CODEN PJARDC 28 (3)217-337 (2015)

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Combining ability analysis in various inbred lines of maize (Zea mays L.) Syed Asif Imran Shah, Shah Jehan Khan, Abdul Aziz Baloch , Obaid Ullah

Sayal, Kalim Ullah and Shujaat Ali

Said Salman, Shah Jehan Khan and Javed Khan

Performance of different tomato cultivars under organic and inorganic regimesIbrar Ali, Abdul Mateen Khattak, Muhammad Ali and Kalim Ullah

Improving fodder quality of Panicum grass through intercropping of legumes and their inoculation

Genetic diversity assessment in Brassica germplasm based on morphological attributesIsrar Ali, Naushad Ali, Riffat Tahira, Sardar Ali, Izhar Hussain and Sher Aslam Khan

Muhammad Arshad Ullah, Nazir Hussain, Helge Schmeisky and Muhammad Rasheed

Heterosis and hetrobeltiosis performance of morphological traits in bread wheat crosses under drought stress conditions

Analyzing production potential of selected food and legume crops for food security in Punjab, PakistanMuhammad Qasim, Sonila Hassan, Arshed Bashir, Hafiz Zahid Mahmood and Irfan Mehmood

Impact of livestock in uplifting rural livelihoodJunaid Alvi, Ijaz Ashraf, Khalid Mehmood Ch, Muhammad Iftikhar and Saleem Ashraf

Habitat survey for recognizing bird attractants around Benazir Bhutto International Airport, Islamabad, PakistanSameera Arshad, Iftikhar Hussain, Maqsood Anwar and Sarwat Naz Mirza

Evaluation of different food grains as baits for management of Hystrix indicaAmjad Pervez, Syed Muzaffar Ahmed, Akhlaq Ahmad and Qazi Mehmood Ali

Nouman Badar, Hina Fatima, Abdul Jabbar and Muhammad Asif

Forecasting area and production of barley in Punjab, PakistanSobia Naheed, Irum Raza, M. Zubair Anwar, Nusrat Habib, Naheed Zahra and Sabeen Siddiqui

Forest pathogens and diseases under changing climate-A reviewMuhammad Mohsin Raza, Muhammad Aslam Khan, Irfan Ahmad, Ali Ahsan Bajwa, Hafiz Muhammad Usman Aslam, Badar Ahsan Ullah and Kashif Riaz

Population dynamics of rose aphid Macrosiphum rosae L. on different cultivars of Rosa indica L. in PakistanQuratulain, Muhammad Aslam, Muhammad Khalid Rafique, Mian Atiq Ahmad and Rashid Mahmood

Major food crops production and yield forecast in Pakistan

Trend analysis and forecasting of wheat and rice prices in PakistanSaqib Shakeel Abbasi, Ayesha Tahir, Irum Raza, Saleem Abid and Muhammad Nisar Khan

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Reviewers of this Issue Foreigners

Local

1. Dr. Richard Budgey, National Wildlife Management Centre, Animal and Plant Health Agency, UK.Dr. Saikat Kumar Basu, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.

3. Dr. Rice Nathan, Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaly, Canada.

4. Dr. Katherine Horak, Research Biologist Pharmacologist/Toxicologist, National Wildlife Research Center, Fort Collins, USA.

5. Dr. Weijun Zhou, Zheijian University, Hangzhou, China.6. Dr. Chen Liang, College of Agronomy Northwest A&F University, Taicheng,

China.7. Dr. Muhammad Munir, Plant Environment Physiologist, Frontier Agriculture

University, UK.8. Dr Meriel G. Jones, Senior Lecturer, Institute of Integrative Biology Biosciences,

University of Liverpool, UK.9. Dr. Stephen Wambugu Maina, Department of Agricultural Extension and

Education, Egerton University, Nakura Kenta, Kenya.10. Dr. Shazad Ahmad, Plant Protection Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut

University, Egypt.11. Dr. Akhtar Ali, Agricultural Economist, CIMMYT-Pakistan.12. Dr. Shaukat Ali, Small Grains Pathologist, Seed Technology, Plant Science

Department, South Dakota State University, UK.13. Dr. Muhammad Ishaq, Hangzhong Agricultural University Wuhan, Hubei

China.14. Dr. Saiq Shakeel Abbasi, Hangzhong Agricultural University Wuhan, Hubei

China.

Dr. Khuda Bakhsh, Department of Management Sciences, COMSATS, Vehari.2. Dr. Anjum Munir, Director, Crop Diseases Research Institute, NARC, Islamabad.3. Prof. Dr. Afsar Mian, Chairman, Bioresource Research Centre Islamabad.4. Dr. Muhammad Ansar, Associate Professor, Department of Agronomy, PMAS-

Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi.5. Dr. Ihsan Ullah, PSO, Oilseeds, NARC, Islamabad. 6. Dr. Maqsood Qamar, PSO, Wheat Program, CSI, NARC, Islamabad.7. Dr. Habib Iqbal Javed, Ex-PSO, DPEP, NARC, Islamabad.8. Dr. Sultan Akbar Jadoon, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Crop Production, The

University of Agriculture, Peshawar. 9. Dr. Imtiaz Qamar, Director RRI, NARC, Islamabad.10. Dr. Sadiq Afridi, Director PARC-SSRI Muzaffarabad, AJK.11. Dr. Abdul Ghafoor Chaudhry, Institute of Business Management Sciences,

University of Agriculture, Faisalabad. 12. Dr. Muhammad Zafar Ullah Khan, Department of Agricultural Extension

Education and Communication, The University of Agriculture, Peshawar.

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