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{"title":"Integrated Use of Phosphatic Fertilizer and Farm Manure on Soil Physical Properties and Maize Yield","authors":"A. Saboor, M. Iqbal, Usman K. Chaudry, Haroon Shehzad","doi":"10.33687/jacm.003.02.4414","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33687/jacm.003.02.4414","url":null,"abstract":"Soil fertility, one of the important determinants of agricultural productivity, is generally thought to be supplemented through the application of nutrients mainly through inorganic fertilizers and organic amendments. The physical health of the soil creating suitable environment for the availability and uptake of these nutrients is generally ignored. The present study was aims to characterize the soil physical environment in relation to integrated application of farm manure (FM) and inorganic fertilizer in hybrid maize (Zea mays L.). A Field experiment was conducted at Research Area of Institute of Soil Environmental Sciences, University of Agriculture Faisalabad to evaluate the impact of different levels of DAP fertilizer @ 70:80:90 kg ha-1 in combination with FM @ 0, 5, 10 Mg ha-1 to check the soil physical properties as well as yield of hybrid maize. The experimental design was RCBD under factorial structure with 9 treatments replicated thrice. Crop was harvested at maturity and taking observations like physical parameters (Bulk density, porosity, infiltration rate, field saturated hydraulic conductivity, soil strength) and yield parameters (1000 grain weight, plant height, total grain yield) following standard procedures. Results showed that integrated use of farm manure and phosphorus rates significantly affect the plant height, grain yield of maize. Farm maure and phosphorus levels also increased soil porosity and soil hydraulic conductivity. But it reduced the soil bulk density and soil strength. So to improve soil physical properties, to gain substantial yield of maize phosphorus rates applied in a planned manner rather than excessive use and effects of farm manure should also be kept under consideration.","PeriodicalId":447755,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Arable Crops and Marketing","volume":"172 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116015706","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Allelopathic potential of Sinapis alba L. residues in weeds management system","authors":"S. Rehman","doi":"10.33687/jacm.003.02.3190","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33687/jacm.003.02.3190","url":null,"abstract":"Tillage practices, manual weeding and chemical herbicides are mainly adopted for weeds control but energy crisis, intensive labor prices and environmental pollution are major constraints in adaptation of these techniques. Therefore, sustainable weeds management is need of the hour which refers to the naturally released phytotoxins known as allelochemicals. Sinapis alba is an important member of Brassicaceae family which is well known for its allelopathic potential in crop production system. In this scenario, a field experiment was conducted at University Research Farm of Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University (PMAS-AAU), Koont, Chakwal Road, Rawalpindi to evaluate the allelopathic potential of Sinapis alba residues on weeds suppression. The experiment was laid out with 3 replications and 7 treatments viz T0=controlled, T1=Foliar Spray @50% concentration, T2=Foliar Spray@75% concentration, T3=Foliar Spray@ 100% concentration, T4=Residual Incorporation@8Kg/plot, T5=Residual Incorporation@6Kg/plot, T6=Residual Incorporation@4Kg/plot. All the treatments significantly suppressed the weeds population but the inhibitory effect of aqueous extract @100% concentration was highest. This inhibitory effect could be associated with release of glucosinolates and phenolics which possess great influence on different weeds and act as a natural herbicide.","PeriodicalId":447755,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Arable Crops and Marketing","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122082667","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Evaluation of Different Planting Geometries and Fertilizer Application Rates for Water Productivity and Yield Attributes of Cotton under Surface Drip Irrigation","authors":"M. B. Chattha, H. Habib, M. S. Haider, Manzoor A. Sial","doi":"10.33687/jacm.003.1.2.4166","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33687/jacm.003.1.2.4166","url":null,"abstract":"An experiment was conducted during Kharif 2017 under drip irrigation system in the field to evaluate the two different planting geometries (P1= 60 cm and P2=75 cm wide beds) and two fertilizer application rates (F1=100% and F2=75% of recommended NPK) for cotton productivity and yield related traits at Water Management Research Farm, Renala Khurd, district Okara, Punjab, Pakistan. