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Created on Friday, 08 March 2013 17:49
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Written by John K
History:Native to Asia and North America, Hickories and Pecans have been used for food, wood, and fuel since people have been around to use them. These trees have been developed for larger and sweeter nuts, and the Pecans have had the most development so far.Trivia: The name “Hickory” comes from the Algonquian Indian (Native American people group) word pawcohiccora, meaning the nut from the Hickory t
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Created on Friday, 08 March 2013 17:48
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Written by John K
Pecans... a favorite nut! Common Name: Pecan and HickoryScientific Name:
Carya speciesFamily: Juglandaceae (the Walnut family)
Hickory Nuts Common Species: Pecan (
Carya illinoinensis) – large to very large tree Shellbark Hickory (
Carya laciniosa) – large tree Shagbark Hickory (
Carya ovata) – large tree Hican (
Carya x hybrids) – large to very large tree
Shagbark Hickory (
Carya ovata)...
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Created on Friday, 08 March 2013 17:46
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Written by John K
The leek is an "annual" vegetable that we may be able to make perennial. Leeks are one of my favorite vegetables. They are kind of like a mix between an onion and garlic in flavor, a mix of onion and scallion and shallot in use, and a mix of scallion and maybe cabbage in texture. They offer a great flavor addition to many dishes, and I use them quite a bit.Leeks are biennial plants. This means
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Created on Friday, 08 March 2013 00:33
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Written by Dawood Anser Saeed*, Dr. Ahmad Sattar Khan and Syed Ali Raza Institute of Horticultural Sciences
Mango (Mangifera indica L.) is an important member of the family Anacardiaceae and order Sapindales. The genus Mangifera is not limited to indica species; it consists of 58 more species and is wildly scattered in south, southeast and east Asia. All species are not edible but 26 species have fruits which are fit to be eaten fresh or used to prepare jams, jellies or preserves. Among these, the famou
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Created on Monday, 04 March 2013 16:07
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Written by MRCVSonline
The Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) has predicted that the Schmallenberg virus (SBV) will spread to uninfected areas of both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland during 2013.The AFBI reported that the livestock virus was "very likely" to hit the island's uninfected herds and flock, when forecasting the impact of SBV for the year ahead.So far, only one confirmed case of SBV has b
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Created on Monday, 04 March 2013 15:55
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Written by Dr.Shakeel Ahmed
ONIONS! I had never heard this!!!PLEASE READ TO THE END: IMPORTANT, In 1919 when the flu killed 40 million people there was this Doctor that visited the many farmers to see if he could help them combat the flu...Many of the farmers and their families had contracted it and many died.The doctor came upon this one farmer and to his surprise, everyone was very healthy. When the doctor asked what the f
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Created on Friday, 01 March 2013 16:33
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Written by Majid Hussain*, Tahir Zahoor, Nazia Khalid National Institute of Food Science and Technology University of Agriculture, Faisalabad-Pakistan
Guar Gum known as guar flour is natural water soluble nonionic polysaccharides isolated from the seeds of
Cyamopsis tetragonolobus (Linn, Family leguminous). This plant is cultivated from centuries in India and Pakistan. Extraction technology of guar gum was commercialized in USA in 1953. It is also grown in Australia, Brazil and South Africa in the southern hemisphere or in the Southern part of
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Created on Tuesday, 26 February 2013 15:34
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Written by Umar Zaman, Zeshan Ahmed, Muhammad Asim, Ayaz Ali Cheema, Mohsin Ali(M.Sc. Hons, Soil sinces)
BRIEF HISTORY AND INTRODUCTION: The town was founded around 1550 by Kamal Khan, a Mirani Baloach and a descendant of Dera Ghazi Khan . Around 1610, the town was taken from the Mirani rulers by the Jaskani Baloach,GORMANI BLOOCH, BHUTTA who held it until 1787. Abdun Nabi Sarai was appointed governor by Timur Shah Durrani but three years later it was included in the governorship of Muhammad Khan Sad
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Created on Tuesday, 26 February 2013 15:01
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Written by Umar Zaman, Zeshan Ahmed, Muhammad Asim, Ayaz Ali Cheema, Mohsin Ali(M.Sc. Hons, Soil sinces)
BRIEF HISTORY AND INTRODUCTION:
Lahore district takes its name from its headquarters city, which according to a Hindu legend was founded by Lahu. The son of Raja Ram of Ramayan about 4000 years ago. Historically it has been proved that Lahore is about 2000 years old; ieunH-Tsang, the famous Chinese pilgrim, has given a vivid description of Lahore city which he visited in the early parts of the se
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