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ReviewCurrent Insights on Stemphylium Blight of Lentil with its Management Strategies
Shishir Sharma, Laxmi Prasad Joshi
Stemphylium Blight (SB) triggered by Stemphylium botryosum (Wallr.) (teleomorph- Pleospora herbarum), first identified in Bangladesh in 1986, is a significant challenge to all the major lentil-growing nations. It induces partial to complete foliar damage and r…
2 Mar 2021DOI 10.17582/journal.sja/2021/37.1.247.261
Research ArticleDevelopment and Storage Stability of Diet Mango Juice
Zaka ur Rehman, Kashif Akbar, Altaf ur Rehman, Hassan Waqas, Alif Khan, Asad Ali
The diet of mango juice was prepared by using non-nutritive sweeteners (cyclamate, sucralose, and aspartame) instead of sugar. The samples were filled and sealed in 300 ml of transparent glass bottles. Then diet mango juice samples were stored at room temperat…
22 Feb 2021DOI 10.17582/journal.sja/2021/37.1.190.199
Research ArticleA Trend Analysis: Forecasting Growth Performance of Production and Export of Chilli in Pakistan
Mehar Ul Nissa Rais, Tahmina Mangan, Jam Ghulam Murtaza Sahito, Naeem Ahmed Qureshi
Chilli is an economically very important and valuable crop of Pakistan, which is consumed domestically and exported throughout the world. The present research was carried out to examine province wise production, export growth performance and forecasting of chi…
22 Feb 2021DOI 10.17582/journal.sja/2021/37.1.220.225
Research ArticleInfluence of Resistance Inducers on Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Potassium Contents of Susceptible Chickpea Cultivars after Inoculation with Ascochyta rabiei
Muhammad Usman Ghazanfar, Waqas Wakil, Shahbaz Talib Sahi, Waqas Raza
Adequate nutrition plays a very important role in mitigating disease damage. Nevertheless, no specific rule exists that how a specific nutrient can alter the severity of the disease. Normally, plants are stressed by different environmental confines may be weak…
22 Feb 2021DOI 10.17582/journal.sja/2021/37.1.209.219
Research ArticleGrowth, Yield and Economic Analysis of Dry-Seeded Basmati Rice
Shawaiz Iqbal, Nadeem Iqbal, Usama Bin Khalid, Muhammad Usman Saleem, Adila Iram, Muhammad Rizwan et al.
Planting method is an important aspect of production technology for the maximum resource utilization by crops per unit area. Dry-seeded rice (DSR) is a contemporary resource saving crop establishing technique, which enables farmers to harvest economical rice p…
22 Feb 2021DOI 10.17582/journal.sja/2021/37.1.200.208
Research ArticleChallenges and Prospects of Farm Mechanization in Pakistan: A Case Study of Rural Farmers in District Peshawar Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Sanaullah, Abdul Basit, Inayat Ullah
The current study assessed the mechanization challenges and scenario prevailing in rural area of district Peshawar of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. This study employed a multi stage sampling technique to gather data on the socio-economic features of…
21 Feb 2021DOI 10.17582/journal.sja/2021/37.1.167.179
ReviewRepositioning Nigeria’s Agricultural Extension System Towards Building Climate Change Resilience
Chibuzo Uzoma Izuogu, Robert Ugochukwu Onyeneke, Loveday Chukwudi Njoku, Gillian Chidozie Azuamairo, Mary Chikerenma Atasie
This paper focused on redefining agricultural extension practice in Nigeria in response to the challenges of climate change. We reviewed 58 articles from research databases that were in line with our inclusion criteria for adequate understanding of the current…
21 Feb 2021DOI 10.17582/journal.sja/2021/37.1.180.189
Research ArticleMeasuring the Global Trade Competitiveness of Pakistan’s Cotton Crop
Zarqa Khalid, Muhammad Asad ur Rehman Naseer, Raza Ullah, Shahzad Khan
Cotton is the most considerable non-food cash crop of Pakistan and it contributes significantly to the national income of the country. Cotton supplies raw material to the domestic textile industries and is also exported in the raw and processed form to other c…
21 Feb 2021DOI 10.17582/journal.sja/2021/37.1.158.166- Research Article
Coprological Examination of Small and Large Ruminants in Central Zone of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Said Sajjad Ali Shah, Muhammad Ilyas Khan, Aziz Ullah, Hayat Ullah, Faisal Ahmad
Parasitic infections especially gastrointestinal parasites are a major constraint for blooming dairy industry of Pakistan, because it limit, the productive performance of animals. Aim of the project was to find out the prevalence of internal parasites in small…
21 Feb 2021DOI 10.17582/journal.sja/2021/37.1.152.157 
Research ArticleOlive Cuttings as Affected by Different Concentrations of Indole Butyric Acid
Noor Ayaz, Faiza Aman, Sidra Saleem, Maqbool Rehman, Muhammad Fahim
To study the effect of different concentrations of indole butyric acid (IBA) on olive cuttings, a greenhouse study was conducted, at Agricultural Research Institute, Tarnab during the growing season 2016. Completely randomized design (CRD) was used with four t…
21 Feb 2021DOI 10.17582/journal.sja/2021/37.1.146.151
Research ArticleParasitological and Molecular Survey on Theileriosis of Sheep and Goats and the Related Risk Factors in Musa Pak Shaheed Town, Multan, Pakistan
