Soil salinity decreases plant growth and photosynthetic activity besides resulting in nutrient imbalance in plants. Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) can induce plant tolerance to salinity b ... Read More
he pulp and paper industry plays an integral role in the global economy. The primary concern, however, is the use of chlorine-based bleaches and resultant toxic emissions to air, water, and soil after ... Read More
ditions. Plant residues with wide C/N ratio had negative effect on plant growth, while those with higher N content and narrow C/N ratio had a positive effect. Urea application did not affect the bioma ... Read More
Rice (Oryza sativa L.) was grown in earthen pots containing soils of three different textures (clay loam, sandy clay loam and sandy loam) and treated separately with different levels of cadmium (0, 1, ... Read More
Recycling of organic wastes enriched with nitrogen and inoculated with plant growth promoting rhizobacteria could convert organic waste material into a value added organic/biofertilizer, which may be ... Read More
Bangladesh Thai Aluminum (BTA) Ltd. produces anodized aluminum sections and profiles. During oxidation of discharged aluminum profile a large amount of chemicals are used, which have subsequently as w ... Read More
A field study was conducted on sweet orange (cultivar “Red Blood”) orchard of a farmer at Shahbaz Garhi, Mardan to evaluate the effect of foliar spray of Zn, Mn and B on the fruit yield and leaf nutri ... Read More
A field experiment was conducted on a loam soil (Sultanpur Soil Series) to observe the residual effect of phosphorus (P2O5) on sorghum fodder applied to wheat in a wheat-sorghum fodder rotation. The t ... Read More
Fruit and vegetable wastes (FVW) having a high C: N ratio, if applied as such to agricultural soils may affect the availability of N to crops due to soil N immobilization during their decomposition. C ... Read More
Twenty rainfed crops of chickpea on farmer’s fields were surveyed to determine the nodulation status of this important legume crop in Lakki Marwat and Karak districts of North West Frontier Province ( ... Read More
Soil as well as nutrient management is essential for obtaining sustainable crop yields under maize–wheat cropping sequence in rain-fed sub-mountain region of Punjab. The area, suffers from ill distrib ... Read More
Average yields of our orchards (9 tones ha-1) are much less when compared with the world average of 25 tones ha-1, which is mainly blamed to imbalance fertilization. Technical Services Wing of Fauji F ... Read More
Boron (B) and zinc (Zn) are essential plant-micronutrients recommended for field application where leaching losses can be significant and cause economic losses as well as contamination of shallow grou ... Read More
Considering the importance of erosion, this experiment was conducted on sloping land in northern NWFP, Pakistan for 3-years. The objectives of this study were to monitor runoff, soil loss and enrichme ... Read More
A laboratory incubation experiment was conducted to study the effect of low and normal levels of CO2 in the incubation vessels on the process of nitrification. The soil samples were incubated for 5 da ... Read More
The present study was based on the hypothesis that B has close relationships with cations in soil-plant systems. A study was carried out to assess the influence of B on the concentration of cations an ... Read More
Long term field experiments on grain and fodder crops at Livestock Research Station, Surezai, Peshawar (rainfed area), NWFP, Pakistan, located at 33o 45’ N and 70o 50’ E at an altitude of 525 m were i ... Read More
Poor performance of fertilizer phosphorus is one of the major causes depressing the productivity of the crops. An investigation was, therefore, carried out under field conditions to compare the relati ... Read More
A long term field experiment was conducted on young deciduous apricot fruit orchard that was planted during January 2002. After establishment of plants, the experimental treatments were imposed during ... Read More
This study was conducted to evaluate various industrial effluents of Hayatabad Industrial Estate (HIE), Peshawar, and assess the possible impacts of such effluents on quality of underground water. A t ... Read More
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