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Mass Production of Panax ginseng C.A. Mey. Root Cultures in Indonesia

Stefan Pratama Chandra, Yoanes Maria Vianney, Theresia Liliani Christie, Merlyn Wongso, Melisa Widjaja, Deok-Chun Yang et al.

Panax ginseng C.A. Mey. is one of the most well-known plants in traditional medicine that contains bioactive compounds called ginsenosides. It is widely used as raw material in many pharmaceutical industries in Indonesia. However, to supply for this purpose, t…

Effects of Carbon Sources and Growth Regulators on the Tissue Culture of Sugarcane

Mazhar Ullah, Mohammad Sayyar Khan

Tissue culture protocols with enhanced efficacy are prerequisite for the effective micro-propagation of sugarcane. Various factors affecting tissue culture must be evaluated and optimized to produce maximum callus and regenerated plantlets. In this research, d…

Tea Out-grower Production and Marketing Challenges with Productivity and Efficiency Analysis using Stochastic Frontier Approach in Southwest Ethiopia

Yaregal Tilahun, Benyam Tadesse, Getachew Mekonnen, Tilahun Bekele

Tea has a significant contribution to households’ cash income in the study area. However, decreasing productivity in the sector with price volatility led to a decline in output. Due to this fact, the studies were assessing the production trend with their…

Impact of Formal Credit on Subsistence Farmers Dairy Production in Southern Punjab, Pakistan

Dilshad Ahmad, Muhammad Afzal, Asif Ali Abro

Livestock plays a significant role in promoting the financial status, assuring food security and reducing poverty specifically rural community of developing countries. The present study attempts to analyze the impact of formal credit on milk production of dair…

Evaluation of Common Beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) Land Races based on Qualitative Traits Derived from Himalayan, Andean and Mesoamerican regions

Iffat Nawaz, Tahseen Zeb, Bibi Saima Zeb, Javaria Sherani

Common beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) being dual purpose (vegetable plus legume) is grown worldwide and in Pakistan specifically in the Himalayan range. Local landraces cultivated in traditional farming systems are the sole source of its production. 108 land ra…

Efficacy of Edible Chitosan Formulation in Quality Maintenance and Shelf Life of Guava (Psidium guajava L.) Fruit During Cold Storage

Amina, Muhammad Zahid Rashid, Amina Rashid

Guava is crop of tropical and subtropical regions, but the consumption time is three or four days, so it cannot be sold in a distant market. This trial was carried out to investigate the role of chitosan coating on partially mature guava to retain good quality…

Effect of adding Silybum and Licorice Powder on Carbohydrate and Protein Concentration in Beans Grown in Soil Treated with Cobalt and Copper

Hussein Saber Mohammaed Ali Al-Rashedy, Wadullah Asaad Abdullah Al-Mtewti

Influence of IBA Concentrations on the rooting Response of Olive Cultivars in Air-Layering

Riaz Alam, Muhammad Sajid, Durri Shahwar

The research trial to evaluate the “Influence of IBA concentrations on the rooting response of olive cultivar in air-layering” was conducted at Olive Model Farm, Sangbhatti, Mardan-Pakistan during the year 2015 using Randomized Complete Block Desig…

Effect of Sodium Chloride Stress on the Adaptation of Zea mays Seedlings at the Expense of Growth

Muhammad Junaid Yousaf, Farhad Ali, Fawad Ali

Zea mays cultivar; Hycorn 984, is considered a moderate salt-tolerant plant cultivar that shows varying effects and adaptations to different concentrations of salt stress (i.e. NaCl) to which it is exposed. When three days old seedlings of maize were subjected…

Characterization of Ground Water for Suitability as Insecticide Solvent for Insect Pest Management in Lower Sindh, Pakistan

Kirshan Chand, Fahad Nazir Khoso, Arfan Ahmed Gilal, Abdul Mubeen Lodhi, Agha Mushtaque Ahmed, Ghulam Murtaza Jamro et al.

