Position & Department: Chairman/Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture
Research Intersts: My research interests include studies on the biology, epidemiology and management of bacterial diseases of plant especially citrus canker, blackleg of potato and bacterial blight of rice. Furthermore I am interested in research on exploring the biochemical basis of resistance in plant against diseases
Position & Department: Director/Professor, Institute of Soil & Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture
Research Intersts: Soil salinity/sodicity, reclamation of salt-affected soils, water quality, Nitrogen use Efficiency in normal and salt-affected soils, sewage water, fractionation of metals in different parts of vegetables and environment
Position & Department: Chairman/Professor, Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture
Research Intersts: Weeds pose serious challenge to sustainability of agricultural systems worldwide and inflict yield losses of 20-30% in different crops. Thus, securing quantity and quality of produce against weeds damage is of utmost significance for food security. A successful weed management program relies on a sound knowledge of weed ecology, cultural measures besides herbicides and their interaction. My current research priorities are weed dynamics in different crop rotations and tillage systems, manipulation of allelopathic crop residues for the management of noxious weeds, microbial transformation during residue decomposition, and development of integrated weed management systems for different field crops with major emphasis in direct seeded rice. I am interested in studying the impact of various biotic and abiotic stresses in crops of economic significance in the context of changing climatic optima, and looking for strategies that might alleviate such impacts on agricultural productivity.
Position & Department: Professor, Institute of Soil & Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture
Research Intersts: Microbial biosynthesis of plant growth regulating substances Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria Soil Enzymes Plant microbe interactions for improving crop yields Bioconversion of organic wastes into useful biofertilizers Bioremediation of contaminated soils
Research Intersts: Develop and formulate crop, soil and fertilizer management technologies that conserve or enhance soil nutrient reserves and utilize nutrients within soil-plant systems effectively and efficiently, maintain optimum economic sustainable crop productivity and minimize damage to the environment. This is achieved by hunting projects and graduate and postgraduate research studies whereby ultimate goals of efficient nutrient use are obtained by using integrated nutrient management strategies to maximize nutrient use efficiency and economic benefits with minimum nutrient loss and pollution to the environment. Develop novel techniques/management practices and products to improve yield and quality of agronomic, vegetables, fruits and ornamental crops. • Provide consultancy services at national and international level to design and develop techniques for efficient use of nutrients, water, soil and other waste resources.
Position & Department: Chairman, Department of Forestry & Range Management, Faculty of Agriculture
Research Intersts: Forest Ecology, Forest Management, Tree Diseases, Agroforestry, Soil Reclamation, Forest Nursery Establishment .
Position & Department: Professor, Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture
Research Intersts: I am working on physiological aspects of seed development and enhancement. I have established a very dedicated working group on seed and stress physiology. We have developed a functional seed testing and physiology lab. We have established seed priming protocols for all major and many other crops. We are also working on induction of abiotic stress tolerance by seed priming and foliar application of synthetic and natural growth enhancer especially in wheat, rice and maize against salinity and drought. I have explored many plant extracts and Moringa oliefera discovered as ideal plant to use its extract as priming and foliar agent as growth enhancer. I am also working on introduction of new crops to increase the biodiversity to meet the challenges of food security and climate change. I have successfully introduced Chenopodium quinoa, a climate proof grain crop, linola, improved linseed and Camolina sativa, a potential drought tolerant oilseed.
Position & Department: Associate Professor, Institute of Soil & Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture
Research Intersts: Saline agriculture, Selection of field crops, trees, shrubs and grasses for salt affected soils and use of saline ground water. Testing of Saline Agriculture technology in the salt affected areas.
Research Intersts: Isolation, characterization and manipulation of microbes, which are involved in microbial stimulation of plant growth. Phytoremediation of petroleum contaminated soils in association with bacteria having ACC-deaminase enzyme. Plant-microbe-growth regulator interactions to improve the plant growth and remediation process in metal contaminated soils.
Research Intersts: Integrated use of organic manures, plant growth promoting rhizobacteria and mineral fertilizers
Research Intersts: The main focus of his research work has been the selection and characterization of crop genotypes against salinity, sodicity, drought and waterlogging. He has explored genetic variation in different plant species including wheat, maize, cotton, barley, brassica, and different trees and grasses.
Research Intersts: Saline agriculture and plant nutrition, selection of genotypes for the usage of saline land with saline under ground water.
