Callus masses were developed from pith parenchyma tissue and cut edges of the leaves of sugarcane on _modified MS medium supplemented with 1-5 mg 1 of 2, 4-D. Response to callus initiation was differe ... Read More
Gypmsum grades (5-16, 16-25, 25-60, 60-100, > 1 00 mesh) @ 100 %. GR of 15 cm soil column and four synthetic waters (EC 0.6 +. SAR 6; E5 1.0 + SAR 12; EC 2.0 + SAR 18; EC 4.0 dS m r + SAR 30), in all ... Read More
Adoption of an innovation depends on its relative advantage over the existing practices. Watercourse improvement technology has been introduced in the irrigated parts of Punjab for more than a decade. ... Read More
This paper investigates the livelihood assets along with strategies and land management practices used in the salt affected areas near the Khewra Salt Mines. The effect of brackish water on crops, cop ... Read More
An overwhelming majority of population in Pakistan is village-based and agriculture constitutes the most predominent sector of the economy (Anonymous, 1988-89). Agriculture will continue to be the mai ... Read More
The effect of Lance nematode Basirolaimus indicus on growth parameters of two cultivars of maize Kashmir Gold and Bahar was studied. The results showed that cultivar Kashmir Gold shoot and root weight ... Read More
The demand for agricultural credit has bincreasing as rapidly as the awareness of mod technology in' the farm factors, its impact on adoption of recommended agricultural technic: is questionable.It ma ... Read More
Tropical cereals and legumes available at Peshawar were assayed for heavy metals such as lead, copper, cadmium and zinc using potentiometric stripping analysis technique. Among cereals, maize gra~~s c ... Read More
An experiment to investigate the effect of 0-0-0, 50-50-0, 75-50:P, 100-50-0, 125-50-0 and 125-50-50 kg NPK ha treatments on the growth and grain yield of wheat varieties Pak-81 and Pb-85 was conducte ... Read More
Streptomycine sulphate, Agrimycin-l00 and Vitavax, in that order, were the most effective while Nemispore Pencozeb, Sandofan-M, Cuperosan and Beam were relatively less effective in inhibiting the cult ... Read More
Parental, F 1 and F2 genera tion of three crosses involving Isogenic lines of spring wheat were studied for number of tillers per plant, spike length, number of spikelets per spike, number of grains p ... Read More
Incubation, larval, pupal periods, male and female longevity in C. medinalis were found to range from 4 to 5, 16 to 21, 6 to 7 and 3 to 7 days, respectively. For the control of this insect, Lorsban, m ... Read More
The effect of Zn,. Cu and Fe application to maize grown on a clayey oll. was investigated in pot culture •. Applied trace elements improved the growth of 7 weeks old plants under saline conditions whi ... Read More
Five presowing seed treatments were given to seed and nursery of IR-6 and transplanted into glazed pots having four levels of salinity Le., EC 1.6, 5, 10 and 15 dS m- , produced by adding Nae S04' NaC ... Read More
Kinnow mandarin, pineapple sweet orange and sweet lime were studied for their blooming habit and production potential. The data revealed that sweet orange bore the heaviest bloom but only 0.7 perc ... Read More
A pot study was conducted using Hoagland nutrient solution under green house conditions to measure water relations of two wheat varieties viz; Pak-81 and LU-26S over a range of external water stre ... Read More
A pot experiment was conducted on the Shahdara, Nabipur and LyaUpur soil series to study the relationship between potassium uptake by wheat cv. LU26S and the amount extracted by various extractants, ... Read More
A pot experiment was conducted on the Shahdara, Nabipur and LyaUpur soil series to study the relationship between potassium uptake by wheat cv. LU26S and the amount extracted by various extractants, ... Read More
Three levels of nitrogen viz. 80, 100 and 120 kg per hectare alongwith a common dose of 80 and 40 kg per hectare of P20 5 and K2 0, respectively were tested with sweet pepper cultlvar 'California ... Read More
