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ArticlesCOMBINING ABILITY ANALYSIS FOR SEED PROTEINS, OIL CONTENT AND FATTY ACIDS COMPOSITION IN SUNFLOWER (HELIANTHUS ANNUUS L.)
Syeda Nasreen, Mehwish Ishaque, Muhammad Ayub Khan, Saleem-ud-din, Syeda Musarrat Gilani
Genetically diverse sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) inbred lines comprising six cytoplasmic male sterile (CMS) and six fertility restorer (R ) lines were crossed in a line x tester mating design to obtain 36 f F hybrids. Parental lines and F hybrids exhibited…
31 Mar 2018- Articles
OUTDOOR BREEDING OF MOSQUITO SPECIES AND ITS POTENTIAL EPIDEMIOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS IN KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA
Gul Zamin Khan, Imtiaz Ali Khan, Inamullah Khan, Mian Inayatullah
Entomological surveillance study was conducted in four selected sites; Peshawar, Nowshera, Mardan and Charsadda of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan during 2012-13 for development of ultimate control strategies of mosquito breeding in outdoor habitats. Larvae…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
WINTER FORAGE QUALITY OF OATS (AVENA SATIVA), BARLEY (HORDEUM VULGARE) AND VETCH (VICIA SATIVA) IN PURE STAND AND CEREAL LEGUME MIXTURE
ZafarUllah, Muhammad Azim Malik, Muhammad Ansar, Shahzada Sohail Ijaz, Muhammad Rasheed
A field study was carried out for two consecutive years in subtropical rainfed conditions of Rawalpindi, Pakistan to evaluate the forage quality of oats, barley and vetch grown in pure stands and cereallegume mixtures. Treatments comprised oats pur…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
COMPARISON OF GYPSUM AND POTASSIUM SILICATE FOR RECLAMATION OF SALINE SODIC SOIL
Nosheen Zahra, Ghulam Sarwar, Sher Muhammad
Relative efficiency of gypsum, potassium silicate and their combinations at different levels for reclamation of saline sodic soil was tested. Treatments were replicated thrice. All pots were arranged according to completely randomized design and treatmen…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
IMPACT OF DIFFERENT PACKAGING TECHNOLOGIES ON POSTHARVEST LOSSES OF STONE FRUITS IN SWAT PAKISTAN
Muhammad Shahzad, Ayesha Tahir, Naveed Jehan, Muhammad Luqman
Soft texture of stone fruits makes them prone to postharvest losses. Effect of different packaging materials on the texture of fruits also varies for their post-harvest losses. The present study was conducted to evaluate the effect of wooden and ca…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
ECONOMICS OF RED MEAT PRODUCTION IN PUNJAB
Arshed Bashir, Fatima Ahmad, Irfan Mehmood, Muhammad Qasim, Mazher Abbas, Sonila Hassan
This paper analyzes the cost and return estimates of red meat among different meat production systems namely subsistence rural farms, small sized specialized farm and commercial farms. Four districts of Punjab (Gujranwala and Sialkot from rice-wheat zone…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
PHYSICO-CHEMICAL CHANGES IN GRAINS OF SOME ADVANCE LINES/ VARIETIES OF RICE (ORYZA SATIVA L.) AFTER PARBOILING
Muhammad Akhter, Muhammad Azhar Ali, Zulqarnain Haider, Shahzad Muzammil
Some of the advance lines/varieties developed at Rice Research Institute, Kala Shah Kaku, including approved fragrant (Basmati) rice variety i.e., Basmati-2000, were used to assess interactive efficacy of parboiling on these varieties/lines and practical…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
SOCIOECONOMIC DETERMINANTS OF RURAL HOUSEHOLD FOOD EXPENDITURES IN RAWALPINDI
Hafiz Saqib Habib, Arshad Mahmood Malik, Abid Ali, Muhammad Aamir Khan
Higher food expenditures disturb the delicate balance of allocated decisions of household monthly expenditures. Several past studies in Pakistan have been committed on determining household consumer's characteristics on requirement for specific kinds of…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
MARKETING SYSTEM OF LIVE CAMELS IN THE DESERT ECOLOGIES OF PAKISTAN
Khalid Mahmood Aujla, Abid Hussain
Livestock markets are trading places for live animals where suppliers and buyers can make transactions. This study was designed to investigate the existing marketing system of live camels in the desert ecologies of Pakistan. Out of 220 camel farmers that…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
ASSESSMENT OF AGRICULTURE SERVICE PROVIDERS' TRAINING ON WATER CONSERVATION TECHNOLOGIES IN POTHWAR REGION
Sumia Bint Zaman, Waqas Farooq, Sidra Majeed, Hasnain Shah, Abdul Majid
Water conservation technologies especially, High Efficiency Irrigation Systems (HEIS) remained unpopular due to absence of service sector for these technologies despite of the efforts being carried out since long. Therefore, a training component to prepa…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS AFFECTING SEX EXPRESSION OF BOTTLE GOURD (LAGENARIA SICERARIA MOLINA) PLANTS
Hidayatullah, T. Mahmood, M. Farooq, M. A. Khokhar, S.I. Hussain* * Corresponding author: hidayatu2003@yahoo.uk.co.uk
The effect of exogenous application of various levels of -1 ethrel (500, 1000, 1500 and 2000 µmol l ); Gibberrelic Acid (GA 15, 30, 45 3 ; -1 -1 and 60 µmol l ) and Maleic hydrazide (MH; 200, 400, 600 and 800 µmol l ) on sex expression…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
PHENOTYPIC VARIATION AMONG MENTHA SPP.
