Issue · 2020
Vol.26, Iss. 1
10 articles · All issues →
Research ArticleBRYOPHYTES FLORA OF SHERINGAL VALLEY DIR UPPER KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA PAKISTAN
Ali Hazrat, Qasir Ali, Mohammad Nisar, Khan Sher, Tour Jan, Abid Ullah
The study was conducted in the Sheringal Valley, District Dir Upper, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan to investigate the occurrence of bryophytes species in the study area. It is the first attempt to document the bryophytes species in the selected area. A total of…
29 Apr 2024DOI 10.28941/26-1(2020)-6- Research Article
EVALUATION OF Psidium guajava LEAVES AND ACETIC ACID AS NATURAL HERBICIDES FOR CONTROLLING SOME WEEDS OF Capsicum annuum CROP
Mona Adel El-Wakeel, Salah El-Din Abd El-Ghany Ahmed, Sanaa Abd El Rahman Mohamed, Nadia Khalil Messiha
Allelopathy and natural products are safe non-chemical modern techniques that are applied as alternative to synthetic herbicides for controlling weeds. So, two pot experiments were conducted to evaluate the allelopathic effect of Psidium guajava leaf powder (P…
29 Apr 2024DOI 10.28941/26-1(2020)-9 - Research Article
SURVEY OF PARASITIC WEEDS (OROBANCHE SPP.) ASSOCIATED WITH BRINJAL (Solanum melongena) IN BANDA DISTRICT OF UTTAR PRADESH INDIA
Gulwaiz Akhter, Tabreiz Ahmad Khan
Three Orobanche spp. viz., O. aegyptiaca, O. cernua and O. ramosa were found to be associated with brinjal (Solanum melongena) in Banda district, India. However, the concomitant infestation of O. aegyptiaca with O. cernua and/ or O. ramosa in brinjal crop was…
29 Apr 2024DOI 10.28941/26-1(2020)-8 - Research Article
ALLELOPATHIC EFFECTS OF PLANT PARTS OF TWO INVASIVE WEEDS ON SEED GERMINATION AND SEEDLING GROWTH OF OPEN POLLINATED MAIZE VARIETIES
Rahamdad Khan, Abdul Basit, Syed Majid Rasheed, Syed Salim Shah
Allelopathic effects of plant parts of two invasive weeds on seed germination and seedling growth of open pollinated maize varieties was investigated at the Agriculture Graduate Laboratory of the Bacha Khan University Charsadda Pakistan during summer, 2018. Th…
29 Apr 2024DOI 10.28941/26-1(2020)-7 - Research Article
POTENTIAL USE OF Coronopus didymus (L.) SM. IN PARTHENIUM MANAGEMENT
Arshad Javaid, Iqra Haider Khan
This study aimed to assess a brassicaceous weed Coronopus didymus (L.) Sm. as a source of potential natural herbicides for management of an alien weed parthenium (Parthenium hysterophorus L.). Initially, the effect of aqueous leaf, stem, root and flower extrac…
29 Apr 2024DOI 10.28941/26-1(2020)-3 - Research Article
IMPACT OF FOLIAR APPLICATION OF POTASSIUM SULPHATE ON WEED DYNAMICS AND SOME PHYSIOLOGICAL ATTRIBUTES OF RAINFED BREAD WHEAT
Shahid Iqbal Khattak, Mohammad Safdar Baloch, Khalid Naveed, Muhammad Amjad Nadim, Asghar Ali Khan, Kaleem Ullah
An experiment to find out the wheat growth as affected by foliar application of potassium Sulphate (K2SO4) on different growth stages under rainfed conditions was conducted at the Agricultural Research Institute, Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan. Potassium doses viz…
29 Apr 2024DOI 10.28941/26-1(2020)-1 - Research Article
GROWTH AND YIELD RESPONSE OF AUTUMN PLANTED HYBRID MAIZE TO HORSE PURSLANE (Trianthema portulacastrum) INTERFERENCE
Saad Parvaiz, Khuram Mubeen, Mudassir Aziz, Tanveer-ul-Haq
The assumed comparative losses of horse purslane’s (vern. It sit) losses relative to other weeds are higher. The study was conducted during summer season 2018 at Research Farm Muhammad Nawa Sharif University of Agriculture, Multan, Pakistan on a field ha…
29 Apr 2024DOI 10.28941/26-1(2020)-2 - Research Article
INTERFERENCE OF HORSE PURSLANE (Trianthema portulacastrum L.)ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF SOYBEAN[Glycine max (L.) Merr.]
Rehan Habib, Khuram Mubeen, Ammar Matloob, Muhammad Baqir Hussain
Horse purslane is one of the most spreading and problematic weed in Pakistan’s Punjab region during summer. A field experiment to check the interference of horse purslane (Trianthema portulacastrum L.) on growth and yield of soybean was conducted at rese…
29 Apr 2024DOI 10.28941/26-1(2020)-5 - Research Article
DISTRIBUTION PATTERN OF WEEDS IN WHEAT CROP GROWN IN DISTRICT KHANEWAL, PUNJAB, PAKISTAN
Muhammad Usman, Ghulam Murtaza, Allah Ditta, Tamana Bakht3 Muhammad Asif, Muhammad Nadir1and Sehar Nawaz
Weed infestation is among the main biotic factors affecting growth and yield of various crops. This issue is more drastic for cereal crops like wheat which is the staple food crop of over 2.5 billion population of the world. One the control strategies is to in…
29 Apr 2024DOI 10.28941/26-1(2020)-4 - Research Article
IMPACT OF WEEDS ON DIVERSITY OF SOIL ARTHROPODS IN Bt COTTON FIELD IN FAISALABAD PAKISTAN
Iqra Munir, Abdul Ghaffar, Asad Aslam, Muhammad Khuram Shahzad, Muhammad Jafir
The present study was conducted to verify the impact of weeds on diversity of soil arthropods in Bt cotton field by using Randomize Complete Block Design with four treatments and three replications at the Research Area of Department of Entomology, University o…
29 Apr 2024DOI 10.28941/26-1(2020)-10