Issue · 2014
Vol.27, Iss. 1
10 articles · pp. 1-78 · All issues →
ArticlesGENETIC VARIABILITY STUDIES IN BREAD WHEAT (TRITICUM AESTIVUM L.) ACCESSIONS
Said Salman, Shah Jehan Khan, Javed Khan, Rehmat Ullah Khan, Imran Khan
Sixty five wheat accessions were evaluated for yield and related traits during winter 2010-2011. Highly significant (P≤0.01) differences were found for all the traits studied indicating the scope of improvement through simple selection for high…
31 Mar 2018- Articles
COMPARATIVE PROFITABILITY ANALYSIS OF RECOMMENDED MUNGBEAN VARIETIES AT NARC EXPERIMENTAL STATION, ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN
Nusrat Habib, Muhammad Zubair Anwar, Ikram Saeed
The present research study was designed to find out comparative profitability of different mungbean varieties cultivated at experimental station National Agricultural Research Centre (NARC), Islamabad and thus recommend a higher profit earning variety to…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
PERFORMANCE OF SUMMER FORAGE LEGUMES AND THEIR RESIDUAL EFFECT ON SUBSEQUENT OAT CROP IN SUBTROPICAL SUBHUMID POTHWAR, PAKISTAN
Imtiaz Ahmad Qamar, Maqsood Ahmad, Gulshan Riaz, Sartaj Khan
The present study was conducted to assess the performance of five tropical forage legumes namely sesbania (Sesbania aculeata), cowpeas (Vigna unguiculata), rice beans (Vigna umbellata), lablab bean (Lablab purpureus) and cluster bean (Cymopsis tetragonol…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
MILK PRODUCTION POTENTIAL IN KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA
Abdul Hassan, Muhammad Ishaq, Nisar Ali Shah, Arshad Farooq
This study was conducted in three agro-ecological regions, namely, barani areas, wet mountains and Northern dry mountains of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan by using concept of typical farms. The yield and production of milk gap was estimated in three scena…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
IMPACT OF FERTILIZER USE ON WEED MANAGEMENT IN CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE - A REVIEW
Ali Ahsan Bajwa, Ehsanullah, Shakeel Ahmad Anjum, Wahaj Nafees, Mohsin Tanveer, Hafiz Salman Saeed
Intensive farming has been adopted to produce large amounts of food grains and cash crops but environment is being deteriorated at alarming rate also. Increased use of fertilizers, pesticides, chemical growth regulators, machinery and poor manageme…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
FORECASTING CITRUS EXPORTS IN PAKISTAN
Ayesha Tahir
The present study was planned to check the trend analysis of export quantity and export value for citrus in Pakistan. The findings of the study are based on citrus export quantity and export value data from 1990 to 2011. Two models of trend analysis were…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
ECONOMICS OF COW MILK PRODUCTION IN SINDH AND AZAD JAMMU & KASHMIR
Abid Hussain, Khalid Mahmood Aujla, Sonila Hassan
The study aimed to find out the economics of major breeds of cow in selected areas of Sindh and Azad Jammu and Kashmir. It is based on primary data of 130 livestock farmers, selected through simple random sampling technique. Shares of different feed reso…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
EFFECT OF TILLAGE AND USE OF ORGANIC AND INORGANIC FERTILIZERS ON GROWTH AND YIELD COMPONENTS OF MAIZE
Shafique Qadir Memon, Nadeem Amjad, Muhammad Safar Mirjat, Abdul Quadir Mughal, Khalil Ahmad Ibupoto, Shabbir Ahmad Kalwar et al.
Tillage is an important crop production practice which affects crop performance. It was laid out in randomized complete block design (RCBD) with three replications. An experiment was conducted during the spring and autumn crop seasons 2009-2010.The objec…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
FARMERS BELIEFS ABOUT INDIGENOUS FARMING PRACTICES AND SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
Tanzila Kazmi, Abid Ghafoor Chaudhry, Aftab Ahmed, Shaheer Ellahi Khan
The study was conducted in the village Dagal, Rawalpindi District by using the statistical technique in which the sample of 187 farmers were drawn out of the population of 3680, to cultivate insight and beliefs regarding the indigenous farming practices…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
USE OF MOBILE PHONES BY FARMING COMMUNITY AND ITS IMPACT ON VEGETABLE PRODUCTIVITY
Naveed Jehan, Khalid Mahmood Aujla, Muhammad Shahzad, Abid Hussain, Muhammad Zahoor, Majid Khan et al.
In Pakistan, telecommunication tools like television, radio and mobile phone are playing important role in agriculture productivity enhancement, growth and farmers’ prosperity. Mobile phone helps farmers in getting information about commodity…
31 Mar 2018