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Recent Submissions

  • INTEGRATED NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE WHEAT PRODUCTION UNDER RAINFED 
    Aumbrin Tabasam; Safdar Ali; Rifat Hayat' (Faisalabad: Institute of Soil & Environmental Sciences University of Agriculture, Faisalabad. Pakistan, 2002-02-09)
    Sustainable agriculture in Pakistan would not only be the management and conservation of the natural resource base, but also helpful in rehabilitating the depleted soil fertility, which can be achieved by tapping and ...
  • SALT-AFFECTED SOILS: OPTIONS FOR REHABILITATION 
    Muhammad Astam (Faisalabad: Institute of Soil & Environmental Sciences University of Agriculture, Faisalabad. Pakistan, 2002-02-08)
    Salt-affected sous are common in countries situated in arid and semi-arid regions, and seasonally dry tropical climates. Pakistan is situated in the same region. Economic use of salt-affected land has a special relevance ...
  • SALINITY TOLERANCE OF RICE AS AFFECTED BY BORON NUTRITION 
    M. Aslam; l.H. Mahmood; R.H. Qureshi; S. Nawaz; J. Akktar (Faisalabad: Institute of Soil & Environmental Sciences University of Agriculture, Faisalabad. Pakistan, 2002-02-07)
    The effect of boron on the yield and ionic composition of rice cultivars having differential salt tolerance, grown in artificially prepared saline (ECi 9 dS m'1 ; SAR 5.5) and saline-sodic soils (EC, 9 dS m'; SAR 28.2) was ...
  • GROWTH RESPONSE AND LEAF COMPOSITION OF SELECTED EUCALYPTUS SPECIES EXPOSED TO SALINE AND HYPOXIC STRESS 
    M. Aslam; M. Nasim; R.H. Qureshi; S. Nawaz; J- Akhtar; Z. Ahmad (Faisalabad: Institute of Soil & Environmental Sciences University of Agriculture, Faisalabad. Pakistan, 2002-02-06)
    A solution culture study on selected Eucalyptus species (E. occidentalis, E. tereticornis, E. camaldulensls-var. Silverton, and E. camaldulensis-Local) was conducted under saline and hypoxic conditions to determine the ...
  • CHARACTERIZATION OF ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE FROM A SANDY LOAM SOIL 
    Skahid Mahmood; Muhammad Arshad; Zahir Ahmad Zahir (Faisalabad: Institute of Soil & Environmental Sciences University of Agriculture, Faisalabad. Pakistan, 2002-02-06)
    Alkaline phosphatase (AlkP 3.1.3.1) activity of sandy loam soil using pnitrophenyl phosphate, as substrate was determined. Maximum phosphatase activity was observed at 40°C and was significantly and positively correlated ...
  • Anatomical, morphological and physiological changes in sunflower varieties because of NaCI salinity 
    Shafqat Nawaz; N. Alchtar; M. Aslam; R. H. Qureshi; J. Akhtar (Faisalabad: Institute of Soil & Environmental Sciences University of Agriculture, Faisalabad. Pakistan, 2002-02-05)
  • INTEGRATED PLANT NUTRITION SYSTEM (IPNS) IN WHEAT UNDER RAINFED CONDITIONS OF RAWALAKOT AZAD JAMMU AND KASHMIR 
    S. Iqbal Ahmad; Abbasi, M. Kaleem; Ghulam Rasool (Faisalabad: Institute of Soil & Environmental Sciences University of Agriculture, Faisalabad. Pakistan, 2002-02-04)
    Integrated plant nutrition system (IPNS) is a useful soil management strategy that optimizes and sustains the productivity of rainfed farming systems by increasing the efficiency of nutrient utilization. In Azad Jammu and ...
  • PERFORMANCE OF SOME WHEAT VARIETIES TO FERTIGATION-APPLIED PHOSPHORUS FERTILIZERS 
    S.M. Alam; $. Azam Shah; A. Latif; Zafar Iqbal (Faisalabad: Institute of Soil & Environmental Sciences University of Agriculture, Faisalabad. Pakistan, 2002-02-03)
    Varieties differ in acquiring P from soil as well as in utilizing the absorbed P for grain production and this nature of crop varieties may be exploited to improve the efficiency of P fertilizers. Five wheat varieties viz. ...
  • Relationship among nitrate reductase activity, growth , mineral contents and salt tolerance of wheat cultivars under saline condition 
    Zahid Pervaiz; Muhammad Afzal; Xiaoe, Yang; Ancheng, Luo (Faisalabad: Institute of Soil & Environmental Sciences University of Agriculture, Faisalabad. Pakistan, 2002-02-02)
  • EVALUATION OF SOME SOYBEAN SELECTIONS FOR NjFIXATION CAPACITY 
    Shahzada Sohail Ijaz; Safdar AH; Rifat Hayat' (Faisalabad: Institute of Soil & Environmental Sciences University of Agriculture, Faisalabad. Pakistan, 2002-02-01)
    In Pakistan, soybean has been grown from the time immemorial on the hills of Northern area. Presently soybean covers about 6350 hectares in Pakistan. Although testing of soybean in Pakistan on small scale has been in ...