Position & Department: Chairman/Professor, Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture
Research Intersts: Integrated Pest Management
Research Intersts: 1.Carbon sequestration under different tillage systems. 2.Tillage systems and their application for better crop growth and production 3.Farm manure and its application in improving soil physical health. 4.Relative effectiveness of farm manure compared to chemical fertilizers. 5.Mulch and its utility in moisture conservation. 6.Fertilizer application under different tillage systems 7.Compaction and its role in crop growth 8.Soil compaction and its impact of plant roots proliferation. 9.NO3 leaching and its impact on human health 10.Role of farm manure in NO3 leaching 11.Soil health Iniative
Position & Department: Assistant Professor, Institute of Soil & Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture
Research Intersts: Soil salinity/sodicity, reclamation of salt-affected soils, water quality, Nitrogen use Efficiency in normal and salt-affected soils, sewage water, fractionation of metals in different parts of vegetables and environment, sewage sludge
Research Intersts: Identification, characterization, management and reclamation of salt-affected soils, waters, and heavy metal contaminated soils.
Research Intersts: Plant Nutrition,Salt Tolerance in Plants,Plant Proteomics,Nutritional Physiology,Opportunities and scope of sugar Beet cultivation in Pakistan,Role of Root Architecture in P-acquisition by Wheat and Maize genotypes
Research Intersts: Soil biochemistry and fertility by characterizing biochemical composition by analyzing soluble sugars, lignin phenols, Non-cellulosic polysaccharides with gas chromatography; Soil organic carbon and nitrogen determination along with their stable isotopes by CHN auto-analyser coupled with isotope ratio mass spectrometry; Soil microbial biomass and extracellular enzyme activities by using fluorogenically labeled substrates; Environmental impacts on plant C allocation and soil respiration in the rhizosphere by pulse labeling with radioactive C isotopes (14C); Soil organic matter mineralization by laboratory incubations
Position & Department: Assistant Professor, Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture
Research Intersts:
Research Intersts: • The environmental geochemistry of arsenic and heavy metals – Exploring the previously unresolved coupling interactions and sorption mechanisms of arsenic with iron monosulfide minerals (mackinawite; FeS); how phosphate and other competing ions influence the sorption behavior of arsenic on the surface FeS? • Speciation and bioavailability of arsenic and heavy metals in soils, sediments, plant and water • Phytoremediation of arsenic and heavy metal contaminated soils – exploiting the potential of local plant species for the phytoextraction of arsenic and heavy metals • Low-cost and environmental friendly solution for the remediation of arsenic and heavy metals from contaminated water, using biosorbents and biochar • Environmental monitoring of heavy metal(loid)s in soil and water using geostatistics • Chemometrics and mid-infrared spectroscopy for predicting arsenic and heavy metals in soil
Position & Department: Director/Professor, Institute of Horticultural Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture
Research Intersts: At preset one third of the fruits and vegetables being produced in Pakistan go wasted in the form of postharvest losses. Both pre-harvest as well as postharvest factors equally important and contribute to these losses. Along with increasing the production potential of existing horticultural crops there is great need to save the existing produce from these loses through standardizing the pre-harvest and postharvest management practice. Therefore, there is great need to exploit the potential of available technologies to extend the post-harvest storage life of fresh horticultural commodities and to reduce the occurrence of physiological disorder through both pre-harvest management (such as plant nutrition, plant growth regulation, plant protection and standard harvesting techniques etc) and postharvest management (such as application plant growth substances, use of cold, CA, MA storage, standard postharvest handling, grading, packaging etc) practices.
Research Intersts: My area of interest is mineral nutrition of plants especially focusing on increasing Zinc content in crop plants to combat micronutrient malnutrition in human beings. Moreover, I am also interested in the identification of mechanisms responsible for differential nutrient use efficiencies in crop plants. Besides this I also work on the role of mineral nutrients in alleviating drought stress in plants.
Position & Department: Professor, Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture
Research Intersts: Insect toxicology and biochemistry
Research Intersts: Soil salinity/sodicity, reclamation of salt-affected soils, water quality, Contamination, reclamation and management of metal contaminated soils.
