Understanding of dormancy and germination behavior is very important for effective weed management of invasive weeds on sustainable basis. This study investigated the germination and dormancy behavio ... Read More
As climate change is the main cause of environmental stresses which has become more severe in recent decades, affecting plant growth attributes to the major extent. In plants, disturbed ionic constit ... Read More
Knowledge of crop-weed competition dynamics is necessary for implementation of cost-effective weed eradication strategy. To quantify yield loss and estimate critical competition period of weeds in ba ... Read More
Introduction of Green Super Rice (GSR) in Pakistan aims to develop high-yielding, quality and climate-resilient rice cultivars. In this regard, the morphological evaluation of 552 GSR lines for yield ... Read More
Chilli is one of the most important spices used in the word. It is attacked by fusarium wilt and causes huge losses. To manage this diseases, synthetic fungicides were evaluated under in vivo and in ... Read More
Egyptian clover (Trifolium alexandrinum L.) is a leguminous crop cultivated in subtropical regions of the world as winter fodder. Stem and Crown rot of E. clover caused significant crop losses in Pak ... Read More
This study was planned to evaluate the effects of different dietary levels of concentrate and roughage supplementation on feed intake, growth performance and nutrient digestibility in Thalli lambs. T ... Read More
The present study was planned to detect Babesia ovis (B. ovis) in naturally infected sheep and goat herds of Faisalabad, Toba Tek Singh and Jhang districts of Punjab, Pakistan through microscopy and ... Read More
Efficient use of water resources is important all over the world. Excessive water consumption threatens agricultural sustainability. Besides, drip irrigation draws attention in terms of higher effici ... Read More
As crops have different agricultural requirements in pot seedling and the parameters of the planting mechanism need to be repeatedly designed, this paper proposed a reverse design method for the clas ... Read More
The investigation was directed to portray the breeding practices and selection criteria for selecting a breeding bull, dairy cows and cattle for fattening. A total of 180 structured questionnaires we ... Read More
Harvesting, spraying, and yield estimation are difficult activities for farmers. They take time, many workers, and moreover, are not always accurate. Therefore, machines are required to ease and spee ... Read More
Calcium polypeptides (CPPs) prepared from agricultural wastes can provide nutrients to plants, promote plant growth, and reduce accumulation of heavy metals in vegetables. In this study, a field expe ... Read More
Climate change has worsened the existing scenario by increasing temperature, severity of extreme droughts, elevating evapotranspiration and severe water shortage. Furthermore, excessive and unwisely ... Read More
Despite some potential issues with long-term application, sewage sludge is considered beneficial as a valuable source of plant essential nutrients but there are some potential issues with long-term a ... Read More
The knowledge about genetic effects controlling drought related parameters is necessary to understand the quantitative nature of the parameters responsible for drought tolerance mechanism. For instan ... Read More
Basmati rice is famous for its aroma and cooking quality around the world. Many biotic and abiotic factors have role in Basmati yield reduction. The development of high-yielding, stress-resilient var ... Read More
Deinking paper sludge (DPS) soil amendments have potential as a climate change mitigation strategy. Understanding how DPS application affects carbon mineralization in different soil textures is cruci ... Read More
Tillage practices and intercropping plays an imperative role in the final production and quality of forages. Therefore, field studies were performed to compare forage quantity and quality of cereals ... Read More
Water scarcity is the biggest issue which interrupts the physiological, morphological and biochemical process of the plants. Different osmolytes (trehalose, proline, glycine betaine etc) are applied ... Read More
American bollworm (Helicoverpa armigera) is poly-phagous pest which infects major fiber, pulses and vegetable crops, e.g., cotton, soybean, chickpea, brinjal, tomato, peas, beans, okra, and chili in ... Read More
A study was conducted to evaluate the influence of various sowing times on flowering, pollen viability and seed yield of zinnia (Zinnia elegans) cultivars ‘Lilliput᾿ and ‘Super Yoga᾿ under Faisalabad ... Read More
During winter season, when the environmental temperature goes below the thermoneutral zone, it affects the performance of dairy cows. The objective of current study was to evaluate the influence of v ... Read More
This study was conducted in three tehsils, Gujranwala, Nowshera Virkan and Wazirabad of district Gujranwala. The major objective of the study was to explore the causes and consequences of the differe ... Read More
Comparative study: antioxidant enzymes, dna damage and nuclear abnormalities in three fish species cirrhina mrigala, catla catla and labeo rohita exposed to insecticides mixture (endosulfan + chlorpyr ... Read More
Most of the soils are N and P-deficient and require high applications of chemical fertilizers to ensure optimal crop production. However, this practice poses in most cases serious environmental issue ... Read More
Bacterial wilt is a serious disease of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) caused by the soil-borne pathogenic bacterium Ralstonia solanacearum. Detecting changes in protein abundance in potato plants in r ... Read More
