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ArticlesINCIDENCE OF POVERTY AND THE ROLE OF NON-FARM ACTIVITIES
Ahmed Fatima
The incidence of poverty, poverty gap and the severity of poverty for the nine agro-climatic zones of the country (rice/wheat Punjab, mixed Punjab, cotton/wheat Punjab, low intensity Punjab, Barani Punjab, cotton/wheat Sindh, rice other Sindh, Khyber Pak…
31 Mar 2018- Articles
RESPONSE OF SUNFLOWER HYBRIDS TO DIFFERENT NITROGEN LEVELS FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL AND AGRONOMICAL TRAITS UNDER FIELD CONDITIONS
Doulat Baig, Fida Mohammad Abbasi, Habib Ahmed, Maqsood Qamar, Muhammad Ayub Khan
Sunflower occupies main position among oil seed crops in Pakistan. Mostly indigenous sunflower hybrids are cultivated which give low achene and fodder yields. The issue related with these hybrids ascribed to lack of information about use of inputs and cu…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
CROP RESIDUES AND PHOSPHORUS EFFECT ON YIELD AND ECONOMICS OF DIRECT SEEDED RICE AND WHEAT GROWN UNDER SALINE-SODIC SOIL
Imdad Ali Mahmood, Arshad Ali, Armghan Shahzad, Muhammad Asif Masud Ghumman, Muhammad Arshad Ullah, Tariq Sultan et al.
A field study on saline-sodic sandy loam soil (EC =6.6 dS m ; pH e -1 1/2 -1 =8.31; SAR =17.4 (m.mol L ) ; CaCO =3.5% and available P=3.9 mg kg ) was c 3 conducted on direct seeded rice and wheat for two consecutive years at Soil Salinity Research…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
DETERMINATION OF FORAGE QUALITY OF INDIGENOUS AND EXOTIC RHODES GRASS ACCESSIONS UNDER RAINFED CONDITIONS
Sohaib Arshad, Sarwat Naz Mirza, Imtiaz Ahmad Qamar, Maqbool Shahbaz
Utilization of grasses as fodder and forage is the most important source of nutrition for cattle as it provides them with metabolizable energy, carbohydrates, proteins and other important minerals. As global warming is increasing, overall water scarcity…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
RESPONSE OF TOMATO CULTIVARS TO DIFFERENT ORGANIC FERTILIZERS UNDER AGRO-CLIMATIC CONDITIONS OF MINGORA, SWAT
Salar Khan Yousafzai, Shah Masaud Khan, Khalil ur Rehman, Junaid Khan, Sher Aslam Khan, Ijaz Hussain et al.
An experiment was conducted at Agricultural Research Institute (ARI) Mingora, Swat during 2013 to study the effect of different organic fertilizers of tomato cultivars under the agro-climatic conditions of Mingora, Swat. The experiment was conducted in r…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
FACTORS AFFECTING GROUNDNUT YIELD IN POTHWAR REGION OF PUNJAB, PAKISTAN
Muhammad Qasim, Khuda Bakhsh, Sultan Ali Tariq, Mahmood Nasir, Rashed Saeed, Muhammad Ather Mahmood
Groundnut being an important oilseed crop in the Pothwar -1 region of Pakistan has the productivity level of 609 kg ha , much lower from the -1 potential yield of 3000 kg ha . Present study was designed to explore factors affecting productivity of ground…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
COST EFFECTIVENESS OF UNDER-SHEET AND WHOLE GODOWN FUMIGATION OF BAGGED WHEAT
Akhlaq Ahmad, M. Anwar Arain, Rahila Nazli, Syed Anser Rizvi, Mubarik Ahmed, Farzana Ibrahim**** Corresponding author: dr.akhlaqahmad@yahoo.com
Development of resistance against phosphine in stored grain insect pests in Pakistan is the result of whole godown improper fumigation of bagged wheat over the past several years. Trials were conducted in 338 godowns in 8 districts of upper Sindh. Out of these…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
BIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS OF TRICHOGRAMMA CHILONIS ISHII (TRICHOGRAMMATIDAE: HYMENOPTERA) FEEDING ON SITOTROGA CEREALELLA EGGS AT THREE CONSTANT TEMPERATURES
Rizwana Sultan, Javed Khan, Ehsan ul Haq, Tariq Mehmood, Roshan Zada Khattak, Naheed Akhtar
The study was conducted on the biological parameters of Trichogramma chilonis Ishii (Trichogrammatidae: Hymenoptera) feeding on grain moth, Sitotroga cereallela eggs at three constant temperatures and five different ages of host eggs at Insect Pest…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
COMBINING ABILITY STUDIES FOR SEED YIELD TRAITS IN SUNFLOWER
Syeda Nasreen, Muhammad Ayub Khan, Muhammad Arshad, Maryam Kamal, Doulat Baig, M. Tariq et al.