Research Intersts: •Mineral nutrition of agronomic and horticultural crops •Genotypic variation in crop species for nutrient uptake and utilization •Assessment of the impact of heavy metal toxicity of soils on vegetables quality
Research Intersts: - Dissolution mechanisms and kinetics of soil minerals in natural and pure mineral samples< /br> - Mineralogical characterization of soil and sediments using various techniques including: transmission electron microscopy (TEM), scanning TEM, STEM combined with energy dispersive electron microscope, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction - Geochemical modeling using PHREEQC and Visual MINTEQ - Investigating metal and metalloid ions sorption and redox transformation on iron oxides and phyllosilicate minerals; sorption potential of biosorbents and organo-clays for removal of metal ions from water - Examining potassium (K) release in K-bearing soil minerals under environmentally relevant conditions
Research Intersts: Soil Salinity, Saline Agriculture, Environmental Stress Physiology
Position & Department: Associate Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture
Research Intersts: Molecular Phytopathology, Plant Biotechnology, Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, Molecular Basis of Biocontrol, Plant Nematology, Plant Breeding and Genetics
Research Intersts: • Recycling of organic wastes. • Formulation of bio-organo-fertilizer. • Biochar production and utilization. • Rehabilitation of Salt-affected soil. • Bacterial seed endophyte. • Impregnation of fertilizers with endophyte. • Microbial ecology/diversity . • Plant growth under stress conditions . • Micronutrient fertilization.
Research Intersts: STORED GRAIN AND FIELD CROP INSECT PEST MANAGEMENT
Position & Department: Associate Professor, Institute of Horticultural Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture
Research Intersts: Vegetable Seed Production, Improvement of Vegetable Production Technology, Vegetable Breeding, Abiotic Stress Management through Conventional and Molecular Approaches
Research Intersts: Crop Modeling climate variability impacts on crops and its adaptation
Research Intersts: Soil and water pollution; Environmental microbiology; Pollutants degrading microbes and their functions; Microbial community analysis and next generation sequencing; Microbial biodegradation, biotransformation, bioremediation, rhizo-remediation of organic pollutants; Nitrogen fixation and pollutants degradation; Eco-toxicity and bioavailability of organic pollutants
Research Intersts: Soil Fertility and Plant Nutrition, Soil Bio-geochemistry, SOC Sequestration, SOC fractions, Nutrients Cycling, Soil Microbial Biomass, Microbial C: N: P Stoichiometry, Long-term fertilization, C and N cycling, Soil Extracellular Enzymes, Microbial Carbon Use Efficiency, Nitrogen Use Efficiency.
Position & Department: Lecturer, Institute of Soil & Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture
Research Intersts: Role of tillage practices, irrigation and organic matter in improvement of physical and chemical properties of soils and leaching of pesticides and fertilizers in ground waters.
Position & Department: Associate Professor, Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture
Research Intersts: Acarology, Bio-control and Description of new records (mites)
Research Intersts: Urban Entomology with special focus on vector borne diseases and their Management
Position & Department: Assistant Professor, Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture
Research Intersts: Integrated Pest Management of Field Crops.
Research Intersts: Stored Grain insect pest management. Insect pest Management of Field Crops. Environmental Entomology
Research Intersts: IPM of vegetable and stored grain insect pests
Research Intersts: Environmental and Soil Pollution Reclamation and Rehabilitation of contaminated soil and water resources
Position & Department: Administrative Officer, Institute of Soil & Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture
Research Intersts: My specific research interests include introduction and evaluation of new specialty cuts including but not limited to native and exotic annuals, woody perennials, and bulbous species, field and greenhouse production and postharvest physiology & technology of cut flowers and cut foliage crops, development of sustainable growing substrates for nursery and potted plant production using local constituents, value addition of ornamentals, and use of plant growth regulators for pre and postharvest improvement of ornamentals. Moreover, I’m working on establishing germplasm units of important ornamentals for germplasm conservation and their evaluation under local conditions, screening of promising native and/or naturalized ornamentals for the selection of potential species to be used as specialty cuts, evaluation of various turfgrass species for recreational an sports turf selection, seed production of annual flowers, and developing pure inbred lines for breeding of ornamentals in future.
Research Intersts: Pest management/ Acarology
Research Intersts: Chemical control is essential in pest management as it helps farmers get rid of certain harmful crop pests. Inappropriate pesticide application, on the other hand, can cause a slew of issues relating to pest management in particular, as well as human health and environmental contamination in general. The development of pesticide resistance is a critical worry, and its mitigation is a new challenge for scientists. My research seeks to identify and comprehend the mechanisms of insect resistance development, as well as to assess the biocidal performance of insecticides against significant pest insects and their toxicity to natural enemies. Determination of insecticide resistance and its diminution is another focus of my research plan. The insecticide toxicity, efficacy and resistance-related projects are being carried out through individual and student research as well as collaborative projects.
