A survey was conducted in Peshawar division to determine the incidence of early blight of tomato caused by Alternari asolani. High disease incidence (100%) was recorded in Pathwarbala, Sufaid sang, ... Read More
Pulse beetle, Callosobruchus chinensis L., is a major pest of stored chickpea. To reduce infestation of chickpea grains by this pest, the impact of short temperature changes on various life cycle asp ... Read More
The objective of the present study was to evaluate the effect of co-inoculations of auxin producing Bacillus and Streptomyces strains to enhance the growth of Triticum aestivum L. For auxin producti ... Read More
A research was conducted at the department of Plant Pathology Kyber Pakhtunkhwa agricultural university Peshawar to evaluate different fungicides in vitro for the control of Alternaria solani isolat ... Read More
The field of herbal medicine has been gaining importance since last many years and many natural products are being used to treat diabetes. Fruit of Terminalia chebula has been reported to have antidi ... Read More
This study evaluated the impact of small-scale irrigation on farm households‟ technical efficiency of production in Eastern, Oromia, Ethiopia. Both primary and secondary data were collected for the ... Read More
Metal nanoparticles are newly emerging alternate source of carriers to transmit and maintain the desired plant food sources available for plant growth and development. Their accumulation in agricult ... Read More
Pakistan is an agriculture country and most of its economy depends on this sector. The contribution of agriculture in the GDP is 21% and that of livestock sector is 11.7%. Livestock is the major cont ... Read More
The present study investigated the concentration of three mineral elements (Fe, Zn, Cu) and three toxic elements (Pb, Cd, As) in the cultivation substrate (1:1 mixture of water hyacinth and rice stra ... Read More
Phosphorus is one of the major plant growth limiting nutrients and in Pakistan its deficiency found in 90% soils due to alkaline calcareous nature of soils. Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria are ... Read More
Studies were conducted to evaluate different neem extracts i.e., Neem leaf extract (10%), Neem seed oil (2.5%), Neem seed cake extract(10%), Neem seed kernel extract (10%) in comparison with imidacl ... Read More
A study was conducted in three successive seasons during 2008-10 on sandy loam soil at Adaptive Research Farm, Rahim Yar Khan. The objective was to investigate the response of cotton (cv.MNH- 786) t ... Read More
Experiments were conducted in a laboratory and in storage structures in the field between 2008 – 2009, to assess the amount of the CO2 and O2 produced and the modified atmospheres produced (gas mixt ... Read More
The research work was conducted at Newly Developmental Farm (NDF), Horticulture Section, The University of Agriculture Peshawar, Pakistan during 2012. The objective was to find out the optimum dose ... Read More
Enterocutaneous fistulas (ECF) are abnormal communications between the gastrointestinal tract and the skin. Although rare, can result in a number of serious or debilitating complications, varying ... Read More
Based on safety and sound immunological principles for animal vaccines, there arises a need for identifying rational standards for selection of different adjuvant formulations. Montanide ISA206 (W/O ... Read More
Soil acidification threatens dry land crop production in the soils of entire Sylhet region in Bangladesh. Our objective was to assess the efficacy of lime doses with agroeconomic performances of whea ... Read More
Investigate the level of chromium in male tannery workers and their general health status. Chromium level was measured in hair samples of male tannery workers of different age groups. Group-I include ... Read More
This experiment was conducted with different concentrations of cobalt (100, 200, 300, 400 and 500 ppm) on wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) plants for quantification of its effects on growth performance i ... Read More
Acacia senegal (L) Wild, is an important indigenous multipurpose tree species known for its gum arabic product. The species has diverse ecological and economic benefits. Despite its benefits, inform ... Read More
Heavy metals take route to higher trophic levels by first of all accumulating in harvestable parts of plants like leaves. Higher the trophic level the amount of metal increase and affect every higher ... Read More
Fusarium solani is a phytopathogenic fungus and is an important causal agent of several crop diseases, such as root and fruit rot of Cucurbita spp., root and stem rot of pea, root rot of okra. The ob ... Read More
Two varieties (Early Mustard and S-9) were evaluated against six Zn levels (0, 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 kg Zn ha-1). Significant improvements in the plant growth, seed yield and oil contents increased with ... Read More
Conventional practices of farming in mountainous and hilly topographic features of Rawalakot Azad Kashmir-Pakistan accelerate runoff and erosion. To study effect of tillage and integrated nutrient m ... Read More
Tram Chim is a remnant wetland of the plain of reeds that drained prior to reunification. Tram Chim was most well known for being home to the Eastern Sarus Crane (Grus antigone sharpii) and many oth ... Read More
Biogas is a very important alternate renewable energy source for the Pakistan where more than 60% population lives in rural areas having no access to natural gas. Government aims to exploit the maxi ... Read More
Some farmers’ practices (layering of tef over sorghum with 20% proportion, mixing sorghum with tef at 30% w/w, mixing sorghum with partially grinded hot pepper at the rate of 2% w/w and 1% w/w) incl ... Read More
Plants contain cyanogenetic glucoside and also the appropriate enzyme which hydrolyses this glucoside and produces HCN. There are different types of plants which contain: the glucoside but not the e ... Read More
Xanthan gum is an extracellular hetero polysaccharide produced by Xanthomonas campestris Pammel, 1895, a bacteria species that causes a variety of plant diseases. Due to its unique rheological behav ... Read More
A field experiment was carried out to study the effect of two phosphorus fertilizer sources (diamonium phosphate and nitrophos) and four phosphorus rates (0, 60, 90 and 120 kg ha-1) on growth and yi ... Read More
Two different coatings were developed from the mucilage of Cactus and their effects were investigated on the microbial qualities of mango fruits. The two experimental coatings were: Pure mucilage ex ... Read More
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCCa, also called malignant hepatoma) is a primary malignancy of the liver. Most cases of HCCa are secondary to either a viral hepatitide infection (hepatitis B or C) or ci ... Read More
A study was made to assess the insect pollinator diversity and abundance in the apple orchards of Kashmir Himalaya. The selection of sites was in important focus so that an average data representati ... Read More
Grain quality improvement of rice is considered as prioritized research area in rice breeding programs in Sri Lanka. Amylose Content (AC) is a key determinant of end quality of rice. Amylose Content ... Read More
Poor quality seeds of chickpea have germination problem and issue is serious in chickpea growing areas where quality seed is not available. This study was an attempt to solve the problem. Experiment ... Read More
The distribution and population density of the ghost crab, Ocypode cursor were studied in Yumurtalik Beach,Turkey during summer, 2009. Burrow densities of ghost crab were measured at three beach zon ... Read More
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