Six cytoplasmic male sterile inbred lines and six restorers/testers were selected on the basis of variability for yield related characters. The lines and tester restorers were crossed in a line x tester mating design resulting in 36 F hybrids. The potent…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY OF SMALL SCALE BUTTON MUSHROOM PRODUCTION IN PAKISTAN
Ayesha Tahir, Sonila Hassan
Mushroom is widely cultivated as a proteineous vegetable in many countries of the world including Pakistan. Its cultivation requires less space, care, equipment and cost compared to many other crops and livestock. The present study was conducted in 2010…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
INCIDENCE OF LIVESTOCK DISEASES IN NOMAL AND NALTAR VALLEYS GILGIT, PAKISTAN
A. N. Naqvi, K. Fatima
A research project was undertaken to study the incidence of livestock diseases in Nomal and Naltar valleys, Gilgit. The data on cattle, goat, sheep and donkey were collected from the Animal Husbandry Department from 2003 to 2007. In total 19259 animals w…
31 Mar 2018 
Research ArticleSalicylic Acid Induced Physiological and Ionic Efficiency in Wheat under Salt Stress
Muhammad Suhaib, Ijaz Ahmad, Masooma Munir, Muhammad Bilal Iqbal, Muhammad Khubaib Abuzar, Safdar Ali
Soil salinity is a menace that is affecting the agricultural soils and turning these soils into low productive ones and interfere the normal crop development. Wheat is an important cereal crop and salinity is also affecting the growth and yield of this crop. W…
25 Mar 2018DOI 10.17582/journal.pjar/2018/31.1.79.85
Research ArticleEvaluation of Conservation Tillage System Performance for Rainfed Wheat Production in upland of Pakistan
Muhammad Sharif, Shahzada Sohail Ijaz, Muhammad Ansar, Ijaz Ahmad, Syed Abdul Sadiq
Tillage and crop residue management practices are keyconsiderations for crop production in rainfed areas. The objective of the current study was to explorethe possibility of practicing conservation tillage systems for reducing input cost of small holder farmin…
25 Mar 2018DOI 10.17582/journal.pjar/2018/31.1.37.44
Research ArticlePhysiological and Bio-Chemical Responses of Two Different Wheat Genotypes to Applied Salicylic Acid under Salt Stress
Muhammad Suhaib, Ijaz Ahmad, Masooma Munir, Badar-Uz-Zaman, Bushra Atta, Muhammad Khubaib Abuzar
A hydroponic study was conducted to figure out the response of two different wheat genotypes supplemented with salicylic acid (0.25 and 0.5 mM) under salt stress (75 and 150 mM). It’s an obvious factor that under salt stress certain reactive oxygen speci…
25 Mar 2018DOI 10.17582/journal.pjar/2018/31.1.98.105
Research ArticleNitrogen Use Impact on Nitrogen Use Efficiency and Lint Yield in Zero Tillage Cotton
Niamat Ullah Khan, Farkhanda Khan, Muhammad Kashan, Qadir Ullah, Abdur Rauf
Residues retention in zero tillage (ZT) system is a highly resourceful mean of managing nitrogenous fertilizers and optimizing the nitrogen (N) use efficiencies, lint yield and fiber quality in wheat-cotton system. Therefore, a field experiment was conducted d…
25 Mar 2018DOI 10.17582/journal.pjar/2018/31.1.45.54
Research ArticleAgronomic and Qualitative Evaluation of Different Local Sunflower Hybrids
Hamza Khan, Safdar Ali, Ijaz Ahmad, Ihsanullah Khan, Shujaat Hussain, Bashir Ahmad Khan et al.
Pakistan is facing a chronic deficiency of edible oil and imports around 75% of its edible oil from other countries which is a huge burden on our national economy. The situation thus requires for enhancing the indigenous oilseed production through different po…
25 Mar 2018DOI 10.17582/journal.pjar/2018/31.1.69.78- Research Article
Sunflower Helianthus annuus L Growth, Yield and Oil Quality Response to Combined Application of Nitrogen and Boron
Azhar Mehmood, Muhammad Farrukh Saleem, Muhammad Tahir, Muhammad Aqeel Sarwar, Tasawer Abbas, Ali Zohaib et al.
Imbalance use of nutrients is one of the main reasons of low yield of the sunflower. The use of essential macro and micronutrients in the right proportion and optimum quantity is the key factor to boost and sustain the crop productivity. Among plant nutrient d…
25 Mar 2018DOI 10.17582/journal.pjar/2018/31.1.86.97 
Research ArticleStudying Combining Ability and Heterosis in Different Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) Genotypes for Yield and Yield Contributing Traits
Ehtisham Shakeel Khokhar, Amir Shakeel, Muhammad Amir Maqbool, Muhammad Khubaib Abuzar, Sumaira Zareen, Syeda Sana Aamir et al.
Combining ability and heterosis analysis was done to identify the potential parents and best performing hybrids for seed cotton yield, yield contributing traits and fiber quality parameters. Six lines, viz., VH-259, IUB-222, CRS-456, AA-703, KZ-191, PB-39 and…
25 Mar 2018DOI 10.17582/journal.pjar/2018/31.1.55.68- Articles
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Abdullah Adil Ansari, Kumar Sukhraj
Present investigations were carried out during 2006-2007 at University of Guyana, Georgetown focusing on recycling organic waste using vermitechnology and use of vermicompost and vermiwash obtained from the vermitech in varied combinations for exploring…
17 Mar 2018 - Articles
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Zaheer Ahmad, M. Yaqub Mujahid, M. Anwar Khan, Shaheena Yasmin, M. Asif, Maqsood Qamar
Wheat breeding efforts conducted at NARC, Islamabad have resulted in the development of a wheat variety suited for rainfed areas of Pakistan. NR-268 was selected from an exotic germplasm nursery (INQYT 2003-04) received from CIMMYT, Mexico. It was evaluated fo…
17 Mar 2018