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Ghulam Shabbir, Muhammad Aftab, Abid Mahmood** Muhammad Kausar Nawaz Shah, Nasir Mahmood Cheema
Barani Agricultural Research Institute (BARI), Chakwal has a strong breeding programme for oilseed research including Brassica crops. Long and consistent breeding efforts on Brassica improvement programme by the breeders has resulted in the development of a hi…
17 Mar 2018- Articles
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M. Yasin Mirza, Mubashir A. Khan, M. Akmal, Akbar S. Mohmand, Malik S. Nawaz, Nazakat Nawaz et al.
Genotypic differences among the genotypes in three seasons were statistically significant for plant height, number bolls plant-1, 1000-seed weight and seed yield hectare-1. These studies were conducted at National Agricultural Research Centre, Islamabad,…
17 Mar 2018 - Articles
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Ashiq Saleem, Habib Iqbal Javed, Rashid Saleem, Muhammad Ansar, M. Amir Zia
The study was conducted in National Agricultural Research Centre, Islamabad during autumn 2007. In this study Maize hybrid (Pioneer 3062) and sorghum hybrid (Pioneer MR-Buster) were planted in Randomized Complete Block Design with three replications havi…
17 Mar 2018 - Articles
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Sarfraz Ahmad, Shaista Koukab, Nayyar Razzaq, Muhammad Islam, Aneel Rose, Muhammad Aslam
In highlands of Balochistan chamomile (Microcephala lamellate (Bunge) Syn. Matricaria lasiocarpa ) is found naturally in many protected rangelands areas. However, its population is declining due to over-exploitation and un-controlled grazing. Traditional…
17 Mar 2018 - Articles
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Shazia Erum, Muhammad Naeemullah, Shahid Masood, Muhammad Irfan Khan
-In the present study different species of Ocimum (Ocimum basilicum and O. sanctum) were collected from different agro-ecological zones of the world and compared for their phenotypic (qualitative and quantitative) and biochemical trait. Comparatively hig…
17 Mar 2018 - Articles
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Zaheeruddin Mirani, Aslam Memon
The research work was carried out in Hyderabad district of Sindh. It was designed to assess the performance of farm advisory services of agricultural extension and pesticide/fertilizer companies. The most important finding of the study was the fact that…
17 Mar 2018 - Articles
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Muhammad Azeem Khan, Abid Hussain, Irfan Mehmood, Sonila Hassan
This study aims to identify the effects of climate change on the socioeconomic characteristic and livelihoods of farmers in semi arid zones of Punjab and Khyber Pukhtunkhwa provinces of Pakistan. Data for the study has been taken from various issues of C…
17 Mar 2018 - Articles
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Farhan Ahmed, Hassnain Shah, Irum Raza, Abdul Saboor
This paper forecasts milk production in Pakistan using time series data from 1990 to 2010. ARIMA (p, d, q) model is considered for estimation where ‘p’ is the order of the autoregressive process; ‘d’ is the order of the homegeneit…
17 Mar 2018 - Articles
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Muhammad Afzal, Sarfraz Ahmad, Abdul Salam Baloch, Qazi Bashir Ahmad
Hedonic price model was used to examine factors affecting livestock price formation while price variations due to time were examined using means and coefficients of variation. A sample of price observations of 725 animals (389 sheep and 336 goats) from Q…
17 Mar 2018 - Articles
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Ahmed Aziz Kurd, Amanullah, Saifullah Khan, Basharat Hussain Shah, Munir Ahmed Khetran
Semi-hardwood cuttings of olive (Olea europea) variety Coratina with 2–4 leaves and 15–18 cm in length were obtained from existing progeny in an orchard of Arid Zone Research Centre (AZRC), Quetta, Pakistan. The basal portion of these c…
17 Mar 2018 - Articles
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Abid Hussain, Imdad Hussain Mirza, Muhammad Azeem Khan
