In Pakistan, water resources are continuously declining due to failure in water governance. The management of scantily utilized hill torrent water resources has become imperative for meeting the grai ... Read More
Yield and grain characteristics of maize plants grown in open-field conditions were evaluated after inoculation with Micosat F ® on two different soils under dry and watered conditions. The mycorrhi ... Read More
Sugars, acids, and antioxidants as biologically active compounds, are significant elements of healthy tomato foods. The question arises if beneficial bioeffector microbes are able to improve the food ... Read More
Heat stress is an important abiotic constraint limiting crop productivity. An experiment was conducted to elucidate the impacts of heat induced biochemical transformations on morphological attributes ... Read More
Bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is among the top three cereal crops and major staple food as it accounts for 20% calories, consumed by humans in the world. The vulnerability of wheat to diseases i ... Read More
Aim of the present study was to isolate phytase producing Aspergillus niger, and production, purification and characterization of phytase enzyme which is responsible for conversion of organic phospho ... Read More
We investigated the effect of water deficiency in soil on the morphological features and photosynthetic efficiency of Kentucky bluegrass during the early phase period of plants growth. Plants grown u ... Read More
An experiment to study the effect of seed pre-soaking agents on cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) growth under various salinity levels was performed. Cucumber cv. Summer Green seeds were soaked in soluti ... Read More
To assess prevalence of virus and virus-like diseases of citrus, surveys were conducted in citrus groves of Southern Punjab during 2013-15. Based on serological and PCR detection methods, citrus orch ... Read More
Magnaporthe oryzae is the casual agent of rice blast which causes approximately 30% yield loss annually. The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of media on various morphological ch ... Read More
Stored products can be protected by applying essential oils as antifeeding agent. Essential oils extracted from Datura stramonium, Eucalyptus camaldulensis, Moringa oleifera and Nigella sativa were e ... Read More
Brinjal stem borer (Euzophera perticella Rag.) is widely distributed in Pakistan and can cause considerable yield losses. In the present study six aubergine cultivars were assessed for their host pre ... Read More
Ultraviolet (UV) sunlight is considered to be the core factor reducing efficacy of bio-pesticides especially under the sunnyfield conditions. The effectiveness and persistence of two bio-pesticides ne ... Read More
Laboratory studies were conducted to evaluate the insecticidal potential of extracts of eight plants viz. lemon grass (Cymbopogon flexousus), turmeric (Curcuma longa), basil (Ocimum basilicum), harma ... Read More
The efficacy of CO2 and N2 gases alone or in a mixture was tested against eggs, larvae, and pupae of the almond moth, Cadra cautella, a major date fruit pest, under temperature regimes of 5°C and 25° ... Read More
Agricultural land conversion (ALC) is a trend of converting arable land into non-arable uses worldwide particularly in housing colonies, industries, road network and others. The main objectives of th ... Read More
This article deals with organic farming in the Czech Republic and discusses ecological agriculture of the country in both perspectives, consumer and a production point of view. This article presents ... Read More
The role of media in agricultural sector in Pakistan is considerably high and in case of Punjab its role becomes manifold. In such a backdrop, this study was carried out to explore the relevance and ... Read More
Scarcity of water has urged farmers, managers and engineers in the field of water resources engineering to explore the parameters of drip irrigation for its high performance and optimal working. Wett ... Read More
Seven combinations of monensin (33 mg/kg of the dietary DM) and vegetable oils(coconut oil, palm oil, soybean oil, sunflower oil, canola oil and linseed oil) (33 g/kg of the dietary DM) supplementati ... Read More
Due to high basal metabolic rate, the small ruminants need more frequent feeding than large ruminants. Lohi is one of potential mutton breed of Pakistan. A study was conducted to evaluate the growth ... Read More
Necropsies of three Mouflon sheep (Ovis orientalis), died with the history of labored breathing, dyspnea, anorexia, depression, pendulous abdomen, enteritis and sudden death were performed. The anima ... Read More
Rice, which is the most cultivated crop worldwide, is mainly grown as a staple food. Thousands of rice varieties are cultivated; however, their nutritional and medicinal values have not been thorough ... Read More
The current research was designed to assess the impact of storage on zinc retention and cooking & eating quality traits of zinc fortified super basmati rice. Purposely, sodium alginate and starch bas ... Read More
In current study, cowpea and mungbean were utilized in preparation of weaning foods. Roasting was carried out to enhance the nutritional profile of legumes and to reduce anti-nutritional factors. Aft ... Read More
About 70-75% of the pumped ground water of Pakistan is brackish in nature and Ber cultivation is considered as a good option for such conditions. Objective of the present study was to evaluate whethe ... Read More
