Soil erosion is a serious threat to agricultural and water resources projects. The environmental problems are also enhanced due to sever soil erosion at the catchment as well as the a8ricultural lands ... Read More
Potassium (K) deficiency in the soils of Pakistan is spreading rapidly and thus has become one of the most nutritional limiting factars for increasing rice yield ta feed the avergrawing papulation. Ex ... Read More
Experiments were carried out to examine the activities of rhizobia, isolated from three le8•mes (Mungbean, hickpea and lentil) far impraving growth and yield af maize under axenic conditians. Twenty ... Read More
Phosphorus management in agriculture involves acquirin8 exact and comprehensive information about the fate of added phosphate ta the soil. A great part of a phasphate (P) fertiliser is retained on the ... Read More
We report the qualitative analysis of suspended particufate matter (SPM) collected from various residential sites of Faisalabad (an industrial city) and Layyah (a non industrial city). The stud y wa ... Read More
Soil is believed to be the source af particulate matter that when suspends in air can cause air pollution which upon inhaling can affect human health. A stud y was conducted to examine mineral phases ... Read More
Response of salt talerant eucalyptus species (Eucalyptus camaldulensis, Local) to dual stress of salinity and waterlog ging was studied in a lysimeter. The three salinity levels via S (Control: 3.5 dS ... Read More
The salt talerance of 10 sunflower genotypes was assessed in solutian culture during early growth stage in terms of their growth and ionic response to salt stress. Pre-germinated seedlings were transp ... Read More
A pat experiment was conducted under natural conditions to investigate growth and nutrients ccumulation of maize plants as affected by the inoculation of Arbuscular M ycorrhizal (AM) fungi with rock ... Read More
A survey was conducted to assess the micronutrients (Zn, Cu, Fe, Mn, B) status of apple orchards in Swat valley of North West Frontier Province during summer 2006. For this 52 orchards were surveyed. ... Read More
Water is the mainstay of agricultural economy of Pakistan. Irrigated agriculture provides 90 percent of our food and fiber requirements from 42.5 million acres that is around 80 percent of the cultiva ... Read More
Current increases in producing considerable amount of organic matter such as, sewage sludge has resulted in their application on agricultural lands. Soil biological and biochemical properties are infl ... Read More
A four-year field experiment was conducted during 1998-2002 under irrigated condition at the Research Farm of Nuclear Institute for Food and Agriculture (NIFA), Peshawar, to study the response of whea ... Read More
A field study was carried out to explore the phosphorus adsorption capacity of Rasulpur soil series of Pakistan for determination of P fertilizer doses, internal and external P requirements of the whe ... Read More
The success of wheat production in rainfed areas depends on conservation of rainfall received during monsoon season. Moisture conservation is generally done through deep ploughing and use of mulch. So ... Read More
A field experiment was conducted in saline -sodic soil [ECe, 9.05-12.07 dS m-1; pHs, 8.95-9.36, Sodium Adsorption Ration (SAR), 95-134.5 (mmol L-1) 1/2 and Gypsum Requirement (GR) 9.30-13.70 Mg ha-1] ... Read More
To investigate the effect of saline and/or sodic waters on growth and ionic concentration in sunflower, ten genotypes were grown in solution culture. Five treatments of irrigation water viz. T1 (contr ... Read More
To link the damage caused to the soil structure by the movements of machinery and other crop production operations and their effects on plant fate, a 24-plots experiment was established. The impact of ... Read More
A study was conducted to investigate the effect of integrated use of fertilizer placement methods and various weed control practices on the seed yield of rapeseed during 2005-07 in Pothwar, Punjab at ... Read More
Water erosion is common problem in mountainous (northern hilly areas) and sub mountainous (Pothwar plateau and western Punjab) areas of Pakistan. Removal of top fertile layers results a deficiency of ... Read More
Present study was conducted during the year 2006-2007 to assess the effect of past soil erosion on selected properties of some eroded soil series of River Swat Catchment area. Six soil series includin ... Read More
lley. Representative soil (0-30 cm depth) and leaf samples were collected from 40 plum orchards during May 2008. Results showed that the concentration of AB-DTPA extractable Zn ranged from 0.04 to 1.3 ... Read More
Physico-chemical properties and fertility status of soils of Peshawar and Charsadda districts of North West Frontier Province (NWFP) of Pakistan were evaluated for better management. Soil samples were ... Read More
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