A laboratory study was conducted on a sandy loam soil to determine the effect of soil matric potential and soil mechanical impedance on wheat growth during emergence. Experiment was conducted in growt ... Read More
A Lysimeter experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of different ratios of electrical conductivity (EC,d to sodium adsorption ratio (SAR,„,) of irrigation water to reclaim different textured s ... Read More
Fertilizer zinc (Zn) requirement of potato crop was assessed through ten fertilizer experiments conducted on farmers' fields in Lahore and Gujranwala divisions during 1996-97 to 1999-2000. The levels ... Read More
Salinity and waterlogging are serious threats to the agriculture of Pakistan. Wheat being an upland crop is affected to a great level by waterlogging particularly when coupled with salinity. A hydropo ... Read More
To evaluate P-acquisition ability of six cotton cultivars, pre-germinated seedlings were grown in nutrient solutions containing tri-calcium phosphate (TCP) a 0.5 g as P source, in a bid to maintain de ... Read More
Deterioration of soil structure because of dispersion of soil particles in saline sodiclsodic soils is a common phenomenon, whereas, occurrence of compact layers at lower horizon in these soils becaus ... Read More
Field study was conducted to see the effect of long terms repeated use of pesticides on dehydrogenase activity in cotton fields. Samples were collected from sowing time, before and 2 days after each p ... Read More
Field measurements of nitrogen loss from irrigated croplands have been lacking under agroclimatic conditions in Pakistan. it is only recently that field studies on denitrification and total fertilizer ... Read More
The experiment was conducted on slopping land in northern NWFP near Thana, Malakand Agency on permanent plots of maize mono-cropping and maize-legume inter-cropping to assess soil and nutrient losses ... Read More
Fertigation and broadcast methods of application were compared for N and P fertilizers to maize in pot and field studies. In pot culture fertigation was better than broadcast at equivalent doses of P ... Read More
Field experiments were conducted to study the effect of organic manures in combination with chemical fertilizers on the yield of paddy and wheat in a farmer's field at Said Alian village in Dera Ismai ... Read More
Establishment and introduction of legumes in agriculture have a significant potential in increasing the crop production and nitrogen status of soil. The primary objective of the present investigation ... Read More
The Punjab River System (PRS) consists of five Rivers and a net-work of canals and inter-river canals. No doubt, such irrigation developments have brought a great prosperity to the people by enhancing ... Read More
A pot experiment was conducted to study the salt tolerance of selected wheat genotypes previously screened under solution culture. Soil was collected from a normal field and used for control (non-sali ... Read More
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