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ArticlesPROFITABILITY OF WHEAT PRODUCTION IN DERA ISMAIL KHAN
Samiullah, Mehmood Shah, Kalim Ullah, Rehmat Ullah, Ibrarullah
This study sought to assess the cost and gross margin of wheat in Dera Ismail Khan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) Pakistan, in the wheat crop season during May-June, 2012. A survey method was employed and 11 villages were selected at random which are…
31 Mar 2018- Articles
ACREAGE RESPONSE OF FLUE CURED VIRGINIA TOBACCO IN KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA
Sajid Ali, Quratulain Altaf, Umar Farooq
This study investigates the acreage response of Flue Cured Virginia (FCV) tobacco to its own price and area under maize crop in three major FCV producing districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa i.e., Swabi, Mardan, and Charsadda. Data used in the study cover tim…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
YIELD GAP DETERMINANTS FOR WHEAT PRODUCTION IN MAJOR IRRIGATED CROPPING ZONES OF PUNJAB, PAKISTAN
Abid Hussain, Khalid Mahmood Aujla, Nouman Badar
Yield gap is useful measurement for crop productivity and the extent to which crop productivity falls below some potential level. The study was carried out to analyze the yield gap and determinants of wheat production in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
FINANCIAL PROFITABILITY OF WHITE SUGAR PRODUCTION IN PAKISTAN
Muhammad Sharif, Muhammad Azam Niazi, Abdul Jabbar, Sajida Taj
The sugar industry in Pakistan is the second largest agro-based industry after textile. The calculation of ex-factory production cost of sugar supports the sugarcane support price programme in the country. The present paper aimed at up-dating the financi…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
EXTENSION SERVICES AND TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION OF DATE PALM (PHOENIX DACTYLIFERA L.) IN DISTRICT DERA ISMAIL KHAN
Rehmat Ullah, Kalim Ullah, Mohammad Zafarullah Khan
The present study has been designed to investigate the role of agricultural extension services in date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) improvement. Agriculture extension is appreciating the problems of farmers and suggesting a suitable solution for these p…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
EVALUATION OF MULCHING MATERIALS AS INTEGRATED WEED MANAGEMENT COMPONENT IN MAIZE CROP
Farman Ullah Shah, G. Mustafa Sajid, Sadar Uddin Siddiqui
Yield losses by weeds in maize crop and demonstrated efficacy of various mulches in weed management led to check the efficacy of various available mulches for suppressing weeds in maize crop at National Agricultural Research Centre (NARC), Islamabad duri…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
PREVALENCE AND MORPHOLOGY OF HELMINTH PARASITES OF FISH FROM RIVER SWAT, KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA
Nazir Ahmad, Sultan Ayaz, Sumaira Shams, Karimullah, Riaz Ahmad
A study of the Helminth parasites of fish of River Swat was conducted from September, 2012 to August, 2013. A total of 250 fish belonging to five genera and six species were examined. The parasites collected were Diplozoon khyberensis, Bathybothrium rect…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
EVALUATION OF ADVANCE WHEAT LINES FOR AGRONOMIC TRAITS IN RAINFED ENVIRONMENT
Muhammad Sohail, Imtiaz Hussain, Riaz-ud-Din, Sikandar Khan Tanveer, Maqsood Qamar, Syed Haider Abbas
Wheat under rainfed conditions of Pothwar region of Pakistan is usually exposed to limited soil moisture during early growth period and high temperature stress during reproductive growth stage. Better yield under stressful environment is the main objecti…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
GENETIC 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
THYMOL AS CONTROL AGENT OF MITES (VARROA DESTRUCTOR) ON HONEYBEES (APIS MELLIFERA)
Khawer Jawad Ahmad, Asif Razzaq, Khalida Hamid Abbasi, Muhammad Shafiq, Muhammad Saleem, Muhammad Arshadullah
Studies were carried out on thymol as a controlling agent -1 for bee mites. In this study thymol powder (5mg hive ) was compared with formic acid 65 % and fluvalinate (strip) as standard control measure against Varroa mite. The mite mortality rate…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
INFLUENCE OF SUPPLEMENTAL DIETS ON APIS MELLIFERA L. COLONIES FOR HONEY PRODUCTION
Rashid Mahmood, Elizabeth Stephen Wagchoure, Ghulam Sarwar
Four pollen supplemental diets were tested for their performance in supporting the bee colonies of Apis mellifera during August, 2011 and January, 2012 in the premises of Honey bee Research Institute, National Agricultural Research Centre, Islamabad, Pak…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
ASSESSMENT OF SOME PRIMING TECHNIQUES IN MUNGBEAN (VIGNA RADIATA) : A GREEN HOUSE STUDY
Adnan Umair, Safdar Ali, Muhammad Sarwar, Kashif Bashir, Muhammad Javed Tareen, Muhammad Asghar Malik
Priming technique used for achieving better crop stand, in which seeds are partially hydrated to a point where germination process begin but radical emergence does not occur. A pot experiment was conducted in a green house. The seeds were invigorat…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
ASSESSMENT OF POST-HARVEST LOSSES OF PLUM IN SWAT, PAKISTAN
Muhammad Shahzad, Akhter Ali, Abdul Hayee Qureshi, Naveed Jehan, Imran Ullah, Majid Khan
Plum is an important stone fruit of Pakistan after peach. It is prone to post harvest losses at different levels during its production and consumption. Evaluating post harvest losses in the marketing channel of the plum was necessary for the stake…
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
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
ESTIMATION OF OPTIMUM FIELD PLOT SIZE AND SHAPE IN PADDY YIELD TRIAL
M. Asif Masood, Irum Raza, Muhammad Yaseen
The present study was designed to estimate the optimum plot size with the shape for field research experiments on paddy yield trial considering the effect of plot size on variability in yield of crop as well as studying the coefficients of variation of d…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
HEATED AIR DRYING OF GROUNDNUT
Munir Ahmad, Asif Ali Mirani
Groundnut contains 25-32% protein and 42-52% oil, therefore, it has the potential to become a significant contributor to edible oil production in Pakistan. It is harvested in October-November in Pakistan, when the weather is cold, and it is not possible…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
EFFECT OF BORON NUTRITION ON PADDY YIELD UNDER SALINESODIC SOILS
Syed Ishtiaq Hyder, Muhammad Arshadullah, Arshad Ali, Imdad Ali Mahmood
A field experiment was carried out to investigate the -1 effect of different levels of boron (0.5, 1.0, 1.5 and 2.0 kg ha ) on growth, yield and ionic concentration of rice directly sown on raised beds under -1 saline sodic soils (ECe=5.32 dS m , pH=8.52…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
EXTENSION FIELD WORKERS’ PERCEPTION OF COTTON INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME IN SINDH PROVINCE
Akhtar A. Siddiqui, Allah W. Rind
The study was conducted in the Sindh province of Pakistan to assess the performance of Extension Field Worker (EFWs) performed during FAO-EU-ADB funded National Integrated Pest Management Programme (Nat-IPM) for cotton. The basic principle of Nat-IPM pro…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
RESISTANCE IN PEARL MILLET GERMPLASM TO GREENBUG, SCHIZAPHIS GRAMINUM (RONDANI)
Naheed Akhtar, Yasmin Ahmad, Muhammad Shakeel, Waseem Ahmad Gillani, Javed Khan, Tahira Yasmin et al.
The status of host-plant resistance was evaluated in pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum L.) against aphid species greenbug, Schizaphis graminum (Rondani). It was determined by the ability of seedlings to resist for plant stunting caused by aphid's fe…
31 Mar 2018