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Mohammad Aslam
Wheat autarky has been an elusive goal for Pakistan since independence. The shortage in domestic production is met through imports for which valuable foreign exchange has to be earmarked. On the other hand, Pakistan has been a sizeable net exporter of rice. An…
17 Mar 2018- Articles
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Naheed Akhtar, Noreen Moin, Ghulam Jilani, Ata ul Mohsin, Shaheena Yasmin, Afzala Tashfeen et al.
For the evaluation of resistance, twelve rainfed wheat varieties/ lines of National Uniform Wheat Yield Trials (NUWYT) 2004-05 were used. Among the tested germplasm (one variety and 11 lines of wheat), V-5 line was found resistant and NRL-2017 line was f…
17 Mar 2018 - Articles
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Muhammad Iqbal, Jalal-ud-Din, Muhammad Munir, Mohibullah Khan
Fifteen different male palms were selected from wild grooves for studying their floral characteristics and their effect on fruit yield of Dhakki. The male palms differed significantly in days to spathe opening. The M6 took significantly maximum time for…
17 Mar 2018 - Articles
INHERITANCE MECHANISM OF SOME YIELD COMPONENTS IN BREAD WHEAT
Zahid Akram, Saif Ullah Ajmal, Ghulam Shabbir, Muhammad Munir, Nasir Mahmood Cheema
A set of 8x8 diallel cross comprising promising genotypes was studied to analyze the inheritance pattern of yield components in bread wheat. The different yield related traits estimated were spike length, number of spikelets spike-1, number of grains spike-1,…
17 Mar 2018 - Articles
EFFECT OF SHADE ON YIELD OF RICE CROPS
Golam Moula
A study was undertaken to observe the effect of shade of the trees on the yield of paddy and green straw of two different rice varieties, local variety, Kazol Shail and high yielding variety, BRRI-32. The yields of paddy of Kazol Shail in the shaded and…
17 Mar 2018 - Articles
EFFECT OF CROPPING SYSTEMS, TILLAGE PRACTICES AND FERTILIZER TREATMENTS ON WHEAT STAND ESTABLISHMENT UNDER RAINFED CONDITIONS
Parvez Khaliq, Muhammad Azim Malik, M. Aslam Gill
Wheat stand establishment was studied in a randomized complete block design (cropping systems x tillage practices x fertilizer treatments) under rainfed condition, during 2000-01 and 2000-02. On the basis of wheat emergence (m-2) and emergence rate index, whea…
17 Mar 2018 - Articles
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Shazia Erum, Rashid Anwar, Shahid Masood
Geographical indicator (GI) of crops create a positive impression of the product quality, the environmental virtue and human skill of the area. In the present study, comparative analysis of total seed proteins of Kasuri methi (GI of Kasur, Pakistan) was…
17 Mar 2018 - Articles
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S. M. I. Hossain, S. U. K. Eusufzai, M. A. Rahman
An experiment was conducted in Bangladesh Sugarcane Research Institute (BSRI) farm at Ishurdi during 2003-04 and 2004-05 cropping seasons to find out the effect of different irrigation levels on growth and yield parameters of six sugarcane varieties (Isd 16, I…
17 Mar 2018 - Articles
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Muhammad Naeem Safdar, Khalid Naseem, Muhammad Amjad, Amer Mumtaz, Saeeda Raza
Two hundred and seventy wheat grain samples were collected from nine different regions of Punjab and analyzed for physicochemical characteristics during 2006 to 2008. The quality parameters studied were test weight, 1000 kernel weight, foreign matter (non-edib…
17 Mar 2018 - Articles
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A. R. Rattu, M. Fayyaz, I. Ahmad, M. A. Akhtar* A. A. Hakro, K. A. Khanzada
Twenty nine promising candidate bread wheat lines of National Uniform Wheat Yield Trial, 2004-05 were evaluated against stripe and leaf rust at multilocations in different agro-ecological zones of the country presenting hot spots for leaf and yellow rust along…
17 Mar 2018 - Articles
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Saeeda Raza, Muhammad Naeem Safdar, Amer Mumtaz, Nouman Siddiqui, Khalid Nasim, Muhammad Amjad
The objective of study was to prepare nutritionally balanced baby foods from indigenous food materials utilizing home cooking methods and evaluate the sensory attributes and shelf life at ambient conditions. Four different recipes of baby foods were deve…
17 Mar 2018 - Articles
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Naheed Akhtar, Azra Nasim, Ata ul Mohsin, Muhammad Ashfaque, Shaheena Yasmin, Ghulam Jilani et al.
