The studies undertaken aimed at determining the productivity of wheat cu] tivar LU-265 grown on green mane red and fertilized fields. A crua.drupli-cated experiment with randomized complete block desi ... Read More
Grain and straw yields, number of fertile tillers, plant height, paddy to straw ratio and thousand grain weight of rice cv. IR-6 increased by apply-ing copper (5 and 10 kg ha-I) and zinc (10 and 20 kg ... Read More
Of the five Neovossia indica inoculation methods, boot inoculation with by syringe proved to be the best, followed by drop inoculation method of clipped florets, dip inoculation of unclipped florets a ... Read More
Six yield prediction models based on different combinations of plant characters in Hirnalyan primitive arleys were compared by means of (i) The R -adequacy test and (ii) The Residual Mean Square Ratio ... Read More
Berseerri variety synthetic -3 was sown under water depletion levels. of 50 (M 1), 65 (M1), 80 (M3) and 95 96 (Ma) depletion of available m&isture for two years i Northern Punjab and Actual Evapotrans ... Read More
A field trial to see the effect of some pre and post-emergence herbicides viz. pendimethalin 330E (N-1-ethylpropyi)-3, 4 dimethyl-2, 6-dinitro benzenamine), trifluralin 23EC (cr., a-trifluoro 2, 6-din ... Read More
Broad sense heritabilities and genetic advance values were computed for plant height, number of tillers per plant, spike length, number of spike-lets per spike, number of grains per spike, 1000-grain ... Read More
A laboratory experiment with five saline-sodic soils having different 5AR values was performed to determine the effects of' different amendments on hydraulic conductivity, water permeability and degre ... Read More
A laboratory study was made to across the effectiveness of cement and lime as stabilizers to control soil erosion. It was concluded that day soil can be effectively rendered resistant to soil erosion ... Read More
Five commonly grown vegetables Le: radish, turnip, Prnethil, spinach and cauliflower were analyz-ed for nitrate and nitrite contents. The relationship of soil and water nitrates and nitrites with thos ... Read More
A brownish yellow oil (16.2% yield) was extract-ed from 'Kachnarr seeds. The oil showed specific gravity 0A4, refractive index 1.4654, viscosity 0.43 poise, melting point 16.5.°C, saponification value ... Read More
Fifteen species .earthworms belonging to • ten genera viz. Allolo horn Bimastus, Dicho-' gaster, Dra,wida, Eutyphoeus, Latnpito, Ocnero-drilus, Ociochaetoides, Pheretima and Ramiella and four Oenilie ... Read More
An experiment on 144 day-old broiler chicks was conducted to study the effect of the physical form of feed on their performance. Chicks in group A (control) were placed on mash feeding, those in group ... Read More
This study was undertaken to determine the effectiveness of pesticide agencies. in the diffusion of recommended plant protection practices in five randomly selected villages of Toba Tek Singh Tehsil, ... Read More
Patterns of cuticular scales on the shaft of the guard hairs of spotted deer (Axis axis.), hog deer (Axis porcinus), samber (Cervus unicolor), roe deer-7—(tapreolus capreolus), neilgai (Boselaphus tr ... Read More
An experiment involving 15.0 day-old broiler chicks of mixed sexes was conducted in two phases to cle...termine an appropriate energy level with 23 percent protein in broiler starter ration and 20 per ... Read More
A comparison of foliar and soil application of nitrogen on cotton (Gospsy. hirsuturn L.) was made as a field trial. Six treatments of nitrogen were applied on the basis of 50 kg/ha, Full dose of soil ... Read More
Date is the third major fruit crop of Pakistan. Good quality dates are consumed as such. On the other hand secondary quality dates find no place in the market and are virtually wasted. To minimize thi ... Read More
During the harvesting operntion, i fairly good quantity of wheat grains and ears fall on the ground. Some of these ears are restored to the human populatIon b' the poor women folk of the rural communi ... Read More
FRUIT ROT OF SPONGE GOURD (LUFFA CYLINDRICA) BY MU CON. PIRIFORPirlE INTATMAN Sultan Mahmood Khan, Aisha Khatoon and Muhammad Aslam Khan Fruit rot of sponge gourd was found at Faisalabad during Ju ... Read More
Gypsum particles (5-16, 16-25, 25-60, 60-100 and finer than 100 mesh) @ 100Z GR of 0-15 cm soil columns and four synthetic waters (Er 0.6 + SAR 6, EC 1.0 SAR 12, EC 2.0 -I- SAR 18 and EC 4.0 + SAR 30) ... Read More
Pineapple orange trees ware sprayed with gibberellic acid (CA) at 2.5, 5.0, 7.5 and 10.0 ppm and/or ringed on 29th .Thnuary 8th February and 18th February before blooming. Earlier ringed branches mark ... Read More
A field experiment was conducted to study tie influence of different doses of nitrogen fertilizer on grain filling, grain yield and yield components of two wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) varieties under ... Read More
objective of this -study was to establish correlation between physico-chemical factors and dry weight of planktonic biomass. Among the physical factors significant (P < 0.05) interaction between dry w ... Read More
The studies pertaining to the effect of different lfvels of nitrogerl viz. 0,50,75 and 100 kg ha on the growth and yield behaviour of three wheat genotypes, Lu-26s, Kohinoor-83 and Faisalabad-83, were ... Read More
National Agricultural Research Centre, Islamabad, Six exotic cultivara of turnip were evaluated for their capabilities of seed production i.e number of days to flowering, seed maturity, number of pods ... Read More
