Soil texture is an important property for evaluating its inherent fertility especially by using pedo-transfers functions requiring particle size data. However, there is no existing quantitative method ... Read More
National Parks are designated to protect the ecological integrity of one or more ecosystems for present and future generations. Pakistan has more than 20 national parks. The aim of this research was t ... Read More
Swat Valley was studied for two widely used pesticides; cypermethrin and endosulfan. A total of 63 soil samples were collected from 27 villages selected for this purpose. The collected soil samples we ... Read More
It has widely been accepted that mycorrhizal symbiosis improves micronutrients uptake by most of the plants. In this study, sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.) plants were grown in sterile perlite and were i ... Read More
Germination and seedling establishment are critical stages in the life cycle of plants especially under stress conditions. Different methodologies have been adopted by plant physiologists in different ... Read More
Salinity often suppresses the wheat performance. As wheat is designated as silicon (Si) accumulator, hence Si application may alleviate the salinity induced damages. With the objective to combat the s ... Read More
An open-air pot experiment was conducted to investigate effects of pressmud (PM) on saline-sodic soil reclamation, mitigating the adverse effects of saline irrigation and increase of maize (Zea mays L ... Read More
A field experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of K fertilizer on the quality and yield of maize fodder on a calcareous sandy clay loam soil under semiarid conditions of district Faisalabad, ... Read More
Zinc (Zn) deficiency is a common micronutrient deficiency in arid and semi arid regions of the world. A solution culture study was conducted to categorize twelve wheat genotypes according to their Zn ... Read More
A field study was conducted at Agronomic Research Area, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad during spring, 2007 to evaluate the effect of different chelated zinc sources on growth and yield of maize ... Read More
This study was undertaken with the aim of examining soil and plant macronutrient status (N, P, K, Ca, Mg and S) and their interaction to understand causes of low apple yield. Murree region was studied ... Read More
Potassium (K) is known to improve yield and quality parameter of higher plants. A field experiment was conducted for two consecutive years to study the effect of K on yield and protein contents in lat ... Read More
Pot experiments were conducted to study the effects of lead (Pb) on growth and nutrient uptake of Amaranthus ganeticus L. and Amaranthus oleracea L. The levels of Pb used in the experiments were 0, 20 ... Read More
Pakistan has a population of over 150 million and is one of the few countries that is almost completely dependant on a single river system for all its agricultural water demands. The Indus river and i ... Read More
Polluted water is causing serious health problems especially in the rural areas of Pakistan. People have limited access to safe water supply and many diseases like diarrhea and gastrointestinal diseas ... Read More
A study was conducted in twenty villages of Lahore district to assess the suitability of ground water for irrigation. Three water samples were collected from each of twenty villages and were analyzed ... Read More
A pot experiment was conducted to study the effect of calcium as CaSO4 or CaC2 (20 mg Ca kg-1 of soil from each source) on N use efficiency of wheat (Triticum aestivum L. var. Inqlab-91) under normal ... Read More
A field experiment was conducted in Rabi 2004-2005 on Rasulpur soil series (Typic Camborthid) to determine the P requirement of wheat for obtaining 95% relative yield. Site selection was based on calc ... Read More
Low native soil phosphorus availability coupled with poor utilization of added phosphorus is one of the major constraints limiting the productivity of the crops. With a view of addressing this issue, ... Read More
The ability of Rhizobium to colonize roots of certain cereals and promote their growth and yield at harvest has been proven experimentally involving a number of mechanisms which were independent of r ... Read More
This study examines energy use pattern and the relationship between energy inputs and rice production in Dera Ismail Khan, District of Pakistan. The information used in this study were based on cross- ... Read More
A pot study was conducted to investigate the growth response, ionic and water relations of two cotton varieties. Four levels of K and Na were developed after considering indigenous K, Na status in soi ... Read More
Calcium carbide (CaC2) has been reported to increase growth and yield of crops under normal soil conditions. This study assessed its capacity to enhance salinity tolerance in wheat (Triticum aestivum ... Read More
An experiment was conducted to improve the hot pepper seed performance under salinity stress conditions. The effects of priming with an optimized dose (1 mM) of sodium chloride (NaCl) were assessed fo ... Read More
Foliar application of boron improves seed cotton yield and fiber traits. A field experiment was conducted to study the effects of foliar application of 37 grams of boron (B) per acre (91.4 g ha-1) on ... Read More
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