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Submitted Projects

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Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration

(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1 Establishment national registry for primary

hyperoxaluria in Pakistan

International Collaborative

Research Projects

Oxalate and Hyperoxaluria Foundation (OHF)

Dr. Beenish Israr

Lecturer Home Sciences 12 1.00

2

Comparative surveillance of gastrointestinal nematode burden and anthelmintic

susceptibility patterns of major nematodes in cart and companion horses in Pakistan


Research Projects

Morris Animal Foundation, USA

Dr. Ali Raza Lecturer Clinical

Medicine & Surgery

12 1.10

3 Development of environment friendly plant

based acaricidals for the control of cattle ticks Punjab Agricultural

Research Board PARB

Dr. Rao Zahid Abbas

Assistant Professor

Parasitology 36 19.40

4 Development of a test strips for rapid detection

of adulterants in milk Endowment Fund

Secretariat Research &Development

Dr. Fozia Saleem

Assistant Professor

CABB 36 5.20

5 Evaluation the beneficial role of silicon

nanoparticles in ameliorating salinity stress of various rice genotypes

Higher Education Commission

SRGP 2017 Dr. Muhammad

Ansar Farooq Assistant Professor

Soil & Environmental

Sciences 9 0.50

6 Identification of genes that contribute to

drought tolerance in Populus Higher Education

Commission SRGP 2017

Dr. Muhammad Arshad (CABB)

Assistant Professor

CABB 12 0.50

7 Implication of demographic transition for

women, Pakistan Higher Education

Commission Thematic Research Grant

Dr. Tahira Sadaf

Assistant Professor

Agricultural and Resource

Economics 12 2.00

8 Development & upgradation of indigenous

research database for University of Agriculture, Faisalabad


Thematic Research Grant Dr. Imran Mumtaz

Assistant Professor

ITRCDB 12 3.00

9 Developing technologies for aflatoxin detection (Picogram levels) n milk supply chain of Punjab-

Pakistan


Thematic Research Grant Dr. Fozia Saleem

Assistant Professor

CABB 12 3.00

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

10 Genetic diversity among American bollworm

(Helicoverpa armigera) collected from different cotton growing areas of Pakistan


Thematic Research Grant Dr. Rao Sohail Ahmad Khan

Assistant Professor

CABB 12 3.00

11 Innovation and learning in agricultural system:

managing collaboration among key stakeholders


Thematic Research Grant Dr. Asghar Ali Assistant Professor


Economics 12 2.83

12

Integration of demographic transition and socio-economic development in Pakistan: implication for poverty, inequality, gender

participation and human capital


Thematic Research Grant Dr. Rakhshanda

Kousar Assistant Professor


Economics 12 3.00

13 Determinants of peri-urbanization in major

cities of Punjab Higher Education


Dr. Izhar Ahmad Khan

Associate Professor

Rural Sociology 12 1.33

14 Fabrication of low-cost carbon nanotubes based counter electrode for dye-sensitized solar cells


Thematic Research Grant Dr. Hafeez

Anwar Assistant Professor

Physics 12 2.98

15 Quantification of impact and spreading of

modified starch droplets on hydrophilic and hydrophobic surfaces


Thematic Research Grant Dr. Muhammad

Yasin Naz Lecturer Physics 12 2.65

16 Impact of technical and vocational education on

rural household livelihood in Punjab Higher Education


Dr. Muhammad Khalid Bashir

Assistant Professor


Economics 12 2.23

17 Unplanned urbanization in Punjab and its

impact on food security Higher Education


DR. SHAKEEL IMRAN

Assistant Professor

Sub-Campus Burewala-Vehari

12 2.29

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

18 Capacity building of flour mills in Punjab for

quality control mechanisms and shelf life extension of wheat flour


Thematic Research Grant Dr. Aamir Shahzad

Assistant Professor

NIFSAT 12 2.71

19 Linking academic and industry with farmer: an

exploratory study of issues and options to realize enhanced economic returns


Thematic Research Grant Dr. Azhar

Abbas Assistant Professor


Economics 12 2.53

20 Antioxidant rich botanicals: a sustainable

approach for controlling coccidiosis in poultry production systems


Thematic Research Grant Dr. Rao Zahid



21 Modern environment controlled cage layer farming and application of flock recycling

technique



Yousaf Assistant Professor

Animal and Dairy Sciences

12 2.76

22 Design & development of digital flume for discharge measurement in open-channel



Uzair Qamar Assistant Professor

Irrigation & Drainage

12 2.10

23 Fostering women entrepreneurship through

academia industry linkages in Punjab, Pakistan Higher Education


Dr. Abdul Ghafoor (IBMS)

Assistant Professor

IBMS 12 2.53

24 Entrepreneurial inclination among rural youth

entrepreneurs: policy options for enhancing the skill-based education


Thematic Research Grant Dr. Khalid Mushtaq

Assistant Professor


Economics 12 2.23

25 Impact of agricultural workload on livelihood of

women in Punjab, Pakistan

Agricultural Linkages

Program/Pakistan Agricultural

Research Council

ALP Dr. Tahira

Sadaf Assistant Professor


Economics 36 5.08

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

26 Pathological screening of available soybean

germplasm in different climates under natural conditions



Research Council

ALP Dr. Sohail

Akhtar Assistant Professor


36 3.37

27

Field evaluation and refinement of DSR drill and production technology for basmati rice in selected pilot sites in basmati rice tract of

Punjab, Pakistan

Punjab Agricultural Research Board

ADB TA 8578-PAK Dr. Muhammad

Jehanzeb Masud Cheema

Assistant Professor


7 2.07

28 Strengthening informal indigenous vegetable seed system to enhance nutrition and food

security of Pakistan



Research Council

ALP Dr. Irfan afzal Associate Professor

Agronomy 36 4.96

29 Alleviating terminal heat stress in wheat

(Triticum aestivum L.) through exogenously applied proline and 5-aminolevulinic acid



Research Council

ALP Dr. Muhammad Farrukh Saleem

Associate Professor

Agronomy 36 3.32

30 Ionic liquid-assisted bioprocess for biodiesel and

1,3-propanediol co-production from lignocellulosic waste


Research Projects

TWAS Research Grant Program

Dr. Saima Shahzad Mirza

Assistant Professor

Punjab Bio-Energy Institute

12 1.52

31 Sustained Delivery of GLP-1 from PF-127 Gel in

Combination with DPP-4 Inhibitor for Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus


Research Projects


Dr. Kanwal Rehman

Assistant Professor

Pharmacy, Physiology and Pharmacology

12 1.46

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

32 Assessing the efficacy of herbal plant extract

over antimicrobial drugs and identifying highly effective protein through genomic tool


Research Projects


Dr. Rao Sohail Ahmad Khan

Assistant Professor

CABB 12 1.57

33 Use of Iron-Based Nanomaterials to Develop an Immobilization Technology for Heavy Metals in

Contaminated Soils


Research Projects


Dr. Muhammad Usman (Soil

Science)

Assistant Professor


Sciences 12 1.52

34

Improvement in citrus quality and production by standardization of nutrient assessment

protocols for optimization of nutrient application



Research Council

ALP Dr. Muhammad

Aamir Maqsood

Assistant Professor


Sciences 36 6.10

35

Development of techniques to combat rangeland degradation process and increase forage yield in rangelands of Punjab with the

involvement of pastoral community



Research Council

ALP Dr. Ahsan Ul

Haq Lecturer


36 3.27

36 Structural Profile and Emerging Export Potential

of Exotic Halal Meat Industry of Pakistan through China Pakistan Economic Corridor

U.S.-Pakistan, Center for

Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security

USPCAS-AFS Dr. Rakhshanda



Economics 12 0.00

37 Drivers of Food Consumption Patterns in Rural,

Peri-Urban and Urban Areas of the Punjab



USPCAS-AFS Dr. Muhammad

Khalid Bashir Assistant Professor


Economics 12 0.00

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

38 From China-Pakistan Free Trade agreement to

China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC): Implications for Agricultural Sector to Pakistan



USPCAS-AFS Dr. Tahira



Economics 12 0.00

39

Capacity Building for Processing Non-Edible Poultry Meat Products in Order to Avail CPEC Opportunities for Export and Management of

Poultry Waste



USPCAS-AFS Dr. Umar Farooq

Assistant Professor

UAF Sub-Campus, Toba

Tek Singh 12 0.00

40 Development of drying pattern with respect to

nutritional qualities of Ber (Zyzyphus mauritiana) as a potential fruit to export



USPCAS-AFS Dr. Waseem

Amjad Assistant Professor

Energy System Engineering

12 0.00

41 Bioinformatics and genomics approaches for

mapping stripe rust resistance in Pakistani Wheat Germplasm




Amjad Ali Assistant Professor

Plant Pathology 12 0.00

42

Identifying Site-Specific Strategies for Better Crop Residue Management in Rice-Wheat

Cropping System to Improve Soil Health and Mitigate Climate Change




Sana Ullah Assistant Professor


Sciences 12 0.00

43 China Pakistan Economic Corridor: Analyzing Challenges and Opportunities in Agriculture

Exports from Pakistan



USPCAS-AFS Dr. Abdul

Ghafoor (IBMS) Assistant Professor

IBMS 12 0.00

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

44 Soil Loss: A Threat to Food Security






12 0.00

45 Increasing Ability of Ground Water to Produce Food for Increasing Population: An Analysis in

the Context of Food Security






12 0.00

46 Application of Bioinformatics Tools to Address Major Challenges of Adaptability of Corn and

Soybean Exotic Lines in Pakistan



USPCAS-AFS Dr. Muhammad Arshad (CABB)

Assistant Professor

CABB 12 0.00

47

Genomics Based Selection of Salinity Tolerant Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa) Verities to

Accelerate Growth and Yield on Marginal Soils of Pakistan



USPCAS-AFS Dr. Muhammad Arshad (CABB)

Assistant Professor

CABB 12 0.00

48

Jasmonate, Selenium and Silicon as Potential Regulators of Antioxidants, Metabolites,

Growth and Yield of Mung Bean under Terminal Drought , Heat and Yellow Mosaic Virus



USPCAS-AFS Dr. Muhammad Farrukh Saleem

Associate Professor

Agronomy 12 0.00

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

49 Adaptation trends of balanced food habits

among rural households of the Punjab



USPCAS-AFS Dr. Rana

Muhammad Amir

Assistant Professor

Agricultural Extension and

Rural Development

12 0.00

50 Sustainable and Healthy Food Chain: Step

Forward to address Food Insecurity in Pakistan



USPCAS-AFS Dr. Beenish

Israr Lecturer Home Sciences 12 0.00

51 Adaptation and geo-spatial mapping of barley

under changing climate scenarios for food security using precision agriculture tools



USPCAS-AFS Dr. Syed Aftab

Wajid Associate Professor

Agronomy 36 0.00

52

Evaluating potential of agronomic practices for soil carbon sequestration and improving

nitrogen use efficiency in rice wheat cropping system



USPCAS-AFS Dr. Tasneem

Khaliq Assistant Professor

Agronomy 36 0.00

53 The agronomic bio-fortification of barely with

Selenium under irrigated and rainfed conditions



USPCAS-AFS Dr. Khalid Hussain

Assistant Professor

Agronomy 24 0.00

54 Enhancement of xenobiotic resistance in barley via activation of phenylpropanoid pathway with

precursor priming



USPCAS-AFS Prof. Dr. Abdul

Wahid Professor Botany 24 0.00

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

55 Present Status and Future Prospect of Barley Production and its Value Addition in Pakistan



USPCAS-AFS Dr. Asghar Ali Assistant Professor


Economics 24 0.00

56 Economic Impact, Farmersâ€™ Perception and

Management of Parthenium hysterophorus L. in Pakistan




Amjed Iqbal Assistant Professor


Economics 36 0.00

57 Residue Management Options, their Effects and

Control in Agriculture: Implications for Environmental Quality and Farm Productivity



USPCAS-AFS Dr. Azhar



Economics 30 0.00

58 Envisioning Potential Gains from Regional

Cooperation: A SWOT analysis of CPEC for the promotion of Agricultural Exports from Pakistan



USPCAS-AFS Dr. Azhar



Economics 30 0.00

59 Development of Biofortified tomato hybrid by exploiting genetic diversity for vitamin A, E, C,

flavonoid, zinc and iron in gene pool



USPCAS-AFS Dr. Hafiza Masooma

Naseer Cheema

Assistant Professor

Plant Breeding & Genetics

36 0.00

60 Developing Domineering Broad-Spectrum

Herbicide-Tolerant Wheat



USPCAS-AFS Dr. Ghulam

Mustafa Assistant Professor

CABB 12 0.00

Submitted Projects

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(in Months)

Cost (in million)

61 Weed Link in the Epidemiology of White Fly and

Cotton Leaf Curl Virus Disease under the Current Scenario of Climate Change



USPCAS-AFS Dr. Tariq Mustafa

Lecturer Entomology 12 0.00

62 Pink Bollworm Epidemiology: Alternative Hots as Overwintering Source in Cotton Cropping

System of Punjab



USPCAS-AFS Dr. Tariq Mustafa


63

Development of GIS-based agricultural information management system for major

crops of northern irrigated corridor along the CPEC route in Pakistan



USPCAS-AFS Dr. Kashif Nazir

Qureshi Assistant Professor


12 0.00

64 Impact and adaptation of barley production to

climate change in Punjab-Pakistan






12 0.00

65

Optimization and refinement of resilient and long-lasting sprayable and ready-to-use pellets

formulations to develop attract-and-kill pheromone and lure application techniques

(AK-PLAT) for the eradication of pink bollworm, pectinophora gossypiella




Dildar Gogi Assistant Professor

Entomology 12 0.00

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

66 Nitrogen and water management interventions

in direct-seeded and transplanted rice for attenuating greenhouse gas emissions



USPCAS-AFS Dr. Saddam

Hussain Assistant Professor

Agronomy 12 0.00

67 Enhancing the iron concentration in wheat

(Triticum aestivum L.) grain endosperm through transformation of ferritin gene



USPCAS-AFS Dr. Aysha Kiran Assistant Professor

Botany 12 0.00

68 Development of zinc and iron bioforified wheat

and rice cultivars by over expressing root membrane transporters



USPCAS-AFS Dr. Faiz Ahmad

Joyia Assistant Professor

CABB 12 0.00

69 Integrated nutrient and crop residues

management in rice-wheat cropping system for enhancing crop productivity and soil health



USPCAS-AFS Prof. Dr. Abdul

Khaliq Professor Agronomy 12 0.00

70

Transformation of synthetic aro A and Gox/GAT genes into Cotton to induce glyphosate

tolerance and analysis of dicot EPSPS genes to identify candidate genes for the development more consumer friendly glyphosate tolerant

transgenic in future



USPCAS-AFS Dr. Iqrar

Ahmad Rana Assistant Professor

CABB 12 0.00

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

71 Guar Gum as a Dietary Intervention to Combat the Problem of Hyperglycemia through Animal

Modeling



USPCAS-AFS Dr. Amna Sahar Assistant Professor

Food Engineering

12 0.00

72

Soyabeen genome sequencing, functional genomics and bioinformatics in relation to

phytophthora sojae: Cause of Soyabean Root and stem rot



USPCAS-AFS Ms. Romana

Anjum Lecturer


12 0.00

73 Implementation of Indigenous Fertigation Technologies for Smart Agriculture under

Conventional and Advanced Irrigation System



USPCAS-AFS Dr. Lubna

Anjum Lecturer


12 0.00

74 Enhancing phosphorus bio-availability in wheat

through genetic modifications in efficient exudate-releasing root trait



USPCAS-AFS Dr. Imran

Ashraf Assistant Professor

Agronomy 12 0.00

75

Improving food security and consumption patterns through evidence based nutrition education and advocacy/outreach in Rural

Punjab and Sindh



USPCAS-AFS Dr. Ayesha

Sameen Assistant Professor

NIFSAT 12 0.00

76

Mapping sources of greenhouse gas production in agricultural and urban landscapes of Punjab: Estimating carbon credit earning possibilities in

Pakistan



USPCAS-AFS Dr. Safdar

Bashir Assistant Professor


Sciences 12 0.00

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

77

Use of crop residues to develop nanocomposites of magnetite-enriched biochar

for remediation of contaminates soils and wastewater




Usman (Soil Science)

Assistant Professor


Sciences 12 0.00

78

Integrated Management of Seed Borne Mycoflora with Special Emphasis to â€˜Loose Smutâ€™ of Barley to Improve its Production

Potential and Grain Quality



USPCAS-AFS Dr. Amer Habib Assistant Professor


79 Development of Herbicide Tolerant Indigenous

Soybean Germplasm



USPCAS-AFS Dr. Faiz Ahmad


CABB 12 0.00

80

Assessment of Dietary Diversity among the Women of Reproductive Age and Young

Children to Improve their Food and Nutrition Security



USPCAS-AFS Dr. Mian

Kamran Sharif Assistant Professor

NIFSAT 12 0.00

81 Biofortification of wheat for iron and zinc using

transgenic approach



USPCAS-AFS Dr. Iqrar


CABB 12 0.00

82 Development of zinc and iron bioforified wheat

and rice cultivars by overexpressing root membrane transporters



USPCAS-AFS Dr. Fozia Saleem

Assistant Professor

CABB 12 0.00

Submitted Projects

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(in Months)

Cost (in million)

83 Kitchen Gardening: A Step towards food and

economic security




Assistant Professor

CABB 12 0.00

84

Mastitomics: The Integration of Metabolomics and Bioinformatics of Cowâ€™s Milk can Lead

to the Potential Biomarkers Discovery of Mastitis in Dairy Cattle




Assistant Professor

CABB 12 0.00

85 Biotechnological approaches for tracking

herbicide resistance in weeds under changing climatic conditions



USPCAS-AFS Dr. Ghulam


CABB 12 0.00

86 Detection of major viruses, insect vectors, and resistant germplasm for developing sustainable

barley production system in Pakistan



USPCAS-AFS Dr. Luqman

Amrao Assistant Professor


87

Development of Microbial Consortia for Complete Detoxification of Organochlorine

Pesticides and Improvement of Crop Productivity in Contaminated Soil




Imran Khan Assistant Professor


Sciences 12 0.00

88 CRISPR-Cas9 based targeting of fatty acid

elongase gene sequences for reducing erucic acid contents in Brassica spp.



USPCAS-AFS Prof. Dr. Hafeez Ahmad Sadaqat

Professor Plant Breeding

& Genetics 12 0.00

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

89 Detection of Strains of Potato Virus Y and Potato Leaf Roll Virus in Pakistan and their

Management



USPCAS-AFS Dr. Khalid Naveed

Assistant Professor


90

An Integrated Approach of Insect Functional Genomics for the Analyses of Genetic and

Biochemical Basis of Pink Boll Worm Resistance to Bt Cotton for the Development of Sustainable Insect Control Strategies



USPCAS-AFS Dr. Zain- ul-

Abdin Assistant Professor

Entomology 12 0.00

91 Nutri-Rice Products from Pakistani Cultivars in

the Context of Food and Nutrition Security



USPCAS-AFS Dr. Mian


NIFSAT 12 0.00

92 Gathering Baseline Information about Newly

Emerging Weeds in Punjab and their Molecular Tagging



USPCAS-AFS Dr. Rao Sohail Ahmad Khan

Assistant Professor

CABB 12 0.00

93 Mapping and Nutritional Profiling of Different Barley Varieties of Pakistani: From Community

to Product Commercialization



USPCAS-AFS Dr. Amir Shahzad

Assistant Professor

NIFSAT 12 0.00

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

94 Sustainable Susceptibility of Pink Bollworm to

BT Cotton Toxins as a Cornerstone of Integrated Pest Management in Cotton




Arshad (Entomology)

Assistant Professor

Entomology 12 0.00

95 Evaluating the Impact of Cost Effective and

Diversified Dietary Interventions on Nutritional and Health Status of School Going Children




Assistant Professor

NIFSAT 12 0.00

96 Food Resource Management and Supplemental

Nutrition Assistance for Ameliorating Food Insecurity




Assistant Professor

NIFSAT 12 0.00

97

Mapping of Bioavailable Iron and Phytic Acid in Wheat Cultivars for Effective Biofortification of

Wheat through Over Expression of Rice Nicotianamide Synthase Gene(s)



USPCAS-AFS Dr. Allah Rakha Assistant Professor

NIFSAT 12 0.00

98

Fingerprinting of Pakistani Barley Germplasm for its Physico-Chemical, Nutritional and

Drought Tolerance Attributes to Determine their Suitability and Future Interventions



USPCAS-AFS Dr. Allah Rakha Assistant Professor

NIFSAT 12 0.00

Submitted Projects

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(in Months)

Cost (in million)

99 Evidence Based Dietary Intervention to Mitigate

Food and Nutritional Insecurity in Pakistan



USPCAS-AFS Dr. Beenish


100 Food Multimix â€“ A Sustainable Dietary

Diversity Approach for Improved Maternal and Child Nutrition in Pakistan



USPCAS-AFS Dr. Mian


NIFSAT 12 0.00

101 Developing Eco-Friendly Water Saving Rice

Production System in Punjab, Pakistan



USPCAS-AFS Dr. Nadeem

Akbar Assistant Professor

Agronomy 36 0.00

102 Improving sustainability of rice production in

Pakistan by reducing water input and greenhouse Gas Emissions




Farooq Associate Professor

Agronomy 24 0.00

103 Evaluation of biologically active benzimidazole

compounds synthesized by cross-coupling reactions against biofilms producing bacteria

Pakistan Science Foundation

Sri Lanka and Pakistan Collaborative Research and

Development â€“ 2017

Dr. Rasheed Ahmad Khera

Assistant Professor

Chemistry 36 2.10

104 Quantitative detection of pathogenic bacteria in

meat through spectroscopic and molecular techniques



Development â€“ 2017 Dr. Amna Sahar

Assistant Professor

Food Engineering

36 2.08

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

105 Identification of candidate genes for developing

resistance against begomoviruses of legumes through transcriptome analysis




Dr. Muhammad Mubin

Assistant Professor

CABB 36 4.19

106 Identification of candidate genes for stay-green

trait in millets using OMICS approaches Pakistan Science

Foundation



Dr. Faiz Ahmad Joyia

Assistant Professor

CABB 36 2.09

107

Genomic based diversity of rice blast pathogen Magnaporthe oryza from Pakistan and Sri Lanka

and mapping of host resistance in rice germplasm for its management




Dr. Muhammad Amjad Ali

Assistant Professor


108 Management of postharvest diseases of tropical

and sub-tropical fruit Pakistan Science

Foundation



Dr. Abdul Rehman (Plant

pathology)

Associate Professor


109 Development of carbon based nanomaterials for counter electrodes in dye sensitized solar

cells




Dr. Hafeez Anwar

Assistant Professor

Physics 36 2.10

110 Development of immobilized anti-cancer agent (L-Asparaginase), purified from medicinal plants

of Pakistan and Sri Lanka




Dr. Muhammad Anjum Zia

Associate Professor

Biochemistry 36 2.52

111 Improving adaptation and tolerance of cotton

(Gossypium hirsutum L.) to water logging stress


Research Projects

International Foundation for Science, (IFS), Sweden

Dr. Muhammad Farooq

Associate Professor

Agronomy 24 1.24

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

112 Introduction of exotic tissue culture date palm

plants under cooperatives department

National Collaborative

Research Projects

Secretary Cooperative Department, Govt. of Punjab,

Lahore

Dr. Summar Abbas Naqvi

Assistant Professor

Horticultural Sciences

24 76.46

113 Developing a low cost hand held NDVI imaging

system to monitor site-specific crop health Endowment Fund

Secretariat R&D

Dr. Muhammad Ahsan Latif

Assistant Professor

Computer Science

12 0.25

114 Mastits control program through herd specific

vaccine Endowment Fund

Secretariat Technology Transfer

Dr. Imaad Rashid

Lecturer Clinical

Medicine & Surgery

24 2.95

115 Community oriented production of organic

fertilizer and its use in marginal soils Endowment Fund


Dr. Muhammad Rashid Waqas

Lecturer Soil &

Environmental Sciences

36 2.41

116 Exploration of biology and potentials of

peradatory mites from vegetables growing areas of different tehsils of distract Faisalabad

Endowment Fund Secretariat

R&D Dr. Bilal Saeed

Khan Lecturer Entomology 24 1.48

117 Ecology and ethno-botany of Acacia

jacquemontii benth in thal desert Endowment Fund

Secretariat R&D

Prof. Dr. Muhammad

Ishaque Professor


24 1.58

118 Socio-economic evaluation of pastoral communities of northern thal desert


R&D Prof. Dr.

Muhammad Ishaque

Professor Sub-Campus

Burewala-Vehari 36 1.33

119 Development and testing of digital soil moisture

monitoring and irrigation scheduling device Endowment Fund

Secretariat R&D

Dr. Muhammad Adnan Shahid

Assistant Professor

Water Management

Research Centre 24 3.61

120 Commercialization of mycotoxin binder prepared from indigenous sources for

controlling mycotoxins problem In poultry


Product Commercialization Dr. Muhammad Kashif Saleemi

Assistant Professor

Pathology 36 6.10

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

121 design, Fabrication and performance evaluation of catalytic converter for the vehcilar emission

control from field operated diesel engines


R&D Engr. Azlan

Zahid Lecturer

Farm Machinery &

Power 24 1.22

122 Development of killed vaccine for contagious

caprine pleuropneumonia using different adjuvants


R&D Ms. Aisha Khatoon

Lecturer Pathology 36 9.30

123 solar thermal desalination of water based on

humidifaction-dehumidification(HDH) process Endowment Fund

Secretariat R&D

Engr. Azlan Zahid

Lecturer Farm

Machinery & Power

24 1.10

124

Adsorption enhanced degradation/removal of pollutants from paharan drain (Faisalabad) wasterwater using graphene oxide based

nanocomposites


R&D Dr. Muhammad

Zahid Assistant Professor

Chemistry 24 18.85

125 To develop high strength wood plastic composites (WPC) by polymer blends


R&D Ms. Saima

Noreen Lecturer Chemistry 24 1.30

126 To develop high strength wood plastic composites (WPC) by polymer blends


Technology Transfer Dr. Javaid Iqbal Assistant Professor

UAF Sub-Campus, D.G

Khan 24 1.39

127 Best managements practices for rural

entrepreneurship: Lessons to e learnt from Australian and Chinese experiences


Technology Transfer Dr. Muhammad



Economics 12 1.43

128 Provsion of BT and germination testing facility

to the growers at their door step for profit maximization in cotton crop



Abubakkar Azmat

Assistant Professor


24 1.87

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

129 Therapeutic and preventice role of mineral

supplementation in dromedary camels (camelus dromedaius)


R&D Dr. Farrah

Deeba Assistant Professor

Clinical Medicine &

Surgery 36 7.27

130

Development of experimental models of microbial fuel cell (MFC) at Lab Scale to replace nafion membrane with alternative; A possible

solution to treat waste water of sugar industary


R&D Engr. Hassan

Haroon Lecturer


12 1.10

131 Evaluation of indigenuosly isolated microalge

starins for biodiesel production and environmental remediation


R&D Dr. Sana Sadaf Assistant Professor


24 2.00

132 Development of milk supplement for buffalo

and cow calves for reducing feeding cost during pre-weaning


R&D Dr. Shaukat Ali

Bhatti Assistant Professor


24 1.30

133 Impact of maternal undernutrition on coronary

vasculture of fetuses and neonates in rabbits Endowment Fund

Secretariat R&D

Prof. Dr. Anas Sarwar Qureshi

Professor Anatomy 24 2.20

134 Breakfast awareness model: A new dimension

to break malnutrition/obesity cycle fast in school going children


R&D Dr. Farah Riaz Assistant Professor

Home Sciences 6 3.76

135 Digital Flow velocity meter Endowment Fund

Secretariat Product Commercialization

Dr. Muhammad Uzair Qamar

Assistant Professor


36 2.81

136 Developing maize superior hybrids through

biotechnology interventions Endowment Fund

Secretariat R&D

Prof. Dr. Muhammad

Sarwar (CABB) Professor CABB 36 4.83

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

137 Design and development of biological scrubbing

system for value addition of biogas Endowment Fund

Secretariat R&D

Mr.Muhammad Tayyab

Lecturer Punjab Bio-

Energy Institute 24 2.62

138 Opportunities and potential drawbacks of

China-Pakistan economic corridor project for poultry industry in Pakistan




Assistant Professor


Tek Singh 12 0.74

139 Establishment and demonstration of grafting

chili for the technology transfer to the farmers Endowment Fund


Dr. Muhammad Awais Ghani

Assistant Professor


24 4.27

140 Comparative biology of whitefly haplotypes and

implications for Punjab cotton growers Endowment Fund

Secretariat R&D

Dr. Tariq Mustafa


141

preparation and evaluation of antibiotic potential of small drug like molecules

(chalcones) in-vitro and in-vivo and their synergistic effects with commerical antibiotics against selected antimicrobial resistant strains


R&D Dr. Rasheed

Ahmad Khera Assistant Professor

Chemistry 36 3.27

142 Frames training fot profitable crop production through effective weed management practices

at district vehari


Technology Transfer Dr. Muhammad Ismail Hashmi

Lecturer Sub-Campus


143 Reconditioning of shiwal and cholistani cattle males under optimium feeding and intensive

management system


R&D Dr. Muhammad

Yaqoob Associate Professor


36 6.00

144 Low cost leaf area meter: scnner/domestic camera digital image analysis for rapid and

accurate leaf area measurements


R&D Dr. Rizwan Maqbool

Assistant Professor

Agronomy 24 0.94

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

145

Fabrication of Nono-composite Based new generation wastewater Remediation Materials

for food security and human health improvement


R&D Dr. Raziya Nadeem

Assistant Professor

Chemistry 36 5.41

146 Demonstration of economical multiple cropping

systems to enhance the yeild of Horticultural crops for food security


Technology Transfer Dr. Saeed

Ahmad Associate Professor


36 3.39

147 Demonstration of climate controlling

equipments for precise animal farming Endowment Fund


Dr. Fawwad Ahmad

Assistant Professor


12 2.63

148 Value chain development and socio-Economic upgrading of small and medium size frames in

Horticulture Enterprises


Technology Transfer Dr. Burhan

Ahmad Assistant Professor

IBMS 24 2.56

149 Capacity building and enrenpreneurship linkage development - a package for date palm growers

and punjab


Technology Transfer Dr. Summar Abbas Naqvi

Assistant Professor


36 4.46

150 Technology dissemination of selected specialty

mushrooms for year round mushroom production in Pakistan.



Muzammil Jahangir

Assistant Professor


36 4.72

151 Introgression of transgenic in advance cotton

line PB-896 Endowment Fund

Secretariat R&D

Dr. Hafiza Masooma

Naseer Cheema

Assistant Professor


36 3.63

152 Application of flock recycling techniques in

modern day poultry farming Endowment Fund


Dr. Muhammad Yousaf

Assistant Professor


24 3.30

153 Epidemiology and social detrimental factors of

scabies in Faisalabad Endowment Fund

Secretariat R&D

Dr. Muhammad Hamid Bashir

Associate Professor

Entomology 36 3.19

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

154

Establishment of production procedure for training and technology transfer of high temprature button mushroom agaricus

bitorquis and related species


Technology Transfer Prof. Dr.

Muhammad Asif Ali

Professor Horticultural

Sciences 36 5.79

155 Mass rearing of neoseiulus barkeri(Acari:

Phytoseiidae) an efficent predator of whiteflies and spider mites


R&D Dr. Muhammad

Hamid Bashir Associate Professor

Entomology 24 1.55

156 Value addition in bair and bair products Endowment Fund


Dr. Muhammad Inam-ur-Raheem

Lecturer NIFSAT 24 2.05

157 Assessment of Jatropha curcus for biodiesel

potential on marginal lands and susceptibility to insect pest attack.


R&D Dr. Saira Abdul

Aziz Lecturer


24 3.15

158 Vegetable grafting of cucuritaceous crops and

capsicum spp Endowment Fund


Dr. Khurram Ziaf

Assistant Professor


24 4.19

159 Vermi-fertilizer-a step towards promotion of

organic farming Endowment Fund


Dr. Zubair Aslam

Assistant Professor

Agronomy 36 3.81

160 Maximizing land use efficiency and reducing

pre-harvest losses in cucurbits and their seed production


Technology Transfer Dr. Khurram

Ziaf Assistant Professor


24 3.75

161 Targeting actions to improve the ornamental plant production system for strenghthening

floriculture industry


Technology Transfer Dr. Adnan

Younas Assistant Professor


36 2.34

162 Computer-Aided Design (CAD) approaches for

landscape designing Endowment Fund


Dr. Adnan Younas

Assistant Professor


36 3.78

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

163

Development of the Raman spectroscopy based diagnostic methods by using blood plasma samples; comparison of the Hepatitis C and

dengue infections.


Technology Transfer Dr. Haq Nawaz

(Chemistry) Assistant Professor

Chemistry 12 1.90

164 Development of gold nanoparticles based

diagnostic strips for early stage detection of Dengue infection by saliva test


R&D Dr. Muhammad

Irfan Majeed Assistant Professor

Chemistry 24 6.54

165 Socio-economic evaluation of herders along

forest plantations in tehsils Burewala of distract Vehari


R&D Prof. Dr.

Muhammad Ishaque



166 Phytochemicals based triggering of eryptosis; a

novel solution to anti-malarial therapy resistance


R&D Dr. Kashif Jilani Assistant Professor


167

DIFFUSION OF ANIMAL HEALTH TECHNOLOGIES FOR SUSTAINABLE LIVESTOCK DISEASE

MANAGEMENT AND PUBLIC AWARENESS IN FLOOD-AFFECTED AREAS OF SOUTHERN

PUNJAB


Technology Transfer Dr. Ali Raza Lecturer Clinical

Medicine & Surgery

24 3.73

168 Health assessment of mangla watershed

through carrying capacity and stocking rate of its pasture


R&D Prof. Dr.

Muhammad Ishaque



169 Assessment of coastal communities for their

dependence on mangrove forests along Pakistan's coastline


R&D Prof. Dr.

