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Exogenous Application of Calcium Improved the Vegetative Attributes and Corm Production in Gladiolus

Masood Ahmad, Abdur Rab

Gladiolus is commercially important flowering plant famous for its excellent flowers worldwide. In order to meet the high demand for its quality plants especially cut flowers. Gladiolus is commercially propagated by corms. The quality and health of corm is one…

Effect of Different Dietary Protein Levels on Growth Performance of Catla catla (Hamilton) Reared under Polyculture System

Abir Ishtiaq, Muhammad Naeem

A feeding trial to determine the effects of dietary protein levels on growth and to elucidate the optimal dietary crude protein requirement for Catla catla (Thaila) in a polyculture system was conducted. Four experimental diets containing graded levels of prot…

Genotypic Variability and Heterotic Effects in Rapeseed for Important Traits

Wajid Khan, Raziuddin

Pakistan is facing huge shortage of edible oils and its imports cost nearly 3 billion US dollars each year to feed 220 million people. This situation demands serious efforts to develop new lines/ hybrids with better yields. Rapeseed is the second largest contr…

Estimation of Net Rice Production by Remote Sensing and Multi Source Datasets

Syed Muhammad Hassan Raza, Syed Amer Mahmood, Syeeda Areeba Gillani, Syed Shehzad Hassan, Muneeb Aamir, Muhammad Saifullah et al.

Estimation of net crop production before harvest enables agronomists and decision makers to determine the volume of grain precisely. Yield estimation is one of the challenging tasks which is significant to evaluate accurately for farmers. This research was con…

Genotype by Environment Interaction in Bread Wheat Across Dry land Environments

Muhammad Ilyas, Fida Mohammad

Genotype by environment (GE) interaction complicates selection process of desirable genotypes. Therefore, newly developed germplasm or genotypes needs to be evaluated in multi-environment trials (METs) to know yield potential and adaptability. This experiment…

Impact of Built Environment on Land use of Rapidly Growing Tehsil Takht Bhai, District Mardan

Sajjad Ali, Atta-ur-Rahman, Sher Ali

This study is an attempt to find out the impact of built environment on land use of tehsil Takht Bhai, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, for the period of 1985-2015. Spatial techniques like Geographic information system and remote sensing are used to detect land use changes…

Integrated use of Organic and Inorganic Fertilizers on the Growth and Yield of Radish

Mehwish Kiran, Muhammad Saleem Jilani, Kashif Waseem, Muhammad Sohail Khan, Fazal Haq, Muhammad Amjad Nadim et al.

Two year research trials were designed to check the enhancing effect of NPK with various organic manures on radish production at Agricultural Faculty, Gomal University, D.I.Khan, during 2011-13. Experiments were conducted in pots using completely randomized de…

Image Analysis Estimate of Leaf Area Damage Caused by Citrus Leafminer, Phyllocnistis citrella (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) Larvae on Different Citrus Cultivars

Muhammad Arshad, Muhammad Irfan Ullah, Muhammad Afzal, Mian Anjum Murtaza, Ejaz Ahraf, Zahoor Hussain et al.

Citrus leafminer (CLM), Phyllocnistis citrella Stainton (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) is among the serious insect pests attacking citrus plants in Pakistan. The study was conducted to quantify the leaf area damage of eight citrus cultivars caused by mining act…

Farmers Perception of Agricultural Extension Services in Disseminating Climate Change Knowledge

Naveed Afsar, Muhammad Idrees

No doubt, climate change is a severe issue and is affecting agriculture directly. Present research was done to know the farmers perceptions about agricultural extension services in disseminating climate change knowledge in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Data was collecte…

Effects of Climate Change on Productivity of Maize Crop in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Muhammad Ashfaq, Inayatullah Jan

This study aims to assess the impact of climate change on productivity of maize in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province of Pakistan over a period of thirty years from 1986 to 2015. According to the ecological landscape, KP is divided into three climatic regions; t…

Allocative Efficiency of Maize Growers in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Aftab Khan, Shahid Ali, Murtaza, Sufyan Ullah Khan, Syed Attaullah Shah

This study was carried out across four agro-ecological zones of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to analyze the allocative efficiency of inputs in maize production. This study employed a multistage stage sampling technique for choosing the sample size. The data was collecte…

Comparative Advantage and Policy Analysis of Rice Production in Swat District Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Institute of Development Studies, the University Agriculture, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. dinzia1985@gmail.com  

An Assessment of Economic Gains of Off-Season Vegetable Production in Faisalabad, Pakistan

Zara Ahmad, Fazli Rabbi, Muhammad Zamin, Bushra Kiran, Tariq Shah, Shahzad Kouser

This paper empirically quantifies vegetable production (off-season and on-season) in terms of economic returns. The data on bitter gourd (Momordica charantia) is considered for analysis. The primary data was collected from a sample of 110 farmers in the distri…

Supply Response of Unirrigated Wheat in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan: ARDL Approach

Muhammad Waqas, Shahid Ali, Syed Attaullah Shah, Ghaffar Ali

 Unirrigated area under wheat crop in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan remains larger (55.6%) as compared to irrigated area (44.4%) for the last four decades. This study therefore analysed supply response of unirrigated wheat in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa during 1981…

An Effectiveness of Extension Trainings on Boosting Agriculture in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of Pakistan: An Evidence from Bajaur Agency

Sanaullah, Urooba Pervaiz

Agricultural Extension trainings play a crucial role in agricultural development of the rural community. The current study was intended to investigate the effect and role of extension trainings in the improvement of main agricultural crops and vegetables in Ba…

Climate Change-Farmers’ Perception, Adaptation and Impact on Agriculture in the Lakki Marwat District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Rizwan Ahmad, Muhammad Zulfiqar

One of the most complex problems faced by the world today is climate change. Agriculture in many ways is affected by climate change and has impact for productivity of crops particularly in rainfed areas. Climate change related research remained a poorly invest…

Performance of Synthetically Developed Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Hybrids for Yield Traits under Normal and Late Planting

Durr-e-Nayab, Iftikhar Hussain Khalil, Fida Mohammad, Shad Khan Khalil

Five synthetic wheat lines and four cultivars were crossed in line × tester fashion in 2012-13 to develop 20 F1 hybrids. Parents and F1 hybrids were evaluated during 2013-14 wheat season at the University of Agriculture, Peshawar, Pakistan under normal (…

Systematics, Host Plants and Distribution of Aphids (Hemiptera: Aphididae) Infesting Tree Flora in Azad Kashmir, Pakistan

Muhammad Amin, Khalid Mahmood, Imran Bodlah

Taxonomic studies on aphids in general and tree dwelling aphids in particular have received much less attention in Pakistan with to-date no work reported from Azad Kashmir-Pakistan, where natural tree flora abounds and silviculture is common. Surveys conducted…

Nexus between Off-Farm Employment and Farm Size Among Small Farm Holders in Peshawar Valley of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Haidar Ali, Malik Muhammad Shafi, Himayatullah Khan, Hamra Haidar

Main theme of the present research was to identify the nexus between farm size and non-farm employment (off-farm employment) among farm households (small farmers) in the research area during February 15 to July 27, 2018 by using research tools such as intervie…

Seasonal Occurrence of Jassid (an Insect Pest) on Bt. Cotton in Sourthern Punjab, Pakistan

Zeshan Siraj, Amjad Farooq, Zahid Mehmood

The current study was conducted to find out the population dynamics of Jassids in relation to climatic factors (air temperature, relative humidity and rainfall) on different cultivars of Bt. cotton from May-November 2011 -May-November 2013 at cotton research i…