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Integrated management of blossom end rot of tomato in Faisalabad, Pakistan

Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum), ranks second in its importance among solanaceous crops. However, it requires an integrated/balanced cultural management to endure environmental stresses like blossom end rot (BER). Blossom end rot is an emerging …

Comparison of visual disease assessment versus GIS/remote sensing methods to accurately detect the epicenters of Soybean rust foci

A key question in plant pathology forensics is to determine whether or not the introduction of a new plant pathogen was the result of a deliberate, accidental, or natural event. Another important aspect of plant pathology forensics is to locate the …

Exploring the slow rusting potential of wheat genotypes against leaf and stripe rust of wheat

The focus of current wheat research is to achieve durable rust resistance in Pakistan. We explored slow leaf and stripe rusting potential in 37 wheat genotypes by studying different slow rusting parameters, e.g., average coefficient of infection …

Exploring the potential of multivariate analysis to study the impact of cotton leaf curl disease on yield traits

Cotton production in Pakistan seems adequate, but inclined to several biotic and abiotic constraints, especially Cotton Leaf Curl Virus posing a hazardous impact on cotton yield by affecting yield traits, fiber quality and health status of plants. In …

Identification of resistant source in lentil germplasm against Fusarium wilt in relation to environmental factors

Lentil is a valuable human food and one of the oldest known protein rich food legumes which is also known as poor men's meat. Owing to biotic and abiotic stresses,the crop yield is below attainable levels which are mainly …

Impact of global warming on insects

Climate change is the most debated issue of time-posing hazardous impacts on life on earth. Like other living entities, insects are also influenced by rising temperatures, elevated carbon dioxide (CO2) and fluctuating precipitating patterns as range …

Prediction of cotton seedling germination against pre-emergence damping off on the basis of environmental factors and seed applied fungicides

Cotton is an important fibre crop chiefly attacked by a number of diseases. Pre-emergence damping off seedling is an important disease of cotton. Efficacy of three fungicides (Dynesty, Topsin-M and Antracol) was assessed on early mid and late …

Prediction of citrus canker epidemics generated through different inoculation methods

Citrus canker epidemics were generated with 108???cfu/ml of Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. citri (ex Hasse) on Citrus limonia cv. China lemon, Citrus reticulate cv. kinnow, Citrus jambhiri, Citrus reticulate cv. Feutral's early and Citrus limettioides …