A5068347426- Agricultural risk and resilience
- Agricultural Innovations and Practices
- Climate change impacts on agriculture
- Insect Resistance and Genetics
- Insect and Pesticide Research
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
- Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
- Plant and animal studies
- Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
- Agricultural pest management studies
- Animal and Plant Science Education
- Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms
- Agricultural Science and Fertilization
- Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy
- Selenium in Biological Systems
- Environmental Sustainability in Business
- Studies on Chitinases and Chitosanases
- Insect Utilization and Effects
- Insect Pest Control Strategies
- Urban Agriculture and Sustainability
- Thyroid Disorders and Treatments
- Toxin Mechanisms and Immunotoxins
- Genetic and Environmental Crop Studies
- Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects
- Crop Yield and Soil Fertility
Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan
2021-2024
Shenzhen University
2024
Gomal University
2020-2023
Nanjing Agricultural University
2013-2022
Kiel University
2020-2021
Rainfed farmers are among the most vulnerable farming communities to climate change in Pakistan because of heavy reliance crop on rain and farmers' livelihoods farming. The best timely responses against suitable adaptation measures. Accurately perceiving risks associated with is an essential factor for planning then implementing adaptations. Using farm household-level data 400 rainfed collected through a well-designed field-tested questionnaire, this study examines association between...
In this study, we analyse the heterogeneity in impacts of adoption climate-smart agricultural (CSA) practices on welfare indicators such as food and nutrition security poverty reduction Pakistan. We employ marginal treatment effects (MTE) approach to estimate policy-relevant (PRTE). The findings show substantial benefits from CSA with respect both observed unobserved household characteristics. particular, estimates that households higher are more likely adopt practices. empirical results...
Climate change is a severe threat to the agricultural sector in general and rainfed farming particular. The aim of this study was investigate factors that can potentially affect adaptation process against climate change. This focused on wheat farmers systems agroecological zone Pakistan. Farmers’ data related fatalism, availability climate-specific extension services, socioeconomic institutional variables, farm characteristics were collected. A logit model assess farmers’ decisions adopt an...
Abstract Some insect chitinases are required to degrade chitin and ensure successful metamorphosis. Although chitinase genes have been well characterized in several model insects, no reports exist for the rice striped stem borer, Chilo suppressalis , a highly destructive pest that causes huge yield losses production. Here, we conducted genome‐level analysis of C. . After amplification full‐length transcripts with rapid cDNA ends, identified 12 All these had conserved domains motifs glycoside...
The present research work was conducted to assess the impact of nutrient-enriched diet on physiological activities and subsequently honey yield. Eighteen colonies Apis mellifera L. were selected from Dera Ismail Khan region, KPK, Pakistan, during winter summer seasons, 2019-2020. Five pollen supplement diets prepared provided screen out palatable one be fed as alternative nutrition bee bread. Results consumption regarding mean data for rate displayed that soybean flour enriched artificial...
Understanding circadian foraging rhythms activity of the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta Buren (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) foragers at different temperatures is an important step towards developing control measures in Integrated Pest Management (IPM) programs. In this study, rhythm activities S. foragersat temperature were investigated under laboratory and field conditions. Results indicated that increased after sunrise, maximum occurred 14:00 (foraging rate was 69.22 ± 0.57 72.58...
In this paper, we analyze the drivers of adoption climate-smart agricultural (CSA) practices and impact their on farm net returns exposure to risks. We use recent farm-level data from three agroecological zones Pakistan estimate a multinomial endogenous switching regression for different CSA used reduce adverse climate change. These strategies include changing input mix, cropping calendar, diversifying seed variety, soil water conservation measures. The empirical results show that is...
Spook has essential roles in the biogenesis of molting hormone 20‐hydroxyecdysone (20‐E). The function spook rice striped stem borer (SSB) Chilo suppressalis remains unclear, prompting our hypothesis that it exerts actions similar to those reported for other insect species. Here we amplified full‐length transcript ( Cs‐Spook ) SSB by 5′ and 3′ rapid amplification cDNA ends. conserved P450 motifs such as Helix‐C, Helix‐I, Helix‐K, PERF motif PxxFxPxRF ). It was highly expressed late instar...
