An experiment was carried out at the Teaching and Research Farm of Landmark University OmuAran, Nigeria in the Savannah ecosystem of Nigeria from November to March for evaluating the response of swee ... Read More
Chickpea has to face post-harvest losses in storage due to heavy bruchid infestation. Fifteen cultivars of chickpea namely Bittle-98, Parbat, Punjab-91, Paidar-91, C-44, Noor-91, NCS-2003, CM-2000, ... Read More
Many snails act as an intermediate host to spread parasitic diseases in humans and animals. Studies on parasitic infections in freshwater snails are rare in Pakistan. Freshwater snails were collected ... Read More
Field experiment for different levels of nitrogen and sowing dates for coriander crop was performed under field conditions during year 2011-12. Sowing of Coriander was practiced on three dates with ... Read More
Diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella is a serious insect pest of brassica crops. Its larvae skeletonize the leaves of host plants. Considering safer to environment, five plant extracts of Ricinus cu ... Read More
This study was focused on isolation and biochemical characterization of pea (Pisum sativum L.) seed borne bacteria. A total of 25 bacteria were isolated from pea seeds collected from different source ... Read More
A three year field study was conducted at Adaptive Research Farm, Sheikhupura to find the most suitable nitrogen application schedule for rice (Super Basmati) during Kharif 2012, 2013 and 2014. Rand ... Read More
Cervical cancer is the most common cancer among women all over the world. The major causative agent for cervical cancer is Human papillomavirus. Awareness and education about cervical cancer, HPV an ... Read More
Salinity, sodicity, drought and water logging are serious problems of agriculture in Pakistan that add to poverty in the country. Pakistan, in spite of being a large agricultural country, imports hug ... Read More
Microwave assisted extraction is a modern and novel approach for rapid and efficient extraction of the plant material which is of prime importance in herbal medicinal industry. For household herbal ... Read More
In order to study the effects of some biological fertilizers on growth parameters of three barley cultivars, a factorial experiments with three replications were performed in pots (using natural fiel ... Read More
The lactic acid bacteria are gaining more attention as probiotics, because they are generally recognized as safe for consumption. The lactic acid bacteria are commercially very important group of ba ... Read More
Nitrogen plays a significant role to improve the growth and yield of cotton. Plant growth, assimilation, morpho-physiological expressions and photosynthate translocation are closely related to nutri ... Read More
The present study was conducted to assess the yield losses caused by bacterial brlight of Rice (Xanthomonas oryzae pv oryza) in Upper Dir a district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan during ... Read More
The cabbage cyst nematode, Heterodera cruciferae has been reported as one of the pests infecting kohlrabi (Brassica oleracea L. var. gongylodes) and white cabbage (Brassica oleracea L. var. captita ... Read More
Allelopathy refers to the beneficial or harmful effects of one plant on another plant through the release of secondary metabolites from plant parts in both natural and agricultural systems. Moringa l ... Read More
Honey and beekeeping have a long history in Pakistan. Bee hives neither demand additional land space nor do compete with agriculture or animal husbandry for any input. The beekeepers need only to sp ... Read More
Different cultivars of common bean are grown in Lesotho for home consumption originating from Zambia, South Africa and America. These have created a wide genetic diversity and duplication such that ... Read More
Adequate tillage practices and sowing of crops at suitable time with proper sowing methods are among the main factors that regulate the crop growth and ultimate yield. This experiment was conducted ... Read More
This preliminary study was conducted in order to know the perception of local communities of tehsil Timergara, district Dir (Lower), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan towards climate change during Septem ... Read More
Insect pollinators community on avocado (Persea americana) and citrus (Citrus limon) at Horticulture orchard of Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi, Pakistan was assessed during March-April, 2013 ... Read More
Ciprofloxacin is second generation fluoroquinolone antibiotic which is being used to treat various infectious diseases of man and animals. Due to wide-spread use of this antimicrobial in veterinary ... Read More
Present study was conducted to evaluate the effect of different application levels of Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Potash (NPK) on the population of aphids and their natural enemies on wheat crop at res ... Read More
Four species of Chrysomelidae belonging to 4 genera have been reported for the first time from different localities of Pothowar tract of the Punjab Province of Pakistan. The main identification char ... Read More
Vespula flaviceps is reported for the first time from different localities of Murree hills Punjab Province of Pakistan during 2014-15. The main identification characters, measurements of various bod ... Read More
Wheat aphids have attained the status of regular insect pests and cause economic losses at national level. Nutrient management can be an effective strategy in controlling cereal aphids. Little is kno ... Read More
Free radicals are highly reactive chemicals which are produced in body during metabolism. They are neutralized in the body by antioxidants, preventing damage to cells. In other words, antioxidants ca ... Read More
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