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ArticlesSUITABILITY OF DIFFERENT FORMULATED CARRIERS FOR SUSTAINING MICROBIAL SHELF LIFE
Tosif Tabassam, Tariq Sultan, M.Ehsan Akhtar, M.Mahmood-ulHassan, Arshad Ali
Non-availability of a suitable carrier for bioinnoculant is a serious constraint for dissemination of biofertilizer technology in Pakistan. Present study was designed to formulate a suitable carrier from locally available cheap material and evaluate for…
31 Mar 2018- Articles
BIOCHEMICAL ABNORMALITIES INDUCED BY ABAMECTIN IN SIXTH INSTAR LARVAE OF THE RED FLOUR BEETLE, TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM (HERBST)
Riaz Hussain, Muhammad Riaz, Mushtaq A. Saleem, Muhammad Ishaque Mastoi
The sub lethal effects of abamectin (Sure 1.8 EC) were studied on malathion-resistant (PAK) and organophosphate susceptible (FSS-II) strains of Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) larvae in the laboratory. The objective was to examin…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
ECONOMICS OF MILK PRODUCTION OF MAJOR DAIRY BUFFALO BREEDS BY AGRO-ECOLOGICAL ZONES IN PAKISTAN
Khalid Mahmood Aujla, Abid Hussain
This study was designed to compare costs of rearing and returns received from major dairy buffalo breeds (Nili-Ravi and Kundhi) in various agro-ecological zones of Pakistan. For this purpose, 219 buffalo farmers were randomly selected from mixed and rice…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY OF VIRO CARE GZ-08 AGAINST NEWCASTLE DISEASE VIRUS IN POULTRY AND ITS IN-VITRO CYTOTOXICITY ASSAY
Muhammad Hidayat Rasool, Abuzar Muhammad Afzal, Abu Baker Siddique, Waseem Akram, Muhammad Saqalein, Madiha Basit et al.
Newcastle disease (ND), one of the most important disease of poultry throughout the World is caused by Newcastle Disease Virus (NDV). It is causing huge economic losses in poultry industry of Pakistan. Regardless of vaccination, other prevention and cont…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
GENETIC DIVERSITY ASSESSMENT IN BRASSICA GERMPLASM BASED ON MORPHOLOGICAL ATTRIBUTES
Israr Ali, Naushad Ali, Riffat Tahira, Sardar Ali, Izhar Hussain, Sher Aslam Khan
Genetic diversity of 28 Brassica genotypes was studied using different morphological attributes. Data were recorded on days to maturity (DM), -1 -1 plant height (PH), primary branches plant (PBPP), pod length (PL), seed pod (SP), -1 1000-seed weight (100…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
HABITAT SURVEY FOR RECOGNIZING BIRD ATTRACTANTS AROUND BENAZIR BHUTTO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN
Sameera Arshad, Iftikhar Hussain, Maqsood Anwar, Sarwat Naz Mirza
Habitats around airfields that attract bird species, pose serious threat to aviation industry. Habitat survey for recognizing bird attractants and hazardous bird species was carried out at 8 selected study sites within 8 km radius of Benazir Bhutto Inter…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
EVALUATION OF DIFFERENT FOOD GRAINS AS BAITS FOR MANAGEMENT OF HYSTRIX INDICA
Amjad Pervez, Syed Muzaffar Ahmed, Akhlaq Ahmad, Qazi Mehmood Ali
Indian crested porcupine, Hystrix indica is widely distributed and serious rodent pest of orchards, field crops and vegetables in Pakistan. Laboratory studies were conducted to determine highly effective cereal used as bait base for its management.…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
POPULATION DYNAMICS OF ROSE APHID MACROSIPHUM ROSAE L. ON DIFFERENT CULTIVARS OF ROSA INDICA L. IN PAKISTAN
Quratulain, Muhammad Aslam, Muhammad Khalid Rafique, Mian Atiq Ahmad, Rashid Mahmood
The research was carried out at the Pir Mehr Ali Shah-Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi research field area on rose plants for rose aphid populations during 2008-09. Data were recorded on weekly basis. Nymphs, winged and wingless adults were counte…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
IMPACT OF LIVESTOCK IN UPLIFTING RURAL LIVELIHOOD
Junaid Alvi, Ijaz Ashraf, Khalid Mehmood Ch, Muhammad Iftikhar, Saleem Ashraf
The global population is increasing by creating high demand for food and improved livestock and crop farming initiatives. The livestock sector plays a key role in boosting the national economy and improving the citizens' livelihoods. The study focused on…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
FOREST PATHOGENS AND DISEASES UNDER CHANGING CLIMATE -A REVIEW
Muhammad Mohsin Raza, Muhammad Aslam Khan, Irfan Ahmad, Ali Ahsan Bajwa, Hafiz Muhammad Usman Aslam, Badar Ahsan Ullah et al.
