Increase in critical temperature of superconductors is a major area of research. We have used ceramic technique in order to synthesize high Tc conductors. We have also studied the temperature depende ... Read More
The design of field trials sometimes raises queries about alternative designs and the best ways that allowing for environmental variation in the area allotted to the experiment. In field trials, vari ... Read More
Enormous population growth is badly affecting the socio-economic, cultural, demographic, and political development of the country. Unchecked population growth is serous threat to national development ... Read More
In Pakistan about fifty percent labour force is provided by the rural women. Contribution of rural women in the agriculture is underestimated. This study was planed with the objective to determine th ... Read More
Rice occupies a conspicuous place in agricultural crops. It is cultivated in at least 114 countries of the world. Total world rice production in 2007-08 was 420,618 thousand metric tones. In Pakistan ... Read More
The social and cultural context of Pakistani Society (both rural and urban) is predominantly patriarchal. Therefore, the females are facing discrimination and exploitation from their male counterpart ... Read More
The issue of water losses through irrigation systems has a major impact on surface water supplies and management. Although a number of national and international organizations have attempted to asses ... Read More
Five different spring wheat varieties grown in Pakistan were selected for their biochemical and technological properties. The physical characteristics such as thousand kernel weight and test weight d ... Read More
The study estimated the carbon stocks (t/ha) of the native sub tropical pine (Pinus roxburghii) forests of Pakistan. Vegetation and soil carbon stocks were assessed in two forest sites of sub-tropica ... Read More
Investigations regarding competitive effects of five Galium aparine density levels (0, 18, 36, 54 and 72 m-2) on the yield and yield related traits of wheat planted at three sowing times were made in ... Read More
Studies were conducted to assess the agronomic kg ha-1and physiological basis of variation in yield among three sunflower hybrids of varying maturity groups, sow at row spacing of 45, 60 and 75 cm du ... Read More
A field trial was conducted at the Experimental Farms of Pir Meher Ali Shah Agriculture University, Rawalpindi during Rabi season, 2004 to study the effect of spatial arrangements and weeding techniq ... Read More
A field experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of different phosphorus levels viz. 0, 25, 50, 75 and 100 kg ha-1 and inoculation with Rhizobium japonicum. In all the phosphorus levels oil co ... Read More
This study was designed to investigate the problems of the migrant families left-behind in the rural areas of Pakistan. It was observed in this study that women initially felt loneliness and burdened ... Read More
In the present study chemical dosimeters having aqueous solutions of the Sandal Fix Red C4BLN (C.I. Reactive Blue195A) dye were irradiated by Co60 γ-radiation source in the range 0-1kGy. Absorbance o ... Read More
Today, the tremendous increase in population is the major issue of the world. In this empirical study, population of Pakistan from 1951 to 2007 is modelled using Box Jenkins ARIMA methodology. The po ... Read More
Antibacterial activity of various phytoconstituents of neem was studied to rationalize its traditional use. Neem leaves extract was carried out in order to isolate various phytoconstituents including ... Read More
Pakistan is a third world country with more than 162 million population. It has multiple strata of life with multidimensional livelihood strategies. Agriculture is the mainstay of the Pakistan’s econ ... Read More
Youth is a capital of any nation. The reproductive health of youth is of growing concern today. Generally, the child to youth transition involves events such as puberty, physical and psychological ch ... Read More
Pakistan’s water crisis, especially serious water shortages have had a great impact on the health of the general population. Today majority of Pakistanis have no access to improved water sources whic ... Read More
Field tests were conducted to calibrate the existing SCS design equation in determining field border length using field data of different field lengths during 2nd and 3rd irrigations under local cond ... Read More
A field experiment was conducted in 2005 and 2006 to evaluate the growth, grain yield, N, P, K concentration in stalk, and quality parameters of three maize hybrids (Pioneer-30D55, Pioneer-3062 and P ... Read More
Plant growth is seriously affected by abiotic stresses such as drought, salinity or temperature. Drought is one of the most important limiting factors for agricultural crops and vegetable production ... Read More
Phosphorus (P) is the second most limiting nutrient in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) production after nitrogen. Under wheat-cotton cropping system of Pakistan most of the farmers apply P fertilizer ... Read More
Milk borne diseases in developing countries leads to millions of deaths and billions of illnesses annually. Milk disinfection is one of several interventions that can improve public health, especiall ... Read More
The complete precision poultry system works over the number of multiple logical processes used inside the processors. The efficiency and accuracy can be enhanced by simply optimization of these proce ... Read More
