Vol.34, Iss. 4

Line × Tester Analysis of Early Generation Inbred Lines for some Agronomic Traits in Maize

Monsif Ur Rehman, Hidayat-ur-Rahman, Muhammad Iqbal, Iftikhar Hussain Khalil, Zahir Shah

Maize (Zea mays L.) is the most versatile crop among cereals that grows well in a wide range of environments. Promising maize populations (and their hybrids) could be used as a source for inbred line development as well as cost-effective alternatives to single…

Impact of Temperature and Precipitation on Net Revenue of Maize Growers in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Aftab Khan, Shahid Ali, Syed Attaullah Shah, Muhammad Fayaz

This study estimated and forecasted the effect of temperature and precipitation on net revenue of maize growers across Northern, Eastern, Central and Southern zones of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. 200 maize growers were randomly selected through multistage sa…

Effect of Exogenous Application of Salicylic Acid, Potassium Nitrate and Methanol on Canola Growth and Phenology under Different Moisture Regimes

Abdur Rehman, Shad Khan Khalil

Canola (Brassica napus L.) is a rich source of vegetable oil. Its production is often limited by shortage of water during reproductive stages. Salicylic acid, potassium nitrate and methanol are considered to induce drought tolerance in plants. Field trials wer…

An Economic Analysis of High Efficiency Irrigation Systems in Punjab, Pakistan

Amar Razzaq, Abdur Rehman, Abdul Hassan Qureshi, Iqbal Javed, Raheel Saqib, Muhammad Nadeem Iqbal

The growing demand for water resources highlights the need for improved management of this diminishing resource to ensure high water productivity. In order to cope with this situation, it is imperative to make use of available water resources more efficiently…

Genetic Variability, Heritability and Genetic Advance for Morphological Traits in F5:6 Rice Lines

Arshad Iqbal, Syed Mehar Ali Shah, Hidayat ur Rahman, Faiza Aman, Aziz-ur-Rahman

This study was conducted to investigate variability, heritability and genetic advance among F5:6 lines of rice for various morphological traits. Thirty-eight lines derived from F5 rice cross combinations along with their 8 parents were planted in a randomized…

Revising Fertilizer Subsidy and Taxes Policy for Reducing Cost of Production of Major Crops in Pakistan

Abid Hussain, Muhammad Azeem Khan, Muhammad Anjum Ali Buttar, Umar Farooq, Muhmmad Islam, Zahid Ullah Khan

Reduction in cost of production to make agriculture profitable is a major challenge and all out efforts have been made by successive government in Pakistan to pass benefits to the farmers by reducing input prices through reduction in GST, providing cash subsid…

Climate Change Competencies Assessment of Field Assistants in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Asif Nawaz, Muhammad Zafarullah Khan

The present research study was conducted in order to assess possessed and required level of climate change competencies, their training needs and influence of demographic characteristics on the climate change competencies of Field Assistants of the Agriculture…

Molecular Evaluation of Vp1 Coding Region of Foot and Mouth Disease Virus Circulating in Pakistan

Waqas Ali, Mudasser Habib

Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is an extremely contagious viral disease of cloven-hoofed animals. In Pakistan, this disease causes huge losses to economy. However, the reports on its selection and evolutionary pathways are rare. In present study, 336 strains of…

Comparative Study of Transgenic (DREB1A) and Non-transgenic Wheat Lines on Relative Water Content, Sugar, Proline and Chlorophyll under Drought and Salt Stresses

Sabahat Noor, Shaukat Ali, Hafeez-ur-Rahman, Farhatullah, Ghulam Muhammad Ali

Wheat is the most cultivated food crop in Pakistan. Biotic and abiotic stresses severely affect the yield of this crop and require special attention to rectify the production loss. Among various abiotic stresses, drought and soil salinity have the most adversa…

Potassium Application on Chickpea Crop under Irrigated Area

Ambrin Rajput

Chickpea is one of the largest and highly cultivable pulse crops which plays a major part in fulfilling the nutritional requirements of human. Limited research has been done on chickpea concern with potassium (K) fertilizer application. A field study was carri…

Perceptions Vulnerability Index: A Measure of Land Degradation Process in Northern Irrigated Plains of Pakistan

Muhammad Israr, Saeed Ullah, Shakeel Ahmad, Asif Yaseen, Urooba Pervaiz, Nafees Ahmad

Land Degradation (LD) is the most significant environmental issue in the present world and posing a challenge to the goals of future sustainability. The aims of this study was to measure the agriculture land degradation process in northern irrigated plains of…

Pre-sowing Treatment of Alfalfa Seeds with Bio-Extracts for Early Spring Growth Performance

Bushra Qadir, Muhammad Asim, Mohammad Akmal

Pakistan faces an acute deficiency of forages for livestock both in terms of dry matter (DM) and total digestible nutrient (TDN). Green forage availability fluctuates in months of the year due to prevailing climate. Alfalfa, with higher potential, can be adjus…

