fields from Muzafferabaa during the month of September-October, 1985. The families in their decreasing orders of w ... Read More
Kelthane 18.5 EC Polytrin-C 440 EC and Orthene 75 SP, each at 0.1 % concentration, were tested against cucurbit mite, Tetranychus cucurbitae Rahman and Sapra. kelthane yielded the maximum mortality, o ... Read More