Two separate experiments were designed, one in solution and the other in soil culture to determine the most sensitive growth stage of rice to salt stress and relative toxicity of various salts in the ... Read More
The census of population of the wild boar, Sus scrofa L. was conducted by visual observations in strips and blocks. A total of 57 strips were observed along canal side. The number of animals observed ... Read More
The disposition kinetics of rifampicin was. investigated in seven dogs. An oral dose of 300 mg rifampicin (150 mg x 2 capsules) was given to each animal. The blood analyses were performed for drug con ... Read More
A survey of weeds, endemic to cotton crop, was carried out in four districts of Multan Division. It was ascertained that major portion of weed flora infesting cotton fields comprised of monocots. amal ... Read More
Data on 4977 breeding records of 1530 Niti-Ravi buffaloes maintained at Livestock Experiment Station, Bahadurnagar (Okara) during 1939-85 were analyzed to study the effect of year and season of calvin ... Read More
Anticestodal efficacies of total alkaloids and glycosides isolated from fruit-rinds of Funica u2.1pLitum (Anar) were studied in goats infected naturally with cestode infection. Both these isolates we ... Read More
The results of field experiments demonstrated a poor parforrna-once of a power tiller for wheat crop. Bullocks and a small !size tractor of 12 H„P. being uncomfortable, llowsr, ineffective and outlie ... Read More
A study of chemical and biologicsi aspects (dry weight of planktonic biomass) WAS carried out for a period of one year. The chemical study airned at determination of carbonates. bicarbonates, chloride ... Read More
Dry seeds of Sudan grass (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench,) were subjected to chronic and acute irradiation treatments ranging from 10 to 10.0 kR, The sources of irradiation were 850 curies fiCen gamma be ... Read More
An experiment was conducted to compare haematological changes in dogs associated with two isolates of Ehrlich& can% ode which occurs predominantly in lymphocytee and the other found in neatrophils and ... Read More
The influence of age at first calving on the milk production of crossbred dairy cows produced under major dairy cattle cross-breeding prnjects in Pakistan was studied from the year 1974 to 1980. These ... Read More
Combining ability analysis was done for grain yield and its components in a dialleI set involving six inbred lines of maize. Mean squares due to general combining ability and specific corn bin-ins abi ... Read More
A held experiment was conducted during 1982 on rice variety KS-282 in order to evaluate the efficiency of pritled urea (PU) and urea supergranules (U3G) aa affected by various methods (split versus ... Read More
Nuclear (ustitute for Agriculture and Biology, Faisalabad, Pakistan. The effect of amonium chloride, ammonium sulphate and ammonium nitrate on ammonia volatilization loss from urea applied in atluv ... Read More
Investigations into the effect of NPK application on the seed yield and protein contents of muogbean were carried out on @ sandy loam soil having on an average 0.057% N, 4.71 ppm available P20; and ... Read More
Several samples of poultry feeds, feed components, anima! fodders were analysed for autrienta such as ash, protein, fat and trace elements, Fe, Cu, Mn and Zn, Among the feeds, blood meal contained ... Read More
Stern cuittings having two nodes were divided inks five diame-ter classes ri : 0 - 1, 1 - 2., 2 - 3, 3 - 4 and 4 - 5 cm and compared for their success of sprouting. There was no sprouting below 3 cm d ... Read More
Two cultivares of date palm (Phoenix oraetylifera L.) i.e. Rile-wi and Khadrawi were studied at the khalal, rotab stages and late drawl,' of maturity for their moisture contents, vit. C aad sugars con ... Read More
Xamihomemal campestris pv. marivacearzim (Smith.) Dye inocula-ted on single or both cotyledonary leaves of cotton cultivar II- 557 produced water soaking and necrosis of the inoculated leaves and subs ... Read More
Genetics of plant height was studied in crosses of three isoge-nic lines of wheat (Triticurn nest ',m L.) having different levels of height with a [ripple dwarf variety Olsen dwarf. Analysis of data r ... Read More
Nine genera (Symedres, Niatchia, Cymbelia, Eueena, Phaems, Schizogonium, Duff!aorta and Spfnitina of algae and seventeen genera (Paramecium, Brachionsis„, Kenzie Dephata, Moth4r, Chydar us, Cycl ocypr ... Read More
The physico-chernistry and planktonic life of a commercial fish farm near Faisalabad was studied from October, 1986 to September 1986. Air temperature varied frotrs 17-40C; water temperature 13-33'C; ... Read More
An experiment was conducted using 112 Khaki CarnpLell ducklings of about 11 weeks age to see the effect of replacing calorie and protein in their diets with poultry droppings. There was no significant ... Read More
Twenty-four male Teddy kids approximately of the same age and weight were randomly assigned to three experimental rations (A, B and C) in such a manner that there were 8 kids on each ration. These rat ... Read More
The effect of the use of oxytocin on some reproductive traits of buffaloes and cows in urban and rural areas of Faisalabad was determined. One hundred and sixty respondents, eighty each from urban and ... Read More
Using n-hexane as solvent, a greenish yellow oil was extracted (yield 5%) from iple-iple seeds. The oil with sp. gravity 0.8, refrac-tive index 1.469, viscosity 0.475 poise, acid value 2.8, saponifica ... Read More