  • RELATIONSHIP OF SOIL TEXTURE AND ORGANIC MATTER WITH SATURATION PERCENTAGE OF SOIL 
    Khan, Majid Ali; Aman Ullah Bhatti'; Nlsar Ahmed (Faisalabad: Institute of Soil & Environmental Sciences University of Agriculture, Faisalabad. Pakistan, 2002-01-09)
    The study to find out the relationship of soil texture and organic matter with saturation percentage of soils of District Haripur was conducted in Soil and Water Testing Laboratory, Department of Agriculture, Haripur during ...
  • INTERACTION OF RHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM STRAINS AND SOYBEAN GENOTYPES 
    Muhammad Ashraf; Safdar Ali; Ijaz-ut-Hassa (Faisalabad: Institute of Soil & Environmental Sciences University of Agriculture, Faisalabad. Pakistan, 2002-01-08)
    The objective of this study was to examine the interactive effects of different Rhizobium japonicum strains on agronomic traits of different soybean genotypes. In this two factor factorial field experiment, inocula of three ...
  • EFFECT OF K SUPPLY ON GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF MAIZE (ZEA MAYS L.) 
    Muhammad Ashraf; Muhammad Yousaf; Z.I. Ahmad; Amir Aman ullah (Faisalabad: Institute of Soil & Environmental Sciences University of Agriculture, Faisalabad. Pakistan, 2002-01-08)
    The objective of this study was to quantitatively determine and to separate the efftcts of potassium deficiency on growth and development of a maize plant. Maize varieties Vi (Sadaf) and Vi (Sultan) were grown in a sand ...
  • The integrated effect of mineral and organic nitrogen, and azotobacterization on the yield and nitrogen nutrition of wheat 
    Mohammad Idris; Mohsin Iqbal; S. Mahmood Shah; W. Mohammad (Faisalabad: Institute of Soil & Environmental Sciences University of Agriculture, Faisalabad. Pakistan, 2002-01-07)
  • CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF CANAL AND RIVER WATERS OF PUNJAB 
    M. Azhar Javaid; M. Tariq Yamin (Faisalabad: Institute of Soil & Environmental Sciences University of Agriculture, Faisalabad. Pakistan, 2002-01-06)
    The analysis of surface waters indicated relatively low average EC (0.273±O.O6 mS cm') and SAR (0.51±0.46) values in river waters compared to that of canal waters having corresponding average EC and SAR values of 0.3310.13 ...
  • Changes in leaf area, assimilate accumulation and partitioning of wheat varieties planted on different dates 
    Shad K. Khalil; Kamran Zeb; A. Z. Khan (Faisalabad: Institute of Soil & Environmental Sciences University of Agriculture, Faisalabad. Pakistan, 2002-01-05)
  • CAN CROP RESIDUES AND GLUCOSE CARBON STIMULATE DENITRIFICATION AND N MINERALIZATION IN SOIL UNDER SUBMERGED CONDITION 
    Zahir Shah; Riaz Ullah; Tahir Hussain (Faisalabad: Institute of Soil & Environmental Sciences University of Agriculture, Faisalabad. Pakistan, 2002-01-04)
    Two studies were conducted to assess the influence on denitrification of 3 pulse legumes (lentil, garden pea, mung bean) and one cereal (wheat straw) residues at 3% (w/w) in one experiment, and of glucose C at 0, 0.01, ...
  • SOIL FERTILITY AND SALINITY STATUS OF GUJRAT DISTRICT 
    Zakid Pervaiz; S. S. H. Kazmi; K. H. Gill; M. Makhtar (Faisalabad: Institute of Soil & Environmental Sciences University of Agriculture, Faisalabad. Pakistan, 2002-01-03)
    Extensive studies have been carried out to assess the fertility and salinity status of soils in Gujrat district for the provision of guidelines to farmers and researchers for better crop production. A total of 10149 soil ...
  • SCREENING OF WHEAT CULTIVARS AGAINST SALINITY 
    Zahid Pervaiz; M. Afzal (Faisalabad: Institute of Soil & Environmental Sciences University of Agriculture, Faisalabad. Pakistan, 2002-01-02)
    Fourteen wheat cultivars were screened against various salinity levels on the basis of their seedling growth performance up to 17 days. Twenty seedlings of each cultivar were transplanted on nylon mesh frames floating on ...
  • VARIABILITY OF WHEAT VARIETIES FOR P EFFICIENCY AT TWO PHOSPHORUS LEVELS 
    S.M. Alam; Azam Shah (Faisalabad: Institute of Soil & Environmental Sciences University of Agriculture, Faisalabad. Pakistan, 2002-01-01)
    Behaviour of six wheat varieties viz. Punjab-96, Shahkar-95, Pervaz-94, Inqelab91, Pasban-90 and Rohtas-90 was evaluated in pot supplied with P @ 0 and 75 mg kg'1 Phosphorus application significantly increased top and root ...