Sowing Dates and Sowing Methods Influenced on Growth Yiled and Yield Components of Pearl Millet under Rainfied Conditions

The objective of this study was to determine the effects of sowing dates and sowing methods on yield and yield components of pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum L.). Therefore the field experiment was carried out at New Developmental Farm of The University of Agriculture, Peshawar, Pakistan during summer 2012. The experiment was laid out in randomize complete block design having five replications. The treatments consisted of three sowing dates (20th June, 10th July and 30th July) and two sowing methods (Direct seeding and transplanting seedling) were used. Sowing dates were significant for all parameters. Crop sown on 20th June had the maximum  leaves plant-1 (93), plant height (230 cm), panicle length (26.3 cm), panicle weight (14.3 cm), grains panicle-1 (73.4), thousand grains weight (12.3 g) and grain yield (398 Kg ha-1) as compared with other sowing dates but panicle weight and grains panicle-1 were statistically at par with 10th July sowing. Transplanted crop had significantly maximum leaves plant-1 (81), plant height (208 cm), grains panicle-1 (64), thousand grains weight (11.2 g) and grain yield (297 Kg ha-1) as compared with direct sowing method. The interaction between sowing dates and sowing methods indicated that crop sown on 20th June through transplanted method had maximum panicle weight, grains panicle-1, thousand grains weight and grain yield. It was concluded from this study that millet sown on 20th June with transplanted method seems to the best choice for millet producer under rainfied condition in Peshawar valley. Keywords: Pennisetum glaucum, growth, yield, sowing methods, sowing date

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Assessing decision of inpatient or outpatient care in community acquired pneumonia: APT care study

Objective: To estimate the proportion of community-acquired pneumonia patients with disagreement between Confusion, Uraemia, Respiratory rate, Blood pressure, age \u3e 65 years recommendation and physician\\\\u27s decision to hospitalise or not.Methods: This cross-sectional nation-wide, non-interventional, cross-sectional study was carried out across 10 cities of Pakistan from December 2011 to May 2012, and recruited consenting adult patients with confirmatory diagnosis of community-acquired pneumonia on chest X-ray. Confusion, Uraemia, Respiratory rate, Blood pressure, age \u3e 65 years recommendation for each patient was determined at the time of analysis. This recommendation was compared with treatment decision made by the physician. Disagreement was considered when the physician\\\\u27s decision did not match with the recommendation. SPSS 18 was used for data analysis.Results: Of the 352 patients, 201(57.10%) were males. The overall mean age was 50.67±18.45 years. In 140(39.77%) patients there was disagreement between Confusion, Uraemia, Respiratory rate, Blood pressure, age \u3e 65 years recommendation and physician\\\\u27s decision regarding hospitalisation or outpatient care. Of the 352 cases 132(37.50%) were hospitalised despite the recommendation of outpatient treatment.Conclusion: In almost four out of every 10 patients there was disagreement between Confusion, Uraemia, Respiratory rate, Blood pressure, age \u3e 65 years recommendation and the physician\\\\u27s decision regarding hospitalisation of community-acquired pneumonia patients

Effects of Macronutrients on Seed Quality and Profitability Analysis of Sunflower Production in Northwest Pakistan

Potassium (K) and phosphorus (P) application to sunflower (Helianthus annus L.) reduced cost of production, increased seed oil and protein concentration, yield and net returns on the K and P deficient soils in Northwest Pakistan. Field experiment was conducted at the New Developmental Research Farm of NWFP (North West Frontier Province) Agricultural University Peshawar, Pakistan during summer 2006. The experiment was carried out in a randomized complete block design with split plot arrangements using three replications. Six levels of K (0, 25, 50, 75, 100 and 125 kg ha-1) were kept in main plots while four levels of P (0, 45, 90 and 135 kg ha-1) were kept in sub-plots. Increase in K and P levels enhanced seed oil concentration, on the other hand, increase in P level increased seed protein concentration but increase in K level decreased seed protein concentration. Both oil and protein yields per unit area increased significantly with increase in K and P levels. The increase in oil and protein yields of sunflower was mainly attributed to the improvement in yield components and significant increase in seed yield. The highest net returns of Rs. 25268 (grain yield basis) and Rs. 31274 (oil yield basis) was obtained from those plots that received a combination of 100 kg K + 45 kg P ha-1. Application of 100 kg K ha-1 + 45 kg P ha-1 was therefore, recommended for profitable sunflower production in the agro-climatic conditions in Northwest Pakistan.sunflower, potassium, phosphorus, oil, protein, economic analysis, Northwest Pakistan, Farm Management, International Development, International Relations/Trade, Production Economics, Productivity Analysis,

Single lung ventilation in a young child for repair of coarctation of aorta

Single lung ventilation in small children is extremely challenging. In this case, a paediatric bronchial blocker was successfully inserted in a 19-month-old child to provide single lung ventilation using a modified insertion technique. It provided excellent working conditions during thoracotomy and our method of insertion may help in reducing the cost

Sinus of valsalva aneurysm rupturing into main pulmonary artery: A rare paediatric cardiac emergency

Congenital Sinus of Valsalva aneurysm is a rare congenital cardiac disease. Most common site of origin is the right sinus. It ruptures into right ventricle or right atrium most of the times. Only in less than 2% of the cases it ruptures into the pulmonary artery. We report a rare case of right sinus of valsalva aneurysm rupturing into pulmonary artery