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Masood ur Rahman1*, Zahid Mahmood2, Taj Ali2, Muhammad Aziz Irfan Mufti3, Jehangir Khan Seyal4, Munir Ahmad5

E-mail | masoodra@hotmail.com

 

Sarhad Journal of Agriculture, Vol. 31, Iss. 1
...e is used for mechanical weed control and hoeing. It was observed that the worm gear used in its transmission often failed due to surface wear of gear teeth. Worm gears made from three different copper alloys were tested against soil resistance in sandy loam soil bin. The gears were formed of commercial gun metal (Cu 87.76%, Sn 7.74, Zn 1.52%), gun metal (Cu 88%, Sn 7.38%, Zn 1.78%), and gear bronze (Cu 85.92%, Sn 4.96%, Zn 2.93%, Ni 1.23%). The gear compositi...

Muhammad Nawaz Kandhro*, Habib-Ur-Rehman Memon, Muhammad Ali Ansari, Ahmed Naqi Shah

... and natural sources for weed suppression. Field trials were undertaken at Cotton Section, Agriculture Research Institute, Tandojam Pakistan during summer 2010 and repeated during summer 2011 for validating the previous results. The experiments were laid out in three replicated randomized complete block design. The seed of cotton variety “Sindh-1” was sown through drilling in the 1st week of May each year. The treatments consist...

Abiodun D. Olabode

...ical fertilizers, manual weeding and shifting cultivation are essential for rice cultivation in the study area; the regression model established strong influence of farm-size at R-value of 0.64 on the yield of rice in this area; while estimated yields of 101.6tons and 57.9tons from irrigated and non-irrigated field respectively established higher yield from irrigation practice. The study concludes that irrigation system is a catalyst for appreciable rice yield...

Shahida Bibi* and Ijaz Ahmad Khan

... the study revealed that weed density m-2, fresh weed biomass in maize and mungbean crops were significantly affected by both the main-plot and sub-plot treatments. Similarly, number of seeds pod-1, thousand grains weight, grain and biological yield of mungbean were also found significant. In main plots, weed density m-2 (16.47) and fresh

 Muhammad Nawaz Kandhro, Qamaruddin Jogi, Mahmooda Buriro, Aijaz Ahmed Soomro, Ghulam Mustafa Laghari and Ali Nawaz Khaskheli

 

...nt-friendly approach for weed management. A pot experiment to evaluate the allelopathic potential of leaves of Eucalyptus camaldulensis (L.) against Convolvulus arvensis (L.) and Cyperus rotundus (L.) was undertaken during summer 2011. The study was conducted at Department of Agronomy, Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam, Pakistan. The experiment was laid out in three replicated completely randomized design. The treatments consisted of control (untreated), ...

Zafar Waheed, Khalid Usman, Iftikhar Ali

...atus L) is a problematic weed found in wheat crop. The study was conducted to investigate the competitive effects of Rumex dentatus sown at varying densities in association with wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) under field conditions. The experiment was conducted at Agronomic Research Farm, Faculty of Agriculture, Gomal University, Dera Ismail Khan in randomized complete block design having three replications during 2013-2014. The treatments comprised of wheat + R...

Mohammad Raoofi and Mohammad Taghi Alebrahim

...o evaluate the effect of weed interference and non-interference in different densities of alfalfa on yield, nutritional value and some morphological traits of alfalfa, forage crop, as factorial and based on a randomized complete block design with three replications in two cuttings during 2013-14 crop years. The experimental treatments were weed interference and non-interference in two levels (hand we...

Sadiq Ali* and Ijaz Ahmad Khan

...gn: justify;">Parthenium weed (Parthenium hysterophorus L.) is an annual, herbaceous invasive weed but it is perennial in Pakistan. Parthenium weed is a weed of a national significance in Pakistan. Although, parthenium weed is infesting many parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, but more affected regions are Peshawar v...
Xiang Nong1,2,3,*, Yao-jun Yang1,2, Guang-you Yang3, Feng-zheng Chen2, Mei Tang1,2 and Gang Wang2

Muhammad Khurshid1,2*, Muhammad Nafees1, Mehmet Somuncu2

...n-palatable or poisonous weeds species. Furthermore, this crops encroachment effected the capabilities of pastoral communities to keep large herds containing more livestock for their livelihood dependency. It is concluded that unsustainable crops expansion has triggered pastures resource degradation and is threating the traditional pastoral system in HKH region. Integrated and collaborative approaches are needed for pasture resources management with efficient ...

K.N. Ahmed , M.A. Al-Helal, N-E-P. Khanom, S. Bulbul

Control strategies of papaya mealybug, Paracoccus marginatus Williams & Willink infesting vegetable crops in Bangladesh
...s, ornamental plants and weeds of economic value. The papaya mealybug feeds on the sap of the plants by inserting its stylets into the epidermis of the leaf as well as into the fruit and stem. In doing so, it injects a toxic substance into the leaves. The result is chlorosis, plant stunting, leaf deformation, early dropping of the leaves and fruits, a heavy accumulation of honeydew and death of the host plants. Heavy infestation is capable of making fruits ine...

M. S. A. Mamun and M. Ahmed

Integrated pest management in tea: prospects and future strategies in Bangladesh
... nematodes, diseases and weeds. Globally 1034 species of arthropods and 82 species of nematodes are associated with tea plants. Among them 25 species of insects, 4 species of mites and 10 species of nematodes are recorded from Bangladesh. Enormous crop loss was incurred due to the attack of these pests and largely responsible for the declining productivity of tea. Extensive use of chemical pesticides began only a few decades ago with tremendous immediate econo...

Md Riton Choudhury, Koushik Brahmachari, Sudeshna Kar and Rupayan Deb

Integration of weed management practices in rice-potato-groundnut cropping sequence
... the effect of different weed management measures (e.g. hand weeding, herbicides, mulching etc.) on the yield of crops in sequence and cost effectiveness of different weed control measures. Rice exhibited the maximum yield when treated with two hand weedings, but it may be profitably replaced by the application of herbicides. From the point of eco-safety...

Biswajit Pramanick, Sruti Karmakar, Koushik Brahmachari, Rupayan Deb 

An integration of weed management practices in potato un-der New Alluvial soil
... the effect of different weed control measures on the yield of potato, a field experiment was carried out with this crop (var. Kufri-Jyoti) for two consecutive years (2009-10; 2010-11) at ‘C’ Block farm of Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Kalyani, Nadia, West Bengal. The experiment was laid out in RBD with nine treatments replicated thrice. The predominant weed flora in the experimental field of potato was C...

S. Pal, H. Banerjee and N. N. Mandal 

Efficacy of low dose of herbicides against weeds in transplanted kharif rice (Oryza sativa L.)
...penoxsulum 24 SC against weeds in transplanted kharif rice was studied at Regional Research Sub-Station (New Alluvial Zone), Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Chakdaha, Nadia, West Bengal. The experiment was laid out in a randomized block design with 7 treatments and 3 replications. The results revealed that the major weed flora associated with the transplanted rice during kharif season was mainly comprised of Echinochlo...

Dhananjoy Mandal

Eco-friendly management of mealybug and wilt in pineapple
...DAP + three times manual weeding]. By yield performance and reduction of percentage of wilted plants and mealy bug population, T3 was the best and T2 ranked second. Percent of wilted plants in T1, T2 and T3 were 11.88, 4.19, 2.62; mean mealy bug population/plant were 9.33, 5.29, 4.20, and yields were 32.5 tha-1, 38.7 tha-1, 41.6 tha-1, respectively. Benefit: Cost ratio was highest in T3 (1.30) followed by T2 (1.24) and T1 (1.09).
 

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Gadeeyya G and Ratna Kumar P.K.

...c study was conducted on weed plants for the primary investigation of natural enemies which may became promising biocontrol agents. A total of 7 weed plants include Commelina benghalensis, Cyperus rotundus, Crotalaria verrucosa, Digera muricata, Sida cordifolia, Ipomoea pestigridis and Trianthema portulacastrum were selected for in vitro studies. Fungal isolates namely Ascochyta cypericola, Bipolaris ...

Sania Shaheen1*, Hina Fatima2 and Muhammad Azeem Khan3

...mber of irrigation hour, weedicides, insecticides and pesticide variable would significantly contributes to improve the rice production. On average technical efficiency of sample rice farmers is 86 percent, which indicates that rice farmers in selected areas can increase the production of rice 14 percent only by managing efficiency level, without increasing input quantities. Hence, it is possible for rice farmers to increase rice output without increasing the ...
Mubashir Hussain1,Safdar Ali1, Muhammad Naveed Tahir1, Ghulam Abbas Shah1, Ijaz Ahmad2*, Muhammad Aqeel Sarwar3 and Sohail Latif4
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Muhammad Asad1, Safdar Ali1, Muhammad Ramzan Ansar2, Ijaz Ahmad3*, Muhammad Suhaib4 and Muhammad Khubaib Abuzar5 

...e mostly used to control weeds. A field experiment was conducted to investigate the Chemical control of broad-leaved weeds in wheat at the Koont Research Farm, PMAS-Arid Agricultural University, Rawalpindi, during rabbi season, 2014. The experiment was laid out in a randomized complete block design (RCBD) with four replications, with a plot size of 06 x 04 m2. Four different herbicides were applied as post emergence with thr...

Ayesha Bibi*, Musharaf Ahmad and Shaukat Hussain 

...is (Cmm), in a set of 20 weeds commonly found in tomato fields of major tomato growing areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, Northwest Pakistan. Based on agroclimate, KP was divided into five zones as Northern KP, Southern KP, Eastern KP, Western KP and Central KP. A total of 100 collected weed samples were analyzed in laboratory for the presence of bacteria. The samples were crushed homogenized in 0.85% TBE buffer and ...

 Aneela Afzal, Tanvir Ali, Munir Ahmad, Humera Amin and Samina Saki*

...eds, sowing, harvesting, weeding, etc. for corn, rice, wheat, sugarcane, and vegetables’ production. It is concluded that women’s participation in crop production extracted more vital role than their counterparts in rural areas.

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Muhammad Zafarullah Khan1*, Rehmat Ullah1, Asif Nawaz1 and Ejaz Ashraf2 

...selection, management of weed, and selection of fertilizer. Private agricultural companies were also playing their role in technological breakthroughs. It is therefore, suggested that these agricultural companies must be allowed for demonstration to train farmers on their innovations under Farm Services Center’s 

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Imtiaz Hussain*, Hassnain Shah, M. Azeem Khan, Waqar Akhtar**, Abdul Majid*** and M. Yaqub Mujahid*

Corresponding author:izhussain@yahoo.com

PRODUCTIVITY IN RICE-WHEAT CROP ROTATION OF PUNJAB: AN APPLICATION OF TYPICAL FARM METHODOLOGY
...low fertility, increased weed problem, more disease and insect invasion leading to yield losses. Berseem is the only crop that breaks this rotation. Farmers are aware of the beneficial effects of this crop rotation and believed that this riceberseem rotation control weeds in the next wheat crop along with yield -1 -1 improvement of both rice (upto 5.4 md acre ) and wheat (4.4 md acre ). However there is need to assess the ec...

 Parvez Khaliq*, Muhammad Azim Malik**, M. Aslam Gill*** and
Nasir M. Cheema*

Corresponding author: parvezkhaliq786@yahoo.com

EFFECT OF TILLAGE AND FERTILIZER TREATMENTS ON MAIZE FODDER YIELD UNDER RAINFED CONDITIONS OF PAKISTAN
...tion of FYM promoted the weed infestation that reduced the green fodder yield of maize, but it improved the overall forage yield as recorded in RF+FYM treatment. The effect of deep tillage on maize fodder yield was non-significant.

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 Amir Khatam*, Sher Muhammad and Ijaz Ashraf** 

ROLE OF FARMER FIELD SCHOOLS IN ENHANCING SKILLS OF FARMING COMMUNITY IN KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA, PAKISTAN
...ise, chemical and manual weed st nd control measures were ranked 1 and 2 with mean values 2.99 and 2.97, respectively. Correspondingly, farmers' skills in furrow irrigation was ranked at the top with mean value 3.32 followed by flood, border and basin irrigation techniques with mean values 2.98, 2.85 and 2.76, respectively. Hence, it can be concluded that farmers' skills in all the selected aspects were improved as a result of their participation in FFS' sessi...

 Shahida Khalid*and Shahida Nasreen Khokhar*

INTERACTION OF HERBICIDES AND BIO-INOCULANTS WITH AGRICULTURAL CROPS AND WEEDS
... versatile role. Whereas weeds are a limitation and herbicide carryover can also be injurious to subsequent crops. The residual/carryover herbicides may influence sowing decisions for the next crop due to reduced herbicide breakdown. The present study aimed at exploring the contribution of bio-fertilizer microbes (Azospirillum) to mitigate the inhibitory effect of herbicide residue in soil, and their inhibitory effect on weed

 Ali Ahsan Bajwa*, Ehsanullah*, Shakeel Ahmad Anjum*, Wahaj Nafees*, Mohsin Tanveer* and Hafiz Salman Saeed*

IMPACT OF FERTILIZER USE ON WEED MANAGEMENT IN CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE - A REVIEW
...ture and their impact on weed management. Weeds are major constraint in the productivity of agro-ecosystems. Fertilizer use can influence weed emergence, weed persistence, weed dormancy, weed dynamics, weed growth and weed<...

 Farman Ullah Shah*, G. Mustafa Sajid** and Sadar Uddin Siddiqui**

EVALUATION OF MULCHING MATERIALS AS INTEGRATED WEED MANAGEMENT COMPONENT IN MAIZE CROP
...;"> Yield losses by weeds in maize crop and demonstrated efficacy of various mulches in weed management led to check the efficacy of various available mulches for suppressing weeds in maize crop at National Agricultural Research Centre (NARC), Islamabad during kharif (autumn) season 2011. The experiment was laid in Randomized Complete Block Design, (RBCD) having eight treatments and f...

 Asghar Ali*, Muhammad Tahir**, Shahid Riaz Malik* and Muhammad Hanif Munawwar*

EVALUATION OF PRE AND POST-EMERGENCE HERBICIDES FOR WEED MANAGEMENT IN LENTIL (LENS CULINARIS MEDIK.)
...ign: justify;"> The weeds in lentil are one of the major constraints in obtaining maximum yield. The manual weed control is simply not feasible because it is time consuming and costly. The chemical weed control is the effective method of weed management. A field study was conducted to evaluate pre and post-emergence herbicides for

 Asif ullah Khan*, Faizan Ullah*, Sultan Mehmood*, Muhammad Irshad* and Farhat Ullah Khan**

ALLELOPATHIC EFFECTS OF JATROPHA CURCAS L. LEAF AQUEOUS EXTRACT ON EARLY SEEDLING GROWTH OF L. PARTHENIUM HYSTEROPHORUS
...rop plants but also with weed species before its introduction into agroforestry systems. During present investigation, allelopathic potential of leaf aqueous extract was investigated on seed germination and seedling development of L. Extracts were applied at 25%, 20%, 15%, 10% and 5% as seed soaking for 8 hours prior to sowing. Phenolics compounds were found in aqueous extracts and were higher in 25% extract (52.72 mg gallic acid eq. / gm of extract). Higher c...
Mubashar Hussain, Muhammad Faheem Malik, Sehreen Siddique, Muhammad Umar, Tamkeen Zainab, Fatima Zafar
... fortnightly from crops, weeds and shrubs from randomly selected locations i.e. Dolat Nagar, Lala Musa, Jalalpur Jatan, Guliyana, Fateh Pur and Kunjah. Analysis of specimens indicated a representation of 14 species, 6 genera and 3 sub families across all sites. Maximum abundance was noticed for Coccinella septempunctata (19.63 %) followed by Coccinella undecimpunctata (14.70 %), Coccinella transversalis (11.14 %) and Coccinella sexmacul...

Mohammad Javad Golmohammadi1, Hamid Reza Mohammaddoust Chamanabad1*, Bijan Yaghoubi2 and Mostafa Oveisi

...stify;">The emergence of weeds in agricultural fields is one of the most challenging problems of humankind since the beginning of agriculture. An important part of the proper management of weeds in the paddy fields is rice postharvest weed management until land preparation for re-cultivation. In order to determine the frequency and relative cover (RC), the samples were collected from 481 f...

Urooba Pervaiz1, Abdus Salam1, Dawood Jan2, Ayesha Khan1 and Mahmood Iqbal

...ome, total cost of seed, weeding, and pesticides were increased, while seed rate gm per acre was decreased. It is concluded that all the respondents adopted HYVs. Major constrains in the adoption of extension recommendations were high price of agricultural inputs, non-availability of; cold storage, agricultural credit and certified vegetable seeds, lack of fertilizers and technical knowledge, pest and diseases incidence, improper marketing of produce in the st...
Nadeem Munawar, Iftikhar Hussain and Tariq Mahmood*
... preparation, ploughing, weeding, removal of crop cache and cutting of wild vegetation, should be encouraged to prevent establishment of rodent populations. Deep ploughing of fields immediately after harvest of crops would destroy the rodent burrow system and may expose animals to increased predation by raptors and other predators.
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Ansaar Ahmed1, Imtiaz Hussain2*, Ibni Amin Khalil3, Subhanulla3, Gulzar Ahmed3, Imtiaz Ahmad3 and Muhammad Imtiaz2  

...ly different. Because of weed infestation, there was 30 percent lower maize grain yield with zero till planted maize in comparison with bed planting and farmer practice. Zero till drill planted wheat after maize crop had higher grain yield in comparison with mechanized bed planting and farmer practice of broadcasting in 2014-15 and 2015-16 wheat season. Because of higher maize grain yield, maize–wheat system productivity was significantly higher with bed...

Muhammad Sajid Mahmood1*, Muhammad Ashraf1, Ijaz Ahmad2, Muhammad Khubaib Abuzar3, Sohail Latif4 Muhammad Aqeel Sarwar5 and Waqas Ahmad6 

...alin (pre-emergence) for weed control in mungbean during summer season, 2009. The treatments were: Control (weedy check), Hand weeding (30 and 45 DAS), Pendimethalin herbicide @ 1.5 kg a.i. ha-1 (recommended dose), Barley W.E. @ 12 L ha-1 (20, 30, 40 and 50 DAS), Barley W.E. + pendimethalin @ 12 L ha-1 + 1.0 kg a.i. ha-1, Barley W.E. + pendimethalin @ 12 L ha-1 + 0.75 kg a.i. ha-1, Barley ...