Muhammad Ishaque



Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

170

Development, awareness and training of farmers about usage of agricultural mobile application for better communication with

farmers


Technology Transfer Mr. Rana

Muhammad Saleem

Lecturer Sub-Campus


171 Community oriented public health risk

awareness of pesticides in south Punjab: Vehari as a representive distract


Technology Transfer Dr. Muhammad Rizwan Ashraf

Assistant Professor


24 2.08

172 Dissemination of awareness regarding control of seed borne plant disease to small farmers of

southern punjab


Technology Transfer Dr. Rana Binyamin

Lecturer Sub-Campus


173 Jatropha (jatropha curcas) Extract, a potential

source of novel bio-pesticide for the ecofriendly management of bioenergy crops insect pests


R&D Dr. Habib Ur

Rehman Lecturer


24 3.18

174 Demonstration of seed production technology

of selected annual flowers Endowment Fund


Dr. Iftikhar Ahmad

Assistant Professor


24 2.57

175 Potential application of nematophagous fungi

for the control of gastrointestinal nematodes in small ruminants


R&D Dr. Zia ud Din

Sindhu Assistant Professor


176 Collection of germplasm and establishment of

model vineyard at PARS for technology transfer to growers


Technology Transfer Prof. Dr. Jafar

Jaskani Professor


36 4.12

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

177 Optimization of value added essentail oil and high quality capsaicin product form capsicum

through post-harvest management


Technology Transfer Dr. Muhammad Nadeem Akram

Assistant Professor


36 5.59

178 Mint germplasm collection and transfer of high

essential oil bearing varieties to the farmers Endowment Fund


Dr. Muhammad Nadeem Akram

Assistant Professor


36 4.91

179 Germplasm collection and evaluation of

chamomile in Fasialabadregion to be used as high value crop on marginal lands



Assistant Professor


36 4.45

180 preservation and sustainable cultivation

technology for traditional medicinal plants of southern punjab



Assistant Professor


36 2.92

181

innovation in Animal Manure management and recycling through an acidulation bioprocess into value added product to enhance the quality of

careals


R&D Dr. Muhammad

Naveed Assistant Professor


Sciences 36 3.84

182 Assessment of irrigation water quality and its

treatment using photocatalytic technique Endowment Fund

Secretariat R&D

Dr. Hafeez Anwar

Assistant Professor

Physics 24 1.08

183 Establishment of landscape advisory cell and commercial plant nursery at UAF sub-campus

Burewala


Technology Transfer Dr. Mariam

Munir Lecturer


36 3.73

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

184

Study of Hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) reactions of biomass feedstock in the presence

of suitable solvent/catalyst to build an economically viabble HTL reader


R&D Engr. Hassan

Haroon Lecturer


24 2.80

185 Need of crop insurance as a requlatory

mechanism in the context of climate vulnerability


R&D Dr. Rakhshanda



Economics 12 3.00

186 Commercialization of low cost, slow release and highly efficient multi-nutrient nano-fertilizer for

horticultural crops


Product Commercialization Dr. Muhammad

Asif Hanif Assistant Professor

Chemistry 36 2.92

187 Development of production technology for

amaranth, chia and teff for crop deiversification In Pakistan


R&D

Prof. Dr. Shahzad

Maqsood Ahmad Basra

Professor Agronomy 36 4.37

188 Development of Milk supplement for buffalo

and cow calves for reducing feeding cost during pre-weaning


R&D Dr. Bilquees

Fatima Assistant Professor


36 4.12

189 Sustainable groundwater Management using

the real time groundwater monitoring for rural areas development


Technology Transfer Dr. Syed Hamid Hussain Shah

Assistant Professor


36 21.00

190 Wastewater Treatment using indigenized low

cost microbes for enhancing soil and water productivity in peri-urban Areas


Technology Transfer Dr. Syed Hamid Hussain Shah

Assistant Professor


36 13.27

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

191 Establishing the demonstration of postharvest practices for vineyard orchard for technology

transfer to the grower at PARS


Technology Transfer Dr. Shoaib ur

Rehman Lecturer


36 5.82

192 Cost-Effective Home-Fortified Approaches to

prevent malnutrition in mother and child Endowment Fund

Secretariat R&D

Dr. Beenish Israr


193 Feed package for backyard poultry birds and home-mixers/small sclaes feed manufactures


Product Commercialization Prof. Dr. Aslam

Mirza Professor


24 4.91

194 A Novel Cost Effective Methodology to produce

high quality biobiesel Endowment Fund

Secretariat R&D

Dr. Muhammad Asif Hanif

Assistant Professor

Chemistry 36 2.09

195 Feed package for backyard poultry birds and home-mixers/small sclaes feed manufactures


R&D Dr. Muhammad


Chemistry 36 2.09

196 Sustainable Impacts of ecologically based trap barrier system to inhibit roents of faisalabad

district


Technology Transfer Prof. Dr. Hammad

Ahmad Khan Professor

Zoology, Wildlife and

Fisheries 36 3.34

197 Seroepidemiology and serotyping of Taxoplasm

in animals and human population of some selected areas of punajab, pakistan


R&D Dr. Muhammad

Sohail Sajid Assistant Professor


198

Transfer of techniques used to improve agriculture byproduct nutritive value for livestock production to small farmers of

faisalabad ,pakistan


Technology Transfer Dr. Muhammad Aziz Ur Rehman

Assistant Professor


24 1.84

199 Introduction and demonstration of vertical

production Technology for bitter gourd Endowment Fund

Secretariat R&D

Dr. M. Irfan Ashraf

Lecturer Horticultural

Sciences 36 1.80

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

200

Combating the range of resources degradation of D.G khan rangelands through establishing demonstration plot, promoting the palatable

native vegattion and involvement of local pastoral community


Technology Transfer Dr. Ahsan Ul

Haq Lecturer


36 2.99

201 Green Nano-pesticides; A novel approach for

past control Endowment Fund

Secretariat R&D

Dr. Nazish Jahan

Assistant Professor

Chemistry 36 3.24

202 Agriculture Technology transfer through mobile

lab Endowment Fund


Dr. Aftab Ali Bukhari

Assistant Professor


203 Farmers Training for profitable crop production through effective weed management practices

at district vehari


Technology Transfer Dr. Muhammad Ismail Hashmi

Lecturer Sub-Campus


204 Influence of diabetesand effectiveness of

flavonoid-treatment on vasoconstriction and inflammatory biomarkers


R&D Dr. Kanwal

Rehman Assistant Professor


24 1.42

205 Validation of latex agglutination test for

serological diagnosis(screening) of equine glanders


R&D Dr. Muhammad

Saqib (CMS) Assistant Professor

Clinical Medicine &

Surgery 24 1.73

206 Tillage Mechanics analysis ina soil bin under

various soil Environment Endowment Fund

Secretariat R&D Dr. Ch. Arslan Lecturer

Structures & Environmental

Engineering 36 7.28

207 Development of crosslinked polymeric system for topical delivery of metoprolol tartrate;in-

vivo and in-vivo evaluation


R&D Dr. Farooq

Azam Assistant Professor


36 1.51

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

208 Development of PH responsive polymeric

networks for veterinary use; charaterization and In-vivo evaluation


R&D Dr. Faqir

Muhammad Assistant Professor


36 1.80

209 Establishment of community oriented plant disease diagnostic clinic at UAF sub-capus

Burewala


Technology Transfer Dr. Sohail



36 1.34

210 One pot Gold (I) Catalyzation of o-

alkynyl(benzylidene) aminoethanal: A rout towards bioactive oxazolidine ring system


R&D Dr. Muhammad

Abid Rashid Assistant Professor

Chemistry 24 2.15

211 Technology transfer among household women regarding diagnosis and treatement of poultry

disease


R&D Dr. Rana

Muhammad Amir

Assistant Professor


Rural Development

12 1.16

212 Effects of transgenic wheat harboring DREB1A

and GDHA genes on soil microbial communities Endowment Fund

Secretariat R&D

Dr. Nisar Ahmed

Associate Professor

CABB 24 1.90

213 Comparative anatomical, histological and

physio-biochemical analysis of different chicken breeds(gallus)of Pakistan


R&D Dr. Razia Kausar

Lecturer Anatomy 24 3.13

214 Developing a community based monitoring

program for soil and water analysis in Burewala Endowment Fund



Lecturer Soil &


36 2.92

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

215 Drug / antibiotic free poultry production in

Pakistan - Policy Guidelines




Assistant Professor


Tek Singh 12 0.74

216 Development of nanosponge formulation to

detoxify organophosphate in animal Endowment Fund

Secretariat R&D

Dr. Faqir Muhammad

Assistant Professor


24 1.86

217

Transfer technolgies to enhance the reproductive efficiency of diary animals through

management/treatment of reproductive disorders under field conditions


Technology Transfer Dr. Maqbool


Theriogenology 24 3.43

218 Maize policy Paper: Problems and Prospects of

maize production in Pakistan



USPCAS-AFS Dr. Sana Sehar Lecturer Agricultural and

Resource Economics

12 0.75

219 Replacing treated carbonated drinks by Natural

Effervescent Fruit Powders




Azhar Ali Lecturer


Engineering 12 0.75

220 Promoting the role of organic acids in poultry

industry as growth promoter, Immunomodulator and anticoccidial agent


Technology TransferP Dr. Rao Zahid



Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

221

Nutrition, Education and awareness raising approaches for the right to adequate food and

to mitigate diet related disease in distract Bahawal Nagar



Asif Khan Lecturer


24 1.16

222

Identification of the drivers of food choice preferences in rural peri-urban and urban areas

of Pakistan: An intra-household and inter-regional analysis


Research Projects Drivers of Food Choice


Assistant Professor


Economics 12 3.76

223 Development of Moringa leaves tablets as

nutritious supplements to treat malnutrition


Research Projects Drivers of Food Choice

Dr. Muhammad Azhar Ali

Lecturer Structures &

Environmental Engineering

36 0.54

224 Synthesis and characterization of different

heterogeneous catalysts for biodiesel production from waste cooking oil


Research Projects

COMSTECH-TWAS REsearch Grant Program

Dr. Sana Sadaf Assistant Professor


12 1.62

225 Introduction of Soyabean as Companion Crop in

the Corn Belt to Meet the Poultry Feed Requirement

Technology Development

Projects Technology Development HEC

Dr. Zaheer Ahmad

Assistant Professor


24 53.88

226 Commercial Scale Propagation of Superior

Cultivars of Date Palm Through Tissue Culture Technique



Prof. Dr. Jafar Jaskani


Sciences 24 44.80

227 An approach towards countermeasures to

chemical threats in Pakistan and US by developing selenium based anti-mustard drugs


Research Projects

PAK US Science & Technology Cooperation Program

Dr. Muhammad Adnan Iqbal

Assistant Professor

Chemistry 36 2.09

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

228

Infection and heavy metal contamination routes in the water systems, soils and vegetables supply chain of the two industrial cities of

Pakistan (Faisalabad Punjab, Hyderabad Sindh)


Research Projects

USPCAS-W, Mehran University of Engineering &

Technology, Jamshoro

Dr. Muhammad Sohail Sajid

Assistant Professor


229 Effect utilization of de-oiled microalgae biomass

for treatment of textile effluents: Pilot Scale study


Research Projects

ISESCO Research Grant Program



18 1.04

230 Double perovskite based multiferroic materials

for solar cell applications


Research Projects USPCAS-E, NUST

Dr. Muhammad Yaseen

(Physics)

Assistant Professor

Physics 12 2.18

231 Pandrug-resistant E. Coli from patients with

urinary tract infections in Faisalabad District in Pakistan


Research Projects Fondation MERIEUX'S, France

Dr. Syed Mashkoor

Mohsin Gilani

Assistant Professor

Microbiology 12 0.55

232 Physiochemical and compositional analysis of

camel milk Higher Education


Dr. Razia Kausar


233 Improving security situation in pakistan through

face recogination Higher Education

Commission TRGP 2017

Dr. Muhammad Yaseen

(statistics)

Assistant Professor

Mathematics and Statistics

11 1.80

234 impact of firming and anti-browning food

additive on the quality characteristics of fresh cut peach and potato



Inam-ur-Raheem


235 Utilization of biodegradable waste product at

student mess for anaerobic digestion Higher Education

Commission SRGP 2017 Dr. Ch. Arslan Lecturer


Engineering 6 0.50

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

236 Successful Tunnel Farming: A Practical Guide Punjab Agricultural

Research Board PARB

Prof. Dr. Aman Ullah Malik


Sciences 12 0.25

237 Delignification of cellulosic biomass through

chemical treatment for better anaerobic digestion


SRGP 2017 Dr. Asma Sattar Assistant Professor


Engineering 4 0.50

238 Creating wealth in small holders farms through

efficient credit systems in Pakistan


Research Projects ACIAR, Australia


Assistant Professor


Economics 18 160.75

239 Ionic liquid-mediated integrated process

development for biodiesel and 1,3 propanediol co-production from lignocellulosic waste


Research Projects

PERIDOT Research Grant Program under HEC


Assistant Professor


36 2.02

240

Socio-economic impact and health perspective of using hormonal feed additives and

antimicrobial growth promoters in domestic animal species


NSLP Dr. Bilal Aslam Assistant Professor


24 2.66

241 Trade liberalization and its impact on household

food security in developing countries Higher Education

Commission TRGP 2017

Dr. Rakhshanda Kousar

Assistant Professor


Economics 12 2.86

242 Bovine mastitis therapy using a microbiocide -

Nanocin


Research Projects

Department for International Development, United

Kingdom Dr. Ali Raza Lecturer

Clinical Medicine &

Surgery 12 2.08

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

243 Carving out metabolic pathway for enhanced bio hydrogen production from lignocellulosic

waste


Research Projects

ISESCO Research Grant Program


Assistant Professor


24 1.00

244 Field assessment and mapping of wheat flour single stage mills / chakkis located in Punjab


Research Projects

Food Deparment, Govt. of Punjab, Lahore

Prof. Dr. Masood Sadiq

Butt Professor NIFSAT 4 1.96

245 Up-gradation of central Hi-Tech laboratory,

university of agriculture, faisalabad` Higher Education

Commission Institutional Strengthening

project Dr. Raja Adil

Sarfraz Assistant Professor

Chemistry 12 2.88

246 Testing and indigenization of imported

atmometers for low cost and easy Irrigation scheduling solution for farmers


Research Projects


Dr. Syed Hamid Hussain Shah

Assistant Professor


24 4.51

247 Bio-Chemical mechanisms of heat tolerance in

thermostable wheat


Research Projects


Dr. Zaheer Ahmad

Assistant Professor


36 3.37

248 molecular mechanisms of tillering initiation in

wheat


Research Projects


Dr. Rizwana Maqbool

Assistant Professor


36 2.61

249 Groundwater monitoring and mapping for

sustainability of aquifer under climatic changes-case study of Chaj Doab Punjab, Pakistan


Research Projects


Dr. Muhammad Jehanzeb

Masud Cheema

Assistant Professor


36 4.51

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

250

Enhancing the capacity in research for assessing the climate change impact assessment and technology transfer for adaptation in mixed

cropping zones of Punjab-Pakistan


Research Projects


Prof. Dr. Ashfaq Ahmad Chattha


251 PCR based genotyping-by-sequencing (PCR-GBS)

to characterize virulence diversity of Bipolaris sorokiniana and resistance in hexaploid wheat


Research Projects



Assistant Professor


252 Development of n-ZnO/p-Si single

heterojunction solar cell with interfacial layer


Research Projects


Dr. Khurram Ali Assistant Professor

Physics 36 1.72

253

Development of genome-editing and transposon-vector based technologies for

sustainable control of insect pests threatening food security


Research Projects


Dr. Zain- ul-Abdin

Assistant Professor

Entomology 36 4.92

254

Agroforestry as a climate-smart-use-strategy: Characterization for water-use-efficient genotypes and productivity analysis of

agroforestry systems


Research Projects


Dr. Fahad Rasheed

Assistant Professor

Forestry and Range

Management 36 2.03

255 Evaluation of anticoccidial potential of

antioxidant rich plants and their constituents for the control of coccidiosis in broiler chicken


Research Projects


Dr. Rao Zahid Abbas

Assistant Professor


Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

256 Food Safety and security capacity building in

Pakistan: An approach towards improving public health and trade


Research Projects


Dr. Muhammad Issa Khan

Assistant Professor

NIFSAT 36 2.94

257

Building capacities for climate resilient chickpea production through modern reserach tools i.e.

next generation microbiome sequencing, utilization of unarmed aerial vehicles

(UAV/drones) for crop monitoring and local educational curriculum development for

marginalzied farmers of Thal region in Pakistan


Research Projects


Prof. Dr. Shahbaz Talib

Sahi Professor Plant Pathology 36 2.99

258 Conservation of subterranean biocontrol

agents: A novel IPM Paradigm


Research Projects


Dr. Waqas Wakil

Assistant Professor

Entomology 36 1.77

259 Carving out metabolic pathway for

photoheterotrophic biocatalyst assisted hydrogen production from lignin


Research Projects



Assistant Professor


36 1.83

260 Implementing climate-smart dry technology for

seed and food security in Pakistan


Research Projects


Dr. Irfan afzal Associate Professor

Agronomy 36 3.05

261 Bringing Data Science into the Agriculture

Curriculum to strengthen precision farming and climate change research


Research Projects


Dr. Syed Aftab Wajid

Associate Professor

Agronomy 36 2.50

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

262 Strategies for safe use of wastewater for growing flower crops in Peri-Urban Areas


Research Projects


Prof. Dr. Ghulam Murtaza

Professor Soil &


36 2.63

263 Engineering virus resistance in cotton by

multiples genome editing through CRISPR / Cas


Research Projects


Dr. Aftab Ahmad

Assistant Professor


264

Adopting and implementing problem based learning in the Department of Anatomy /

University of Agriculture, Faisalabad in Collaboration with the College of Veterinary

Medicine / Western University of Health Sciences, USA


Research Projects


Prof. Dr. Anas Sarwar Qureshi

Professor Anatomy 36 2.82

265 Agricultural risk assessment and monitoring for

micro finance and crop insurance


Research Projects


Dr. Fahd Rasul Assistant Professor

Agronomy 36 2.48

266

Enhancing capacity in research, education and technology transfer to develop sustainable cropping systems for economic growth and

food security


Research Projects


Dr. Tasneem Khaliq

Assistant Professor

Agronomy 36 2.49

267 Establishment of Punjab automated

environmental monitoring network (PAEMN) for climate change studies in Pakistan


Research Projects


Dr. Khalid Hussain

Assistant Professor

Agronomy 36 3.96

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

268 Sustainable development and quality

enhancement of paper based food packaging materials from agricultural residues


Research Projects


Dr. Abid Aslam Maan

Assistant Professor

Food Engineering

36 2.80

269 Enrichment of extrusion based food products

with dietary fiber through citrus pomace


Research Projects


Dr. Muhammad Kashif Iqbal

Khan

Assistant Professor

Food Engineering

36 3.20

270 Genomic Selection in Sahiwal Cattle of Pakistan

for improved breeding and utilization


Research Projects


Dr. Muhammad Saif-ur-Rehman

Assistant Professor


36 3.43

271 Development lytic bacteriophages based

biopesticide for controlling bacterial wilts in vegetables


Research Projects


Dr. Kashif Riaz Assistant Professor


272

Unraveling and mitigating arsenic risk from groundwater, soil and crops through integrated strategies and developing research capacity in

Punjab, Pakistan


Research Projects


Dr. Nabeel Khan Niazi

Assistant Professor


Sciences 36 2.75

273 Remediation of wastewater pollutents using

graphene based photocatalysts Higher Education

Commission Institutional strengthening

Application Dr. Muhammad


Chemistry 24 2.90

274 Tripartite relationship of trade, economic growth and foreign direct investment with

special reference to riceâ€™s constraint analysis



Research Council

ALP Dr. Tahira



Economics 36 7.87

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

275 Value chain development of dried value added

fruits and vegetables



Research Council

ALP Dr. Mubashir

Mahdi Assistant Professor

IBMS 36 7.00

276 Managing fruit quality and optimizing shipping

protocol for boosting export of mango cv. Sufiad Chaunsa



Research Council

ALP Prof. Dr. Aman

Ullah Malik Professor


36 8.00

277 Development of year-round IPM package for

the sustainable management of pink bollworm (pectinosphora gossypiella)



Research Council

ALP Prof. Dr.

Muhammad Jalal Arif

Professor Entomology 48 6.90

278

Isolation, identification and exploitation of gutâ€™s symbionts in bait development for

management of female bactrocera cucurbitae in vegetables



Research Council

ALP Dr. Muhammad


Entomology 36 8.40

279 Development and evaluation of strip test

diagnosis of fasciolosis in livestock population in some distracts of Punjab, Pakistan



Research Council

ALP Dr. Muhammad

Kasib Khan Assistant Professor


280 Metagenomics initiative: Building diagnostic

facility for vector borne pathogens



Research Council

ALP Dr. Muhammad

Kasib Khan Assistant Professor


Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

281 Selection of superior and stable genotypes of

wheat, rice and maize in Punjab



Research Council

ALP Dr. Muhammad

Yaseen (statistics)

Assistant Professor


36 6.44

282 Iron biofortification of grain wheat(triticum

aestivum L.) through genetic engineering



Research Council

ALP Dr. Aysha Kiran Assistant Professor

Botany 36 5.00

283 Value addition of (Bi Products) of ber fruits :

Jam, Pickles and chutney



Research Council

ALP Dr. Saeed



36 6.00

284 Pre and Post harvest measures to enhance the

yield and improve the quality of papaya in Punjab, Pakistan



Research Council

ALP Dr. Saeed



36 9.99

285

Gathering baseline information about the prevalence of strawberry diseases in Pakistan

using molecular techniques and mass production of disease free strawberry plants



Research Council

ALP Dr. Faiz Ahmad


CABB 36 6.29

286 Growth enhancement and drought tolerance of

wheat genotype with silicon (Si) under saline conditions



Research Council

ALP Prof. Dr. Javaid

Akhtar Professor


Sciences 36 6.30

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

287 Use of next generation sequencing (NGS) to engineer resistance against legumoviruses in

mungbean



Research Council

ALP Dr. Muhammad

Mubin Assistant Professor

CABB 36 5.00

288

Impact assessment of bed planting technology of wheat and rice in mixed cropping zone of

Punjab, Pakistan: Way forward for rapid dissemination and adoption



Research Council

ALP Dr. Asghar Ali Assistant Professor


Economics 36 7.87

289 Exploring the antimicrobial and therapeutic

potential of encapsulated cardamom extracts



Research Council

ALP Dr. Ali Asghar Assistant Professor

NIFSAT 36 4.18

290 Utilization of underutilized crops to combat

malnutrition through diet diversification applicantâ€™s details



Research Council

ALP Dr. Muhammad

Saeed Assistant Professor

NIFSAT 24 3.80

291 Establishment and demonstration of high

density planting system in Papaya



Research Council

ALP Dr. Muhammad



36 3.00

292 Collection, conservation and characterization of

indigenous pomegranate germ plasm in Pakistan



Research Council

ALP Dr. Muhammad



36 7.00

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

293

Indigenous baculobirus based biopestcides development for sustainable management of lepidopteran insect pest in major vegetables

crops



Research Council

ALP Dr. Ahmad

Nawaz Assistant Professor

Entomology 36 4.80

294 Mitigation of health hazards associated with

pesticide residues to improve food safety and security



Research Council

ALP Prof. Dr.

Muhammad Jalal Arif


295

Improving productivity and nutritional value of maize through organically

complexed/bioaugmented brown coated phosphate fertilizer



Research Council

ALP Ms. Tayyaba

Samreen Lecturer


Sciences 36 2.40

296

A rapid point of care (POC) loop mediated isothermal amplification assay (ALAMP) for the diagnostic of salmonella in poultry and poultry

products



Research Council

ALP Dr. Hafiza

Shafia Tehseen Gul

Assistant Professor

Pathology 36 10.03

297 Genomic characterization of prolifiacy and

sheep for enhanced reproductive performance



Research Council

ALP Dr. Faiz-ul-

Hassan Lecturer


36 5.00

298 Prospecting major genes in Nili-Ravi buffalo for

genetic improvement



Research Council

ALP Dr. Muhammad Saif-ur-Rehman

Assistant Professor


36 5.00

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

299

Genotyping/By/sequencing based studies of Ceratocystis manginecans: cause of shisham

quick declined (SQV) and its integrated disease management



Research Council

ALP Ms. Romana

Anjum Lecturer


36 6.60

300 Controlled computer vision (CV) technology or

quality and disease mango



Research Council

ALP Ms. Romana

Anjum Lecturer


24 5.00

301 Molecular based prevalence of ciprofloxacin in

Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli in human and animal cases



Research Council

ALP Dr. Sultan Ali Assistant Professor


302 Mastitomics, the integrated omics of bovine milk and plasma can lead to the biomarker

discovery of mastitis in dairy industry



Research Council

ALP Dr. Fozia Saleem

Assistant Professor

CABB 36 6.50

303 Integrated disease management to combat

emerging stem and crown rot disease in berseem (Trifloium alexandrium)



Research Council

ALP Dr. Abdul

Rehman (Plant pathology)

Associate Professor


304

Molecular characterization of and pathobiology of Sclerotinia spp causing emerging stem and

crown rot disease in tomatoes and its management



Research Council

ALP Dr. Abdul


Associate Professor


Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

305 Essential oil-based antimicrobial edible coatings to enhance the quality and shelf life of Rohu fish

(Labeo rohita) fillets



Research Council

ALP Dr. Amna Sahar Assistant Professor

Food Engineering

36 2.50

306 Use of environmental-friendly iron minerals to immobilize heavy metals in contaminated soils

irrigated with polluted wastewater



Research Council

ALP Dr. Muhammad


Assistant Professor


Sciences 36 4.50

307 Hetrologus expression of insecticidal protein

driven by phloem specific promoter to control whitefly and CLCuD in cotton



Research Council

ALP Dr. Muhammad



308 Evaluation of acaricidal potential of essential

oils of some indigenous plants against common cattle tick Rhipicephalus (Boophilus)



Research Council

ALP Dr. Rao Zahid



309 Development of cathepsin-1 cysteine

proteinase based seroelisa and epidemiology of Faisalabad in Cholistani cattle



Research Council

ALP Dr. Rao Zahid



310 Promoting sustainable production of maize-maize/maize-pulses cropping pattern with

different organic amendments



Research Council

ALP Dr. Haroon

Zaman Khan Assistant Professor

Agronomy 36 4.00

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

311 Genetic study of castor (Ricinus communis L.) as

bioenergy/biodiesel feedstock in water deficient conditions



Research Council

ALP Dr. Saira Abdul

Aziz Lecturer


36 4.50

312

Development of two stage biogas plant for methane production using lignocellulytic bacteria from termiteâ€™s gut to digest

materials having high lignin content



Research Council

ALP Dr. Habib Ur

Rehman Lecturer


36 4.25

313 Ligno-cellulolytic activity of nature inspired

termite gut enzymes for bioethanol production using organic wastes



Research Council

ALP Dr. Habib Ur

Rehman Lecturer


36 4.83

314 Jatropha (Jatropha curcas), a miracle shrub as a

potential feedstock for biodiesel production



Research Council

ALP Dr. Habib Ur

Rehman Lecturer


36 4.50

315

Genetic x environment interaction study of Jatropha as biodiesel feedstock grown on marginal land and tolerance to insect pest

attack



Research Council

ALP Dr. Muhammad

Azam Khan (PBI)



316 Employment of wireless sensor networks in

precision agriculture for real time monitoring of energy crops



Research Council

ALP Engr. Umaid

Khan

Assistant Executive Engineer


36 5.00

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

317 Design, development and performance evaluation of a small scale biogas slurry

applicator



Research Council

ALP Engr.

Muhammad Tayyab



318

Design and development of solar assisted hydrothermal liquefaction reactor in the presence of suitable catalyst/solvent for

production of liquid biofuel



Research Council

ALP Engr.

Muhammad Tayyab



319 Development of small scale integrated system for wastewater treatment and upgradation of

biomethane into bio-CNG



Research Council

ALP Dr. Saima

Shahzad Mirza Assistant Professor


36 8.00

320 Range management and forestry ----3.

Conservation and promotion of non-timer forest products for livelihood improvement



Research Council

ALP Dr. Saima



36 3.70

321 Water management intervention for enhancing

crop productivity, resource use efficacy and weed control in direct-seeded rice system



Research Council

ALP Prof. Dr. Abdul


322 Enhancing productivity of rice-wheat cropping system through integrated nutrient and crop

residues management



Research Council

ALP Prof. Dr. Abdul


Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

323 Enhancing the productivity of wheat under water logged and salt-affected soils by seed

enhancement



Research Council

ALP Dr. Saddam

Hussain Assistant Professor

Agronomy 36 9.18

324 Brown manuring in aerobic rice culture to

mitigate weed infestation, water problem and soils health issues



Research Council

ALP Dr. Nadeem


Agronomy 36 3.12

325 Mitigation of greenhouse gas emission from rice

fields promoting aerobic rice culture and biochar as soil amendment



Research Council

ALP Dr. Shakeel

Ahmad Anjum Assistant Professor

Agronomy 36 3.50

326

Tracking down leafhopper transmitted phytoplasmas in Lycopersicon esculentum using

genomics and electropenetrography technologies



Research Council

ALP Dr. Tasleem


Computer Science

36 9.50

327 Developing ecological weed management

strategies in rice and maize



Research Council

ALP Dr. Muhammad


Agronomy 36 4.50

328 Improving resilience to climate change through diversification of rice-wheat and cotton-wheat

cropping systems



Research Council

ALP Dr. Muhammad


Agronomy 36 4.50

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

329 Genetic characterization and improvement of egg production traits in backyard rural poultry

breeds



Research Council

ALP Dr. Zia-ur-Rehman

Assistant Professor


Tek Singh 36 9.50

330

Studies on cadmium hyper accumulation potential and mechanism of Solanum nigrum spp. distracted in different agro-climate zones

of Pakistan



Research Council

ALP Dr. Muhammad Zia ur Rehman

(IS&ES)

Assistant Professor


Sciences 36 8.72

331 Value chain analysis of selected vegetables

marketing



Research Council

ALP Dr. Waseem


IBMS 36 4.53

332 Isolation and screening of indigenous microbes

as probiotics and their evaluation as growth promoters in broiler chicken



Research Council

ALP Dr. Muhammad



333

Monoglycerides an alternative to antibiotic growth promoters, AGPs promotes evolution and selection of antibiotic-resistant strains for

drug development



Research Council

ALP Dr. Muhammad

Naeem Faisal Assistant Professor


36 8.00

334

Improving disease resistance in chickens by enhancing host immunity and intestinal health against zoonotic infection using phytonutrient

therapy



Research Council

ALP Dr. Kanwal

Rehman Assistant Professor


36 2.60

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

335 Identification of parasite resistance goat breeds

as an indirect Way for optimum animal productivity



Research Council

ALP Dr. Muhammad

Imran Lecturer Parasitology 36 7.50

336 Surveillance of multidrug resistance genes for diagnosis and targeted drug therapy in poultry



Research Council

ALP Dr. Bilal Aslam Assistant Professor


24 5.00

337 Biological control of animal ticks: sustainable

solution for improved animal productivity



Research Council

ALP Dr. Muhammad



338 Detection and monitoring of pink bollworm

resistance to pesticides and Bt cotton in Punjab, Pakistan



Research Council

ALP Dr. Rashad

Rasool Khan Assistant Professor

Entomology 36 7.00

339 Biochemical based insecticide resistance

detection in field collected population of maize stem borer, (Chilopartellus) in Punjab, Pakistan



Research Council

ALP Dr. Rashad


Entomology 36 7.00

340 Management of sucking insect pests complex

silicon based induced resistance on cotton



Research Council

ALP Dr. Muhammad

Sufian Assistant Professor

Entomology 36 4.00

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

341 Climate change adaptability: The Financial risk

to be experienced



Research Council

ALP Dr. Sahar Munir Assistant Professor

IBMS 36 3.00

342 Digitalization of known mite fauna of family

phytoseiidae of Pakistan



Research Council

ALP Dr. Muhammad


Entomology 36 5.80

343 Assessing the impact of Zn and Fe enriched

wheat grains production on human nutrition and health



Research Council

ALP Dr. Abdul Wakeel

Assistant Professor


Sciences 36 3.80

344 Potential of sugar beet to be grown on saline

sodic soils of Pakistan for sugar industry



Research Council

ALP Dr. Abdul Wakeel

Assistant Professor


Sciences 24 3.90

345 Development of yield competitive high

temperature tolerant maize (Zea mays L.)



Research Council

ALP Dr. Muhammad

Aslam (PBG) Assistant Professor


36 9.70

346 Enhancement of reproduction efficiency of

camels to improve overall camel (C. dromedaries) production in Pakistan



Research Council

ALP Prof. Dr. Anas

Sarwar Qureshi Professor Anatomy 36 5.00

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

347

Documentation and mitigation the level of 3-MCPD esters in various food classifications with multifarious products and branded available in

Pakistan



Research Council

ALP Dr. Asim Shabbir

Assistant Professor

NIFSAT 36 6.30

348 Assessment and optimization and land use and production potential of marginally saline soils

for oil seed crop



Research Council

ALP Dr. Zulfiqar

Ahmad Saqib Assistant Professor


Sciences 24 4.70

349 Integrating climate change adaptation and

mitigation in agriculture system through agroforestry for ecosystem conservation



Research Council

ALP Dr. Fahad Rasheed

Assistant Professor

Forestry and Range

Management 36 7.23

350 Management of tomato fruit borer

(Helicoverpaarmigera) (Hubner) (Lepidoptera: Noctudiae) By using different botanicals



Research Council

ALP Dr. Muhammad

Ahsan Khan Associate Professor

Entomology 36 5.00

351 Checking the impact of lure-source, trap-color

and trap-height on the monitoring of fruit fly in guava orchards



Research Council

ALP Dr. Muhammad


Entomology 36 5.00

352 Integrated pest management (IPM) of fruit flies

(Diptera: Tephritidae) in citrus orchards



Research Council

ALP Dr. Muhammad


Entomology 36 5.60

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

353 Evaluation the potential of some conventional and microbial insecticides in chemical based

sanitation technique for fruit fly management



Research Council

ALP Dr. Muhammad


Entomology 36 8.80

354

Efficacy of different natural and synthetic chemicals for the control of Drosicha mangifera G, (Margaoridae: Hemiptera) in mango orchards

in Multan District



Research Council

ALP Prof. Dr.

