Posted by Unknown
On Thursday, August 29, 2013
Tunnel farming is not an old concept and it is also becoming popular in Pakistan and
large number of tunnels are being seen in the villages of Punjab, Sindh and
KPK. Here we are presenting an account of types of tunnels, suitable vegetables
for each tunnel type. Sowing dates and P to P & R to R distances are also
given here.
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| Cucumber flowering in a tunnel |
Posted by Unknown
On Monday, August 26, 2013
Organochlorines
are chlorinated hydrocarbons and contains the elements carbon and chlorine. They
have been used extensively from the 1940s through the 1960s.
Bioaccumulation
They break
down slowly in the environment and accumulate in the fatty tissues of animals
and they stay in the environment and food web long after the being applied (Bioaccumulation).
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| OCs in Food Chain |
Posted by Unknown
On Thursday, August 22, 2013
Seed is the basic requirement of agriculture. Every crop grows
from some seed.
So this seed should be of
i. good quality
ii. genetic purity
iii. health and
iv. must have certain traits
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| Seeds |
To maintain a check and balance on the seed in the market
and determine its use, there exist an institute known as Federal Seed
Certification and Registration Department.
Posted by Unknown
On Wednesday, August 21, 2013
Biofetilizers are the organic fertilizers which
contain living microorganisms which enhance the growth and production of the
plant. Biofertilizers are getting very popular these days in Pakistan and by
the passing minute the awareness of biofertilizer has been increased. We have
already discussed the classification of biofertilizers.
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| Vermicompost Biofertilizer |
Posted by Unknown
On Sunday, August 18, 2013
Admissions open in Pir Mehr Ali Shah, Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi and sub-campus at Khushab
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| Admissions in UAAR fall 2013 |
Posted by Unknown
On Monday, August 05, 2013
Agriculture is
one the major practical as well as educational discipline in Pakistan. The
utmost importance of agriculture can be known from the fact that there are
agriculture universities in four provinces of Pakistan and faculties of
Agriculture in most of the Major Universities of four provinces and Azad
Kashmir. Hence, Agriculture is one the vastly studied subject in Pakistan.
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List of Agriculture Education Institutes in Pakistan (Cover)
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Posted by Unknown
On Thursday, August 01, 2013
Soil science is a scientific discipline concerning the study of soil as a natural resource from the point of view of plant growth.
What is Soil?
From agricultural point of
view, soil is defined as the non-consolidated upper part of the
earth's crust that serves as a natural medium for the growth of land plants.
In short, soil is a habitat for plants.
But for different
disciplines of science, the definition of soil is different, for instance, a geologist or mining engineer may call
"the fragmented rocks or debris
covering the rocks” and a civil
engineer may call it "earth or
the foundation material for constructing houses and roads”; and an economist may call it as 'land'.
In this article, we will be
limiting only to the definition and branches of soil science.
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| Relation of soil science with other scientific disciplines |
