Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Sciences 

About: Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Sciences is an academic journal published by Pakistan Association of Advancement in Agricultural Sciences. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Crop yield & Population. It has an ISSN identifier of 0552-9034. Over the lifetime, 1201 publications have been published receiving 9244 citations.

Effect of fertilizer levels and plant densities on yield and protein contents of autumn planted maize

Abstract: -1 and 0 kg Zn ha -1 and crop was sown at plant density of 57100 plants ha -1 . Increasing fertilizer levels and plant densities linearly increased plant height and grain yield. Application of Zinc accelerated tasseling and silking of maize crop, however the application of nitrogen had no significant effect on tasseling and silking. The fertilizer levels and plant densities also significantly affected protein contents of maize grain. Application of nitrogen at higher levels improved protein contents of grain however, opposite was true for protein contents of grains collected from the crop sown under higher plant densities. It was concluded that application of fertilizer at 250 kg N ha -1 and 15 kg Zn ha -1 and the sowing of crop at plant density of 99900 plants ha -1 showed

Impact of agricultural credit on productivity of wheat crop: evidence from lahore, punjab, pakistan

Abstract: Financial requirements of the farming sector have increased tremendously over the last few decades due to the extended use of fertilizers, biocides, improved seeds, mechanization etc. The study in hand was carried out to check the impact of credit on the productivity of wheat crop in District Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. United Bank Limited (UBL) was selected as a representative of the institutional credit sources. Primary data were collected through a well structured questionnaire by dividing the district into three strata. Two villages were selected randomly from each stratum and then out of the list of loanees provided by the UBL, ten were randomly interviewed from each village. An equal number of non-loanees were also selected for the purpose of comparison. Multiple regression analysis was carried out for making of analysis. Findings showed that agricultural credit plays an important role in facilitating the transformation of agriculture and raising the participation of farmers in production process.