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Research ArticleComparative Scheduling of Phosphorus Application for Enhancing Rice Yield and Efficiency Indices
Fayyaz Hussain, Raza Ullah Khan, Asim Hayat, Humair Ahmed, Ahmad Khan
Field experiments were conducted on farmers field at two locations aimed at exploring the response of phosphorus (P) applied to rice at different growth stages.Phosphorus was applied in three interval i.e. at transplanting (0 DAT), 15 days after transplanting…
20 Jan 2020DOI 10.17582/journal.pjar/2020/33.1.72.77
Research ArticleOptimization of IBA Concentration for Rapid Initiation of Roots and Ultimate Growth of Kiwi Seedlings and the Association between Root System Architecture and Seedlings Growth
Noorullah Khan, Farrukh Siyar Hamid, Fayaz Ahmad, Sabaz Ali Khan, Imtiaz Ahmed, Muhammad Abbas Khan et al.
The rooting ability in kiwifruit (Actinidia deliciosa) cuttings is very low and can be enhanced to a sufficient extent by treating cuttings with rhizogenic hormones. The present experiment was designed with the objectives to find the optimal concentration of I…
20 Jan 2020DOI 10.17582/journal.pjar/2020/33.1.63.71
Research ArticleEvaluation of Organic Acids to Determine Antifungal Potential against Green Mold of Citrus (Kinnow Mandrin) Caused by Fungus Penicillium Digitatum (Pers. Fr.) Sacc
Awais Ahmed Khan, Zafar Iqbal, Muhammad Atiq
Present study was designed to develop alternative methods to synthetic fungicides, currently used to control green mold of citrus caused by the Penicillium digitatum. Antifungal activities of organic elicitors were evaluated and all the elicitors expressed sig…
20 Jan 2020DOI 10.17582/journal.pjar/2020/33.1.47.55
Research ArticleA Knowledge, Agricultural Practices, Health and Management Survey Related to Pesticide Applications in Peach Orchards of Swat, Malakand
Shazia Akhtar, Abdul Samad, Afshan Gohar, Muhammad Munir Shahid, Muhammad Ishtiaq, Arslan Sarwer et al.
As an initial part of a program aimed at development of pesticides residues monitoring system in Pakistan, a semi-structured questionnaire survey consisting of 40 sub questions was evaluated by interviewing the peach growers in Swat, Malakand. The current surv…
20 Jan 2020DOI 10.17582/journal.pjar/2020/33.1.56.62
Research ArticleDetection of Resistance in Lab and Field Collected Strains of Two Major Pests of Stored Grains against Deltamethrin and Phosphine
Asim Munawar, Farooq Ahmad, Aqsa Arshad, Muhammad Ishaque Mastoi, Chengjuan Liang
The lesser grain borer, Rhyzopertha dominica and red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum are considered most destructive pests of storages commodities worldwide. Unfortunately, due to multiple applications of synthetic pyrethroids and fumigants some major pests…
20 Jan 2020DOI 10.17582/journal.pjar/2020/33.1.78.88
Research ArticleEfficacy of Chitosan on Performance of Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum L.) Plant under Water Stress Condition
Hassnain, Abdul Basit, Mehboob Alam, Imran Ahmad, Izhar Ullah, Noor Alam et al.
Drought stress is one of the main problems that cause a severe decrease in plant growth, development and yield. Application of chitosan helps to induce drought resistance and improved water use efficiency. Therefore, a research study was planned to investigate…
15 Jan 2020DOI 10.17582/journal.pjar/2020/33.1.27.41
Research ArticleEffect of Silicon and Mg Fertilizer Application to Acidic Soil on Paddy Yield
Roshan Ali, Afsar Ali, Shamsher Ali, Muhammad Arshad Khan, Haroon Shahzad, Noman Latif et al.
