Bio-energy is a sustainable and promising energy source owing to less greenhouse gas emissions. In Pakistan, there is no information available regarding the bio-energy production from plant biomass. In this framework, four ...

The over use of fertilizers and pesticides in agriculture are degrading natural ecosystem and human health. The substantial association of health risk with pesticide residues and its adverse impact on environment has fetched ...

Trogoderma granarium, Sitophilus zeamais and Rhyzopertha dominica are very notorious stored cereals insect pests. This research was accomplished to determine efficacy of some bio-pesticides including entomopathogenic fungi ...

Seeds are vulnerable to loss of germination and vigor as well as insect and fugal attack during storage. High seed moisture contents (SMC) accelerates seed deterioration, so maintenance of seed dryness through hermetic ...

Pakistan is an agricultural country and irrigation plays vital role in crop production. Pakistan is blessed with world biggest and oldest Indus Basin Irrigation System (IBIS). Beside the largest surface irrigation network, ...

This project is confined to first report on comprehensive ethnobotanical exploration of medicinal plants in deserts of Sindh. The study is based on ethnopharmacological exploration of traditional knowledge regarding the ...

Quantification of genetic attributes including gene action, heterotic behavior, heritability estimates, phenotypic and genotypic associations are important statistical tools in progressive breeding programs. The genetic ...

The rice crop is affected from more than 76 diseases, among which Bacterial leaf blight (BLB), incited by Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo) is incurring significant yield losses in Asia, including Pakistan. In the present ...

Alternaria solani is a destructive pathogen to the tomato crop causing heavy losses. The present work was designed during 2015-16 to evaluate the efficacy of Bion and salicylic acid as early blight disease suppressors as ...