Shazia Erum, Muhammad Naeemullah, Shahid Masood** Corresponding author: shazia_rm@yahoo.com
The aim of the present study was to investigate the morphological diversity and relationship within 17 genotypes of mentha species. Different species of Mentha were collected from different ecological zones of the world. Great variation was observed in s…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
COMPARATIVE PERFORMANCE OF DIFFERENT ECONOMIC TRAITS OF FOUR IMPORTED BROILER STRAINS UNDER LOCAL CONDITIONS OF PAKISTAN
Javid Iqbal, Asghar Ali Mian, Tanveer Ahmad, Shamsul Hassan, Sohail Hassan Khan
The study was initiated to compare the performance of economic traits of four internationally reputed broiler strains, imported in Pakistan, under the local environmental and management conditions. A total of 360 day old chicks of four broiler strains (9…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
CROP INOCULANTS- AN UNDEREXPLORED POTENTIAL IN AGRICULTURE
Shahida N.Khokhar
Food security, poverty alleviation and environmental concerns have caused a shift in paradigm from use of agrochemicals to green way of life. Bioinoculants are in perfect harmony with the concept of Evergreen Revolution. They have the potential to improv…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
ECONOMICS OF LALLEMANTIA ROYLEANA (TUKHAM-EBALANGOO) PRODUCTION IN THE LOW INTENSITY CROPPING ZONE OF THE PUNJAB, PAKISTAN
Mazher Abbas, Tahir Mehmood, Arshed Bashir, Muneeb Zafar, Aneela Afzal
Unani medicine is part of Pakistani culture and is popularly practiced by a large segment of the population. This medicine system originated in Greece and was brought to the subcontinent by Muslim scholars. However, the unani medicine currently practiced…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
EFFECT OF GIRDLING AND PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS ON PRODUCTIVITY IN OLIVE (OLEA EUROPAEA)
Faisal Khalil, Khalid Mahmood Qureshi, Ammaz Khan, Fakhar-ul-Hassan, Nabila Bibi
Olive (Olea europaea L.) belongs to family oleaceae, is one of the most important fruit crop grown worldwide due to their nutritional and economic importance. Unfruitfulness in olive has frequently been observed which may be attributed to numerous factors. Som…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
IMPACT OF CULTIVATION SYSTEMS ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF STRAWBERRY (FRAGARIA ANANASSA) CV. “CHANDLER”
Khalid Mahmood Qureshi, Fakhar ul Hassan, Qamar ul Hassan, Usman Shaukat Qureshi, Saman Chughtai, Adnan Saleem
The proposed research study was conducted during 2010- 11 at the Research Farm, Department of Horticulture, PMAS-Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi. The runner plants of the strawberry (Fragaria ananassa) cv. Chandler were collected from Swat (Mingo…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
INFLUENCE OF THREE CONSTANT AND TWO RHYTHMICALLY FLUCTUATING TEMPERATURE REGIMES ON THE LIFE-TABLE PARAMETERS OF BROWN LACEWING SYMPHEROBIUS FALLAX
Waseem Ahmad Gillani, Mike Copland
Brown lacewing (Sympherobius fallax), characterized by good adult longevity, high fecundity, and fast development rates are important predators in many agricultural systems. Life tables of S. fallax were constructed at 20°C, 24°C, 28°C and rh…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
EFFECT OF SEEDING RATE ON LENTIL (LENS CULINARIS MEDIK) SEED YIELD UNDER RAINFED CONDITIONS
Ashiq Saleem, Muhammad Ashraf Zahid, Habib Iqbal Javed, M Ansar, Asghar Ali, Rashid Saleem et al.
The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of various sowing rates on seed yield of lentil. Field experiments were conducted for three consecutive years (2001-02 to 2003-04) at the National Agricultural Research Centre (NARC), Islamabad, P…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
HETEROSIS IN RELATION TO COMBINING ABILITY PER SE PERFORMANCE IN TEMPERATE RICE (ORYZA SATIVA L.)
Gulzar S. Sanghera, Wassem Hussain
Thirty six (36) cross combinations developed by crossing 2 Cytoplamic male sterility (CMS) lines with 18 testers in line x tester mating design were evaluated to find out best heterotic combinations in terms of yield and yield components of rice (Oryza sativa…
31 Mar 2018