Muhammad Ishfaq1*, Nadeem Akbar1, Imran Khan1, Shakeel Ahmad Anjum1, Usman Zulfiqar1, Muhammad Ahmad1, Mumtaz Ahmad2 and Muhammad Umer Chattha1 

...3.7%) were maximum while weed density and weed biomass was minimum in S2 (11.25 cm row spacing) treatment. Statistically, maximum productive tillers (296.8 m-2), numbers of grains per panicle (93.7), 1000-grain weight (19.4 g), paddy yield (3.5 t ha-1) and harvest index (34.3%) were recorded in S3 treatment. Percentage of sterile spikelet (9.5%), abortive kernel (9.7%) were highest in broadcasting treatments. Maximum net in...

Qaisar Mehmood1*, Muhammad Riaz2, Maqbol Hussain Sail1 and Muhammad Moeen1 

...rrigations and number of weedisides sprays are chosen as input factors. Descriptive statistics, multiple linear regression model and analysis of variance techniques are used which show that variety, sowing mode, nitrogen fertilizer and phosphorous fertilizer have significant effect on the wheat yield. Irrigation mode and weedisides spray also has much impact on the wheat yield. 

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Zubina Hameed1, Muhammad Azim Malik1, Safdar Ali1*, Muhammad Ansar1, Farina Shaheen1, Ijaz Ahmad2 and Khisrao Kalim3 

...s on chemical control of weeds in wheat. Similarly, due to lack of awareness, they use wheat weeds as animal fodder and the hand weeding affects crop stand and its tillering which ultimately reduces the wheat yield of the pothwar region. So, chemical control of weeds was hypothesized to be the best solution for winter weed...

Abid Muhammad Shah1, Safdar Ali1*, Ijaz Ahmad2, Gulzada Wazir1, Obaidullah Shafique1, Muhammad Amir Hanif1, Bashir Ahmad Khan3 and Sumaira Zareen4 

...d population dynamics of weeds. Different wheat sowing methods (S) were Broadcasting, Line sowing, Ridge sowing, Bed sowing and herbicides used were Ally Max, Clean wave, Starane M. and Buctril Super 60 Ec. The experiment was laid out in RCBD with split plot arrangement having three replications. Hand weeded (weed free), and weedy check (control) plots w...

Misbahullah, Shad Khan Khalil, Asim Muhammad*, Afza Tabassum and Shah Fahad  

...effective in controlling weeds but their continuous use causes toxicity and develop resistance in weeds and pollute underground drinking water. Alternative environmental friendly methods are needed to explore possibility of weed control and enhance crop yield. Sorghum extract and their application times on weed dynamics, phenology and leaf tracts of vari...

Wajid Shah Yousafzai1, Irfan Ullah1*, Amjad Ali1, Mahmood Iqbal2 and Salman Khan1 

...rtilizer (kg), pesticide/weedicide (ml), and irrigation numbers have positive effects on onion production in the research area. Allocative efficiency estimates showed that tractor hours, FYM, chemical fertilizer, and pesticide/weedicide are under-utilized having ratios of 22.15, 8.65, 5.49 and 34.69 respectively. Similarly, seed rate and irrigation numbers are over utilized having values of 0.14 and 0.76 respectively. The al...

Shahid Ali1*, Farhan1, Murtaza1, Neelum Andaleeb2 and Amjad Ali1 

...hemicals (Pesticides and weedicides), labor and tractor hours were statistically significant with the coefficients of -0.027, 0.090, 0.060, 0.223 and 0.056, respectively. The estimated results of SFP model-2 revealed that household’s education level was having negative and significant effect on technical inefficiency. Among the sampled respondents owners were technically more inefficient as compared to the tenants. Farm size was having negative and signi...

Imran1*, Amanullah1, Muhammad Arif1, Zahir Shah2 and Abdul Bari3 

...s) and phosphorus (P) on weeds frequency, and biomass at various growth stages of soybean and its yield contributing parameters. The consecutive field experiments for years 2016 and 2017 using randomized complete block design (RCBD) were conducted on soybean (cv. Malakand-96) crop. Experimental treatments included three organic sources, three phosphate rates and two beneficial microbes. Weeds found during the whole growing p...

Pushpa1, Nighat Seema Soomro1, Shahla Karim Baloch2, Mehmooda Buriro1, Aijaz Ahmed Soomro1, Muhammad Tahir Khan3, Qamar Uddin Jogi1*, Muhammad Nawaz Kandhro1 and Farheen Deeba Soomro1 

...ignificantly impaired by weeds’ infection which compete for water, nutrients and sunlight. This study was conducted to determine the allelopathic effect of weed species on germination and seedling traits of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Wheat varieties Amber and TJ83 were subjected to powder of Chenopodium album, Convolvulus arvensis and Avena fatua under three different treatments i.e. 25, 50 and 75g. The effect of th...
Quratulain1, Ata-ul-Mohsin1, Muhammad Naeem1, Ghulam Shabir1, Muhammad Khalid Rafique2 and Rashid Mahmood2*
...rtilization, irrigation, weeding and all other agronomic practices were carried out in onion experimental fields except thrips management practices. Results revealed that thrips incidence occur after 6th week of transplantation. Saryab red found relatively susceptible against thrips with maximum mean population of 52.41±15.42 individuals per plant while Red imposta was relatively resistant with 37.02±9.97 individuals per plant infestat...

Muhammad Usman Saleem, Nadeem Iqbal, Shawaiz Iqbal*, Usama Bin Khalid, Adila Iram, Muhammad Akhter, Tahir Latif and Tahir Hussain Awan 

...sprayed as pre-emergence weedicide. The irrigation was repeated about 4-5 days after pre-emergence weedicide application and afterwards about 3-5 days interval till tillering phase and then 5-7 days interval till crop maturity. The overall results indicated that paddy yield was 20% higher under DSR as compared to TPR. Moreover, during 2017 in Punjab Province, Pakistan, more than 2500 farmers cultivated rice using DSR on an a...

Asif Nawaz1*, Muhammad Zafarullah Khan1, Rehmat Ullah1, Arshad Farooq2 and Abdul Hassan2

Assessment of Weed Management Competency of Field Assistants in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
...ming community regarding weeds management. Thus, this study was conducted to assess the weeds management competency level of Field Assistants of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Agriculture Extension Department. Data from 234 randomly selected Field Assistants were collected through pre-tested and validated interview schedule to achieve study objectives. Results showed that highest ranked weeds manageme...

Mumtaz Shah*, Hashim Nisar Hashmi* Naeem Ejaz* Abdul Razzaq Ghumman*

PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF AQUATIC MACROPHYTES FOR MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT
...were Water Hyacinth, Duckweed and Water Lettuce. Forperformance comparison four parameters including BOD5, COD, Nitrogen and Phosphorus were selected. These parameters were monitored for both the influent and effluent sewage samples. During the entire study, the average reduction of 51% for BOD5, 47% for COD, 19% for phosphorus, and 41% for nitrogen were found with water hyacinth. When the same sewage was treated with Duck
Muhammad Rizwan1*, Bilal Atta1, Ana Maria Marino de Remes Lenicov2, Roxana Mariani2, Arshed Makhdoom Sabir1, Muhammad Tahir3, Misbah Rizwan4, Muhammad Sabar1, Ch. Muhammad Rafique1, Muhammad Afzal5
...e fields and surrounding weeds. A list of Fulgoromorpha is provided, with distributional and biological records as well. Records are extracted primarily from field data and specialized reference sources. Seven species from two different families of Fulgoromorpha were related to rice ecosystem (Cixiidae, one species and Delphacidae; six species). Three Delphacid species, whitebacked planthopper Sogatella furcifera, brown planthopper Nilaparvata lugens...

Muhammad Riaz Gondal1,2*, Aqib Riaz4, Sultan Ahmad Rizvi2, Bushra Zulfiqar2, Waqas Naseem2, Humara Umar3, Ahmad Hussain1 and Mazher Iqbal

...der crop of Pakistan and weeds infestation reduces its yield and causes harvesting losses upto 20%. Current research aimed to investigate the efficacy of various weedicides to eradicate weedy grasses (S. brevifolius, D. aegyptium, C. dactylon, S. halepense, B.decufeedipedia.org. and P. hysterophorous) in multi-cut sorghum sudan grass hybrid (S.S. Hybrid). Four herbicides namely Clodinafop-...

Khalil Ahmed1*, Amar Iqbal Saqib1, Abdul Rasul Naseem1, Ghulam Qadir1, Muhammad Qaisar Nawaz1, Muhammad Khalid2, Imtiaz Ahmad Warraich3 and Muhammad Arif4

Use of Hyacinth Compost in Salt-Affected Soils
...ing the unwanted aquatic weeds for supply of essential plant nutrients and improving the health of salt-affected soil is a simpler technique. Therefore, present research work was carried out to appraise the efficacy of water hyacinth compost as an ameliorant for improving the deteriorated properties of saline-sodic soil. Treatments included were; T1, control, T2, gypsum @ 100 % GR, T3, gypsum @ 50 % of GR, T4, hyacinth compost @ 15 t ha-1, T5, gypsum @ 50 % of...

Inam Ullah1, Mahfooz Khan2*, Munir Khan2, Himayatullah Khan2 and Azra3

Factors Affecting Different Wheat Varieties Yield in District Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan: A Comparative Analysis
... variety, the effect of (weedicides) was insignificant. While for Pirsabaaq-8 wheat variety irrigation was found insignificant and for Pirsabaaq-13, wheat variety the effect of seed was insignificant. It was observed that majority of the farmers were illiterate and do not apply the recommended amount of inputs due to its high prices/lack of availability of irrigation water. It is recommended that respondents should be encouraged to get training from the concer...
Tabassum Yaseen1*, Shehzad Ahmad1, Khushnood Ur Rehman2, Fayaz Asad1, Abdul Waheed1, Rani Gul3, Hussain Gulab4 and Naveed Akhtar2
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Spore Density and Root Colonization in Weeds of Carrot field at Charsadda, Pakistan
...izospheric soil of major weeds of District Charsadda. In the present study roots and rhizospheric soil of 15 weeds species belonging to 12 families were collected from Carrot field of District Charsadda and was investigated for the sporulation and root infections types. From the recorded results the highest spore density was found in Melilotus indica having spore number 276 which is followed by Malva neglecta and Sonchus asp...

Mohammad Javad Golmohammadi1, Hamid Reza Mohammaddoust Chamanabad1*, Bijan Yaghoubi2 and Mostafa Oveisi3

GIS Applications in Surveying and Mapping of Rice Weeds in Guilan Province, Iran
...province for mapping and weed distribution using Geographic Information System (GIS) technologies for a period of three years (2014-2016). Echinochloa crussgalli was the more important species in 10 regions of Guilan province. The Langarud and Rudsar regions each with 47 species and Anzali and Shaft with 25 species (with 71.2 and 37.9 percent, respectively) had the highest and lowest species diversities, species diversity in 2015 was more than 2014 and 2016 ye...

Muhammad Javaid1*, Unsar Naeem-Ullah1, Waheed S. Khan2, Shafqat Saeed1, Mirza Abdul Qayyum1 and Muhammad Arslan Khan1

Role of Nanotechnology in Crop Protection and Production: A Review
...es for the management of weeds. It also facilitate in precision farming, targeted use of inputs i.e. nanofertilizers and to overcome the environmental stress seed treatments with nanoparticles, to improve the crop yield use of smart gene delivery system. This technology can also be useful for sustainable water use and irrigation water filtration. It also plays an important role in pollution reduction. Green revolution of any developing countries can be achieve...

Luqman* and Zahid Hussain

Impact of Tillage Tools and Weeding Regimes on Nutritive Values of Maize Grains
...ard plough, while in the weeding regimes the crude protein content, fat content, ash content and dry matter contents were highest (13.8, 6.7, 1.0 and 92.5%, respectively) in the full season weeded treatments, followed by weeding for 12 weeks and so on. Similarly, lowest crude protein content, fat content, ash content and dry matter content (12.3, 4.6, 0.85 and 87.1%, respectively) were fou...
Sukhpreet Kaur Sidhu*, Gurkirat Singh Sekhon, Randeep Kaur Aulakh and Tejdeep Kaur Kler
...ion was observed with 12 weed species, 22 tree species and three crops near the ponds. Avian species richness index was found positively correlated high with the occurrence of bird species in the habitat, rather than their individuals. The results of this study indicated that vegetation complexity in pond surroundings influenced the abundance and number of water dependent and terrestrial bird species directly and indirectly in agricultural habitats.
Sana* and Abbas Ullah Jan
 
...ting and carrying, crops weeding, harvesting and firewood collection. Multinomial Logistic analysis revealed that a child’s age, gender (male) and school distance (more than walking distance) were found positively associated with a child’s involvement in agriculture. Household characteristics, such as head’s education, monthly income and ownership of agricultural land were important negatively affecting the determinants of child involvem...
Ahmad Abrar Khan* and Muhammad Idrees
... with the elimination of weeds.Access to micro-level credit by introducing in farm techniques of intercropping, proper division and allocation of lands suitable to stone fruits, vegetables, grain crops, and other cash crops and relaxation in criteria for the government’s establishment orchard and non-government agriculture departments/agencies.
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Suwati Suwati1, ErniRomansyah1,*, Syarifudin Syarifudin1, Yahya Jani2, Agus Heri Purnomo3
Damat Damat4 and Erkata Yandri5,6
...small;">In Indonesia, seaweed has a critical role in improving the welfare of coastal communities. As a source of nutrition, seaweed consists of carbohydrate, protein, fat, fiber and ash, vitamin, and beta-carotene. Right drying methods are needed to preserve the quality of dried seaweed. This study aims to compare the trend of weight reduction in seaweed

Ijaz Ahmad* and Bakhtiar Gul

...the two most troublesome weeds of the wheat crop in Pakistan. Four treatments viz. wheat, wheat + S. marianum, wheat + A. fatua, wheat + S. marianum and A. fatua were examined to check their effect on the growth dynamics of wheat, A. fatua and S. marianum. The experiment was carried out in 2018-2019 using Completely Randomized Design (CRD) and replicated thrice. The results showed that all the wheat growth parameters were significantly affected by the

Ali Ahmad1*, Zubair Aslam1, Korkmaz Bellitürk2, Naeem Iqbal3, Muhammad Idrees3, Muhammad Nawaz4, Muhammad Yasir Nawaz5, Muhammad Kashif Munir6, Ahmad Kamal1, Ehsan Ullah1, Muhammad Ahsan Jamil1, Yousuf Akram1, Tanveer Abbas1 and Muhammad Mohsin Aziz1

...ts prepared from aquatic weeds and agriculture wastes.

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Muhammad Afzal1, Muhammad Irfan Ullah1*, Muhammad Hamid Bashir2, Shah Najaf Mukhtar1, Muhammad Arshad1, Nimra Altaf1

...d crops, vegetables, and weeds. In the present study, extensive sampling was done to assess mites’ biodiversity in different citrus orchards of Kinnow, Musambi, and Feutrell’s early at tehsil Sahiwal Sargodha, Sillanwali, and Bhalwal of district Sargodha. Sampling was done at fifteen days interval to record the population dynamics and identification of citrus mites during 2018. A total 37,963 mites specimens were collected in which nine species wer...

Muhammad Usman Aslam1, Muhammad Umer Chattha1, Imran Khan1, Rizwan Maqbool1, Muhammad Bilal Chattha2*, Fiaz Hussan3, Muhammad Nawaz4, Muhammad Shakeel Hanif5, Muhammad Ahsin Ayub6, Muhammad Talha Aslam1, Mina Khan7 and Muhammad Umair Hassan1

...ch significantly reduced weed biomass compared to other mulch. Moreover, sorghum straw mulch also resulted in maximum leaf area index (LAI), crop growth rate (CGR), productive tillers (323.11), spikelet/spike (15.88), grains/spike (44.55), 1000-grain weight (42.13g), grain yield (5.13 t ha-1) and biological yield (14.59 t ha-1) and minimum, LAI, CGR and tillers (291.55), spikelet/spike (12.55), grains/spike (36.11), 1000-grain weight (35.91g), grain yield (3.6...

Syed Muhammad Sulaiman, Nazir Ahmad and Nazir Ahmad Khan*

...preparation, irrigation, weeds control and standard agronomic practices were applied to all plots. For forage yield, morphological and quality evaluation, samples were collected from randomly selected one-meter long strip of two consecutive rows of each plot at feekes stages 7 to 8, when the second last leaf was visible. The collected samples were immediately weighed, and 10 plants were subsampled from each sample for morphological evaluation. Ten plants were ...

Shahzad Khan1*, Munir Khan1, Arif Alam2, Ikram Shah2, Mahfooz Khan1 and Fida Muhammad Khan1

...rtilizer, seed, and pest/weed inputs positive and significant, with coefficients 0.1693, 0.1646, 0.4894, 0.0285, respectively. In contrast, labour and animal costs were noted negatively. For the larger benefit of the farmers’ and the growth of the agriculture sector, the study recommends a reduction in the prices of fertilizers and suggested to the Government to develop high yielding certified seed and provision of certified/tested seed to the growers.
Mandour, A. M. 1, Abdel Maksoud, H. M. 2, Amal, A. Khalil 3 and Mohga, A. El-Tahlawey 4
...11 seasons. In addetion, weeds existed in maize
field were also rested. Maize dwarf mosaic virus (MDMV) is the most
economically significant virus infecting maize crop in Egypt. The percentage
of infection differs from one location to another. MDMV was isolated from
naturally infected maize plants at El-Monfia. These samples were checked
for virus presence using Indirect ELISA. A number of cultural pr...

Maha A. El-Abhar1, Moustafa A. Elkady1, Khaled M. Ghanem2, Hussieny A. Bosila3

...
range among weed and crop plants which produces a variety of symptoms. It can cause problems in potato
in some regions where vectors easily move into potato fields from reservoir host, particularly if a tuber
necrosis-causing strain is involved.
Objective: : The purpose of this study is to characterize biologically and serologically AMV infecting
potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) in Egypt. Moreover, the ...