Citrus peel is an important source of essential oil that is used in various fields such as cosmetics, perfumes, backers and medicine. The citrus peel essential oils have diversification in chemical c ... Read More
Engineered insecticidal δ-toxins protect cotton genotypes against devastating insects but the accumulated amount of toxin varies during the growth period, generating conflicting results. Here we repo ... Read More
To develop genotypes that can yield, better under water stress conditions, plant breeders must have knowledge about gene action and combining abilities of parents for various quantitative traits rela ... Read More
Increasing water shortage for irrigation is a major constrain to sustainable cotton production. Cotton plant observes reduction in seed cotton yield as well as fibre quality when subjected to drought ... Read More
The current study was conducted to determine the tolerance limits of Indian major carps viz. Catla catla, Cirrhina mrigala and Labeo rohita against pesticides mixture (Bifenthrin + Chlorpyrifos + End ... Read More
The arthropod community structure in wolfberry orchards of different management regimes were monitored from April to August in 2012 at Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region of Northwestern China. The three d ... Read More
Seven insect growth regulators (IGRs) (One juvenile hormone analogues [Pyriproxyfen 10.8EC], two ecdysone agonist [Tebufenozide 20SC, Methoxyfenozide 240SC] and four chitin synthesis inhibitor [Lufen ... Read More
Grain discoloration development is becoming a major threat to rice crop. Molecular diversity among 39 genotypes was assessed using 19 SSRs primers. The average PIC value 0.619 was determined among th ... Read More
Chemical control is widely adopted method in mosquito control that emphasizes on the management of the adult and larval populations using various insecticides. Present study was carried out in the ye ... Read More
Climate change is impacting the human life and allied activities throughout the world. In few regions, the impact is positive while in most of the others, it is negative. Pakistan is among those regi ... Read More
Soil ploughing up to required depth and time of nitrogen application at different growth stages are important practices for enhancing crop yield. The effect of different tillage systems and nitrogen ... Read More
Excessive use of pesticides is evident in third world countries and Pakistan is not the exception to this. Most of these pesticides are persistent and they remain present in ecosystem as active ingre ... Read More
Corn lodging can damage corn growth and reduce corn yield, and the degrees of corn yield loss could vary with corn species, soil conditions, agronomic practices as well as the degrees of external for ... Read More
The essentiality of phosphorus (P) as a macronutrient and that of zinc (Zn) as micronutrient for plants has been established long ago but their interactive effects on economic yield of crops are stil ... Read More
Rhizobium has unique ability to form nodules in legumes, served marvellously in the agricultural systems. Plant hormones like auxins, gibberellins, cytokinins etc. influenced the growth of plants or ... Read More
To evaluate the inoculation effect of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) and actinomycetes on promoting plant growth and diminishing wilt in pepper plant (Capsicum annuum L.), a pot experiment was co ... Read More
Stem end rot (SER) disease development is the major issue affecting the delivery of quality mangoes to distance markets, especially through sea-shipments. Non availability of registered fungicidal pr ... Read More
Onion seedlings with wilt symptoms were collected from the state of Guerrero, Mexico, from which Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cepae was isolated and identified, based on the colony and conidia structure ... Read More
Anthracnose and powdery mildew are the two common maladies that attack mango at flowering and inflict heavy loss to fruit production. Seven organic and one inorganic fungicide were evaluated for thei ... Read More
Hepatitis is a fatal disease. This disease caused serious problem in developing countries as well as in Pakistan. A large number of population is affected by this disease in Pakistan. This study repo ... Read More
A two-stage data envelopment analysis (DEA) approach was applied to explore the relationship between date marketing efficiencies in Saudi Arabia and estimates of technical and cost efficiencies. Spec ... Read More
Pakistan is primarily an agricultural country and its agricultural production depends on adequate availability of irrigation water supplies. Wheat is an important staple food and its share in value a ... Read More
Using system dynamics (SD) approach, this paper develops a simulation model to study the behaviors and relationships within the agricultural system at national level and analysis the future scenarios ... Read More
In conventional agriculture, agricultural lands are located far away from residential areas. Farmers use excess of fertilizers and pesticides in their field, which produces poisonous vegetables. Also ... Read More
The intent of the study was to investigate the effect of dietary inclusion of sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3) on blood profile of caged layers during summer. One hundred sixty commercial layers were divi ... Read More
Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis is an intracellular bacterium, proliferates inside the macrophages, causes caseous lymphadenitis in small ruminants and is also responsible for human lymphadenitis. ... Read More