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with three replications. Net plot size was 9.0 m × 7.0 m and crop were sown on 60 cm and 75 cm wide beds with 30 cm plant to plant distance manually. Drip laterals were laid in small groves at the center of the beds. Crop variety FH-142 was sown on fifteenth May 2017. Irrigation schedule prepared on the basis of environmental data was used to irrigate the crop with drip irrigation system to maintain the moisture content in the soil. All other agronomic practices were kept uniform. Data were recorded for yield and yield parameters. Data collected was analyzed statistically using Fisher’s analysis of variance technique and by employing computer program Statistix 8.1. Least significance difference test at 5% probability level was evaluated to compare the treatment means. The results indicated that the combination of planting geometry P1 (planting at 60 cm wide beds) with fertilizer application rate F1 (100 % of recommended NPK) performed significantly better regarding cotton seed yield (4354 kg-1) than all other treatments. The crop sown on 60 cm wide beds with 100% of NPK also attained maximum plant height of 131cm, maximum number of bolls per plant (33.33) and the highest water productivity (0.78 kg m-3) for seed cotton yield. The highest boll weight (3.80 g) and plant population of 3.67m-2 were shown by the crop sown under treatment F1P1 and F2P1, respectively.","PeriodicalId":447755,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Arable Crops and Marketing","volume":"127 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130449762","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Effect of Different Dozes of Phosphatic Fertilizer (P2O5) on the Yield of Wheat in Cotton-Wheat Zone of Pakistan Using Band Displacement Drill","authors":"M. Muneer, M. B. Chattha, M. U. Chattha, M. Rizwan, Muhammad Arshad","doi":"10.33687/jacm.003.1.2.4162","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33687/jacm.003.1.2.4162","url":null,"abstract":"This research study was conducted during the years 2013-14 and 2014-15 to test the efficiency and evaluate the effects of different dozes of phosphatic fertilizer on the growth and yield of wheat. Randomized complete block design is used in this study with four treatments and three replications. The four treatments consisted of 100% application of phosphatic fertilizer through broadcaster which is the control treatment, 100% application of phosphatic fertilizer through band placement drill, 75% application of phosphatic fertilizer through band placement drill and 50% application of phosphatic fertilizer through band placement drill. Germination rate and productive tiller per square meter, numbers of grain per spike, 1000g weight and grain yield was higher in second treatment i.e.  100% application of phosphatic fertilizer through band placement drill. The results of this research study revealed that 100% application of phosphatic fertilizer through band placement drill, can produce a significantly better yield of wheat crop in the cotton-wheat zone of Pakistan.","PeriodicalId":447755,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Arable Crops and Marketing","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134196475","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Enhancement of Faba Bean (Vicia faba L.) Yield Using Elite Rhizobial Inoculants on Acidic Soils of the Central Highlands of Ethiopia","authors":"Mulugeta Mekonnen, Abere Menalku, Gezehagne Tamiru","doi":"10.33687/jacm.003.1.2.4165","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33687/jacm.003.1.2.4165","url":null,"abstract":"This study was intended to evaluate the inoculation response of faba bean to six indigenous rhizobial isolates, 100 kg ha-1 DAP as a positive control and non-inoculated negative control under acidic field conditions at Damotu (in 2019) and Chiri (in 2020) of Ejere district, Ethiopia. The experiments were laid out in a randomized complete block design (RCBD) with three replications and a plot size of 4 m x 3 m. The result confirmed the existence of a significant difference between treatments (p ≤ 0.05) in aboveground biomass, grain, and haulms yields. The highest grain yields (3378.3 kg ha-1 and 3286.7 kg ha-1) were obtained from inoculation of rhizobial isolate FB-EM-11 at both experimental sites. The second higher grain yields were obtained from inoculation of rhizobial isolates FB-NS-03 (3376.7 kg ha-1) at Damotu and FB-EM-07 (3269.5 kg ha-1) at Chiri. Based on the two successive years’ grain yield response, FB-EM-11(3332.6 kg ha-1) and FB-NS-03(3198 kg ha-1) were the first and the second most performing isolates at Ejere district. Moreover, from the partial budget analysis result, FB-EM-11, FB-NS-03, and FB-EM-07 were the most promising isolates that showed the higher marginal rate of return 8309%, 7344%, and 6865%, respectively. Thus, these rhizobial isolates are the best promising candidate for further verification over the farmers’ field at different agro-ecologies to identify candidates for the development of commercial faba bean rhizobial inoculants in acid-prone faba bean growing areas of Ethiopia.","PeriodicalId":447755,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Arable Crops and Marketing","volume":"125 7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124662787","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Zinc and Boron Application Improves Yield, Yield Components and Gross Returns of Mungbean (Vigna radiata L.)","authors":"Aniqa Mubeen, M. Saeed, M. Saleem, M. A. Wahid","doi":"10.33687/JACM.002.02.3521","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33687/JACM.002.02.3521","url":null,"abstract":"Among pulses, mungbean is being considered as valuable cash crop in Pakistan but its productivity is under stress due to various agronomic and nutrient related management factors. Current study was planned to assess the interactive effect of soil applied zinc (Zn) and boron (B) under both field and pot managed conditions. Experiment was conducted at the Agronomic Research Area, Department of Agronomy, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad which is located at 31ᵒ North latitude and 73ᵒ East longitude with an altitude of 185 meters above sea level. The experimental treatments were comprised of three Zn (0, 2 and 4 kg Zn ha-1) and three