Research Intersts: Dr. Zain ul Abdin has established an “Insect Molecular Biology lab” In the Department of Entomology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan by earning various competitive research grants from national and international funding agencies such as HEC, PSF, USAID, IFS, etc. The professional expertise of Dr. Zain is “Gene expression” of Bioactive peptides with potential insecticidal activity for the development of innovative and sustainable insect control tools and his research interests mainly include insect molecular biology, integrated pest management (IPM), insect physiology, ecology, and toxicology. He has also exploited his expertise in molecular biology towards DNA barcoding, De novo Sequencing, NGS, Forensic and Medical Entomology, Bioinformatics and Resistance management of insects in Bt crops, among other things, Dr. Zain and his postgraduate student team have published many articles in prestigious international journals and presented research work at international conferences in the USA, UK, Canada, Poland, and Italy etc. In addition, Dr. Zain has made a significant contribution to teaching, research, and community service. In recognition of his academic excellence in under and postgraduate degree programs, he was awarded gold and silver medals; he won a European Postgraduate Research fellowship to pursue his Ph.D. studies in Italy and Fulbright Scholar fellowship for a Postdoc in the USA. He is working currently as a Tenured Associate Professor with over 17 years of teaching and research experience in Entomology/Insect Science at the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Research Intersts: IPM and Economic Entomology
Research Intersts: Insect Biodiversity and Biosystematics
Research Intersts: Molecular Plant-Pathogen Insect Interaction; Molecular Host-Plant-Resistance/Defense Pathways; Genes expression Regulations; Epi-genetics; Gene Silencing; DNA methylation Cellular Lipids-Proteins Interaction and Transportation; Recombinant Protein Production, Purification and Expression; Isolation and characterization of Virulent/Resistant Genes/Proteins; Molecular Detection, Identification and Classification of Microbes and Insects;. Development of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs); Development of disease and insect pest Resistant Crops; Development and Production of Bio-pesticides; Integrated Management of Insects and Pathogens; Application of Insect Biotechnology /Microbiology in Agriculture, Human health and Industry; Bio-fuel Production from Insects and Micro-organism; Microbial Production of Biologically Active Compounds and Application of Nanotechnology in Biology.
Research Intersts: Insect-Plant Interaction
Research Intersts: Integrated Pest Management and Toxicology
Position & Department: Lecturer, Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture
Research Intersts: IPM, Biological control, Integrated Vector Management
Research Intersts: Stored Grain Pest Management
Position & Department: , Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture
Research Intersts: Insect biodiversity and systematics
Position & Department: Associate Professor, Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture
Research Intersts: Agriculture and environmental pollution, Stress agronomy, Allelopathy, Bioremediation.
Research Intersts: The ways that plants coordinate and integrate numerous physical, chemical and biological processes to produce new biomass and maintain existing biomass, fascinates me. I want to combine the knowledge of Agronomy and meteorology to maximize crop yields. Finally I wish to understand how variation in atmospheric temperature, carbon dioxide and precipitation affect plant growth and maintenance metabolism. To pursue these interests my research focuses on mechanistic modeling of crop growth, development and yield. The models are framed within the context of biological and ecological hierarchies and explain the linkages between environmental constraints and plant functioning. A second approach I used to address my interests involves synthesis results of experimental studies on crop environment interactions. This includes collaboration with interdisciplinary research teams addressing high priority agricultural issues about effects of climate change on crop productivity. I want to build novel bridges between experimental research, in both field and laboratory, and process modeling for improving understanding of environmental and genetic constraints in agro-ecosystem. As a member of faculty, I look forward to exciting interaction with undergraduate and post graduate students.
Position & Department: Chairman/Associate Professor, Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Faculty of Agriculture
Research Intersts: Breeding oilseed Brassica & Sugarcane for yield and quality
Position & Department: Professor, Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Faculty of Agriculture
Research Intersts: Resource conservation SMART crop breeding especially climate smart biofortified bread and durum pureline and hybrid wheat breeding, triticale, barley and rice breeding.
Position & Department: Associate Professor, Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Faculty of Agriculture
Research Intersts: Environmental stresses are major constraints to the productivity of crops throughout the world. It is therefore imperative that mechanisms and causes of the stress effects on plant growth and development may be determined systematically, and strategies may be adopted to overcome adverse effects of stresses in order to achieve maximum productivity from the salinity, high temperature and drought-hit areas. My current interests are focused on the expression of stress proteins and other stress related primary and secondary metabolites under water, salinity, heat and cadmium stresses, and finding strategies to fetch greater yields under such conditions. Among various crops, major emphasis is on wheat, barley, rice, sugarcane and maize.
