Eco-floristic study of weed flora of wheat crop under edaphic variation in tehsil Razar district Swabi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

The present study explains floristic composition and ecological attributes characteristics of weeds of maize crop in district Swabi during September-October, 2018. A total of 28 weeds species distributed in 27 genera and 15 families were reported from the selected maize fields of the study area. Out of 15 families, 12 were dicots having (17 genera and 18 species) and 3 were monocots having (10 genera and 10 species). Poaceae was dominant family contributed 8 species. Amaranthaceae (5 spp.) followed by Aizoaceae and Convolvulaceae (2 spp.) each. The rest of 11 families were represented by single species each. Annuals contributed 19 (67.8%) species while perennials shared 9 (32.2%) species. Life-form spectra indicated that therophytes were dominant and abundant life form with 17 (60.7%) species. Leaf size spectra revealed that microphylls were major leaf size class with 12 (42.8 %) species. There were 25 (89.3%) species with simple leaves, 2 (7.1 %) species with compound leaves while 1 (3.6 %) species was represented by dissected leaves.

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Ethnobotanical Profile of Weed Flora of District Charsadda, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

RADS Journal of Biological Research & Applied Sciences ◽

10.37962/jbas.v9i1.117 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 14-23

Author(s):

Muhammad Nauman Khan ◽

Abdul Razzaq ◽

Fazal Hadi ◽

Naushad Khan ◽

Abdul Basit ◽

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Keyword(s):

Perennial Herb ◽

Plant Biodiversity ◽

Annual Grass ◽

Weed Species ◽

Parasitic Weed ◽

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ◽

Weed Flora ◽

Annual Herb ◽

Ethnobotanical Uses ◽

Important Center

District Charsadda is a very important center of plant biodiversity in the central plain of Peshawar valley, Pakistan. The present study was carried out during March 2015 to April 2016 to investigate the ethnobotanical profile of common weed flora present in district Charsadda, KP, Pakistan. The study revealed that there were 40 weed species belonging to 21 families. Among them 25 weeds were annual herb, 9 weeds were perennial herb, three were annual grass, one was climbing herb, one was the parasitic weed, and one was rhizomatic grass. The dominant families were Asteraceae, Fabaceae and poaceae having 5 species (12.5%) each followed by Ranunculaceae 3 species (7.5%). plants were systematically arranged into botanical names, local names, families, habit, habitat, partly used, flowering periods, locality and ethnobotanical uses. The main aim of the study is the documentation and ethnobotanical information of the weed flora growing in the area.

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Effects of Fermenter Technology on the Yield of Various Crops in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan

Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension Economics & Sociology ◽

10.9734/ajaees/2019/v31i130122 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 1-6

Author(s):

Asmatullah . ◽

Ayesha Khan ◽

Urbooba Parvaiz ◽

Rehmat Ullah

Keyword(s):

T Test ◽

Wheat Crop ◽

Test Results ◽

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ◽

Farming Community ◽

Cash Crops ◽

Increasing Demand ◽

Crops Yield ◽

Principle Objective

The principle objective of this research was to investigate the effects of fermenter technology on yield of various cash crops grown in Malakand division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan. A total of 128 farmers using fermenter technology in six districts of Malakand division were the universes of the study.50.8% of the farmers using fermenter were holding a land between the groups of 1.6 to 2.5 hectares. Majority of the farmer’s 84.4% source of awareness about the fermenter technology were extension worker. Major cash crops grown by the respondents in the study area were tomato, onion and wheat. T-test results reveal a highly significant (P=0.000) increase in yield of tomato, onion and wheat. On average 1668.868 kg ha-1 increased were recorded in tomato, 1293.478 kg ha-1 increased in onion and 98.791 kg ha-1 in wheat crop. The finding of study suggests that various crops yield were increased with adopting fermenter technology. So the fermenter technology should be promoted and imparted to the entire farming community to meet with the increasing demand.

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Phytosociological study of weeds of wheat crop under edaphic variation: A case study from district Swabi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Pure and Applied Biology ◽

10.19045/bspab.2020.90070 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Maqsood Anwar

Keyword(s):

Wheat Crop ◽

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ◽

Phytosociological Study

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Trends and Variability of Wheat Crop in Pakistan

Asian Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development ◽

10.18488/journal.1005/2018.8.2/1005.2.153.159 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 8 (2) ◽

pp. 153-159

Author(s):

Saleem Abid ◽

M Asif Masood ◽

M Zubair Anwar ◽

Saleem Zahid ◽

Irum Raza

Keyword(s):

Growth Rate ◽

Wheat Yield ◽

Wheat Crop ◽

Wheat Production ◽

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ◽

Trend Model ◽

Punjab Province ◽

New Varieties ◽

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province

The main focus of the study was to analyze trends and variability of wheat crop in Pakistan. Semi-log trend model was used to find trends and growth rate in area, yield and production of wheat crop whereas the variability was measured by Cuddy-Della Valle index of variability. The findings of the study illustrate that wheat area in Punjab, Sindh and Baluchistan was increased over the time whereas cultivated area of wheat in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province was marginally decreased during 1981-85 to 2011-15. The results show that there was substantial increase in wheat yield and production in all four provinces of Pakistan. The increase in wheat yield may due to the adoption of new varieties of wheat in the country over the time. It was also concluded from the results that area and yield of wheat in Baluchistan recorded the highest degree of variability whereas in Punjab province area and yield of wheat crop were noticed the lowest degree of variability. Similarly, the maximum variability in wheat production was recorded for Baluchistan province followed by Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Punjab. Mostly the variability in wheat production was due to the variability in wheat area and their yield.

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Analyzing the Climate Change Impact and Farmer’s Adaptability Strategies in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Proceedings ◽

10.3390/proceedings2019036215 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 36 (1) ◽

pp. 215

Author(s):

Khuram Nawaz Sadozai ◽

Munawar Raza Kazmi ◽

Muhammad Israr Khan ◽

Sonia Sonia

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Climate Change Impact ◽

Management Practices ◽

Wheat Yield ◽

Adaptation Strategies ◽

Climatic Variables ◽

Primary Data ◽

Wheat Crop ◽

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ◽

Change Impact

The agriculture sector is deemed as more vulnerable to climate change as its variation can directly affect the crop’s productivity. However, climate change impact and farmers adaptation strategies were not figured out in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan by previous researchers and formed the rationale for this research endeavor. This research has assessed the Climate Change impact on wheat productivity and farmers adaptability strategies. The non-climatic variables (wheat yield and area under wheat cultivation) and climatic variables (temperature, precipitation and humidity) were taken into consideration. The Panel Data of thirty years (1985–2015) about non climatic and climatic variables was obtained from different secondary sources; however, primary data was collected from sampled farmers. The econometric diagnostic tests were encompassed to confirm the validity of the data. Chow test was used to underscore the structural breaks. Fixed Effect Model was adopted as suggested by Hausman Test. The salient findings express that temperature has inverse relationship with wheat productivity. This implies that by soaring one Celsius degree Centigrade (°C) temperature can plunge down the wheat productivity by 0.074 percent. Similarly, the association of precipitation was also observed negative with wheat. Contrary to this, humidity is observed as positively associated with wheat. The study concludes the substantial association of climate change with wheat crop, whereas, farmers had less awareness about the adoptability strategies. It is recommended that high temperature resistant wheat varieties may be provided to farmers and disseminates the exalted adaptation strategies with respect to climate change to overhaul their existing crop management practices.

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