In-addition to classical breeding, high throughput techniques for DNA and RNA quantification are also the demand of time in order to boost up agriculture in places like Pakistan. In the modern world, ... Read More
A thematic research was planned to find out the effects of thermal changes on crop physiology and paddy yield of fine rice under subtropical conditions. Various parameters related to crop physiology ... Read More
A field experiment was conducted to ascertain the effect of varying soil applied elemental sulfur (S) levels viz; 0, 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 kg ha-1, on maize growth and development. Experiment was co ... Read More
Sugarcane borers are devastating pests of sugarcane crop and often cause economic damage. The study was conducted in five different locations of district Jhang during 2012 aiming to evaluate some co ... Read More
The research work was conducted at department of plant pathology, University of Agriculture, Peshawar, Pakistan during 2012. The objective was to determine the fungal colony texture and colour of fi ... Read More
In present study, an in vitro glycation model comprising both plasma and glucose designed to assess glycation inhibitory potentials of N. sativa seed (NS) extracts. Plasma with several glucose quanti ... Read More
The increased frequency of Hepatitis B and C viral infections is considered to be amongst the very important health issues. Therefore, the current study has been planned to assess the frequency of s ... Read More
An investigation to study the effect of nitrogen @ (100, 150 and 200 kg ha-1) and cotton approved varieties (viz. CIM-506, CIM-496, NIAB-111 and BH-160) on the yield and yield components was conduct ... Read More
Livestock play an important role in the economy of Pakistan. The production of livestock is limited by insufficient fodder and poor nutrition. Integrated use of organic and inorganic fertilizer play ... Read More
Present industrialization and global mobility era is an energy intensive period of the human history with an ever increasing energy demand. Unfortunately, fossil fuels are no more sustainable due to ... Read More
There is a wrong perception with the farmers that gram being a legume crop does not need any nutrition. They usually grow it without supplying any fertilizer and get very low yield. The study was pl ... Read More
With the objective to investigate the growth and yield response of three wheat varieties at two different sowing dates, a field study was conducted at Adaptive Research Farm, Sheikhupura, Punjab, Pa ... Read More
Aspergillus is a large genus of anamorphic fungi. Aspergilli have great importance in many fields like plant, animals, and human health etc. The present study was conducted to identify Aspergillus i ... Read More
Determination and expression of sex in insects are important not only in basic biology but also in practical applications. The external morphological characters were evaluated for the determination o ... Read More
A field experiment was conducted during the Kharif season of two successive years 2007 and 2008. The Effect of different levels of nitrogen and plant population on growth and yield of cotton (Gossyp ... Read More
Edible coating has been used for preserving the quality and safety of fresh fruit and vegetables. The ability of polysaccharide-based (carboxy methyl cellulose and corn starch) coatings to extend the ... Read More
Integrated use of organic and inorganic fertilizers play a vital role in the establishment of good crop stand and phenology. In this regard a field experiment was conducted at Livestock Research and ... Read More
The present study deals with enzyme analysis of endophytic new Streptomyces sp.viji10 isolated from the velamen roots of Vanda spathulata is an epiphytic orchid plant. The plant root samples were co ... Read More
Wheat is an important staple food and most widely grown cereal of the world. The dependence of large population on this food crop and increasing population of the world requires much more wheat to b ... Read More
Most crops face pest situations where more than one insect pest become economic pest and require mixture of insecticide application for management. Presently two pyrethroids and three new chemistry ... Read More
Trifolium repens is an important fodder crop in subtropical and temperate pastures of Nepal where it plays an important role in pasture management. It was introduced in 1860 in Nepal from England and ... Read More
The functional integrity of spermatozoa in various domestic animals like horse, cattle and swine is evaluated by hypo osmotic swelling test. The hypo osmotic swelling test has not been tested in the ... Read More
A field experiment was conducted to study the effect of different application timings of P in combination with Zn and P alone on rice at Adaptive Research Farm, Gujranwala, Pakistan during the year ... Read More
Hepatitis C viral (HCV) infection is amongst the serious health issues in Pakistan. The early case recognition and hence its management via interferon and anti-virals can be helpful to reduce the hig ... Read More
Toxic level of cadmium (Cd) has been built up in soil profile due to over fertilization, industrial activities and irrigation with city wastewater. One of the remediation strategies of such contamina ... Read More
The effects of stationary magnetic field on seeds are studied using two soybean varieties and three magnetic induction values: 100, 150 and 200 mT during 30 seconds of exposure. The germination perc ... Read More
World human population is increasing at great pace due to availability of better food, health and living environments. Every day more than six million humans are added in the world population. Presen ... Read More
Dengue viral infection (DVI) is amongst a big Global health challenges. The clinical manifestations of disease ranges from subclinical Dengue fever (DF) to the complicated dengue haemorrhagic fever ... Read More
Wheat is an important food crop grown worldwide and used as staple food in many countries. Its production is affected by several factors including abiotic stresses and drought is one of the most dam ... Read More
Spodoptera litura is a notorious leaf feeding insect pest of more than one hundred plants around the Asia-Pacific region. Host plant survey for two years from three different locations in cotton belt ... Read More
Salinity stress severely affects the growth, nodulation and yield of mung bean (Vigna radiata L.). However, inoculation/co-inoculation with rhizobia and plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) c ... Read More
Tinocallis kahawaluokalani (Kirkaldy) (Homoptera: Aphididae) is recorded from Pothohar tract of Punjab Province of Pakistan from different localities on Lagerstroemia indica L. A taxonomic note alon ... Read More
The forging activity of insect pollinators visiting the summer vegetables i.e. Ridge gourd (Luffa acutangula), Bitter Gourd (Momordica charantia L.) and Eggplant or Brinjal (Solanum melongena) obser ... Read More
The life table of Trilocha virescence was constructed in the laboratory which is a serious Lepidopterous pest of Ficus nitida. The study declared different impact of larval and adult mortality on th ... Read More
Knowledge is exploding with every moment and science is discovering new horizons with every passing day. To encompass this knowledge and, particularly disseminate it to the scientific community free ... Read More
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