Position & Department: Assistant Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture
Research Intersts: Biological management of plant parasitic nematodes
Research Intersts: Mushrooms are rice source of proteins and proteins are the part of nutrients which are very important of growth of body because it play very vital role to build up the damage body parts for its repairement. Malnutrition is a great problem in developing countries like Pakistan. Its economy is mainly dependent on agriculture. My current focus is to provide sufficient mushroom food to people and to alleviate poverty from our country as edible fungi are natural recycler which converts lignocelluloses wastes into protein rich health food.
Position & Department: Assistant Professor, Institute of Horticultural Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture
Research Intersts: Vegetable production is a very important discipline. Vegetables play an important role in the economics of country as well as farmers. It is, therefore, necessary to find out the best crop management and improvement practices to achieve highest yields per unit area. My current research interests include the improvement in vegetable production technology, seed production of different vegetables and protected vegetable cultivation.
Research Intersts: Molecular characterization of plant pathogens
Research Intersts: Fungal diseases their diagnosis, etiology and integrated management especially, the diseases of perennial evergreen ornamental flora of Pakistan. I have established fungal molecular biology laboratory in Department of Plant Pathology, UAF to conduct research on mycological problems of ornamental plant in Pakistan and identification of plant pathogenic fungi at molecular level and their interactions with other plant pathogens like Nematodes, bacteria and viruses.
Research Intersts: Agronomy, Advanced Production Technology of Sugar Crops, Management of crop nutrition, Seed science and technology, Crop Management on problem soils. Bio-fertilizers, Integrated use of organic and inorganic sources of plant nutrition.
Position & Department: Lecturer, Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture
Research Intersts: 1-Identification of physiological and molecular basis for improved tolerance to abiotic stresses (drought) in basmati rice. 2-Genotypic variation for Zn uptake efficiency in basmati rice and biofortification strategies. 3-Development of seed invigoration techniques to improve plant performance under abiotic stresses. 4-Identification of yield limiting factors in cereals and their improvement through physiological enhancements.
Research Intersts: Aim is to combine the knowledge of Agronomy and Microbiology and to fulfill the following interests; weed control by biocontrol methods, composting and biofertilizer, water and wastewater treatment, application of microbiology in Agriculture, human health and industry, biodegradation and bioremediation, microbial ecology, microbial taxonomy, use of biologically active compounds produced by microbes.
Research Intersts: 1-Allelopathic effect of weeds and crops on crop plants. 2-To study weed seed bank. 3-Use of agro-chemicals and their effect on plant and soil. 4-Weed management in crops. 5-Studies into biology and ecology of weed. 5-Integrated weed control.
Research Intersts: Sustainable Agriculture / Integrated nutrient management: Our ecology is more important because without ecology there will be no economy. Therefore taking under consideration, the above mentioned phrase, I am working on the integrated management of nutrients especially Nitrogen management for maize.
Research Intersts: Agronomy, Crop Science, Crop Physiology, crop management under stressful environments, Management of crop nutrition, Seed science and technology, Crop management on problem soils. Biofertilizers, oilseed crops, Super hybrid rice cultivation regulations.
Research Intersts: Breeding and genetics of high yielding, early maturing, disease resistant wheat. Development of advance lines tolerant to various abiotic stresses. Exploitation of other minor cereals as supplement grain food along with wheat.
Research Intersts: My research focus in on conservation agronomy and cropping system research with special emphasis on field crops and the management practices for plants and soils to address agricultural and environmental challenges. In addition, agronomy of fodder crops and to develop economically viable, highly productive and sustainable non-legume and legume forages sustainable for general adoption by the grower particularly the small growers of the country is also being emphasized.
Research Intersts: Research focuses on the best management practices for enhancing efficiency of NPK, fertilizer placement and weeds identification/management; integrated nutrients management and their impact on crops under water deficit conditions; physiological processes that determine the crop growth, development and yield.
Research Intersts: Abiotic and biotic stresses are the key yield limiting factors in the prevailing global agricultural scenario. Assurance of crop yield under such stressful conditions is among my interests using multifaceted approach comprising of seed treatments like seed priming and osmo-priming, exogenous applications of metal chelates, non-enzymatic antioxidants, salts and compatible solutes etc. Moreover, introduction of new climate proof /resilient crops and germplasm in local conditions of Pakistan is viable option for aforementioned challenge and one major interest of mine. I have field and lab. based expertise on ‘Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.)’ a chenopod pseudocereal famous for high biotic and abiotic stress tolerance and a health food. In addition, mitigation strategies for multiple stress exposure are also under my research priorities.
Research Intersts: Detection and identification of mycoflora associated with seed of economically important crops. Extraction of different mycotoxins from freshly harvested and stored grains. We are mainly focusing on development of safe seed storage house and management strategies to overcome seed borne and post-harvest problems through integrated approaches.