The stomach lysozymes of ruminants play a paramount role in digestion and offer the chance to probe evolutionary changes in complex organisms on a biochemical basis. In this paper, we focus on the ch ... Read More
Transition period (three weeks before calving and the first three weeks of lactation) is an intensive changes in the organism of cow which have to be accompanied by changes in feeding. One of the mos ... Read More
A study was carried out to assess the DRAINMOD model in predicting the role of Controlled Drainage strategies and Drain Spacing scenarios in the paddy field. The DRAINMOD model was simulated for the ... Read More
Peas are growing all over the world as a leguminous crop due to high nutrients value. Fusarium wilt of peas is a destructive disease and causing deleterious loses in pea growing regions of the world. ... Read More
Herbicides are chemicals that are widely and unconsciously used to control unwanted weeds. Herbicides do not only damage the target animals, but they also damage the off-target soil fauna. In our stu ... Read More
The human population is becoming concentrated in cities worldwide and urban public greenspaces provide the chance to interact with the natural environment having healthy well-being. The lack of the n ... Read More
Grain discoloration affects grain quality, quantity, and yield of rice crop worldwide. Herein, morphological, molecular, and pathogenic characterizations of the pathogen causing rice grain discolorat ... Read More
Aflatoxin occurrence in poultry feed causes aflatoxicosis in birds and poses health hazards to the consumers. Aflatoxin B1 (AfB1) is the most predominant and toxic metabolite that is controlled throu ... Read More
Suborder Oribatida is land-dwelling group of mites distributed across different geographic regions of the world. This study shows the assessment of diversity, richness, evenness, and abundance of fam ... Read More
Limited progress has been made in the area of risk management for small farmers in Pakistan. Thus, in this review based study, maximum efforts have been made to collect relevant information on the to ... Read More
Mechanized harvesting is one of the components of agricultural mechanization used to overcome grain losses and enhance the production compared to the conventional harvesting. Power tiller operated re ... Read More
The untreated disposal of wastewater in the coastal environment leads to growth of harmful algal blooms which risks the coastal ecology and human health. The harmful algal bloom can destroy aquatic n ... Read More
Pakistan faces surface water and groundwater shortage which are the main reason for assessing more appropriate method of irrigation water use. Subsurface drip irrigation plays an important role to co ... Read More
A feeding trial of 90 days was conducted to check the effect of probiotic on the growth of Labeo rohita. Four different doses of feed T1 (0.5×107), T2 (1 ×107), T3 (1.5×107) and control were formulat ... Read More
Globally, climatic vulnerabilities and natural hazards adversely affect crop productivity and food security. The yield of major crops in Pakistan is badly affected by natural adversaries, which is a ... Read More
Foliar fertilizer is important for lettuce vegetable development and yield. The present investigation studied different types and ratios of bio-foliar fertilizer to water seaweed extract and water hy ... Read More
In order to study the effect of intercropped sweet potato in banana orchard on soil physical and chemical properties, the soil nutrients, temperature, humidity and enzyme activities of sweet potato i ... Read More
In Benin, cashew value chain is a promising sector in terms of its export earnings potential and its contribution to the diversification of the country agricultural sources of income. However, its ef ... Read More
The potentiality of native Trichoderma harzianum against damping off and foot rot of chilli caused by Sclerotium rolfsii and Fusarium oxysporum, respectively as well as its shelf life as formulated p ... Read More
Increasing frequency of droughts and problems related to salinization in irrigated areas may directly affect soil biological functions and soil respiration. An incubation study was designed to elucid ... Read More
Soybean is considered among the crops that demand a plentiful water supply, particularly during the growth phase to achieve maximum production. The drought stress adversely reduces the productivity a ... Read More
The damaging potential of Alternaria alternata on different mungbean genotypes was accessed and its management was done under in vitro and in vivo conditions through suitable fungicides. Seeds of fif ... Read More
Drought is one of the major abiotic stresses that significantly reduces seed cotton yield worldwide. Therefore, Drought tolerance is a complex phenomenon that comprises a combination of morphological ... Read More
This study was aimed to evaluate the effect of sugarcane molasses on the silage quality of sorghum-sudangrass hybrid (Sorghum bicolor × Sorghum sudanense). To explore this objective Sorghum-sudangras ... Read More
Evaluate silica fertilizer's effect on the quantitative and qualitative yield of forage sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.) under drought stress. A split-plot experiment was implemented in a randomized bloc ... Read More
Weeds, often considered a “menace” are top-notch, adroit survivors having intrinsic value as source of biodiversity and various promising uses as bio-resource. Among other benefits, their use as feed ... Read More
Real time soil moisture monitoring using sensors has potential to save irrigation water and improve water productivity. Field experiments were carried out for two successive years (2016-17 and 2017-1 ... Read More
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