Susceptibility of 20 wheat lines/varieties was studied against wheat aphid Rhopalosiphum padi L. In seedling bulk tests, the germplasm under study was grouped into three categories i.e., resistant, moderately resistant and susceptible. Data from seedling…
17 Mar 2018 - Articles
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Ata-ul-Mohsin, Ehsan-ul-Haq, Muhammad Naeemullah
Glasshouse studies were conducted to ascertain the effects of nutrient solutions of calcium and phosphorus on the growth and development of rose grain aphid, Metopolophium dirhodum (Walker) and its parasitoid Aphidius rhopalosiphi (De Steph.). High calcium and…
17 Mar 2018 - Articles
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Raania Ahsan, Zafar Altaf
This article reviews development, adoption and performance of Bt cotton against the background of monopoly pricing of its seed in Pakistan. The area under illegal Bt cotton is 80 % with nearly 36 unapproved varieties. Most of these varieties are Cotton leaf cu…
17 Mar 2018 - Articles
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Ambreen Akhtar Saddozai, Samina Khalil
A small scale survey of Islamabad bakeries was conducted to determine the microbial contamination in the most commonly consumed bakery products i.e., biscuit, cake, and bread. Samples were randomly collected from 12 sectors (main markets and sub-sector markets…
17 Mar 2018 - Articles
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Sidra Majeed, Shahid Ahmad, Asif Ali Bhatti, Ghazanfar Abbas
Organic wheat production was initiated at the National Agricultural Research Centre (NARC) during 1998-1999. Data of wheat grown using chemical fertilizers for the same period were obtained for wheat productivity from the Farm Operations and Services (FO…
17 Mar 2018 - Articles
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Tariq Mahmood, M. Sudheer Tariq, Khalid Mahmood Khokar, Hidayatullah, Syed Ijaz Hussain
Studies on the comparative effect of different plant extracts (neem seed, neem leaves and tobacco leaves) and insecticide permethrin dust alone or mixed with dung, were conducted against red pumpkin beetle in the field at National Agricultural Research C…
17 Mar 2018 - Articles
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Barkat Ali, Muhammad Shahid Iqbal, Muhammad Kausar Nawaz Shah, Ghulam Shabbir, Nasir Mahmood Cheema
-A 6 x 6 complete diallel mating design was used to study the inheritance of different plant traits in upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.). Six genotypes viz., BJA-592, ACALA-SJ-4, 4-F, CP-15/2, CIM-497 and PB-899 were included in diallel crosses. Resu…
17 Mar 2018 - Articles
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Rubina Bano, Hassnain Shah, Muhammad Sharif, Waqar Akhtar
This investigation reveals the profitability index of open house broiler farms and is based on the survey of 40 broiler farms in district Rawalpindi. The analysis covers the descriptive analysis of socioeconomic characteristics of the sample poultry farm…
17 Mar 2018 - Articles
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Naheed Akhtar, Waseem A. Gillani, Ehsan ul Haq, Javed Khan, Irshad Begum, Shaheena Yasmin et al.
The resistance levels of six barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) entries namely B-00080, NRB-37, V-8, Haider-93, B-99036 and JAU-87 of 2003-04 National Uniform Barley Yield Trial (NUBYT) were evaluated against the aphid, Rhopalosiphum padi (L.). Evaluation was d…
17 Mar 2018