Crop Diseases

Dr. Faisal Hafeez, Aisha Iftikhar, Muhammad Sohaib, Ayesha Arshad Ayub Agricultural Research Institute, (AARI), Faisalabad               Scientific classification: Scientific name: Phoenix dactylifera L. Family: Arecaceae Order: Arecales DATES: Dates are usually found in desert environment. There are almost 220 varieties of dates, about which …

Click Here!Management of Common Scab of Potato through Endophytes Author: Aroma Murtaza , Plant Pathology, University of Agriculture Faisalabad.   Nutritional Importance of Potato Potato is a tuberous starchy crop called as Solanum tuberosum it belongs to order solanales, family Solanaceae, and genus solanum, in many areas of world it is basic …

Innovative strategies for the control of apple scab caused by Venturia Inaequalis Authors: Aroma Murtaza، Safa Khalid۔ University of Agriculture, Faisalabad۔ Apple tree is commonly called Malus domestica. Apple fruit is a delicious pomaceous fruit which belongs to Family Rosaceae, Genus Males Except for the seeds the whole fruit including the skin …

SYSTEMATIC APPROACH TOWARDS MANAGEMENT OF PARTHENIUM (Parthenium hysterphorus L.) Amir Sohail 1*,Shehbaz Sharif 1*,Muhammad Afzal2 ,Burhan Ahmad1,Muhammad Usman1,Muhammad Iqbal1 ,Faizan amjad1 ,Muhammad Mohsan 1 Department of Entomology, University of Agriculture Faisalabad. 2 Department of Plant Production , King Saud University Riyadh Saudi Arabia Corresponding author1*: Haadikhan822@gmail.com INTRODUCTION… Parthenium is a …

Early Blight of Tomato Tomato a vegetable crop belonging to the family (solanaceae) grown throughout the world. Tomato is the most consumed vegetable after the potato due to its high nutritional value. Tomato considered as a good source of vitamin A, C, and E and also contains a valuable amount …

(Written by Haseeb Jan) History of Zika virus: Zika virus is a mosquito-borne flavivirus that was first identified in Uganda in 1947 in monkeys through a network that monitored yellow fever. It was later identified in humans in 1952 in Uganda and the United Republic of Tanzania. Outbreaks of Zika …

                                                        Citrus is one of the world’s major fruit crop. Citrus fruit belongs to the dicotyledonous family rutaceae and is  grown in tropical …

INTRODUCTION Mealy bugs are sucking insects, soft bodied, oval shape and cottony in appearance. Mealy bugs are found on leaves, stems, roots and fruits which are covered like whitish powder. This condition is very difficult to eradicate the mealy bugs. The mango mealy bugs suck a large amount of sap …

Every year, agricultural producers lose vast quantities of crops to various crop diseases. To understand how and why certain diseases strike certain crops, plant pathologists have categorized all diseases into two general groups, infectious and non-infectious. Once segmented into one of the categories, diseases are then described by the characteristic …

COTTON LEAF CURL VIRUS DISEASE   (Muhammad Hamza & Muhammad Wajid Javed) Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) is an important fiber and cash crop as it contributes a lot to the national economy as it is a source of income for many people. This crop is very important in textile industries. Cotton …