The primary food sources for honey bees in colonies are processed nectar and fermented pollen. However, there relatively few blooming plants that provide full sustenance to the bees, their impacts on physiology of Pakistan have not yet been assessed. Diet with meager nutritional contents can affect various physiological parameters like hypopharyngeal glands (HPGs) sizes, rectal weight (RWCs), intake longevity worker which indirectly affects overall colony development make it vulnerable...
The occurrence of infestation by ticks on livestock is a significant challenge in several semi-tropical and tropical countries including Pakistan. Polluted environment adapted tolerance against acaricide are the limiting factors that restrict management globally. In this study, we evaluated cattle from numerous farms present different districts agroecological areas Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, province Furthermore, compared anti-tick efficacy botanicals using ethanolic aqueous extracts to control...
Maternal mortality, largely stemming from complications during pregnancy and childbirth, impacts poor expecting women with limited healthcare access in rural Pakistan. Conditional Cash Transfers (CCTs), commonly implemented developing nations, are designed to improve the well-being of vulnerable populations by focusing on health education. A CCT initiative named Chief Minister's Special Initiative for Mother Child Health (CM-SIMCH) was launched Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), one less-developed...
Abstract In this study, we examine the relationship between various ethical motivations and types of corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities to better understand drivers green consumption behavior in context sustainability. The behind sustainability are rooted distinct considerations. We identified ideologies, derived from two dimensions Ethical Position questionnaire—idealism relativism—as proposed by Forsyth (1980). Data for study were gathered using convenience sampling, with...
Ryanodine receptor (RyR) is an intracellular calcium release channel that plays a key role in excitation contraction coupling. Insect RyR the target of diamide insecticides. Better understanding insect necessary for studying molecular mode action and potential resistance mechanism However, manipulation full gene difficult because its length (approximately 15 kb). At present, genes have been reported only limited number insects. Here, we developed efficient strategy to amplify full-length...
The physiological and biochemical characterization of the "Halloween" genes has fundamental importance in biosynthesis pathway ecdysteroids. These were found to catalyze final phases ecdysteroid from dietary cholesterol molting hormone 20-hydroxyecdysone. We report Cs-Phm a major insect pest agriculture, rice striped stem borer, Chilo suppressalis (C. suppressalis). A full-length transcript was amplified with an open reading frame (ORF) 478 amino acids through 5' 3' RACE. shows five...
Sucking pests of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.), such as thrips, or Thrips tabaci Lindeman, and jassid, Amrasca biguttula Ishida, are among the most threatening insect to young plants in Pakistan. New chemical insecticides have been trialed control their damage commercial fields. Formulations that show good suppression these pest’s populations, while sparing bio-controlling agents, always preferred for obtaining better crop yield. Six different commercially available insecticides, namely...
Several studies investigate the various aspects of tobacco at processing and cigarette manufacturing levels, but profitability, supply response, input demand farms in Pakistan remain unknown. Our study fills this gap by examining farm-level demand, output using survey data 140 employing a profit function approach. The results show that production is not very lucrative farm level farmers are responsive to changes market prices for inputs output. price most important determinant inputs,...
Taxonomic identification and classifications of insect pest genera Chrysodeixis Ctenoplusia the subfamily Plusiinae is very compulsory due to their phytophagous nature potential damage cash as well cereal crops. Taxonomy plays a key role in proper not only classification but also designing successful managing strategy. In current study, specimens were collected from different geographical areas south Punjab, Pakistan diagnostic features examined following taxanomic keys. The data...
We can overcome this global challenge by minimizing input costs and optimizing yields employing appropriate tillage techniques balanced fertilizer application. Appropriate practices together with may be a promising practice of soil management to improve properties crop production. The present study was carried out in wheat-maize cropping pattern (in the year 2019-20) at agricultural research farm Gomal University, Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan. experiment set up split-plot layout randomized...
The use of living organisms, Predators, parasitoids and microorganisms likewise fungi, bacteria viruses has proven to be a viable sustainable pest management technique. Entomopathogenic fungi (EPF) are currently used as biocontrol agents alternatives synthetic insecticides in agriculture. bio-efficacy entomopathogenic