Muhammad Ehsan Safdar1*, Samra Ammara1, Muhammad Sikander Hayyat1, Shahbaz Hussain2, Muhammad Mansoor Javaid1, Abdul Rehman1 and Amjed Ali1

... in view the R. capitata weed control efficiency along with green gram yield enhancement, it was concluded that lactofen dose can be reduced up to 20-40% by the addition of adjuvant (alkyl ether sulfate) for management of R. capitata in green gram crop. 

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Bakhtiar Gul*, Saleetha Rabial and Haroon Khan

... and reproduction of duckweed (Lemna minor). The experiment was laid out in Completely Randomized Design (CRD) with three replecations and various herbicidal treatments. Duckweed was collected from fresh water bodies and transferred to the experimental units (pots). Data were recordrd on fresh biomass, budding (%), duckweed mortality (%), plant growth, root length, frond diameter, growth o...

Haroon Ur Rashid1*, Nazia Tahir2, Muhammad Zamin3, Naveed Shehzad4, Aman Ullah2, Bibi Zainub5 and Farooq Azam6

...e south Asia. Integrated weed management (IWM) is recommended to reduce our reliance on synthetic herbicides and sustainable maize production. In this study, different tillage regimes and various allelopathic treatments were integrated for weed management in spring planted maize at Agricultural Research Station, Swabi (KP), Pakistan during spring both years 2014 and 2015. The experiment was laid out at silt loam soil in Rand...

Mukhtar Iderawumi Abdulraheem1*, Muhammad Ihtisham2*, Abiodun Yusuff Moshood3, Nawab Khan4, Muhammad Owais Shahid5, Shafiq Hussain6, Kumail Abbas6 and Fawad Zaman7

...f mulching materials and weeding regimes on the severity and incidence of not unusual viral diseases on okra without fertilizers/chemicals application. The treatments were (3×4) factorially designed and fitted into RCBD in field conditions. Weeding consisted of four levels i.e. no weeding, weeding once, weeding t...

Muhammad Yaseen1*, Muhammad Sallam Shahzad2, Farhat Ullah Khan2, Muhammad Luqman1, Usman Saleem3 and Shoaib Nasir4

Safdar Ali1*, Muhammad Umar1, Bashir Ahmad Khan2, Ijaz Ahmed3, Amir Manzoor1, Muhammad Saqib Riaz1, Muhammad Irfan Arif1 and Asif Nawaz1

...nsity and dry biomass of weeds per unit area. Moreover, the biological yield, grain yield and the harvesting index of pearl millet and mung bean were also affected significantly under different sowing geometries. Both crops growth and yield was increased in the narrow row spacing as compared to wider row spacing, whereas, weed density and biomass was decreased in narrow spacing that may be due to less availability of space a...
Damat Damat1*, Roy Hendroko Setyobudi2, Juris Burlakovs3, Zane Vincēviča-Gaile4
Devi Dwi Siskawardani1, Rista Anggriani1 and Anas Tain5
...analog rice, with red seaweed (Gracilaria spp.) are added to increase the fiber content. A disadvantage of analog rice is its bland taste, which can be improved by adding spices and seaweed, expected to increase the functional value. This study aims to determine the effect of the addition of various seaweed pulp concentrations and spice formulations on the characteristics of analog ...

Safdar Ali1*, Muhammad Amir Hanif1, Muhammad Umar1, Amir Manzoor1, Obaidullah Shafique1, Bashir Ahmad Khan2 and Ijaz Ahmed3

...l remedy of broad-leaved weeds in winter wheat at Pothwar Region of Pakistan, a study was performed during 2016-17 at University Research Farm Chakwal Road Rawalpindi. Four herbicides were used as once and twice application, i.e., Buctril Super (Bromoxinil 30% with MCPA 30% w/v), Ally Max (Metsulfuron Methyl 14.3% w/w with Tribenuron Methyl 14.3% w/w), Starane M (Fluroxypyre 10% with MCPA 40% w/w) and Clean wave (Aminopyralid 1% with Fluroxypyre14% w/w) at rec...
Soliman Mohammed Soliman
...feed additives (green seaweed, probiotics Saccharomyces cerevisiae or Yucca schidigera) on in-vitro total gas and methane production, in-vivo rumen fermentation parameters, and milk production in dairy cows. Twenty Friesian cows were randomly allocated to four groups (five cows /group). All cows were fed TMR (total mixed rations). The first group was fed TMR without supplementation, groups from 2 to 4 were fed TMR supplemented ...

Rabia Bibi1, R. Muhammad Tariq2, Samir A.M. Abdelgaleil3 and Munawwer Rasheed1, 4*

.... Four species of red seaweeds Asparagopsis taxiformis, Laurencia karachiana, Gracilaria foliifera, and Jania rubens found abundantly along the Karachi coast, Pakistan were collected in the year 2015-18. Samples were extracted using a Soxhlet extraction method with solvents of varying polarity (hexane, dichloromethane, and methanol). Five different concentrations of the extracts were subjected to the toxic assessment against two species of stored grain pests (...

Arshad Farooq1, Muhammad Ishaq2, Abdul Hassan1, Muhammad Zafarullah Khan3 and Asif Nawaz3*

...%), irrigation (76%) and weedicide (71%). Moreover, the knowledge level of beneficiary farmers also enhanced regarding post-harvest losses (57%), weather information (78%) and market information (79%) in the research area. Overall knowledge level of beneficiary farmers increased 77 percent in the study area. The study suggested that agricultural advisory services through mobile phones should be restarted and extended to other districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, P...

Sepri Reski*, Maria Endo Mahata, Ridho Kurniawan Rusli

...t of dietary fermentedseaweed (Turbinaria murayana) with Indigenous Micro-Organism (IMO’s) from fruit waste as starter on performance, carcass yield and giblets percentage. A total of 100 one- d- old Arbor Acres CP 707 broilers was raised for 4 weeks of age. The birds were distributed into 5 treatments with 4 replicates in a completely randomized design. The fermented seaweed was supplemented at the level of 0, 5, 10, ...

Iqtidar Hussain1, Haroon Shahzad2*, Sami Ullah2*, Muhammad Jawad Nazir1 and Muhammad Rizwan3

...nt study highlighted the weed management in maize and response of maize to herbicide mixture of Atrazine plus Mesotrion. The research was investigated in a randomized complete block design (RCBD) with split plot arrangements. The varieties were allotted to main plots and weed management practices were allocated in subplots. This study focused on the parameters about weed densities before a...

Khaliq Dad1, Fenliang Zhao2, Rumsha Hassan3, Kainat Javed3, Humaira Nawaz4, Muhammad Usman Saleem5, Tahreem Fatima6 and Muhamad Nawaz3*

...ntion of plant diseases, weeds and being used widely for increasing the quantity as well as quality of food products. Naturally, these pesticides interact with environment by altering the properties of host substances by producing the adverse impacts because most of the famers have no idea of using these chemicals substances. Pesticides are absorbed by soil particles which are transported to plants as well as animals through food chain and severely affect the ...

Maria Endo Mahata1*, Hamdan Sukri Lubis1, Takayuki Ohnuma2, Yose Rizal1 

...ers composed of brown seaweed Sargassum binderi, taro tubers (Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott), and tapioca flour (Manihot utilissima), and the second factor was dosage (1.5; 3; and 4.5%) of natural pellet binders. Each treatment was repeated three times. The measurements were moisture content, stack density, stack compaction density, stack angle, and pellet durability. The results showed no interaction (P>0.05) between the natural pellet binders and d...

Tertia Delia Nova1*, Yulia Yelita2, Rizky Machicula1

...plants belong to the duckweed family which can be found in swamps, lakes, and rice fields. This feed is classified as an unconventional feed that can be used as an alternative feed ingredient for fibrous protein sources. In addition, it contains several minerals, xanthophyll pigments and -carotene which are important nutrients for ducks. However, the practical use of this plant has not been fully studied. This experimental study used a Randomized Block Design ...

Oluwatoyin Adenike Fabiyi

...ocumbens and Sida acuta (weeds) on root knot nematodes Meloidogyne incognita infesting lettuce and carrots. T. procubmens and S. acuta was applied as soil amendment (400, 600 & 800g) and organic solvent crude extracts (40, 60, 80g/kg soil) in M. incognita infested lettuce and carrot plants as treatments. Results showed that lettuce and carrot plants grown in pots amended with the highest quantity of plant materials (800g) had commendatory vegetative growth...
A. M. Khan1,†, S. Naz1 and M. Abid2
...conducted to evaluate seaweed Melanothamnus afaqhusainii using its powder and different extracts
including n-hexane, DMSO and water extract against naturally occurring soil nematode namely Meloidogyne
javanica anti fungal activity against Fusarium moniliforme and Rhizoctonia solani and fertilizing potential on okra
Abelmoschus esculentus. It was observed that the soil sample which was mixed with algal powder supported the

S.A. Khan†, M. Abid and F. Hussain1

...>
this study 32 seaweeds were evaluated to determine nematicidal activity against Meloidogyne javanica (egg
hatching and larval mortality tests) in vitro. Results revealed that seaweed biochemical potential in two different
solvents viz., water and methanol @ ratios 2.5, 5 and 10%. It is observed that Sargasssum tenerrimum, Padina
tetrastromatica and Melanothamnus afaqhusainii showed...

Muhammad Afzal1,3*, Shafqat Saeed1, Hasan Riaz1, Muhammad Ishtiaq1, M. Habib ur Rahman2

... belonged to vegetables, weeds, and mixed farming practices helped the evolution of new viral and whitefly species. The CLCuD develops resistant cultivars against CLCuV and screening of new host resistance forms. Applications of DNA markers to induce resistance into the cultivars and editing of genome are some of the good practices contributing to suppress this disease. The study is helpful in understanding population dynamics of whitefly cryptic species inter...

Sepri Reski*, Ridho Kurniawan Rusli, Montesqrit, Maria Endo Mahata

...d Turbinaria murayana seaweed using Local Microorganisms (LMo) made from fruit waste in rations on the quality of quail eggs. This study used a completely randomized design of 5 treatments with four replications. The treatment gave Turbinaria murayana seaweed fermented products with different levels, namely 0, 5, 10.15, and 20% in the ration. Research data were analyzed using analysis of variance (ANOVA), and differences bet...

Saleem Hussain1, Muhammad Tayyab1, Tauqir Anwar1, Talha Nazir2*, Muhammad Zeeshan Majeed3, Zohaib Asad2,4, Muhammad Adnan3 and Tajwar Alam5

...amaldulensis Dehnh., milkweed Calotropis gigantean (L.) Dryand., bakain Melia azedarach L., neem Azadirachta indica A. Juss., tobacco Nicotiana tabacum L. and thorn apple Datura stramonium L.) against wheat aphid (Schizaphis graminum Rondani) under laboratory and field conditions. Using foliar spray method, toxicity bioassay was conducted with three different concentrations (i.e. 250, 500 and 1000 ppm) of methanolic plant extracts under controlled laboratory c...

Mostafa Mohamed Attia Hammam, Moawad Mohamed Mohamed Mohamed* and Mahfouz Mohamed Mostafa Abd-Elgawad

..., the potential of field weeds as hosts/reservoirs for M. arenaria to transfer from weeds and build-up on ‘Giza 843’ faba bean roots was apparent at harvest. Significant relations were established between the M. arenaria population levels at harvest and weights of faba bean pods. Consequently, the gain thresholds were calculated based on the combined costs of nematode sampling and control. Their calculated values...

Muhammad Zeeshan Khan1*, Umar Khitab Saddozai1, Abdul Aziz Khakwani1, Mohammad SafdarBaloch1, Atiq Ahmad Alazai2 and Muhammad Amjad Nadim1

...ers to choose the proper weedicide among the current weedicides available in the market for controlling weeds in wheat. The present research work was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of newly approved weedicides to control weeds in spring wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) at Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan, during season of 20...

Bismillah Khan1*, Muhammad Mehran Anjum1,2*, Maaz Ullah1, Izharullah1, Aftab Ahmad3 and Jawad Akbar1

...ich the incidence of new weeds occurs which cause a serious threat to our main crops. A study was carried out on “Evaluation of weeds density for local and Chinese lines in northern Pakistan under different sowing intervals” during winter season 2020-2021. The experimental design was used randomized complete block (RCB) with split plot arrangement replicated thrice. Treatments were consisted of sowing dates (1st ...

Maria Endo Mahata1*, Oriyanti Br Situngkir1, Yan Heryandi2, Takayuki Ohnuma3, Yose Rizal1 

...et binder): A1 (brown seaweed), A2 (taro tuber), and A3 (tapioca flour), then factor B (dosage of pellet binder): B1 (1.5; 3.3; and 4.5%). Crude fiber digestibility, nitrogen retention, and energy metabolism were measured. The results showed no interaction (p>0.05) between the type of pellet binder and dosage of pellet binder on the digestibility of crude fiber, nitrogen retention, and energy metabolism of Miana plant pellets on broiler chicken. The type of...

Luqman1*, Zahid Hussain2, Tamana Bakht3, Fazli Wahab1, Miftah-ud-Din1, Haroon Khan2, Imran Shinwari1, Ata Ullah1, Liaqat Khan1 and Sara Hidayat

... (sowing directions) and weed control practices on onion crop. A two factorial RCBD experimental design was used for the experiment replicated three times. Factor A was termed as the cropping pattern (or sowing direction) with two levels (i.e. North-South and East-West), while the factor B included the treatments of Rumex crispus as mulch, Euphorbia helioscopia as mulch, wheat straw as mulch, a hand weeded treatment and a

Syed Muhammad1*, Badar Naseem Siddiqui2, Farhat Ullah Khan1, Muhammad Adnan3, Sami Ullah3 and Nawab Khan4

...cally least competent in weeds control, insects/pests identification and their control. Findings of this study recommend that the EFS should be enabled technically more competent in all spheres by arranging proper trainings for technical efficiency in order to increase agricultural productivity and subsequently the socio-economic status of the rural community of the KP province.

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Muhammad Waqas Yonas1,2*, Khuram Mubeen2, Muhammad Irfan3, Muhammad Ayaz Shahzad4, Mudassir Aziz2, Saad ur Rehman5 and Shoaib Zawar

...he objective to evaluate weed dynamics, growth, and productivity of wheat crop under stale seedbed. This experiment was held under RCBD with three replications. The study consisted of eight treatments viz: T1: stale seedbed + no herbicide, T2: stale seedbed + glyphosate @ 711 a.i mL ha-1, T3: stale seedbed + paraquat-dichloride @ 494 a.i mL ha-1, T4: stale seedbed + atlantis (mesosulfuron-methyl and iodosulfuron-methyl-sodium) @ 15 a.i g ha-1, T5: stale seedbe...

Aqleem Abbas1, Mustansar Mubeen2, Waqar Younus1, Qaiser Shakeel3, Yasir Iftikhar2*, Sonum Bashir2, Muhammad Ahmad Zeshan2 and Azhar Hussain1

...hiteflies, and parasitic weeds are considerably affecting GB crops. These diseases and pests can jeopardize GB’s food supply if not monitored regularly. The consequences of these biotic agents range from minor symptoms to catastrophic events that destroy whole fields. Plant protection units are needed to tackle these challenges to prevent future outbreaks. Herein, we describe significant diseases and pests that are catastrophic to GB’s crops in the...

Abdullah*, Imtiaz Khan, Muhammad Ishfaq Khan, Muhammad Ibrahim and Muhammad Fawad

...nificant and challenging weeds of the chickpea crop in the southern regions of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, during the Rabi season 2022. Five chickpea growing regions were selected in chickpea growing area of district Karak. The quadrate method was used to determine the relative weed density. The data were recorded on density (%), relative density (%), frequency (%), relative frequency (%) and importance value of

Shujaullah Khan1, Zahid Hussain1*, Haroon Khan1 and Omer Suha Uslu2

...and environment friendly weed management strategy in wheat crop in the long run. In order to assess the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on wheat crop in comparison with certain synthetic herbicides, a field experiment was designed in the Farm of the University of Agriculture Peshawar, in the wheat growing season of 2020-21. A Randomized Complete Block design (RCBD) was used for the layout of the experiment, keeping four replications. The experiment cons...

Malik F.H. Ferdosi1*, Arshad Javaid2, Iqra Haider Khan2 and Muhammad Kaleem Naseem

... rain lily, is a bulbous weed of Amaryllidaceae. In the present study, phytoconstituents from methanolic flower extract of this plant were identified through GC-MS. A total of 13 compounds were found in the extract. These included heptacosan-9-ol (15.01%), 2-hexanamine (13.28%), n-hexadecanoic acid (10.38%), eicosane (10.37%), 4H-pyran-4-one, 2,3-dihydro-3,5-dihydroxy-6-methyl (9.69%), cyclohexane, 1,1’-(2-propyl-1,3-propanediyl)bis-(8.81%), hexadecane-1...

Komal Javed1, Sohaib Muhammad1*, Zarghaam Khan1, Sehar Fatima1, Hassan Nawaz1, Mahrukh1, Tahira Khalid1 and Shariat Ullah2

...ynecological analysis of weeds of wheat, rice and sugarcane crops of Tehsil Muridke, District Sheikhupura, Pakistan. Sampling was done randomly with the help of a quadrat method (1m2). For each crop, sixty quadrats were taken from each village i.e., twenty quadrats from each selected site. The data was gathered after every fifteen days during the course of crop. For the determination of Importance Value Index (IVI) percentage frequency, density and percentage ...

Rahamdad Khan1, Saad Muhammad2, Muhammad Haroon3, Saad Jan1 and Syed Majid Rasheed1*

...number of branches. Both weed species grown under reduced light duration could not reach maturity and complete their life cycles. P. hysterophorus has the potential to grow quickly and replace C. sativa under 9 hours of light duration, which is suitable for enhancing the medicinal value of C. sativa.

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Maria Endo Mahata*, Yose Rizal, Zurmiati, Sepri Reski

... algae categorized as seaweed with a widespread in Indonesian coastal waters. We aimed to reduce the salt concentration of the brown seaweed P. australis by immersing it in flowing water. We used a completely randomized design (CRD) with different immersion durations (0, 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, and 24 h) of P. australis in flowing water. Each treatment received four replications. We evaluated dry matter (DM), organic matter (OM), ...