Changing climate threatens tree health by affecting the likelihood, frequency of occurrence, types and severity of forest diseases caused by diverse pests, resultantly altering the forest ecosystems. The present review covers the relationship between cli…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
STOCHASTIC FRONTIER ANALYSIS OF MAIZE FARMERS IN AZAD JAMMU AND KASHMIR, PAKISTAN
Khurram Nawaz Saddozai, Umme Rubab, Abass Ullah Jan
The research study was carried out to analyze the technical efficiency of maize growers through Cobb-Douglas type Stochastic Frontier Analysis in four villages of Muzaffarabad district, Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), Pakistan. The proportional sampling al…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF DIFFERENT TILLAGE SYSTEMS IN A CLAY LOAM SOIL*
Ali Raza Shah, Muhammad Saffar Mirjat, Abdul Quadir Mughal, Inayatullah Rajper, Asif Ali Mirani
Field experiments were conducted to assess the performance of different tillage systems in a clay loam soil. A completely randomized block design with four treatments i.e., conventional tillage (CT), minimum tillage (MT), zero tillage (ZT) and controlled traff…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
BIODIVERSITY AND PHYTOSOCIOLOGICAL STUDIES OF UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM RIPARIAN AREAS OF PAKISTAN: SPECIAL REFERENCE TO TAUNSA WILDLIFE SANCTUARY AND KETI SHAH FORESTS
Raja Zoq-ul-Arfeen, Aamir Saleem, Sarwat Naz Mirza, Muhammad Akmal, Hafiz Muhammad Tayyab, Obaid Afzal
Pakistan riparian zone mostly belongs to Sindh and Punjab provinces and prone to climatic problems and anthropogenic activities. The research was conduct to estimate and compare the structure and composition of riverine floral diversity in low riparian z…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
ASSESSMENT OF THE PROFESSIONAL TRAINING COURSE UNDER WATERSHED PROJECT AT FATEHJANG FIELD STATION, PUNJAB, PAKISTAN
Muhammad Nisar Khan, Tariq Hassan, Hassnain Shah, Saleem Abid, Irum Raza, Saqib Shakeel Abbasi
Watershed Project organizing different professional trainings to create awareness about water saving technologies as solar powered irrigation system, drip irrigation, sprinkler irrigation, micro catchment, rooftop rainwater harvesting and irrigatio…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
EFFECT OF SOIL AND FOLIAR APPLIED COPPER ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF WHEAT (TRITICUM AESTIVUM L.)
Azhar Usman Ali, Ghulam Sarwar, Muhammad Aftab, Sher Muhammad
The experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of copper on wheat growth and soil composition through its soil and foliar application. For -1 this purpose, non-saline non-sodic soil (pH = 8.10, EC = 0.85 dS m , SAR = 4.60, saturation percentage = 29…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
PRODUCTIVITY IN RICE-WHEAT CROP ROTATION OF PUNJAB: AN APPLICATION OF TYPICAL FARM METHODOLOGY
Imtiaz Hussain, Hassnain Shah, M. Azeem Khan, Waqar Akhtar, Abdul Majid, M. Yaqub Mujahid* Corresponding author:izhussain@yahoo.com
Rice-wheat cropping is among one of the most extensive systems in Pakistan and nearly three-fifth of this area falls in the Punjab province. The continuous sequential cropping has observed problem of stagnation of the rice-wheat productivity. The rationa…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
FORECASTING AREA AND PRODUCTION OF BARLEY IN PUNJAB, PAKISTAN
Sobia Naheed, Irum Raza, M. Zubair Anwar, Nusrat Habib, Naheed Zahra, Sabeen Siddiqui
This study was designed to estimate barley area and production in Punjab based on time series data from 1976 to 2011. Four models namely quadratic trend, linear trend, exponential growth curve and double exponential smoothing were compared and the best f…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
OCCURANCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF POTY VIRUSES INFECTING GARLIC IN PAKISTAN
S. Talat Gilani, Shahid Hameed, Hussain Shah
The study was designed to detect and determine the prevalence, incidence and distribution of the poty viruses causing diseases in garlic (Allium sativum) from major garlic growing areas of Pakistan. The yellow stripes, mosaic and chlorotic spot sym…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
PHYTOTOXIC EFFECTS OF CALOTROPIS PROCERA, TAMARIX APHYLLA AND PEGANUM HARMALA ON PLANT GROWTH OF WHEAT AND MUSTARD
Muhammad Mudasar Aslam ⃰, Muhammad Jamil, Ijaz Malook, Amana Khatoon, Ali Rehman, Abdur Rahim et al.
Phytotoxic effects of many plants are known on growth of different useful crops. This research study was designed to find out phytotoxic effects of Calotropis procera, Tamarix aphylla and Peganum harmala on seed germination and seedling length of wheat and mus…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
TREND ANALYSIS OF RICE AREA AND YIELD IN PUNJAB
Naheed Zahra, Nadeem Akmal, Sobia Naheed, Nusrat Habib, Sabeen Siddiqui, Irum Raza
The present paper to estimated the situation of rice regarding its area and yield in Punjab, the estimation is based on time series data from 1980 to 2011. On the basis of minimum errors of accuracy measure quadratic model was selected. The estimat…
31 Mar 2018