CODEN PJARDC 29 (1)1-109 (2016)

Vol. 29

January - March, 2016

No. 1

CONTENTS

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Combining ability studies for seed yield traits in sunflower Syeda Nasreen, Muhammad Ayub Khan, Muhammad Arshad, Maryam Kamal, Doulat Baig, M. Tariq, Talat Gilani and Musarrat Gilani

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Response of sunflower hybrids to different nitrogen levels for physiological and agronomical traits under field conditions Doulat Baig, Fida Mohammad Abbasi, Habib Ahmed, Maqsood Qamar and Muhammad Ayub Khan

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Crop residues and phosphorus effect on yield and economics of direct seeded rice and wheat grown under saline-sodic soil Imdad Ali Mahmood, Arshad Ali, Armghan Shahzad, Muhammad Asif Masud Ghumman, Muhammad Arshad Ullah, Tariq Sultan and Badar-u-Zaman

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Effect of soil and foliar applied copper on growth and yield of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Azhar Usman Ali, Ghulam Sarwar, Muhammad Aftab and Sher Muhammad

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Phytotoxic effects of Calotropis procera, Tamarix aphylla and Peganum harmala on plant growth of wheat and mustard Muhammad Mudasar Aslam, Muhammad Jamil, Ijaz Malook, Amana

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Khatoon, Ali Rehman, Abdur Rahim, Pirzada Khan, Shakir Ullah Khan Shakir, Shahid Irfan, Faizan Ullah, Khair Ul Bashar, Mahideen Afridi and Shafiq Ur Rehman Determination of forage quality of indigenous and exotic rhodes grass accessions under rainfed conditions Sohaib Arshad, Sarwat Naz Mirza, Imtiaz Ahmad Qamar and Maqbool Shahbaz

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Response of tomato cultivars to different organic fertilizers under agro-climatic conditions of Mingora, Swat Salar Khan Yousafzai, Shah Masaud Khan, Khalil ur Rehman, Junaid Khan, Sher Aslam Khan, Ijaz Hussain and Ishrat Naz

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Socioeconomic determinants of rural household food expenditures in Rawalpindi Hafiz Saqib Habib, Arshad Mahmood Malik, Abid Ali and Muhammad Aamir Khan

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Factors affecting groundnut yield in Pothwar region Punjab, Pakistan Muhammad Qasim, Khuda Bakhsh, Sultan Ali Tariq, Mahmood Nasir, Rashed Saeed and Muhammad Ather Mahmood

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Marketing system of live camels in the desert ecologies of Pakistan Khalid Mahmood Aujla and Abid Hussain

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Occurance and distribution of poty viruses infecting garlic in Pakistan S.Talat Gilani, Shahid Hameed and Hussain Shah

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Assessment of agriculture service providers' training on water conservation technologies in Pothwar region Sumia Bint Zaman, Waqas Farooq, Sidra Majeed, Hasnain Shah and Abdul Majid

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Reviewers of this Issue Foreigners 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Dr. M.B. Kirkham, Professor, Department of Agronomy, Plant Sciences Center, Kansas State University, USA. Dr. Atiq Rehman, Professor, University of Ottawa, Canada. Dr. Akbar Shah Mohmand, Environmental and Natural Resources Department, College of Agriculture and Food Sciences, King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia. Dr. Khalid Rafique, Lanzhou University, China Dr. Aftab Ahmad, Assistant Director, Water Resources River Management Division, Murray–Darling Basin Authority, Canberra Dr. Shaukat Ali, Associate Professor, Plant Science Department, South Dakota State University, USA. Dr. Nisar Ahmad, Associate Professor, Department of Border Regional Studies University of Southern Denmark, Denmark. Dr. Saikat Kumar Basu, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta Canada. Dr. Ranjita, University of Kassel, Germany. Dr. Muhammad Tahir Rashid, University of Guelph, Canada.

Local 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Prof. Dr. Naqib Ullah Khan, Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics The University of Agriculture, Peshawar. Prof. Dr. Nazir Javed, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan. Dr. Moazzam Jamil, Principal, University College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, The Islamia University, Bahawalpur Dr. Anjum Munir, Director, CDRI, NARC, Islamabad. Dr. Nasir Nadeem, Assistant Professor, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Sub-Campus Burewala, Vehari. Dr. Muhammad Zubair, Associate Professor/Chairman Department of Forestry and Range Management, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technology Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan Dr. Saaeed Akhtar, Assistant Chief, National Fertilizer Development Center, Planning Commission, Government of Pakistan, Islamabad. Dr. Asif Kamran, Senior Scientist, Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology, Jhang Road, Faisalabad. Dr. Hassan Sher, Associate Professor/Director, Center for Plant Sciences and Biodiversity, University of Swat, Pakistan. Dr. Muhammad Ramzan Anser, Barani Agricultural Research Institute (BARI), Chakwal.

Vol. 29

PAKISTAN JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH Higher Education Commission Recognized Journal January - March, 2016

No. 1

The Journal was originally started as “Agriculture Pakistan” in 1949. Its name was changed to “Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Research in 1979. Since year 2000, it is being published with present size and typography.

Governing Board Dr. Nadeem Amjad, Chairman/Member (NRD) PARC, Islamabad Dr. M. Azeem Khan, Director General, NARC, Islamabad Dr. Ahmad Bakhsh Mahar, Member/Incharge (PSD) PARC, Islamabad Dr. Umer Farooq, Member /Incharge (SSD) PARC, Islamabad Dr. Shahid Rafiq, Member /Incharge (ASD) PARC, Islamabad Management Committee Dr. Khalid Mahmood Qureshi CSO/Sr. Director, HRI, NARC, Islamabad

Editorial Committee Dr. Kausar Abdulla Malik (HI, SI, TI) (Chief Editor) HEC Distinguished National Professor Forman Christian College, Lahore

Dr. M. Ehsan Akhtar Registrar (PIASA) NARC, Islamabad

Subject Editors

Muhammad Fiaz Joyia Sr. Director (SI) NARC, Islamabad

Animal Sciences Institute, NARC, Islamabad

Dr. Anjum Munir Sr. Director (DPEP) NARC, Islamabad

Joint Director, PIDE, Islamabad

Dr. Tariq Hassan Sr. Director (SSRI) NARC, Islamabad

Director ORIC, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad

Dr. Arshad Ali Sr. Director, LRRI, NARC, Islamabad

Department of Agronomy, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad

Dr. Abid Hussain PSO (SSRI), NARC, Islamabad Ms. Sabiha Amin Managing Editor, PARC, Islamabad Mr. M. Irshad Ex-PSO, NARC, Islamabad

Dr. Khalid Naeem (Animal Sciences) Dr. Munir Ahmad (Social Sciences) Dr. Asif Ali (Plant Breeding & Genetics) Dr. Shahzad Maqsood A. Basra (Agronomy) Dr. Muhammad Iqbal (Agric. & Biol. Engg.) Faculty of Agricultural Engineering & Technology University of Agriculture, Faisalabad

Dr. Zahir Shah (Soil Sciences) Department of Soil and Environmental Protection The University of Agriculture, Peshawar

Dr. Zabta Khan Shinwari (Bio-technology) Department of Bio-technology Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad

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