Sajid Mehmood Shahzad

...text-align: justify;">Seaweeds across the world are a collection of intriguing and varied creatures. Seaweeds, i.e., brown (Phaeophyta), green (Chlorophyta), and red algae (Rhodophyta), are one of the natural resources that have received significant attention in terms of study for their biological properties. Marine organisms rely on Seaweeds as a crucial component of their environment and...

Imtiaz Khan1*, Abdullah1, Muhammad Ibrahim1, Muhammad Ishfaq Khan1, Saima Hashim1, Shomayela Afzal2 and Khalid Nawab3 

...he management of noxious weed (Asphodelus tenuifolius Cav.) in chickpea growing areas of District Karak, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa-Pakistan. A Randomized Complete Block (RCB) design with three replicates and various weed management practices were implemented. The treatments include; different herbicides (Pendimethalin, dual gold and fenxaprop-p-ethyl), mulches (Black polythene, white polythene and available

Muhammad Luqman1*, Muhammad Talha Shoaib1, Muhammad Yaseen1, Umair Safdar2 and Hassan Raza2

...t/pest’ and ‘weed eradication’ as major factors for application of pesticides. Moreover, results also indicated that 66% of respondents were applying 2-6 and above times pesticides to their single crop. The knowledge level of the respondents was found to be highest regarding contaminate the soil and disturbs the soil fertility (x̅=3.7), effects of pesticides on human body (x̅=3.67), effects of pesticides on overall plant growth (x̅=3.67) a...

Maria Endo Mahata1*, Yose Rizal1, Zurmiati1, Sepri Reski1, Indah Fitri Sakinah Limbong2, Dian Saputri2 

... rice bran with brown seaweed Sargassum crassifolium on broiler performance. The study employed a fully randomized design, incorporating four replacement treatments (0%, 6%, 12%, and 18%) of brown seaweed Sargassum crassifolium within the broiler diet. Each treatment was replicated five times. A total of 100-day-old chicks were used in the experiment and reared under standard conditions. The results showed that inclusion of ...

Sepri Reski*, Maria Endo Mahata, Montesqrit, Ridho Kurniawan Rusli

...fermented T. murayana seaweed. The experiment concludes that quail eggs fed with fermented T. murayana can be stored for up to 3 weeks at room and refrigerator temperatures without adversely affecting their physical quality.
 
Keywords | Quail egg, Seaweed, Storage, Temperature, Turbinaria murayana
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Sepri Reski*, Maria Endo Mahata, Ridho Kurniawan Rusli

...d Turbinaria murayana seaweed meal in the diet of laying hens on the external egg quality. We used a completely randomized design with five treatments and four replications. The treatments consisted of five levels of fermented T. murayana seaweed meal, i.e. 0, 5, 10, 15, and 20%. We evaluated some measures such as egg weight, length, width, shape index, eggshell strength, thickness, and eggshell weight. The results indicated...

Faris Sahib Imran1*, Layth Hamzah Merzah2, Mohammed Mohsin Kareem3

Iqtidar Hussain1*, Muhammad Inam Ullah Qaisrani1, Abdul Aziz Khakwani1, Zuhair Hasnian2, Umar Khitab Saddozai1, Muhammad Naeem4, Hadia Gul5 and Moneeza Abbass3

...st aggressive herbaceous weeds of the Asteraceae family. It is widely distributed, almost across the world and has become the most important invasive weed throughout the globe. The infestation of parthenium has been reported to reduce grain and forage yields about by 40-90%. The spread of parthenium has been attributed to its alllelopathic potential. Allelochemicals released from parthenium have been reported to decrease ger...

Javairia Shafi*, Kashifa Naghma Waheed, Zahid Sharif Mirza and Shaista Razaq

...eal replacement with duckweed (Lemna minor) in Gibelion catla feed. Four different isonitrogenous feeds (with 0, 10, 20 and 30% replacement of fish meal with) were prepared and fed to juvenile catla for 60 days at the rate of 5% fish biomass. No significant difference (P>0.05) in fish growth parameters and feed efficiency was observed among the treatments. There was no significant difference in apparent digestibility coefficient (ADC) of dry matter among tr...

Shahbaz Hussain1, Asif Ameen2*, Muhammad Ehsan Safdar3, Atif Naeem1, Ahmad Jawad1, Madad Ali1, Muhammad Ather Nadeem3, Ghulam Abbas2, Muhammad Arif2, Muhammad Ahmad Zafar4, Zahid Hassan5

...hnology. Herbicide-based weed management is becoming increasingly popular, but there is a dire need to choose appropriate herbicides and their effective dose for controlling weeds in DSR fields. A field trial was conducted to appraise the comparative efficacy of three post-emergent herbicides applied at different doses [Clover 20% EC (bispyribac sodium) at 39.54, 59.30, and 79.07 g a.i. ha-1, Pyranex Gold 30% WDG (bispyribac...
Julio Adolfo Corzo-Bacallao1*, Carlos Alfredo Salas-Macías1, Osvaldo Fonseca-Rodríguez2,3, Felipe R. Garcés-Fiallos1, Erika Isabel Alcívar-Muñoz1 and Henry Fabricio Baque-Loor1 
 
...e system involves manual weed control, without fertilization, irrigation, phytosanitary control, or shade regulation. In this scenario, and during an experimental period of 90 days (03/08/2022 - 26/10/2022), phenological variables of coffee trees maintained in a study area of 50 x 50 m at a high (S1: 51-70%) and low (S3: 1-30%) shade level was compared with those obtained at an intermediate shade level considered as standard (S2: 31-50%). The phenological vari...
Shahid Iqbal Khattak1, Mohammad Safdar Baloch*1, Khalid Naveed2, Muhammad Amjad
Nadim1, Asghar Ali Khan1 and Kaleem Ullah3
...sons of wheat crop while weed density (m-2), relative weed density (%), fresh weed
biomass (g m-2) and dry weed biomass (g m-2) influenced non-significantly for both the
years. These findings suggest that foliar application of potassium sulphate @ 60 kg ha-1
along with recommended dose of nitrogen (120 kg ha-1) and pho...

Saad Parvaiz1, Khuram Mubeen1*, Mudassir Aziz1 and Tanveer-ul-Haq2

...ive to
other weeds are higher. The study was conducted during summer season 2018 at Research
Farm Muhammad Nawa Sharif University of Agriculture, Multan, Pakistan on a field having
high infestation history of horse purslane. Study was carried out in a RCBD with three
replications. Experiment consisted of ten treatments viz: weeds free (whole season)...

Arshad Javaid1* and Iqra Haider Khan

...o assess a brassicaceous weed Coronopus didymus (L.) Sm. as a
source of potential natural herbicides for management of an alien weed parthenium
(Parthenium hysterophorus L.). Initially, the effect of aqueous leaf, stem, root and flower
extracts (0, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, 2.5, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0%) of the weed was checked on germination
and growth of t...
Muhammad Usman1, Ghulam Murtaza2, Allah Ditta3, Tamana Bakht3 Muhammad Asif4,
Muhammad Nadir1and Sehar Nawaz5
... distribution pattern of weeds under field conditions. In this regard, a survey study was
conducted to investigate the distribution pattern of weed species in wheat crop during 2016-
18 in district Khanewal, Punjab Pakistan. Thirty-six weed species distributed among fifteen
different families were collected from the study area. Family Poaceae was the pre...

Rehan Habib1, Khuram Mubeen1, Ammar Matloob1 and Muhammad Baqir Hussain2

...preading and problematic weed in Pakistan’s
Punjab region during summer. A field experiment to check the interference of horse
purslane (Trianthema portulacastrum L.) on growth and yield of soybean was conducted at
research area of MNSUniversity of Agriculture Multan in summer, 2018 The experiment was
carried out in Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) having three replications and
comprising...

Rahamdad Khan1, Abdul Basit, Syed Majid Rasheed* and Syed Salim Shah

...nt parts of two invasive weeds on seed germination and
seedling growth of open pollinated maize varieties was investigated at the Agriculture
Graduate Laboratory of the Bacha Khan University Charsadda Pakistan during summer,
2018. The experiment was carried out in CRD design with factorial arrangements repeated
thrice. Five maize varieties viz., ‘Azam’, ‘Babar’,s Pahari’, ‘Iqba...

Gulwaiz Akhter1* and Tabreiz Ahmad Khan

...est (14.44%)
weed incidence in brinjal fields was found in Chilla and Gazipur, respectively. The maximum
(78.57 %) and minimum (28.33%) frequency of occurrence of O. aegyptiaca was found in
Kurrahi and Palhari. The infestation of O. cernua in brinjal crop was observed in 14
localities, where the greatest disease incidence and frequency of occurrence of O. cernua
were recorded Jakhni (29.29%) and Gazip...
Mona Adel El-Wakeel1*, Salah El-Din Abd El-Ghany Ahmed, Sanaa Abd El Rahman Mohamed
and Nadia Khalil Messiha
...rbicides for controlling weeds. So, two pot experiments
were conducted to evaluate the allelopathic effect of Psidium guajava leaf powder (PLP) and
Acetic acid 5% as a natural products on the growth and yield of Capsicum annuum plants
and both associated weeds: Phalaris minor (grassy weed) and Malva parviflora (broad-leaf
Iqra Munir1, Abdul Ghaffar2, Asad Aslam2, Muhammad Khuram Shahzad1 and
Muhammad Jafir3
... to verify the impact of weeds on diversity of soil
arthropods in Bt cotton field by using Randomize Complete Block Design with four
treatments and three replications at the Research Area of Department of Entomology,
University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan. Treatments consisted of different
combinations of weeds and control group. Total 228 samples were collected and fro...

Nimra Javaid1, Mukhtar Hussain Shah1, Iqra Haider Khan2, *Arshad Javaid2 and Syed Muhammad Waleed1

...n Ageratum conyzoides, a weed of family Asteraceae, against an exotic noxious weed parthenium (Parthenium hysterophorus L.). Different concentrations (0, 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10%) of aqueous extracts of various parts of the tested weed were used in laboratory bioassays. ANOVA revealed the significant effect of plant part bioassay and extract concentration on germination as well as various root a...

Mona Adel El-Wakeel1 and Ibrahim Mohamed El-Metwally1

... canary grass and cheese weed mallow and the response of common bean plants.
Two successive pot experiments were conducted with twelve treatments. The first four
treatments were applied by incorporating of orange peels powder with the soil surface at
successive rates (10, 20, 30 and 40 g/pot) one week pre-sowing of common bean. In
the other corresponding four treatments, the orange pe...

Farrukh Hussain1, Sajid Aziz1, Gul Hassan2, Khalid Aziz1 and Sapna Raisham1

...iminary piece of work on weeds of Cannabis sativaL. fields. Although, the cultivation of C. sativa is legally banned in Pakistan vide the Control of Narcotics Substance Act of 1997, yet it is a regular cash crop in Tirah-Maidan Valley. Cannabis sativa fields were analyzed in three localities: Kalona, Zangai and Kawarli during August 2019. Ten fields were analyzed using 10, 1m2quadrats in duplicate for the identification and determining phytosociological featur...

Felix O. Takim*1, Gideon Z. Nayan2, Oluwafemi O. Osatuyi1and Israel O. Olayiwola1

...ropping often results in weed suppression and increased crop productivity. This study was designed to determine the appropriate planting time and optimal density of sweet potato in a maize-sweet potato intercropping system that will minimize weed infestation and improve yield of the component crops in a drought-prone southern Guinea savanna of Nigeria. The experiment was laid as a randomized complete block design with a spli...

Pradeep Shah1*, Shrawan Kumar Sah2, Komal Bahadur Basnet2 and Mina Nath Paudel3

...rect seeded rice (DDSR), weeds are the major problems limiting the productivity of crop. Sesbania co-culture with DDSR as well as seed rates of rice affect weed density by smothering effect on weeds and therefore can be a better weed management technique. Two year field experiments were conducted at Regional Agricultural Research Station, Parwanipur, Bar...
Muhammad Ehsan Safdar1, Muhammad Ather Nadeem1, Abdul Rehman1, Amjed Ali1,
Nasir Iqbal2, Qaisar Mumtaz1, Amir Javed1
...ous herbicides to combat weeds in soybean. The study consisted of 8 herbicide
treatments including two pre-emergence herbicides (pendimethalin at 489.1 g a.i. ha-1,
pendimethalin + S-metolachlor at 731.1 g a.i. ha-1) which were applied immediately
after sowing and six post-emergence herbicides (oxyfluorfen at 237.1 g a.i. ha-1,
metribuzin at 518.7 g a.i. ha-1, quizalofop-p-ethyl at 148.2 g a.i. ha-1, acetochlor a...

Arshad Javaid, Amna Ali, Iqra Haider Khan and Amna Shoaib

...of soil amendment with a weed Chenopodium album L.,
on growth, yield and physiology of chickpea var. Bakhar-2011, against S. rolfsii. For this
purpose, soil was sterilized by fumigation with formaline and then inoculum of S. rolfsii was
mixed. After one week of pathogen inoculation, soil was amended with dry biomass of C.
album aerial parts at 1, 2 and 3% (w/w), irrigated and left for one week for leaching.
...
Tabassum yaseen1*, Muzamil shah1, Khushnood Ur Rehman2 Ali Mujtaba Shah3, Gul
Nawaz1,Rani Gul4
...e density in
weeds plants of soil selected from the Tehsil Tangi. The spore density was observed in all
weeds plants in the host growth stage. The maximum arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF)
spore density was found in the Chenopodium album (93.00±74.02) and Scandix iberica
(89.00±92.08) at the vegetative stage. The Glomus species is dominant in the rhizospheric
Muhammad Bilal Niaz1, Abdul Ghaffar1, Khuram Mubeen1, Mahmood Alam Khan1
and Wazir Ahmed2
... problematic
weed of summer season in Pakistan that is responsible for yield reduction. A research trial
was carried out at Muhammad Nawaz Sharif University of Agriculture Multan during Kharif,
2018 to compare the competitive effect of horse purslane and other weeds for different
intervals regarding growth and yield of cotton. Horse purslane is considered the noxious
Muhammad Ather Nadeem1, Bilal Ahmad Khan 1, Sadia Afzal2, Muhammad Azim
Khan3, Tasawer Abbas4, Muhammad Mansoor Javaid1, Muhammad Mohsin Amin1,
Naila Farooq5 Amir Aziz5
...rice.
...
Luqman1, Zahid Hussain1, Mohammad Ilyas2, Azmat Ali Awan3, Javed Rahman 2,
Mazhar Ali2 and Tamana Bakht4
...the influence of various weed management
methods in bitter gourd. The treatments comprised of four mulches (i.e. Rumex crispus,
Silybum marianum, newspaper as mulch, and saw-dust as mulch), a herbicide i.e. Stomp
330 EC (pendimethalin) applied as pre-emergence. For comparison of the treatments with
weed free and weed<...
Fawad Khan1, Zahir Muhammad1, Khushdil Khan2 , Shabir Ahmad2, Muhammad Jamil Khan3, Tamana Bakht4 And Asif Kamal2
... allergenic and invasive weed species belonging to 12 different
families collected from different areas of study. Among the studied plants, most of the
species belong to the Asteraceae family. For morphological studies of pollen through light
microscope (LM) and scanning electron microscope (SEM), the samples were prepared via
acetalization process. We done the fieldwork for the collection of
Muhammad Ather Nadeem1, Bilal Ahmad Khan*1, Sadia Afzal2, Ahsan Aziz1,
Rizwan Maqbool3, Muhammad Mohsin Amin1, Amir Aziz4, Amjed Ali1, Muhammad
Adnan1, Durrishahwar5
...of surrounding crops and weeds and this situation is termed as allelopathy.
Laboratory experiment was performed to determine the suppressive or simulative influence
of aqueous extracts of leaves, stem and fruit of Carthamus tinctorius L. at different
concentrations(0, 0.25, 0.50, 1, 2, 4, and 8%)on Echinochloa cruss-galli L. Results revealed
that 8%concentration of aqueous extracts of all tested parts of C. tinct...

Muhammad Ather Nadeem1, Bilal Ahmad Khan1, Sadia Afzal2, Hasnain Abbas3, Muhammad Khuram Dar3, Muhammad Ehsan Safdar1, Ishtiaq Hassan4, Muhammad Asif1, Muhammad Adnan1, Amir Aziz5

...rucial role in effective weed control. Opium (Papaver somniferum L.) crop release different allelochemicals at maturity which have potential to act as natural weed killer in different crops. Phytotoxic effect of poppy (P. somniferum) was examined on emergence and initial seedling growth of red rice (Oryza punctate L.). Aqueous extract of different plant parts (leaves, stem and flower) was used at various concentrations (0.25...

Khalid Ali1, Asif Tanveer1, Naila Farooq2, Tasawer Abbas3*, Ghulam Sarwar2, Muhammad Ather Nadeem4, Ishtiaq Hassan3, Muhammad Mansoor Javaid4, Anees-ul-Hussnain Shah5, Bilal Ahmad Khan4 , Ali Raza6

... climate has complicated weed management. Rhynchosia capitata (Clustered-flower Snoutbean) has become problematic weed in summer crops, such as cotton, soybean, pearl millet and mungbean worldwide. Current study was conducted to evaluate the impact of four types of salts stresses (NaCl, Na2SO4, CaCl2 and NaHCO3) at six different levels (0, 50, 100, 150, 200 and 250 mM) on R. capitata seeds of different sizes including small,...

Kiran Rani1*, R. Aliya1, Barkat Ali Solangi2, M. Kashif Pervez2, Nasrullah Akhtar3 and Farman Ahmed4*

...ion of a marine brown seaweed Cystoseira indica as natural dye. Moreover, the dyeing process was optimized by varying fixing agent percentage and dyeing time. The influence of different variables on color uptake (K/S), fastness rating and color measurement were examined. The bioactive efficiency of seaweed extract and dyed fabric were also investigated against human pathogens such as Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus a...

Shabana Mangi1, Waheed Ali Panhwar1, Abdul Manan Shaikh1, G. Sarwar Solangi2, Khalid Hussain Rind3, Nazir Ahmed Abro4, Zaibun-nisa Memon1, Gul Hafeeza Lund1 and Paras Somroo1

...ps, feeding on different weeds including; Gnaphalium, Convolvulus arvensis, Amaranthus and Cortaderia sellona, while the crops include; maize, potatoes, tomatoes, sugar cane. Its larva is known as wireworm that is yellowish to brown in color. The members of this genus badly affect the economy of the growers in the affected areas. Aptopus opata is a differ from the closely related species on the taxonomical basis including male genitalia and external morphology...

