Chili (Capsicum annuum) belongs to family solanaceae and is one of the most common cultivated crops of the world. Chili has been cultivated on 63.6 thousand hectares in Pakistan with a production of 147.2 thousand tons ...

Four sets of experiments were conducted in the pots as well as under field conditions during 2013 and 2014. Two experiments under pot condition for maize and wheat were conducted at Government Fruit Nursery Farm, Agriculture ...

Salinity is an abiotic stress that can significantly reduce the crop productivity. The primary purpose of the research was to explore the breeding potential of cotton for salinity tolerance. For this purpose, 50 cotton ...

Cotton is considered as backbone of Pakistan’s economy. It is a summer season crop. However, severely high temperature (> 45°C) often prevails at its reproductive stages which is a great threat to its productivity. The aim ...

Strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa Duch.) is a member of family Rosaceae and is among the most widely consumed fruit throughout the world. Its fruit ripens in early spring which gives good economic returns to the farmers. ...

A collection of 85 wheat genotypes was evaluated to determine the genetic diversity regarding iron and zinc content in grains alongwith yield and yield contributing traits. Correlation, principal component and cluster ...

Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is one of the most paramount staple foods of the world. It occupies a unique position in cereal crops with respect to area under cultivation and more than 2.7 million populations depending on rice. ...

Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) is most nutritionally and economically important crop in Pakistan and around the world. Early blight (EB) in one of tomato dreadful disease caused by fungal pathogen Alternaria solani ...

Root diseases either soil or seed borne poses serious implications on seed germination and subsequently plant growth and development. The attack of root diseases in earlier stages of the crop completely destroys the crop ...