Pakistan is at early stage of development of industrialization. The pace and duration of industrialization depends on tangible (technology) and intangible development (value system). Motivation, rewa ... Read More
Food Security as an issue became prominent in 1970s and has been a topic of considerable attention since then. It is a global menace, the intensity of which may differ from nation to nation. The fact ... Read More
This article focuses on forecasting the values added of agricultural sub-sectors, including agronomy, fishing, forestry, animal husbandry and agricultural services, using the Artificial Neural Networ ... Read More
With the objective to understand the optimization behavior of farmers in allocating land, labor and irrigation water, Linear Programming (LP) analytic technique was applied to 13 Kharif and 7 Rabi cr ... Read More
Textile technologies are continuously evolving with the objects both of increasing productivity and reducing processing costs, and of creating new products or variants of existing ones. Fashion, in t ... Read More
The current study was conducted to investigate the prevalence and incidence of mastitis associated with Montanide adjuvanted Staphylococcus aureus bacterin toxiod in dairy cows in Faisalabad (Punjab, ... Read More
Since the beginning of civilization, the man has developed technologies to increase the efficiency of food production. The use of plastic mulch in commercial vegetable production is one of these trad ... Read More
A set of six drought tolerant and susceptible maize inbred lines were evaluated under normal and water stress conditions. Significant differences among the genotypes were found for all the characters ... Read More
Use of suitable variety, optimum planting time and seed rate play an important role in getting the maximum yield of wheat crop. The study was conducted to find out the most suitable wheat variety, op ... Read More
A field study to assess the yield advantage, competitiveness and economics of diversified direct-seeded upland rice-based intercropping systems under strip geometry of planting, was conducted on a sa ... Read More
Cotton is generally grown on alkaline calcareous soils in arid and semi-arid areas of the country. Sodium can interact with other earth cations like K, Ca and Mg. Therefore, a pot study was conducted ... Read More
Wheat is the major staple food of people of Pakistan and the net annual requirement for a population of 165 million including seed requirement is more than 21mmt besides unavoidable post production l ... Read More
Aqueous solutions of the SFG Yellow CRL commercial dye can be used as chemical dosimeters in the absorbed dose range 200-1000Gy. The standard aqueous solutions were scanned by T80 UV/VIS spectrophoto ... Read More
The Pakistan society is male dominated and all matters concerning outside home are usually dealt with by the male members. The women remain busy in household chores and other domestic works. However, ... Read More
Agricultural extension services have a pivotal role in agricultural and rural development. It is the major source of technology dissemination and helps the farmers to rationalize the use of natural r ... Read More
The study was designed to identify rural women’s constraints in decision making regarding agricultural activities and mainly how the rural women can be empowered for sustainable agricultural developm ... Read More
Rural women play a significant role in the household chores and agricultural activities. This study was planed to investigate the capabilities and competencies of rural women in Tehsil Faisalabad. A ... Read More
In Pakistan, over 20,000 women die each year due to complications of pregnancy and childbirth and most can be attributed to delays in accessing RH facilities. Socioeconomic and demographic characteri ... Read More
The textile industry being the backbone of Pakistan's economy needs to improvement due to the introduction of various factors like increasing competition in the global market place, introduction of s ... Read More
Light is an important aspect of an animal’s environment. Avian as well as mammalian species respond to light energy in a variety of ways. Recent research has indicated that light source may affect bo ... Read More
A detailed research study was conducted during 2004-05 in subtropical subhumid Nurpur rangelands of district Chakwal with main objectives to assess the relative species composition and seasonal plant ... Read More
Toxicity of some new chemistry and conventional insecticides, at different dose rates recommended for field use against Spodoptera litura, and 10% above and below the recommended dose were determined ... Read More
A study on fodder yield and quality of sorghum grown alone and in mixture with guara under different planting techniques was conducted at the Agronomic Research Area, University of Agriculture, Faisa ... Read More
Twelve sunflower genotypes viz. A-43, A-75, A-88, A-132, A-133, A-185, G-33, G-46, G-51, G-68, G-100 and HBRS-1 were grown in the research field of the Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Univ ... Read More
Corm and cormel production of gladiolus has major role in the growth and development of gladiolus industry. However, its commercial cultivation is mainly limited by rare production of corms and corme ... Read More
Small and large sized suckers of Chrysanthemum morifolium were planted on four different dates, i.e. 18th February, 18th April, 17th June and 16th August to find out their effect on growth and flower ... Read More
The effect of osmopriming on lettuce achene invigoration at supra optimal temperature (35ºC) was investigated in the present study. Osmopriming of lettuce achene with KNO3 (0.25%, 0.5% and 1%), CaCl2 ... Read More