Research Intersts: Sunflower improvement for high quality oil and oil yield. Development of local inbred lines in sunflower for hybrid variety development
Research Intersts: Plant breeding is the science and business of crop improvement. It is an innovation based sector, focused on developing plants better adapted to the environment and to human needs. I am handling two Farm & Research Projects, for production of surplus green fodder as well as seed in berseem, oats, sorghum and maize. Additionally, I am working on development of multicut, Sorghum-Sudangrass hybrid plants having better nutritional quality (particularly protein contents) to satisfy the degree of hunger in livestock during extreme summers. I am also working on development of fodder crops, which can successfully cope the climate-resilient factors (abiotic and biotic) and could provide more benefits with minimum application of inputs (fertilizer, irrigation, weedicides/pesticides). As, Today’s Plant Breeding is more than just producing varieties of crops/seeds. That’s why, I am focusing on different issues related to genetic conservation, crop production, farm management, and profitability keeping in view the market conditions.
Research Intersts: Member of research group “Maize and pulses” of the Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan. Development of inbred lines and maintenance of elite germplasm of maize with a high degree of genetic diversity for population improvement, identification and evaluation of maize germplasm with quality attributes for the development of hybrids of industrial importance, study of drought tolerance based diversity among maize accessions at molecular level. Molecular marker study for wilt resistance in chickpea, use of molecular, physiological and biochemical markers in the study of biotic and abiotic stresses in pulses.
Research Intersts: Development of high yielding and early maturing cotton verities using conventional and modern biotechnological tools. Breeding cotton against different biotic and a biotic stresses.
Research Intersts: I am interested in the identification and development of heat and salt tolerance in upland cotton by using small tools available in field, greenhouse and laboratory conditions. Besides, I am also involved in the improvement of cotton germplasm for seed cotton yield and fiber parameters according to the standards prescribed by various agencies in Pakistan.
Position & Department: Assistant Professor, Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Faculty of Agriculture
Research Intersts: Stress breeding of field crops and genetic aspects of heavy metal tolerance in Tomato and Okra
Position & Department: Lecturer, Institute of Horticultural Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture
Research Intersts: Despite strong technological advancement and innovation in field of health care, there are still many challenges faced by humanity. Drugs from plants are being used since ancient times. Ethno pharmacological studies helped us in discovering the new drugs from history. My research is focused on different ethno pharmacological surveys, then comparing and validating the findings by chemical analysis
Research Intersts: My current research is focused on tolerance induction by the use of exogenous application of plant growth regulators on oilseed rape species under various abiotic stresses. More precisely I have concentrated on morphological, physiological, biochemical and water related changes induced by salt, drought, heavy metals and herbicide stress to study the adaptation of plants towards unfavorable conditions in field as well as green house conditions. The ultimate objective of this research is to screen the plants on the basis of morphological/physiological and biochemical traits which can combat different types of stress conditions causing yield loss.
Research Intersts: Main focus is to improve the qualitative and quantitative traits of forages especially maize and sorghum through mixed/ intercropping of leguminous forages like clusterbean, cowpea, ricebean and susbania in different planting pattern.
Research Intersts: My research interests are i) Basic and strategic research on seed quality, maintenance and enhancement, ii) Seed testing of various crops according to ISTA standards and iii) Induction of salt/chilling tolerance in cereals through different strategies.
Research Intersts: My current interests are focused on pre and post-harvest problems of mango with special reference to mango sudden death syndrome and mango stem and rot, a post-harvest disease in mango. For this I am interested in isolation, characterization of the causal agents of these problems and finding of some resistance sources against these problems for the management of these mango diseases
Position & Department: Professor, Institute of Horticultural Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture
Research Intersts: Citriculture, Polyploid breeding, Germplasm characterization and conservation, Micro propagation
Position & Department: Associate Professor/Manager Research Operations, Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture
Research Intersts: Crop Nutrition Management of crops ,Role of macro and micro-nutrients in the improving the quality and yield of major and minor crops, Agronomy of cropping systems for enhancing yield of crops.
Research Intersts: 1-Understanding physiological basis of yield in crop plants. 2-Understanding physiological basis of stress (drought, salinity and heat) tolerance in plants. 3-Identification of physiological and biochemical indicators of stress tolerance in crop plants. 4-Technologies development for productivity enhancement in field crops facing drought, salinity and heat stresses.
