LIST OF PARB APPROVED RESEARCH PROJECTS
S.
No.
1
2
Project
Code
127
49
3
18
4
34
5
13
Title of the Project
Novel approach to generate
wide spectrum virus
resistance to all
begomoviruses infecting
cotton and other cultivated
crops.
Control of Bacterial Leaf
Blight (BLB) in rice through
management and resistant
varieties.
Molecular mapping of
quantitative trait loci
determining salinity
tolerance at maturity stage
in indica rice (Oryza sativa
L.)
Development of nutrient
efficient wheat germplasm
for food security in rainfed
areas of Pakistan
Integrated Pest Management
(IPM) of Aphids on Wheat
Crop
Name of the project
Manager
Dr. Muhammad Saleem
Haider
Assistant Professor
Host Institution
School of Biological
Sciences,
University of the Punjab
Lahore
Dr. Muhammad Akhtar
Director
Rice Research Institute,
Kala Shah Kaku
Dr. Muhammad Arshad
Javed
Assistant Professor
School of Biological
Sciences,
University of the Punjab
Lahore
Dr. Abid Mahmood
Director
Barani Agricultural
Research Institute,
Chakwal
Dr. Rana Muhammad
Shafique
Project Manager,
F&VDP and Command
Area Development of
Regional Directorate,
CABI South Asia,
Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Collaborating
Institution(s)
Department of Cell and
Systems Biology
University of Toronto,
Canada
1. Agricultural
Biotechnology Research
Institute, AARI,
Faisalabad.
2. Department of Plant
Pathology University of
Agriculture, Faisalabad.
3. Nuclear Institute for
Agriculture and Biology
(NIAB), Faisalabad.
4. National Institute for
Biotechnology and
Genetic Engineering,
Faisalabad
5. Emkay Seeds (Pvt.)
Limited 4th Floor,
Associated House,
Building No. 1, 7
Egerton Road, Lahore
Lab. Of Plant Breeding,
Faculty of Agriculture,
Kobe University , Kobe,
JAPAN
Nil
1. Wheat Research
Institute, Faisalabad
2. AR Farm Vehari
3. AR Farm Sheikhupura
4. AR Farm Bhuun,
Project
Duration
48 months
Total Cost
(Rs. Million)
28.937
60
months
76.289
36
Months
24.869
36
Months
15.793
48
Months
38.395
Small Dams
Chakwal.
5. AR Farm R.Y. Khan
6. AR Farm Sargodha
6
144
Transgenic approach to
improve drought and
salinity tolerance in wheat.
Dr. Nisar Ahmed
Assistant Professor
Centre of Agricultural
Biochemistry and
Biotechnology (CABB)
University of Agri.
Faisalabad
7
12
Utilizing Bacterial ACCDeaminase Biotechnology
to Enhance Water use
Efficiency for sustainable
production of cereals
University of
Agriculture, Faisalabad
8
51
9
150
University of
Agriculture, Faisalabad
10
139
Standardization and
popularization of direct
seeding to increase rice
productivity & resource
conservation
Characterization and
genotyping of native mango
germplasm and commercial
varieties in relation to
resistance to Ceratocystis
manginecans, cause of
sudden decline of mango in
Pakistan
Biological management of
root knot nematodes on
vegetables in Punjab.
Dr. M. Arshad, T.I,
Director,
Institute of Soil &
Environmental
Sciences,
University of
Agriculture, Faisalabad
Dr. Muhammad
Akhtar,
Director, Rice Research
Institute, Kala Shah
Kaku
Prof. Dr. Iqrar
Ahmad Khan,
Vice Chancellor,
University of
Agriculture,
Faisalabad.
University of
Agriculture, Faisalabad
11
28
Dr. Nazir Javed,
Associate
Professor/Chairman,
Department of Plant
Pathology,
University of
Agriculture, Faisalabad.
Dr. Mansoor-UlHasan,
Associate Professor,
Insecticidal Bioactivity of
Essential Oils of Local
Medicinal Plants Against
Ayub Agricultural
Research Institute,
Faisalabad.
University of
Agriculture, Faisalabad
1. The Department of
Plant, Soil and
Agricultural Systems,
Southern Illinois
University, Carbondale,
IL, 62901, USA
2. Research Institute for
Bioresources, Okayama
University, Chuo 2-201, Kurashiki, 710-0046,
JAPAN;
Cornell University, New
York, USA.
36
Months
14.849
60
Months
20.310
-
60
Months
12.861
1.AJK Department of
Agriculture, Azad
Kashmir.
2.BZU., Multan
3.SQU, Muscat, Oman.