Muhammad Jalal Arif


355 Hybrid seed production of tomato by

interspecific hybridization



Research Council

ALP Dr. Muhammad

Awais Ghani Assistant Professor


36 5.00

356 Development of hybrid tomato for commercial

release



Research Council

ALP Dr. Khurram

Ziaf Assistant Professor


36 12.73

357 Fractionation of cheese whey through membrane technology for value added

processing



Research Council

ALP Dr. Ayesha


NIFSAT 36 3.50

358

Enhancing the forage yield potential and seeed production of Rhodes grass (Chloris gayana)

through agronomic techneques and promoting among farming community



Research Council

ALP Dr. Asif Iqbal Assistant Professor

Agronomy 36 9.50

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

359 Exploration the potential of fungicides and biocontrol agents for the management of

pathogens associated with citrus fruit blemishes



Research Council

ALP Dr. Sajid Aleem

Khan Assistant Professor


360

Spatial distributation of entomopathogenic nematodes and their potential as biological tool

for the management of fruit fly in mango and citrus growing regimes



Research Council

ALP Dr. Muhammad

Arshad (Entomology)

Assistant Professor

Entomology 36 8.50

361 Development of molecular risk Assessment for the emergence of antimicrobial resistance at livestock-poultry-human interface in Pakistan



Research Council

ALP Dr. Syed

Mashkoor Mohsin Gilani

Assistant Professor


362 Determining healthy poultry farm status using

multiplex PCR technology



Research Council

ALP Dr. Muhammad

Aamir Aslam Assistant Professor

CABB 36 12.20

363 Development of high yielding and better

nutritional quality alfalfa hybrid and populations



Research Council

ALP Ms. Humera

Razzaq Lecturer


36 22.52

364 Value addition of guava through development

of vitamin-A fortified fruit leather



Research Council

ALP Dr. Moazzam

Rafiq Khan Assistant Professor

NIFSAT 36 2.98

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

365 Investigation of potential antifungal peptides derived from indigenously isolated strains of

bacillus



Research Council

ALP Dr. Rizwan

Aslam Assistant Professor


366

Treatment of acute mycotoxicosis in poultry and animals through development of

indigenous mycotoxins inactivating liquid product



Research Council

ALP Dr. Muhammad Kashif Saleemi

Assistant Professor

Pathology 36 6.00

367 Study of aflaxtoxins (AF) contamination of

poultyry feeds and af residues in poultry meat and eggs: A Potential health risk for end users



Research Council


Assistant Professor

Pathology 36 6.00

368 Integrated management of aphid species on

different wheat varieties



Research Council

ALP Dr. Muhammad


Entomology 36 4.50

369 Mapping of wheat blast resistance in Pakistani

wheat germplasm



Research Council

ALP Dr. Muhammad



370 Integrated water purification system with

microalgae cultivation for bio fuel production



Research Council

ALP Dr. Sana Sadaf Assistant Professor


36 8.00

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

371 Development of fiber enriched wheat bread

(FEW-Bread) for tackling malnutrition Pakistan



Research Council

ALP Dr. Aamir Shahzad

Assistant Professor

NIFSAT 36 12.00

372 Shelf life extension of high value perishable

horticultural commodities: a practical approach towards food security



Research Council

ALP Dr. Muhammad Atif Randhawa

Assistant Professor

NIFSAT 36 9.35

373 Assessment of agriculture water footprints

under climate change scenario



Research Council

ALP Dr. Muhammad

Saifullah Assistant Professor


Engineering 36 6.00

374 Household food security in relation to trade

liberalization



Research Council

ALP Dr. Rakhshanda



Economics 24 5.00

375 Policy issues relating to rangeland management

in Pakistan



Research Council

ALP Dr. Rakhshanda



Economics 24 5.00

376 Taxonomic studies of whiteflies (Aleyrodidae:

Homoptera) in Pakistan



Research Council

ALP Dr. Muhammad

Tayyib Lecturer Entomology 36 5.20

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

377 Impact of climate changes on the yield of major

food-crops in Punjab



Research Council

ALP Dr. Muhammad

Yaseen (statistics)

Assistant Professor


24 4.35

378 Zinc bio fortification of aerobic and anaerobic rice through different agronomic approaches

under semi-arid conditions of Faisalabad



Research Council

ALP Dr. Imran Khan Assistant Professor

Agronomy 36 4.26

379 Iron and zinc enriched wheat grain production

under changing climate



Research Council

ALP Dr. Muhammad



Sciences 36 5.50

380 A cost-effective alternative to phosphatic fertilizers by utilizing local low-grade rock

phosphate



Research Council

ALP Dr. Muhammad



Sciences 36 6.25

381

Production of heavy metal-free vegetables by using foliar application of calcium mobilizers in contaminated soils: alternative to remediation

treatment



Research Council

ALP Dr. Muhammad



Sciences 36 4.48

382 Wood modification by sol-gel derived water

based titania nanosols



Research Council

ALP Dr. Muhammad

Shabir Mahr Assistant Professor

Physics 36 7.10

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

383 Therapeutic and prophylactic use of mineral

supplementation in the reproductive disorders of one-humped female camels (C. dromedarius)



Research Council

ALP Dr. Farrah


Clinical Medicine &

Surgery 36 4.50

384

Development of grapheme reinforced wood-plastics-composites (WPC) using local

agriculture and forestry based residues for construction, furniture and fruit packaging

industries



Research Council

ALP Dr. Javed Iqbal Assistant Professor

Chemistry 36 2.00

385 Exploration of biodiversity of indigenous fauna

of insect parasitoids, a novel source of sustainable insect control programmes



Research Council

ALP Dr. Zain- ul-


Entomology 36 18.00

386

Screening of potential phytoseiids for the control of spider mites and whiteflies and their

integration with synthetic and plant origin pesticides



Research Council

ALP Dr. Muhammad


Entomology 36 4.80

387 Diversity of soil inhabiting mites in different

ecological zones of Punjab, Pakistan



Research Council

ALP Dr. Muhammad


Entomology 24 4.80

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

388 Management of citrus canker disease through

Induced resistance



Research Council

ALP Dr. Muhammad

Atiq Assistant Professor


389 Population structure and genetic diversity of

phytophthora infestans in pakistan



Research Council

ALP Dr. Nasir

Ahmad Khan Assistant Professor


390 Food and nutritional security of pregnant

women in rural areas: situation analyses and future recommendations



Research Council

ALP Dr. Muhammad



Economics 18 3.04

391 Financing of rice value chain: what really

matters for banks?



Research Council

ALP Dr. Khalid Mushtaq

Assistant Professor


Economics 12 2.29

392 Indigenous knowledge systems and livestock production: Evidence from indigenous people

(women and men) of Cholistan desert



Research Council

ALP Dr. Khalid Mushtaq

Assistant Professor


Economics 24 4.21

393 Immuno-modulation with subunit outer

membrane protein coated nanoparticals in the control of salmonellosis in poultry birds



Research Council

ALP Dr. Faqir



36 12.00

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

394 Fortification and enhancing nutrient use

efficiency in food crops through microbially synthesized nano-fertilizers(bio-nanofertilizer)



Research Council

ALP Dr. Safdar



Sciences 36 7.10

395

Role of residue addition and soil moisture regimes on mobilization of C & P as an organic

amendment and its effect on soil quality characteristics for environmental sustainability



Research Council

ALP Dr. Muhammad

Iqbal (Soil Science)

Assistant Professor


Sciences 36 5.20

396

Reclamation and management strategies for marginal and degraded salt-affected soils for

sustainable food grain production and mitigation of climate change through carbon

sequestration



Research Council

ALP Dr. Muhammad

Sabir Assistant Professor


Sciences 36 7.40

397 Evaluating the effect of carbon sequestration on

nitrogen use efficiency by decreasing tillage in wheat rice cropping system



Research Council

ALP Dr. Zulfiqar



Sciences 36 5.00

398 Enhancing nitrogen uptake efficiency and photosynthate partitioning in wheat plant

components under saline conditions



Research Council

ALP Dr. Zulfiqar



Sciences 36 6.00

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

399 Boron Application to mitigate the adverse

effects of drought on upland rice and wheat



Research Council

ALP Dr. Zulfiqar



Sciences 36 6.90

400

Development of explosive-degrading microbial consortia for rhizoremediation and

improvement of crop productivity in explosive-contaminated soils



Research Council

ALP Dr. Muhammad

Imran Khan Assistant Professor


Sciences 36 5.00

401 Identification of root architectural, biochemical and physiological traits related to drought stress

adaptation in rapeseed species



Research Council

ALP Dr. Muhammad

Shahbaz Naeem

Assistant Professor

Agronomy 36 6.40

402

Dissemination of mushroom production technology to alleviate poverty and

malnutrition problems of southern Punjab community



Research Council

ALP Dr. Rana Binyamin

Lecturer Sub-Campus


403 Integrate disease management of off season

vegetable crops



Research Council

ALP Dr. Osama Bin Abdul Hafeez

Lecturer Sub-Campus


404 Improving farmers profitability through

dissemination of vegetables seed production technology



Research Council

ALP Dr. Mariam

Munir Lecturer


24 1.55

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

405 Synergistic effects of biogas residues and plant growth rhizo bacteria to enhance sunflower oil

seed production and its value addition



Research Council

ALP Dr. Muhammad

Asif Khan Lecturer


36 5.68

406 Ecological impact of genetically modified cotton

crop (Bt cotton) on microbial



Research Council

ALP Dr. Sajid

Mahmood Nadeem

Assistant Professor


36 4.62

407 Development and evaluation of bioherbicide for

controlling weeds of wheat



Research Council

ALP Dr. Sajid

Mahmood Nadeem

Assistant Professor


36 4.64

408 Identification and molecular characterization of plant virus from monocotyledonous crops and

weeds of southern Punjab, Pakistan



Research Council

ALP Dr. Sohail



36 4.11

409

Mitigation approach for the effective management of pink bollworm (PBW)

Pectinophora gossypiella: a potential threat to cotton industry in Pakistan



Research Council

ALP Dr. Abid Ali Assistant Professor

Entomology 36 26.50

410 Developing abiotic stress resilient wheat by

using transgenic approaches



Research Council

ALP Dr. Ghulam


CABB 36 7.40

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

411 Terminal heat stress mitigation through

exogenously applied boron, zinc and chitosan in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.)



Research Council

ALP Dr. Muhammad Farrukh Saleem

Associate Professor

Agronomy 36 3.00

412 Management strategies to control aflatoxins

contamination of poultry feed by executing dry chain technology in maize



Research Council


Agronomy 36 3.50

413 Development of rapid & reliable methods to

detect meat authenticity



Research Council

ALP Dr. Muhammad

Issa Khan Assistant Professor

NIFSAT 36 8.00

414 Development and characterization of

biodegradable food packaging films from agriculture residues



Research Council

ALP Dr. Abid Aslam

Maan Assistant Professor

Food Engineering

36 5.00

415 Value Addition of citrus waste as a dietary fiber

source in extension based food products



Research Council

ALP Dr. Muhammad

Kashif Iqbal Khan

Assistant Professor

Food Engineering

36 18.50

416 Utilization of cheese industry waste for the recovery of lactose and whey proteins using

novel membrane filtration technology



Research Council

ALP Dr. Akmal Nazir Assistant Professor

Food Engineering

36 6.57

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

417 Developing fresh-cut fruits and vegetables for

reducing postharvest losses and increasing market opportunities



Research Council

ALP Dr. Muhammad

Inam-ur-Raheem


418 Exploring the potential of non-thermal

techniques for quality analysis of citrus-based peel/pectin



Research Council

ALP Dr. Rana

Muhammad Aadil

Assistant Professor

NIFSAT 36 3.00

419 Development of RNAI based next generation bio-pesticides to control cotton bollworms



Research Council

ALP Dr. Aftab Ahmad

Assistant Professor


420 Functional studies on bHLH transcriptional factors involved on biotic and abiotic stress

response in cotton



Research Council

ALP Dr. Aftab Ahmad

Assistant Professor


421 CRISPR/Cas9 based multiplexgeome editing to engineer sustainable virus resistance in cotton



Research Council

ALP Dr. Aftab Ahmad

Assistant Professor


422 CRISPRI mediated tissue specific reduction of

gossypol contents in cotton seeds



Research Council

ALP Dr. Aftab Ahmad

Assistant Professor


Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

423

Activation tagging: a functional genomics approach to identify hat and drought tolerant

genes in wheat and barley using brachypodium as model system



Research Council

ALP Dr. Aftab Ahmad

Assistant Professor


424

Design, development and computational modeling of solar assisted cold storage system for the preservation of perishables agriculture

products



Research Council

ALP Dr. Waseem

Amjad Assistant Professor


36 5.00

425 Development of a solar assisted spray dryer for

producing milk powder using computational fluid dynamics



Research Council

ALP Dr. Anjum

Munir Associate Professor


36 4.15

426

Tracking transmission dynamics and genetic mapping of multi-drug resistant Salmonella and E-coli bacteria at animal-human-environment interface and using crows as sentinel for drug

resistance


Research Projects

PAK-US S&T Cooperation Program, Phase-7

Dr. Muhammad Imran Arshad

Assistant Professor


427 Analysis of genes related to plant defenses in

brassica on aphid attack



Research Council

ALP Dr. Rao Sohail Ahmad Khan

Assistant Professor

CABB 36 3.00

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

428 Restoration of tannery polluted soils by

reduction of Cr (VI) into Cr (III) through biochar with compost and Sulfur



Research Council

ALP Prof. Dr.

Muhammad Khalid

Professor Soil &


36 8.00

429

Bioactivation of indigenous and exogenously applied micronutrients through novel sulfur

oxidizing bacteria for improving yield and biofortification of cereals in calcareous soil



Research Council

ALP Dr. Muhammad



Sciences 36 7.50

430

Chinese fruit tree germplasm introduction and technology transfer for increasing economic

opportunities in disadvantaged areas of Pakistan



Research Council

ALP Prof. Dr. Aman



36 9.50

431 Promotion of chamomile as a high value crop on

marginal lands of Pakistan



Research Council

ALP Dr. Muhammad Nadeem Akram

Assistant Professor


36 7.00

432 Developing value added essential oil and high

quality capsaicin product from capsaicin through post harvest management



Research Council

ALP Dr. Muhammad Nadeem Akram

Assistant Professor


36 10.00

433 Genetic response of citrus rootstock against

heat and drought



Research Council

ALP Prof. Dr. Jafar

Jaskani Professor


36 6.97

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

434 Date Palm genetic resources: Fingerprinting and

conservation



Research Council

ALP Dr. Summar Abbas Naqvi

Assistant Professor


36 6.97

435 Immunization of cattle and buffalo with tick

homogenate vaccine for infesting ticks for on farm control and immunoprophylaxis



Research Council

ALP Dr. Zia ud Din



436

Rehabiliation of salt-affected soil through biologically-augmented innovative acidified organic amendment and halotolerant sulfur

oxidizing bacteria



Research Council

ALP Dr. Muhammad



Sciences 36 9.50

437 Improving sugarcane yield by employing

molecular marker technologies



Research Council

ALP Dr. Faisal Saeed

Awan Assistant Professor

CABB 36 9.57

438 Development of Scuba rice to fight hunger

under climate changes scenarios



Research Council



CABB 36 7.00

439 Meta QTL analysis, an approach to identify some important genes for fiber quality and

disease resistant in unpland cotton



Research Council

ALP Dr. Muhammad

Jamshed Assistant Professor


Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

440 Development a formulation from selected

medicinal plants against pathogens isolated from mastitis in dairy animals



Research Council

ALP Dr. Muhammad

Shahid Associate Professor


441 Improving wheat stress tolerance by modifying cell wall structure through genetic engineering



Research Council

ALP Dr. Iqrar


CABB 36 5.00

442 Characterization of eucalyptus species for water use efficiency and breeding water use efficient

F1 hybrids by using DNA markers



Research Council

ALP Dr. Muhammad

Asif Javed Assistant Professor

Forestry and Range

Management 36 10.00

443

Multistrain Rhizobial inoculation for improving growth of sorghum, maize and subsequently

grown berseem as fodder under saline conditions



Research Council

ALP Prof. Dr. Zahir Ahmad Zahir

Professor Soil &


36 9.50

444 design and development of a small scale

biomass gasification unit for rural household application


PAK/IRAN Engr.

Muhammad Tayyab



445 photoheterotrophic enhanced biocatalytic

hydrogen production from lignocellulosic waste Pakistan Science

Foundation PAK/IRAN


Assistant Professor


24 0.49

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

446 Health risk assessment of food chain

contamination by hospital waste used for growing of different crops in Punjab, Pakistan



Research Council

ALP Dr. Muhammad Rizwan Ashraf

Assistant Professor


36 3.50

447 Development of Stable multi-florets rice line Technology

Development Projects

Technology Development Dr. Zulfiqar Ali Professor Plant Breeding

& Genetics 24 8.30

448 Sensor-based Discharge Measurement

Instrument for open Channel


Projects Technology Development


Assistant Professor


24 1.19

449 Development of mechanical jute fiber

extraction process



Dr. Assad Farooq

Assistant Professor

Fibre and Textile

Technology 24 4.30

450

Development of bio-organic-phosphate fertilizer through continuous solubilization of

rock phosphate by an acidulation bioprocess of organic amendement and bioaugmentation

with sulfur oxidizing bacteria



Dr. Muhammad Naveed

Assistant Professor


Sciences 24 10.00

451 Using innovative biogas technology to produce sustainable BioCNG for powering agriculture in

Pakistan




Assistant Professor


24 11.17

452 Automated real time spot sensing variable rate

agro-chemical applicator




Masud Cheema

Assistant Professor


24 11.46

453 Development lytic bacteriophages based

biopesticide for controlling bacterial wilts in vegetables


Projects Technology Development HEC Dr. Kashif Riaz

Assistant Professor


Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

454 Using Atoxigenic Fungal Isolate for development

Mycotoxin reducing bioproduct for chillies


Projects Technology Development HEC Dr. Kashif Riaz

Assistant Professor


455 Development of Bioherbicide Containing

Allelopathic Bacteria for Biocontrol of weeds of wheat



Prof. Dr. Zahir Ahmad Zahir

Professor Soil &


24 13.82

456

Wastewater Treatment using indigenized Low Cost Microbes for enhancing soil and water

productivity in Per-Urban areas for Rural Areas Development




Assistant Professor


24 13.87

457 Prototype Development for indigenization of integrated Laterals of Drip Irrigation system




Assistant Professor


24 13.94

458 Development of microwave assisted sustainable

drying process for fruits and vegetable preservation


Projects

Technology Development Fund HEC


Khan

Assistant Professor

Food Engineering

24 13.98

459 determination of best dietary protein to energy

ratio in pre-weaning dairy calves fed with a textured started diet


PAK/IRAN Dr. Muhammad Aziz Ur Rehman

Assistant Professor


24 0.50

460 CRISPRI and TALE mediated tissue specific

reduction of gossypol contents in cottonseeds Punjab Agricultural

Research Board PARB

Dr. Aftab Ahmad

Assistant Professor


461 Replacement of cdS in CZTS based solar cells

with organic materials: a cost effective approach


PSF & MSRT, Iran Dr. Javed Iqbal Assistant Professor

Chemistry 18 0.55

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

462

Molecular aspects of nanotechnology application for disease management in crop

plants: tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) as case study


PSF & MSRT, Iran Dr. Muhammad



463 Coupling of microalgal biofuel production

system with industrial wastewater treatment Pakistan Science

Foundation PSF & MSRT, Iran Dr. Sana Sadaf

Assistant Professor


18 0.55

464 Silica nanoparticles based insecticide with

entomopathogenic fungi to control two major insects of wheat and rice grains


PSF & MSRT, Iran Dr. Waqas

Wakil Assistant Professor

Entomology 24 0.55

465 Comparison of genetic diversity of the

phytophthora capsici in pakistan and iran Pakistan Science

Foundation PSF & MSRT, Iran

Dr. Nasir Ahmad Khan

Assistant Professor


466 Design development ofsmall scale biomass

gasification unit for rural household application Pakistan Science

Foundation PSF & MSRT, Iran

Engr. Muhammad

Tayyab Lecturer


18 0.55

467 Investigation of Aflatoxin B1 related gene mutations in p53 gene of hepatocellular

carcinoma patients from Pakistani population


Research Projects

World Health Organization, WHO/EMRO, Egypt

Dr. Muhammad Kashif Saleemi

Assistant Professor

Pathology 9 1.45

468 Efficiency Analysis and Improving Health Status of Basic Health Infrastructure in rural Punjab,

Pakistan


Research Projects

World Health Organization, World Health Organization

Dr. Asghar Ali Assistant Professor


Economics 9 1.49

469 Non Communicable Disease (NDC) Risk Factor

Survey in Faisalabad Pakistan


Research Projects

World Health Organization, World Health Organization

Dr. Rana Muhammad

Aadil

Assistant Professor

NIFSAT 9 1.10

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

470 Development of solar milk pasteurizer using

inverter type refrigerator system


Research Projects USPCAS-E, UET, Peshawar

Dr. Anjum Munir

Associate Professor


12 2.87

471 Production of commercially high valued

products from non-traditional agriculture crops Higher Education

Commission SIOP 2016


Assistant Professor

Chemistry 3 0.49

472 Women empowerment through training on

backyard poultry in distract punjab Higher Education

Commission SIOP 2016

Dr. Rana Muhammad

Amir

Assistant Professor


Rural Development

3 1.00

473 Evaluation of antagonists against ceratocytis manginecans causing mango quick decline


SRGP Ms. Romana

Anjum Lecturer


12 0.50

474 Potential utilization of microalgae biomass for

energy conversion and environmental remediation


Research Projects

PhosAgro/UNESCO/IUPAC Research Grant



12 3.12

475 Exploring potential of coarse rice as value add

silage: a sustainable approach to combat fodder shortage and surplus rice


NSLP Prof. Dr. Asif

Tanveer Professor Agronomy 12 0.82

476 Improving Water use efficiency through

precision Irrigation


Research Projects

Water and Power Development Authority

(WAPDA)

Prof. Dr. Allah Bakhsh

Professor Irrigation &

Drainage 12 1.00

477 INTEGRATED WATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS:

THE COST OF ALTERNATIVE SELECTION


Research Projects

USPCAS-W, Mehran University of Engineering &

Technology, Jomoshor Dr. Sahar Munir

Assistant Professor

IBMS 12 1.51

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

478

Classification of groundwater based on irrigation water quality index using GIS in central Punjab and formulation of safety

guidelines


Research Projects USPCAS-W, Jomoshoro, Sindh


Professor Soil &


12 3.00

479 Combined use of microbial antagonists and

chemicals to avoid clogging o emitters in Drip Irrigation system


Research Projects USPCAS-W, Jomoshoro, Sindh

Dr. Imran-ul-Haq

Assistant Professor


480

Mycotoxin and its binder impact on productive and reproductive performance of diary buffalo

and cattle under different management conditions


NSLP Prof. Dr. Zafar Iqbal Qureshi

Professor Theriogenology 24 2.50

481 Application of gis in forest management for

climate change adaption of chichawatni plantation reserved forest


SRGP Dr. Kashif Nazir



11 0.50

482 Rural entrepreneurship diversification to

improve nutritional status and livelihood of resource poor farmers


Research Projects LANSA


Assistant Professor


Economics 12 1.98

483 Enhancing biofuel production from algae using

industrial effluent for stimulation of algae Higher Education

Commission SRGP


Lecturer Soil &


12 0.48

484 Ecology of purple Sunbird (Nacarinia asiatica) in

Thal desert of Pakistan


Research Projects

Princ Bernhard Nature Fund, Netherlands

Prof. Dr. Muhammad

Ishaque Professor


36 30.00

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

485 Ethno Botany of solvadora oleoides in Thal

desert of Pakistan


Research Projects


Prof. Dr. Muhammad

Ishaque Professor


36 30.00

486 Growth behavior of Capparis aphylla in Thal

desert of Pakistan


Research Projects


Prof. Dr. Muhammad

Ishaque Professor


12 30.00

487 Growth adaptations of zizyphus nummularia for survival in arid conditions of â€œThalâ€• desert

in Pakistan


Research Projects


Prof. Dr. Muhammad

Ishaque Professor


36 30.00

488 Ecology of Calligonum polygonoides in Thal

desert of Pakistan


Research Projects


Prof. Dr. Muhammad

Ishaque Professor


36 30.00

489 Influence of canopy cover of Acacia

Jacquemontii Benth on soil conditions in Thal desert of Pakistan


Research Projects


Prof. Dr. Muhammad

Ishaque Professor


36 30.00

490 Productive employment in rural sector through

economic diversification


Research Projects

Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP)


Assistant Professor


Economics 12 2.00

491 Improving Rural Labour Productivity: CBMS

Analysis


Research Projects

Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP)


Assistant Professor


Economics 12 2.00

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

492

Assessment of training need poultry farmers regarding diagnosis and treatment of poultry

diseases, with special reference to food security in pakistan


SRGP Dr. Rana

Muhammad Amir

Assistant Professor


Rural Development

12 0.50

493 Socio-economic evaluation of pastoral

communities in the northern Thal desert


Research Projects DARWIN INITIATIVE, UK

Prof. Dr. Muhammad

Ishaque Professor


12 3.50

494 Policy Implications of community-based

rangeland management as resilience against forest stressed in Pakistan


Research Projects

Ministry of Planning, Development & Reforms


Assistant Professor


Economics 12 1.67

495 Do local governments helped achieve economic

development in Pakistan


Research Projects

International Growth Center, IGC


Assistant Professor


Economics 12 4.49

496 Utilization of Rice Husk and Poultry Wastes for

Renewable Energy Potential in Pakistan


Research Projects

International Growth Center, IGC

Dr. Ghaffar Ali Assistant Professor


Economics 12 6.11

497 Poverty and gender inequality in rural

livelihoods: evidence and policy options Higher Education

Commission TRGP 2014 Dr. Saira Akhtar

Associate Professor


498 Farmers Cooperation. A viable tool in lessening marketing margins of small potato producers in Punjab, pakistan: A case study of district Okara



USPCAS-AFS Dr. Nasir Nadeem

Assistant Professor


12 0.00

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

499 Role of local governments in improving

agricultural development agenda in Pakistan






Economics 12 0.77

500 Impact of agriculture credit miss-utilization on

productivity : policy implications for credit expansion politics (re-scheduling)






Economics 12 0.79

501 Provision of quality seed of major crops at the farmer's door step through utilization of UAF agricultural farms as seed multiplication sites



USPCAS-AFS Dr. Zaheer



12 0.00

502

Improving oil seed production in Pakistan by concentrating on provision of

industry,marketing facilities and quality seed to farmers in different areas of pakistan



USPCAS-AFS Dr. Zaheer



12 0.00

503

Innovative approach for enhancing crop production through compact data base

developed by researcher-student farmer partnership


Research Projects

National ICT R&D Fund, Islamabad

Prof. Dr. Muhammad Yaseen (ISES)

Professor Soil &


24 15.00

504 Enhanced biocatalytic biohydrogen production

from lignin


Research Projects Comstech-TWAS, Italy


Assistant Professor


18 1.56

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

505

Design and synthesis of efficient organic photovoltaic materials for CZTS based hybrid

solar cells: A step way forward towards commercialization of cost effective solar energy


Research Projects Comstech-TWAS, Italy Dr. Javed Iqbal

Assistant Professor

Chemistry 18 1.56

506 Utilization of waste cooking oil for production of

bio diesel: Process designing and quality evaluation


Research Projects Comstech-TWAS, Italy Dr. Sana Sadaf

Assistant Professor


18 1.56

507 Expressing fibrinolytic protein 'Lumbrokinase' in

Tobacco Chloroplasts




Assistant Professor

CABB 18 1.56

508 Human colorectal cancer targeted synthesis and

in vivo studies of silver(I)-N- heterocyclic carbene complexes for drug development



Dr. Muhammad Adnan Iqbal

Assistant Professor

Chemistry 18 1.56

509 Detection and genetic characterization of

tommato scotted bilt virus (TSWP) in Pakistan Higher Education

Commission IPFP Startup Research Grant

Program 2013 Dr. Khalid Naveed

Assistant Professor


510 Response of cereal aphid-parasitoid-

hyperparasitoid systems on agricultural landscape evolution


Research Projects

National Natural Science Foundation (NNSF), China

Dr. Abid Ali Assistant Professor

Entomology 36 4.80

511

Integrated one health approach to track transmission dynamics and burden of multi-

drug resistant enteric bacterial infections and its public health impact in Pakistan


Research Projects

Grand Challenges Explorations, USA


Assistant Professor


Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

512 MDR and ESBL in untreated wastewater,

vegetables and human interface


Research Projects

Grand Challenges Explorations

Dr. Muhammad Shahid

Mahmood

Associate Professor


513 Agronomic and interventious for rejuvenation

of safflower in pakistan as quality oil crop Higher Education

Commission NRPU

Dr. Hassan Munir

Assistant Professor

Agronomy 36 7.62

514 Development of quality oriented solar assisted diagonal batch dryer for perishable products


NRPU Dr. Anjum



24 3.03

515 Development of phytoseiidae

(ACARI:MESOSTIGMATA)data-base from pakistan


NRPU Dr. Muhammad


Entomology 24 2.46

516

Raman micro spectroscopy along with improved sample preparation protocols(centrifugal filter

approach) for the diagnosis of hepatitis C by using blood plasma samples


NRPU Dr. Haq Nawaz


Chemistry 24 4.27

517 Synthesis of novel bio-inspired drug oriented compounds via regioselective cross coupling

reactions


NRPU Dr. Rasheed


Chemistry 36 12.29

518

Raman micro spectroscopy along with improved sample preparation protocols(centrifugal filter approach) for the diagnosis of breast cancer by

using blood plasma samples


NRPU Dr. Haq Nawaz


Chemistry 24 4.27

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

519 Laser assisted synthesis of biocompatible gold

nanoparticles for biophysical applications Higher Education

Commission NRPU Dr. Yasir Jamil

Associate Professor

Physics 36 8.87

520

Exploitation of available new chemistry insecticides for their nematicidal potential

against root knot nematodes and their possible integration with bioagent(pasteuria penetrans) to develop a sustainable management strategy


NRPU 2016 Prof. Dr. Nazir

Javed Professor Plant Pathology 36 5.40

521 Development of RNA based next generation

biopesticides to control cotton bollworm Higher Education

Commission NRPU 2016

Dr. Aftab Ahmad

Assistant Professor


522 Diagnostic and prognostic potential of soluble

cytokine IL-33 as non invasive biomarker of viral hepatitis


NRPU 2016 Dr. Muhammad

Imran Arshad Assistant Professor


523 Molecular determinant and therapeutic

investigation of induced liver fibrosis Higher Education


Dr. Junaid Ali Khan

Assistant Professor


24 4.60

524

Up-gradation of containment facilities for risk-free management of genetically modified plants

and disposal of genetically modifies material thereafter


Research Projects

Pakistan Biorisk Management Enhancement Grant (BMEG)

Prof. Dr. Muhammad


525 Increasing viability of small milk producers

through marketing cooperatives



USPCAS Dr. Nasir Nadeem

Assistant Professor


12 0.00

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

526 Goat production and cooperate system of

marketing for landless and small scale farmers



USPCAS-AFS Dr. Muhammad Farooq Khalid

Assistant Professor


Tek Singh 12 0.00

527 Ensuring chicken meat production and quality

by reducing pre-slaughter stresses




Assistant Professor


Tek Singh 12 0.00

528 Selection of dairy cattle and buffalo for heat

tolerance and productivity traits using genome wide association study (GWAS) approach



USPCAS-AFS Dr. Sibtain



Tek Singh 12 0.00

529

Implementation of biosecurity and biosafety in veterinary diagnostic laboratory of department

of pathology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad to minimize biological hazards


Research Projects



Assistant Professor

Pathology 3 1.50

530 Carving out metabolic pathway for biohydrogen

production from lignin


Research Projects

International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB)


Assistant Professor


48 4.84

531 Upgradation of pathological laboratories

(clinical and histopathological) to minimize the biorisk to veterinary professionals


Research Projects



Assistant Professor

Pathology 3 1.49

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

532 Isolation and indentification of virulent and

multi drug resistant genes for diagnosis, vaccine development and drug theapy in poultry


PSF Dr. Bilal Aslam Assistant Professor


24 3.50

533 Impacts and adaption of wheat production to climate change in Pakistan : Implications for

food security






12 0.00

534

Isolation of resistance enhancing plant endophytes and their use to control the

phytophthora imposed death of citrus orchards in Pakistan



USPCAS-AFS Dr. Ashir Masroor

Assistant Professor


12 0.00

535

Effectiveness of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in coping the situation of food insecurity at household

level



USPCAS-AFS Dr. Rana

Muhammad Amir

Assistant Professor


Rural Development

12 0.00

536 Development of extension material for capacity

building of farmers through ICTs



USPCAS-AFS Dr. Ijaz Ashraf

Gill Assistant Professor


Rural Development

12 0.00

537 Identifying novel allele (s) for heat tolerance

gene (s) in Pakistani cattle breeds through comparative sequencing




Anjum Lecturer


12 0.00

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

538 Early detection and classification of cotton leaf

diseases using mobile devices



USPCAS-AFS Dr. Saqib Ali (Computer

Science)

Assistant Professor

Computer Science

12 0.00

539 Opportunities for improving small-scale milk marketing system through dairy cooperatives

concept in Pakistan




Anjum Lecturer


12 0.00

540 Genomics selection for improved heat tolerance

and productivity in layer chicken



USPCAS-AFS Prof. Dr. Pervez

Akhtar Professor


Tek Singh 12 0.00

541 Establishment of UAF community center to

empower rural women by the improvement of rural poulty through technology transfer



USPCAS-AFS Dr. Zia-ur-Rehman

Assistant Professor


Tek Singh 12 0.00

542 Policy paper on marketing margins in major

crops



USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Prof. Dr. Sarfraz

Hassan Professor


Economics 12 0.00

543 Policy paper on marketing margins in milk

production




Hassan Professor


Economics 12 0.00

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

544 Increasing the viability of small vegetable

farmers in Punjab, Pakistan




Hassan Professor


Economics 12 0.00

545 Model swapping: A comprehensive computer modeling and simulation approach to predict

agriculture output



USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Muhammad



12 0.00

546 Irrigation pricing: A modeling approach for an in

depth analysis






12 0.00

547 Irrigation water pricing for sustainable surface

and groundwater management



USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Syed Hamid Hussain Shah

Assistant Professor


12 0.00

548

Sustainable groundwater development and management using information and

communication technology for rural ares development



USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Syed Hamid Hussain Shah

Assistant Professor


12 0.00

549 Pink boll worm resistance management against

Bt cotton in Pakistan



USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Zunnu Raen


Entomology 12 0.00

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

550 Development of rural poultry as heat tolerant meat-type birds under tropical conditions of

Pakistan



USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Zia-ur-Rehman

Assistant Professor


Tek Singh 12 0.00

551 Hybrid Technique: for simultaneous extraction and analysis of metals in various food samples



USPCAS-AFS Dr. Sadia Ilyas Assistant Professor

Chemistry 12 0.00

552 Biological and spatio-temporal studies of fruit

fly and assessment of pesticide residues in citrus, Punjab





Entomology 12 0.00

553 Improving productivity and nutritional value of oil seed crops through organically complexed-

bioaugmented boron coated chemical fertilzers



USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Ms. Tayyaba

Samreen Lecturer


Sciences 12 0.00

554 Understanding the molecular mechanisms of biofortification of Zinc and Iron in wheat and

rice



USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Zaheer



12 0.00

555 Integrated quality seed management of

chickpea for food security in the drylands


Research Projects USPCAS-AFS Dr. Fahd Rasul

Assistant Professor

Agronomy 12 0.00

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

556 Training Agri. Entrepreneurs for improved

production and marketing practices through G.A.P.P. using ICT


Research Projects USPCAS-AFS Dr. Fahd Rasul

Assistant Professor

Agronomy 12 0.00

557 Seed production and germplasm

characterization in Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.)



USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Ameer Bibi Assistant Professor


12 0.00

558 Integrated disease management of mango

dieback in Punjab



USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Aftab Ali

Bukhari Assistant Professor


559 Tissue specific overexpression of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) to combat wilt and collar rot

disease of pepper



USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Amjad



560 Enhancement of drought and thermal tolerance through symboitic thermophilic fungi in wheat

crop



USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Safdar Ali Associate Professor


12 0.00

561 Engineering salt tolerance in wheat by expressing ghCHR protein from cotton



USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Iqrar


CABB 12 0.00

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

562 Production of disease free potato seeds using

hydroponic technology



USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Faiz Ahmad


CABB 12 0.00

563

Establishing early detection of dieback of Dalbergia sisso using polymerase chain reaction

(PCR) and loop mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay using next

generation sequencing and evaluating bio-control targets of dieback by Trichoderma spp

using transcriptomics



NRPU 2016 Mr. Saad Serfraz

Lecturer CABB 12 0.00

564 Enhancing agricultural productivity and

nutritional quality of food crops through balancing potassium (K) application



USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Irshad Bibi Assistant Professor


Sciences 12 0.00

565 Small scale practical approach for improvement

of storage conditions of corn to prevent aflatoxins contamination of poultry feed



USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Muhammad Kashif Saleemi

Assistant Professor

Pathology 12 0.00

566 Genetic selection and propagation of heat

tolerant naked neck UniGold: A newly developed egg laying chicken breed



USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Prof. Dr.

Muhammad Sajjad khan

Professor Animal and

Dairy Sciences 12 0.00

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

567 Modeling and forecasting the eggs & chicken

meat prices in Punjab




Yaseen (statistics)

Assistant Professor


12 0.00

568

Development of New Generation Agrowaste Biocomposites Packed Filters for Removal of

Toxic Metals from Industrial Effluents for Food Security and Human Health Improvement



USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Raziya Nadeem

Assistant Professor

Chemistry 12 0.00

569 Synthesis of silver(I)-N-Heterocyclic carbine

complexes and their preliminary invitro screening against Aphthovirus




Adnan Iqbal Assistant Professor

Chemistry 12 0.00

570 A threat to the nutritional values of crops and human health due to irrigation by raw sewage:

A step towards farmerâ€™s education




Adnan Iqbal Assistant Professor

Chemistry 12 0.00

571 Enhancing the nutritional value of milk with

flaxseed: A way of getting more omega-3 fatty acid




Assistant Professor

CABB 12 0.00

572 Implications of irrigation water pricing policy on

irrigation water demand and irrigation water use efficiency




Arif Watto Assistant Professor


Rural Development

12 0.00

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

573 Outreach/Extension services at the Farmer's

Door step: Mobile vehicle equipped with diagnostic with ICTs and human interface




Iftikhar Assistant Professor


Rural Development

12 0.00

574 Establishment of UAF web-based TV for

effective technology transfer: Linking End users with Academia






Rural Development

12 0.00

575

Provision to Zinc Fortified Corn Flour Noodles through School Lunch Programs to Decrease Stunting and its Monitoring through Android Developed Apps in Government Schools of

Faisalabad



USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Ms. Hira Iftikhar


576 Gut Microbioata and Immunonutrition: Ways to

Improve Nutritional Status of Malnourished Children



USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Beenish


577 Valorisation of cheese whey for the generation of functional ingredients to promote nutritional

value of food



USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Ayesha


NIFSAT 12 0.00

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

578 Food multimix â€“ sustainable food based

approach to improve the nutritional value of foods and improving maternal & Child health



USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Mian


NIFSAT 12 0.00

579 Development of Novel Model for Small Scale

Milk Processing and Distribution Channel




Nuzhat Huma Professor NIFSAT 12 0.00

580 Exploring Therapeutic Potential of Value Added

Meat by Products





NIFSAT 12 0.00

581 Value Addition of Baked Products Through

Effective Utilization of Agro-Industrial Waste



USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Amir Shahzad

Assistant Professor

NIFSAT 12 0.00

582 Uplifting Corn Utilization in Pakistan: A Step

Forward to Ensure Nutritional and Food Security



USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Amir Shahzad

Assistant Professor

NIFSAT 12 0.00

583 Bioavailability and Delivery of Bioactive Components through Nanoemulsions



USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Ali Asghar Assistant Professor

NIFSAT 12 0.00

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

584

Mapping Bioavailable Iron and Phytic Acid in Wheat Cultivars for Effective Biofortification of

Wheat through Over Expression of Rice Nicotianamide Synthase Gene



USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Allah Rakha Assistant Professor

NIFSAT 12 0.00

585 Evidence Based Dietary Interventions to

Alleviate Nutrient Deficiencies and Attain Nutritional Security



USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Allah Rakha Assistant Professor

NIFSAT 12 0.00

586 Targeted delivery in breast cancer using green

PLGA drug encapsulated nanoparticles



USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Faqir



12 0.00

587 Iron and zinc enriched wheat grain production

under changing climate






Sciences 12 0.00

588

Transforming the livelihood of malnourished subsistent natives in the mountains regions of

Pakistan by pseudocreals based cropping system



USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Hassan

Munir Assistant Professor

Agronomy 12 0.00

589 Strengthening informal seed system through utilization of indigenous vegetable species to

enhance food security in Pakistan


Research Projects USPCAS-AFS Dr. Irfan afzal

Associate Professor

Agronomy 12 0.00

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

590 Cotton crop improvement through maintaining

seed quality during production and storage


Research Projects USPCAS-AFS Dr. Irfan afzal

Associate Professor

Agronomy 12 0.00

591 Buffalopox: molecular epidemiology and

prevention of disease in Pakistan



USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Farzana

Rizvi Associate Professor

Pathology 12 0.00

592 New insight for the early diagnosis of Bovine

Brucellosis through biomarkers



USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Hafiza

Shafia Tehseen Gul

Assistant Professor

Pathology 12 0.00

593 Relationship of Mycotoxin Contaminated Foods with Hepatocellular Carcinoma Development in

Pakistani Population




Assistant Professor

Pathology 12 0.00

594 Development of Cost Effective Mycotoxin

Binder from Locally Available Substances: An Innovative Solution for Poultry Feed Mycotoxins




Assistant Professor

Pathology 12 0.00

595 Evaluation of Entomopathogenic nematodes for

biocontrol of tick fauna in different agro-geo climatic zones of Punjab, Pakistan




Imran Lecturer Parasitology 12 0.00

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

596

Controlling ticks through reverse functional genomics silencing fer1, fer2 and irp 1 genes in tick salivary glands through RNA interference

technology






597 Development of functional eggs and poultry

meat enriched with Omega-3, fatty acids



USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Shaukat Ali



12 0.00

598 Identification of salinity and sodicity tolerant

high yielding wheat cultivars for stressed / salt-affected lands



USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Prof. Dr. Ghulam Murtaza

Professor Soil &


12 0.00

599 Fortification and enhancing nutrient use efficiency in food crops through green

nanotechnology



USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Safdar



Sciences 12 0.00

600 Assessing the impact of mineral-enriched wheat

grain production on human nutrition through balanced fertilization



USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Abdul Wakeel

Assistant Professor


Sciences 12 0.00

601 Addressing dieback disease of shisham using

molecular approaches



USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Iqrar


CABB 12 0.00

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

602 Plastid targeted expression of choline oxidase in

wheat for enhanced abiotic stress tolerance



USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Ghulam


CABB 12 0.00

603

Identification of host factors responsible for symptom development of geminiviruses using next generation sequencing and silencing of

candidate host factors in cotton plant



USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Mr. Saad Serfraz


604

Engineering resistance against bacterial diseases of citrus i.e. citrus greening and canker,

exploiting the basal innate defensive mechanism against bacterial pathogens





CABB 12 0.00

605 Biological controlling of mycotoxin problem in maize: A way of enhancing nutritional value of

maize for human and animal consumption



USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Fozia Saleem

Assistant Professor

CABB 12 0.00

606 Producing seeds of fungal resistant vegetables

for tunnel farming



USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Faiz Ahmad


CABB 12 0.00

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

607 Enhancing the nutritional value of eggs by

incorporating the omega-3 fatty acid through feeding hemp seed to laying hens



USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Fozia Saleem

Assistant Professor

CABB 12 0.00

608

Capacity building in integrated R&D and extension approach for improving postharvest

supply chains of fruits and vegetables at National level



USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Prof. Dr. Aman



12 0.00

609 Tomato breeding for organic agriculture






12 0.00

610 Production of brassica vegetable oil seed by







12 0.00

611 Production of tomato hybrid seed by







12 0.00

612 Genomics-based understanding of tylenchulus

semipenetrans to devise management strategies against citrus slow decline disease






Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

613

Chickpea behind a click: Empowering chickpea farming communities for entrepreneurship

through web based integrative forum, drones, training modules for crop monitoring produce

value management and produce marketing organization



USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Kashif Riaz Assistant Professor


614 Dissecting citrus pathobiome through omics: metagenomics and metatranstricptomics of

declining plants





615 Policy paper for regulatory regime in agriculture

(seed certification and registration, biosafety, SPS compliance)





616 Development of locally adapted manual weeder

for chickpea fields in Thal region





617 Reducing weeds problem in chickpea fields

through innovative omics and transgenic approaches





Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

618

Finding sustainable solutions for chickpea production using omics-technologies for

nitrogen fixation, drought and fungal pathogens through dual RNA-seq





619 Genotyping-by-sequencing based studies on

tree dieback resistance in Acacia nilotia, Euclayptus nad Dalbergia sisso germplasm



USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Ms. Romana

Anjum Lecturer


12 0.00

620

Development of low-cost innovative formulation based on biological control agents

for effective management of wilt disease in chickpea






621 Improvement of chickpea productivity and

production through adaptation of advanced biotechnology



USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Nasir Ahmad

Assistant Professor


Fisheries 12 0.00

622 Identification of pathogens and soil factors

associated with die-back disease of citrus and shisham in Pakistan and its Management



USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Khalid Naveed

Assistant Professor


623

Functional metagenomics of soil bacterial and fungal populations for bioproduct development

against major sucking and chewing pests of cotton





Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

624 Development of shisham tree genetic resources

with resistance to shisham dieback and breeding technologies



USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Nasir Ahmad

Assistant Professor


Fisheries 12 0.00

625 Characterization of collectotrichum spp. causing

citrus dieback and post-harvest losses



USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Luqman



626 Biochemical profiling of shisham and its rhizosphere for management of dieback






627 Heterologous expression of insecticidal protein driven by phloem specific promoter to control

white fly and CLCuD in cotton






628 Development of low lignin alfalfa types for

producing higher nutritious fodder



USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Prof. Dr. Hafeez Ahmad Sadaqat


& Genetics 12 0.00

629 Improving nutrition and maize value chain through development of aflatoxin resistant

maize germplasm



USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Rana

Muhammad Atif

Assistant Professor


12 0.00

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

630 Enhancing the soybean productivity by

identification of heat stress tolerant germplasm



USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Rana

Muhammad Atif

Assistant Professor


12 0.00

631 Development of provitamin: A enriched maize

hybrids






12 0.00

632

Expanding the genetic base of cultivated cotton germplasm by screening and morphogenetic

characterization of interspecific hybrids of Gossypium arboretum and gossypium hirsutum



USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Hafiza Masooma

Naseer Cheema

Assistant Professor


12 0.00

633

Coping with decline and dieback of Dalbergia sissoo and acacia nilotia through nursery

management and establishing disease resistant seed orchard



USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Irfan Ahmad

Assistant Professor

Forestry and Range

Management 12 0.00

634

Control of Shisham dieback: Geographical identification and characterization of resilient

genotype rather focusing on complexity of causal organisms



USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Fahad Rasheed

Assistant Professor

Forestry and Range

Management 12 0.00

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

635

Conocarpus production potential, nutritional analysis and prospects as livestock feed: Pilot

production of silage and animal response studies




Assistant Professor

Forestry and Range

Management 12 0.00

636

Prospects of mechanical pest controls: pilot project evaluating impact of light + organic

compounds in controlling fruit fly population in mango and citrus orchards




Assistant Professor

Forestry and Range

Management 12 0.00

637 Improving water use efficiency for drought

tolerance in wheat


Research Projects USPCAS-AFS

Prof. Dr. Abdul Khaliq


638 Leaf colour chart (LCC) for effective nitrogen

management in wheat



Dr. Rizwan Maqbool

Assistant Professor

Agronomy 12 0.00

639 Development of heat tolerant wheat

germplasm for Pakistani Region



Dr. Rizwana Maqbool

Assistant Professor


12 0.00

640 Exploring potential of coarse rice as value added silage: A sustainable approach to combat fodder

shortage in lean periods



Prof. Dr. Asif Tanveer


641

Screening, identification and application of efficient sex pheromones for the management

of pink bollworm in different ecological zones of Punjab





Entomology 12 0.00

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

642 Development of year-round best fruit flies

suppression package for orchards





Entomology 12 0.00

643 Detection and monitoring of Pink Boll Worm

resistance to pesticides and Bt cotton in Punjab, Pakistan



USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Rashad


Entomology 12 0.00

644 Surveillance and potential evaluation of bio

control agents for livestock ticks management in different districts of Punjab (Pakistan)



USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Ahmad


Entomology 12 0.00

645 Development of Novel tools to support

integrated area-wide control of pink boll worm in cotton



USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Waqas


Entomology 12 0.00

646 Development of gut bacteria based female-

attractive bait for the management of fruit flies




Muhammad Jalal Arif


647 Biological based pest management program for

fruit flies using insect pathogens



USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Waqas


Entomology 12 0.00

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

648 Resistance monitoring and pheromone based

management of pink boll worm in Cotton




Muhammad Jalal Arif


649 Potential impact of migration in the

management of pink boll worm (PBW) pectinophora gossypiella in Pakistan



USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Abid Ali Assistant Professor

Entomology 12 0.00

650 Surveillance, monitoring and management of

fruit flies




Arshad (Entomology)

Assistant Professor

Entomology 12 0.00

651 Surveillance and pest management strategies for pink boll worm, Pectinophora gossypiella




Arshad (Entomology)

Assistant Professor

Entomology 12 0.00

652

Modeling the potential impact of climate change on future spatial and temporal

distribution of fruit flies in agro-ecological zones of Punjab



USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Shahid

Majeed Assistant Professor

Entomology 12 0.00

653 Olfactory cues based host-seeking behavior of

tick under variable climate conditions



USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Shahid

Majeed Assistant Professor

Entomology 12 0.00

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

654

Novel strategies of exploiting insect derived factors for resistance management and

improving efficacy of bt toxin in local population of pink boll worm, pectinophora gossypiella

(Gelechiidae: lepidoptera)



USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Zain- ul-


Entomology 12 0.00

655 Identification and management of weed flora of

the Punjab through ICT for food security



USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Hassan


Agronomy 12 0.00

656 Food and Nutritional Security Analyses of

Pregnant Women to Ensure Food Secure Next Generations






Economics 12 0.00

657 Introducing dry chain technology in Pakistan for

drying and storage of vegetable seeds



USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Mr. Shakeel

Imran Lecturer


12 0.00

658 Fruit Fly management and its elimination in

Pakistan using epigenetics





Entomology 12 0.00

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

659 Using the TALENs editing technique in managing

resistance development in pink boll worms





Entomology 12 0.00

660 Managing ticks by knocking down acaricidal resistant gene using CRISPR / Cas genome

editing technique





Entomology 12 0.00

661 Ticks management an d elimination using

TALENs editing technique to edit the acaricidal resistant gemome





Entomology 12 0.00

662 Fruit-fly management strategy in Pakistan by

knocking down insecticidal resistant gene





Entomology 12 0.00

663 Construction of infectious cDNA clones of FMD virus: A novel and quick approach for making

FMD vaccine in future studies




Aamir Aslam Assistant Professor

CABB 12 0.00

664 Challenge and strategies options for

revitalization of milk marketing cooperatives in Punjab, Pakistan



USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Abdul


IBMS 12 0.00

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

665

Agricultural Technology innovation through farmers cooperatives' in Pakistan: Implications

for identifying risk and improving farmers income




Nazam Assistant Professor

IBMS 12 0.00

666 A study of marketing margin of Goat Meat



USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Waseem


IBMS 12 0.00

667 Improving the viability of small milk producers'

cooperatives



USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Waseem


IBMS 12 0.00

668 Potential application of edible films for shelf life

extension of red meat



USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Amna Sahar Assistant Professor

Food Engineering

12 0.00

669 Spatial Homogeneity of Drying in Batch Type

Food Grain Dryer with Central Air Flow Design for Quality Oriented Drying and Value Addition



USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Ms. Sidrah

Ashfaq Lecturer

Farm Machinery &

Power 12 0.00

670 Nutritional Status Enhancement of Farmed Fish Species through Optimization of Feed Quality in

Pakistan



USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Ms. Sidrah

Ashfaq Lecturer

Farm Machinery &

Power 12 0.00

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

671 How to increase viability of small dairy farmers

in Punjab, Pakistan




Hassan Professor


Economics 12 0.00

672 Investigation wheat procurment policy: Gains

and losses



USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Ghaffar Ali Assistant Professor


Economics 12 0.00

673 Investigation malnutrition and maternal issues

in Thar district (drought areas) of Pakistan



USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Ghaffar Ali Assistant Professor


Economics 12 0.00

674 Land fragmentation and agricultural

productivity in Pakistan



USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Rakhshanda



Economics 12 0.00

675 Public-private crop insurance as a regulatory

mechanism for the adoption o climate change in Pakistan



USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Rakhshanda



Economics 12 0.00

676 Adoption and impact of environmentally sound and female friendly technologies in Agriculture



USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Tahira



Economics 12 0.00

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

677 Capacity building of rural women regarding

nutritionally healthy food in Pakistan



USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Tahira



Economics 12 0.00

678 Food choice preferences in rural and urban

areas of Pakistan: An intra-household and inter-regional analysis






Economics 12 0.00

679 Policy options for enhancing the marketing

efficiency of potato and onion crops



USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Khalid Mushtaq

Assistant Professor


Economics 12 0.00

680 Survey and genome analysis-based

documentation of FMD virus prevalence




Muhammad Sarwar (CABB)

Professor CABB 12 1.00

681 Identifying novel allele(s) for heat tolerance gene(s) in Pakistani Cattle Breeds through

comparative sequencing



USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Razia Kausar


682 Post-harvest Grain Losses Management for

Food Security



Research Council

ALP Dr. Waqas


Entomology 36 3.99

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

683

Mapping crop-health using indigenously transformed low-cost digital sensors &

unmanned aerial systems (UAS) for affordable site-specific precision agriculture


Research Projects ICT R&D Fund, Islamabad


Assistant Professor

Computer Science

36 3.58

684 Fabrication of low Cost Radiation Resistant

Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells Pakistan Science

Foundation PSF Dr. Khurram Ali

Assistant Professor

Physics 36 3.00

685

Using genomics and biogeography to inform climate- adapted bio product development

symbiotic nitrogen fixation in Pakistan chickpea production systems


Research Projects USAID,peer program Dr. Kashif Riaz

Assistant Professor


686 impact of resource conservation technologies

on wheat productivity in punjab.



Research Council

ALP Prof. Dr.

Muhammad Iqbal Zafar

Professor Rural Sociology 21 2.32

687 IT enabled Phenomics Approach to decipher

genetic bases of Complex Traits for Stress tolerance in Bread Wheat


Research Projects National ICT R&D Fund

Dr. Sultan Habib Ullah

Khan

Associate Professor

CABB 36 110.00

688 Ionic liquid â€“based integrated bioprocess of biodiesel and 1,3-propanediol co-production

from lignocellulosic materials


PSF & Pak-China Dr. Saima



36 5.00

689 Development of decision support system for

designing an efficient wetland technology using experimental and modeling approach


PSF & Pak-China Dr. Syed Hamid Hussain Shah

Assistant Professor


36 20.96

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

690

Climate change impacts on yield, multi-cropping, and GHG emission of rice production in China and Pakistan: Simulating uncertainty

and informing adaptation


PSF & Pak-China Prof. Dr. Ashfaq Ahmad Chattha


691 Germplasm exchange and pan-genome analysis of jujubes (Ziziphus Mill.) in China and Pakistan


PSF & Pak-China Dr. Summar Abbas Naqvi

Assistant Professor


36 6.73

692

Hybrid rice germplasm development and investigation of the total nitrogen use efficiency

of oilseed rape-rice and wheat-rice rotation fields in Sichuan-China and Punjab-Pakistan


PSF & Pak-China Dr. Fahd Rasul Assistant Professor

Agronomy 36 5.83

693 Mechanism of zinc loading from paddy soil to

rice grain under intensive ric production system Pakistan Science

Foundation PSF & Pak-China

Dr. Hafeez ur Rehman

Lecturer Agronomy 36 2.08

694 Laser assisted synthesis of silver nano particles

for water purification and environmental applications


PSF & Pak-China Dr. Yasir Jamil Associate Professor

Physics 36 7.23

695

Identification of yield and drought tolerance related QTLs/Genes in Pak-China wheat and

their use for rapid development of high yielding and drought tolerant elite lines


PSF & Pak-China Dr. Sultan

Habib Ullah Khan

Associate Professor

CABB 36 1.58

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

696 Engineering transgenic resistance against citrus

bacterial disease i.e., Citrus Greening (HLB) Pakistan Science


Dr. Muhammad Mubin

Assistant Professor

CABB 36 7.96

697

Basic Research on Comprehensive Utilization of Photovoltaic- Photothermic-Radiation Cooling

Technologies based on Spectral Selective Characteristics


PSF & Pak-China Dr. Anjum



36 10.03

698 Comparative study on Cd hyper accumulative potential and mechanism of some Solanaceae

plants distracted


PSF & Pak-China Dr. Zia-ur-Rehman

Assistant Professor


Tek Singh 36 2.20

699 Key technology research of multi-mode vortex EM wave emission, propagation and reception


PSF & Pak-China Dr. Abdul


IBMS 36 1.15

700 Identification of genes controlling male fertility

and their response to temperature stress Pakistan Science


Dr. Nasir Ahmad

Assistant Professor


Fisheries 36 7.65

701 Genomic characterization of prolificacy in goats

for enhanced reproductive performance Pakistan Science


Dr. Faiz-ul-Hassan

Lecturer Animal and


702 Study of energy conversion from waste water

by microalgae Pakistan Science

Foundation PSF & Pak-China Dr. Sana Sadaf

Assistant Professor


36 5.00

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

703

Molecular characterization of cereal nematodes in wheat from Pakistan and germplasm

enhancement for resistance against these nematodes for Pakistan and China


PSF & Pak-China Dr. Muhammad



704

Documenting the therapeutic and antimicrobial potential of microencapsulated essential oils of spices using bionanotechnology against various

metabolic disorders


PSF & Pak-China Dr. Ali Asghar Assistant Professor

NIFSAT 36 7.98

705

Improving soil health and soil microbnial communities through conservation tillage, crop

residues, cover cropping and crop rotation in multiple cropping systems of Pakistan and China


PSF & Pak-China Dr. Shakeel


Agronomy 36 9.27

706 Surveillance and characterization of emerging zoonotic viral pathogens in bats, livestock and

arthropod vectors in Pakistan




Clinical Medicine &

Surgery 36 16.42

707

PD-1/TIM3 mediates T cell exhaustion and immune suppression during the co-infection of

Chlamydia psittaci and avian influenza virus H9N2 in chickens


PSF & Pak-China Prof. Dr. Salim-

ur-Rehman Professor NIFSAT 36 2.77

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

708

Remediation of rural irrigation water by biofilter-electrocatalysis coupled system and

evaluation of its effects on crop growth and soil quality


PSF & Pak-China Prof. Dr. Zahir Ahmad Zahir

Professor Soil &


36 6.00

709 The effect of non-thermal techniques on

peel/pectin obtained from different Chinese and Pakistan citrus verities


PSF & Pak-China Dr. Rana

Muhammad Aadil

Assistant Professor

NIFSAT 36 7.60

710 Mitigation of groundwater and soil arsenic

contamination through innovative management and remediation strategies


PSF & Pak-China Dr. Nabeel Khan Niazi

Assistant Professor


Sciences 36 17.75

711 Management of late flowering and

understanding molecular regulatory mechanism of flowering in mango (Mangifera indica L.)


PSF & Pak-China Prof. Dr. Aman



36 18.54

712

Selection of maize germplasm most responsive to high temperature and identification of the

key genes involving in maize high temperature tolerance



Aslam NIBGE 36 2.20

713 Comparative functional studies on the bHLH transcriptional factors in biotic and abiotic

stress response in cotton and tomato


PSF & Pak-China Dr. Aftab Ahmad

Assistant Professor


714 Development and investigation of

immunopotentiation potential of cytokine IL-33 adjuvanted avain influenza vaccine





Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

715

Development of next generation rainfall-runoff models for flood forecasting and data

assimilation based on the ensemble method with observed hydrological data


PSF & Pak-China Dr. Abdul Nasir Associate Professor


Engineering 36 36.75

716 Extremophilic amino acid dehydrogenase

frameworks for industrial and pharmaceutical applications


PSF & Pak-China Dr. Nayla Munawar

Assistant Professor


717 Special Indigenous on campus training (IOT) Higher Education

Commission Special indigenous

Prof. Dr. Aslam Mirza



718 Impact of land-use changes on soil health and

greenhouse gases emissions


Research Projects

ENVRIplus Transnational Access (TNA) Program, France

Dr. Muhammad Sana Ullah

Assistant Professor


Sciences 12 58.40

719 Biological Evaluation of Traditional Medicinal

Plants


Research Projects ISESCO Joint Research Grant


Assistant Professor

Chemistry 24 1.05

720 Integrated use of available resources for enhancing maize production by capacity

building of maize growers


Research Projects

Maize CGIAR Research Program


Professor Soil &


12 5.20

721 Value Chain analysis of Onions and Chilies in

Sindh,Pakistan


Research Projects

Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam


Assistant Professor

IBMS 24 3.50

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

722

Advancement of the Water Footprint as a Key Indicator in the Global Cotton and Textile

Industry Towards Reaching the UN-Sustainability Development Goals


Research Projects ZEF, Germany



Drainage 12 5.00

723 Development of probiotics embedded in beads

for production of designer foods


Research Projects Ajinomoto Co., Japan

Dr. Muhammad Saeed

Assistant Professor

NIFSAT 12 1.00

724 Development of SHMT strain for biosynthesis of

amino acids


Research Projects Ajinomoto Co., Japan

Dr. Muhammad Saeed

Assistant Professor

NIFSAT 12 1.00

725 Phenotypic and genotypic appraisal of poly-hydroxyalkanotes producing bacteria from

rumen flora of domestic animals


NSLP Dr. Muhammad

Shahid Mahmood

Associate Professor


726 Catalytic properties of extracellular enzymes in

soil under abiotic stresses


Research Projects

Alexander von humboldt (AvH) Foundation, Germany


Assistant Professor


Sciences 12 2.32

727

Molecular Characterization ad pathobiology of Sclerotinia spp causing white mold disease in winter vegetables (eggplant, cucumber and

tomato) and its management



Research Council

ALP Dr. Abdul


Associate Professor


728 Production of Export Quality Chilies through Integrated Nutrient Management Approach


Research Projects



Professor Soil &


36 5.00

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

729 Improvement of onion crop by interspecific hybridization, embryo-rescue and molecular

marker


Research Projects



Assistant Professor


36 5.00

730 Genetic Improvement for enhancing rural

poultry productivity at Institutional and Breeder Group Level


Research Projects


Dr. Zia-ur-Rehman

Assistant Professor


Tek Singh 24 4.95

731 Molecular identification of Phytophthora capsici

from Chilli (Capsicum Annum L.) and their biological control with medicinal plants in Sindh


Research Projects


Dr. Nasir Ahmad Khan

Assistant Professor


732 Evaluation of Comparative Efficacy of

Antibiotics, Probiotics an Acidifier on E-coli Infection and Immune Response in Broilers


Research Projects


Dr. Riaz Mustafa

Assistant Professor


Tek Singh 6 0.63

733

Effect of graded levels of Aflatoxins and Salmonellaenterica serovar gallinarumand their combination on the performance of broiler and

their pathological manifestationsâ€™


Research Projects


Dr. Riaz Mustafa

Assistant Professor


Tek Singh 6 0.59

734 Tackling post harvest losses of rice, chilli and

onion seeds in Sindh through executing climate-smart dry chain technology


Research Projects



Agronomy 24 4.90

735 Addressing Price Volatility through Value Chain

Management: A Case of Onion Markets in Pakistan


Research Projects


Dr. Burhan Ahmad

Assistant Professor

IBMS 24 3.50

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

736

Improving the livelihood of smallholder farmers in the Sindh Province: A value chain approach to optimise their existing practices in the selected

crops


Research Projects


Dr. Mubashir Mahdi

Assistant Professor

IBMS 24 3.50

737 Studying the Dynamics of Foliar applied

potassium and selenium to alleviate terminal heat stress in wheat (triticum aestivum L.)