Heritability and Selection Response for Grain Yield and Associated Traits in F3 Wheat Populations

Tariq Aziz, Iftikhar Hussain Khalil, Quaid Hussain, Tariq Shah, Nazir Ahmad, Amir Sohail

Broad sense heritability and selection responses were assessed for grain yield and related traits in 12 F3 populations of wheat got from mating of six advanced lines and two widely cultivated cultivars (Pirsabak-08 and Janbaz) at University of Agriculture, Pes…

Impacts of Climate Change on Livestock and Livestock Produces: A Case Study of Banke District, Nepal

Anish Shrestha, Samata Baral

 Climate change is one of the most complex challenges that humankind has to face in the coming decades. The threat and vulnerability are catastrophic mainly to marginal and remote areas. No sector, person or region is free from impacts of climate change a…

Response of Sunflower to Integrated Management of Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Sulphur

Saif Ullah, Mohammad Akmal

Oil seed production is important for Pakistan, while Pakistan invests the 2nd highest foreign exchange on the import of edible oil. Sunflower is one of the best options to work due to its better oil quality and fit well in the cropping system of environment. C…

New Diallel Cross Designs Through Resolvable Balanced Incomplete Block Designs for Field Experiments

Ijaz Iqbal, Maqsooda Parveen, Zafar Mahmood

Designing of experiment has a key role in laying out the experiment in agriculture sciences. In this paper an investigation is made of a special kind of incomplete block design known as the resolvable balanced incomplete block design. An algorithm is presented…

Hematological Changes in Free-Range Chicken (Gallus domesticus) Naturally Infected with Toxoplasma Gondii

Mushtaq Hussain Lashari, Fozia Afzal, Umer Farooq

The aim of present study was to determine the seroprevalence and hematological changes in free-range chicken (Gallus domesticus) naturally infected with Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii). Blood samples of chicken (n=71), were collected from Cholistan areas of Baha…

Phenology and Biomass Production of Wheat in Response to Micronutrients and Nitrogen Application

Ali Sher, Khalid Naveed, Gulzar Ahmad, Ayub Khan, Muhammad Saeed, Shah Masaud

Zinc (Zn) and iron (Fe) are important micronutrients for the growth and development of plant. Improving N availability to plants improve biomass production and also increase the shoot Fe content and accumulation of Zn in wheat plants. Experiments were conducte…

Socio-Economic Impacts of Agro-Forestry on Livelihoods of Rural Households in Southern Region of the Punjab, Pakistan

Muhammad Luqman, Raheel Saqib, Mujahid Karim, Khalid Nawab, Abdur Rehman, Muhammad Yaseen

Agro-forestry is practiced in many of the developing countries including Pakistan. In order to find out its socio-economic impacts on the livelihoods of rural household in the Southern Punjab, the present study was carried out in 2016 at University College of…

Study of External Morphometric Variants and Length-Weight Relationship of Labeo rohita (Hamilton-1822) Fed with Varying Protein Levels

Muhammad Javed Iqbal, Muhammad Naeem

External morphometric studies along with Length-weight relationships (LWRs) were carried out for five groups of juvenile Labeo rohita fed with various protein: Energy ratios; fish meal (T0), 25%CP (Crude proteins) (T1), 30%CP (T2), 35%CP (T3) and 40%CP (T4). E…

Assessing Perceptions of the Respondents Regarding Socio-Economic Factors Contributing in Economic Prosperity of Rural Communities: A Case Study of District Sargodha, Punjab- Pakistan

Ejaz Ashraf, Bushra Hassan, Nadeem Anwar, Hafiz Khurram Shurjeel, Shafique-ur-Rehman

Rural sector provides a foundation stone for economy of Pakistan. The current concept of rural development is linked to economic welfare of rural people. It involves uplifting of certain indicators of development and satisfying the needs of fragile groups of r…

Measurement of Allocative Efficiency of Sugarcane Farms in District Charsadda-Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Amjad Ali, Abbas Ullah Jan, Lal Almas, Noor Piao Khan, Khurran Nawaz Saddozai

According to agricultural trade experts Pakistan need to reduce cost of production in order to compete in the international market. At national level food group exports decline from 3,439.4 million US$ during 2015 to 3040.7 in 2016. Increase in productivity an…

In vitro and In vivo Antifungal Activity of Selected Fungal Species against the Fusarium Wilt of Solanum lycopersicum

Zulqarnain, Zafar Iqbal

Fusarium wilt of tomato is a devastating fungal disease with several infectious strategies leading to the complete death of plant. None of the strategies in controlling the wilt have shown fruitful results. Dual culture assay was employed is this study to iden…

Whey Neutralization with Different Concentration of Sodium Hydroxide and Sodium Bicarbonate

Ali Muhammad, Yasser Durrani, Majid Suhail Hashmi, Ihsan Mabood Qazi, Muhammad Ayub, Saifullah

