Agrotechnology

Department of Horticulture, Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

Biography

Rab Nawaz Bhatti is a Field Coordinator on the Education and Financing Project. He completed his MPhil in Sociology from Department of sociology University of Sargodha, Sargodha in 2015. He recently completed his PhD Sociology Coursework from the same department and institution as well. His main duties are in working with research assistant & senior research associate to help with field monitoring and reporting, research study design, translations and assisting Project Team with day to day workings on survey questions, transcriptions and data entry, where necessary.

Publications

• Research Article   
  Impact of Climate Change on Kinnow Fruit Industry of Pakistan
  Author(s): Rab Nawaz, Nadeem Akhtar Abbasi*, Ishfaq Ahmad Hafiz, Azeem Khalid, Touqeer Ahmad and Muhammad Aftab
  
  Citrus fruits are prominent crop of tropical and sub-tropical region which require suitable climate for quality production. Kinnow mandarin is dominant cultivated in the plain of the Punjab, Pakistan. Being a perennial crop, citrus is more vulnerable to changing environmental conditions and both physical and biochemical quality parameters are deteriorated by erratic behavior of weather around the year. The present study was conducted to assess the impact of climate change on citrus industry of Pakistan and selected three main citrus groves of the Punjab province. The selected orchards were uniform in age, vigor and planting geometry by using factorial (RCBD) while survey design was performed to assess impact of climate change on Kinnow fruit industry. Climate change has triggered pest’s infestation, disease incidence and water use and ultimately incr.. View more»
  

  DOI: 10.35248/2168-9881.19.8.186

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