Syeda Fakehha Naqvi1, Iqra Haider Khan1 and Arshad Javaid1

...e L.) is a common winter weed of Chenopodiaceae. Studies have shown that extracts of this weed possess antioxidant, antimicrobial, larvicidal and nematicidal activities. In the present study, n-hexane soluble fraction of methanolic stem extract of this weed was subjected to GC-MS analysis to identify various biologically active constituents. There were 28 compounds in this fraction. Major ...

Muhammad Ather Nadeem1, Bilal Ahmad Khan*1, Saima Anwar2, Hasnain Abbas3, Muhammad Yasin1, Rizwan Maqbool3, Muhammad Mohsin Amin1, Amir Aziz5, Muhammad Sikander Hayyat1, Muhammad Shozib Javed5

...nd fruit of S. oleraceus weed. The experiment comprised of aqueous extracts of leaf, roots and fruits applied at 0.25, 0.5, 1, 2, 4 and 8% (w/v) along with a control (0%). Data regarding seed emergence, emergence index, emergence percentage, root length, shoot length and seedling dry weight were recorded. All the tested concentrations of all the parts of S. oleraceus significantly inhibited the seed emergence, emergence index, emergence percentage (%), growth ...

Iqra Haider Khan1 and *Arshad Javaid1

...nt, generally grows as a weed in waste lands in Punjab, Pakistan. In the present study, antifungal effect of leaf extract of this weed was assessed against Aspergillus flavipes. Methanolic leaf extract of the weed was partitioned into five fractions using organic solvents of variable polarities. A range of concentrations (1.562 to 200 mg mL-1) of each fraction was used in laboratory bioass...

Haroon Khan1*, M. Mubassir Khan1, Bakhitar Gul1, M. Fawad1 and Imtiaz Khan1

...adaptability of invasive weeds and their status among the native plant community, a field survey was carried out from July - September 2017 at New Developmental Farm (NDF), Malakandher, The University of Agriculture, Peshawar (UAP). Data were recorded from three sites i.e. field crop area, non-field, and orchards with a quadrate randomly thrown 50 times at different locations. A total of 39 weeds species from 16 families (14...

Sanaullah1*

...vestigated the impact of weeds on major seasonal crops in district Bajaur Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The aim was to know the prevailing weed management system and encourage the farmers to integrate cultural practices with chemical control measures. A three stage stratified sampling technique was adopted to collect data from the selected respondents through a well-designed interview schedule. Statistical Package for Social...

Salman Ali1*, Muhammad Arif1, Mehran Ali1, Muhammad Afzaal2, Gohar Saeed32, Muhammad Bilal4, Fazal Munsif1 and Sajjad Zaheer1

...ustainable and efficient weed control remains a cornerstone practice. Usage of high doses of herbicides for killing weeds has created several ecological and environmental problems which cannot be overlooked. Therefore, other weed control practices and techniques should be adopted to minimize weed-crop competition and increase the growth and productivity ...

Maqsood Anwar1, Naveed Akhtar1*, Shah Khalid1 and Hassan Zeb2

...gical characteristics of weed flora of maize crop. This study was conducted in district Swabi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan during September-October 2018. A total of 28 weed species distributed in 15 families and 27 genera were reported from the selected maize fields of the study area. Out of 15 families, twevel (12) were dicots having (17 genera and 18 species) and three (3) were monocots having (10 genera and 10 species). ...

Amir Ehsan1*, Muhammad Ehsan Safdar1, Amjed Ali1

...t economic thresholds of weeds in direct-seeded rice. To get estimates of economic thresholds of two weeds in direct seeded rice, two-year field trials were conducted at research area of College of Agriculture, University of Sargodha, Punjab-Pakistan. Treatments included 0, 22, 44, 66 and 88 plants m-2 densities of each of Echinochloa colona and Digera arvensis laid out in randomized complete block design. Augmented densitie...
Muhammad Ather Nadeem1 , Bilal Ahmad Khan*1, Saima Anwar2, Ahsan Aziz1, Rizwan Maqbool3, Muhammad Kashif Sohail4, Muhammad Ehsan Safdar1, Muhammad Mansoor Javaid1, Muhammad Mohsin Amin1, Muhammad Kashif Iqbal1, Amir Aziz4
...ants are used to control weeds being inexpensive and
environment friendly. Present study was undertaken to investigate the effect of aqueous
extracts of Sonchus oleraceus L. on the red rice (Oryza punctata Kotschy ex Steud.)
emergence and initial seedling growth. Treatments included in the study were aqueous
extract of leaves, stem and fruit of Sonchus oleraceus at varying concentrations 0.25, 0.50,
1...
Naeema Khatoon Khaskheli1 , Muzafar Hussain Sirohi11, 2,*, Ameer Ahmed
Mirbahar1, Abdul Razak Mahar1, Mumtaz Ali Saand1, Mirza Hussain3
...community composition of weeds in maize crops grown at District Khairpur,
Sindh, Pakistan. The weeds were collected from the maize crop at three different localities
using the quadrat method (60 quadrats/site). The species were identified and herbarium
samples were preserved in Herbarium, Shah Abdul Latif University, Khairpur, Sindh
Pakistan, for future reference. The species c...
Haseeb Ahmad1*, Muhammad Shafi1, Waqas Liaqat1, Muhammad Faheem Jan1,
Shahzad Ahmad2 and Muhammad Farooq3
...study the performance of weeds in maize crop against different
tillage and weed control methods was conducted at Agronomy Research Farm, The
University of Agriculture Peshawar during summer 2016. Field experiment was conducted in
randomized complete block design (RCBD) with split plot arrangement having four
replications. Tillage practices i.e. chisel plough + rotavator, mouldb...
Imtiaz Khan,1 Muhammad Kabir, Muhammad Ishfaq Khan, Haroon Khan, Saima
Hashim and Muhammad Azim Khan
...>
were recorded on weed density m-2, fresh and dry weed biomass (kg) , plant height (cm),
spike length (cm), leaf area (cm), number of tillers (m-2), number of grains spike-1, 1000
grain weight (g), biological yield (kg ha-1) and grain yield (kg ha-1), Harvest index (%).
These data parameters were formally observed with great care to avoid any repetition or
error of the d...
Kamran Ahmed Pathan1 , Waheed Ali Panhwar1,*, Abdul Manan Shaikh1, Safdar Ali
Ujan1, Javed Ahmed Ujan1, Khadim Hussain Memon1, Irfan Ahmed Pathan1 and
Shabana Mangi1

*Arshad Javaid1, Syeda Fakehha Naqvi1 and Iqra Haider Khan1

...um murale L. is a winter weed of family Chenopodiaceae. In this study,
bioactive compounds present in ethyl acetate fraction of root extract of C. murale were
identified. The weed plants were collected from Jehlem, Pakistan. Its roots were dried,
powdered and extracted in methanol. After evaporation of the solvent, the remaining
extract was mixed in water and partitioned with n...
Muhammad Saleem Chang*[1], Muhammad Nawaz Kandhro2, Zulfiqar Ali Abbasi4, Jay Kumar Sootaher*3, Piar Ali Shar3, Kashif Ali Buriro2, Nadia Mangrio5, Zafarullah Channa3
 
 
... and other approaches on weed management in barely at Students’ Experimental Farm, Department of Agronomy, Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam for weed as well as barely parameters having eight treatments with three replications. The data revealed that the maximum weed control (91.3%) was recorded under T7= Puma super 7.5% emulsifiable water at 0.625 liters ha-1
Muhammad Sikander Hayyat1*, Muhammad Ehsan Safdar1, Muhammad Mansoor
Javaid1
...sis L.) is a problematic weed of aerobic rice (Oryza
sativa L.) that greatly reduces in yield. The laboratory studies were undertaken to confirm
allelopathic potential of its plant leachates and soil-decomposition plant residues towards
emergence and seedling growth of rice. In first experiment, aqueous extracts from various
plant parts of red sprangletop (stem, root, leaves, flower and entire plant) at their 5% ...

Gulshan Riaz1, Zaheer-ud-din Khan1, Muhammad Umer Farooq Awan1, Andleeb Anwar Sardar1, Muhammad Tayyab1, Sarah Maryam Malik and Sohaib Muhammad1

...ciological attributes of weeds of some selected crop fields of chickpea, mustard and wheat of Tehsil Isa Khel, District Mianwali, Punjab. Forty one (41) weed species were collected from the study area belonging to twenty one (21) different families. Twenty four weed species found in chickpea, twenty five in mustard and twenty nine in wheat crop fields. Sixteen weed...

Khushdil Khan1, Mushtaq Ahmad1, Muhammad Zafar1, Khafsa Malik2, Shazia Sultana1, Shabir Ahmad1, Fawad Khan3, Asif kamal1, Kalim Ullah3

...rphology of 10 different weedy bee foraged plants belong to 10 various families from Southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were collected, identified, and studied using light microscopy (LM). The plants were Asphodelus tenuifolius, Euphorbia helioscopia, Parthenium hysterophorus, Rhazya stricta, Datura innoxia, Eruca sativa, Convolvulus arvensis, Anagallis arvensis, Galium aparine, and Anethum graveolens. Slides for light microscopic studies were prepared using material...

*Malik F. H. Ferdosi1, Iqra Haider Khan2, Arshad Javaid2 and Muhammad F. A. Fardosi3

...s creeping thistle, is a weed of Asteraceae. This study was undertaken to explore various phytoconstituents present in flower of this weed. To achieve this goal, the dried flowers of this weed were soaked in methanol for one week and filtered. This methanolic extract was subjected to GC-MS analysis and 7 compounds were identified. These included olean-12-en-3-ol, acetate, (3β)- (63.87...

Muhammad Ather Nadeem1, Bilal Ahmad Khan1*, Saima Anwar2, Rizwan Maqbool3, Mohsin Amin1, Amir Aziz4, Iram Batool3, Athar Mahmood3, Abdul Rehman1, Aafaq Ali5, Aneela Nijabat5

...lign: justify;">Chemical weed control method caused environmental hazards and residual effects in crops and soil. Alternate approach to control weeds is getting attentions in sustainable production system. Use of aqueous extracts of weed is getting scientific attention as eco-friendly alternative to chemical herbicides especially under scenario of fast increasing herbicide resistance in

Muhammad Nasir Mazhar1, Muhammad Arif*, Naeem Akhtar1 and Muhammad Shafiq1 and Muhammad Yousaf1

...loped resistance in some weed species against the herbicides. Therefore, a field experiment was planned to assess the effect of multi-approached weed suppression in wheat at Reclamation Research Station, 7/3-L Ahmad Pur Sial District Jhang during winter 2019-20. Experimental treatment was comprised of two wheat cultivars i.e. Ujala 2016 and Faisalabad 2008 and seven weeds control approache...

Abdullah1, Syed Mukarram Shah2, Adnan Ali Shah1, Murad Muhammad1, Muhammad Abdussalam1, Khushnood Ur Rehman3 and Haroon Khan4*

...f shape and life form of weed flora of village Sufaid Sung, Peshawar from March 2018 to June 2020. Overall, 95 plant species associated with 31 families have been recorded. Among them Poaceae (22 species), Asteraceae (10 species) followed by Amaranthaceae and Papilionaceae (6 species each), Brassicaceae and Polygonaceae (5 species each), Euphorbiaceae and Solanaceae (4 species each), Chenopodiaceae and Convolvulaceae (3 species each), Apiaceae, Caryophyllaceae...

Muhammad Ather Nadeem1, Bilal Ahmad Khan1* Sadia Afzal2, Rizwan Maqbool3, Hasnain Waheed1, Aneela Nijabat4, Muhammad Ikram5, Amir Aziz6, Muhammad Adnan1, Qaisar Mehmood7, Hasnain Umer3