Whey proteins have many nutritional and beneficial therapeutic properties, which are indispensable for the functional and nutritional properties of foods. The aim of the study was to neutralize whey by addition of NaOH (0.1 and 0.01N) and NaHCO3 (0.1 and 0.01N…

Market Marginal Analysis of the Peas Production in Hazara Division Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Sajad Ali, Syed Asghar Ali Shah, Jaffar Ali, Muhammad Nadeem Iqbal, Arshadullah Jadoon, Farmanullah

The present study was conducted to examine the Peas production as well as their related promoting rehearses, categorize the scenario of socio-economic, methodical and marketing restraints faced by the farmers in augmenting and stimulating export of the country…

Novel Gene Pyramiding to Combat Rusts in Global Wheat Varieties against Prevalent Virulence: A Review

Yasir Ali, Muhammad Aslam Khan, Muhammad Atiq, Muhammad Hussain

Epidemics caused by leaf, stripe and stem rust have significant threat to agro-ecosystems and worldwide food security. Semi-dwarf wheat varieties with major gene resistance could not continue for longer period due to emergence of new rust races. However, genot…

An Investigation of the Determinants of Farmland Prices and Implications for Land Use Policy in Central Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Muhammad Abu Sufyan Ali, Syed Attaullah Shah, Ghaffar Ali, Muhammad Fayaz

This study examined the determinants of farmland prices in central Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Pakistan), using land transaction records for 2015-16. Results from Hedonic Pricing analysis show that location, environmental and agricultural characteristics of a farmland…

The Production Competition of Hybrid and Local Maize Varieties Under the Same Dosage of Different Nutrients Application in Clay Soil

Shamsher Ali, Zakir Ullah Jan, Zahir Shah, Muhammad Jamal Khan, Farmanullah Khan, Inayat ur Rahman et al.

A research trial at farmer’s field was conducted to study the production competition of hybrid (CS-200, cv) and local variety (Azam cv.) under the same application of fertilizer treatment and dozes during summer 2015. The field experiment was laid out in…

Alfalfa Biomass Production in Establishment Year under Different Phosphorus and Potassium Rates

Muhammad Sohaib, Rabia Gohar, Muhammad Akmal

Inheritance Studies of Yield and Yield Related Traits in Bread Wheat Genotypes

Sher Nawab Khan, Ghulam Hassan

Plants contribute almost 93% of food and among the crops wheat has the largest contribution of about 80% to the total global cereal production. Eight wheat cultivars including a land race were crossed in 8×8 full diallel fashion during 2014-15 wheat grow…

Compatibility of Chemical and Biological Control for the Management of Maize Stem Borer, Chilo Partellus, (Swinhoe) (Lepidoptera; Pyralidae)

Inzimamul Haq, Shahid Sattar, Bashir Ahmed, Qamar Zeb, Amjad Usman

With a view to use Trichogramma chilonis as parasitoid in the integrated pest management of Chilo partellus in maize field, basic studies on the efficacy of some insecticides against Chilo partellus in Jalal variety of maize and selectivity for the bio-control…

Farmers’ Adaptation to Climate Change in Pakistan: Perceptions, Options and Constraints

Aneel Salman, Muhammad Iftikhar ul Husnain, Inayatullah Jan, Muhammad Ashfaq, Mudassar Rashid, Usman Shakoor

Agriculture in Pakistan is extremely vulnerable to climate change. Adaptation of the agriculture sector is imperative as it contributes 20 percent to the GDP and supports directly or indirectly about 68 percent of the population for their sustenance. Farmers&r…

Women’s Participation and Constraints in Livestock Management: A Case of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province Pakistan

Shaista Naz, Noor Paio Khan, Naveed Afsar, Ashfaq Ahmad Shah

Women are the prime contributors of agriculture sector including livestock across the developing world including Pakistan. However, their extent of participation (time allocation) and constraints in livestock management have not been properly explored yet. To…

Creating Awareness Among Farmers for the Use of Mobile Phone Cellular Technology for Dissemination of Information Regarding Aphid (Macrosiphum Miscanthi, Hemiptera, Aphididae) Attack on Wheat Crop

Ejaz Ashraf, Hafiz Khurram Shurjeel, Mujahid Iqbal

This study was conducted in December. 2014 in district Sargodha-Punjab, Pakistan to assess the role of Mobile phone cellular technology for dissemination of information regarding Macrosiphum miscanthi, attack on wheat crop by mobile phone. A sample size of 60…

Sarsabz: A New High Yielding, Well Adapted Pea (Pisum sativum L.) Variety

Saeed Ahmad Shah Chishti, Mudassar Iqbal, Nusrat Parveen, Kashif Nadeem, Muhammad Iqbal, Umbreen Shahzad et al.

Sarsabz, a high yielding, well adapted and bold-seeded pea variety was evolved by hybridizing two varieties Meteor and Lampo at Vegetable Research Institute, Faisalabad Pakistan. The variety was tested in replicated varietal/ station yield trials and multi-loc…