Research Projects


Dr. Muhammad Farrukh Saleem

Associate Professor

Agronomy 36 2.80

738 Molecular epidemiology and characterization of

C. burnetti in livestock and farmers and its zoonotic significance


Research Projects

UN-NAS, Pakistan Academy of Sciences, One Health Research Fellowship

Dr. Huma Jamil Assistant Professor


739 Ameliorating the drought stress in spring maize

hybrids through exogenous application of organic acids


Research Projects


Dr. Shakeel Ahmad Anjum

Assistant Professor

Agronomy 24 4.20

740 Management of rice stem borers using sex

pheromone traps


Research Projects


Dr. Muhammad Sufian

Assistant Professor

Entomology 30 3.50

741 Management of suckling insect pests of chilli crop using botanical and silicon application


Research Projects


Dr. Muhammad Sufian

Assistant Professor

Entomology 30 2.50

742 Preparing for the future: Drought and white fly resilient chillies for optimum productivity in the

scenario of changing climate


Research Projects


Dr. Shahid Majeed

Assistant Professor

Entomology 24 4.85

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

743 Assessing the role of zero tillage, crop residues

and nitrogen management in improving soil health in rice-wheat cropping system of Punjab


Research Projects



Assistant Professor

Agronomy 24 3.14

744 Policy reforms for enhancing export

competitiveness of selected vegetable value chains (chillies and onion)


Research Projects


Dr. Khalid Mushtaq

Assistant Professor


Economics 18 4.05

745 Identification of Parasite resistant goat breeds

as an indirect way for optimum animal productivity


Research Projects


Dr. Muhammad Imran

Lecturer Parasitology 24 4.78

746 Screening of date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.)

genetic resources of Pakistan in response to different soil regime


Research Projects


Dr. Summar Abbas Naqvi

Assistant Professor


36 4.83

747 Design and Development of Precision Dryer for Value Addition of Agricultural Products Using

Solar Energy


Research Projects


Dr. Anjum Munir

Associate Professor


12 1.63

748 Using genetic barcodes in Allium cepa to

develop sanitated nursery for farming community


Research Projects


Prof. Dr. Muhammad


749 Agronomic strategies for zinc bio-fortification in

rice under aerobic and anaerobic conditions


Research Projects


Dr. Imran Khan Assistant Professor

Agronomy 36 4.70

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

750 Biological control of animal ticks: Alternate solution for improved animal productivity


Research Projects



Assistant Professor


751 Production of Leaf Curl Virus Free Chilli Plants

through Tissue Culture


Research Projects


Dr. Nisar Ahmed

Associate Professor

CABB 36 4.97

752 Improvement of Chilli Crop by Interspecific

Hybridization, Embryo-Rescue and Molecular Marker


Research Projects



Assistant Professor


36 5.00

753 Utilization of medicinal and aromatic plants (MAPS) as Natural Chemical Goldmines for

specialty industrial materials




Assistant Professor

Chemistry 24 1.02

754 Reuse of waste water for bio-fertigation by

adopting floating wetland system


Research Projects


Dr. Abdul Nasir Associate Professor


Engineering 36 4.63

755 Formulation of Moringa Leaf Extracts as Novel

Bio-stimulant for crop improvement





756 Producing More with fewer Resources under

changing Climate Scenario of Pakistan through public-private partnership


Research Projects Sayban International, Lahore


Professor Soil &


12 1.59

757 Testing of different milk pasteurization methods

for control of listeriosis


Research Projects

One Health Fellowship in Pakistan

Dr. Mubarak Ali Assistant Professor


12 1.00

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

758 Biochar Evaluation to improve soil carbon sequestration, fertility, productivity, food

security and sustainability


Research Projects

International Foundation for Science (IFS)


Agronomy 18 1.25

759 Investigation of anti-freeze mechanism and

material within extremophile at Northern areas of Pakistan


Research Projects


Dr. Kanwal Rehman

Assistant Professor


12 0.20

760 Public knowledge of Diabetes: A community-

Based Cross-Sectional


Research Projects

Pakistan Madical Research Council

Dr. Kanwal Rehman

Assistant Professor


12 0.20

761 Estimation of skatole in the muscle of lamb

samples by different spectroscopic methods & chemometerics


Research Projects

Pak-France Joint Research Program (PERIDOT)

Dr. Amna Sahar Assistant Professor

Food Engineering

36 2.19

762 Rapid and non-destructive methods for

detection of fraud meat to ensure food safety during production, storage and distribution


Research Projects

Pak-France Joint Research Program (PERIDOT)


Food Engineering

36 2.19

763 Climate Change Resilient Rice Production

System in Pakistan


Research Projects Ministry of Climate Change



764 Establishment of early warning system to mitigate the impact of climate change in

Pakistan


Research Projects GEF, Small Grant Program



765 Novel filamentous fungal strains for production

of biodiesel


Research Projects



Assistant Professor

Chemistry 24 1.25

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

766

Genetic and biological characterization of strains potato virus Y and potato leaf roll virus

infecting potato in Pakistan and their management


Research Projects


Dr. Khalid Naveed

Assistant Professor


767 Agro-chemicals a potential danger to ecosystem

and human health: the risk assessment for cancer


Research Projects


Dr. Muhammad Rizwan Ashraf

Assistant Professor


24 1.25

768 Genetic diversity analysis and micropropogation

for conservation of prosopis cineraria an endangered species of Drylands of Pakistan


Research Projects


Dr. Irfan Ahmad

Assistant Professor

Forestry and Range

Management 20 1.25

769 Preparation of citrus fruit leather at farm level

to promote farmer's income


Research Projects



Khan

Assistant Professor

Food Engineering

24 1.25

770 Removal of pollutants nitroarenes from water

using hybrid microgels as catalysts


Research Projects


Dr. Shanza Rauf Khan

Lecturer Chemistry 24 1.25

771 Quantification of bio-active compounds from diverse citrus species cultivated in Pakistan


Research Projects


Dr. Muhammad Azam

Assistant Professor


36 1.25

772 Healthy Living: An effect to halt the scale of fraud meat and meat products in Pakistan


Research Projects



Food Engineering

36 1.15

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

773 Genetic diversity of wild and cultivated grapes

in pakistan


Research Projects


Dr. Muhammad Azam

Assistant Professor


36 1.23

774 Combined effect of sonication and pulsed

electric field to improve the quality of the fresh juices


Research Projects


Dr. Rana Muhammad

Aadil

Assistant Professor

NIFSAT 24 1.25

775 Acute and chrnoic cytotoxic and genotoxic risk assessment of pesticides used against dengue

vector mosquito in pakistan


Research Projects


Dr. Ahmad Nawaz

Assistant Professor

Entomology 12 1.20

776 Evaluation of indigenous baculovirus biological

control potential against lepidopteran insect pests of cotton


Research Projects


Dr. Ahmad Nawaz

Assistant Professor

Entomology 18 1.25

777 Molecular characterization of potato cyst

nematodes from core potato growing districts of Paksitan


Research Projects



Assistant Professor


778 Antifungal potential of arabidopsis THI2.4 peptide against chickpea blight pathogen

(Ascochta rabiei)


Research Projects


Dr. Amjad Abbas

Assistant Professor


779

Developing drought tolerant genotypes of eucalyptus by screening open pollinated half-sib

seed pro-genies: ensuring sustainable productivity and improving local food security


Research Projects


Dr. Fahad Rasheed

Assistant Professor

Forestry and Range

Management 24 1.25

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

780 Role of phytochemicals on the behaviour of

mosquitoes under laboratory conditions


Research Projects


Dr. Shahid Majeed

Assistant Professor

Entomology 24 1.25

781 Economic Impact of Agricultural Technology on

crop productivity and poverty reduction


Research Projects Economic Wing

Dr. Maqsood Hussain

Associate Professor


Rural Development

12 3.34

782 Use of nanometric and micrometric magnetites

to promote fenton-like oxidant of two commercial dyes in industrial wastewater


Research Projects



Science)

Assistant Professor


Sciences 24 1.25

783 Preparation of emulsion based edible coatings

through electrospraying


Research Projects



Khan

Assistant Professor

Food Engineering

24 1.25

784 Preparation and characterization of aloe vera

gel based emulsified edible coatings/films


Research Projects


Dr. Abid Aslam Maan

Assistant Professor

Food Engineering

24 1.25

785 Development and demonstration of socially and economically acceptable IPM approach for the

control of fruit fly in mango orchards



Dr. Muhammad Ahsan Khan

Associate Professor

Entomology 24 14.31

786 Improving Agricultural Productivity and

reducing rural poverty.




Associate Professor

Entomology 36 9.27

787 Adsorption-enhanced photdegradation of

textile dyes wastewater using magnetically separable catalyst


Research Projects


Dr. Muhammad Zahid

Assistant Professor

Chemistry 24 1.25

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

788 Formulation, characterization and biological

evaluation of green nano therapeutics


Research Projects


Dr. Nazish Jahan

Assistant Professor

Chemistry 24 1.25

789 Life time of inorganic nano particles in the

organism


Research Projects


Dr. Yasir Javed Assistant Professor

Physics 24 1.25

790 Synthesis and application of grapheme

reinforced nano metal matrix composites in photovoltaic devices and super capacitors


Research Projects


Dr. Saba Jamil Assistant Professor

Chemistry 24 1.25

791 Design eco-efficient, productive and robust rice

systems


Research Projects


Dr. Masood Iqbal Awan

Assistant Professor

Agronomy 36 1.25

792 Endophyte and photosynthesis: the role of

endophytic carbonic anhydrases in enhancing plant photosynthesis and productivity


Research Projects


Dr. Muhammad Naveed

Assistant Professor


Sciences 12 1.25

793 Identification of factors affecting the adoption

of non-conventional rural enterprises in the Punjab, Pakistan




Assistant Professor


Economics 12 3.12

794 Producer cooperatives for value addition in Agricultural sector of Pakistan: A Baseline

survey for Dairy, Citrus and Mango Sub-sectors




Assistant Professor


Economics 12 3.13

795 Raman spectroscopy for diagnosis for breast

cancer by using blood serum samples


Research Projects

Pak-France Joint Research Program (PERIDOT) 2016

Dr. Haq Nawaz (Chemistry)

Assistant Professor

Chemistry 24 3.65

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

796 Improving agricultural productivity and reducing

rural poverty




Assistant Professor


Economics 12 1.50

797 Markets for wheat price stabilization:

implications for agricultural productivity and poverty reduction



Dr. Khalid Mushtaq

Assistant Professor


Economics 24 365.00

798 Low Agricultural Productivity in Pakistan: Policy

Options for sustainable Growth


Research Projects Economic Wing Dr. Asghar Ali

Assistant Professor


Economics 12 2.65

799 Development of Biofilm Reactor: An Integrated System for Heavy Metal Reduction and Biofuel

Production


Research Projects



Assistant Professor


12 1.25

800 synthesis and application of natural deep

eutectic solvents for the extraction of bioactive ingredients from medicinal plants


Research Projects


Dr. Muhammad Zahid

Assistant Professor

Chemistry 24 1.25

801 Degradation of selected pesticides containing wastewater by using fenton based oxidation

reaction


Research Projects


Dr. Muhammad Zahid

Assistant Professor

Chemistry 24 1.25

802 Development of on the go weed detection system and variable rate sprayer for spot

application of herbicides in sugarcane


Research Projects


Dr. Rizwan Maqbool

Assistant Professor

Agronomy 36 1.25

803 Colored Wastewater Treatment using low cost

polymeric Bio-composites


Research Projects


Ms. Saima Noreen

Lecturer Chemistry 36 1.25

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

804 The production of brassica tri-genomic

vegetable oil by the interspecific hybridisation between brassica napus and brassica nigra


Research Projects



Assistant Professor


30 1.25

805 Ferroelectric materials for solar cell applications International Collaborative

Research Projects

International Foundation for Science (IFS, Sweden

Dr. Muhammad Yaseen

(Physics)

Assistant Professor

Physics 36 1.25

806 Fabrication and characterization of high energy

radiation resistant solar cells


Research Projects

US Pakistan Center for Advanced Studies in Water,

Mehran University of Engineering & Technology,

Jomoshor

Dr. Khurram Ali Assistant Professor

Physics 12 2.30

807 Performance of expandable polystyrene beads against larval stages of Aedes, Anopheles and

Culex


Research Projects

Petrochemicals (private) Limited, Karachi

Prof. Dr. Waseem Akram


808 Organic / Inorganic CZTS Hybrid Solar Cells-A

Step Way Forward Towards Cost Effective Renewable Energy


Research Projects

US-Pakistan Center for Advanced Studies in Energy

(USPCAS-E) NUST Dr. Javed Iqbal

Assistant Professor

Chemistry 12 3.24

809 Production of bio-diesel from microalgae:

process optimization


Research Projects PhosAgro / UNESCO/IUPAC Dr. Sana Sadaf

Assistant Professor


12 3.13

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

810 Scientific evaluation of water courses lining

(NPIW) project in Punjab: Learning from past for better future


Research Projects



Jomoshor


Assistant Professor


12 2.00

811 Making water policy by considering impact of exo-events on the climate change of Pakistan


Research Projects



Jomoshor


Assistant Professor


12 1.91

812 Impact assessment of treated wastewater use

on soil and water productivity in Faisalabad through experimental and modeling approach


Research Projects


Mehran Unviersity of Engineering & Technology,

Jamshoro


Assistant Professor


12 2.96

813 Designing, development and performance

evaluation of rational carrot washer for small scale farmer


NSLP Mr.Muhammad Tuseef Asghar

Lecturer Sub-Campus


814 Small poultry holder model for poverty

alleviation and food security of the rural house holds


Research Projects ICDD, Germany

Dr. Umar Farooq

Assistant Professor


Tek Singh 24 2.92

815 Capacity Building of rural women in livestock

value chains and its impact on household welfare




Assistant Professor


Economics 24 1.11

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

816 Role of Micro-finance in raising the house hold

welfare: An empirical analysis from gender perspective




Assistant Professor


Economics 24 1.11

817 Studies on heat induced impairments and their

recovery through applied selenium and ascorbie acid in cotton


NSLP Dr. Muhammad Farrukh Saleem

Associate Professor

Agronomy 36 2.95

818

Nutritive-based capacity building of rural women in producing and preparing meal: A

smart Solution to improve nutrition level of the house hold through value added food practices


Research Projects UKAID

Dr. Rakhshanda Akhtar

Assistant Professor


819 Trade liberalization, Food security and food systems Nexus: plotting pathways for policy

makers of developing countries


Research Projects UKAID

Dr. Rakhshanda Akhtar

Assistant Professor


820 Monetary valuation of frozen processed food

products Punjab Agricultural

Research Board PARB

Dr. Waseem Ahmad

Assistant Professor

IBMS 18 4.09

821 Development of indigenized instant heat milk

pasteurizing unit Punjab Agricultural

Research Board PARB

Dr. Muhammad Azam Khan

Associate Professor

Food Engineering

12 0.75

822 Rabbit farming and its implications on

nutritional status of rural adolescent girls



Dr. Khalid Mushtaq

Assistant Professor


Economics 12 2.67

823 Use of value added compost enriched with

phosphorus and potassium solubilizing bacteria for vegetable farming


PSF and TÜBITAK Dr. Sajid

Mahmood Nadeem

Assistant Professor


24 5.25

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

824 Organic/inorganic CZTS hybrid solar cells Pakistan Science

Foundation PSF and TÜBITAK Dr. Javed Iqbal

Assistant Professor

Chemistry 24 0.24

825 Integrated system for wastewater treatment,

biohydrogen and biodiesel production Pakistan Science

Foundation PSF and TÜBITAK


Assistant Professor


24 3.92

826 Effect of different plant seed oils on the fatty

acid profile and cholesterol level in milk of lactating dairy cows and buffaloes


PSF and TÜBITAK Dr. Shaukat Ali



24 16.60

827 Germplasm characterization and molecular

mapping of leaf curl virus resistance in cotton Pakistan Science


Prof. Dr. Asif Ali Khan


& Genetics 24 9.10

828

Determination of distribution, parasitoids and insecticide resistance of Chilo partellus

(Swinhoe, 1885) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) in Pakistan and Turkey


PSF and TÜBITAK Dr. Rashad


Entomology 24 4.05

829 Engineering virus resistance in cotton using

RNA-directed sequence specific nuclease CRISPR/Cas9


PSF and TÜBITAK Dr. Aftab Ahmad

Assistant Professor


830 Identification of heat and drought tolerance

genes in wheat and barley using Brachypodium as model system


PSF and TÜBITAK Dr. Aftab Ahmad

Assistant Professor


831 Improvement of strawberry crop by employing

biotechnological approaches Pakistan Science


Dr. Ghulam Mustafa

Assistant Professor

CABB 24 6.61

832 Vermitechnology-a strategy to combat food

security due to nutrient deficiency in soil Pakistan Science


Dr. Zubair Aslam

Assistant Professor

Agronomy 24 14.54

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

833 Bioconversion of organic waste materials at

campus into value-added organic fertilizer for sustainable agriculture


PSF Dr. Muhammad

Javed Akhtar Associate Professor


Sciences 36 1.96

834 Evaluation and transfer of system of rice

intensification (SRI) technology to improve rice production on sustainable basis


PSF Dr. Muhammad



Sciences 36 1.94

835 Trans fat intake risk assessment in peri-urban

population groups of Faisalabad region in Pakistan


Research Projects ISESCO Research Grant

Dr. Asim Shabbir

Assistant Professor

NIFSAT 24 1.04

836 Agricultural market reform in Pakistan to

enhance growth, employment & productivity


Research Projects ACIAR, Germany


Assistant Professor

IBMS 36 2.69

837

Infectious and heavy metal contamination routes in the Drinking Water and Vegetable

Supply Chains of an industrial city (Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan)


Research Projects

Leveraging Agriculture for Nutrition in South Asia

(LANSA) 2015


Assistant Professor


838

Bio fortified legumes: A step towards developing policies for nutrient sensitive

agriculture for better nutrition and livelihood of poor farming communities of South Asia


Research Projects


(LANSA) 2014


Professor Soil &


12 10.56

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

839

Capacity building, nutritional security and economic empowerment of marginal and small farmers located at different zones of Pakistan

through value addition of indigenous fruits


Research Projects


(LANSA) 2014



840 Nutritive-based Education and Training of Rural Women: A Smart Solution to Improve Nutrition

Outcomes in Women and Children


Research Projects


(LANSA) 2014


Assistant Professor


Economics 12 7.42

841 Reducing hidden hunger in South Asia through

crop bio-fortification


Research Projects


(LANSA) 2014



& Genetics 12 7.54

842 Post translational effects of silencing fer1,fer2 and irp1 gene in Hyalomma ticks through RNA

interference technology


Research Projects ISESCO Research Grant


Assistant Professor


843 Enhancing food security and climate change

resilience in the degraded land areas


Research Projects

International Food Policy Research Institute, (IFPRI)

Dr. Muhammad Saqib (Soil Science)

Associate Professor


Sciences 24 4.87

844 Initiation and Development of Tillering in wheat International Collaborative

Research Projects

PAK-US Science & Technology Cooperation Program 2014

Dr. Rizwan Maqbool

Assistant Professor

Agronomy 36 24.65

845 Strengthening weekly food markets in Punjab

through decent marketing practices


Research Projects

International Center for Development and Decent

Work (ICDD)


Assistant Professor

IBMS 24 2.20

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

846 Capacity Strengthening for Excellence in

Research: Parasitic Infectious Diseases and their Arthropod Vectors


Research Projects


Prof. Dr. Zafar iqbal

Professor Parasitology 36 20.64

847 Empowering women through capacity building

in off-farm earning activities in developing countries


SRGP 2014 Dr. Rakhshanda



Economics 12 0.50

848 Enhancing Meat and Meat Products Shelf Life and Safety through Capacity Building in Meat

Processing


Research Projects



Assistant Professor

NIFSAT 36 19.69

849 Solution Assisted Laser Ablation Synthesis and Characterization of Metallic Nanoparticles for

Various Applications


Research Projects ISESCO Research Grants

Dr. Ayesha Younus

Assistant Professor

Physics 24 1.02

850 Identification of Nicotianamine acid synthase

(NAS) genes from wheat to improve micro nutrient status during early life



Dr. Aftab Ahmad

Assistant Professor


851 Over-expression of rice nicotianamine acid

synthase ( OsNAS) genes in wheat for effective biofortification of wheat endosperm



Dr. Aftab Ahmad

Assistant Professor


852 Study of T-DNA knock-out lines of target genes

for basic helix loop helix (AtbHLH106) transcription factor in Arabidopsis


SRGP 2013 Dr. Aftab Ahmad

Assistant Professor


853 Characterization of systemic acquired resistance in tomato against early blight (Alternaria solani)


SRGP 2013 Dr. Arbab



Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

854 Synthesis of Graphene metal oxides

nanohybrids/composites and their application


Research Projects

Comstech-TWAS joint Research Grant Programme


Chemistry 18 1.58

855 Antimicrobial and anticancer activities of

medicinal plants


Research Projects



Assistant Professor

Chemistry 18 1.58

856

Raman micro spectroscopy and cell based assays for evaluation of the anticancer activity

of the active compounds extracted from essential oils


Research Projects



Assistant Professor

Chemistry 18 1.58

857 Production of biofuels from high oil yielding

algae and filamentous fungi


Research Projects



Assistant Professor

Chemistry 18 1.58

858 Reclamation of salt affected soils by using

electrokinetic method


Research Projects


Dr. Kashif Kamran

Assistant Professor

Physics 18 1.56

859 Assessment of emerging antibiotic resistant

bacteria from animal food and environment for food safety


PSF Prof. Dr. Sajjad-

ur-Rehman Professor Microbiology 36 6.72

860 Development and demonstration of resource

conservation technologies for sustainable production of basmati rice


PARB Dr. Muhammad


Agronomy 60 26.77

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

861

Genomic sequencing and construction of infectious cDNA clones of FMD virus serotypes for making custom made chimeric vaccine in

future studies



Dr. Muhammad Aamir Aslam

Assistant Professor

CABB 18 1.56

862 Application of metabolomics to biomaker

discovery in pneumonia disease



Dr. Fozia Saleem

Assistant Professor

CABB 18 1.56

863

Quantifying the impact of bio-fuel Jatropha curcas crop through metabolomics analysis on

insects and biological agents in Pakistan: A step towards renewable energy source



Dr. Zunnu Raen Akhtar

Assistant Professor

Entomology 18 1.56

864

Effect of replacing antibiotics with refined functional carbohydrates on production performance, carcass characteristics and

immune responses of briolers


Research Projects VI-COR, USA

Dr. Shaukat Ali Bhatti

Assistant Professor


3 0.25

865

Determining soil mineralogy and pottasium dynamics in the soils for optimum crop growth:

an approach to formulate precise potassium fertilizer recommendations


Research Projects


Dr. Abdul Wakeel

Assistant Professor


Sciences 18 1.58

866 Design and synthesis of efficient organic

photovoltiac materials for organic solar cells: A step way forward towards renewable energy


Research Projects


Dr. Javed Iqbal Assistant Professor

Chemistry 18 1.58

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

867 Seroprevalance of feline leukemia virus and

feline immunodeficiency virus infection among cats in Faisalabad, Pakistan


SRGP 2013 Dr. Sultan Ali Assistant Professor


868 Strengthening Diagnostic, Research and Outreach facilities at the University of

Agriculture, Faisalabad-Pakistan


Research Projects

Japan's Technical cooperation development study and grant

aid

Dr. Babar Shahbaz

Associate Professor


Rural Development

36 208.70

869 Design, development and performance

evaluation of indigenous solar assisted rolling brush type root crop washer


Research Projects

Japan's Technical cooperation development study and grant

aid

Dr. Abdul Ghafoor (Farm

Machinery) Lecturer

Farm Machinery &

Power 36 4.74

870 Alleviating the drought-induced oxidative

damage by exogenous application of fulvic acid in twenty contrasting wheat cultivars




Assistant Professor

Agronomy 36 2.99

871 Evaluating varying rice-wheat cropping system

to improve crop productivity



Prof. Dr. Ehsanullah


872 Building Resilience of Smallholder Farmers in

Punjab



Dr. Muhammad Farooq

Associate Professor

Agronomy 48 38.00

873 Improving Public Health through Biofortification

of Cereal Grains with Zinc and Iron



Dr. Muhammad Farooq

Associate Professor

Agronomy 36 17.00

874 Improving soil productivity through crop reidues management and green manuring in rice-wheat

cropping systemof the punjab.



Prof. Dr. Ehsanullah


Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

875 Ameliorating the interactive effect of drought and salinity stress by potential ascorbic acid in

different maize hybrids




Assistant Professor

Agronomy 36 2.90

876 Molecular characterization of indigenous and commercial layer breeds of chicken using DNA

markers



Dr. Sibtain Ahmad

Assistant Professor


Tek Singh 36 4.28

877 Engineering resistance against citrus bacterial diseases like citrus greening i.e, HLB through

transgenic approach



Dr. Muhammad Mubin

Assistant Professor

CABB 36 5.00

878 Integrated and sustainable approach to

anhance folder and livestock production by using marginal land and water resources



Dr. Zulfiqar Ahmad Saqib

Assistant Professor


Sciences 36 18.65

879 Control of drug resistant/susceptible worms of sheep by targeted selective treatments using

FAMACHA system



Dr. Zia ud Din Sindhu

Assistant Professor


880

Improvement and demonstration of communally and economically suitable IPM

approach for the control of Mango Fruit fly in mango Orchards.




Associate Professor

Entomology 36 4.43

881 Exploring the nutraceutical potential of milk

thistle to alleviate hepatic malfunctioning


Research Projects Economic Wing Dr. Allah Rakha

Assistant Professor

NIFSAT 24 4.97

882 Training needs Assesment and Capacity Building of Vegetable Growers in Peri-Urban Areas of the

Punjab-Pakistan



Dr. Ijaz Ashraf Gill

Assistant Professor


Rural Development

36 4.24

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

883 Effects of transgenic wheat harbouring DREBIA

and gdhA on microbial communities2



Dr. Nisar Ahmed

Associate Professor

CABB 24 2.46

884 Relative toxicity of single and dual-toxin Bt

cotton cultivars against target and non-target insects to improve crop production



Dr. Muhammad Arshad

(Entomology)

Assistant Professor

Entomology 36 3.61

885 Biodiversity of soil inhabiting mites in relation to soil parameters and farming practices from different ecological zones of Punjab, Pakistan




Associate Professor

Entomology 24 3.74

886

Assessment of efficient sex pheromones including nanotechnology (nanogels) and their range of attraction to control fruit fly species in

Punjab, Pakistan



Dr. Muhammad Sufian

Assistant Professor

Entomology 36 3.25

887 Effect of diffeerent pakaging materials on

quality of wheat during storage



Dr. Aamir Shahzad

Assistant Professor

NIFSAT 24 4.14

888 Constraints analysis for low basmati rice

productivity Punjab Agricultural

Research Board ADB-PARB

Prof. Dr. Muhammad

Ashfaq Professor


Economics 24 0.03

889 Bridging genetics and classical breeding

approaches for hirsutization of arboreum cotton


PARB Dr. Iqrar


CABB 60 27.00

890 Enhanced crop production by controlling soil-

borne diseases using agro-nanotechnology Punjab Agricultural

Research Board PARB


Assistant Professor


Sciences 36 18.74

891 Selection and development of short duration

determinate soybean germplasm/cultivars Punjab Agricultural

Research Board PARB

Prof. Dr. Hafeez Ahmad Sadaqat


& Genetics 60 11.20

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

892 Morphogenetic characterization & clonal

propagation of guava selections, hybrids and mutants for crop improvement


PARB Dr. Muhammad

Usman (Horticulture)

Assistant Professor


36 20.16

893 Sustainable small-scale model hydroponic

system to increase the value and quality of high value vegetables for smallholders and families


PARB Dr. Rashad

Waseem Khan Qadri

Assistant Professor


36 13.75

894

Improve reproductive efficiency of camels through research and training -the key to improve overall camel (C. dromedarius)

production in Pakistan


PARB Prof. Dr. Anas

Sarwar Qureshi Professor Anatomy 60 18.83

895 Extraction of bioactive ingrediendents from

citrus plants by using synthesized ionic liquids as solvents


PARB Dr. Muhammad


Chemistry 36 11.27

896

Estimating of spatial and temporal variability of boron deficiency or toxicity in saline

environment to explore B use efficiency to sustain soil and crop helath


PARB Dr. Muhammad Anwar-ul-Haq

Assistant Professor


Sciences 36 25.34

897 Pathological factors involved in the citrus fruit

blemishes on citrus and its integrated management


PARB Dr. Sajid Aleem



898 Sustainable fodder production with sewage

water irrigation in peri-urban areas Punjab Agricultural

Research Board PARB

Prof. Dr. Javaid Akhtar

Professor Soil &


60 18.73

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

899

Development and demonstration of socially and economically acceptable Year-round IPM

approach for suppression of mango fruit fly: a great threat to mango export


PARB Prof. Dr.

Muhammad Jalal Arif


900

Developoment of wood-plastics-composites (WPC) using local agriculture and forestry based

residues for construction, furniture and fruit packaging industries


PARB Dr. Muhammad

Shabir Mahr Assistant Professor

Physics 36 18.62

901 Risk assessment and biocontrol of moulds and

mycotoxins in oranges Punjab Agricultural

Research Board PARB

Dr. Muhammad Saeed

Assistant Professor

NIFSAT 24 23.15

902 Development of salinity tolerant wheat through

participatory plant breeding approach Punjab Agricultural

Research Board PARB

Prof. Dr. Abdus Salam Khan


& Genetics 36 19.92

903 Improving yield, drought and salinity tolerance in wheat through GA-sensitive dwarfing gene

system


PARB Dr. Zulfiqar Ali Professor Plant Breeding

& Genetics 60 42.62

904

Detection and genetic chracterization of biologically distinct strains of Potato virus Y,

potato virus S and Potato leaf roll virus infecting potato in Pakistan and their management


PARB Dr. Khalid Naveed

Assistant Professor


905

Evaluation of pesticides and heavy metal residues in poultry feed, water meat and eggs in the vicnityof industrial cities of Punjab and their

remediation


PARB Dr. Bilal Aslam Assistant Professor


48 17.41

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

906 Engineering broad spectrum resistance against citrus tristeza virus and citrus greening disease


PARB Dr. Muhammad


CABB 60 19.87

907 Preservation and propagation of healthy

Shisham (Dalbergia sissoo) through cloning of resistant germplasm against dieback disease


PARB Dr. Iqrar


CABB 60 28.56

908 Biofortification of local wheat with folate and other essential vitamins through transgenic

technology


PARB Dr. Abdul Wakeel

Assistant Professor


Sciences 36 16.00

909 Development of mechanical cotton hand picker as an efficient, cost effective and decent work

application for female workers


PARB Dr. Assad

Farooq Assistant Professor

Fibre and Textile

Technology 36 16.96

910 Use of information technologies for precision agriculture in water shortage areas of Punjab,

Pakistan


PARB Dr. Syed Hamid Hussain Shah

Assistant Professor


48 19.22

911

Development and validation of endophytic microorganisms and aphid natural enemies

based IPM module for aphid management in canola crop


PARB Dr. Ahmad


Entomology 36 9.48

912 Screening and management of indigenous date

palm genetic resources against Fusarium wilt and red palm weevil; and their conservation


PARB Prof. Dr. Iqrar Ahmad Khan


Sciences 48 44.88

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

913 Integrated disease management of guava

decline Punjab Agricultural

Research Board PARB

Dr. Aftab Ali Bukhari

Assistant Professor


914 Onion value chain and its development Punjab Agricultural

Research Board PARB

Dr. Waseem Ahmad

Assistant Professor

IBMS 24 9.28

915 Catalyst free production of biodiesel using Jatropha oil and waste cooking oil under

microwave assistance


PARB Prof. Dr. Haq Nawaz Bhatti (Chemistry)

Professor Chemistry 36 18.98

916 Molecular study for sustainable management of phytoplasma associated disease and their insect

vectors


PARB Dr. Samina Jam

Nazir Ahmad Assistant Professor

Botany 48 21.38

917 Socio-economic impact of pesticides and heavy

metal residues on indigenous livestock production and health


PARB Dr. Junaid Ali



48 16.26

918 Sustainable coating of fresh fruits at farm level

to maintain quality throughout the supply chain Punjab Agricultural

Research Board PARB


Khan

Assistant Professor

Food Engineering

36 12.62

919 Development of heat tolerant cotton

(Gossypium hirsutum L) variety Punjab Agricultural

Research Board PARB

Mr. Muhammad

Tehseen Azhar Lecturer


48 35.35

920 Detection and mitigation of aflatoxin and heavy

metals in rice to boost its export potential Punjab Agricultural

Research Board PARB



921 Probing the claim of Pakistani Quinoa seed as a

potential source of edible oil Punjab Agricultural

Research Board PARB

Dr. Asim Shabbir

Assistant Professor

NIFSAT 24 5.96

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

922

Development and demonstration of biopesticides from endophytic and phosphorus

solubilization bacteria for improving the productivity of cotton -wheat cropping system


PARB Prof. Dr. Zahir Ahmad Zahir

Professor Soil &


60 36.35

923 The Nexus between ownershipsecurity,

agricultural productivity and incidence of poverty in Punjab, Pakistan


PARB Dr. Rakhshanda



Economics 14 8.94

924 Modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) -an

innovative tool to improve keeping quality of fresh fruits


PARB Dr. Moazzam


NIFSAT 24 7.47

925 Production potential of summer forages grown

on marignal lands through agronomic management techniques


PARB Dr. Asif Iqbal Assistant Professor

Agronomy 24 9.94

926

Monitoring and remediation (electrokinetic) of radionuclides causing risk to health due to

contamination in food, under natural emergency


PARB Ms. Ramiza Lecturer Physics 60 19.94

927

Ovulation induction in pre-pubertal Nili Ravi buffalo heifers using different estrous

synchronization techniques and its relationship with pregnancy rate


PARB Dr. Huma Jamil Assistant Professor


928 Bionomic and control of mites associated with

citrus in Punjab Punjab Agricultural

Research Board PARB


Associate Professor

Entomology 36 9.27

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

929

Production of pizza cheese through development of starter cultures and microbial based rennet like milk clotting enzymes from

local sources


PARB Dr. Ayesha


NIFSAT 36 15.47

930 Enhancing chickpea yeild by developing resistance against pod borers through

accumulation of cry protein in green cells


PARB Prof. Dr.



931

Development and demonstration of socially and economically acceptable IPM approach for the control of Mango fruit fly in mango orchards of

Multan District


PARB Dr. Muhammad


Entomology 36 21.34

932

Comparative evaluation of Heamatological, serological and histo-pathological effects of

Lambda-cyhalothrin and cypermethrin in brioler chicken


PARB Dr. Riaz Mustafa

Assistant Professor


Tek Singh 12 18.48

933 Development of insecticide free IPM package for suppression of melon fruit fly in cucurbit

vegetables


PARB Dr. Muhammad


Entomology 36 8.57

934 Strategies for safe use of wastewater from growing flower crops in peri-urban areas


PARB Prof. Dr. Ghulam Murtaza

Professor Soil &


60 20.43

935 Use of humic acid as growth promoter and its performance evaluation in brioler and layer


PARB Dr. Muhammad Farooq Khalid

Assistant Professor


Tek Singh 36 12.75

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

936 Investigation of traits controlling fertility in

Japanese quail and implication in minimizing breeder costs


PARB Prof. Dr. Pervez

Akhtar Professor


Tek Singh 36 9.14

937 Use of medicinal plants as growth promoter and

their nutrigenomics evaluation in brioler Punjab Agricultural

Research Board PARB

Prof. Dr. Pervez Akhtar

Professor UAF Sub-

Campus, Toba Tek Singh

36 9.29

938 Development of High Yielding Pea Varieties,

Resistant to Fusarium Wilt and Powdery Mildew Diseases


PARB Dr. Muhammad

Abubakkar Azmat

Assistant Professor


60 7.53

939

Synergistic use of biogas residues and plant growth rhizo bacteria for enhance sunflower oil

seed production and its value addition in relation to storage stability


PARB Mr.

