Issue · 2012
Vol.25, Iss. 2
8 articles · pp. 91-160 · All issues →
ArticlesPOTENTIAL FOR INVESTMENT IN INDIGENOUS TECHNOLOGIES: A CASE OF LOW COST SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION STRUCTURES IN RAINFED POTHWAR, PAKISTAN
Hassnain Shah, Muhammad Azeem Khan, Umar Farooq, Nadeem Akmal, Shahid Munir, Bashir Hussain
The rainfed Pothwar area of Pakistan is one of the most eroded areas where 20% of the total land is affected by soil erosion and 4.2 billion cubic meter of water is lost from surface runoff annually. Soil erosion, along with arid climate, erratic rainfal…
31 Mar 2018- Articles
DEVELOPMENT OF RESISTANT MAIZE GERMPLASM
Habib Iqbal Javed, Ashiq Saleem, Javed Fateh, Mozammil Hussain, Naheed Akhtar, Shamim-ul-Sibtain Shah
During spring 1999, on the basis of survived plants, a total of 250 accessions including 150 exotic out of 350 and 100 indigenous out of 900 were selected. During autumn 1999, out of 250 accessions (progenies) 35 exotic and 10 indigenous could survive un…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
ECONOMICS OF LALLEMANTIA ROYLEANA (TUKHAM-EBALANGOO) PRODUCTION IN THE LOW INTENSITY CROPPING ZONE OF THE PUNJAB, PAKISTAN
Mazher Abbas, Tahir Mehmood, Arshed Bashir, Muneeb Zafar, Aneela Afzal
Unani medicine is part of Pakistani culture and is popularly practiced by a large segment of the population. This medicine system originated in Greece and was brought to the subcontinent by Muslim scholars. However, the unani medicine currently practiced…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
EFFECT OF GIRDLING AND PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS ON PRODUCTIVITY IN OLIVE (OLEA EUROPAEA)
Faisal Khalil, Khalid Mahmood Qureshi, Ammaz Khan, Fakhar-ul-Hassan, Nabila Bibi
Olive (Olea europaea L.) belongs to family oleaceae, is one of the most important fruit crop grown worldwide due to their nutritional and economic importance. Unfruitfulness in olive has frequently been observed which may be attributed to numerous factors. Som…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
IMPACT OF CULTIVATION SYSTEMS ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF STRAWBERRY (FRAGARIA ANANASSA) CV. “CHANDLER”
Khalid Mahmood Qureshi, Fakhar ul Hassan, Qamar ul Hassan, Usman Shaukat Qureshi, Saman Chughtai, Adnan Saleem
The proposed research study was conducted during 2010- 11 at the Research Farm, Department of Horticulture, PMAS-Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi. The runner plants of the strawberry (Fragaria ananassa) cv. Chandler were collected from Swat (Mingo…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
INFLUENCE OF THREE CONSTANT AND TWO RHYTHMICALLY FLUCTUATING TEMPERATURE REGIMES ON THE LIFE-TABLE PARAMETERS OF BROWN LACEWING SYMPHEROBIUS FALLAX
Waseem Ahmad Gillani, Mike Copland
Brown lacewing (Sympherobius fallax), characterized by good adult longevity, high fecundity, and fast development rates are important predators in many agricultural systems. Life tables of S. fallax were constructed at 20°C, 24°C, 28°C and rh…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
COMBINING ABILITY ANALYSIS OF SOME YIELD ATTRIBUTES IN INDIAN MUSTARD (BRASSICA JUNCEA L.)
Muhammad Arifullah, Muhammad Munir, Abid Mahmood, Saifullah Khan Ajmal, Ghulam Shabbir
Eight promising genotypes were crossed in all possible combinations using 8×8 diallel system for combining ability analysis. Data was recorded for seed yield and some important yield attributes. The results for combining ability analysis indicated…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
IMPROVEMENT OF MASH BEAN PRODUCTION UNDER RAINFED CONDITIONS BY RHIZOBIUM INOCULATION AND LOW RATES OF STARTER NITROGEN
Zammurad Iqbal Ahmed, Muhammad Ansar, Ashiq Saleem, Zafar ullah Arif, H.I. Javed, Rashid Saleem
The study was conducted at research farm of PMAS - Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi during autumn 2009. Two mash bean varieties viz., NARC Mash-II and NARC Mash-III and the treatment -1 combinations applied were control, 20, 40 and 50 kg N ha , 75…
31 Mar 2018