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CODEN PJARDC 28 (3)217-337 (2015)
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Combining ability analysis in various inbred lines of maize (Zea mays L.) Syed Asif Imran Shah, Shah Jehan Khan, Abdul Aziz Baloch , Obaid Ullah
Sayal, Kalim Ullah and Shujaat Ali
Said Salman, Shah Jehan Khan and Javed Khan
Performance of different tomato cultivars under organic and inorganic regimesIbrar Ali, Abdul Mateen Khattak, Muhammad Ali and Kalim Ullah
Improving fodder quality of Panicum grass through intercropping of legumes and their inoculation
Genetic diversity assessment in Brassica germplasm based on morphological attributesIsrar Ali, Naushad Ali, Riffat Tahira, Sardar Ali, Izhar Hussain and Sher Aslam Khan
Muhammad Arshad Ullah, Nazir Hussain, Helge Schmeisky and Muhammad Rasheed
Heterosis and hetrobeltiosis performance of morphological traits in bread wheat crosses under drought stress conditions
Analyzing production potential of selected food and legume crops for food security in Punjab, PakistanMuhammad Qasim, Sonila Hassan, Arshed Bashir, Hafiz Zahid Mahmood and Irfan Mehmood
Impact of livestock in uplifting rural livelihoodJunaid Alvi, Ijaz Ashraf, Khalid Mehmood Ch, Muhammad Iftikhar and Saleem Ashraf
Habitat survey for recognizing bird attractants around Benazir Bhutto International Airport, Islamabad, PakistanSameera Arshad, Iftikhar Hussain, Maqsood Anwar and Sarwat Naz Mirza
Evaluation of different food grains as baits for management of Hystrix indicaAmjad Pervez, Syed Muzaffar Ahmed, Akhlaq Ahmad and Qazi Mehmood Ali
Nouman Badar, Hina Fatima, Abdul Jabbar and Muhammad Asif
Forecasting area and production of barley in Punjab, PakistanSobia Naheed, Irum Raza, M. Zubair Anwar, Nusrat Habib, Naheed Zahra and Sabeen Siddiqui
Forest pathogens and diseases under changing climate-A reviewMuhammad Mohsin Raza, Muhammad Aslam Khan, Irfan Ahmad, Ali Ahsan Bajwa, Hafiz Muhammad Usman Aslam, Badar Ahsan Ullah and Kashif Riaz
Population dynamics of rose aphid Macrosiphum rosae L. on different cultivars of Rosa indica L. in PakistanQuratulain, Muhammad Aslam, Muhammad Khalid Rafique, Mian Atiq Ahmad and Rashid Mahmood
Major food crops production and yield forecast in Pakistan
Trend analysis and forecasting of wheat and rice prices in PakistanSaqib Shakeel Abbasi, Ayesha Tahir, Irum Raza, Saleem Abid and Muhammad Nisar Khan
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Reviewers of this Issue Foreigners
Local
1. Dr. Richard Budgey, National Wildlife Management Centre, Animal and Plant Health Agency, UK.Dr. Saikat Kumar Basu, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
3. Dr. Rice Nathan, Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaly, Canada.
4. Dr. Katherine Horak, Research Biologist Pharmacologist/Toxicologist, National Wildlife Research Center, Fort Collins, USA.
5. Dr. Weijun Zhou, Zheijian University, Hangzhou, China.6. Dr. Chen Liang, College of Agronomy Northwest A&F University, Taicheng,
China.7. Dr. Muhammad Munir, Plant Environment Physiologist, Frontier Agriculture
University, UK.8. Dr Meriel G. Jones, Senior Lecturer, Institute of Integrative Biology Biosciences,
University of Liverpool, UK.9. Dr. Stephen Wambugu Maina, Department of Agricultural Extension and
Education, Egerton University, Nakura Kenta, Kenya.10. Dr. Shazad Ahmad, Plant Protection Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut
University, Egypt.11. Dr. Akhtar Ali, Agricultural Economist, CIMMYT-Pakistan.12. Dr. Shaukat Ali, Small Grains Pathologist, Seed Technology, Plant Science
Department, South Dakota State University, UK.13. Dr. Muhammad Ishaq, Hangzhong Agricultural University Wuhan, Hubei
China.14. Dr. Saiq Shakeel Abbasi, Hangzhong Agricultural University Wuhan, Hubei
China.
Dr. Khuda Bakhsh, Department of Management Sciences, COMSATS, Vehari.2. Dr. Anjum Munir, Director, Crop Diseases Research Institute, NARC, Islamabad.3. Prof. Dr. Afsar Mian, Chairman, Bioresource Research Centre Islamabad.4. Dr. Muhammad Ansar, Associate Professor, Department of Agronomy, PMAS-
Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi.5. Dr. Ihsan Ullah, PSO, Oilseeds, NARC, Islamabad. 6. Dr. Maqsood Qamar, PSO, Wheat Program, CSI, NARC, Islamabad.7. Dr. Habib Iqbal Javed, Ex-PSO, DPEP, NARC, Islamabad.8. Dr. Sultan Akbar Jadoon, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Crop Production, The
University of Agriculture, Peshawar. 9. Dr. Imtiaz Qamar, Director RRI, NARC, Islamabad.10. Dr. Sadiq Afridi, Director PARC-SSRI Muzaffarabad, AJK.11. Dr. Abdul Ghafoor Chaudhry, Institute of Business Management Sciences,
University of Agriculture, Faisalabad. 12. Dr. Muhammad Zafar Ullah Khan, Department of Agricultural Extension
Education and Communication, The University of Agriculture, Peshawar.
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