The present study investigates the influence of seasonal variations on testicular histomorphometric parameters of 15 adult male Japanese quails (Coturnix japonica) and testosterone concentrations ove ... Read More
Search for cheap, easily acessable, safe and alternative treatment options is one of the evolving fields in oral health care at present. Acacia nilotica is a plant species that is almost ubiquitously ... Read More
Mungbean yellow mosaic disease is most damaging disease of mungbean in all of its growing areas. Genetic resistance is a viable and environment friendly solution, for which resistance source is prere ... Read More
Current study was designed to investigate the ability of Coniophora puteana IEBL-1, Daedalea dickinsii IEBL-2, Piptoporus betulinus IEBL-3 and Fimitopsis pinicola IEBL-4 to decolorized disperse texti ... Read More
Chlorophyll converts harvested light into chemical energy during the strategic process of photosynthesis in chloroplasts. Protochlorophyllide reduction in the chlorophyll formation is catalyzed by two ... Read More
Tomato production in Pakistan is facing stagnation due to different biotic and abiotic stresses. Tomato crop thrives well at temperatures ranging from 13 to 30°C. Tomato plants are sensitive to chill ... Read More
There are various mechanisms through which plant’s growth and yield can be promoted by plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) that reside inside the soil. The use of pesticides, chemical fertili ... Read More
Luteovirus is a phytopathogenic monopartite virus of global importance. Re-assortment and recombination by exchanging genome segments play vital role in the virus evolution. Differences in the breadt ... Read More
Nowadays agriculture represents most important economic activity. Agricultural pesticides that are deliberately used to escalate crop yield unfortunately are endowed with many latent and insidious ad ... Read More
Economic loss causing pests of cucurbits also includes red pumpkin beetle. Damage of the beetle ranges between 35-75% at seedling stage while canopy infestation could be 15-75% depending on the canop ... Read More
Low sugars and light frying color are key traits to be observed during storage while assorting the potatoes for chips/fries preparation. Selecting the best cultivars reflects an important element for ... Read More
Among different available options of storing and sequestering the atmospheric carbon, the use of perennial woody vegetation is an efficient, cheaper and environmental friendly strategy. Understanding ... Read More
Ornamental plants hold an important status in the horticultural industry of the world. Plant growth regulators consist of a large group of naturally occurring or synthetically produced organic chemic ... Read More
The ability of plants to produce high fruit yield and quality depends on the utilization of reserved carbohydrates and photosynthetic activity of plants at initial stages of bud sprouting and floweri ... Read More
Bell pepper (Capsicum annuum) has been in high demand since ever. High quality of fruit and increased yield are desired characters both for the researchers and the growers. The impact of foliar appli ... Read More
Spinach seeds show low germination percentage and speed due to pericarp imposed physical and chemical hindrance; the problem is further aggravated under saline conditions. To assess seed vigor and re ... Read More
Mango is the second major fruit crop of Pakistan. A large number of unexplored indigenous mango germplasm with great economic significance is present in the country. Hence, 425 mango accessions were ... Read More
Field experiments were conducted at Gujjar Seed and Nursery Farm, Haripur, Pakistan to investigate impact of incorporating differently treated of organic manures using different tillage systems on so ... Read More
Large quantities of metals and other chemicals are emitted from different industries that result in contamination of water and soils. In Pakistan, majority of the industries discharge wastewater with ... Read More
The present study was conducted to screen different growth inhibitors i.e. ethephon (125 mM), methyl jasmonate (1 mM MeJA) and their combinations (125mM ethephon + 1mM MeJA) for minimizing the harmfu ... Read More
The study presents the in vitro potential of preconditioned plumular apices explants of peanut for shoot regeneration. Mature embryo explants were isolated and preconditioned for 10 days on MS medium ... Read More
Drought is one of the primary cause of reduced agricultural growth and yield in the world today. Therefore, present study was conducted to evaluate the potential of synthetic and natural priming agen ... Read More
With the inclusion of BT cotton in the existing cotton-wheat cropping system of South Punjab, Pakistan; farmers are interested to sow early BT cotton to obtain its full production potential. There is ... Read More
In data analysis, the first step for broad analysis is outlying items. Outlying items cause false results, biased parameter estimation and model misspecification. Some of the methods for detection of ... Read More
In the rural areas of Pakistan, women have limited access to credit, property, education, skill, paid job and land. There are many hindrances in women empowerment in the rural areas such as socio-eco ... Read More
In this study, the yield response of maize species was investigated under different irrigation levels and techniques. Three irrigation treatments compared were T1) Control in which the needs of the p ... Read More
Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are the most dominant type of DNA variations in genome which is useful in genetic linkage mapping and quantitative traits loci analysis. In this study, a SNP’s ... Read More