...uppressing or inhibiting weeds. Therefore, this study was planned to investigate the allopathic potential of aqueous extract of winter crop Papaver somniferum (opium) on summer weed Echinochloa cruss-galli (barnyard grass. The experiment comprised of seven concentrations (0, 0.25, 0.50, 1, 2, 4, and 8%) of different plant parts i.e., leaves, stem and flower of P. somniferumwere. All the tested concentrations and plant parts ...
Reshma Sahito1, Nasreen Memon1, Aiman Amur1, Seema Memon1
Shabana Mangi2
...ps while least number on weeds (16), and dwell in weeds near crops, redescriptions of the genus and species are provided, small-sized stink bugs belonging to order Heteroptera (Tribe Carpocorini). The Carpocoris Pudicus causes a remarkable loss to different crops and weed leaves and seeds i.e., vegetables, tomatoes, peas and crops, wheat, rice, sugarcane and weed
KAWSAR ALI,ZAHID KHAN,MUHAMMAD ARIF,M.SIRJUL HAQ
Mohammad Khan , Nazeer Hussain Shah , Gul Hassan , Habibullah , Nazir Ahmad , Zahoor-ul-Haq
G. SUDARSHAN REDDY,VENKATESWARA REDDY,S. M. Kondap,A. R. RAO,K. BALASWAMY,P. Chandrasekhar Rao
Md. Abdullah Al-Mamun,MST.SELIMA ZAHAN,RAKIBA SULTAN,SALEQUE AHMED
Ghulam Abbas , M. Anjum Ali , Zafar Abbas , Muhammad Aslam , Muhammad Akram
FAZAL MUNSIF,Ayeni Leye Samuel,ALI SHAN,ZAHID ALI,SHAHEN SHAH,Muhammad Amin,Akhlaq Ahmad
Murad Ali,SHAHID ALI,Bakhtiar Gul,Haroon Khan,SAJJAD ALI,KHAWJA JUNAID,KASHIF ALI,FIDA HUSSAIN
NAVEED AKHTAR,Haroon Khan,WISAL MUHAMMAD KHAN,MUHAMMAD SALEEM KHAN,KASHIF ALI,SAJJAD ALI
GUL HASSAN,Khan Bahadar Marwat,NAEEM KHAN,MUHAMMAD AZIM KHAN
Muhammad Ishfaq Khan, Gul Hassan, Ijaz Ahmad Khan , Imtiaz Khan
Inayat Ullah Awan , Khizar Hayat , Gul Hassan , Mushtaq Kazmi , Nazir Hussain
K.B MARWAT,HAIDER ALI,H KHAN,IKRAMULLAH KHAN,IJAZ AHMAD KHAN,K DAWAR
Behrouz S. Vafaee,Alireza Farokhzad,Behnam Tahmasebpour,Vajiheh Narimani,Raheleh Chasemzadeh,Masoud M.H. Rahmati
Muhammad Haroon,SHAH FAHAD,Muhammad Saeed,MUHAMMAD WAQAS,ZIA UD DIN
Muhammad Shahid, Bashir Ahmad, Riaz Ahmad Khattak , Gul Hassan , Haroon Khan
Hamid Reza Mohammaddoust-e-Chamanadad , Aleksander Mikhailovich Tulikov , Mohammad Ali Baghestani
Mohammad Islam, Habib Ahmad, Abdur Rashid, Abdur Razzaq, Naveed Akhtar , Ikarmullah Khan
Asif Tanveer,Hafiz Haider Ali,Asif Tanveer,Hafiz Haider Ali,Muhammad Asghar,Muhammad Ather Nadeem,Muhammad Asghar,Muhammad Ather Nadeem
Abdul Khaliq,Asif Tanveer,MUZAMMAL HUSSAIN SIDDIQUI
HABIB UR REHMAN,MUHAMMAD SADIQ,MUHAMMAD ANWAR KHAN,Kalim Ullah,MUHAMMAD ZUBAIR,ABDUL MATEEN KHATTAK
HAMID RAZA MOHAMMADDOSAT,GOLAMALI NATEGHI,ALI ASGHARI
EHSAN ULLAH,MOHSIN TANVEER,SHAKEEL AHMAD,IMRAN KHAN,UMAIR ASHRAF
MURAD ALI KHAN,MUHAMMAD ADNAN,ZAHID KHAN,KAWSAR ALI,KHALID NAVEED,BUSHRA SHAFI,MUHAMMAD TARIQ,MUHAMMAD ARIF,MUHAMMAD WAQAS
KASHIF ALI,SAMI ULLAH,MUHAMMAD ANWAR SAJJAD,SAJJAD ALI,MUHAMMAD SALEEM KHAN,WISAL MUHAMMAD KHAN
KHANZADA,Ghulam Sarwar Khan,HIDAYAT-UR-REHMAN,Said Rahman
Muhammad Sikander Hayyat,Muhammad Akram,Muhammad Ehsan Safdar,Zafar Iqbal
Ijaz Ahmad,FAZAL MUNSIF,SHAH KHALID,Murad Ali,Wiqar Ahmad,ABDUL BASIR,KAWSAR ALI,AMJAD ALI,MASOOD AHMAD
TASAWER ABBAS,Abdul Khaliq,Asif Tanveer,Muhammad Ehsan Safdar
Khalid Ahmad, Mir Ajab Khan, Mushtaq Ahmad, Muhammad Zafar , Zulqarnain
MUHAMMAD ANWAR KHAN,MUHAMMAD AZIM KHAN,UMM E KALSOOM,Rahamdad Khan
Muhammad Numan,Shabeer Jan,Muhammad Luqman,Zafar Iqbal,MUDASSAR IQBAL,Saiqa Jabeen,Muhammad Amin,Sartaj Alam,Sana Irshad Khan
Shahida Bibi , Khan Bahadar Marwat , Gul Hassan , Barkat A. Khan
Khuram Mubeen, A. Tanveer, M. A. Nadeem, N. Sarwar , M. Shahzad
KALIM UR REHMAN,MUHAMMAD IQBAL,MUHAMMAD AZIM KHAN,HABIB UR REHMAN,Kalim Ullah,MUHAMMAD SADIQ
Manzoor Ahmad,Bashir Ahmad,SIRAJ UD DIN,Muhammad Ramzan,Salim Shah,SAJJAD ALI,WAJID KHAN,Subhan ud Din
FAZAL MUNSIF,IMRAN KHAN,KAWSAR ALI,Zahid Hussain,Naushad khan
Waggner Gomes Palharini,Sabrina Alves dos Santos,Germani Concen?o,Rodolpho Freire Marques,Maxwell Eli?zer dos Santos Alves,Leandro Galon,Julio Cesar Salton
Ghulam Dastagir,KHALID NAVEED,FAZAL HADI,MUHAMMAD IBRAR,MUHAMMAD ARIF,MUHAMMAD ADNAN,AZIZ UR RAHMAN
Mehdi Minbashi Moeini,Hossien Jafary,Seyed Hossien Nazer Kakhki,Sirous Hassan Nejad,Maryam Aleefard
Abdullah, Gul Hassan, Ijaz Ahmad Khan, Sheraz Ahmad Khan , Hussain Ali
Muhammad Azim Khan, Mahsooma Tariq, Anees Amin, Gul Hassan, Muhammad Aslam Khan, Hujjat Ullah Khan
IMRAN KHAN,Faisal Khan,Abdul Rab,Haq Nawaz,SHAD KHAN KHALIL
Salman Zahid,Abdul Rab,Muhammad Asim,Hina Fayyaz,Muhammad Rabnawaz Khan,Faisal Khan,SHAD KHAN KHALIL,IMRAN KHAN,Haneef Raza
Subhan ud Din,Rahamdad Khan,IJAZ AHMAD KHAN,MUHAMMAD WAQAS,Ijaz Ahmad,OBAID UR REHMAN,Muhammad Haroon,Muhammad Ramzan
TABASSUM YASEEN,MASOD AHMAD,KAWSAR ALI,Abdullah,WAHEED ULLAH,NAVEEDULLAH,Md. Abdullah Al Mamun,Muhammad Amin
MUHAMMAD SAJID,Zahir Shah,Taufiq Ahmad,Syed Tanveer Shah,Nadeem Khan,NOOR UL AMIN,SHAHIDA BIBI,Faheem ul Haq,Fazal Ghafoor
SADIQ ALI,IJAZ AHMAD KHAN,IMTIAZ ALI KHAN,ROZEENA HUMAYUN,M.A RAZA,ADRES KHAN,Rahamdad Khan,Zahid Hussain
Sairah Syed,Muzammil Hussain Siddiqui,Muhammad Rahim Khan,Mazhar Iqbal,Jaweria Gul
Zahid Hussain,MUHAMMAD WAQAS,SOHAIL KHAN,IMRAN KHAN,MUHAMMAD ISHFAQ KHAN,SHAHIDA BIBI,Rahamdad Khan,Murad Ali,ZAFAR ALI
HAQ NAWAZ MALIK,Muhammad Aslam,MUHAMMAD AZAM KHAN TAREEN,HABIB IQBAL JAVED
Yoshiharu Fujii,RAZA ULLAH,Zahir Ahmad Zahir,Qamar-uz-Zaman,Sairah Syed,Abdul Khaliq,Misbah-ul-Islam,Zubair Aslam,Muhammad Zahid Ihsan
SHAD KHAN KHALIL,Abdul Rab,Faisal Khan,Syed Junaid Ahmad,IMRAN KHAN,Akhtar Ali,Izhar Ali
Tamana Bakht, Ijaz Ahmad Khan, M. Ishfaq Khan, Imtiaz Khan , A. Mateen Khattak
Kalim Ullah,HUJAT ULLAH,ABDUL MATEEN KHATTAK,HABIB UR REHMAN,MUHAMMAD SADIQ,MUHAMMAD AZIM KHAN
J. A. Oladiran,H. I. Usman,J. A. Oladiran,M.G.M. Kolo,M.G.M. Kolo,H. I. Usman
MUHAMMAD SAFDAR BALOCH,EJAZ AHMAD KHAN,MUHAMMAD AMJAD NADIM,IMAM BAKHSH,MUHAMMAD SADIQ,INAYATULLAH AWAN,INAYAT HUSSAIN SHAH,ABDUL AZIZ KHALWANI,IMRAN WAZIR
Sairah Syed,EJAZ AHMAD KHAN,IQTIDAR HUSSAIN,ASGHAR ALI KHAN,MUHAMMAD MANSOOR
Khan Bahadar Marwat , Bakhtiar Gul, Muhammad Saeed , Zahid Hussain
Khalid Usman, Shad Khan Khalil, Fida Mohammad, Muhammad Azim Khan , Amir Zaman Khan
NAQIB ULLAH KHAN,SANA ULLAH KHAN
FAZAL MUNSIF,Wiqar Ahmad,Farmanullah Khan,Sadiq Hussain,Ijaz Ahmad,Mujahid Shah,Wasiullah Malik
Fazal Munsif, Kawsar Ali, Iftikhar Khan, Hujjat Ullah Khan , Muhammad Anwar
SHAHIDA KHALID,SADAR U SIDDIQUI
ZAHID HANIF,Murad Ali,Muhammad Ashfaq Khan,Muhammad Saeed,Shah Masaud Khan,Imtiaz Khan,MUHAMMAD ISHFAQ KHAN
Inayat Ullah Awan, Mohammad Azam Khan, Muhammad Zareef , Ejaz Ahmad Khan
Khan Bahadar Marwat, Muhammad Saeed, Zahid Hussain, Bakhtiar Gul Haroon-ur-Rashid
Zahid Hussain,KAWSAR ALI,ABDUR REHMAN,FAZAL MUNSIF,SYED ISHFAQ ALI
MOHAMMAD JAMAL KHAN,NAZIR AHMAD,AZHAR RAUF,MOHAMMAD AMIN,MOHAMMAD TARIQ JAN,MASOOD UR REHMAN
KAWSAR ALI,MUHAMMAD ADNAN,MUHAMMAD TARIQ,Bakhtiar Gul,ZIA UD DIN,BUSHRA SHAFI,MUHAMMAD ARIF,MUHAMMAD WAQAS,SHAHIDA BIBI,Murad Ali
M. Farooq,G. Haider,K. Jabran,A. Khaliq,S.M.A. Basra,A. Razzaq, Z.A. Cheema
NIGHAT SANA,Arshad Javaid,RUKHSANA BAJWA,Amna Shoaib
SHER ASLAM KHAN,UMM E KALSOOM,Rahamdad Khan,MUHAMMAD AZIM KHAN,MUHAMMAD ISHFAQ
Waheed Ullah, Muhammad Azim Khan, Muhammad Sadiq, Habib ur Rehman, Anwar Nawaz , Muhammad Altaf Sher
Khan Bahadar Marwat, Zahid Hussain, Bakhtiar Gul , Muhammad Saeed
Mansoor Khan Khattak , Muhammad Jamal Khan , Muhammad Salih Somroo , Liaqat Ali Jamali , Muhammad Saleem Khan
FARZANA GUL,MASOOD JAN,MIR AJAB KHAN,Mushtaq Ahmad,MUHAMMAD ZAFAR,GUL JAN
Tariq Riaz , Salik Nawaz Khan, Arshad Javaid , Abdullah Farhan
Syed Rehmat Ullah Shah, Muhammad Qasim , Ijaz Ahmad Khan , Syed Azmat Ullah Shah
Akhlaq Ahmad,ALI SHAN,Murad Ali,Murad Ali,Inamullah,MUHAMMAD BILAL,SAJJAD ZAHEER
Muhammad Imran Zakariyya,Mohammad Safdar Baloch,MUHAMMAD SADIQ,INAYATULLAH AWAN,Abdul Aziz Khakwan
MASOOD UR REHMAN,MUHAMMAD WAQAS,Muhammad Ramzan,Rahamdad Khan,IFTIKHAR UD DIN,Subhan ud Din
Muhammad Khan , Muhammad Ashraf , Qazi Siraj-Ud-Din
Kalim Ullah,IMDAD ULLAH,Kalim Ullah,IMDAD ULLAH,Rehmat Ullah,MUHAMMAD AZIM KHAN,Rehmat Ullah,ZAHID USMAN,MUHAMMAD AZIM KHAN,ZAHID USMAN
Zahid Hussain,SULTAN MEHMOOD WAZIR,SAAD ULLAH,ZAIR MUHAMMAD,AYESHA FAROOQ
Mahmood Laghari,Ahmed Naqi Shah,Muhammad Ibrahim Kubar,Muhammad Nawaz Kandhro,Habib-ur-Rehman Memon
Asif Tanveer,AHSAN AZIZ,NAEEM AKHTAR,MUHAMMAD MUDASSAR MAQBOOL,ZUBAIR IJLAL,Muhammad Ehsan Safdar,MUHAMMAD ASHRAF,FARHAN A ATIF
SABEEN SIDDIQUI,SYED HAIDER ABBAS,MUHAMMAD SOHAIL,RIAZ UD DIN,MUHAMMAD AZIM MALIK,SAIRA BATOOL,SIKANDER KHAN TANVEER
Abdul Qayyum,EJAZ AHMAD KHAN,Muhammad Ayaz Khan,Kalim Ullah,MUHAMMAD SADIQ,INAYATULLAH AWAN,HABIB UR REHMAN
Nasir Mehmood,Muhammad Noor,Iftikhar Hussain Khalil,WAHEED MURAD,Muhammad Amin,Ihteram Ullah,Irfan Ahmad Shah
L.R. Dangwal,Amandeep Singh,Tajinder Singh
Muhammad Kashif,Muhammad Kashif,Said Rahman,MUHAMMAD JAWAD,Said Rahman,MUHAMMAD JAWAD,HABIBULLAH KHAN,HABIBULLAH KHAN,ARIFULLAH,ARIFULLAH,MUHAMMAD ADIL,MUHAMMAD ADIL,Rahamdad Khan,NAEEM KHAN,Rahamdad Khan,NAEEM KHAN,SHAH ZARIN,SHAH ZARIN
Muhammad Aslam , Manzoor Hussain, Ghulam Hussain , Abdul Rashid
B.B REDDY,K. BALASWAMY,S. M. Kondap,A. R. RAO,G.S. REDDY,G.V.REDDY,P. Chandrasekhar Rao
Muhammad Arif, Fazal Munsif, Muhammad Waqas, Ibni Amin Khalil , Kawsar Ali
MUHAMMAD ILYAS,Afaq Ahmad Mian,MUHAMMAD ADNAN,Tariq Shah,Wisal Ahmad,Mushtaq Ahmad Jadoon,MUHAMMAD ARIF
Muhammad Sarwar Cheema,MUHAMMAD SALEEM AHMAD,MUHAMMAD AFZAL,Muhammad Aslam
Muhammad Sarwar Cheema,Fayyaz Ahmad,Shahid Bashir
Muhammad Zafar, Mir Ajab Khan, Mushtaq Ahmad , Shazia Sultana
Muhammad Aslam , Haji Khalil Ahmad , Ejaz Ahmad , Himayatullah , Muhammad Ayyaz Khan , Abdul Ghaffar Sagoo
Shahida Bibi , Khan Bahadar Marwat , Gul Hassan , Barkat A. Khan
ABDUL MATEEN KHATTAK,HABIB UR REHMAN,MUHAMMAD SADIQ,MUHAMMAD AZIM KHAN,Kalim Ullah,HUJAT ULLAH
Inayat Ur Rahman,Iram Noreen,Zeeshan Ahmad,Shahab Ali,Hussan Ara,Ayesha Khan,Shujaul Mulk Khan
UZMA BASHIR,Amna Ali,MUHAMMAD SALEEM HAIDER,Naureen Akhtar
Muhammad Naseem, Muhammad Aslam, Muhammad Ansar Muhammad Azhar
Khair Ullah,Zahid Hussain,LUQMAN,Ikram Ullah,Mohammad Ilyas,IJAZ AHMAD KHAN
GUL HASSAN,QAYUM NAWAZ KHAN,NAQIB ULLAH KHAN,SANA ULLAH KHAN,ABDUL AZIZ KHAKWANI
Masood Ur Rahman,Taj Ali Khan,Subhan ud Din,Rahamdad Khan,Muhammad Haroon,Abdul Samad,Muhammad Ramzan
Naeem Khan, Ikramullah Khan, Muhammad Azim Khan , Haroon Khan[
KHANZADA,KHURAM SAEED,ABDUR RAZZAQ
Amar Matloob,SADDAM HUSSAIN,MUHAMMAD RIAZ,EHSAN ULLAH,GHULAM MURTAZA,Abdul Khaliq
Abida,Mohammad Ilyas,LUQMAN,Saqib Farooq,Gohar Ayub,Baseerat,Mohammad Imtiaz Khan
Imtiaz Khan, Gul Hassan, Muhammad Ishfaq Khan , Ijaz Ahmad Khan
Muhammad Arif , Muhammad Azim Khan, Habib Akbar, Sajjad , Sajid Ali
Antima Sharma,L.R. Dangwal,Tajinder Singh,Chanchal Sharma,Amandeep Singh
Muhammad Sarwar Cheema , Muhammad Akhtar , Muhammad Sarfaraz Iqbal
IJAZ AHMAD KHAN,NAQIBULLAH KHAN,Khan Bahadar Marwat,GUL HASSAN
ABDUL RAZZAQ,TANWEER MUKHTAR,KHADIM HUSSAIN,MUHAMMAD ARIF,SALEEM UR RAHMAN
Muhammad Amin,SAMIN JAN,Fakhar-ul-IslaM,FAZAL JALAL,KHAIR MUHAMMAD KAKAR,Murad Ali,SAJJAD ZAHEER,Manzoor Hussain
Khan Bahadar Marwat, Zahid Hussain, Muhammad Saeed, Bakhtiar Gul , Haroon-ur-Rashid
NOUMAN SALEEM,MUHAMMAD ARIF,ABDUL BASIR,Mushtaq Ahmad Khan,Zahid Hussain,Mukhtar Alam,Hidayat Ullah,MUHAMMAD ADNAN
Zahid Hussain,SULTAN MEHMOOD,ASIM MUHAMMAD,REHMAN ULLAH KHAN,SAAD ULLAH KHAN
Amir Khatam,Khalid Nawab,Wiqar Ahmad,Muhammad Zafarullah Khan,Ishaq Ahmad Mian
GUL HASSAN,MUHAMMAD IQBAL MARWAT,Khan Bahadar Marwat,Haji Khalil Ahmad
Khalid Usman , Ejaz Ahmad , Muhammad Umar Khan , Atiq Ahmad , Adeel Imdad , Javed Iqbal
Allah Bakhsh, Altaf A. Dasti, Asia Munir, Imran Khaliq, Muhammad Amin ud Din , Muhammad Shaheen Akhtar
G.RAZA BHATTI,RABIA ASMA MEMON,SHAHIDA KHALID
Muhammad Musa,Salim Shah,WAJID KHAN,SAJJAD ALI,Zahid Hussain,Subhan Uddin
ASIM MUHAMMAD,SAAD ULLAH KHAN,RAFI WAZIR,SULTAN MEHMOOD,REHMAN ULLAH KHAN,HIDAYAT ULLAH KHAN,Zahid Hussain,ATIQ MEHSUD
Shamsher Ali,Zahid Hussain,Khair Ullah,Zakir Ullah Jan,Muhammad Adnan Khan,Ikram Ullah
Rakiba Shultana,A.J. Mridha,Md. Abdullah Al-Mamun,M.K.A. Bhuiyan,A. Mazid
HAMDULLAH AZIM,MUHAMMAD JAMA,Khan Bahadar Marwat
Zahid Hanif, Sabz Ali Khan, Khan Bahadar Marwat, Ijaz Ahmad Khan , Ikramullah
Amna Ali,MUHAMMAD SALEEM HAIDER,UZMA BASHIR,NAUREEN AKHTER
Khan Bahadar Marwat , Muhammad Saeed , Bakhtiar Gul , Zahid Hussain , Nayyar Iqbal Khan
Muhammad Farooq Khalil, Gul Hassan, Gulzar Ahmad , Nazeer Hussain Shah
IKRAMULLAH KHAN,Ghazala Shaheen,SABINA MUBARIK,RABIA ASMA MEMON,HASHMATULLAH
Habib Ur Rahman,Rehmat Ullah,MUHAMMAD SADIQ,EJAZ AHMAD KHAN,Kalim Ullah,Muhammad Saeed Khattak,Abdul Qayyum,INAYATULLAH AWAN
Babar Raza Kazi , Abdul Hanan Buriro , R.A. Kubar , Allah Wadhayo Jagirani
Khan Bahadar Marwat , Zahid Hussain, Muhammad Saeed, Bakhtiar Gul , Sahib Noor
Khan Bahadar Marwat, Ijaz Ahmad Khan, Muhammad Ishfaq Khan, Zahid Hussain , Hamayun Khan
IJAZ AHMAD KHAN,Bakhtiar Gul,Zahid Hussain,Khan Bahadar Marwat
Muhammad Mansoor, Haji Khalil Ahmad, Himayatullah Khan , Muhammad Yaqoob
MURAD ALI KHAN,YOUSAF JAMAL,MUHAMMAD ADNAN,ABDUL BASIR,SYED RIZWAN ALI SHAH,INAYAT UR REHMAN,NOUMAN SALEEM,MUHAMMAD ARIF
IJAZ AHMAD KHAN,GUL HASSAN,Imtiaz Khan,MUHAMMAD ISHFAQ KHAN
Muhammad Ehsan Safdar,TASAWER ABBAS,Abdul Khaliq,Asif Tanveer
Atiq Ahmad Khan, Muhammad Qasim Khan , Muhammad Saleem Jilani
Olugbenga Ebenezer Ige, Victor Olugbenga Olumekun , Jacon Olubunmi Olagbadegun
Arshad Iqba,INAMULLAH KHAN,FAZL E RABBI,SIRAJ UD DIN,SAMIN JAN
GUL HASSAN,MUHAMMAD ISHFAQ KHAN,Hidayatullah Hidayat,Imtiaz Khan,IJAZ AHMAD KHAN
M.RABNAWAZ KHAN,M.AMIN,KAWSAR ALI,WAHEED ULLAH,Wiqar Ahmad,L.S.AYENI,MUHAMMAD JEHANGIR,MUHAMMAD ARIF,Abdullah
Farrukh Hussain , Ali Murad , Mufakhirah Jan Durrani
Ijaz Naeem,FAQIR GUL,Jawad Ali,Mushtaq Ahmad Khan,Zakria Bacha,ABID KHAN,YOUSAF JAMAL,MUHAMMAD ADNAN
MUHAMMAD SADIQ,MUHAMMAD SAQIB,MUHAMMAD ZUBAIR,ABDUL AZIZ BALOOCH,Mohammad Safdar Baloch,MUHAMMAD SADIQ
I.F. Chowdhury,M.F. Karim,A. Rahman,M.H. Ali,S.M. Masum
Muhammad Arif, Inayat Ullah Awan, Haji Himayat Ullah Khan
Muhammad Azim Khan, Shafaq Ahsan, Farhatullah, Gul Hassan , Anwar Nawaz Khan1
Muhammad Mahmood-Ul-Hassan,Munawar Iqbal,Shahnaz Akhtar Rana,Nureen Rana,Muhammad Nadeem Abbas
Asif Tanveer,Muhammad Ehsan Safdar,Ali Zohaib,Abdul Khaliq,Muhammad Tahir
Altaf Sher , Muhammad Riaz Chattha, Shahida Khalid , Mohammad Mumtaz Khan
B.KARMAKAR,M.A.I KHAN,M.R. Bhuiyan,DEBJIT ROY,M.M HOSSAIN,M.M RASHID
MUHAMMAD SAJID,Abdur Rauf,Bibi Haleema,Nadeem Khan,NOOR UL AMIN,SHAHIDA BIBI,Faheem ul Haq,Syed Tanveer Shah
Zahid Hussain,Subhan Uddin,SAJJAD ALI,SAMI ULLAH,Mukhtiar Ali,Salim Shah
KAWSAR ALI,Zahid Hussain,IFTIKHAR UD DIN,SHAD KHAN KHALIL,FAZAL MUNSIF,WAGMA
Muhammad Zubair, Habib ur Rahman, M. Salim Jilani, Mehwish Kiran, M. Kashif Waseem, A.M. Khattak, A. Rahim, Atiq Ahmad Khan, A. Qayyum, A. Wahab
TASAWER ABBAS,AMANULLAH,Muhammad Ather Nadeem,RAZAULLAH,SAJID HUSSAIN
Khan Bahadar Marwat , Zahid Hussain, Bakhtiar Gul, Muhammad Saeed , Siraj-ud-Din
Shila Pramanik,Rakiba Shultana,Mst. Selima Zahan,Md. Abdullah Al Mamun,Md. Abubakar Siddique
Nazeer Hussain Shah, Gul Hassan, Sad Ur Rahman , Nazir Ahmad , Fazle Subhan
MUHAMMAD ILYAS,IJAZ AHMAD KHAN,Imtiaz Khan,MUHAMMAD ISHFAQ KHAN,Zahid Hussain,LUQMAN,FARHAT UN NISA SHEHZAD,Muhammad Ashfaq Khan,Bushra Khan
Shahida Bibi, Khan Bahadar Marwat, Gul Hassan , Noor Maula Khan
Salik Nawaz Khan,Waheed Anwar,Justina Jane Tahira,Ruqia Suliman
Muhammad Azim Khan, Khan Bahadar Marwat, Gul Hassan , Z. Hussain
ANEES ABBAS,Abdul Khaliq,SHAKEEL A ANJUM,UMAIR ASHRAF,Amar Matloob,IMRAN KHAN
Zahid Hussain, Khan Bahadar Marwat, Muhammad Saeed, Bakhtiar Gul , Muhammad Riaz Khalil
NASEER A. KHAN,R.A. SHAD,M. INAYAT KHAN,ABDUL GHAFOOR
Dilbaugh Muhammad, Muhammad Naveed Afzal, Ilyas Raza , Muhammad Azam Mian
H.I MAJEEDANO,M.A QURESHI,S.D TUNIO,A.D JARWAR
Riaz A. Mann, Shahbaz Ahmad, Gul Hassan , Mohammad Safdar Baloch
Waheed Ullah, Muhammad Azim Khan, Shahnaz Arifullah , Muhammad Sadiq
ASIM MUHAMMAD,Imtiaz Khan,MUHAMMAD SAYYAR KHAN,RAFI WAZIR,MUHAMMAD SUBHAN,Murad Ali
Zahid Hussain,Bakhtiar Gul,Khan Bahadar Marwat,IJAZ AHMAD KHAN
Haji Khalil Ahmad,GUL HASSAN,MUHAMMAD IQBAL MARWAT,Khan Bahadar Marwat
Khan Bahadar Marwat, Ijaz Ahmad Khan, Zahid Hanif , Muhammad Ishfaq Khan
MUHAMMAD IQBAL,MUHAMMAD AZIM KHAN,ZAHID ULLAH,SHUJAULMULK,INAYAT UR REHMAN
A.D. Jarwar , M.A. Arain , L.S. Rajput
M. SHAFI NAZIR,R. H. SHAI,ASHFAQ AHMAD JATHOLE,M. MAQSOOD
Ijaz Ahmad,SHAHIDA BIBI,HIDAYAT ULLAH KHAN,Muhammad Saeed,Rahamdad Khan,SAEED ULLAH KHATTAK,Muhammad Haroon
NOSHEEN UMAR,SAJJAD ALI,SYED ZAHIR SHAH,MUHAMMAD SALEEM KHAN,IQBAL MUNIR,RIZWAN ELAHI,EHSAN ALI,WISAL MUHAMMAD KHAN
Ijaz Ahmad,FAZAL MUNSIF,Rizwan Ullah Shah,Wiqar Ahmad,Wasiullah Malik,Mushtaq Ahmad Jadoon,IMRAN KHAN,Sadiq Hussain
Shah Zareen,Ijaz Ahmad,INAMULLAH KHAN,Shahzada Khan,Muhammad Haroon,Ikram Ullah
REHMAN ULLAH KHAN,MUHAMMAD SUBHAN,SAAD ULLAH KHAN,SULTAN MEHMOOD,IHSAN ULLAH
Rabia Nazar, Sabila Begum, Azra Naz, Rahmatullah Qureshi, Rabia Asma Memon, Abdul Khaliq Chaudhry , Zahid Akram
Muhammad Haroon,MUHAMMAD WAQAS,Muhammad Saeed,AWAIS JAMAL,SHAH FAHAD,Muhammad Saeed Khattak
ZABTA KHAN SHINWARI,MOHAMMAD RASHID AWAN,SILAHUDDIN GORSI
Nazir Ahmad , Nazeer Hussain Shah , Habibullah? , Fateh Ullah Khan
MUHAMMAD ILYAS,MURAD ALI KHAN,Muhammad Saeed,LUQMAN,SADAM HUSSAIN,MUHAMMAD SALEEM KHAN,Naushad khan,Zahid Hussain
FARHENA ASLAM,MUHAMMAD HUSSAIN,Asif Tanveer,IRFAN AFZAL,Abdul Khaliq,Amar Matloob,SHAHID IBNI ZAMIR
T.K. James,M. Bullians,P.D. Champion,A. Rahman
Mohammad Arif , Kawsar Ali , Fazal Munsif , Wiqar Ahmad , Akhlaq Ahmad ,Khalid Naveed
Irum Mukhtar,Sobia Mushtaq,Amna Ali,Ibatsam Khokhar,MUHAMMAD SALEEM HAIDER,SHABNAM JAVED
Wirat Phuwiwat , Watcharin Wichittrakarn , Chamroon Laosinwattana , Montinee Teerarak
Sangita Shrestha , Glenn C. Graham , Donald S. Loch , Stephen W. Adkins
Umm-e-Kalsoom , Siraj ud Din Kakar , Muhammad Azim Khan , Zahid Hussain , Ayub Khan
ZAHEER UD DIN KHAN,MANZOOR AHMAD MALIK,AMIN UL HAQ KHAN
Eric Koetz,David LucketT,Hanwen Wu,Deirdre Lemerle
Abdul Shukor Juraimi,Ahmad Selamat,Azmi Man,Md. Parvez Anwar,Adam Puteh
Gul-e-Raana , Shahida Khalid, Rahmatullah Qureshi , Sehrish Sadia , Ali Ahsan Bajwa
ZAHID HUSSAIN MALIK,RIAZ AHMAD AFRIDI,KAWSAR ALI,Zahid Hussain,MUHAMMAD AZIM KHAN
Ruqia Suliman,Justina Jane Tahira,Waheed Anwar,Salik Nawaz Khan
Peter Harper,JOEL DANNIELS,Nimal Chandrasena,EDDIE FERRY
ADEM DEMAJ,HALIME RUDARI,ARBEN MEHMETI,IMRI DEMELEZI
Ct. Sathappan , K. Arivukarasu, S. Rameshkumar, G. Murugan , Rm. Kathiresan
S. Adkins,Chris O? Donnell,D. George,IKRAMULLAH KHAN,S. Navie
Rahamdad Khan , Muhammad Azim Khan , Muhammad Waqas , Muhammad Haroon , Zahid Hussain , Naeem Khan , Ikram Ullah , Mohammad Ramzan , Sakib Bashir
Bakhtiar Gul,SIRAJ UD DIN,Zahid Hussain,SYED ISHFAQ ALI,NAEEM KHAN,Akhlaq Ahmad,FAZAL MUNSIF
MUHAMMAD MANSOOR,ABDUL AZIZ KHAKWANI,NAJIBULLAH KHAN,INAYAT ULLAH AWAN,EJAZ AHMAD KHAN,Mohammad Safdar Baloch,ASGHAR ALI KHAN
Abul Hashem,Pippa Michael,Catherine Borger,Sally Peltzer
Robab Shabkhiz,Farrokh Ghahremaninejad,Sogol Fereidounfar
MUHAMMAD SADIQ,KHALIQ NOOR,Mohammad Safdar Baloch,INAYAT ULLAH AWAN,Muhammad Aslam,EJAZ AHMAD KHAN,Muhammad Ayaz Khan
EJAZ AHMAD KHAN,IMAM BAKHSH,IMRAN WAZIR,Mohammad Safdar Baloch,MUHAMMAD AMJAD NADIM,ABDUL AZIZ KHAKWANI,INAYAT ULLAH AWAN,MUHAMMAD SADIQ,INAYAT HUSSAIN SHAH
Rehman Ullah Khan , Sultan Mehmood Wazir, Muhammad Subhan, Saad Ullah, Hidayat Ullah, Aysha Farooq, Farheen Jaffar, Shazia, Inam Ali Shah , Mustafa Kamal
Tanzeela Ibrahim, Rana Abrar Hussain, Zahar Noreen and Irum Mukhtar
Abdur Rab, Muhammad Sajid, Mustafa Kamal, Khalid Nawab and Rahmatullah
Ijaz Ahmad, Fazal Munsif, Wiqar Ahmad and Sultan Akber
Abdur Rashid, Abdul Aziz, Muhammad Ehsan Elahi, Muhammad Mansoor and Muhammad Yaqoob
Fazal Munsif, Faryal, Muhammad Zahir Afridi, Ijaz Ahmad, Wiqar Ahmad, Wasiullah Malik and Muhammad Rabnawaz Khan
Noor Muhammad, Zia Mehmood, Ijaz Rasool Noorka, Abdul Ghafar, Memoona Shehzadi and Hafiz Muhammad Akram
Muhammad Kamran, Ali Raza, Qasim Ali, Hafiz Haider Ali and Muhammad Sohaib Chattha
Moinullah, Shahen Shah, Arshad Jalal, Tariq Shah, Wisal Ahmad and Asad Ali Khan
Khalid Nawab, Abdur Rab, Mustafa Kamal, Muhammad Sajid and Rahmatullah
Mushtaq Ahmad Khan, Abdul Basir, Muhammad Adnan, Abdul Sattar Shah, Muhammad Noor, Abid Khan, Jawad Ali Shah1,Zohaib Ali and Abdur Rahman
Ijaz Ahmad, Imtiaz Khan, Shah Zareen, Muhammad Ishfaq Khan, Rahamdad Khan and Muhammad Haroon
Muhammad Imran , Azhar Mehmood, Tasawer Abbas, Ali Zohaib, Naila Farooq, Irfan Rasool Nasir and Shahzad Ahmad Junaid
Zaid Khan, Bashir Ahmad, Habib Akbar, Muhammad Ayoub Khan , Sajjad Ahmad, Hafeez ur Rahim, Barkat Ali and Laiq Zada
Ghulam Farid , Asif Tanveer, Ahsan Aziz,Muhammad Ashraf, Muhammad Ehsan Safdar, Allah Wasaya and Arshad Mahmood5
Kashif Waseem , Raheel Hassan, Muhammad Saleem Jilani, Mehwish Kiran, Muhammad Sohail Khan, Muhammad Amjad Nadim, Ghazanfarullah and Sadaf Javeria
Nabeel Ahmad Ikram , Asif Tanveer, Muhammad Asif Shehzad, Tasawer Abbas and Rao Muhammad Ikram
Wisal Ahmad, Mohammad Tariq Jan, Muhammad Ilyas, Kamran Azeem, Tariq Shah, Moin Ullah, Muhammad Faraz and Kamran Khan
Muhammad Tariq , Muhammad Naveed Afzal, Muhammad Ahmad, Abdul Qayyum and Muhammad Ayaz Khan
Muhammad Shafi , Zulfiqar Khan, Muhammad Owais Khan , Haseeb Ahmad, Jehan Bakht , and Shazma Anwar
Asma Saeed , Muhammad Salim Marwat, Arshad Mahmood Chohan, Abdul Haleem Shah, Rubina Naz , Jaweria Gul , Muhammad Zeeshan Bhatti and Ahmad Saeed
Kawsar Ali , Syed Ijazul Haq, Bushra, Habib Ullah Khan, Palwasha Iqbal, Sajid Ali, Asif Nawaz and Hira Noor
Muhammad Faheem Jan, Asad Ali Khan, Waqas Liaqat, Asim Muhammad and Fahad Ullah Khan
Fahad Ullah Khan , Asad Ali Khan, Muhammad Faheem Jan, Waqas Liaqat, Inamullah and Shezad Malik
Iqtidar Hussain and Adnan Noor Shah
... eucalyptus to different weed species, namely Bindweed, barley, London rocket, wild safflower, Wild oat, common lambsquaters, Birds seed grass, Broad leaved dock and Umbrella milkweed .In addition to the control, 10 ml of dry leaf water extract was applied at intervals of 3 days for each treatment. The data obtained after 20 days showed that the fresh weight and dry weight of each tested ...
Udo Schickhoff Dr.
...evalence of nitrophilous weeds, light-loving elements as well as unplalatable and browsing resistant species. A detailed vegetation mapping has revealed that the potential forest areas have decreased by c. 50%. The historical transformation processes from forests into farm and rangelands can be differentiated into several periods with varying degrees of intensity. It turns out that the dynamics of landscape change are heavily dependent on the general ...
L. H. Jafri, M. Hafeez, Naeem Hussain and M. Rafiq
...practices and control of weeds. ...
P. H. Haydock Wilson and A. R. Beg
... Beauve. a pan-tropical weed. Plots with and without the presence Imperata were sampled over six sites along a single watershed. The number and biomass of Chir pine (Pinus roxburghii Sargent) seedlings of all ages were found to be markedly less in plots where Imperata ground cover exceeds 75%. Over the range of sites, however, other factors of the pine's regenerative ecology appear to dwarf this effect and analysis of variance showed the ...
Zakaullah, Jehan Ara and Abdul Jabbar
...nts, medicinal herbs and weeds. However, earlier workers (Ahmad 1956, 1956, 1978; Spaudling 1961; Sadiq and Shah 1986) have significantly contributed to the records of fungi and their hosts occurring in different regions of the country. The present article describes the fungi comprising 3 Classes: Ascomycetes, Basidiomycetes and Fungi Imperfect with information on habitat, locality and date of collection etc. Five types of diseases, i.e., powdery mildew...
G. M. Baloch, M. I. Arif and M. Irshad
...i> (high altitude forest weeds) were investigated through out Pakistan. As a result of this 20 species of insects and a disease of Lonicera spp., 12 species of insects on Ribes spp. and 8 species of insects on P. tuberose were recorded. Among these, 6 insects (Alucita spilodesma Meyr., Psychromnes stra phaeothicta Meyr., Phyllonorycter montanella Bradley, Caloptilia delosticata Meyr., Paraphytomyza sp. an...
M. I. Shiekh, A. Khaliq and M. Noor
...ractices and control of weeds. However, the economic gain from the sale of wood obtained from windbreaks more than compensated the loss. ...
M.I. Sheikh
...

