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Chilean Journal of Agricultural Research | 2012

Integrated use of Rhizobium leguminosarum, Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria and Enriched Compost for Improving Growth, Nodulation and Yield of Lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.)

Muhammad Asif Iqbal; Muhammad Khalid; Sher Muhammad Shahzad; Maqshoof Ahmad; Nawaf Soleman; Naeem Akhtar

La mantencion de una alta poblacion bacteriana en la rizosfera mejora la eficiencia de estos organismos. Esta poblacion bacteriana puede ser mantenida por la aplicacion de compost enriquecido que mantiene su crecimiento y actividades. Por lo tanto, el uso integrado de Rhizobium, rhizobacterias promotoras de crecimiento vegetal (PGPR) conteniendo 1-aminociclopropano-1-carboxilato desaminasa (ACC-desaminasa) y compost enriquecido con P (PEC) podria ser altamente efectivo en la promocion de crecimiento, nodulacion, y produccion de lenteja (Lens culinaris Medik.). Un estudio de campo se condujo para evaluar el potencial de Rhizobium, PGPR conteniendo ACC-desaminasa y PEC para promover el crecimiento de lenteja. Para este estudio, el tipo de suelo fue franco-arcillo arenoso con pH 7,6; conductividad electrica 2,8 dS m-1; materia organica 0,59%; N total 0,032%; P disponible 7,9 mg kg-1, y K extraible 129 mg kg-1. Los tratamientos se repitieron tres veces, usando diseno de bloques completos al azar. Los resultados mostraron que el uso integrado de R. leguminosarum con Pseudomonas spp. conteniendo ACC-desaminasa junto con PEC fue altamente efectivo y causaron hasta 73.5, 73.9, 74.4, 67.5, 73.3, 65.8, 40.5, y 52.5% de aumento en biomasa fresca, produccion de grano, produccion de paja, vainas planta-1, peso seco de nodulo por planta, peso de 1000 granos, y contenido de N en grano de lenteja, respectivamente, comparado con el respectivo control. Se concluyo que el uso integrado de R. leguminosarum con Pseudomonas spp. portando el rasgo de ACC-desaminasa mas PEC podria ser un apronte efectivo para mejor nodulacion que consecuentemente mejoro produccion de lenteja bajo condiciones naturales.


Chilean Journal of Agricultural Research | 2011

Grain Quality, Nutrient use Efficiency, and Bioeconomics of Maize under Different Sowing Methods and NPK Levels

Abdul Rehman; M. Farrukh Saleem; Muhammad Ehsan Safdar; Safdar Hussain; Naeem Akhtar

Encontrando maneras mas eficientes para fertilizar los cultivos se reduciran las perdidas de N y aumentara la absorcion de nutrientes. Un experimento de campo se llevo a cabo en la Granja de Investigacion Agronomica de la Universidad de Agricultura, Faisalabad, Pakistan, durante 2006 y 2007. El cultivo fue sembrado en tres modalidades geometricas diferentes: siembra plana (filas separadas 75 cm), siembra en camellones (camellones separados 75 cm), y plantacion en hileras (franjas de doble hilera separadas por 120 cm con espacio de 30 cm entre las hileras de una franja) y cuatro combinaciones de NPK (control 0-0-0; dosis baja 200-100-100; dosis media 250-125-125, y dosis alta 300-150-150 kg ha-1). La eficiencia de uso de fertilizantes (FUE), asi como la eficiencia del uso del N (NUE) fue significativamente menor con la dosis mas alta de fertilizante (300-150-150) que con las dosis baja o media. Eficiencia de absorcion de N fue mayor con la dosis fertilizante media y demostro ser un buen indicador del rendimiento de grano. Entre los metodos de siembra, plantacion en camellones resulto en una mayor extraccion de unidades foliculares, NUE, y la eficiencia de absorcion de N. El mayor rendimiento de grano, la utilidad neta y la relacion costo-beneficio se registraron en el cultivo sembrado en camellones con dosis media de fertilizante. Metodos de siembra no afectaron significativamente los parametros de calidad del grano. Contenido de aceite de semillas, proteina y almidon fueron los mas bajos con el control. A partir de entonces, el contenido de aceite de semilla continuo disminuyendo, mientras que la proteina y el almidon de semillas aumentaron con cada incremento de fertilizantes NPK.


Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science | 2012

Growth response of the salt-sensitive and the salt-tolerant sugarcane genotypes to potassium nutrition under salt stress

Muhammad Ashraf; Muhammad Afzal; Rashid Ahmad; Muhammad Maqsood; Sher Muhammad Shahzad; Mukkram Ali Tahir; Naeem Akhtar; Ahsan Aziz

Adequate regulation of mineral nutrients plays a fundamental role in sustaining crop productivity and quality under salt stress. We investigated the ameliorative role of potassium (K as K2SO4) in overcoming the detrimental effects of sodium chloride (NaCl) on sugarcane genotypes differing in salt tolerance. Four levels of NaCl (0, 100, 130 and 160 mM) were imposed in triplicate on plants grown in gravel by supplying 0 and 3 mM K. The results revealed that application of NaCl significantly (p ≤ 0.05) increased sodium (Na+) but decreased K+ concentrations in shoots and roots of both genotypes with a resultant decrease in K+/Na+ ratios. Physical growth parameters and juice quality were also markedly reduced with increasing NaCl concentrations compared with controls. However, addition of K alleviated the deleterious effects of NaCl and improved plant growth under salt stress. Cane yield and yield attributes of both genotypes were significantly (p ≤ 0.05) higher where K was added. Juice quality was also significantly (p ≤ 0.05) improved with the application of K at various NaCl levels. The results suggested that added K interfered with Na+, reduced its uptake and accumulation in plant tissues and consequently improved plant growth and juice quality in sugarcane.


Chemosphere | 2013

Growth and antioxidant response of Brassica rapa var. rapa L. (turnip) irrigated with different compositions of paper and board mill (PBM) effluent

Shahid Iqbal; Umer Younas; Kim Wei Chan; Zohaib Saeed; Muhammad Ashraf Shaheen; Naeem Akhtar; Abdul Majeed

Current study presents the effect of irrigation with different compositions (0%, 20%, 40%, 60%, 80% and 100%) of PBM effluent on growth and antioxidant potential of Brassica rapa var. rapa L. plants. Seeds were exposed to different PBM effluent compositions, which resulted in significant decrease in their germination potential with elevated delay index. Significant changes in growth parameters (plant height, number of leaves and leaf area) were recorded for turnip plants at regular intervals (25, 50 and 75 d) as function of PBM effluent proportion. Response of biochemical and antioxidant constituents in different parts of turnip, against stress induced by PBM effluent, was assessed by estimating the contents of chlorophyll (a+b), carotenoids, protein, phenolics, flavonoids, ascorbic acid and malondialdehyde. Antioxidant activity was evaluated by measuring DPPH radical scavenging potential. The results of this study suggest that the impact of PBM effluent irrigation is dependent on concentration of effluent in irrigation mixture and is very clear on plant growth and antioxidant attributes. Maximum benefits were secured at 40% PBM effluent to irrigate turnip plants till maturity while higher concentrations were found useful for shorter period (25-50 d).


Pakistan Journal of Weed Science Research | 2011

Effects of weed crop competition period on weeds and yield and yield components of sesame (Sesamum indicum L.).

Zubair Ijlal; Asif Tanveer; M.E. Safdar; Ahsan Aziz; Muhammad Ashraf; Naeem Akhtar; Farhan Ahmad Atif; Asghar Ali; M. M. Maqbool


Archive | 2011

Comparative performance of Bt cotton with some elite conventional cotton cultivars under arid to semi-arid conditions

Ahsan Aziz; Naeem Akhtar; Muhammad Afzal; Muhammad Ashraf; Asif Tanveer; Rashid Ahmad; Muhammad Ehsan Safdar; Salman Ahmad


Archive | 2011

Management of mango malformation through physical alteration and chemical spray

Zafar Iqbal; Naeem Akhtar; Muhammad Usman Ghazanfar; Sher Muhammad Shehzad; Salman Ahmad; Muhammad Asif; Muhammad Yasin; Muhammad Aslam Pervez; Altaf Ahmad Dasti; Ahmad Saleem


Archive | 2011

Estimation of correlation coefficients among seed yield and some quantitative traits in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

Naeem Akhtar; Talat Mehmood; Muhammad Ahsan; Ahsan Aziz; Salman Ahmad; Muhammad Asif; Ehsan Safdar


Results in physics | 2016

Investigating the effect of Cd-Mn co-doped nano-sized BiFeO3 on its physical properties

B. Ishaq; G. Murtaza; S. Sharif; M. Azhar Khan; Naeem Akhtar; I.G. Will; Murtaza Saleem; Shahid M. Ramay


Journal of Water Reuse and Desalination | 2017

Salinization/sodification of soil and physiological dynamics of sunflower irrigated with saline–sodic water amending by potassium and farm yard manure

Muhammad Ashraf; S. Muhammad Shahzad; Naeem Akhtar; Muhammad Imtiaz; A. Ali

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Ahsan Aziz

University of Agriculture

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Asif Tanveer

University of Agriculture

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Muhammad Asif

Balochistan University of Information Technology

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Rashid Ahmad

University of Agriculture

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Zafar Iqbal

King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences

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A. Ali

University of Sargodha

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