Zafar, Muhammad Usman; Ping, Qing(Pak. J. Agri. Sci, 2020)
The present qualitative study is based on 50 participants responsible of household food shopping. Their in-depth interviews
were conducted with the consumers from the four superstores located in Faisalabad to explore ...
Muhammad, Usman Zafar(Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Sciences, Faisalabad, Pakistan., 2020)
The present qualitative study is based on 50 participants responsible of household food shopping. Theirin-depth interviews were conducted with the consumers from the four superstores located in Faisalabad to explore ...
Hafiz M. Safdar; Abdul Nasir; Faizan-Ul-Haq Khan; Riaz Ahmad(University of Agriculture Faisalabad Pakistan, 2020)
In this study briquettes prepared from four types of abundantly available crop residue (i.e., wheat straw, rice straw, maize straw and cotton sticks). These were optimized and tested to evaluate the enhancement in their ...
Muhammad Imran Khan; M. Aqeel Shoukat; Sardar Alam Cheema; Hafiz Nadeem Arif; Nabeel Khan Niazi; Muhammad Azam; Safdar Bashir; Imran Ashraf; Rashad Qadri(University of Agriculture Faisalabad Pakistan, 2020)
Pesticides contamination is a global environmental and public health concern due to their carcinogenic and highly toxic nature for all kind of living organisms including plants, animals and humans. Pakistan as an ...
Azhar Hussain; Zahir Ahmad Zahir; Hafiz Naeem Asghar; Muhammad Imran; Maqshoof Ahmad; Sabir Hussain(University of Agriculture Faisalabad Pakistan, 2020)
Cereal crops are a major part of our daily dietary intake. However, they are reported to have poor zinc (Zn) content. Bio-activation of zinc oxide with zinc solubilizing bacteria (ZSB) is considered a ...
Fatima Riaz; Ghulam Abbas; Muhammad Saqib; Muhammad Amjad; Amjad Farooq; Sajjad Ahmad; Muhammad Asif Naeem; Muhammad Umer; MuhammadShafique Khalid; Khalil Ahmed; Naveed Ahmad(University of Agriculture Faisalabad Pakistan, 2020)
Soil salinization is a serious environmental menace that reduces the development, growth and yield of most of the plants.Growing halophyte crops such as quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) is a promising ...
Muhammad Sajjad Nazir; TanwirAhmad Malik; Amir Shakeel; Jam Nazeer Ahmad(University of Agriculture Faisalabad Pakistan, 2020)
Okra leaf cotton has great potential to confer resistance to insect pests; however, very few okra leaf cotton cultivars have been developed in the world. Generally, cotton breeders have perception that okra leaf ...
The research was conducted to assess the genetic variability, pattern of grouping, and to search out the diverse genotypes for improvement of wheat germplasm for yield. The germplasm was collected from different research ...
Rizwana Qamar; Amir Bibi; Muhammad Ahsan Iqbal; Sehar Nawaz; Zeba Ali(University of Agriculture Faisalabad Pakistan, 2020)
The research trial was conducted in wirehouse of Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, University of Agriculture,Faisalabad during spring season, to assess the influence of lead toxicity on ...
Shah Zaman; Mansoor ul Hasan; Farooq Ahmad; Nazir Javed(University of Agriculture Faisalabad Pakistan, 2020)
Present bioassays were conducted to determine the effect of temperature and relative humidity (r.h.) on the pathogenicity of two commercially available formulations of entomopathogenic fungi (EPF) i.e. Metarhizium ...
Qurban Ali; Mazhar Hussain Ranjha; Ghulam Mustafa Sahi; Muhammad Faisal; Hafiz Usman Shakir; Habib ur Rehman; Najuf Awais Anjum; Jamshaid Iqbal; Shahid Hanif; Shaymaa Fadhel; Abbas Albaayit(University of Agriculture Faisalabad Pakistan, 2020)
The herein reported studies were conducted to investigate the ovicidal effect of different insect growth regulators (IGRs), viz., lufenuron 50EC, flufenoxuron 10DC, pyriproxyfen 10.8EC, tebufenozide 20SC, methoxyfenozide ...
Salma Anjum; Abdul Hamid; Abdul Ghafoor; Riffat Tahira; Syed Zulfiquar Ali Shah; Shahid Iqbal Awan; Khawaja Shafique Ahmad(University of Agriculture Faisalabad Pakistan, 2020)
A total of 185 diverse genotypes of tomato (Solanum lycopersicumL.), including 33 genotypes of Lycopersicumvar. Cersiforme (cherry tomatoes), were grown under shade house at National Agriculture Research Council ...
Muhammad Akbar Anjum; Aqsa Haram; Riaz Ahmad; Muhammad Azhar Bashir(University of Agriculture Faisalabad Pakistan, 2020)
The fruits of Indian jujube (Zizyphus mauritianaLamk.) are commonly used as fresh. However, fresh fruits are vulnerable to decay after few days of picking due to high moisture content and thus need to be preserved ...
Khurram Ziaf, Muhammad Amjad; Ahmad Din, Muhammad Zubair; Muhammad Awais Ghani, Iftikhar Ahmad(University of Agriculture Faisalabad Pakistan, 2020)
Fertilizer application positively affects yield of most crops but needs special attention in root crops, including turnip (Brassica rapa)because of direct accumulation of nutrients, particularly nitrates, ...
Munaza Naseem; Muhammad Anwar-ul-Haq; Javaid Akhtar; Muhammad Jafar Jaskani(University of Agriculture Faisalabad Pakistan, 2020)
Selenium (Se) is a naturally occurring substance that is toxic at high concentration for all life forms. It enters intoenvironment through natural and anthropogenic sources. Therefore, this ...
Unknown author(University of Agriculture Faisalabad Pakistan, 2020)
Stem end rot (SER) is a fungal disease complex that poses a major threat to the delivery of quality mangoes from Pakistan to export markets. The dynamics of this disease remain unclear, butmust be elucidated so ...
Early blight disease caused by Alternaria solaniis the most damaging disease of tomato. This disease causes severe yield losses in tomato. This study was planned to find out the efficacy of Bion and salicylic ...
Muhammad Umer Chattha; Muhammad Umair Hassan; Imran Khan; Muhammad Bilal Chattha; Muhammad Aamer; Muhammad Nawaz; Shakeel A. Anjum; Umair Ashraf; Mina Kharal(University of Agriculture Faisalabad Pakistan, 2020)
Bio-fuels are considered to be cheap, sustainable and more environmentalfriendly. Management considerations including sowing method and suitable cultivar have considerable effect on the dry matter yield of ...