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Research Activities

Ongoing Research Activities

  • Maintenance of Crossing block for hybridization program of Wheat chickpea and mungbean crop
  • Breeding for disease resistant varieties of Wheat, chickpea and mungbean crops.
  • Filial Generation study of chickpea, mungbean and wheat crop.
  • Preliminary Yield Trials of wheat, chickpea and mungbean trials
  • Regular Yield Trials of wheat, chickpea, and mungbean crop.
  • Micro yield Trials of Chickpea and Mungbean crop.
  • Regional yield Trials of wheat crop
  • National Uniform Yield Trials of wheat, chickpea and mungbean crop
  • Evaluation of International trials / Nurseries of wheat, chickpea crop
  • Shuttle Breeding for accelerating breeding activities.
  • Screening of advance lines of wheat, chickpea and mungbean crops against diseases.
  • Agronomic trials of wheat, chickpea and mungbean crop
  • DUS study of advance lines of wheat, chickpea and mungbean
  • Production of Breeder Nucleus Seed (BNS) and pre-basic seed of advance lines of wheat, chickpea and mungbean crop.

Team Members (Pulses)

  1. Dr. Muhammad Aslam, Economic Botanist
  2. Muhammad Ramzan, Entomologist
  3. Javed Anwar Shah, Assistant Plant Pathologist
  4. Niaz Hussain, Assistant Research Officer
  5. Abdul Ghaffar, Assistant Research Officer
  6. Mudassar Khaliq, Assistant Research Officer
  7. Muneer Abbas, Assistant Research Officer

Team Members (Wheat)

  1. Dr. Muhammad Irshad, Assistant Botanist (Wheat)
  2. Zubeda Parveen, Assistant Research Officer
  3. Muhammad Ramzan, Entomologist
  4. Javed Anwar Shah, Assistant Plant Pathologist
  5. Muneer Abbas, Assistant Research Officer

Completed Research Activities

  • Disseminate the learning and practices of past R&D activities at farmer’s fields to enhance crop productivity and profitability at farm level.
  • 1000 acre seed of newly approved varieties dully certified and tagged by FSC&RD were provided to the seed multiplying agencies and progressive farmers.
  • Develop and evaluate, in partnership with farmers, site specific village based seed production and dissemination system to facilitate access to improved varieties.
  • Promotion of Gram Cultivation through Life Saving Irrigation with Sprinkler System under Changing Climate alongwith  R&D activities at farm families were carried out
  • Genetic improvement of chickpea for better nodulation, root length and yield through hybridization and mutation breeding.
  • Enhancement of mungbean and gram production in Thal  through development of improved genotypes and  technologies  to reduce pulse import bill

Team Members (Pulses)

  1. Dr. Muhammad Aslam, Economic Botanist
  2. Niaz Hussain, Assistant Research Officer
  3. Abdul Ghaffar, Assistant Research Officer
  4. Mudassar Khaliq, Assistant Research Officer

Team Members (Wheat)

  1. Dr. Muhammad Irshad, Assistant Botanist (Wheat)
  2. Zubeda Parveen, Assistant Research Officer