People and different creatures, for example, wild rats (Rattus rattus) have been accounted for to be infected by Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii). T. gondii infects rats through feed and water and these ... Read More
Bovine Paratuberculosis is a chronic, debilitating disease resulting in huge economic losses to the dairy industry. The present study was conducted to determine the frequency of Paratuberculosis infe ... Read More
Qurs-e-afsanteen® has been reported to possess hepatoprotective potential, contains Artemisia absinthium (Afsanteen), Valerianaofficinalis (Sumbal-ut-tayyab), Rheum emodi (Ravendcheni), potassium nit ... Read More
In present research work, the levels and combinations of gums were optimized by using response surface methodology (RSM) to prepare bread with better properties. For this purpose, Guargum, Xanthan gu ... Read More
Volatile compounds in fermented sourdoughs were formed by using starter cultures [Lactobacillus brevis (St-I), Lactobacillus fermentum (St-II) and Lactobacillus plantarum (St-III)] along with control ... Read More
Papaya extract from Carica papaya (dwarf solo) was found to curtail active growth of Salmonella typhimurium. Four different segments of Carica papaya fruit were processed and protein concentration of ... Read More
Modified starches are used as dough improver in different bakery products. In current study, modified cereal starches were exploited as dough improver by incorporating heat moisture treatment, acid h ... Read More
The objective of present research was to devise irrigation management techniques/practices for improved water use efficiency (WUE) and optimum wheat yield in water scarce conditions. Investigations w ... Read More
Water and labour scarcity pushes researchers to explore alternate sowing methods for rice like aerobic direct seeding but weed infestation is the major hindrance to adapt this production system. In o ... Read More
Because of its widespread consumption, bread wheat is an important cereal grain worldwide that is valued for its nutritional and economic properties. However, the quality of wheat is affected by vari ... Read More
Planned field study was performed to investigate the effect of various intra-row plant spacings on the yield of different maize hybrids at the Agronomic Research Area, University of Agriculture, Fais ... Read More
In a field trial, Dalbergia sissoo biochar was used to investigate its potential for improving growth, yield and nutrient recovery of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), at varying fertilizer rates under c ... Read More
Salinity is one of the major factors which affect overall food production of the world, especially in arid and semi-arid regions. Present study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of four [tw ... Read More
Mango (Mangifera indica L.) leaves are susceptible to severe attack by insect gall formers. The study’s objective was to assess how different vertical strata of the tree canopy and variation in leaf ... Read More
Studies were conducted to evaluate the life history parameters and predatory potential of a stigmaeid mite Agistemus buntex Chaudhri against Tetranychus urticae Dufour at three constant temperatures ... Read More
Research was carried out for the appraisal of toxic and anti-enzymetic action of acetone extracts of Datura inoxia and Azadirachta indica against Tribolium castaneum, Trogoderma granarium and Sitophi ... Read More
Eggplant shoot and fruit borer (ESFB), Leucinodes orbonalis Guenee, a destructive pest of eggplant (Solanum melongena L.), adversely affects quality and yield of eggplant fruit throughout the world. ... Read More
Bared-nut (Juglans regia L) cultivars, in which the endocarp or the shell has poor development or less lignification, were characterized to determine endocarp development. The bared nut (“WEN138”) an ... Read More
Assays were conducted to examine the contents of cellulose and callose, and the activities of enzymes related to sucrose metabolism at various stages of fiber development in colored cottons and white ... Read More
A survey was conducted to record the views of visitors of three purposefully selected historic Mughal gardens of Pakistan to evaluate the available facilities and to develop guidelines for their impr ... Read More
‘Kinnow’ mandarin is an important citrus cultivar, which ranks first among all the fruit crops in Pakistan. Being a nonclimacteric fruit, it has low shelflife even in cold storage, may lose its qualit ... Read More
Bitter gourd (Momordica charantia L.) is an economically and nutritionally important vegetable in Asia. The objective of this study was to evaluate a diverse collection of bitter gourd germplasm for ... Read More
Huanglongbing is an extremely dangerous disease of citrus. It is caused by different species of Candidatus Liberibacter bacterium: Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus, Candidatus Liberibacter americanu ... Read More
The flower initiation stage is one of the most critical stages in plant development. This study was conducted with an aim of identifying the precise flower bud initiation stage in oriental lily hybri ... Read More
Citrus occupies a prominent position in fruit industry all over the world. In Pakistan, it ranks first in terms of area, production and export among other fruits. The quality fruit production is unde ... Read More
Fusarium wilt or Panama disease poses a great risk to banana production worldwide and is caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. Cubense (Foc). Its tropical race 4 (TR4) is a major problem for Cavendish ... Read More