B (0, 2 and 4 kg Zn ha-1) rates which were applied in nine combinations viz., B0Zn0, B0Zn2, B0Zn4, B2Zn0,B2Zn2,B2Zn4, B4Zn0, B4Zn2, B4Zn4. Results revealed that, variations between field and pot trials as treatment B0Zn4 helped to increase plant height (60.66 cm) and pod length (10.17 cm) in field trials while B2Zn4 positively affected plant height (56.8 cm 27 cm), number of pods per plant (38.78 20.66), pod length (9.28 cm 10.18 cm), number of nodules (12.56 9) and seed yield (1402 t ha-1 6.42 g plant-1) in both field and pot trials, respectively. Moreover, B2Zn4 treatment also improved the number of pod bearing branches per plant (9.03) and number of seeds per pod (8.36) in field trial as compared to control and other set of treatments. Yield related attributes were also significant with B2Zn2 treatment under field conditions but negative effects in terms of low yield and its related attributes were witnessed with other set of treatments under both experimental conditions. Based on this data, B2Zn4 isrecommended to farmers facing soil related Zn and B deficiency problems, to get maximum economic returns of mungbean.","PeriodicalId":447755,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Arable Crops and Marketing","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129531973","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Effects of Brand Trust, Brand Identification and Quality of Service on Brand Evangelism: A Study of Restaurants in Multan","authors":"M. Mehran, Tanveer Kashmiri, A. Pasha","doi":"10.33687/JACM.002.02.3191","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33687/JACM.002.02.3191","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this study is to investigate how customer-band relationships and quality of service influences brand evangelism. And more importantly, this study examines the moderating effect of the brand love on brand trust, quality of service, brand identification and brand evangelism relations. Brand evangelism mends to customers’ advocacy behaviour and positive or negative word-of-mouth (for a particular brand) that influence the purchase decision. Based on the prior studies conducted on the brand relationships, an integrated conceptual framework on consumer-brand relationships, quality of service and brand evangelism is developed. The snowball sampling technique was employed in this study, and the sample drawn was consisted of 400 brand conscious customers of the different restaurants serving in Multan. The sample was focused on the salaried class, working at different organizations in Multan only. For more robust testing of the theory, brand love was included as a moderating variable. For testing of the moderation effect Process by Andrew F. Hayes was used with the assistance of SPSS version 23. Research findings revealed that the impacts of the brand trust, quality of service and brand identification on brand evangelism are significant. And brand love as a moderating variable moderate the relationships between brand trust, quality of service, brand identification and brand evangelism. The mindsets of the today customers are changing, and they are getting more brand conscious, they love to share their good and bad experience about the different brands that exist in the market. Today, it is very important for brand managers to know the feelings of the customers about their brands. This study suggests the brands to cultivate brand trust, quality in their services, brand identification and brand love in their service for longer standing in diversifying the market. Brand evangelism is not an old construct, especially, it is new for the graphical location where we are conducting this study, because there is no similar study available here. This study is only focused on the restaurants in Multan, other geographical locations or industries (e.g. beverage industry, cellular operators, electronics etc.) may be used to more clearly understand the brand evangelism construct. Also, comparative studies can be performed to compare the brand evangelism level in customers of a specific at different graphical location markets. This study takes brand customers as brand evangelists but persons from sales department workforce may also be considered as a brand evangelist, because evangelism may also reside there.","PeriodicalId":447755,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Arable Crops and Marketing","volume":"93 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114070602","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Investigating the impact of Zero Tillage on small farmer’s wheat production and Income: A case of District Sialkot, Pakistan","authors":"M. Akhtar, Faisal Rasool","doi":"10.33687/JACM.002.02.3193","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33687/JACM.002.02.3193","url":null,"abstract":"Zero tillage (ZT) implies the practice of planting a new crop in the soil left unprepared after the harvesting of the previous crop. The most dominant benefit of no-tillage is an improvement in soil biological fertility, making soils more resilient. Zero-tillage also reduces the cost of production and saves time for sowing of wheat by 10-15 days as compared to conventional tillage. District Sialkot was selected as the study areas of this study based on its diversity in agriculture and the probability of zero tillage practices in this area. Two groups of respondents were selected with almost similar socioeconomics characteristics practicing their farming operations under similar biophysical conditions. The first group comprises small farmers who were practicing conventional tillage technology