Following are the research activities performed at Oilseed Research Institute, Faisalabad
Sunflower
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Maintenance of inbred lines
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Development of inbred lines
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Parent seed production
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Development of new hybrid combinations/seed production
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Study of new sunflower hybrids
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National uniform sunflower yield trial
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Hybrid seed production
Sesame
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Maintenance of gene pool
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Hybridization programme
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Study of filial generations
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Sowing date trial
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Preliminary seed yield trial
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Advanced seed yield trial
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Zonal testing
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National uniform sesame yield trial
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Seed multiplication
Summer Mustard, Faisalabad
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Maintenance of gene pool
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Hybridization programme
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Study of filial generations
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Preliminary seed yield trial
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Advanced seed yield trial
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Zonal varietal trials
Winter Rapeseed-Mustard, Faisalabad
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Maintenance of gene pool
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Hybridization programme
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Study of filial generations
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Preliminary seed yield trial (B. napus)
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Advanced seed yield trial (B. napus)
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Zonal varietal trials (B. napus)
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Micro yield trials of Rapeseed
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Preliminary seed yield trial (B. juncea)
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Advanced seed yield trial (B. juncea)
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Zonal varietal trials (B. juncea)
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Micro yield trials of Mustard
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National uniform rapeseed and mustard yield trials
Hybrid Canola Program
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Development of restorer lines in Brassica napus
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Maintenance of inbred lines
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Development of experimental hybrids
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Testing of new canola hybrids
Soybean
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Maintenance of gene pool
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Adaptability yield trial
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Seed multiplication
Linseed
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Maintenance of gene pool
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Hybridization programme
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Study of filial generations
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Preliminary seed yield trial
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Advanced seed yield trial
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Zonal testing
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Seed multiplication
Castor
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Maintenance of inbred lines
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Development of inbred lines
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Zonal trial.
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Seed multiplication
Oil Technology Group
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Screening of lines/ varieties of oilseed crops for oil contents.
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Screening of rapeseed and mustard lines/varieties for erucic acid.
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Screening of rapeseed and mustard lines for glucosinolates content.
Entomology Group
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Screening of Promising Strains /Hybrids /genotypes of Different Oilseed crops against insects pests attacking these crops.
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Testing the Efficacy of some new pesticides in oilseed crops, assuring an optimum safety level of beneficial insects (e.g. Predators, Parasites and Parasitoids) of these crops.
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To save the breeding material of Oilseed crops from insect pest.
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Identification of some non-chemical pest control solutions supplementing economic constraints of the peasantry.
Pathology Group
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Screening of advance lines/hybrids of all oilseeds crops against various diseases
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Evaluation of various fungicides against various diseases
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Development of resistant inbred lines of important oilseeds crops against potentially important diseases
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Plant protection measures against oilseed crops diseases
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Diagnosis of oilseed crops diseases in-vitro and their remedies