Issue · 2015
Vol.28, Iss. 3
14 articles · All issues →
ArticlesIMPROVING FODDER QUALITY OF PANICUM GRASS THROUGH INTERCROPPING OF LEGUMES AND THEIR INOCULATION
Muhammad Arshad Ullah, Nazir Hussain, Helge Schmeisky, Muhammad Rasheed
A protocol was conducted under rainfed conditions for two years at National Agricultural Research Centre (NARC) Islamabad, Pakistan. Treatments comprising intercropping of Panicum grass with legumes (33%, 50% and 67%) with or without inoculation to inves…
31 Mar 2018- Articles
COMBINING ABILITY ANALYSIS IN VARIOUS INBRED LINES OF MAIZE (ZEA MAYS L.)
Syed Asif Imran Shah, Shah Jehan Khan, Abdul Aziz Baloch, Obaid Ullah Sayal, Kalim Ullah* andShujaat Ali
An experiment to study combining ability effects through 6 × 6 diallel model in maize inbred lines, was laid out in randomized complete block design with three replications at Agricultural Research Institute, Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan, during 2012…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
ANALYZING PRODUCTION POTENTIAL OF SELECTED FOOD AND LEGUME CROPS FOR FOOD SECURITY IN PUNJAB, PAKISTAN
Muhammad Qasim, Sonila Hassan, Arshed Bashir, Hafiz Zahid Mahmood, Irfan Mehmood
The present study was designed to assess growth rate in area, yield and production of selected major food commodities and to project these parameters on the basis of estimated growth co-efficient. Time-series data for area, yield and production were coll…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
GENETIC DIVERSITY ASSESSMENT IN BRASSICA GERMPLASM BASED ON MORPHOLOGICAL ATTRIBUTES
Israr Ali, Naushad Ali, Riffat Tahira, Sardar Ali, Izhar Hussain, Sher Aslam Khan
Genetic diversity of 28 Brassica genotypes was studied using different morphological attributes. Data were recorded on days to maturity (DM), -1 -1 plant height (PH), primary branches plant (PBPP), pod length (PL), seed pod (SP), -1 1000-seed weight (100…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
HABITAT SURVEY FOR RECOGNIZING BIRD ATTRACTANTS AROUND BENAZIR BHUTTO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN
Sameera Arshad, Iftikhar Hussain, Maqsood Anwar, Sarwat Naz Mirza
Habitats around airfields that attract bird species, pose serious threat to aviation industry. Habitat survey for recognizing bird attractants and hazardous bird species was carried out at 8 selected study sites within 8 km radius of Benazir Bhutto Inter…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
EVALUATION OF DIFFERENT FOOD GRAINS AS BAITS FOR MANAGEMENT OF HYSTRIX INDICA
Amjad Pervez, Syed Muzaffar Ahmed, Akhlaq Ahmad, Qazi Mehmood Ali
Indian crested porcupine, Hystrix indica is widely distributed and serious rodent pest of orchards, field crops and vegetables in Pakistan. Laboratory studies were conducted to determine highly effective cereal used as bait base for its management.…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
POPULATION DYNAMICS OF ROSE APHID MACROSIPHUM ROSAE L. ON DIFFERENT CULTIVARS OF ROSA INDICA L. IN PAKISTAN
Quratulain, Muhammad Aslam, Muhammad Khalid Rafique, Mian Atiq Ahmad, Rashid Mahmood
The research was carried out at the Pir Mehr Ali Shah-Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi research field area on rose plants for rose aphid populations during 2008-09. Data were recorded on weekly basis. Nymphs, winged and wingless adults were counte…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
IMPACT OF LIVESTOCK IN UPLIFTING RURAL LIVELIHOOD
Junaid Alvi, Ijaz Ashraf, Khalid Mehmood Ch, Muhammad Iftikhar, Saleem Ashraf
The global population is increasing by creating high demand for food and improved livestock and crop farming initiatives. The livestock sector plays a key role in boosting the national economy and improving the citizens' livelihoods. The study focused on…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
FOREST PATHOGENS AND DISEASES UNDER CHANGING CLIMATE -A REVIEW
Muhammad Mohsin Raza, Muhammad Aslam Khan, Irfan Ahmad, Ali Ahsan Bajwa, Hafiz Muhammad Usman Aslam, Badar Ahsan Ullah et al.
Changing climate threatens tree health by affecting the likelihood, frequency of occurrence, types and severity of forest diseases caused by diverse pests, resultantly altering the forest ecosystems. The present review covers the relationship between cli…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
FORECASTING AREA AND PRODUCTION OF BARLEY IN PUNJAB, PAKISTAN
Sobia Naheed, Irum Raza, M. Zubair Anwar, Nusrat Habib, Naheed Zahra, Sabeen Siddiqui
This study was designed to estimate barley area and production in Punjab based on time series data from 1976 to 2011. Four models namely quadratic trend, linear trend, exponential growth curve and double exponential smoothing were compared and the best f…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
HETEROSIS AND HETROBELTIOSIS PERFORMANCE OF MORPHOLOGICAL TRAITS IN BREAD WHEAT CROSSES UNDER DROUGHT STRESS CONDITIONS
Said Salman, Shah Jehan Khan, Javed Khan
The study was designed to observe the heterotic and heterobeltiotic effects in F s of four different crosses having four drought 1 tolerant cultivars and four susceptible lines as parents. The experiment was conducted at the Faculty of Agriculture, Gomal…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
PERFORMANCE OF DIFFERENT TOMATO CULTIVARS UNDER ORGANIC AND INORGANIC REGIMES
Ibrar Ali, Abdul Mateen Khattak, Muhammad Ali, Kalim Ullah
To study the performance of different tomato cultivars under organic and inorganic regimes an experiment was conducted at New Developmental Farm, The University of Agriculture, Peshawar, Pakistan during the summer 2013-14. The experiment was laid out in…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
MAJOR FOOD CROPS PRODUCTION AND YIELD FORECAST IN PAKISTAN
Nouman Badar, Hina Fatima, Abdul Jabbar, Muhammad Asif
This study focuses on forecasting the production and yield of food crops in Pakistan. Utilizing the “Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average” (ARIMA) model and data from 1948 to 2011. The data was obtained from Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Is…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
TREND ANALYSIS AND FORECASTING OF WHEAT AND RICE IN PAKISTAN
Saqib Shakeel Abbasi, Ayesha Tahir, Irum Raza* Saleem Abid, Muhammad Nisar Khan
Wheat and rice are the basic requirement of every household. This paper analyses the price trends for these crops over the last 30 years and based on statistical models, forecast their prices from 2013 to 2017. Different models have been applied to get t…
31 Mar 2018