Restoring soils could remove up to ‘5.5bn tonnes’ of greenhouse gases every year
Replenishing and protecting the world’s soil carbon stores could help to offset up to 5.5bn tonnes of greenhouse gases every
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Growth and yield of Sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) are affected by different soil
REVIEW OF LITREATUR Seed germination is a crucial phase of the plant’s life cycle. Which determines the success of the
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Heavy metals & remediation of metalliferous soils
Toxicity of Heavy Metals Toxicity of each heavy metal is not the same for all types of plants it differs
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IDC of Soybean in alkaline and calcareous soils
Soybean a miracle crop of the world and declared as golden bean, a meat that grows on earth. It is
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Quinoa a potential cereal alternative crop for salt soils
Quinoa is an innovative and an emerging crop of Pakistan. Its scientific name is Chenopodium quinoa. It belongs to family Amaranthaceae
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Management of Salt Affected Soils through practices
Salt affected soils containing soluble or insoluble salts in concentration high enough to restrict normal seed germination, emergence, growth and
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Remediation ability of Biochar for Salt-Affected Soils
Salinization and its Impacts on the Environment: Soil salinization is a historical problem affecting agriculture sector all over the world in
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Phyto-remediation: A green technology to remediate metal contaminated soils
Phyto-remediation: Abrupt climate change and current water crises in agri-industry, has emerged a dreadful threat to Pakistan. Continuous squeezing and
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Economic remediation of Cd contaminated soils along with safe food production from sewage irrigated soils
Major agricultural area of Pakistan lies in arid and semi-arid regions and climate changes have worsen the severity in temperature.
Read moreEconomic remediation of Cd contaminated soils along with safe food production from sewage irrigated soils
Major agricultural area of Pakistan lies in arid and semi-arid regions and climate changes have worsen the severity in temperature.
Read moreSalt-Affected Soils_ A Menace for Agriculture
Salinization is an emerging challenge to agriculture now a day as it is making its jaws strong over the cultivated
Read moreSalt tolerance genes and their potent use for reclamation of salt affected soils of Pakistan
Approximately 6.3 million hectares of land in Pakistan and 6% of world’s total land area is affected by salt genes
Read moreProblems of Crop Production in Water Logged Soils
Crop Production in Water logged occurs in soils when soil profile is completely splashed with water, and there is insufficient
Read moreExogenous application of silicon enhances crop yields in salt-affected soils
Soil salinity poses a serious threat for agriculture industry steeply decreasing cultivated area every year all over the world. Pakistan
Read moreKallar Grass “The Salt Grass” an Important Fodder Crop to Ameliorate Salt-Effected Soils
Pakistan is an agricultural country; major part of its population depends on agriculture. Pakistan is located between longitude 61° and
Read moreSafe food production from contaminated soils
WHEN WE study other nations, especially about the life spams we come to know that average life of other peoples is far longer than ours. Survey reports that average life span in America is 78.74 while in Pakistan it is about 66.44. Our life expectancy is not good due to actually poor diet, poor access to affordable health care, poor personal health habits and just plain poverty while these factors are mostly absent or minute in other developed nations. In our country no. of doctors for
Healthy soils stressed to tackle food security issue
STAFF REPORT RWP: As Pakistan is seriously vulnerable to food security to due to multiple factors, soil scientists have a major role to play by gearing up their efforts for meeting the future challenges of fulfilling requirements of the country’s food security.
This was the crux of the speakers at a three-day 16th International Congress of Soil Science recently concluded at the Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University (PMAS-AAUER), Rawalpindi.
The theme of the congress was