Feeding escalating population is challenge of the time with ever declining resources. To address this, issue several approaches are under consideration. Nutrient application/addition is one of the best known and adopted strategies. A field experiment was condu…
15 Jan 2020DOI 10.17582/journal.pjar/2020/33.1.42.46
Research ArticleComparative Efficacy of Different Plant Extracts to Manage the Cotton Leaf Curl Virus Disease and its Vector (Bemisia tabaci L.)
Waseem Abbas, Shakeel-ur-Rehman, Abdul Rashid, Muhammad Kamran, Muhammad Atiq, Muhammad Ehetisham ul Haq
Cotton is the king of fibers and it is an important cash crop of tropical and subtropical regions. The present research was carried out to evaluate the comparative efficacy of different against the cotton leaf curl virus vector (Bemisia tabaci) and indirectly…
12 Jan 2020DOI 10.17582/journal.pjar/2020/33.1.22.26
Research ArticleManagement Practices and Economic Analysis of Camel in District Khairpur Mir’s, Sindh
Turab Ali Kaurajo, Huma Rizwana, Gulbahar Khaskheli, Muhammad Haroon Baloch, Muhammad Naeem Rajput, Asad Ali Khaskheli et al.
The present study was conducted to analyze the management practices and economic importance of the camels at district Khairpur Mir’s, Sindh during the year of 2017. A total of sixty camel herders were selected during the survey and interviewed using comp…
10 Jan 2020DOI 10.17582/journal.pjar/2020/33.1.1.8
Research ArticleThe Comparative Toxicity of some Insecticides and Plant Extracts against Cotton Mealy Bug (Phenacocccus solenopsis)
Ghulam Hussain, Muhammad Asrar, Dilbar Hussain, Khurum Zia, Abdul Rashid, Hina Anwar et al.
Cotton is the major cash crop and is known as white gold. The present study was conducted to evaluate and compare the commercially available pesticides and indigenously available plant extracts. The efficacy of following insecticides and plant extracts viz. Ca…
10 Jan 2020DOI 10.17582/journal.pjar/2020/33.1.17.21
Research ArticleGenetic Dissection of Interspecific and Intraspecific Hybrids of Cotton for Morpho-Yield and Fiber Traits using Multivariate Analysis
Sana Munir, Muhammad Kamran Qureshi, Ahmad Naeem Shahzad, Ismat Nawaz, Muhammad Shahzad Anjam, Sumaira Rasul et al.
To estimate level of genetic diversity various cotton genotypes, inter and intraspecific hybrids were assessed for yield, yield contributing and fiber traits using various multivariate analysis such as principle component analysis and linkage cluster analysis.…
10 Jan 2020DOI 10.17582/journal.pjar/2020/33.1.9.16
Research ArticleCoeliccia vacca Laidlaw, 1932 (Odonata: Zygoptera: Platycnemididae) A Data Deficient Potentially Threatened Species
Ahmed Zia
Coeliccia vacca Laidlaw has been added to the Odonata fauna of Pakistan by reporting it from three mountainous spots in sub Himalayan hill tracts of Pakistan. It is a data deficient, potentially threatened species whose habitat and ecology was never known. To…
8 Nov 2019DOI 10.17582/journal.pjar/2019/32.4.706.709
Research ArticleClimate Change Related Factors Impacting Dairy Production in Pakistan
Muhammad Abdul Rahman, Abdul Saboor, Gulnaz Hameed, Ghulam Bilal, Farooq Tanwir
This study focuses on identifying critical environmental hazardous factors (CEHFs), threatening health and production of dairy production system in Pakistan under climate change scenario. Expert Judgment approach is employed to identify and then rank most sign…
2 Nov 2019DOI 10.17582/journal.pjar/2019/32.4.691.705
Research ArticleEffect of Pasteurization Treatments on Leuconostoc mesenteroides Strains Isolated from the Pakistani Foods
Sohaib Afzaal, Usman Hameed, Nasir Ahmad, Klas Udekwu, Paulina Pastuszek, Muhammad Saleem Haider
Leuconostoc mesenteroides are well known for their probiotic effects and starter culture properties. Thermostability of starter cultures is a key factor for food product development. Current study was planned to test the thermodurability of seven strains of Ln…
27 Oct 2019DOI 10.17582/journal.pjar/2019/32.4.625.628
Research ArticlePlant Water Stress Affects the Feeding Performance of American Bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) on Cotton Plants
Muhammad Irfan Ullah, Muhammad Arshad, Muhammad Imran Khan, Muhammad Afzal, Azhar Abbas Khan, Syed Muhammad Ali Zahid et al.
American bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera (Hub.) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) is a major insect pest in cotton crop and is being the most noxious one in cotton growing areas of the world. Knowledge about how water stress modifies the ability of plants to resist agai…
27 Oct 2019DOI 10.17582/journal.pjar/2019/32.4.629.635
Research ArticleSeasonal Variation in the Microscopic Anatomy of Gonads and Gonadosomatic Index of Clupisoma garua
Riaz Hussain Pasha, Muhammad Zubair Anjum, Imran Ullah, Muhammad Akram Khan, Adnan Ali, Saif-Ur-Rehman et al.
Seasonal variation in the gonads of Clupisoma garua was studied from the river Indus and its tributaries in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Northern Punjab, Pakistan. A total of 48 fishes of both sexes (n= 12 per season; 9 female and 3 male) were collected in different…
26 Oct 2019DOI 10.17582/journal.pjar/2019/32.4.670.674
Research ArticleMonitoring Anthelmintics Resistance and Assessing Effectiveness of Herbal Anthelmintics against Small Ruminants’ Nematodes Infection in Pakistan
Abdul Razzaq, Muhammad Islam, Zahra Islam, Zahida Fatima, Munib Hussain, Farmanullah
The gastrointestinal nematodes are common pathogens in grazing sheep/goats throughout the world which impairs productivity and leads to high economic losses. In most part of the world, drug resistance against anthelmintic is now very common. In this context, v…
26 Oct 2019DOI 10.17582/journal.pjar/2019/32.4.662.669
Research ArticleEffect of Clipping Intensity and Frequency on Growth and Morphology of Panicum antidotale
Mazhar Habib, Aamir Saleem, Arshad Mahmood Malik, Sarfraz Ahmed, Sameera Arshad
A study on Blue panic grass (Panicum antidotale Retz.) was conducted during early 2012-13. Stubbles of the grass were grown on a site at NARC, Islamabad, Pakistan. Four clipping stages i.e. D1, D2, D3 and D4 (clipped after 20, 40,…
26 Oct 2019DOI 10.17582/journal.pjar/2019/32.4.642.646
Research ArticleComparative Toxicity of Methanolic Extracts of some Indigenous and Exotic Flowers against Subterranean Termites Odontotermes obesus (Isoptera: Termitidae)
Muhammad Shahzad Akbar, Maria Aslam, Muhammad Rehan Khalid, Shahid Iqbal, Muhammad Luqman, Muhammad Zeeshan Majeed
Subterranean termites are destructive pests and cause massive damage to agricultural crops, forest plantations, wooden infrastructures and other cellulosic products. Their control is usually done by the application of highly persistent synthetic insecticides w…
26 Oct 2019DOI 10.17582/journal.pjar/2019/32.4.636.641
Research ArticleAssessment of Formulated Phosphorus Enriched Compost on Rice Followed Wheat Crop Yields
Matiullah Khan, Motsim Billah, Shoaib Ahmad, Raza Ullah Khan, Muhammad Sarwar
Field experiments were conducted for two seasons to investigate the direct and residual effect of phosphorus enriched compost (PEC) prepared by composting poultry litter (PL) with rock phosphate (RP) and inoculating with effective microorganisms (EM) on the wh…
26 Oct 2019DOI 10.17582/journal.pjar/2019/32.4.647.655