Bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is the staple food crop of Pakistan and is being grown over a wide range of environments. Grain yields of wheat are highly affected due to biotic and abiotic stresses. Water stress is the main environmental constraints besides high temperature and salinity stress. New high yielding wheat varieties possesses better tolerance to drought are desperately needed for cultivation in wheat growing areas. A high yielding and drought-tolerant wheat variety Khirman has been developed and released for general cultivation in Sindh province of Pakistan. The variety has...
Bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is the staple food crop of Pakistan and is being grown over a wide range of environments. Grain yields of wheat are...
Fruit flies are regarded as one of the most dangerous pest to the horticultural industry throughout the world. Mainly pesticides are exploited for controlling fruit flies but these leads to lot of ecological and environmental concerns regarding health of biotic faunna including human. Due to this the focus is now shifting towards other control practice in which bio-control attain significant importance. The fruit flies parasitoid Dirhinus giffardii currently present in sufficient quantity in fruit flies prevailing areas but there is need to exploit it as bio-control agent through classical...
Fruit flies are regarded as one of the most dangerous pest to the horticultural industry throughout the world. Mainly pesticides are exploited for con...