2. In another study, weeds were allowed to grow in one set of plots while the second set was regularly ploughed. The average height and diameter after three years Were 5.85 m, 4.3 cm for the control plots, these were 7.71 and 5.6 cm for the ploughed plots. Necessity of soil cultivation in poplar plantations is therefore quite evident and we should not expect normal growth if soil cultivation requirements of poplars are not kept in view....

G. M. Baloch and M. A. Ghani
... The important parasitic weeds in Pakistan include Cusxwza spp. (Convolvulaceae); Loranthus spp. (Loranthaceae); Arceuthobium spp. and Viscuni spp. (Viscaceae); Striga spp. (Scrophulariaceae); and Orobanche spp. (Orobanchaceae). They affect a wide variety of plants, some economically important. Loranthus spp. infest about 274 hosts which include citrus, limes, tea. rubber, fruit, forage, park and many other ...
Raja Walayat Hussain and M. Afzal Cheema
... a mulch has resulted in weed supression (1). It has been processed into useful garden and farm products (4). It has been accepted as a marketable product in the form of soil amendments and decorative mulches used in landscaping (3). Recent studies conducted in P.F.I. (2) show that chir pine bark can be used as a tanning material. Bark volume estimation will thus help in the development and utilization of this material. 683 chir pine trees constitute ...

Jan Muhammad1*, Muhammad Zubair Khan1 and Haroon Khan2

...wth of submerged aquatic weeds in a lined   irrigation canal throughout a single season at the Dagai Distributary, a minor canal of the Maira branch canal in the Upper Swat Canal (USC) irrigation system. The growth of submerged aquatic weeds and the flow velocities were compared. The data on submerged aquatic weeds’ average densities and velocities of water flow were record...
Luqman1*, Zahid Hussain2, Tamana Bakht3, Miftah-Ud-Din1, Haroon Khan2, Muhammad
Rameez Khan1, Ata Ullah1 and Faraz Ali Shah1, Imtiaz Khan2 and Abdul Majid Khan Dawar2
...d
31 noxious weeds belong to 17 different plant families in the soil samples of district Chitral..
Out of the 31 different weeds, 23 were broad leaves, 8were grasses and 1was sedge.
Moreover, 24 weeds were annuals, while the rest were perennials. A. Among the different
locations of Chitral, the highest weed...