Goats have helped people to survive and thrive for countless generations. Proper feeding and management is of fundamental importance to the success of any goats’ enterprise. In Pothowar region of Punjab, household and sedentary system of goat produ…
17 Mar 2018 - Articles
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Aslam Memon, A. M. Khushk, Umer Farooq
Sugarcane is an important crop of Pakistan in various ways. The present study aimed to indirectly investigate into the potential of saving land and water resources by re-allocating sugarcane area to relatively more productive recommended sugarcane…
17 Mar 2018 - Articles
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Liaqat Ali Shahid, M. Azhar Saeed, Nadeem Amjad
The domestic production of edible oils is critically insufficient to meet the demand of growing population. It only meets 27% of the total edible oil consumption in the country. The deficit is met through import of edible oils from other countries on whi…
17 Mar 2018 - Articles
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Naheed Akhtar, Muhammad Ashfaque, Waseem Ahmad Gillani, Ata-ul-Mohsin, Afzala Tashfeen, Irshad Begum
The germplasm of National Uniform Wheat Yield Trials (Normal) (2003-04) were screened against Rhopalosiphum padi L., bird cherry oat aphid at National Agricultural Research Centre, Islamabad. Twenty National Uniform Wheat Yield Trials (NUWYT), Normal and…
17 Mar 2018 - Articles
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Nasreen Sultana, A.Ghaffar
The effect of fungicides and microbial antagonists in the control of Lasiodiplodia theobromae , the cause of seed rot, seedling and root infection on bottle gourd was studied in vitro and in vivo. Carbendazim and Topsin-M completely inhibited the g…
17 Mar 2018 - Articles
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S.A. Khan, M.M. Rahman Jamro, M.Y Arain
Planting geometry is considered as a very important tool for better production of True Potato Seed (TPS). The experiments were conducted to determine the suitable planting geometry for better yield from TPS mini tubers during autumn 2006-2007 and 2007-2008. It…
17 Mar 2018 - Articles
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Golam Moula, Sayedur Rahman
The present study was undertaken to observe the potentiality of seed germination of wild vetiver (Vetiveria zizanioides L. Nash) over a five-month period (from mid July to mid November 2003) along with other phenological features. The total length (mean &plusm…
17 Mar 2018 
Research ArticleExponential Growth Model for Forecasting of Area and Production of Potato Crop in Pakistan
Saleem Abid, Nasir Jamal, Muhammad Zubair Anwar, Saleem Zahid
The main focus of this study was to forecast area and production of potato crop in Pakistan using the best fitted model. Time series data of potato area and production in Pakistan from 1980-81 to 2012-13 (33 years) were used. Five different forecasting models…
15 Mar 2018DOI 10.17582/journal.pjar/2018/31.1.24.28
Research ArticleEvaluation of Ground Water Quality for Irrigation Purposes and Effect On Crop Yields: A GIS Based Study of Bahawalpur
Umair Riaz, Zafar Abbas, Qamar uz Zaman, Muhammad Mubashir, Mahwish Jabeen, Syed Ali Zulqadar et al.
Sampling and analysis of ground water of Bahawalpur Tehsil, Pakistan, has been made to evaluate its suitability for irrigation use. Water samples from different areas of the tehsil were collected and analysed for various physic-chemical properties like pH, ele…
15 Mar 2018DOI 10.17582/journal.pjar/2018/31.1.29.36
Research ArticleStability of Lutein Content in Color Extracted from Marigold Flower and its Application in Candies
Alim-un-Nisa, Sajila Hina, Sania Mazhar, Imran Kalim, Ijaz Ahmad, Naseem Zahra et al.
The current research aims to extract edible yellow color from Marigold (Tagetes erecta) flower by using cheap and safe techniques and making it stable for long period of time in food products as well as in extracted form by using preservatives and antioxidants…
13 Mar 2018DOI 10.17582/journal.pjar/2018/31.1.15.23