Muhammad Riaz, Zahida Tasawar, Muhammad Zaka Ullah, Zawar Hussain
The current survey was designed to study the infections of Theileria spp. (Theileria lestoquardi and T. ovis) in small ruminants through PCR and microscopy in Musa Pak Shaheed, Multan district, Pakistan amidst 2013. A total of 200 small ruminants (93 she…
21 Feb 2021DOI 10.17582/journal.sja/2021/37.1.136.145- Research Article
Combining Ability, Heritability and Gene Action Assessment in Rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) for Yield and Yield Attributes
Muhammad Ali Shah, Faiz Ur Rehman, Abbas Mehmood, Fareed Ullah, Sayed Irfan Shah, Syed Majid Rasheed
An F1 hybrid of Brassica napus L., derived from 5 × 5 diallel, was studied to estimate combining ability, heritability and gene action of morphological and yield associated traits, utilizing randomized complete block design (RCBD) with two replications,…
6 Feb 2021DOI 10.17582/journal.sja/2021/37.1.104.109 - Research Article
Field Evaluation of Promising Botanical Extracts, Plant Essential Oils and Differential Chemistry Insecticides against Subterranean Termites Odontotermes obesus (Isoptera: Termitidae)
Muhammad Shahzad Akbar, Farrukh Sajjad, Muhammad Afzal, Muhammad Luqman, Muhammad Asam Riaz, Muhammad Zeeshan Majeed
Subterranean termites are destructive pests of agricultural crops, forest and orchard plantations and wooden infrastructures. A wide range of persistent synthetic chemicals are employed to prevent and control the infestations of subterranean termites. Most of…
6 Feb 2021DOI 10.17582/journal.sja/2021/37.1.120.127 
Research ArticleEstimating Food Consumption Patterns in Pakistan by Using Ideal Demand System
Abdul Hameed, Ihtsham ul Haq Padda, Abdul Salam
The purpose of this paper is to examine the behavior of national and regional food consumption and purchasing power to develop food security policies. This study estimates the demand for food in Pakistan through indirect expenditure and price utility functions…
6 Feb 2021DOI 10.17582/journal.sja/2021/37.1.92.103
Research ArticleComparative Analysis of Dietary Intake Patterns of Rural and Urban Communities of Southern Punjab, Pakistan
Muhammad Luqman, Roshan Hussain, Muhammad Yaseen, Muhammad Umer Mehmood, Ijaz Asghar, Usman Saleem
This study draws the attention towards dietary intake patterns and their health impacts according to different communities in the southern Punjab, Pakistan. Southern Punjab has the most impoverished segments of society as compared to other parts of Punjab prov…
6 Feb 2021DOI 10.17582/journal.sja/2021/37.1.128.135- Research Article
Barani Mash a Newly Developed Disease Resistant and High Yielding Mash Cultivar for Rainfed Areas of Punjab, Pakistan
Ghulam Rabbani, Uzma Javed, Javed Iqbal, Ruqeah Mustafa, Ghulam Shabbir, Fida Hassan Shah
New cultivars development is a continuous process as older genotypes become increasingly susceptible to biotic and abiotic stresses. The newly developed mash cultivar “Barani Mash” is an elite mash cultivar with yield potential of 1743 kg/ha. This…
6 Feb 2021DOI 10.17582/journal.sja/2021/37.1.115.119 
Research ArticleIsolation and Molecular Identification of Clostridium perfringens Type D in Goats in District Peshawar
Sidra Shehzadi, Sher Bahadar Khan, Umar Sadique, Saqib Nawaz
Enterotoxaemia, caused by Clostridium perfringens Type D, is a disease of domestic animals particularly sheep and goat widespread in Pakistan due to endemic outbreak in every spring season; therefore the current study was conducted for isolation and mole…
6 Feb 2021DOI 10.17582/journal.sja/2021/37.1.110.114
Research ArticleMorphological Evaluation and Multivariate Analysis of Soybean Glycine max (L.) Merrill Genotypes in Western Mid-Hills of Nepal
Anjali Khadka, Subodh Raj Pandey, Subarna Sharma Acharya, Amrit Poudel, Sushma Adhikari
With the aim to study morphological variances along with association and contribution of traits on yield, the varietal trial was performed at Regional Agricultural Research Station (RARS), Lumle, Kaski, Nepal. Sixteen soybean genotypes were placed out in a ran…
31 Jan 2021DOI 10.17582/journal.sja/2021/37.1.77.91
Research ArticleAssessment of Irrigation Development in the Small Dams Command Area: A Case Study of Palai Dam, District Charsadda
Muhammad Jamal Nasir, Atiq Ur Rahman, Anwar Saeed Khan
The total cultivated area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is 1.65 million hectares out of which only 0.86 million hectares are irrigated while the remaining 0.79 million hectares have no permanent water for agriculture and mostly dependent on rainfall for irrigation. Th…
22 Jan 2021DOI 10.17582/journal.sja/2021/37.1.43.51
Research ArticleSelf-perceived Constraints of Extension Field Staff Affecting their Working Efficiency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Syed Muhammad, Badar Naseem Siddiqui, Farhat Ullah Khan, Nawab Khan
The responsibility of Extension Field Staff (EFS) is the dissemination of latest agricultural technologies to educate the farmers’ community about how to use new applications and techniques of modern technology for the purpose to increase agricultural pr…
22 Jan 2021DOI 10.17582/journal.sja/2021/37.1.64.70