Maqsood Anwar, Shah Khalid and Naveed Akhtar1*

...iv>
homogeneity of weed communities of wheat crop. This study was conducted in tehsil
Razar district Swabi Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan during February-April 2016. A
total of 200 quadrats (square shaped) having size (1m × 1m) were placed in 20 randomly
selected wheat fields in the study area. Analytical quantitative characters like density,
frequency and cover were calculated for each
Muhammad Naeem Korejo1*, Muhammad Nawaz Kandhro1, Aijaz Ahmed Soomro1 and Niaz
Ahmed Wahocho2
...div>irrigation levels on weed density and yield of mungbean cultivar AEM-96. The experiment
consisted of different weed control practices i.e. weedy check, various levels of sunflower /
bermuda grass extracts, herbicides and hand weeding under three irrigation frequencies (2,
3 and 4). The analysis variance showed that...
Rizwan Maqbool1, Bilal Ahmad Khan*2, Sumbal Parvez3, Muhammad Ather Nadeem2, Azhar
Hassan1, Jamshaid Qamar2, Ali Nawaz1, Muhammad Adnan2, Rafia Khalid3, Muhammad
Usman2
...ally friendly control of weeds.
...
Rizwan Maqbool1, Bilal Ahmad Khan*2, Sumbal Parvez3, Muhammad Ather Nadeem2,
Muhammad Mughees Ud Din4, Jamshaid Qamar2, Muhammad Waqas1, Muhammad Mohsin
Amin2, Burhan Khalid1
...ficinalis
on weed Wild Pea (Pisum sativum subsp. elatius). The experiments were laid out under
completely randomized design (CRD) having three replications. The aqueous extracts of C.
verum. were used on radish and wild pea seeds at different concentrations (2.5%, 5%,
10%, 20%, 40% and 80%). Data regarding seed germination and seedling growth (shoot
length, root length, shoot fresh weight, root dry we...
Malik F. H. Ferdosi1, Iqra Haider Khan2, *Arshad Javaid2, Muhammad Nadeem3 and
Ayesha Munir4
....T. Aiton is a medicinal weed of family
Asclepiadaceae. This study was carried out to explore the biochemical profile of C.
procera flowers collected from Southern Punjab region of Pakistan. Methanolic flower
extract of C. procera was subjected to GC-MS analysis. There were 30 compounds
identified in this extract. The predominant compound was γ-sitosterol with 15.39%
peak area. Other abundantly ...
Mamoona Arooj1, Bilal Ahmad Khan*1, Muhammad Ather Nadeem1, Muhammad Mansoor
Javaid1, Erum Rashid2, Muhammad Saleem Jilani3, Jamshahid Qamar1, Faryal Ali4, Sadaf
Javeria5, Muhammad Faisal4
...a of hermetic effects on weeds growth is very limited. This study investigates
the promotive effect of low doses of atrazine on growth of Tribulus terrestris. Pot
experiments were conducted at Agronomic Research Area, collage of Agriculture, University
of Sargodha, during 2019. Six different concentrations of atrazine [0, 5, 10, 20, 40 and 80 g
a.i. ha-1] were applied as post emergence herbicides at 3- 4 leaves s...
Niamat Ullah Khan1*, Azhar Abbas Khan2, Zeshan Hassan2, Umbreen Shahzad2, Muhammad
Arshad Farooq3, Malik Fahim Abbas4, Aamir Roheen4
... 24 EC, hand
weeding, and weedy check during 2017 and 2018 at Cotton Research Station, D.I.Khan,
Pakistan, and to explore the best management option for effective weed control and
enhanced yield of cotton grown after wheat. The results revealed that hand weeding and
Floxyfop as post emergence alone or in co...
Abdul Basit1, Ayesha Zahid1, Syed Tanveer Shah1, Inayat Ullah2, Sana Ullah3*, Muhammad
Kashif Nawaz4, Muhammad Areeb Khalid1, Izhar Ullah5, Fawad Ali1, Shaukat Ali1
...pickings. Infestation of weeds can
cause a significant loss in okra yield which needs urgent integrated management. Cyperus
rotundus, Echinochloa crusgalli and Digitaria sanguinalis were the main weeds observed
during the study against which local farmers used various manual, mechanical and chemical
control methods. It is concluded that okra plant sown on ridges and almost 3 pi...

Abdul Basit1 and 2Sana Ullah*

...tion system,
weeding, fertilizer application, propagation method, propagation time, transplanting time,
field situation and finally problems of the nurseries were studied. All the agricultural and
horticultural practices were not fully applied and practiced in proper recommended way. Out
of the total studied parameters, irrigation system that was sprinkler irrigation, was
impressive and appreciable. P...

Muhammad Idrees1, Wisal Muhammad Khan1*, Haroon Khan2, Arshad Iqbal1, Nosheen Umar3, Shah Khalid1 and Nisar Ahmad4

Abid Hussain Khoso1, Mahmooda Buriro1*, Bakht-un-Nisa Mangan1, Naimatullah Laghari1, Muharam Ali Qambrani1, Allah Ditta2, Muhammad Saeed3, Taufiq Nawaz4

...als can directly control weeds and indirectly regulate crop growth and development by improving soil fertility. An experiment was conducted to evaluate the “Comparative efficacy of different mulching materials to enhance growth and development and to control weed infestation in cotton” at Student’s Experimental Farm, Department of Agronomy, Sindh Agriculture University Tandojam Sindh-Pakistan, during Kharif...

Rizwan Maqbool1, Bilal Ahmad Khan2*, Muhammad Ather Nadeem2, Sumbal Parvez3, Muhammad Mohsin Amin2, Jamshahid Qamar2, Azhar Hassan1, Muhammd Alam Elahi1, Jamshed Haider1, Muhammad Irfan4 and Memuna Ghafoor Shahid5

...concentration to control weed while at low concentration as plant growth regulator.

...

Imran Khan1*, Muhammad Iqbal1, Malik Muhammad Hashim2, Muhammad Saleem Jilani1, Mohammad Safdar Baloch3, Muhammad Sohail Khan1, Asif Latif1, Muhammad Amjad Nadim3, Muhammad Mamoon-ur-Rashid4

...uding sugar beet. Manual weeding is very tedious, costly, time consuming and most probably non-availability of trained and skillful labor is another issue. Keeping in view these facts, an experiment was performed to evaluate the efficacy of dual gold on the weed biomass (g m-2) and on the growth and yield components of sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.) cv. California-KWS during 2013-14 and 2014-15. The study was performed using ...

Tariq Ahmed Keerio1*, Muhammad Nawaz Kandhro1, Ahmed Naqi Shah1, Muhammad Ibrahim Keerio2, Ghulam Murtaza Jamro3

...er various seed rates on weeds density and yield
of m aize cultivar Dadu Maize I The experiment includes different we ed control practices
i.e., control (No weeding) weeding), various levels of sorghum immature and mature plant extracts
herbicides and hand weeding under various seed rates (20, 25, 30 and 35 kg per ha )...

Malik F. H. Ferdosi1, Iqra Haider Khan2, Arshad Javaid2*, Hafiz Muhammad Saeed1, Ifrayeem Butt2 and Ayesha Munir3

...;">Bergenia ciliata is a weed of hilly areas of Pakistan that generally grows in rock crevices. In the present study, flowers of this weed were collected from Murree, Pakistan. The dried flowers were extracted in methanol and subjected to GC-MS analysis that showed 7 compounds in it. The predominant compound was hexanedioic acid, bis(2-ethylhexyl) ester (48.88%) followed by γ-sitosterol (22.56%). Moderately occurring c...

Arshad Javaid1*, Malik F. H. Ferdosi2, Iqra Haider Khan1, Amna Shoaib1, Hafiz Muhammad Saeed2, Muhammad Abrar Ul Hassan1

...s an evergreen perennial weed of family Apocynaceae, growing naturally in hilly areas of Hazara region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Flowers of this weed were collected during June 2021, shade dried and extracted in pure methanol for two weeks. After filtration, the extract was analyzed by GC-MS for the identification of possible bioactive compounds. α-Amyrin was the major compound (32.49%) followed by lup-20(29)-en...

Sumaira Abdul Raouf1, Nadia Jabeen1* and Sundus Akhtar1

...tulacastrum L. (black pigweed) leaf extract decreased the V. mungo germination rate (34% to 6%), seedling length (10 cm to 3 cm), fresh biomass of seedling (2.4 g to 0.94 g) and dry biomass of seedling (1.2 g to 0.47 g). Biological agent Pseudomonas sp. (PF-097) act as bioherbicide and as plant growth promoter agent to decrease the T. portulacastrum allelopathic stress and to enhance the growth of V. mungo. Amendment of Pseudomonas sp. (PF-097) increase V. mun...

Saiful Islam1*, Muhammad Zubair Khan1 and Haroon Khan2

...l. Five types of aquatic weeds were found. The hydrophytes growth in canal head reaches directly reduces the cross section by more than 50%. Indirectly the free-floating hydrophytes got stuck in the outlets and affected its flow. Therefore, daily discharges were measured with and without detached hydrophytes at each outlet from staff gauging. Frequency was based on days hydrophytes blockage observed divided by total time. It is concluded that the presence of h...

Siti Fatonah*, Herman and Dewi Yuni Safitri

...rnative bioherbicide for weed control. This study aims to determine the effect of aqueous extracts from fresh leaves of C. citratus, M. bracteata and a mixture of both on the germination and growth of Paspalum conjugatum and Borreria alata weeds.Treatments consisted of extracts of M. bracteata, C. citratus and a mixture of both extracts at various concentrations (0% or control, 20% and 60%). Spraying of the extracts started ...
Cristian Mendoza1*, Adriana Celi-Soto2, Ernesto Cañarte3 and George Cedeño-García2
...m fiber, 20 kg of around weeds, 40 kg of pruned palm leaves, also, there was a treatment with insecticide, applying 150 ml of thiamethoxam+lambda-cyhalothrin (in 200 L in water), and one control treatment, without mulching or insecticide (clean area). A completely randomized block design was used. Our results showed that the number of S. valida larvae, the percentage of fresh damaged roots, and leaf emission were assessed. There were fewer S. valida<...

Tariq Zaman1*, Fawad Khan2, Sajjad Ahmad2*, Alia Mehsud2, Atta Ur Rahman3, Muskaan Zaman2 and Sumaira Noor2

... medicinal importance of weeds flora. A total of 42 weed species belonging to 20 families were investigated from research area. The dominant families in terms of species richness were Asteraceae and Poaceae with 6 species (14.28%) each, followed by Brassicaceae and Papilionaceae with 4 species (9.52%), Apiaceae and Solanaceae with 3 species (7.14%), Amaranthaceae and Polygonaceae having 2 species (4.76%), while remaining fam...

Murad Muhammad1,2,3*, Shahid Ullah1, Nimrah Ameen4, Abdul Wahab3,5, Abdul Basit6, Muqadas Batool7, Muhammad Nazim2,3 and Haroon Khan

...tional medicinal uses of weed flora commonly found in field crops (rice, vegetables, wheat, and maize) in District Dir Upper, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Many medicinal plants grow wild or as weeds worldwide, including in Pakistan. The Dir Upper district boasts a diverse weed flora with significant medicinal value for daily use. Surveys using semi-structured open-ended questionnaires were carried ...

Fatima Kanwal

...sity of growing unwanted weeds in the seasonal crops of regions. For this purpose, 50 quadrats of 1m by 1m were randomly plotted and analyzed. Polygonaceae, Poaceae, and Chenopodiaceae were the most common families observed. A total of 14 different weed species belonging to 10 distinct families were identified. Goose grass (Elusine indica), Lambsquarters (Chenopodium album), and Black nightshade (Solanum nigram) accounted fo...

Muhammad Shahid Hassan1, Nargis Naz2, Hassan Raza Javeed1*, Sabahat Zafar1, Laraib Kanwal1, Seerat Mariyum1, Areej Fatima1, Areeba Bashir1 and Muhammad Imran Atta3

...ayyah to investigate the weed biodiversity. Weeds biodiversity data was recorded by a random quadrate sampling method using the quadrate of 5 m2. Phyto-sociological attributes such as density, frequency, cover, relative density, relative frequency, relative cover, and importance values index were measured for each field. The importance value index and Simpson’s biodiversity index were also calculated.

Mukondwa Olivia1, Rugare Joyful Tatenda1, Mabasa Stanford1 and Mandumbu Ronald2*

... cost effective, natural weed control method which could be exploited by smallholders who have little access to herbicides. The objective of this study was to investigate the potential of sorghum and pearl millet cultivars for their allelopathic effect against several weeds. Water extracts of the stems root and leaves of twelve sorghum and pearl millet cultivars were screened for their ability to suppress germination and dry...

Muhammad Ehsan Safdar1*, Muhammad Sikander Hayyat, Muhammad Zeshan Maajid, Mubashar Nadeem and Amjed Ali

...tive effect of field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis L.) on wheat at research area of College of Agriculture, University of Sargodha, Pakistan during winter season 2014-15. Experimental treatments included varying densities (0, 4, 8, 12, 16 and 20 plant m-2) of Convolvulus arvensis. The weed densities were maintained by thinning the excess weed seedlings one week after crop emergence. Wheat...

Wiqar Ahmad1*, Sadiq Hussain2, Muhammad Sharif2 and Farmanullah Khan2

...l composting. Parthenium weed, being high nutrient accumulator from agricultural soils, was composted under different sources of nitrogen viz chiken manure, blood meal, soybean meal, cotton seed meal, urea, and a control to evaluate their relative effectiveness for composting starter and decomposition into a a quality mature compost. Composts treatments were evaluated after each month for physico-chemical properties and the results indicated the highest pH (8....
Muhammad Nauman Khan1*, Fazal Hadi1, Maryam Bibi1, Naushad Khan1 and
Syed Mukaram Shah2
...he ecological aspects of weed flora in wheat crops of Charbagh. The recent work is the first report on the weed ecology of Charbagh Valley. This may help for future intensive and extensive researches on weed diversity in the area.

...

Fasih Ullah Haider1,2, Sardar Alam Cheema1and Muhammad Farooq1,3

...ed in order to minimizet weed infestation, but the use of herbicides or inorganic chemicals against weeds is also developing resistance in weeds to herbicides. Despite that herbicides are also affecting the environment especially human health. Pesticides not only damage the human health but also pollute the air, soil, water and becoming part of food chain. One of the options to minimize

Abdessatar Omezine1

...mpetitive nature of this weed. The suppression of the later weed is unavoidable for growth of C. annum. Further studies are suggested confirm the present findings.

...

Zahid Fazal1, Jaweria Gul2, Muhammad Subhan, Khan Sher and Qasir Ali

... 2016-2017 to record the weed flora of economically important crops, viz. maize, potato and mungbean in Kalash Valley, Chitral, Pakistan. All the three localities of Kalash Valley (Bumburet, Birir and Rumbor) were surveyed. For each crop three locations from each valley were selected and five 1x1 m2 quadrants were used at each location. For the first time phytosociological data regarding absolute density, relative density, frequency, relative frequency, import...

Shahida Naveed1, Salma2, Inayatullah Khattak3 and Khan Bahadar Marwat4

... total of 62 most common weeds, belonging to 57 genera and 28 families, were found to be used by local folks for the treatment of different ailments. Among the monocots, family Poaceae was the dominant family having nine genera and nine species (14.75 %) followed by dicotyledonous family Asteraceae with seven (7) genera and seven (7) species (11.47%). Amaranthaceae and Brassicaceae were represented by five (5) species each (8.19 %). Chenopodiaceae was represen...

Umm-e-Kulsoom1, Saima Hashim2, Fazli Wahid3, Haseena Gulzar4 and Tamana Bakht5

...potato while presence of weeds is a major concern for the potato growers. As per our documentation survey, Amaranthus viridis and Chenopodum album were found as major weeds infesting potato fields. At maturity, the seeds of these weeds were collected and the major trees that were found on the sides of nearly all potato fields were identified as Juglans sp, Cedrus sp, and Pinus sp. The bark...

Fawad Ali1, 2, Gul Hassan2*, Naveed Akhtar3, Muhammad Jamal Babar3 and Ataullah Jan4

...as well as worldwide, as weeds cause huge yield and quality losses. To investigate the phytosociology of weeds of wheat in Tehsil Charsadda, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan, a field field survey through Quadrat method was conducted during March and April, 2013. A total of 32 weed species belonging to 18 families were recorded from the research area. The predominant families were Bras...

Gul Hassan, Anees Amin, Haroon ur Rashid, Naqib Ullah Khan and Hussain Ali1

...al of the invasive alien weed; Parthenium hysterophorus L., as a source of nutrients for growth of maize and sorghum, experiments were conducted in pots at the Department of Weed Science under ambient conditions and subsequently repeated at the Institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, University of Agriculture, Peshawar, Pakistan under controlled environment. Fresh plants of Parthenium and berseem were collected b...

Huzaifa Hammad1, Bakhtiar Gul1, Haroon Khan1, Muhammad Fawad1*, Hafizullah2, Haidar Ali3 and Tamana Bakht4

...pping) with conventional weed control practices in maize crop. The experiment was carried at the New Developmental Farm, the University of Agriculture, Peshawar during Rabi season 2021, using Randomized complete block (RCB) design with ten treatments, replicated three times. Data was recorded on days to 50 % tasseling, silking, and maturity, plant height, fresh weed biomass, dry weed bioma...

Mushtaq Ahmad1, Hikmat Ullah Jan2, Kanwal Raina3, Nazara Shafiq3, Syed Mukarram Shah1, Muhammad Ibrahim4, Shaha Buddin1 and Gulnaz Parveen3*

...al survey of the diverse weed flora found in maize and wheat crops of Tehsil Sarai Naurang, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Wheat and maize are staple crops that form the backbone of global food systems, providing essential nutrition for billions of people worldwide. The ethnobotanical survey was conducted by interviewing local people and farmers to document traditional knowledge on weed species in maize and wheat crops. A sem...

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