Though, the performance of insecticides depends on various factors (i.e. pests, insecticide formulation, entry route, mode of action, dosage, calibration and application timing) but one factor that doesn’t get much attention is the quality of the water u…

Public Sector Advisory Services for Rice Productivity: A Case Study of Farmers’ Awareness in Tehsil Shakargarh of Pakistan

Muhammad Yaseen, Muhammad Sallam Shahzad, Farhat Ullah Khan, Muhammad Luqman, Usman Saleem, Shoaib Nasir

Fine rice of Pakistan is globally famous and its demand is increasing at the national and international level because of the long kernel, strong aroma, and grain elongation at the time of cooking. This crop also serves as a source of livelihood for the majorit…

Proximate Body Composition of Talang Queenfish (Scomberoides commersonnianus Lacépède, 1801) from Pakistan

Sheikh Muhammad Azam, Muhammad Naeem

Proximate body composition implies composition of water, ash, protein and lipids. Basic purpose of the present work was to avow nutritious status of Scomberoides commersonnianus. Therefore, current study analysis was performed to analyze body composition of th…

Synthesis and Characterization of Humic Acid Hybrid Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles: Applications on Brassica campestris Germination

Tajnees Pirzada, Weenghar Ali Chandio, Mansoor Ali Kalhoro, Mir Munsif Ali Talpur, Waheed Ali Mirbahar, Abdul Ghafar Solangi et al.

Utilization of nanoscale materials in agribusiness are as yet in earliest stages contrasted with clinical and mechanical areas. The effect of, zinc oxide nanoparticles and humic acid (HA) coated nanoparticles were evaluated for Brassica campestris seed germina…

Study on Seasonal Prevalence of Helminths in Cyprinus carpio from Chilya Fish Hatchery, Thatta, Sindh, Pakistan

Raheela Noor Memon, Nadir Ali Birmani, Naeem Tariq Narejo, Shahnaz Rashid

This study was conducted to assess the prevalence of helminth parasites in Cyprinuscarpioat Chilya, Fish Hatchery, Thatta, Sindh from February 2019 to January 2020. A total of 107 samples of Cyprinuscarpio were tested during the research and helminths were fou…

Quality Evaluation of the Frying Mediums used in Frying of Traditional Chapli Kabab

Murad Ali, Said Wahab

The data was collected from three different Chapli Kabab restaurants based in Batkhela Bazar, District Malakand, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Samples of fresh and in-use frying mediums (upto five hours) of each Tallow, Ghee and Oil were collected and the whol…

Effect of Freeze-Drying Pressure and Operating Time on Mass Balance and Characteristics of Freeze-Dried Mango Slices

Suherman Suherman, AndhiniPutri Trianita, Hadiyanto Hadiyanto, Wea Aanisah Mentari Putri

Mango (Mangifera indica L.) is one of the local foods in Indonesia, which has high water and sugar content and is vulnerable to heat conditions. This study aims to determine the effect of freeze-drying time (t) and pressure (P) on mass balance and characterist…

Profitability and Allocative Efficiency of Exotic Chicken Enterprises in Delta State, Nigeria

Theophilus Miebi Gbigbi, Rodney Akpoviri Isiorhovoja

The purpose of this research was to estimate the resource allocation efficiency and profitability of exotic chicken enterprises in Delta State, Nigeria. A multistage sampling procedure was adopted to pick a sample of 120 farmers from whom data were elicited us…

The Variation of Size Distributions of Benthic Communities Across a Range of Irrigating Ponds and Canals of North Yorkshire, UK

Hamida Bibi, Dave Rraffaelli, Muhammad Sharif

The study on body size distribution of benthic creatures was carried out to assess the quality of irrigating water and to reveal the real environmental condition of ponds and canal system of North Yorkshire, UK. Samples of benthic communities from eight differ…

Factors Influencing the Adoption of ICT’S in Extension Service Delivery Among the Extension Agents in North-East, Nigeria

Saadu Mustapha, Norsida Man, Jasmin Arif Shah, Nitty Hirawaty Kamarulzaman, Ahmadu Abubakar Tafida

One of the strong mechanisms in the extension service delivery is the connection between agricultural research, extension and the farmers. The evolving new model of agricultural production and the small number of extension agents question old ways of providing…

Impact of Livestock and Fisheries on Economic Growth: An Empirical Analysis from Pakistan

Farrukh Ilyas, Durdana Qaiser Gillani, Mudassar Yasin, Muhammad Amjed Iqbal, Iqbal Javed, Shahbaz Ahmad et al.

This study aims an investigating the impact of the agricultural sector on the economic growth of Pakistan. Johansen co-integration was used to show the long-run relation between livestock, fisheries, major crops, minor crops, gross capital formation, and econo…