Muhammad Asif Khan

Lecturer Sub-Campus


940 Linkages between Agricultural Productivity and

Poverty across different Cropping System in Punjab


PARB Dr. Nasir Nadeem

Assistant Professor


12 7.36

941 Non-conventional rural entrepreneurship opportunities for income generation and

nutritional security


PARB Dr. Muhammad



Economics 36 20.00

942 Commercial scale propagation of date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) promising varieties


PARB Dr. Rashad

Waseem Khan Qadri

Assistant Professor


60 43.14

943

Use of harmal (Peganum harmala L.) seeds extract in the the treatment of bovine tropical

theileriasis in cattle and buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis) in Punjab


PARB Dr. Farrah


Clinical Medicine &

Surgery 48 16.50

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

944 Genetic barcoding of superior sugarcane lines

for increased yield and sugar recovery Punjab Agricultural

Research Board PARB

Dr. Ghulam Mustafa

Assistant Professor

CABB 60 19.44

945 Germplasm analysis and multiplication of jujube

(Ziziphus mauritiana Lamk) for enhanced fruit and fodder production in marginal lands


PARB Dr. Fakhar-ud-

Din Razi Assistant Professor


36 12.44

946 Biochemical, functional and end use

perspectives of Stevia grown in Pakistan Punjab Agricultural

Research Board PARB

Dr. Imran Pasha

Associate Professor

NIFSAT 24 12.40

947 Breeding soybean for adaption and high yield in

agro-ecological zones of Punjab Punjab Agricultural

Research Board PARB

Dr. Hammad Nadeem Tahir

Assistant Professor


60 19.25

948 Water and nutrient management strategies to

enhance cotton production Punjab Agricultural

Research Board PARB

Prof. Dr. Muhammad

Maqsood Professor Agronomy 36 10.87

949 Development and quality enhancement of

paper based food packaging materials from indigenous agricultural residues


PARB Dr. Abid Aslam

Maan Assistant Professor

Food Engineering

48 14.06

950 Disease and pest management in vegetables by

balance use of fertilizers Punjab Agricultural

Research Board PARB


Professor Soil &


48 26.55

951 Shaping ideal rice plant architecture for

improved lodging resistance and increased yield Punjab Agricultural

Research Board PARB

Dr. Nisar Ahmed

Associate Professor

CABB 60 7.75

952 Reverse engineering and indigenization of

multipurpose seed drilling machine Punjab Agricultural

Research Board PARB


Machinery) Lecturer

Farm Machinery &

Power 60 3.50

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

953 Development of liquid fertilizer applicator for

precise application of fertilizers Punjab Agricultural

Research Board PARB


Machinery) Lecturer

Farm Machinery &

Power 60 3.00

954

Exploration of Toll-like receptors (TLR) and Inter-Leukins (IL) and their vital role in

enhancing immuneresponse agaisnt diseases of economic importance in layer


PARB Dr. Sibtain



Tek Singh 48 12.18

955 Supplemental methionine from different

sources and its performance evaluation in Layer chicken performance in Pakistan


PARB Dr. Lubna

Anjum Lecturer


36 11.27

956 Selective breeding of different varieties of

Turkey Bird for meat production in Pakistan Punjab Agricultural

Research Board PARB

Dr. Zia-ur-Rehman

Assistant Professor


Tek Singh 60 19.93

957 Sugarcane crop improvement through

engineering Raffinose oligosaccharides pathway for enhancing cold tolerance


PARB Dr. Siddra Ijaz Assistant Professor

CABB 60 39.91

958 Best cotton picking practices for female workers

using mechanical hand picker Punjab Agricultural

Research Board AIP

Dr. Assad Farooq

Assistant Professor

Fibre and Textile

Technology 24 5.00

959 Investigating potential risks of zoonotic

transmission of antibiotic resistant bacteria at human-animal interface


AIP Dr. Syed


Assistant Professor


960 Potential use of superabsorbent polymers in improving wheat productivity under water

deficit conditions


AIP Dr. Muhammad


Agronomy 24 3.50

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

961 Acquisition and evaluation of different fruit

plant species for salinity and drought affected areas


AIP Dr. Muhammad

Saqib (Soil Science)

Associate Professor


Sciences 24 4.95

962 Value Chain Analysis of Major Vegetables in

Punjab, Pakistan Punjab Agricultural

Research Board AIP


Assistant Professor

IBMS 24 3.20

963 Effect of supplemental methionine from

different soruces of broiler chicken performance



Tariq Assistant Professor


Tek Singh 12 0.50

964 Inlfuence of phytobiotic on growth performance

and gut morphology in broiler chicken Higher Education


Dr. Sibtain Ahmad

Assistant Professor


Tek Singh 12 0.50

965 Breeding behavior and full-sib progeny arrays

selection by using SSR DNA markers and paternity analysis



Asif Javed Assistant Professor

Forestry and Range

Management 12 0.50

966

Study of genetic diversity of Xcm on the basis of 165 rDNA sequence in south Punjab and invitro testing of plant thionin AMPs against its most

virulent race


Research Projects

International Foundation for Science (IFS) 2014

Dr. Amjad Abbas

Assistant Professor


967 Innovative Rural Entrepreneurship Ideas for

Ensuring Food Accessibility: A Baseline Survey


Research Projects



Assistant Professor


Economics 24 1.15

968 Surveillance of cryptosporidium in HIV/AIDS

infected patients in Pakistan


Research Projects


Dr. Muhammad Kasib Khan

Assistant Professor


Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

969 Bio-hydrometallurgical recovery of metals from

spent hydrodesulphurization catalyst Higher Education

Commission SRGP 2013 Dr. Sadia Ilyas

Assistant Professor

Chemistry 12 0.50

970

Governance and Development Outcomes: Evidence from Pakistanâ€• under Thematic

Research Grant Programme (Phase-III) (Research Domain Theme, â€œGovernance and

Developmentâ€•)


TRGP Dr. Khalid Mushtaq

Assistant Professor


Economics 12 1.96

971

Character building through education in Pakistanâ€• under Thematic Research Grant

Programme Phase-III (under research domain-theme), â€œEducation Policy, leadership and

management for the 21st century


TRGP 2014 Dr. Nasir Nadeem

Assistant Professor


12 3.30

972 Design of Efficient Material for Photovolatile

Application by Computational Approach Higher Education

Commission SRGP 2013 Dr. Javed Iqbal

Assistant Professor

Chemistry 12 0.50

973

Governance and Development Outcomes: Evidence from Pakistan under Thematic Research Grant Programme (Phase-III)

(Research Domain Theme, Governance and Development)


TRGP 2014 Dr. Khalid Mushtaq

Assistant Professor


Economics 12 1.96

974

Spatio-temporal impact assessment of waste water on soil and water productivity in

Faisalabad: experimental and modelling approach


Research Projects


Work (ICDD)


Assistant Professor


24 6.76

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

975 Identification of socio-economic factors affecting livelihoods of rural women and

younger households


Research Projects


Work (ICDD)


Assistant Professor


Economics 24 2.13

976 Socio-economic determinants of agricultural

credit access and misuse in rice, cotton, wheat growers of Pakistan


Research Projects


Work (ICDD) Dr. Ghaffar Ali

Assistant Professor


Economics 24 6.49

977 Energy self-sufficient farms initiative, A

sustainable clean energy technology for farm through Pyrolyser biomass reactors(PBR)


Research Projects USAID Dr. Fahd Rasul

Assistant Professor

Agronomy 12 1.00

978 Development of fusarium wilt resistant and high

yielding chickpea genotypes through genetic improvement


PARB Dr. Muhammad

Ahsan Associate Professor


60 27.39

979 Empowering women through capacity building

in off-farm earning activities in developing countries


Research Projects

The United Kingdomâ€™s Department for International

Development (DfID)


Assistant Professor


Economics 24 17.06

980 Bio-Focused Gold-Catalyzed Synthesis of

Functionalized Diary1 Sulfides



Dr. Muhammad Abid Rashid

Assistant Professor

Chemistry 24 0.99

981 Establishing food policy research cell at the

University of Agriculture,Faisalabad


Research Projects

Pak-US Science & Technology cooperation Program

Prof. Dr. Muhammad

Ashfaq Professor


Economics 36 44.26

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

982 Antimicrobial and Anticancer Activities of

Asteraceae Family Medicinal Plants




Assistant Professor

Chemistry 24 1.02

983 Overexpressing stPR10 in wheat for enhanced

stress tolerance



Dr. Iqrar Ahmad Rana

Assistant Professor

CABB 24 1.02

984 Establishing molecular basis of sucrose

accumulation in sugarcane for improved screening of high sugar genotypes



Dr. Ghulam Mustafa

Assistant Professor

CABB 24 1.02

985 Engineering resistance in Gossypium hirsutum

through AMPs technology against fungal pathogens



Dr. Amjad Abbas

Assistant Professor


986

Risk assessment of zero-valent iron nanoparticles deployment to remediate

Hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) contained soils in up-flow lab scale wet soil systems



Dr. Safdar Bashir

Assistant Professor


Sciences 24 1.02

987 Exploring the potential of LRR-NBS encoding

genes for conferring disease resistance in Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)



Dr. Rana Muhammad

Atif

Assistant Professor


24 1.02

988 Expressing Fibrinolytic Protein

â€œLumbrokinaseâ€• in Tobacco Chloroplasts




Assistant Professor

CABB 24 1.02

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

989 RNA Profiling of Mungbean Plant Infected with

begomoviru



Dr. Muhammad Mubin

Assistant Professor

CABB 24 1.02

990 Development of Improved Female Date Palm

Plants with Novel Marker-Assisted Sex Differentiation Technology



Dr. Faisal Saeed Awan

Assistant Professor

CABB 12 1.02

991 Identification of Gene Encoding Ca+ Binding

Protein in Fluid Feeding Insects



Dr. Rao Sohail Ahmad Khan

Assistant Professor

CABB 24 1.02

992 Characterization of lipid transfer protein gene

as potential candidate for nematode resistance in plants




Assistant Professor


993 Formation of Nano-Sized Magnetite and its Use

to Remove Pharmaceutical Residues in Wastewater




Science)

Assistant Professor


Sciences 16 0.94

994 Formation and Characterization of Silymarin

Nanosuspensiion with Enhanced Hepatoprotective potential



Dr. Nazish Jahan

Assistant Professor

Chemistry 24 1.01

995 Prediction of future host shits for geminviradea

with respect to host phylogeny


Research Projects


Mr. Saad Serfraz


Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

996

Trees of the Future: Climate Change Assessment and Mitigation through

Intraspecific Genetic Diversity and Phenotype Plasticity


Research Projects


Dr. Fahad Rasheed

Assistant Professor

Forestry and Range

Management 36 26.27

997 Building Genomic and Population Resources to

Meet the Demands of Chickpea Improvement in Pakistan


Research Projects


Dr. Muhammad Shah Nawaz ul

Rahman

Assistant Professor

CABB 36 41.17

998

Molecular, Genomic-Bioinformatic Analysis of Plant Viruses Infecting Legume Crops in

Pakistan: Informing Molecular Diagnostics and Biotechnological Platforms to Combat Biotic

Stress


Research Projects


Dr. Muhammad Mubin

Assistant Professor

CABB 36 22.04

999

Improving the Quality, Safety and Functional Properties of Indigenous Dairy Products through

the Establishment of Dairy Research and Technology Transfer Centre in Pakistan


Research Projects


Prof. Dr. Tahir Zahoor

Professor NIFSAT 36 47.41

1000

Commercial potentials of essential oil from Ocimum species for sustainable development to

support impoverished farmers in uder-developed countries


Research Projects



Assistant Professor

Chemistry 36 26.39

1001 Natural Products inspired bioactive compounds

from Cross-coupling reactions


Research Projects



Assistant Professor

Chemistry 36 23.40

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1002

Sugar Beet (Beta vulgaris L.) as an Alternative Sugar Crop in Pakistan: Variety Selection and

Nutrient Management for Quality Beet Production


Research Projects


Dr. Abdul Wakeel

Assistant Professor


Sciences 36 21.16

1003 Biodiesel from Rice Straws in Pakistan: A

Bioengineering Approach


Research Projects


Dr. Ejaz Ahmad Waraich

Assistant Professor

Agronomy 36 22.87

1004 Over activation of the native sodium activator salinity tolerance and FHB resistance gene in

wheat


Research Projects


Dr. Muhammad Anwar-ul-Haq

Assistant Professor


Sciences 36 26.36

1005 Implementing climate-smart dry chain

technology for seed and food security in Pakistan


Research Projects



Agronomy 36 26.46

1006

Development of nanotechnology based remediation strategies for the removal of

pollutants (organic and inorganic) from industrial wastewater


Research Projects



Science)

Assistant Professor


Sciences 36 13.68

1007 Development of cost-effective controlled-release fertilizers to ensure food security


Research Projects



Assistant Professor


Sciences 36 11.33

1008 Urbanization of agricultural land: implications

for the peri-urban livelihoods in Faisalabad


Research Projects


Work (ICDD)

Dr. Izhar Ahmad Khan

Associate Professor


Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1009 inhibition of enhanced eryptosis in diabetes

mellitus and chronic kidney disease patient by plant bsed novel compunds


Research Projects


Dr. Kashif Jilani Assistant Professor


1010 Treatment and Management of Waste water for

Effective and Safe Use in Agriculture


Research Projects



Professor Soil &


36 11.71

1011 Spatial Epidemiology and Genetics of Tick-Borne

Infections in Livestock Reservoir Host Populations


Research Projects



Assistant Professor


1012 Raman Spectroscopy for Diagnosis of Hepatitis

C


Research Projects



Assistant Professor

Chemistry 36 22.66

1013 Investigation of immune-potentiation effect of

cytokine and toll like receptor mimetics as vaccine adjuvants in poultry vaccines


Research Projects



Assistant Professor


1014 Synthesis, solvatochromic, and proton transfer

studies of cyano-substituted hydroxyarenes


Research Projects


Dr. Muhammad Zahid

Assistant Professor

Chemistry 36 20.46

1015 Geographical Variation in the Susceptibility of Heliothis spp. (Lepidoptera: Nocutidae) to Cry

Toxins in BT Cotton


Research Projects


Dr. Muhammad Arshad

(Entomology)

Assistant Professor

Entomology 36 89.47

1016 Implementation of bio-rational methods to

increase production and improve fruit quality in Pakistan fruit orchards


Research Projects


Dr. Waqas Wakil

Assistant Professor

Entomology 36 14.93

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1017 Bioengineering of multi-toxin proteins and their expression in citrus to enable control the Asian

Citrus Psyllids


Research Projects


Dr. Jam Nazir Ahmad

Assistant Professor

Entomology 36 28.94

1018

Development of Novel Plant Protection Strategies for Sustainable Insect Control

Programmes: Biotechnological and Entrepreneurial Approaches


Research Projects


Dr. Zain- ul-Abdin

Assistant Professor

Entomology 36 29.13

1019

Climate Change Impacts on Agricultural Crop Production and Rural Household Food Security:

A Comparison of South and South East Asian Countries


Research Projects




Economics 36 43.98

1020 Establishing accelerated in vitro regeneration and early flowering in sugarcane using viral

vectors


Research Projects



Assistant Professor

CABB 36 16.77

1021 Domestication, Cultivation, Nutritional and

Nutraceutical Components of Wild Edible and Medicinal Mushrooms from Pakistan


Research Projects


Dr. Muhammad Shahid

Associate Professor


1022 Norovirus Evolution in Pakistan Compared to

the US Midwest During 2016-2018


Research Projects


Dr. Nisar Ahmed

Associate Professor

CABB 36 13.96

1023 Income generation using solar based food

processing technologies for rural community


Research Projects


Work (ICDD)

Dr. Anjum Munir

Associate Professor


24 6.72

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1024 Genomic Selection in Sahiwal Cattle of Pakistan

for Improved Breeding and Utilization


Research Projects



Assistant Professor


36 33.28

1025 Markers based analysis of major crops broad

stock for detection of hybridization and introgression


Research Projects NACA, Thailand

Dr. Khalid Abbas

Assistant Professor


Fisheries 12 1.98

1026 Prevalence and antibiotic resistance profiling of Salmonella isolated from raw chicken meat and

products


NSLP Prof. Dr. Tahir

Zahoor Professor NIFSAT 12 1.41

1027

Isolation, Identification and Biological Control Potential Evaluation of Naturally Occuing Baculoviruses in Cotton Region of Punjab

(Pakistan) against cotton bollworms


Research Projects IFS SWEDEN

Dr. Ahmad Nawaz

Assistant Professor

Entomology 24 1.15

1028

Functional Characterization of Cold Responsive Elements for Probing the Molecular Mechanism

of Cold Tolerance in Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.)


Research Projects IFS SWEDEN Dr. Siddra Ijaz

Assistant Professor

CABB 24 1.21

1029 Mapping parthenium hysterophorus L. (an

invasive weed) using GPS and GIS



Dr. Athar Mahmood

Assistant Professor

UAF Community College

24 1.21

1030 Study of antibiotic residues and food-borne

bacterial pathogens in foods of animal origin




Assistant Professor


Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1031 Molecular markers-aided evaluation of

biofortification potential of chickpea for combating micronutrient-malnutrition


Research Projects


Dr. Rana Muhammad

Atif

Assistant Professor


24 1.21

1032

Assessment of the role of surfactant Tween® 80 on HCH transport, microbial degradation, and soil physical properties in an upflow lab-scale

wet soil column


Research Projects


Dr. Safdar Bashir

Assistant Professor


Sciences 24 1.21

1033 Utilizing bacterial endophytes as innovative

biological agents for improved crop production under water defecit conditions


Research Projects


Dr. Muhammad Naveed

Assistant Professor


Sciences 24 1.21

1034 Phenotyping-genotyping wheat germplasm for

stay green trait and heat tolerance


Research Projects




1035 Isolation, cloning expression & bioactive

characterization of cyclotides (cliotide proteins) from local potential Clitoria plants


Research Projects


Mr. Zahid Mushtaq

Lecturer Biochemistry 24 1.21

1036 Protection of erythrocytes from oxidative stress

in rheumatoid arthritis patients by different medicinally important plant extracts


Research Projects


Dr. Kashif Jilani Assistant Professor


1037 Application of fento-like oxidation to treat azo

dyes in industrial wastewater


Research Projects



Science)

Assistant Professor


Sciences 24 1.22

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1038 Remediation of textile wastewater using

magnetic graphene composites


Research Projects


Dr. Muhammad Zahid

Assistant Professor

Chemistry 24 1.21

1039 Molecular aspects of antagonism between

fungal root endophyte and root-knot nematode in tomato




Assistant Professor


1040 Raman spectroscopy for diagnosis of foot and

mouth disease in farm animals




Assistant Professor

Chemistry 24 1.21

1041 Development of Biofuels for the Poor Farmers

in Developing Countries




Assistant Professor

Chemistry 24 1.21

1042 Biomass Potential and Quality of Sunflower and

maize cultivar: Implication for Biogas Production



Dr. Athar Mahmood

Assistant Professor


24 1.21

1043 Identification and molecular characterization of plant viruses from monocotyledonous crops and

weeds of Southern Punjab, Pakistan



Dr. Sohail Akhtar

Assistant Professor


24 1.18

1044 Biofuel production from algae: using industrial

effulents for stimulation of algea




Lecturer Soil &


24 1.17

1045 Quantification and Characterization of Dietary

Fiber and ß-Glucan in Cereal Products



Mr. Muhammad

Asif Khan Lecturer


24 1.15

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1046 Biological and molecular characterization of Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) infecting

tomato in Pakistan and its management



Dr. Khalid Naveed

Assistant Professor


1047 â€œImproving heat resistance in wheat during

reproductive and grain filling phases



Dr. Muhammad Farooq

Associate Professor

Agronomy 24 1.21

1048 Climate Adaptation in Irrigated and Rain-fed

Areas of Punjab, Pakistan: A Choice Experiment Approach


Research Projects




Economics 24 1.21

1049

Characterizing Cold Regulated (COR genes) in indigenous Pakistani Potato Genotypes and Over-expression of COR15am in Potato to

Improve Cold Tolerance


Research Projects



Assistant Professor

CABB 24 1.21

1050 Adaptation and pathogen profiling of gladiolus in various ecological zones of Pakistan for low

cost Agriculture


Research Projects




1051 Effect of laser treatment on physiological,

morphological and biochemical properties of wheat to tolerate abiotic stress conditions


Research Projects


Dr. Ayesha Younus

Assistant Professor

Physics 24 1.21

1052 Role of plant community compostitions in improving soil biological processes under

drought stress




Assistant Professor


Sciences 12 1.15

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1053

Climate change mitigation through intra specific genetic diversity and phenotypic plasticity in six major wood producing species for transpiration

efficiency


Research Projects


Dr. Fahad Rasheed

Assistant Professor

Forestry and Range

Management 24 1.20

1054 mproving the value chain performance of small

holders in Horticulture sector in Punjab, Pakistan


Research Projects PEEP USAID

Dr. Mubashir Mahdi

Assistant Professor

IBMS 12 0.94

1055 ICT farm Production Systems using precision

Agriculture Technologies





Drainage 12 70.00

1056 Development of Mobile Agriculture Applications (MAgA) for Research Distribution and Real Time

Interaction



Mr. Farjeel Javed

ITRCDB 24 20.00

1057 Soil Sustainability for Feed Security International Collaborative

Research Projects TWAS


Professor Soil &


12 1.06

1058 Extraction and modification of biofibers from

agricultural biomass for synthesis of biocomposites


NSLP Prof. Dr.

Muhammad Asghar

Professor Biochemistry 36 16.40

1059 Livestock insurance and respnse of farmers to

risk in a climate change scenario


Research Projects

RISK FOUNDATION CHAIR, FRANCE

Prof. Dr. Sarfraz Hassan

Professor Agricultural and

Resource Economics

24 8.41

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1060 Peril plotting of trans fats intake in dissimilar

population clusters of Faisalabad region in Pakistan



Research Council

ALP Dr. Asim Shabbir

Assistant Professor

NIFSAT 24 4.46

1061 improving crop production in vehari ditrict by

foliar application of algal extract



Research Council

ALP Dr. Muhammad Rashid Waqas

Lecturer Soil &


36 5.00

1062 Identify the Aedes aegypti attraction and

repulsion towards botanical / medicinal plants in wind tunnel bioassay


Research Projects

Pakistan Medical Research Council, Islamabad

Dr. Muhammad Azam

Assistant Professor


12 0.30

1063 Climate Change Induced Climate Refugees and Resultant Impacts on Childrenâ€™s Nutrition of

Bangladesh and Pakistan


Research Projects


(LANSA) Dr. Ghaffar Ali

Assistant Professor


Economics 24 9.02

1064

Impact assessment of Agroforestry on Socio-economic conditions of farmers and

sustainability of Chiniotâ€™s furniture industry from policy perspective


Research Projects

International Food Policy Research Institute 2014

Dr. Muhammad Farrakh Nawaz

Assistant Professor

Forestry and Range

Management 12 1.42

1065

Exploring the olive genetic diversity and evaluation of exotic and local selections (wild type) plant species in the Potohar region (Salt

Range) of Pakistan


Research Projects

Nagao Natural Environmental Foundation

Dr. Rashad Waseem Khan

Qadri

Assistant Professor


12 0.39

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1066 Strengthening Governance in Agriculture Sector

through Marketing Reforms: Stakeholders perceptions and dialogue


Research Projects

CANADA FUND FOR LOCAL INTIATIVES (CFLI)


Assistant Professor

IBMS 4 1.83

1067

Economic Goverenance, Market Growth and Foreign Direct Investment in Agricultural Input-

output sectors of Pakistan: Problems and prospects


Research Projects

DFAIT- CANADA FUND FOR LOCAL INTIATIVES (CFLI)

Dr. Burhan Ahmad

Assistant Professor

IBMS 4 1.07

1068 Development of novel bioherbicide containing allelopathic bacteria to suppress the growth of weeds grown in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)


Research Projects

JAPAN's Technical cooperation development

study and grant aid


Professor Soil &


36 52.53

1069 Strengthening of disease diagnostic services to

the livestock and dairy farms


Research Projects


study and grant aid

Prof. Dr. Sajjad-ur-Rehman

Professor Microbiology 12 72.68

1070 Satellite based flood disaster monitoring and

controlling sediment inflows into Mangla Reservoir, Pakistan


Research Projects


study and grant aid


Masud Cheema

Assistant Professor


36 335.36

1071

Sustainable insect pest management of maize (zea mays L.) by studying its molecular response

to inesct pest infestation and application of ascorbic acid


Research Projects MAIZE CGIAR

Dr. Samina Jam Nazir Ahmad

Assistant Professor

Botany 36 11.14

1072 improving livelihood of maize farming

community in Kashmir through adoption of cutting edge proprietary technologies


Research Projects MAIZE CGIAR Dr. Irfan afzal

Associate Professor

Agronomy 12 43.79

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1073

Efficient use of resources for enhancing maize production by capacity building of maize

growers under changing cliamte scenario of Pakistan


Research Projects MAIZE CGIAR


Professor Soil &


12 5.02

1074 Inheritance of resistance and validation of

molecular markers linked to mungbean yellow mosaic virus resistance


PARB Dr. Muhammad



36 12.95

1075 Use of information technologies for Precision

Agriculture





Drainage 36 79.00

1076 The Potential of pol, subtropical and tropical

marine organisms for nutraceuticals and pharmaceuticals purposes


Research Projects UNESCO



1077 Graphene based magnetic nanocomposites:

synthesis and their application in waste water treatment


Research Projects Comstech-TWAS

Dr. Muhammad Zahid

Assistant Professor

Chemistry 12 1.53

1078

Assessing the role of heat shock proteins as a component of stress signal transduction

pathway for enhancing thermotolerane in sugarcane


PSF Dr. Siddra Ijaz Assistant Professor

CABB 24 1.37

1079 Identify the Aedes aegypti attraction and

repulsion towards botanical/medicinal plants in wind tunnel bioassay


Research Projects

Pakistan Madical Research Council

Dr. Shahid Majeed

Assistant Professor

Entomology 12 0.30

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1080 Studies on heat induced impairments and their recovery through applied selenium and ascobic

acid in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.)


NSLP Dr. Muhammad Farrukh Saleem

Associate Professor

Agronomy 36 2.95

1081 Establishment of dRIT Technology for the Rabies

Diagnosis in Pakistan



Research Council

ALP Dr. Fazal

Mahmood Assistant Professor

Pathology 36 6.00

1082 Genetic Varability Distribution Resistant

populations of American Bollworm (Helicoverpa armigera Hunber)



Research Council

Dr. Fatima Mustafa

Assistant Professor

Entomology 36 6.10

1083 Sustainable weed management through weed

seed bank depletion Pakistan Science

Foundation PSF

Dr. Muhammad Ather Nadeem

Assistant Professor

Agronomy 36 1.71

1084 Production of cost effective and good quality feed for small and large ruminants by using

fungal biotechnology


PARB Dr. Imran-ul-

Haq Assistant Professor


1085

Legumes with benefits: Integrating legumes as catch crop into the dryland systems of South

East Asia for better livelihood and improved soil fertility


Research Projects


(LANSA)


Professor Soil &


24 11.85

1086 Development of therapeutic diet (Probiotic enriched) to tackle nutrients absorption and

malnutrition


Research Projects


(LANSA)



Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1087 Risk assessment of waste water irrigation for

vegetable cultivation in farming communityâ€•


Research Projects


(LANSA)

Dr. Hafiza Masooma

Naseer Cheema

Assistant Professor


12 10.16

1088 Food utilization among women and younger household members living at the outskirts of

textile cities of Pakistan and Bangladesh


Research Projects


(LANSA)


Assistant Professor


Economics 12 7.15

1089 Women Empowerment through Agriculture International Collaborative

Research Projects


(LANSA) Dr. Saira Akhtar

Associate Professor


1090 Women Empowerment and its Impact on Child

Nutrition Pakistan


Research Projects


(LANSA)


Assistant Professor


Economics 12 9.12

1091 Plugging Postharvest Nutrient Gap in

Vegetables Supply Chain to Improve Community Nutritionâ€•


Research Projects


(LANSA)



Sciences 24 11.85

1092 Safety / acceptablility trial of a locally produced

lipid based nutrient supplement (LNS) for malnourished pregnant and lactating women


Research Projects

United Nations World Food Programme, Islamabad



1093 Building Research Capacity of Young Scientists

of Pakistan


Research Projects Global Development Network



& Genetics 24 17.65

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1094 A whole of chain approach: Panacea or

opportunity for rural industry development in developing countries


Research Projects


(LANSA)

Dr. Mubashir Mahdi

Assistant Professor

IBMS 24 4.20

1095 consumer valuation of differnet ice cream

attributes Higher Education


Dr. Waseem Ahmad

Assistant Professor

IBMS 12 0.50

1096 Mining the seeds of discovery to overcome

impacts of climate change by genotyping Pakistani wheat landraces and cultivars


Research Projects

benefit-sharing fund of the international treaty on plant genetic resources for food

and agriculture

Dr. Zulfiqar Ali Professor Plant Breeding

& Genetics 36 49.25

1097 Gene Expression and Polymorphism Studies on Bovine Tuberculosis in Cattle and Buffaloes in

Pakistan


Research Projects

World Health Organization, Geneva

Prof. Dr. Muhammad Tariq Javed

Professor Pathology 24 4.00

1098 Genetic Characterization and Development of

Decision Tools for Improved Breeding and Conservation of Dancing Goats



Research Council


Assistant Professor


36 9.00

1099 Improving Sugarcane Yield by Employing

Genome Mapping Technologies



Research Council



CABB 36 17.57

1100 Development of functional foods through

extruded wheat bran



Research Council

Prof. Dr. Faqir Muhammad Anjum (Rtd.)


Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1101

Isolatoion and characterization of local isolates of thermostable new castle disease virus from

pakistan and its evaluation as vaccine in commercial poultry


PARB Dr. Muhammad

Shahid Mahmood

Associate Professor


1102

Dual hit strategy for immune-potentiation of Newscastle Disease vaccine by using cytokines

and toll like receptor mimeties as vaccine adjuvants


NSLP Dr. Muhammad



1103

Exploitation of available new chemistry insecticides for their nematicidal potential

against root knot nematodes and their possible integration with bioagent (Pasteuria penetrans) to develop a sustainable management strategy


NSLP Prof. Dr. Nazir


1104 Hydrological responses to climate change in the

Jhelum river basin using CMIP5 Data Higher Education


Program 2013 Dr. Rashid Mahmood

Assistant Professor


12 0.50

1105

Farmer participatory evaluation, conservation and sustainable utilization of plant genetic resources for improving food security and

climate change resilience in the degraded land areas of Pakistan


Research Projects

benefit-sharing fund of the international treaty on plant genetic resources for food

and agriculture

Dr. Muhammad Saqib (CMS)

Assistant Professor

Clinical Medicine &

Surgery 36 2.47

1106 Reducing Food Insecurity and Poverty through

the Production of High Value Agricultural Commodities


Research Projects TIKA ,TURKEY

Prof. Dr. Muhammad

Ashfaq Professor


Economics 60 0.30

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1107 Preparation and comparative pharmaceuticals

prospective of various forms of silymarin to manage and attenuate hepatic disorders


NRPU 2014 Prof. Dr. Khalil

ur Rehman Professor Biochemistry 24 2.94

1108 Eliminating terrorism from Pakistan: Developing

the Strategic keys Higher Education


Prof. Dr. Islam-ud-Din Shahzad

Professor Mathematics and Statistics

24 1.89

1109 Improving wheat yield and grain quality by foliar

feeding of micronutrients Higher Education


Prof. Dr. Abdul Wahid

Professor Botany 36 3.47

1110

Microfilteration-ultrafilteration membrane separation to purify buffalo milk and its proteins

to exploit their nutritional and functional properties


NRPU 2014 Prof. Dr.

Nuzhat Huma Professor NIFSAT 24 11.09

1111 Up-gradation of rural poultry: A smallholder

poultry improvement programme Higher Education


Dr. Sibtain Ahmad

Assistant Professor


Tek Singh 36 13.14

1112

Damage patterns, cost assessment and management measures of horticultural crops for some bird pests among the selected sub-

habitats of Punjab, Pakistan


NRPU 2014 Prof. Dr. Hammad



Fisheries 36 6.40

1113 Improving drought tolerance in wheat through

silicon nutrition Higher Education

Commission NRPU 2014 Dr. Tariq Aziz

Associate Professor


Sciences 24 5.65

1114 Integration of resistance, chemicals and plant

nutrition for the management of die back disease in guava


NRPU 2014 Mr. Amir Habib Lecturer Plant Pathology 36 9.49

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1115 Emission control from the heavy duty engines

by using catalytic convertor Higher Education


Prof. Dr. Abdul Ghafoor (IS&ES)

Professor Soil &


24 1.15

1116 Establishment of diagnostic laboratory and

plant health clinic at University of Agriculture, Faisalabad


NRPU 2014 Prof. Dr.

Muhammad Jalal Arif


1117 Assessing the role of exogenously applied zinc

to wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) for biofortification


NRPU 2014 Prof. Dr. Riaz

Ahmad Professor Agronomy 36 3.37

1118 Development and field evaluation of a

combined hemorrhagic septicemia-mastitis vaccine in dairy cows and buffaloes


NRPU 2014

Prof. Dr. Ghulam

Muhammad (Rtd.)

Professor Clinical

Medicine & Surgery

36 10.55

1119 Exploring the diversity ad resistance in snap

melon (Cucumis melo var. momordica) landraces in Pakistan


NRPU 2014 Prof. Dr. Jafar

Jaskani Professor


36 6.75

1120 Evaluation of chilling tolerance potential and its

enhancement in vegetables Higher Education


Prof. Dr. Aslam Pervez (Late)


Sciences 36 10.58

1121 Studies on superovulatory response, embryo

recovery, cryopreservation and transfer in dromedary camel (Camelus Dromedarius)


NRPU 2014 Prof. Dr. Zafar Iqbal Qureshi


1122 Evaluation of morpho-genetic diversity in pomegranate genetic resources and their

conservation as germplasm repository


NRPU 2014 Prof. Dr. Jafar

Jaskani Professor


36 6.74

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1123

Role of innate immune associated Toll-like receptors-2 (TLR-2) polymorphisms in the susceptibility of hepatitis C virus induced

hepatocellular carcinoma in Pakistani human population


NRPU 2014 Prof. Dr.