and the second group include small farmers who were practicing zero tillage technology. Against this backdrop, the purpose of this paper is to assess the impact of zero tillage on small farmers’ wheat production and to assess the impact of zero tillage on small farmers’ income arising from the wheat crop. We collected primary data from 150 farmers through a structured questionnaire in district Sialkot of Punjab Province of Pakistan. The study identified that zero tillage wheat growing farmers used more quantity of seed than conventional wheat growing farmers in the study area. While a number of irrigations is also used more in conventional wheat as compared to Zero Tillage wheat. The results reflected that conventional farmers spend more on fertilizer, irrigation, chemical application than the zero tillage farmers. Variable cost is also higher for the conventional technique (Rs. 13698.02) than the zero tillage technique (Rs. 9723.9). Conventional wheat farmers have to spend more not only for irrigation but have to take extra care to look after in form of labor for their wheat crop, because of heavy investment made in conventional tillage wheat crop.","PeriodicalId":447755,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Arable Crops and Marketing","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123398909","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Promoting Organic Production & Consumption: A Case of Punjab, Pakistan","authors":"Manan Aslam, M. Akhtar","doi":"10.33687/JACM.002.02.3194","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33687/JACM.002.02.3194","url":null,"abstract":"The study seeks to investigate the impact of major determinants influencing marketing potential and consumer’s willingness to pay for organic vegetables in Punjab, Pakistan. In this regard, two districts (Lahore and Toba Tek Singh) were selected purposively. Information was collected for the main organic vegetables. Convenient sampling technique was used to collect data because limited numbers of respondents were available. A sample size of 50 organic farmers (25 from each district) and 50 consumers (25 from each district) was selected. Multivariate regression analysis was employed to identify and evaluate the effects of marketing potential (farmers) and the consumer’s willingness to pay for organic vegetables in the study area. According to selected organic vegetable growers’ potential existed for the organic vegetables farming in the country and major variables influencing significantly the market potential for organic vegetables as income, price, no pesticide residues whereas hygienic food and more nutrients in the organic vegetables affecting insignificantly the market potential for organic vegetables in the study area. The relationship between the dependent variable (demand for organic vegetables) and independent variables (income, hygienic food, price, pesticide residues and more nutrients in the organic vegetables) was estimated by using a regression model. On the other hand, a consumer survey was conducted in order to delineate the effect of consumer’s willingness to pay for organic vegetables in the selected area. The findings of the research depicted that no synthetic pesticide residues, appearance and prices of organic vegetables influencing significantly the consumer’s willingness to pay for organic vegetables whereas quality, long shelf life and taste affecting insignificantly the consumer’s willingness to pay for organic vegetables in the study area. The price of the organic vegetables should be low that’s why every consumer will purchase organic vegetables instead of conventional vegetables. It should be assured by the government that there are no pesticide residues in the organic vegetables. The farming community may be motivated to produce quality seeds of organic vegetables. A pilot farming program should be initiated with joint involvement of public and private sectors.","PeriodicalId":447755,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Arable Crops and Marketing","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125413278","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Foliage applied Selenium Improved the Productivity and Quality of White Mustard under Arid Climate","authors":"S. Sultan, M. Suleman, M. Kashif, M. Ali, Ahmad Ali, M. Sharif, A. Sher","doi":"10.33687/JACM.002.01.3189","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33687/JACM.002.01.3189","url":null,"abstract":"Oilseeds crops have a strong bearing on national economy as they constitute about 5 percent of total imports and 50% of agricultural imports. Productivity enhancement of oilseeds, therefore, is of vital importance. Our national consumption of edible oils is around 1.95 million tones, of which about 70% is met through imports. Due to these reasons it is very necessary to enhance the area as well as productivity of oil seed crops. Therefore; a study was carried out to evaluate the productivity and quality of white mustard by exogenous application of selenium under arid climate of Thal at Agronomic Research Area, BZU, Bahadur Sub-Campus Hafizabad Layyah Pakistan, during the year 2016. This experiment was conducted using the RCBD with split plot arrangements. The results revealed that the plant height, stem diameter, 1000-seed weight, seed and biological yield were significantly improved by selenium at Thal region.","PeriodicalId":447755,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Arable Crops and Marketing","volume":"144 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121200673","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}