Improper water and nutrients management are the two main factors that adversely affect the growth and crop productivity under moisture stress (drought) condition in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Paki ... Read More
Biochar is getting momentous importance due to its potential use in various fields like agriculture, organic fertilizers and green house gas (GHG) sequestration. The mineralization of biochar in soil ... Read More
A field experiment was executed to study the residual effect of organic wastes on wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) yield applied to wheat – maize cropping system consecutively for two years either alone o ... Read More
Knowledge of different potassium fractions in soils is essential for potassium management to determine long term sustainability of a cropping system. It is generally believed that our soils are not de ... Read More
Salinity is a stringent abiotic stress that limits plant growth and development. Present study was undertaken to explore morpho-physiological responses of different chilli (Capsicum annum L.) genotype ... Read More
The study was designed to evaluate the effects of tillage types including deep-ripping, conventional and zero tillage on compaction, using selected physical properties of agricultural soils.Particle s ... Read More
The present study was carried out to check the response of wheat to phosphate and potash fertilizers in a newly developed tube well irrigated soil of Rodh Kohi area of Dera Ismail Khan District. The s ... Read More
To study the effect of different tillage practices on physical properties of a silty clay loam soil under irrigated wheat in a semi-arid environment, a field experiment was conducted at the research f ... Read More
The effect of nitrogen (N), phosphorous (P), sulfur (S) and zinc (Zn) fertilization on arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization (AMC), nutrition and growth of maize under contrasting tillage management was ... Read More
It is reported that about 50% of nitrogen applied to soil as urea is lost through volatilization and leaching. A study was, therefore, conducted to assess the impact of two rates of urea fertilizer co ... Read More
Drought stress is a severe environmental constraint to plant productivity. However, plant species and varieties within species may differ significantly in their growth behavior to drought stress. In p ... Read More
Water stress is a major constraint in crop production particularly in arid and semiarid regions of the world including Pakistan. Screening of maize germplasm at early stage is an effective tool for su ... Read More
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