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In a field experiment, growth and grain yield of maize cultivar golden as influenced by different NP combinations were studied. The different NP combinations significantly affected the plant height, cob bearing plant m-2, number of grains cob-1, 1000-grains weight, grain yield and harvest index. The number of cobs plant‾1 was not influenced significantly by NP application. The NP application @ 180-130 kg ha-1 produced significantly higher grain yield (4.62 t ha-1) than all other NP combinations. The increase in yield was mainly due to higher 1000-grains weight, number of grains per cob and number of cobs bearing plant per plot. The results indicated that NP fertilizers should be applied @ 180-130 Kg ha-1 to obtain higher grain yield of maize cultivar golden under Faisalabad (Pakistan) conditions.

The roots and stems of each of the five advanced chickpea lines produced fungitoxic compounds when extracted in methanol. Three different types of antifungal compounds designated as compound A, B and C were identified through the bioautography on TLC plates. The compound B at Rf value 0.87 was produced in higher amounts in the lines 1004/99, 99115 and 99105 with better wilt resistance. Compounds B and C appears to have no significant role in wilt resistance.