Issue · 2013
Vol.26, Iss. 1
10 articles · pp. 1-70 · All issues →
ArticlesTILLAGE AND NPK EFFECT ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF SPRING MAIZE IN ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN
Shafique Qadir Memon, Muhamamd Safar Mirjat, Abdul Quadir Mughal** Nadeem Amjad, Muhammad Azhar Saeed, Shabbir Kalwar, Asif Ali Mirani et al.
Tillage is a very important crop production practice which affect crop performance. An experiment was conducted during the spring crop season 2009 to compare the effect of three different tillage regimes i.e. deep, conventional and zero and four fe…
31 Mar 2018- Articles
PRICE SPREAD AND MARKETING MARGINS OF CUT ROSE IN PUNJAB, PAKISTAN
Sajida Taj, Muhammad Tariq Iqbal Khan, Mazher Abbas, Arshed Bashir
The paper analyzes the structure and operation of the flower marketing system in Punjab, Pakistan. Based on cross sectional data collected from 34 farmers, 13 wholesalers-cum-commission agents and 20 retailers from main flower producing areas of Kasur an…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
DETERMINANTS OF INCOME FROM VEGETABLES PRODUCTION: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF NORMAL AND OFF-SEASON VEGETABLES IN ABBOTTABAD
Ayesha Tahir, Zafar Altaf
Pakistan is blessed with wide climatic diversity which offers opportunities for growing variety of vegetables throughout the year. The promotion of vegetables in Pakistan is necessary not only for increasing farmer's income and production diversity conce…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
ROLE OF INDIVIDUAL CONTACT METHODS IN DISSEMINATION OF AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGIES
Amir Khatam, Sher Muhammad, Ijaz Ashraf
The present study was conducted in 2010. For this purpose, seven districts from the central region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa including Charsadda, Hangu, Kohat, Mardan, Nowshera, Peshawar and Swabi were selected. Data were collected on various aspects of indi…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
CUMULATIVE EFFECT OF SULFUR AND CALCIUM ON WHEAT GROWTH AND YIELD UNDER SALINE-SODIC SOILS
Muhammad Arshadullah, Syed Ishtiaq Hyder, Arshad Ali, Imdad Ali Mahmood
A field experiment was carried out to investigate the effect of three rates of gypsum on growth and ionic concentration of -1 wheat variety (Saher) sown in saline-sodic soil (ECe=5.32 dS m , pH=8.52 and SAR=18.87) at Soil Salinity Research Institute (SSR…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
EFFICACY OF COTTON WASTE COMPOST AND FERTINEMAKIL FERTILIZER ON THE GROWTH PARAMETER OF SUNFLOWER PLANTS
Tahir Abbas, Bushra Nawab, Rahila Nazli, Rubina Saleem, Amrat Lal, Khalid Jamil
The efficacy of cotton waste compost alone and in combination with Fertinemakil fertilizer on sunflower crop was tested in the field of PCSIR Laboratories Complex Karachi, Pakistan. Individually all the treatment showed maximum plant growth character in…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
BIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS OF TRICHOGRAMMA CHILONIS ISHII (TRICHOGRAMMATIDAE: HYMENOPTERA) FEEDING ON SITOTROGA CEREALELLA EGGS AT THREE CONSTANT TEMPERATURES
Rizwana Sultan, Javed Khan, Ehsan ul Haq, Tariq Mehmood, Roshan Zada Khattak, Naheed Akhtar
The study was conducted on the biological parameters of Trichogramma chilonis Ishii (Trichogrammatidae: Hymenoptera) feeding on grain moth, Sitotroga cereallela eggs at three constant temperatures and five different ages of host eggs at Insect Pest…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
PHYSIOLOGICAL GROWTH AND YIELD EVALUATION IN PMINERALIZED SUNFLOWER (HELIANTHUS ANNUS L.) UNDER SUDANOSAHELIAN AGRO-ECOLOGY, NIGERIA
Wabekwa, J.W, I.A. Sodagni, F.K. Mohammad
The study was carried out at the Research and Demonstration Farm, Department of Crop Production, University of 0 0 Maiduguri (11 47 'N, 13 13 'E) during 2010 and 2011 rainy seasons, to investigate the response of sunflower to phosphorus fertilizer -1 ino…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
GROWTH AND YIELD OF DIFFERENT BRASSICA GENOTYPES UNDER SALINE SODIC CONDITIONS
Arshad Ali, Imdad Ali Mahmood, Muhammad Salim, Muhammad Arshadullah, Abdul Rasool Naseem
A field study was conducted at farmer's salt-affected field -1 (ECe=12.3 dS m ; pH=9.7; SAR=46.2) in Hafizabad to test growth and yield response of six Brassica cultivars (BARD-I, Dunkled, Rainbow, BRS-II, Sultan Raya and cv. 95102-5) under saline sodic…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
ROLE OF FARMER FIELD SCHOOLS IN ENHANCING SKILLS OF FARMING COMMUNITY IN KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA, PAKISTAN
Amir Khatam, Sher Muhammad, Ijaz Ashraf
Farmer Field School (FFS) is a capacity building approach, which provides opportunities to farmers of improving various skills through practicing various techniques by themselves. Considering therefore, the importance of this approach, the study was cond…
31 Mar 2018