Wheat Growth and Development

WHEAT GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT The ten major growth stages that the wheat plant progresses through during its life cycle are all familiar to farmers: Germination, imbibition, radilce and coleoptile emerge Seedling Tillering Stem elongation or Jointing Booting Heading Flowering or Anthesis…

Wheat Growth staging systems

Growth staging systems A number of staging systems have evolved for describing wheat development. The Zadoks system, which is becoming the most universally accepted, will be described in detail. In addition, the Haun and the Feekes-Large staging systems will be…

what is Chelating agent?

Those compounds which form a soluble complex with cations especially with metals such as Zinc, Iron, Calcium e.t.c. are called chelating agents or chelator. Chelator also present in soil derived from phenolic compounds present in decaying ligning from wood (Humus).…

Maize in Pakistan

maize is third important cereal after wheat and rice. Maize accounts for 4.8% of the total cropped area and 3.5% of the value of agricultural output. planted on an estimated area of 0.9 million hectare with an annual production of…

Macro and Micro nutrients

Do you essential nutrients for plant growth. Their are 16 nutrients considered as balance plant diet. Including following as  Macro-nutrients –Structural: C, O, H – –Primary: N, P, K – –Secondary: Ca, Mg, S   Micro-nutrients  B, Mn,  Zn –Cu,…