Position & Department: Lecturer, Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Faculty of Agriculture
Research Intersts: Breeding for abiotic stresses in oilseed crops, Molecular cytogenetics (Metaphase preparation, Squash preparation, Meiotic stages, FISH and GISH) and use of statistical software (R, Genstat, Minitab and Statistic)
Research Intersts: Research Interests: Floriculture and Landscape: Ornamental plant production; propagation, nursery and greenhouse management and operations; evaluation of various growing substrates; value addition and essential oil extraction from aromatic flowers; screening of ornamental plants for stress landscape; designing and management of urban green spaces; Horticulture therapy; planning and management of golf turf; Urban Horticulture; kitchen gardening and edible landscape; cytogenetic tools (GISH and FISH) and chromosome analysis of ornamentals; molecular and classical breeding of ornamentals
Research Intersts: To analyze drought and heat tolerance conferred by fungal and viral endophytes in commercial crops; and to assess the losses caused by plant viruses, epidemiological studies, role of insects in virus transmission and integrated plant viral disease management.
Research Intersts: Molecular Phytopathology, Plant Biotechnology, Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, Molecular Basis of Biocontrol, Protein Expression and Purification, Plant Breeding and Genetics
Research Intersts: Molecular Plant Pathology, Plant-Phytophthora Interactions, Protein Expression and Purification, Plant Breeding and Genetics, Plant Biotechnology, Plant disease etiology
Position & Department: Assistant Professor/Assistant Professor, Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Faculty of Agriculture
Research Intersts: Genetic and molecular patterns of resistance inheritance to fungal diseases in canola. Establishing bio-energy feedstocks for higher bio-fuel production. Understanding genetics of yield and quality in okra under wastewater. Screening of wheat lines for drought tolerance.
Research Intersts: Exploration and induction of polyploids in citrus and their genomic characterization to enrich germplasm Optimization of regeneration protocols and to induce somaclonal variation in fruit and vegetable crops to get potential mutants
Research Intersts: Improvement of wheat crop against biotic stresses using genetic and bioinformatic techniques.
Research Intersts: To exploit plant molecular biology and chloroplast transformation tools for a) Gene expression profiling and development of transgenic crops resistant to different biotic and abiotic stresses, b) Genetic characterization of existing gene pool of fruit and vegetable crops and c) Using tissue culture tools for crop improvement
Research Intersts: Rice is the major crop of the world especially in the Asia. In Pakistan it comes second after the wheat It is therefore imperative to develop advanced production technology to enhance the productivity of rice in this region .I am the member of the research group in department of Agronomy working on production Agronomy of major crops and cropping systems .My focus of research is the sowing techniques ad methodology of sowing rice. My area of interest is to evaluate and promote direct seeding culture in rice because it avoids lot of penalties entailed on raising, transporting and transplanting of rice nursery in transplanted rice.
Research Intersts: Crop Nutrition Management and Stress Agronomy.Crop Growth Manipulation.
Position & Department: Research Officer, Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Faculty of Agriculture
Position & Department: Assistant Professor/Assistant Professor, Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture
Position & Department: Steno Grapher, Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Faculty of Agriculture
Position & Department: Research Assistant , Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Faculty of Agriculture
Research Intersts: Administrative Matters, Accounts
Position & Department: Junior Lab. Assistant, Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Faculty of Agriculture
Position & Department: Assistant Professor/Assistant Professor, Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture
Research Intersts: Molecular toxicology Molecular genetics
Research Intersts: Medical and veterinary Entomology, Urban entomology especially vector-borne diseases (diseases caused by mosquitoes, ticks, bed bugs, tsetse fly, etc.) and their control strategies. Integrated vector management (IVM), Insect chemical ecology, Insect-insect interaction, insect-plant interaction, plant-plant interaction, Climate change in relation to insects, Insect electrophysiology, insect behavior (laboratory and field), insect neuroscience, insect biodiversity and biosystematics, GCMS Analysis
Position & Department: Incharge, Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Faculty of Agriculture
Research Intersts: Farm supervisor
Position & Department: Technician, Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Faculty of Agriculture
Research Intersts: Insect Molecular Biology and Genetics, Insecticide Biochemical and Molecular Detoxification Mechanisms, Molecular Diagnostics of Insecticide Resistance Management for Insect Pests
Position & Department: Associate Professor, Department of Forestry & Range Management, Faculty of Agriculture
Research Intersts: Stress physiology, Climate change adaptations, Remote sensing, Tree rings, Phytoremediation
Research Intersts: Predator-prey dynamics; IPM of sucking insect pests; biological control of aphids in major crops; ecosystem services; trophic interactions; insect migration; side effects of pesticides on natural enemies; stored products insect pest management.