Iftikhar Hussain Professor Microbiology 36 6.78

1124 Forensic analyses of dyes and chemicals on processed textile substrates for commercial

applications


NRPU 2014 Prof. Dr. Haq Nawaz Bhatti (Chemistry)


1125

Enhancing productivity of no input rainfed chickpea-chickpea monocropping system

through organic bio-stimulants and NPK foliar feeding


NRPU 2014 Prof. Dr. Asif


1126 Manipulating fruiting branches can manage pre-mature sentscence and pest damage in cotton


NRPU Dr. Muhammad Farrukh Saleem

Associate Professor

Agronomy 36 3.09

1127 Crop area monitoring and yield estimation using intelligent pixel information and GIS modeling



Jehanzeb Masud Cheema

Assistant Professor


36 5.84

1128

Molecular characterization of storage and field associated pathogens of gladiolus (Gladiolus

grandiflorus) from different ecological areas of Pakistan and their managementâ€•


NRPU Dr. Kashif Riaz Assistant Professor


Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1129 Exogenous application of silicon to monitor salinity and drought tolerance in wheat to

rejuvenate salt affected fieldâ€™s


NRPU 2014 Dr. Muhammad Anwar-ul-Haq

Assistant Professor


Sciences 36 5.03

1130 Risk assessment for potent mycotoxins in entire

value chain of Pakistani riceâ€• Higher Education

Commission NRPU

Dr. Imran Pasha

Associate Professor

NIFSAT 24 4.07

1131 Development of Meat-type poultry birds for

rural poultry productionâ€• Higher Education


Prof. Dr. Zia ur Rehman

Professor UAF Sub-


36 10.50

1132 In-vitro assessment of metals tolerance in hexa

and tetraploid wheat and its implication at whole plant level



Sajid Aqeel Ahmad

Assistant Professor

Botany 36 3.52

1133 Investigate the spatial distribution of resistant population of Helivoverpa armigera in cotton

growing area of Punjab Pakistan


NRPU 2014 Dr. Fatima Mustafa

Assistant Professor

Entomology 36 9.62

1134 A coupled agro-economic and remote sensing modeling for optimum crop productivity in the

Indus basin irrigation system


NRPU 2014 Dr. Syed Hamid Hussain Shah

Assistant Professor


36 6.41

1135 Production technology development of quinoa

under varying environment of Pakistan as a potential climate resilient alternate grain


NRPU 2014 Dr. Hassan


Agronomy 36 6.49

1136 Perspective of boron impregnated urea for improving yield and quality of oilseed crops


NRPU 2014 Dr. Shamsa

Kanwal Assistant Professor


Sciences 36 9.40

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1137 Synthesis, solvatochromic and proton transfer

studies of cyano-substituted hydroquinones and their methoxy analogues




Chemistry 36 8.20

1138 Indigenous carrot seed production: A holistic

approach for local industry Higher Education


Dr. Khurram Ziaf

Assistant Professor


36 5.35

1139 Exploring the role of inulin extracted from

chicory and Jerusalem artichoke as a functional food ingredient


NRPU 2014 Dr. Allah Rakha Assistant Professor

NIFSAT 24 6.56

1140 Analysis of benefits and costs of Bt cotton from

economic, social and environmental perspectives


NRPU 2014 Dr. Khuda

Bakhsh Assistant Professor


Economics 36 2.01

1141 Assessment of persistent organic pollutants

(POPs) in wastewater irrigated areas and their rhizoremediation


NRPU 2014 Dr. Sardar Alam

Cheema Assistant Professor

Agronomy 36 8.31

1142 Analyzing the impact of heat shock proteins in

biotic and abiotic stress tolerance of wheat using transgenic technology


NRPU 2014 Dr. Iqrar


CABB 36 7.96

1143

Improving drought and salinity tolerance in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) by exogenous application of salicylic acid and potassium

nitrate


NRPU 2014 Dr. Shakeel


Agronomy 36 5.97

1144 Assessing the profitability of late sown whet

under different thiourea application methods Higher Education

Commission NRPU 2014 Dr. Imran Khan

Assistant Professor

Agronomy 36 5.42

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1145 Fast and effective identification of the bioactive

compounds and their targets from medicinal plants via activity guided isolation approach




Chemistry 36 9.38

1146 Development of low cost water filters using

green bioresin technology for removal of heavy metals from aqueous/industrial effluents


NRPU 2014 Dr. Raziya Nadeem

Assistant Professor

Chemistry 36 13.16

1147 Micro-propagation of date palm (Phoenix

dactylifera L.) Higher Education



Qadri

Assistant Professor


36 11.72

1148 Assessing the arsenic risk from contaminated water, soil and food/fodder crops in Punjab,

Pakistan


NRPU 2014 Dr. Nabeel Khan Niazi

Assistant Professor


Sciences 36 6.24

1149

DGT measurements to model labile pool of Pb, Cd, Ni, Cu and Zn on metal contaminated

agriculture soils of three agro-climatic zones of Punjab


NRPU 2014 Dr. Muhammad Zia ur Rehman

(IS&ES)

Assistant Professor


Sciences 36 5.10

1150

Regioselective synthesis, characterization and biological evaluation of different substituted

carbon carbon bond formation and sequential Suzuki songashira reactions through Pd (0)

catalyzed reactions of substituted N-phenyl-1, 3,5-triazine


NRPU 2014 Dr. Rasheed


Chemistry 36 8.89

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1151

Quantitative determination of radioactivity contamination in food for physical and

processed forms under natural and nuclear emergency environment


NRPU 2014 Dr. Syed

Kamran Ajmal Assistant Professor

Physics 12 2.01

1152 Pulsed laser assisted cavitation deformation

studies in red blood cells for early detection of diseases


NRPU 2014 Dr. Yasir Jamil Associate Professor

Physics 36 9.89

1153 Utilizing electro-kinetic method to restore

moisture and salt affected masonry materials and structures


NRPU 2014 Dr. Kashif Kamran

Assistant Professor

Physics 36 11.73

1154

Health hazard effects of pesticides and creating awareness regarding the safe use of pesticides

among farming community and pesticide dealers


NRPU 2014 Dr. Ghazanfar

Ali Khan Assistant Professor


Rural Development

36 2.22

1155 Development of spinning potential based

intelligent cotton grading system for textile industry


NRPU 2014 Dr. Assad


Fibre and Textile

Technology 24 6.73

1156 Manipulating fruiting branches can manage pre-mature senescence and pest damage in cotton


NRPU 2014 Dr. Muhammad Farrukh Saleem

Associate Professor

Agronomy 36 3.09

1157 Frequency and distribution of Ecto and Endo-parasites of Parakeets in selected Niches of

Faisalabad


Research Projects

World Wide Fund (WWF) Pakistan under Small Grant

Program (SGP)

Prof. Dr. Hammad



Fisheries 12 0.30

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1158

Enhancing food security and climate change resilience in salt-affected areas by introducing

wheat genotypes tolerant to post-anthesis heat and water stresses under salt-affected

conditions




Clinical Medicine &

Surgery 36 6.58

1159 Enhancing utilization of bioactivated indigenous

rock phosphate with bagasse & Bio-char in poultry


NRPU 2014 Dr. Fazal


Pathology 36 14.50

1160

Use of exotic and indigenous species of entomopathogenic nematodes as potential

biocontrol agent for mosquitoes (Aedes spp.) causing dengue fever


NRPU 2014 Dr. Sajid Aleem



1161 Diagnostic pathology of neoplastic diseases of

poultry Higher Education



Assistant Professor

Pathology 36 8.66

1162 Growing of cut flowers in peri-urban areas to

substitute edible crops for economic sustainability of small farmers of public health





Sciences 36 5.14

1163 Economic impact of integrated pest

management (IPM) and risk analysis in Bt cotton production


NRPU 2014 Dr. Maqsood

Hussain Associate Professor


Rural Development

12 1.61

1164

Potential of insect pathogens and other bio-rational approaches in controlling Chilo

partellus Swinhoe (Lepidoptera:Crambidae) on maize


NRPU 2014 Dr. Waqas


Entomology 36 11.94

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1165 Ion liquid synthesis and their applications for the removal of heavy metal ions in aqueous

solution




Chemistry 24 3.78

1166 Identification and isolation of antiviral agents

from indigenous plants to treat new castle disease in poultry birds


NRPU 2014 Dr. Bilal Aslam Assistant Professor


36 10.00

1167 Enhancing yield, quality and water use

efficiency of salt tolerant grass species through nutrient management on salt-affected soils




Clinical Medicine &

Surgery 36 6.43

1168 Biodiversity, monitoring and management of

click beetles (Elateridae: Coleoptera) using semiochemicals in Punjab Pakistan




Entomology 36 10.00

1169 Development of Nano phytopharmaceuticals

with enhanced antioxidant and cardioprotective potential


NRPU 2014 Dr. Nazish

Jahan Assistant Professor

Chemistry 36 3.56

1170 Value addition of date and its by products to

mitigate metabolic syndromes Higher Education


Dr. Aamir Shahzad

Assistant Professor

NIFSAT 24 3.89

1171 Probing drought mechanisms is sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum) at molecular level

using biotechnological approaches


NRPU 2014 Dr. Siddra Ijaz Assistant Professor

CABB 36 6.96

1172 Development of Meat-type poultry birds for

rural poultry production Higher Education


Dr. Zia-ur-Rehman

Assistant Professor


Tek Singh 36 10.50

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1173 Heterologous expression of mycoparasite

derived glucanolytic and chitinolytic enzymes in potato, to combat fungal pathogens


NSLP Dr. Ghulam


CABB 36 3.96

1174 A randomized remedial education program

targeting cognitive and non-cognitive skills of primary children to improve learning


Research Projects ISESCO RESEARCH GRANT

Dr. Aisha Siddique

Assistant Professor


1175

Cost-effective Production of Cell-wall Degrading Enzymes in Higher Plant Chloroplast for

Bioethanol Production from Lignocellulose Plant Biomass


PARB Prof. Dr.



1176 Developing a vision system for non-destructive

measurement of plant leaf area Pakistan Science

Foundation NSLP


Assistant Professor

Computer Science

12 0.39

1177

Utilization of plant growth promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR) for ACC-Deaminase

technology to induce salt tolerance in rice and wheat crops under salt affected lands



Research Council

ALP Prof. Dr. Javaid

Akhtar Professor


Sciences 24 3.00

1178 Investigations on the grain quality attributes of

wheat subjected to heat stress at terminal growth periods


NSLP Prof. Dr. Abdul

Wahid Professor Botany 36 3.83

1179 Biological evaluation of silage from leguminous and non-leguminous crops on commercial basis


Research Projects IFPRI-PSSP, USA

Dr. Shahid Ibni Zamir

Assistant Professor

Agronomy 12 24.47

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1180

Influence of sodium bicarbonate modifier on metabolic problems, productive and

reproductive performance in early lactating goats


NSLP Dr. Nasir Ali

Tauqir Assistant Professor


36 3.97

1181 Challenges and opportunities in vegetable seed

distribution sysem in Pakistan


Research Projects PSSP COMPETITIVE GRANT

Dr. Shahzad Kouser

Assistant Professor


Economics 12 7.29

1182

Capacity building of the native population for the Demonstration and growth trial of

mushrooms cultivation: For uplifting the health and socio-economic standard of local people of

the region


Research Projects


Dr. Muhammad Shahid

Associate Professor


1183 Producing More with Less Resources by

Capacity Building of Farmers under Changing Climate Scenario of Pakistan


Research Projects


Dr. Athar Mahmood

Assistant Professor


12 4.88

1184 Socio Economic Impact of Climate Change on Vulnerable Agro Ecological Zones of Punjab


Research Projects




1185 Improving Crop Production Practices to Adapt

Changing Climate and Promote Rural Prosperity in next fifty years


Research Projects


Dr. Tasneem Khaliq

Assistant Professor

Agronomy 12 4.00

1186 Screening and evaluation of potential native ornamental species for speciality cut flower

production


Research Projects


Prof. Dr. Iftikhar Ahmed

(Zoology) Professor


Fisheries 12 4.00

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1187 Molecular study for sustainable development

and conservation of honey bee farming in Pakistan


Research Projects


Dr. Jam Nazir Ahmad

Assistant Professor

Entomology 12 1.43

1188

Rhizophere engineering for controlling bacterial infections under tunnel and hydroponic farming

systems through bio stimulation of Quorum quenching bacteria


Research Projects




1189 Policy implications of increasing sugar mills in

district Rahim Yar Khan


Research Projects


Dr. Nasir Nadeem

Assistant Professor


12 1.62

1190 Development of renewable energy technologies

for value addition


Research Projects


Dr. Anjum Munir

Associate Professor


12 2.65

1191

Noval alternatives of toxic chemical insecticides for sustainable insect control programmes:

Improving Socio-Economic and health standards of agriculture farmers


Research Projects


Dr. Zain- ul-Abdin

Assistant Professor

Entomology 12 4.85

1192 Economic Growth and Enhancing protein

availability by improving local chickens


Research Projects


Dr. Zia-ur-Rehman

Assistant Professor


Tek Singh 12 2.54

1193

broiling the Beetal Goat: Effect of Gender Involvement and Flock Size on the Adoption of Technology and Income of Farmers in Southern

Punjab


Research Projects


Prof. Dr. Muhammad

Younas Professor


12 4.87

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1194 Improving the Performance of Business

Enterprises in the Pakistanâ€™s Horticultural Sector through a Whole of Chain Approach


Research Projects


Dr. Mubashir Mahdi

Assistant Professor

IBMS 12 4.28

1195 Mutton production potential of Thalli sheep

under commercial setup: investment opportunities for water-scarce areas of Punjab


Research Projects



Assistant Professor


12 4.92

1196 Remote Sensing and GIS based salinity

monitoring system for the province of Punjab, Pakistan


Research Projects


Dr. Muhammad Javed Akhtar

Associate Professor


Sciences 12 4.87

1197 Prospects of drip irrigation from farmers view

point and its socio-economic concerns


Research Projects




Drainage 12 4.22

1198

Quantitative Determination of Activity Contamination in Food (Vegetables, Fruit and Meat) Under Natural and Nuclear Emergency

Environment


Research Projects


Dr. Syed Kamran Ajmal

Assistant Professor

Physics 12 1.96

1199 The Impact of an Integrated Model of Human Resource Management Practices and Social

Capital on Organizational Productivity


Research Projects


Dr. Nausheen Syed

Assistant Professor

IBMS 12 2.02

1200 Strategy to improve farmers' productivity, export potential and stable price of onion


Research Projects


Prof. Dr. Muhammad

Amjad Professor


12 1.05

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1201

Water Strategies formulation to enhance Crop Productivity Based on Agro-Economic and

Remote Sensing Modeling in the Indus Basin Irrigation System


Research Projects



Assistant Professor


12 4.90

1202 Determination of Textile Firms Growth and

Profitability in Pakistan


Research Projects


Dr. Waseem Ahmad

Assistant Professor

IBMS 12 1.44

1203 Carbon credit market assessment through sugar cane bagasse ash utilization in cement industry

of Punjab, Pakistan


Research Projects




Economics 12 1.38

1204

DNA based biodiversity conservation, marketing analysis and in-depth value chain study of

medicinal plants of Swat Valley, Salt Range and Cholistan desert: Improving socio-economic

standard of local people


Research Projects IFPRI

Prof. Dr. Amer Jamil


1205

On-farm evaluation of optical sensor technology to minimize environmental impacts and

maximize production efficiencies associated with N applications in wheat


NRPU 2014 Dr. Muhammad Farrukh Saleem

Associate Professor

Agronomy 36 3.66

1206

Modelling non-target effects of insecticides and genetically modified crops on ecological role of

collembolans in agro-ecosystem of Punjab, Pakistan


PSF Prof. Dr. Sohail

Ahmad Professor Entomology 36 1.90

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1207 Establishment and evaluation of switchgrass

(Panicum Virgatum L.) yield potential and pest status in Pakistan


NSLP Dr. Fatima Mustafa

Assistant Professor

Entomology 36 3.66

1208 drying bead technology for improving seed

storage of agronomic and horticultural crops


Research Projects Grand Challenges Canada Dr. Irfan afzal

Associate Professor

Agronomy 18 8.98

1209 Folic acid biofortification of wheat through transgenic approach to prevent neural tube

defects (NTDs) in Pakistani population


Research Projects Grand Challenges Canada

Dr. Abdul Wakeel

Assistant Professor


Sciences 18 10.31

1210 Preservation and Propogation of Healthy

Shisham (Delbergia sissoo)through cloning of resistant germplasm against Diebak Disease


PARB Dr. Imran-ul-



1211 Evaluation of different zincated fertilizers for

improving rice yield and quality Pakistan Science

Foundation PSF

Prof. Dr. Muhammad


1212

Microwave hydrodiffusion and gravity: An evnironmental friendly extraction method for recovery of anthocyanin from indigenous fruit

by products


Research Projects PHOSAGRO/UNESCO/IUPA Dr. Zille Huma

Assistant Professor

NIFSAT 12 3.04

1213 Transforming the Kinnow Value Chain System in

Punjab, Pakistan Pakistan Science

Foundation Technical Assistance of

Turkey Dr. Abdul


IBMS 24 25.00

1214 Analysis of various value chains operating in

citrus industry Pakistan Science

Foundation Technical Assistance of

Turkey Dr. Waseem


IBMS 24 25.00

1215 Commercial potentialities of essential oil of

Ocimum members Pakistan Science

Foundation PSF


Assistant Professor

Chemistry 36 1.99

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1216 Feeding and Assimilation Rates of Lepidoterous

and Orthopterous Insects of Economic Importance on Preferred Host Plants


IPFP Startup Research Grant Program 2013

Dr. Fatima Mustafa

Assistant Professor

Entomology 12 0.50

1217 Epidemiological survey of HCV/HBV in pregnant

females and neonates in Faisalabad


Research Projects

Pakistan Medical Research Council, Islamabad


Assistant Professor


1218 productivity assessment of system of rice

intensification in the cimate change scenario for the food security


Research Projects



Agronomy 24 1.19

1219 Characterization of cucumber (Cucumis sativus) germplasm for biotic stress and innate immune

response


Research Projects


Dr. Hafiza Masooma

Naseer Cheema

Assistant Professor


24 1.17

1220

Mapping the dietary fibre, nutrient and food group intake variability among women and men belonging to different socio-economic classes in

Faisalabad district of Pakistan


Research Projects


Dr. Allah Rakha Assistant Professor

NIFSAT 14 1.19

1221 Bioprocessing of agro-industrial waste for the production of alpha amylase as value added

food ingredient


Research Projects


Dr. Muhammad Saeed

Assistant Professor

NIFSAT 24 1.19

1222 Bioactivity Guided Isolation of Bioactive

Compounds from Oleoresins of Acacia nilotica, Livisona chinensis and Eucalyptus citriodora


Research Projects



Assistant Professor

Chemistry 24 1.19

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1223 Identification of rice genotypes with improved Zn uptake efficiency and high grain Zn contents


Research Projects




1224 Production of first and second generation

biofuels from Pakistani Oil Seed Crops and other valuable plants


Research Projects



Assistant Professor

Chemistry 24 1.19

1225 Synthesis of Ionic Liquid and their use in

Biodiesel Production


Research Projects


Mr. Rizwan Haider

Student Chemistry 36 1.16

1226 Degradation of selected pesticides using

Fentonâ€™s reaction based advanced oxidation processes


Research Projects


Ms. Asma Tabasum


1227 Synthesis of Ionic Liquid and their application

for waste water treatment


Research Projects


Ms. Zubera Naseem


1228 Paharang drain waste water: An attempt to

make is feasible for irrigation


Research Projects


Dr. Muhammad Zahid

Assistant Professor

Chemistry 36 1.19

1229 Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy: A dynamic approach to identify adulterants in

local food


Research Projects



Food Engineering

24 1.18

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1230

Determination the effects of wheat plant varieties and soil mineralogy on the release of non-exchangeable potassium fraction of soil

and its effect on clay mineralogy


Research Projects


Dr. Irshad Bibi Assistant Professor


Sciences 15 1.17

1231 Evaluation of edible coatings prepared with electrospraying; A novel technique for food

industry


Research Projects



Khan

Assistant Professor

Food Engineering

24 1.17

1232 solvent free extraction of anthocyanin and

betalain pigments and their stabilization study in diary products


Research Projects


Dr. Zille Huma Assistant Professor

NIFSAT 12 1.16

1233

Baseline toxicity of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ac toxin against Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner)

(Lepidoptera: noctuidae) populations from the Punjab, Pakistan


Research Projects


Dr. Muhammad Arshad

(Entomology)

Assistant Professor

Entomology 36 1.19

1234 A new trend in bakery products: Development

of vege-bread


Research Projects


Dr. Amir Shahzad

Assistant Professor

NIFSAT 24 1.19

1235 Enhancing photosynthetic efficiency by

expression of RuBisCO activase in Rice plastids


Research Projects



Assistant Professor

CABB 36 1.16

1236 Characterization and over-expression of

sugarcane derived Scdr1 gene in sugarcane to combat abiotic stresses


Research Projects


Dr. Ghulam Mustafa

Assistant Professor

CABB 36 1.18

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1237 Novel shotgun methodology for the

enhancment o oil seed crops growth and yeild using magnetic-stimulator and laser technology


Research Projects IMMANA GRANTS

Dr. Muhammad Shahid

Associate Professor


1238

Application of probiotic Lactobacillus rhamnosus and E. coli Nissle 1917 against Foodborne Shiga Toxin-Producing E.coli

infections


NSLP Dr. Syed


Assistant Professor


1239 Evaluation and enhancement of

thermotolerance in summer vegetables Pakistan Science

Foundation NSLP



Sciences 36 3.93

1240 Nutritional status of silage of from cereal

legume forages grown in different row, seed ratios and tillage practices


NSLP Dr. Shahid Ibni

Zamir Assistant Professor

Agronomy 24 1.92

1241

Agro-economic studies on spring planted forage-sorghum intercropped with forage

legumes in different geometrical arrangements and their influence on animal performance


PSF Dr. Shahid Ibni


Agronomy 36 1.97

1242 Enhancing Rice Production using Mutmap

Technology Punjab Agricultural

Research Board PARB

Dr. Faisal Saeed Awan

Assistant Professor

CABB 36 28.98

1243 Enhancement of Oil Seed Crops Growth and Yield using Magnetic-stimulator and Laser

Technology


Research Projects

ICIMOD/SERVIR-Himalaya Small Grant Programme

Dr. Muhammad Shahid

Associate Professor


Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1244

Climate Change, Crop vulnerability and adaptation option for hilly areas: A case study

of wheat and maize using a spatial dynamic modeling approach


Research Projects


Dr. Tasneem Khaliq

Assistant Professor

Agronomy 12 2.52

1245

Frequency of distribution of Trichomonas spp. In galliforms, columbiforms and psittaciformes

in selected niches of the central Punjab, Pakistan


NSLP Dr. Muhammad



1246 Crop area monitoring and yield estimation using intelligent pixel information and GIS modeling


Research Projects



Masud Cheema

Assistant Professor


12 2.54

1247 Adaptation and performance evaluation of

indigenous biomass briquette forming machine Punjab Agricultural

Research Board PARB Dr. Abdul Nasir

Associate Professor


Engineering 36 9.14

1248 Enhancing the forage production of chinese

sweet sorghum through agronomic techniques Pakistan Science

Foundation NSLP Dr. Asif Iqbal

Assistant Professor

Agronomy 36 2.18

1249 Study of Micro/Nano-Sized Solid Aerosol

Particles (SPM) and their Characterization by Different Experimental Techniques



Dr. Syed Kamran Ajmal

Assistant Professor

Physics 12 0.50

1250 Iodine stability in salt study in Pakistan National

Collaborative Research Projects

The Micronutrients Initiative, Islamabad



Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1251 Optimization of sowing time and effect of stress and nutrients on growth of milk thistle (Silybum

marianum)



Research Council

ALP Dr. Nazish

Jahan Assistant Professor

Chemistry 36 3.60

1252 Use of laser induction for improvement in desert area medicinal plants: Isolation and

expression of bioactive genes



Research Council

ALP Prof. Dr. Amer

Jamil Professor Biochemistry 36 9.00

1253 Domestication, cultivation and determination of Nutritional and Nutraceutical comonents of wild edible and medicinal mushrooms from Pakistan



Research Council

ALP Dr. Muhammad



1254 Impact of climate change on agricultural crop

yield in disaster prone areas



Research Council

ALP Dr. Ghaffar Ali Assistant Professor


Economics 24 4.15

1255 Climate Change and food securiy Nexus: A case

of Punjab, Pakistan



Research Council

ALP Dr. Ghaffar Ali Assistant Professor


Economics 24 4.30

1256 Increased food security and farm income in Pakistan's Indust Basin through integrated

analysis of water policy choices



Research Council

ALP Dr. Khuda



Economics 36 4.89

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1257 value of improved information in Rain-fed agriculture of Pakistan: A perfect weather

forecast



Research Council

ALP Dr. Abedullah Assistant Professor


Economics 36 4.00

1258 Farmer preferences for abiotic stress tolerance in hybird versus inbred wheat: A case study of

Punjab, Pakistan



Research Council

ALP Dr. Shahzad

Kouser Assistant Professor


Economics 36 4.00

1259 Estimating impacts of BT cotton on biodiversity pesticide use and yeild: A farm level evidence

from Punjab, Pakistan



Research Council

ALP Dr. Khuda



Economics 36 7.39

1260 Fattening potential evaluation of Cholistani and

Dajal males under optimum feeding and intensive management system



Research Council

ALP Mr.

Muhammad Yaqoob

Animal and


1261

Growth performance of Marecha camelid (Camelus dromedarius) reared under different

management systemsand intensive management system



Research Council

ALP Mr.

Muhammad Yaqoob

Animal and


1262 Future flock recycling techniques in poultry,

animal welfare issue and their impact on production performance and economics



Research Council

ALP Dr. Muhammad



36 26.50

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1263 Documentation and Conservation of mundri a

new breed of sheep



Research Council

ALP Dr. Faiz-ul-

Hassan Lecturer


36 3.80

1264 Conservation and utilization of Nachi goat

through improved breeding



Research Council


Assistant Professor


36 3.60

1265 Development of optimized nutrient calculation system for smallholders livestock farms in and

around Faisalabad



Research Council

ALP Dr. Muhammad

Sharif Assistant Professor


36 4.00

1266 Induction of lactation in culled dairy animals (Cattles and buffaloes) by harmonal therapy



Research Council

ALP Dr. Asghar Ali (Physiology)

Lecturer Pharmacy,

Physiology and Pharmacology

36 9.30

1267

socio-economic impact and health perspectives of using hormonal feed additives and

antimicrobial growth promoters in domestic animal species



Research Council

ALP Dr. Bilal Aslam Assistant Professor


36 4.20

1268 Understanding pathogen-pathogen and host-pathogen interactions for combating major

respiratory pathogenes of poultry



Research Council

ALP Dr. Muhammad



Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1269

Evaluation of emerging antibiotic resistant Salmonella, Staphylococcus clostriduim and

escherchia spp from animal food and environmental for public health concern



Research Council

ALP Prof. Dr. Sajjad-


1270 Invitro production, cryopreservation and

transfer of Sahiwal cow embryos



Research Council

ALP Dr. Huma Jamil Assistant Professor


1271 Development of a herbal formulation for

treatment of sarcoptic mange in sheep and human: One Health approach



Research Council

ALP Dr. Zia ud Din



1272 Immunodiagnosis of Echinococcosis in animal

populations of Faisalabad Punjab Pakistan



Research Council

ALP Prof. Dr. Zafar

iqbal Professor Parasitology 36 4.92

1273 Frequency distribution of cryptosporidosis in

selected ruminant population of Punjab, Pakistan



Research Council

ALP Mr. Rab Nawaz

Bashir Lecturer


Tek Singh 36 6.92

1274 Molecular epidemiology of toxoplasmosis in pet and domestic animals of zoonotic significance in

selected areas of punjab, Pakistan



Research Council

ALP Dr. Muhammad



Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1275 Bovine brucellosis: New insight in the diagnosis

and DNA vaccine development



Research Council

ALP Prof. Dr. Ahrar

Khan Professor Pathology 48 50.00

1276

Pathology and immunopathogenesis of infectious variant viruses following intra-oviduct infection of grower and mature female chichens

in Pakistan



Research Council


Assistant Professor

Pathology 36 5.00

1277 Genotixic and pathological effects of bioactive

rock phosphate in poultry



Research Council

ALP Dr. Fazal


Pathology 36 4.68

1278

Inflammatory cytokine mRNA responses in naturally tuberculosis infected cattle and

buffaloes alongwith host genetic resistance/susceptiviltiy studies



Research Council

ALP Prof. Dr.

Muhammad Tariq Javed


1279 Detection of ochratoxins in commercially available corn and wheat products from

different districts of Punjab



Research Council


NIFSAT 36 4.00

1280 Development of low fat bakery products using

carbohydrate based fat replacer



Research Council


NIFSAT 36 4.00

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1281 Value addition of agro-waste for the

producation of bacterial cellulose as a potential food additive



Research Council

ALP Dr. Muhammad


NIFSAT 36 8.03

1282 The development of milk based bio-adhesive

matrics for encapsulation of probiotics



Research Council

ALP Dr. Muhammad


NIFSAT 36 6.08

1283 Development and application of biochemicals to

enhance the storage life of tomato under controlled atmosphere



Research Council


Assistant Professor

NIFSAT 36 8.35

1284 Documentation and mitigation of antibiotics and pesticides residues in poultry meat and

their fate during processing



Research Council


Assistant Professor

NIFSAT 36 6.12

1285 Mitigating the abamectin residues in frutis and

vegetables by washing treatments



Research Council


Assistant Professor

NIFSAT 36 5.85

1286 Screening of potato varieties for low sugar

accumulation in response to cold storage and their mitigation through reconditioning



Research Council


Assistant Professor

NIFSAT 36 6.56

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1287 Enhancing Egg productivity and livability of backyard poultry in District Toba Tek Singh



Research Council

ALP Dr. Zia-ur-Rehman

Assistant Professor


Tek Singh 36 9.50

1288 Impact assessment of ICT based agricultral

information & technology transfer system in Pakistan



Research Council

ALP Dr. Babar Shahbaz

Associate Professor


Rural Development

36 5.00

1289 Educational needs assessment of rural woemn

in crop production and livestock practices in Punjab, Pakistan



Research Council

ALP Dr. Ijaz Ashraf



Rural Development

36 3.70

1290 Valuation of processed food product attributes

and policy implications



Research Council

ALP Dr. Waseem


IBMS 3618 3.60

1291 Potato Value Chain Analysis and its

Development



Research Council

ALP Dr. Waseem


IBMS 36 6.99

1292 Electrokinetic remediation of heavy metals from

the wastewater irrigated soils to marginalize their harmful effects in food Chain



Research Council

ALP Dr. Kashif Kamran

Assistant Professor

Physics 36 7.65

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1293 Dehydration and preservation of agricultural

products using solar energy



Research Council

ALP Dr. Yasir Jamil Associate Professor

Physics 36 8.00

1294

Ecologically based rodent management strategies in some conomically important crops,

detection and management of some rodent borne diseases in the selected habitats of

Punjab, Pakistan



Research Council

ALP Prof. Dr. Hammad



Fisheries 36 4.20

1295

Application of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria in biochar amended soil: A

promising approach for improving fertility and crop drought tolerance



Research Council

ALP Dr. Sajid

Mahmood Nadeem

Assistant Professor


36 10.00

1296 Development of high energy vitamin fortified

cereal bars for school going children



Research Council

ALP Prof. Dr.

Masood Sadiq Butt


1297 Nutraceutical and therapeutic fortitude of fruits

extracts: A diet based therapy to combat dengue and related complicatios



Research Council

ALP Dr. Imran

Pasha Associate Professor

NIFSAT 24 3.80

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1298 Extraction, characterization and value addition

of essential oils in bakery products



Research Council

ALP Prof. Dr.

Masood Sadiq Butt


1299 Use of antimicrobial coatings to increase the

shelf life of fish



Research Council

ALP Dr. Amna Sahar Assistant Professor

Food Engineering

36 5.00

1300 Exploring the functional and nutraceutical potential of different herbs for tackling m

metabolic sydnromes



Research Council

ALP Dr. Amir Shahzad

Assistant Professor

NIFSAT 36 9.00

1301 Value addition and shelflife extension of fish

fillets using novel biodergradable coatings



Research Council

ALP Prof. Dr.

Masood Sadiq Butt


1302

Efficient management of saline irrigation water to sustain on a longer terms soil and water productivity: Experimental and Modeling

Approach



Research Council

ALP Dr. Syed Hamid Hussain Shah

Assistant Professor


36 2.45

1303

Impact of spatio-temporal variation in Groundwater quality on agricultural

productivity and development of management strategies



Research Council

ALP Prof. Dr.