36
months
25.000
Ayub Agricultural
Research Institute,
Faisalabad.
60
Months
13.853
60
Months
4.803
-
12
13
14
15
16
Insect Pests of Stored
Wheat.
Department of Agri.
Entomology, Faculty of
Agriculture, Univ. of
Agri. Faisalabad
143
Exploiting Controlled
Atmosphere Technology
Potential for Extended
Storage and Shipping of
Fresh Produce to
International Markets
Dr. Amman Ullah
Malik,
Professor,
Institute of Horticulture
Sciences (HIS),
University of
Agriculture Faisalabad.
University of
Agriculture, Faisalabad
1.Plant Pathology, Univ.
of Agri. Faisalabad.
2.Institute of Food
Sciences, Univ. of Agri.
Faisalabad.
60
Months
25.840
152
Development, Optimization
and Technology
Dissemination of
Indigenous Based Skin
Coating Material For Fruits
And Vegetables
Assessment of Post-Harvest
Losses in Major Fruits and
Vegetables at various
Market and Processing
Levels in the Punjab and to
Develop Strategies to
Minimize these Losses
Dr. Ehsan Elahi
Bajawa,
Director,Post Harvest
Research Center,
AARI, Fiasalabad.
Ayub Agricultural
Research Institute,
Faisalabad.
Department of Chemistry,
Univ. of Agri. Faisalabad.
60
Months
9.971
Dr. Maqbool Hussain
Sial,
Dean, Faculty of
Administrative and
management Sciences,
and Head, Department
of Business
Administration, Univ.
of Sargodha.
Dr. Saghir Ahmad,
Cotton Botanist,
Cotton Research
Station,
Multan
University of Sargodha
1.PARC, Islamabad.
2.Ayub Agri. Res.
Institute, Faisalabad.
60
Months
Ayub Agricultural
Research Institute,
Faisalabad.
University of Arkansas,
USA.
60
Months
12.724
Dr. M. Zafar Iqbal,
Director, (ABRI),
AARI, Faisalabad
Ayub Agricultural
Research Institute,
Faisalabad.
1.National Institute of
Genomics and Advanced
Biotechnology, NARC,
Islamabad.
2.Agri. Biotech. Res.
Institute, AARI,
Faisalabad.
3.Barani Agri. Res.
Institute, Chakwal.
36
Months
26.230
157
27
Intrograssion of Cotton Leaf
Curl Virus Resistance
Genes from Gossypium
Arboreum (Desi Cotton)
into Gossypium Hirsutum
(Upland Cotton)
16
Genetic Improvement of
Groundnut for Herbicide
and Disease Resistance.
28.250
17
18
19
20
21
24
101
120
176
50
Basic Seed Potato
Production from in Vitro
propagated material and its
demonstration in the Farmer
Field.
Development of transgenic
sugarcane (Saccharum
officinarium) against major
abiotic stresses
Improvement of chickpea
productivity through the
identification of drought
tolerant and disease resistant
chickpea genotypes for
marginal lands
Optimization and
Standardization of
operational parameters of
Hot Water Treatment for
control of post harvest
diseases of Mangoes
Value Addition in Rice /
Development of Basmati
Suitable Rice varieties for
Parboiling
48
Months
5.769
Sagar Cane Research
Institute, AARI,
Faisalabad.
60 Months
19.587
Nuclear Institute for
Agriculture & Biology,
Faisalabad.
Ayub Agri. Res. Institute,
Faisalabad.
60 Months
26.790
Agri. Mechanization
Research Institute,
Multan.
1.Mango Research
Institute, Shujabad.
2.College of Agri. BZU
Multan.
36 Months
10.215
Ayub Agricultural
Research Institute,
Faisalabad.
Private Sector/ Rice
Miller.
36 Months
7. 500
Inam-Ul-Haq,
Plant Virologist,
AARI, Faisalabad.
Ayub Agricultural
Research Institute,
Faisalabad.
Dr. Shaheen Aftab,
Principal Scientist,
National Institute for
Biotechnology and
Genetic Engineering,
(NIBGE) Faisalabad.
Dr. Tariq Mahmood
Shah,
Principal Scientist,
Nuclear Institute for
Agriculture & Biology,
P.O. Box-128, Jhang
Road, Faisalabad.
Dr. Qurban Ahmad
Director AMRI, Multan
National Institute for
Biotechnology and
Genetic Engineering,
(NIBGE) Faisalabad.
Dr. Faiz Ahmad Faiz,
Associate Rice
Botanist,
Rice Research Institute,
Kala Shah Kaku.
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