The investigations to evaluate mulches for moisture conservation in maize were carried out at University of Arid Agriculture, Rawalpindi during spring 1996. The experiment comprised of seven treatment ... Read More
Sunflower-mungbean intercropping system was evaluated for sou" moisture and nutrient depletion by growing sole crops of sunflower and mungbean in comparison with sunflower■+mungbean (1:1) and sunflowe ... Read More
Fertilizer use is an integral part of crop production system. Different types of nitrogenous, pnospkatic and potash fertilizers are used for crop production. They are lost indiscriminately through nit ... Read More
Hydroponics studies were conducted to test ten rice cultivars against the salinity levels of 0, S and 10 dS m~' at a pH of 5. The salinity levels were developed 3 days after transplantation in three i ... Read More
Pakistan has about 6.3 million hectares of the salt-affected land. A lot of data have been published regarding the causes and reclamation measures necessary to handle various kinds of saltaffected soi ... Read More
An experiment to assess the effect of salinity and hypoxia and their interaction was carried out using four wheat varieties i.e. SARC-l, SARC-3, Pb-85 and 7-Cerros. There salinity levels viz. control ... Read More
A survey of twenty nine randomly selected mango orchards of Southern Punjab was conducted during 1994-95, to assess the nutrients status of these orchards. Soil samples were taken from 0-15 and 15-30 ... Read More
A field experiment on saline-sodic soil at Bio-saline Experimental Research Station Sadhuke, Gujranwala, was conducted on rice crap. Soil was loam in texture. Four treatments viz., hydrochloric acid, ... Read More
A three years field experiment was conducted from 1990-91 to 1992-93 on Faisalabad soil series (Ustalf Haploargids) to compare the impact of muriate of potash (MOP) and sulphate of potash (SOP) on soi ... Read More
A major work had been carried out to find the fertility status of Rawalpindi district for the provision of guide line to the farmers and researchers regarding a good crop production. Soilsamples were ... Read More
Dicalcium phosphate.(DCP) and bone meal (BM) are the industrial bye-products and waste of Leiner Pak Gelatine Limited, Kola shah Kakoo, near Lahore, which contain 42% and 20% P20s respectively. Consid ... Read More
Paddy yields in Pakistan are low due to many biological constraints. The contribution of four constraints i.e. fertilizer, density, plant production and weeding in optimizing the paddy yield was studi ... Read More
Roots of barley plants are usually infected with vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizal (VAM) fungi in arable fields. The likely effects of this infection on the crop yield and P uptake were investigated in ... Read More
Eleven rice varieties were tested in a pot culture study for their sensitivity to low soil Zn and Cu . Absence of applied Zn orCti delayed maturity of rice plants. Maximum delay occurred in variety NR ... Read More
To study salinity distribution, soil characteristics and wheat yield relations, the Gajargola dutnwutoiyj - rr ~ Tt" was divided into head, middle and tail sections. In each section twelve outlets (Mo ... Read More
Thirty eight rhizobacteria were isolated from the maize rhizosphere soil and were evaluated on the basis of their ability to produce auxins (lAA-equivalents) in vitro. The eleven isolates were selecte ... Read More
Erratic and unpredictable rains in rainfed areas constrain planting of crops. Runoff farming is a technique for growing crops in the arid areas where precipitation is inadequate and unpredictable. Und ... Read More
Variable rates of gypsum were compared with a single uniform rate for the reclamation of salt affected soil in a farm showing spatial patterns in gypsum requirement at Shahdau Village in Dera Ismail K ... Read More
The effect of zinc application with or without copper on yield and composition of rice genotype Basmati-385 and a mutant DM-25 was studied in a pot culture experiment. Rice genotypes responded to Zn ... Read More
Three nitrogen (N) sources viz.; ammonium sulphate, ammonium nitrate, urea and one phosphate (P) source i.e. single superphosphate (SSP) were tried for 17 years @ 1S0-200 kg N or I P2Os ha' singly or ... Read More
A field experiment was conducted on two rice cultivars, NIAB-6 (salt tolerant) and IR-1561 (salt sensitive) in a salt-affected field to evaluate the effect of different methods of K application to ric ... Read More
A soil incubation experiment was conducted to assess the extent of ammonia losses from saltaffected soils. Four salt- affected and two normal soils were treated with ammonium sulphate and urea soluti ... Read More
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