Position & Department: Assistant Professor, Department of Forestry & Range Management, Faculty of Agriculture
Research Intersts: -Breeding for biotic and abiotic factors. -Metagenomics -Linkage and QTL Mapping -Ploidy Breeding -Mutation Breeding -Illegal Logging and DNA marker technologies
Research Intersts: Silviculture, Forest cultivation, Root structural development.
Research Intersts: Assessment of Phytoremedial Potential of various tree species as irrigated by wastewater from different sources. 2-Study the behavior of various tree species grown from the seeds exposed to magnetic field of different intensities. 3-Variation in wood strength and densities caused by different types of wastewater irrigation. 4-Growth behavior and price variation of various farm-grown tree species in different ecological zones
Position & Department: Lecturer, Department of Forestry & Range Management, Faculty of Agriculture
Research Intersts: Agro forestry, forest economics
Position & Department: Professor, Department of Forestry & Range Management, Faculty of Agriculture
Research Intersts: Wildlife, Ecology, Galliformes, Wildlife management, Pest Management
Research Intersts: Vertebrate pest management with particular emphasis on the control of field rats, wild boar and porcupine in agricultural crops, orchards, forest plantations and reforestation areas and the formulation of rodenticides, bats for use against commensal and field rodents
Research Intersts: Tree Soil Interaction, Environmental Forestry, Carbon Sequestration, Agro-Forestry
Research Intersts: Forest silviculture, tree Mensuration, Watershed management
Position & Department: Lecturer, Department of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture
Research Intersts: Molecular Plant Virology, Seed Pathology, Virus Plant interaction, Wheat Rust Pathology, Formulation and testing of Biopesticide
Research Intersts: Sustainable forest management under changing climate, Forest soils and Tree Physiology etc.
Research Intersts: Mudassir's research is mainly focused on fungal–fungal and fungal–nematode interactions in relation to plant pathology and biological disease control.
Research Intersts: Range vegetation physiology and ecology
Research Intersts: processing and storage of agricultural products (vegetable crops especially mushrooms). His research interests focus on nutritional and biochemical profiling, diversity, varietal characterization, optimization of composting technology, harvesting and handling techniques, value added product development of wild grown, cultivated, local and exotic commercial, edible, medicinal and specialty mushrooms.
Position & Department: Associate Professor/Manager Research Operations, Institute of Horticultural Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture
Research Intersts: Mainly, I am focusing on fruit production physiology and management through proper use of plant nutrition, plant protection, PGRs and harvesting techniques. I am also working on postharvest management to enhance the shelf life by using plant extracts, edible coatings, ecofriendly chemicals, plan growth substance, and proper handling and packaging practices to reduce the postharvest losses. In addition, I am also interested in abiotic stress management in horticulture commodities.
Research Intersts: floriculture and landscape
Research Intersts: Plant diseases are one of the major constraints to the horticultural crop production. The development of integrated approaches is therefore, one of the important strategies for the better control of diseases by reducing the use of hazardous chemicals. My current interests are focused on exploring the mechanism of systemic acquired resistance/ systemic induced resistance in horticultural crops particularly in citrus and vegetable crops. I am also interested in the study of seed storage behavior of horticultural crops with respect to conservation of plant genetic resources.
Research Intersts: Management of plant parasitic nematodes through chemical and biological means.
Research Intersts: I am interested in polyploidy, interspecific hybridization and evolution. My work in Brassica has previously phenotypic, genetic and epigenetic in interspecific hybrids. I am interested in formation of new species in both evolutionary and breeding contexts, and in particular the mechanisms of polyploid formation and genome stabilization after polyploidization. I am also interested in molecular vegetable breeding and vegetable seed production.
Position & Department: Assistant Professor/Assistant Professor, Institute of Horticultural Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture
Research Intersts: Aim is to combine the knowledge of commercial Floriculture to fulfill the following interests; Production, essential oil extraction and Value addition of aromatic flowers; Optimization and production potential of floricultural crops, nursery and greenhouse management; Post harvest physiology of flower Bulbs; Post harvest longevity of cut flowers, Turf management in landscape, Plant growth regulator, nutrient management, stomatal development, climate-change, CO2 sensing, Cytogenetic tools (FISH & GISH), Chromosome analysis and Hybridization of floriculture crops.
Research Intersts: Weed Science, Herbicide Resistance
Research Intersts: Crop Nutrition and Stress Agronomy
Research Intersts: Climate change, Extreme temperatures, Crop growth modeling, Remote sensing, Crop growth monitoring, Sun induced fluorescence (SIF)