Climate change: A threat to agriculture
Pakistan is an important agricultural country of South Asia. Although contribution of agriculture in GDP has decreased…
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PARC sigs two MoUs with AVARDC, Chinese firm
STAFF REPORT ISB: Two MoUs have been signed between PARC and AVARDC for scientific and technical cooperation on research…
Hazards of food adulteration in human health
Food is the basic demand to sustain life and requirement for growth, development and proper functioning of…
Activities in a honeybee colony
Honeybees are the class of insects and of Apis genera. The only two species of honeybees are…
Parthenium-a noxious weed
Parthenium (Parthenium hysterophorus) is a genus of flowering plants in the aster family, Asteraceae’, a new and potentially major…
Sustainable agriculture, a solution for food scarcity
Agriculture mainly depends on natural resources such as land, water and nutrients which are becoming scarce due to the…
Effects of pesticides organophosphate on health
A pesticide is any substance or mixture of substances including insecticide, herbicide, fungicide, and various other substances…
Need of lab biosafety
As the medical science is confronting with new health problems in the modern times, they have taken along a…
Fire hazard and safety measures
The discovery of fire is one of the earliest human discoveries. The controlled use of fire was…
Efficient use of fertilizers
The fertilizer refers to the substance which provides one or more nutrients necessary for plant growth and…
Kinnow orchards exposed to multiple threats in Pakistan
The citrus fruit grown in Pakistan is considered to be the most important for better economic earning…
Green manure, a natural way to keep soil alive
The green manuring is defined as a practice of ploughing in the green plant parts or adding…