December 2013

Effect of low temperature storage on conservation varieties of Chrysanthemum cutting

The objective of this research was to evaluate postharvest quality of ‘Lona’ and ‘Garfield’ varieties chrysanthemums, stored at different temperatures. The experiment was carried out in a plastic greenhouse at Pouso Alegre, Minas Gerais State, Brazil (22° 13'48" S, 45° 56'11" W and 832 m in height). The inflorescences were kept at 1.5, 2.5 and 5.0°C. The evaluated...

Author(s): Marcos Ribeiro da Silva Vieira Adriano do Nascimento Simões, Glauber Henrique Sousa Nunes and Pahlevi Augusto de Souza

December 2013

Role of storage facilities for insect pest control strategies in Punjab, Pakistan

This research has a mint of importance in Pakistan where a major part of the economy is based on agricultural products. A survey was conducted in the Punjab province to evaluate the types and methods of storage and the pest attack on their storage and their control strategies as well. Questionnaire was designed to collect the information from the local people, gender, including students, landlords, house...

Author(s): Marryam Bakhtawar, Qamar Saeed, Syed Muhammad Zaka, Shafqat Saeed, Tariq Ansari, Nida Idrees, Waqar Jaleel, Muhammad Nadir Naqqash and Muhammad Rashid Akram