Muhammad Arshad (I&D)


Drainage 36 14.83

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1304 Emerging technologies to enhance the shelf life and value addition of mango (Mangiferalndica

L,)by using non destructive methods



Research Council

ALP Dr. Engr. Zia

Ahmad Chatha Assistant Professor

NIFSAT 36 9.30

1305 Prespectives of using Zn coated Urea Zn biofortification in rice and wheat crop



Research Council

ALP Dr. Shamsa



Sciences 36 5.50

1306

Identification and categorization of cultivars of grain crops (rice, maize and wheat) as metal excluders, accumulators and indicators for

cultivation in sewage irrigated peri-urban areas



Research Council

ALP Dr. Muhammad



Sciences 36 8.00

1307 Development of cost-effective phosphatic

fertilizer from local-grade rock phosphate for efficient nutrient management



Research Council

ALP Dr. Muhammad



Sciences 36 6.25

1308 Optimizing land-use and reclamation options for

marginally productive saline soils for oil seed crops production



Research Council

ALP Dr. Zulfiqar

Ahmad Saqib Assistant Professor


Sciences 36 6.50

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1309

On farm DGT measurments to model heavy metals bioavailability growing grain crops on

sewage irrigated metal soils and their remidation



Research Council

ALP Dr. Muhammad Zia ur Rehman

(IS&ES)

Assistant Professor


Sciences 36 4.50

1310 Improving nitrogen use efficiency by increasing soil carbon sequentration and decreasing tillage

in wheat rice cropping system



Research Council

ALP Dr. Zulfiqar



Sciences 36 7.80

1311 Uptake of nitrogen by wheat under salinity

stress and photosynthate partitioning in plant component



Research Council

ALP Dr. Zulfiqar



Sciences 36 7.00

1312 Monitoring of urban dust pollution using

advanced geophysical techniques



Research Council

ALP Dr. Hamaad Raza Ahmad

Assistant Professor


Sciences 36 3.50

1313 Integrated application of chemical oxidation and bioremediation for the remediation of

pesticide contaminated soils



Research Council

ALP Dr. Muhammad


Assistant Professor


Sciences 36 7.00

1314

identification, characterization and on-farm demonstration of wheat genotypes showing

high tolerance to interactive effects of salinity, high CO2 and high temperature



Research Council

ALP Dr. Muhammad


Clinical Medicine &

Surgery 36 13.00

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1315 Assessing and mitigating the arsenic risk from

contaminated water in punjab



Research Council

ALP Dr. Nabeel Khan Niazi

Assistant Professor


Sciences 36 9.27

1316 Sustainable fodder production from salt -

affected waste lands of Punjab



Research Council

ALP Dr. Muhammad



Sciences 36 9.00

1317 Managing potassium in the soils of Punjab for

enhanced and sustainable crop production



Research Council

ALP Dr. Irshad Bibi Assistant Professor


Sciences 36 8.56

1318

Integrated agricultural water management through different organic source of manure,

planting techniques and models for enhancing water productivity in Rice-Wheat cropping

system



Research Council

ALP Dr. Muhammad


Assistant Professor


Sciences 36 7.00

1319 Inoculation with plant growth promoting

rhizobacteria to grow iron donse chickpea



Research Council

ALP Dr. Hafiz

Naeem Asgher Ch.

Associate Professor


Sciences 36 35.00

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1320 Monitoring and management of sewage water

for effective and safe land use for crops



Research Council

ALP Prof. Dr. Ghulam Murtaza

Professor Soil &


36 6.94

1321

Phylotying of Pakistani Ralstonia strains and extension of quorum quenching technology to

control corresponding vascular wilts in vegetables



Research Council

ALP Dr. Kashif Riaz Assistant Professor


1322 Functional metagenomics of bacterial and

fungal populations from BT cotton rhizosphere



Research Council

ALP Dr. Kashif Riaz Assistant Professor


1323 Association of resistance breaking cotton leaf

curl burewala virus with biotypes of its vector ( Bemisia tabaci)prevailing in cotton fields



Research Council

ALP Dr. Luqman



1324 Resilience and sustainability assessment of rice systems through inter-comparison of models in

changing climate



Research Council

ALP Dr. Fahd Rasul Assistant Professor

Agronomy 36 7.90

1325 Alleviating the drought-induced oxidative

damage by exogenous application of fulvic acid in twenty contrasting wheat cultivars



Research Council

ALP Dr. Shakeel


Agronomy 36 2.99

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1326

Simulation of wheat genotype performances under variable environments for breeding to cope with changing climate in Pakistan using

crop growth models



Research Council

ALP Dr. Tasneem


Agronomy 36 8.50

1327

Simulating the Impact of Seedling Age, Transplanting Dates and Nitrogen Rates on

Production and Nitrogen Use Efficiency of Rice Hybrids



Research Council


Agronomy 36 8.30

1328

Climate change mitigation and sustainable agricultural production for nutrient use

efficiency and polluted soils remediation using biochar



Research Council


Agronomy 36 9.00

1329 Impact of integrated nutrition management (Synthetic and biofertilizers) on sustainable

Mungbean (Vigna radiata L.) production



Research Council


Agronomy 36 7.90

1330 Improving soil productivity through crop

residues management and green manuring in rice-wheat cropping system of the Punjab



Research Council

ALP Prof. Dr.

Ehsanullah Professor Agronomy 36 5.20

1331 Ameliorating the interactrive effect of drought and salinity stress by potential ascorbie acid in

different maize hybrids



Research Council

ALP Dr. Shakeel


Agronomy 36 2.90

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1332 Rice residue-management options in rice-wheat cropping system to augment crop producitivity



Research Council

ALP Prof. Dr.


1333 Monitoring and risk mitigation of persistent

organic pollutants in soils irrigated with wastewater



Research Council

ALP Dr. Sardar Alam


Agronomy 36 4.32

1334

Potential of biological nitrification inhibition in mitigating greenhous gas emission, and improving nitrogen use efficiency and

productivity of maize



Research Council

ALP Dr. Muhammad


Agronomy 36 18.50

1335 Enhancing productivity of no input rain-fed chickpea-chickpea cropping system through

organic bio-stimulants and foliar NPK feeding



Research Council

Prof. Dr. Asif


1336 Integrated management of pathological fruit

drop of citrus in Punjab



Research Council

ALP Dr. Sajid Aleem



1337 Use of antimicrobial peptide based transgenic

approch against causal organism of Red rot diseases of sugercane



Research Council

ALP Dr. Amjad



Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1338

Proteomics and toxicological studies of F. oxysporum in tomato under changing climate in

Pakistan and biolocial management of the disease.



Research Council

ALP Dr. Imran-ul-



1339 Integrated Management of Declining Citurs in

Punjab



Research Council

ALP Dr. Imran-ul-



1340 Incidence of guava decline and its integrated

management



Research Council

ALP Dr. Aftab Ali

Bukhari Assistant Professor


1341 Pilot Scale production of mycofungicide for seed

treatment against soiil borne diseases



Research Council

ALP Dr. Abdul Hannan

Assistant Professor


1342 Development of High yeilding heavy metal

tolerant tomato hybrid



Research Council

ALP Dr. Asif Saeed Assistant Professor


36 6.70

1343 Molecular Characterization of Cucumis sativus

germplasm and gynoecious and inbred lines development



Research Council

ALP Dr. Hafiza Masooma

Naseer Cheema

Assistant Professor


48 6.80

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1344 Improving wheat drought tolerance through application of bioinformatics and functional

genomics tools in wheat breeding



Research Council

ALP Dr. Zulfiqar Ali Professor Plant Breeding

& Genetics 36 17.14

1345 Pea germplasm hunting for biotic and abiotic

stress tolerance using DNA barcoding and molecular characterization



Research Council

ALP Prof. Dr. Asif Ali

Khan Professor


36 5.00

1346 Promotion of the floriculture industry by developing production and postharvest

handling protocols for speciality cut flowers



Research Council

ALP Dr. Iftikhar



24 5.92

1347 Development and genetic characterization of

inbred lines and polyploid germplasm for hybridization in elite guava strains



Research Council

ALP Dr. Muhammad


Assistant Professor


36 13.54

1348

Screening for heat-tolerance in commercially important summer vegetables and induction of

heat tolerance by exogenous application of various chemicals



Research Council

ALP Prof. Dr. Aslam Pervez (Late)


Sciences 36 12.25

1349 Pre and postharvest measures to enhance the

fruit maturity and improve good quality yeild of date palm fruit crop



Research Council

ALP Dr. Saeed



36 7.00

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1350 Postharvest handing and quality management

of peach



Research Council

ALP Dr. Ahmad Sattar Khan

Associate Professor


36 10.00

1351 Establishment and management of high density

citrus orchards



Research Council

ALP Dr. Ahmad Sattar Khan

Associate Professor


60 15.00

1352

Identification of molecular genetic diversity and linked resistance to Ascochyta blight in pakistan

chickpea breeding germplasm using SSR markers



Research Council

ALP Dr. Rana

Muhammad Atif

Assistant Professor


36 3.00

1353 Genetic analysis of genes related to plant

defenses from infected plant with pathogen and sucking pest



Research Council

ALP Dr. Rao Sohail Ahmad Khan

Assistant Professor

CABB 24 2.50

1354 Improving sugarcane yield by employing

modern methodologies



Research Council



CABB 36 17.57

1355 Trackling the role of pathogenesis related genes

in biotic and abiotic stress tolerance of wheat



Research Council

ALP Dr. Iqrar


CABB 36 9.00

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1356 Cotton crop improvement through maintaining

seed quality during production and storage



Research Council


Agronomy 36 3.90

1357 Development of innovative techniques for the control of fruit fly on Mango in Multan District



Research Council

ALP Dr. Muhammad


Entomology 36 4.60

1358

Use of integrated pest management (IPM) to decrease health hazards associated with

pesticide residues to improve food safety and security



Research Council

ALP Dr. Ahmad


Entomology 36 5.50

1359 Biotic potential of aphid parasitoids to control

canola aphids in different agro-ecological zones of Punjab (Pakistan)



Research Council

ALP Dr. Ahmad


Entomology 36 3.00

1360 Pesticides exposure to humans, animals and

food products and the estimation of maximum residue limits (MRLs) in Pakistan



Research Council

ALP Dr. Muhammad


Entomology 36 4.50

1361 Evaluation of chemosterilants by food-bait

station for the suppression of fruit flies in fruit orchards



Research Council

ALP Prof. Dr.

Muhammad Jalal Arif


Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1362

Development of pest-forecasting model and biorational integrated pest management

system/module for the management melon fruit fly and pumpkin beetle on cucurbit crops



Research Council

ALP Dr. Muhammad


Entomology 36 5.50

1363

Seasonal incidence and development of integrated management module of helicoverpa

amigera hubner (noctuidae: lepidoptera) on transgenic cotton in Punjab



Research Council

ALP Dr. Khuram Zia Assistant Professor

Entomology 36 3.00

1364

Isolation of novel genes and peptides naturally occurring in the female reproductive secretion

of insect parasitoids for the development of bio insecticides for sustainable insect control

programmes



Research Council

ALP Dr. Zain- ul-


Entomology 36 9.50

1365 Post-harvest grain losses management using entomopathogens, diatomaceous earth and

new chemistry insecticides



Research Council

ALP Dr. Waqas


Entomology 36 4.56

1366 Molecular characterization and microbial

control of Rhynchophorus ferrugineus olivier (coleoptera: curculionidae) on date palms



Research Council

ALP Dr. Waqas


Entomology 36 6.63

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1367

Molecular biogeography and microbial control of spodoptera litura fabricius (Noctuidae:

lepidoptera) in peri-urban vegetable production system



Research Council

ALP Dr. Waqas


Entomology 36 7.50

1368

Development of innovative techniques for the control of Mango Mealy Bug (Drosicha stebbingi

Green) on Mango (Mangifera indica L.) in Multan District



Research Council

ALP Dr. Muhammad


Entomology 36 4.60

1369 Development of biointensive management

module for armyworm in field crops and vegetables



Research Council

ALP Dr. Rashad


Entomology 36 3.70

1370 Development of bio-intensive IPM module for whiteflies and mite pests of tunnel vegetables



Research Council

ALP Dr. Muhammad


Entomology 36 4.95

1371 BT cotton in Pakistan: An important tool to

combat the ballworms



Research Council

ALP Dr. Muhammad

Arshad (Entomology)

Assistant Professor

Entomology 36 3.32

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1372

Enhancing chickpea yield by developing resistance against pod borers through

accumulation of cry protein in chloroplast and determining blight resistance using molecular

approaches


PARB Prof. Dr.



1373 Expressing hsp24 gene from Trichoderma

harzianum in transgenic sugarcane for enhanced resistance against red rot


SRGP 2013 Dr. Siddra Ijaz Assistant Professor

CABB 12 0.50

1374 Community-based forest management and

conservation in northern Pakistan.


Research Projects Global Environmental Faculty Dr. Ghaffar Ali

Assistant Professor


Economics 12 9.97

1375 Community based forest management z\dn

conservation in northern pakistan


Research Projects

Global Environment Facility (GEF) Small Grants

programme

Prof. Dr. Muhammad

Ashfaq Professor


Economics 36 5.00

1376 Reclamation of Salt Affected Soils by Using

Electrokinetic Method Higher Education


Program 2013 Dr. Kashif Kamran

Assistant Professor

Physics 12 0.50

1377 Climate change understanding and awareness

among university scholars of Pakistan: participatory role of HEC





Economics 12 0.50

1378 Synthesis and Expression of Herbicide

Resistance Conferring Genes in Sugarcane Chloroplasts: Generation Advancement


SRGP 2013 Dr. Ghulam


CABB 12 0.50

1379 Addressing Critical Bottlenecks towards Stable

Plastid Transformation in Rice Higher Education



Assistant Professor

CABB 12 0.50

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1380

Identifying the emerging challenges and factors contributing towards poverty in Urban and Peri-

urban Areas of Metropolitan cities of Punjab, Pakistan


Research Projects

ESRC-DFID Poverty Alleviation Programme Call 2013, UK

Prof. Dr. Muhammad

Ashfaq Professor


Economics 24 13.37

1381 Determinants of firm's growth and profitabilty:

the case of textile sector in Pakistan


Research Projects

International Growth Center (IGC)

Dr. Waseem Ahmad

Assistant Professor

IBMS 12 3.33

1382

Jeopardy intrigue and recognition of rendered oils (Khulla tail) with allusion to carrion bone toxins in multifarious zones of Faisalabad in

Pakistan


NSLP Dr. Asim Shabbir

Assistant Professor

NIFSAT 24 3.29

1383 regioselective suzuki-sonogashira reactions of

2,3,5,6-tetrabromoindacene-1,7-dione and their biological activities


Research Projects

Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)


Assistant Professor

Chemistry 18 1.59

1384

Gold-catalyzed synthesis of functionalized diary1 sulfides base on cycli8zation of 1 â€œthioaryloxy 4-(Phenylethynyl)-2, 4-

bis(Silyloxy) 1-3-dienes


Research Projects TWAS


Assistant Professor

Chemistry 18 1.59

1385 Moringa: A multipurpose plant to combat

malnutrition


Research Projects

Grand Challenges Canada 2013

Prof. Dr. Shahzad

Maqsood Ahmad Basra


1386 Zinc biofertification of vegetables to mitigate

micronutrients malnutrition in developing countries


Research Projects Grand Challenges Canada

Dr. Shamsa Kanwal

Assistant Professor


Sciences 18 10.31

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1387 QTL mapping for drought tolerance in wheat Pakistan Science

Foundation PSF

Dr. Samina Jam Nazir Ahmad

Assistant Professor

Botany 36 1.99

1388 MIR-PLS Based Prediction Model: A New

approach to Estimate and Monitor Heavy Metal (liod)s contamination in Soils


Research Projects

Grand Challenges Canada Round -6 of the stars in

Global Health, 2013


Assistant Professor


Sciences 12 10.31

1389 Phytoplasma diseases and their insect vectors:

identification, control and management


Research Projects PAK-UK BILATERAL

Dr. Jam Nazir Ahmad

Assistant Professor

Entomology 4 0.00

1390 Enhancing soil fertility through different tillage systems and cover crops in rice-wheat cropping

system


PSF Prof. Dr.


1391 An alarming public health issue: Drug residues

and antibiotic resistance in bacteria


Research Projects


Global Health, 2013

Dr. Zia-ur-Rehman

Assistant Professor


Tek Singh 18 9.74

1392 Exploiting therapeutic / medicinal potential of

unexplored insect fauna of Pakistan


Research Projects


Global Health, 2013

Dr. Zain- ul-Abdin

Assistant Professor

Entomology 18 8.42

1393 Dual hit strategy in vaccine development: TLR-mimetics and cytokines as vaccine adjuvanta


Research Projects


Global Health, 2013


Assistant Professor


1394 Functional metagenomics of Bacterial and

Fungal populations from BT cotton Rhizophere


Research Projects ISESCO RESEARCH GRANT Dr. Kashif Riaz

Assistant Professor


Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1395

Comparative analysis of residual effects of chloramphicol derivatives (flofenicol and thiamphenicol) and antimicrobial growth

promoters in poultry birds


NSLP Dr. Bilal Aslam Assistant Professor


36 4.05

1396 Degradation of persistent organic pollutants using modified fenton advanced oxidation

process


NRPU 2013 Prof. Dr. Haq Nawaz Bhatti (Chemistry)


1397 Population Genetics and Bio-Intensive

Management of Citrus Psylids to Suppress Citrus Greening Disease in Punjab-Pakistan


NRPU 2013 Prof. Dr.

Muhammad Jalal Arif


1398 Evaluation of cotton TILLING M3 population for

abiotic stress related gene Higher Education




& Genetics 36 7.03

1399 Farmers preferences and willingness to pay for

vegetable seed attributes: A case study of Punjab, Pakistan


SRGP 2013 Dr. Shahzad

Kouser Assistant Professor


Economics 36 7.99

1400 Laser synthesis, characterization and role in

Agriculture of anoparticles Higher Education


Dr. Ayesha Younus

Assistant Professor

Physics 36 7.99

1401 Documentation of the mechanisms of

insecticide resistance in armyworm Spodoptera sp. (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)


NRPU 2013 Dr. Rashad


Entomology 36 3.21

1402

Impact of soil characters and farming practice on relative abundance and biodiversity of soil mites in different ecological zones of Punjab,

Pakistan




Entomology 36 4.13

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1403

Exploration of predatory mites and their integration with selective insecticides and some

plant extracts for bio-intensive IPM of cotton whitefly




Entomology 36 2.88

1404 Exploration of bacteriocin producing lactic acid

bacteria (LAB) to improve safety and shelf life of foods




NIFSAT 24 4.54

1405

Risk-appraisal of 3-monochloropropane 1,2-diol fatty acid esters in various edible oils, processed foods and development of diminution strategies for curtailing that carcinogenic health hazard in

Pakistan


NRPU 2013 Dr. Asim Shabbir

Assistant Professor

NIFSAT 24 8.88

1406 Healthier Meat: an innovative choice for

hypercholesterolemics Higher Education



Assistant Professor

NIFSAT 24 4.50

1407 Exploring the nutraceutical potential of date

and its by products to mitigate metabolic syndrome


NRPU 2013 Dr. Aamir Shahzad

Assistant Professor

NIFSAT 24 8.32

1408 Isolation and characterization of bioactive

compounds from medicinal plants of salt range, Pakistan




Chemistry 36 16.99

1409

Development of bioresins technology for removal of heavy metals from

aqueous/industrial effluents using indigenous agrowaste material


NRPU 2013 Dr. Raziya Nadeem

Assistant Professor

Chemistry 36 12.60

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1410 Transition metals and lanthanides based co-

ordination compounds and co-ordination polymers


NRPU 2013 Dr. Muhammad Nadeem Akhtar

Assistant Professor

Chemistry 36 6.42

1411 Toxicological exploration of medicinal plants

and their herbal products Higher Education


Dr. Muhammad Shahid

Associate Professor


1412 Cost effective technology for mass production

of dual action mycopathocide Higher Education


Dr. Abdul Hannan

Assistant Professor


1413 Responses and adaptation of cotton

(Gossypium hirsutum L.) to waterlogging stress Higher Education


Dr. Muhammad Farooq

Associate Professor

Agronomy 36 8.74

1414

Spatio-temporal trend and integrated management of red pumpkin beetle

(Aulacophora foveicollis) on Indian snapmelon (Cucumis melo momordica)




Entomology 36 4.18

1415

The genomic based integrated management of phytoplasmâ€™s insect vectors and associated diseases on different host plants from different

regions of Punjab, Pakistan


NRPU 2013 Dr. Jam Nazir


Entomology 36 9.94

1416 Development of a vision system for non-

destructive measurement of plant leaf area Higher Education



Assistant Professor

Computer Science

12 0.65

1417 Improved and Sustainable cereal production by

precise potassium application to eliminate undernutrition in Pakistan


Research Projects


Global Health, 2013 Dr. Irshad Bibi

Assistant Professor


Sciences 12 10.31

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1418 Biosolublization of rock phosphate and its

toxicopathological effects in poultry Pakistan Science

Foundation NSLP

Dr. Fazal Mahmood

Assistant Professor

Pathology 36 3.49

1419 Establishment of seed research lab for quality seed production of field crops and vegetables


Research Projects

The Turkish International Cooperation and

Development Agency (TIKA)

Prof. Dr. Abdus Salam Khan


& Genetics 48 18.67

1420 Quality vegetable seed production and

development of inbred lines for hybrid seed production


Research Projects

The Turkish International Cooperation and

Development Agency (TIKA)



Sciences 48 10.11

1421 Strengthening Allelopathy and Plant Eco-

physiology Lab at the Department of Agronomy, UAF


Research Projects

Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation, Germany

Dr. Muhammad Farooq

Associate Professor

Agronomy 12 4.31

1422

Molecular Characterization of Trichomona gallinae for Effective Management of

Trichomoniasis in Galliformes and Psittaciformes


NSLP Prof. Dr. Hammad



Fisheries 36 3.09

1423 Assessing the effect of Bt maize on soil

Microbial population and heavy meta (liod) bioavailability grown in contaminated Soils


Research Projects

Bio safety Research in Pakistan Grants Program

2013


Assistant Professor


Sciences 12 1.47

1424 Agricultural risks under climate change and

their management in different ecological zones of Punjab, Pakistan





Rural Development

36 2.22

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1425 Indigenous botanicals as green alternative ACE

inhibitors Higher Education


Dr. Nazish Jahan

Assistant Professor

Chemistry 24 3.37

1426 Mobile Phone: Communication Revolution

Policy Implications for Rural and Urban Communities in the Punjab, Pakistan





Rural Development

36 1.95

1427 Production of dual action mycoinoculant at

commercial level Pakistan Science

Foundation NSLP

Dr. Abdul Hannan

Assistant Professor


1428 Analysis of endogenous resistance in

monocotyledonous plants and heterologous transgenic expression in plastids


NSLP Prof. Dr.



1429 Molecular and conventional breeding of grass peal/Lathyris sativus for high yield and low ß-

ODAP content


NSLP Dr. Muhammad

Ahsan Iqbal Assistant Professor


36 3.32

1430 Development of salt tolerant barley cultivar

through tissue culture Pakistan Science

Foundation NSLP

Dr. Muhammad Ahsan Iqbal

Assistant Professor


36 1.88

1431 Causes of instability of ultra-heat treated milk

during storage and their controls Pakistan Science

Foundation NSLP

Dr. Sarfraz Ahmad (Late)

Assistant Professor

NIFSAT 24 7.59

1432 Complementing the limiting amino acids by

synthetic source to improve the performance of commercial poultry birds


NSLP Prof. Dr. Aslam

Mirza Professor


36 2.61

1433

Foliar application of calcium mobilizer to produce heavy metal-free vegetables in peri-

urban areas: alternative to remediation treatment


NSLP Dr. Muhammad



Sciences 36 3.00

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1434 Coupling of Chemical Oxidation with Bioremediation to Treat Petroleum

Hydrocarbons in Contaminated Soils


NSLP Dr. Muhammad


Assistant Professor


Sciences 36 5.92

1435 Analysis of pollutants in soil and vegetation

using laser induced breakdown spectroscopy Pakistan Science

Foundation NSLP Dr. Yasir Jamil

Associate Professor

Physics 36 5.84

1436 Hyperproduction and stability of indigenously

produced peroxidase for standardization of glucose diagnostic kit


NSLP Prof. Dr. Khalil


1437 Hyper-expression of a novel organophosphate

hydrolase from a newly isolated strain of Pseudomonas


NSLP Dr. Muhammad

Anjum Zia Associate Professor


1438 Moringa, a potential oilseed crop for

sustainable economic growth Pakistan Science

Foundation NSLP

Prof. Dr. Shahzad

Maqsood Ahmad Basra


1439 Studying the longevity of primed wheat and

maize seeds Pakistan Science

Foundation NSLP

Dr. Muhammad Farooq

Associate Professor

Agronomy 36 3.96

1440 Resilience and sustainability assessment of

different rice production systems in changing climate


NSLP Dr. Fahd Rasul Assistant Professor

Agronomy 36 3.37

1441 Influence of futuristic induced molting

techniques on performance, egg quality and histopathological changes of caged hens


NSLP Dr. Muhammad



24 1.99

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1442

Screening for heat-tolerance in commercially important summer vegetables and induction of

heat tolerance by exogenous application of various chemicals


NSLP Prof. Dr. Aslam Pervez (Late)


Sciences 36 3.89

1443 Anestrus: clinical and biochemical Studies in

buffaloes Pakistan Science

Foundation PSF Dr. Huma Jamil

Assistant Professor


1444 Effect of plant communities on nutrient cycling

in soil induced by root exudates


Research Projects

Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation, Germany


Assistant Professor


Sciences 12 8.62

1445 Towards conductive rice plastid tranformation:

targetting bottlenecks one by one


Research Projects



Assistant Professor

CABB 24 1.19

1446

Molecular based detection and identification of potential insect vectors of phytoplasma and

their associated diseases in Pakistan for sustainable crop production


Research Projects


Dr. Jam Nazir Ahmad

Assistant Professor

Entomology 24 1.19

1447

Extension of quorum quenching technology to control vascular wilts caused by Ralstonia

Solanacearum and phylotyping of Pakistani Ralsotnia Strains


Research Projects




1448 Evaluation and treatment of toxic chemicals and

microbial agents in hospitals and industrial waste waters


Research Projects



Chemistry 24 1.19

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1449 Molecular characterization of growth harmone

gene in beetal goats of Pakistan


Research Projects


Dr. Faiz-ul-Hassan

Lecturer Animal and


1450 Heterologous expression of mycoparasite

derived glucanolytic and chitinolytic enzymes in potato, to combat fungal pathogens


Research Projects


Dr. Ghulam Mustafa

Assistant Professor

CABB 24 1.19

1451 Molecular epidemiology and clinical picture of

chicken infectious Anemia in poultry from Faisalabad region of Pakistan


Research Projects



Assistant Professor

Pathology 24 1.19

1452 Waste Water treatment using electrochemical

technologies based on fenton's reagent


Research Projects


Dr. Muhammad Zahid

Assistant Professor

Chemistry 24 1.18

1453 Physical and chemical processing of menthe

arvensis essential oil to produce menthol crystals


Research Projects


Mr. Rafia Rehman

Chemistry 24 1.19

1454 Laser assisted synthesis of nano-particles in

liquid medium for water purification


Research Projects


Ms. Afsar Bano Chemistry 24 1.19

1455 New downstream approaches for pure biofine

chemicals and aroma substances from essential oil


Research Projects



Assistant Professor

Chemistry 24 1.19

1456 A Study to inhibit heterocyclic aromatic amines

formation is cooked meat


Research Projects



Food Engineering

24 1.19

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1457

Documentation and validation of natural products / botanicals used for the control and treatment of coccidiosis in broiler chickens in

Districts Toba Tek Singh, Punjab, Pakistan


Research Projects


Dr. Rao Zahid Abbas

Assistant Professor


1458

Assessment of Arsenic Risk from Arsenic contaminated groundwater, soil and

food/fodder crops around agricultural areas of muzaffargarh district in Southern Punjab,

Pakistan


Research Projects IFS RESEARCH GRANT


Assistant Professor


Sciences 24 1.18

1459 Standardization of ELISA using excretory

secretary antigens procured from indigenous strains of fasciola gigantic


Research Projects



Assistant Professor


1460 Probing the health potentials of dietary fiber for

tackling health problems in Pakistan


Research Projects


Dr. Amir Shahzad

Assistant Professor

NIFSAT 24 1.14

1461 A cost effective alternative to phosphatic fertilizers by utilizing local low-grade rock

phosphate


Research Projects



Assistant Professor


Sciences 24 1.18

1462 A novel approch for the remidation of pesticide polluted soils by magnetite-catalyzed chemical

oxidation


Research Projects



Science)

Assistant Professor


Sciences 24 1.18

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1463

Isolation, characterization of different cyclotide and uncyclotide genes and their expression

studies at transciptional level in local potential flora


Research Projects


Mr. Zahid Mushtaq

Lecturer Biochemistry 24 1.19

1464 Exploration of underestimated weeds as a

source of natural antioxidants for their further application in food and pharmaceuticals


Research Projects


Ms. Sadaf Yaqoob

Chemistry 24 1.15

1465 Persistence, carry over and leaching behavior of

herbicides in rice-wheat cropping system


Research Projects


Dr. Rana Nadeem Abbas

Assistant Professor

Agronomy 36 1.19

1466

Mapping the dietary fibre and caloric intake of women and men belonging to diverse socio-

economic status in Faisalabad district of Pakistan


Research Projects


Dr. Allah Rakha Assistant Professor

NIFSAT 24 1.19

1467 Manipulation of vitamin E contents for Nutraceutical enhancement and stress

management in Tomato


Research Projects


Dr. Khurram Ziaf

Assistant Professor


24 1.19

1468 Management of mitigation of arsenic risk from

the water, soil and food crops in punjab, Pakistan


Research Projects

Australian Center for International Agricultural

Research, Aciar


Assistant Professor


Sciences 60 151.18

1469 Development of phytochemical synergies to

cope with food borne pathogens Pakistan Science

Foundation NSLP

Dr. Muhammad Saeed

Assistant Professor

NIFSAT 24 3.17

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1470 Jeopardy Mapping of Trans Fats Intake in Different Population Groups of Faisalabad

Region in Pakistan


Research Projects Nippon Foundation

Dr. Asim Shabbir

Assistant Professor

NIFSAT 12 3.76

1471 development of technology for commercial cultivation of mushrooms round the year in

Pakistan


Research Projects


Dr. Imran-ul-Haq

Assistant Professor


1472 Identification of resistance germplasm against bayoud disease in date palm and its integrated

management


NSLP Dr. Imran-ul-



1473 Characterization of camel milk and its

fermented products (CCMFP)


Research Projects

3rd Bio-Asia-French and European Minsitry of Foreign Affairs for financial assistance


Assistant Professor

NIFSAT 24 4.60

1474 TCP congestion control enhancment in high

bandwidth delay product networks



Dr. Salman Afsar

Assistant Professor

Computer Science

4 1.60

1475 Use of IT in crop production: resources use

planning and yield forecasting of rice and wheat under changing climate scenarios




Associate Professor

Agronomy 36 37.88

1476 Utilization of novel strategies to combat

phosphine resistance in stored-grain insect pests in Pakistanâ€•


Research Projects


Dr. Waqas Wakil

Assistant Professor

Entomology 36 14.98

1477 â€œReducing dependence on synthetic

pesticides by implementation of bio-rational methods for pest control in fruit orchardsâ€•


Research Projects


Dr. Waqas Wakil

Assistant Professor

Entomology 36 17.13

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1478 â€œEconomic comparisons of Pakistani diary

animals for higher profitabilityâ€•


Research Projects



Assistant Professor


36 23.12

1479 â€œEnvironmentally safe use of industrial

cheese whey into food and non-food productsâ€•


Research Projects



Assistant Professor

NIFSAT 24 2.76

1480 Targeting Vector-Borne Animal Diseases Impacting Small Agricultural Holdersâ€•


Research Projects




1481 Wasp Venoms and a Venomous Protein Nano-particle Production System for Insect Control


Research Projects


Dr. Zain- ul-Abdin

Assistant Professor

Entomology 36 20.97

1482 â€œSafe use of under ground saline water for

better crop productionâ€•


Research Projects



Assistant Professor


Sciences 36 52.94

1483 â€œImproving productivity of wheat crop to multiple (abiotic) stresses using physiological

and molecular approachesâ€•


Research Projects


Prof. Dr. Muhammad

Ashraf Professor Botany 36 34.59

1484 â€œExploring the functional properties of

peanut proteins for baby foodsâ€•


Research Projects


Dr. Ali Asghar Assistant Professor

NIFSAT 36 22.50

1485 Molecular Marker assisted selection of high

yielding and disease resistant dry pea genotypes


Research Projects


Dr. Muhammad Ahsan Iqbal

Assistant Professor


36 5.67

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1486 Nanotechnology based remediation strategies

for the removal of pollutants (organic and inorganic) from industrial wastewater


Research Projects



Science)

Assistant Professor


Sciences 36 13.49

1487 Anaerobic Conversion of Agricultural Wastes

into Bio-ethanol after Enzymatic De-lignifications


Research Projects


Prof. Dr. Muhammad

Asghar Professor Biochemistry 36 35.96

1488

Promoting sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.) as a sugar crop in Pakistan: variety selection and

nutrient management for quality beet production


Research Projects


Dr. Abdul Wakeel

Assistant Professor


Sciences 36 21.95

1489

Regio-Selective synthesis, spectroscopic, photochemical and optoelectronic studies of aryl, alkynyl and sequential Aryl-alkynyl cross

coupling Suzuki-Sonogashira reaction of 2,3,5,6-tetrabromoindancene-1,7-dione


Research Projects



Assistant Professor

Chemistry 36 50.84

1490 Date Palm Genetics Resources: Conservation

and Molecular Characterization


Research Projects



Qadri

Assistant Professor


36 42.69

1491 Genetics and transcriptome analysis and

conservation of Moringa species


Research Projects


Prof. Dr. Jafar Jaskani


Sciences 36 29.77

1492 â€œRemote Sensing & GIS Center for

Agriculture and Environmentâ€•


Research Projects




Drainage 36 459.41

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1493 â€œBioengineering of multi-toxin proteins and their expression in citrus to enable control the

Asian Citrus psyllidsâ€•


Research Projects


Dr. Jam Nazir Ahmad

Assistant Professor

Entomology 36 33.60

1494

â€œPotentiation of poultry vaccines against poultry infectious diseases by the use of

cytokines and toll like receptor mimetics as vaccine adjuvantsâ€•


Research Projects



Assistant Professor


1495 â€œCharacterization of antibiotic resistant

bacteria and antibiotic residues in commercial poultryâ€•


Research Projects


Prof. Dr. Zia ur Rehman

Professor UAF Sub-


36 47.05

1496 â€œDevelopment of genetically diverse high

yielding wheat germplasm with stem rust resistanceâ€•


Research Projects




Drainage 36 17.83

1497

â€œDevelopment of a sustainable local research program in epidemiology through genomic characterization of major livestock

pathogens in Pakistanâ€•


Research Projects



Assistant Professor

Clinical Medicine &

Surgery 36 30.63

1498 â€œSynthesis, solvatochromic, and proton

transfer studies of cyano-substituted hydroxyarenesâ€•


Research Projects


Dr. Muhammad Zahid

Assistant Professor

Chemistry 36 13.43

1499 Improving Food and Health through the

Establishment of Bacterial Research and Culture Collection Centre in Pakistanâ€•


Research Projects




Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1500 â€œGenetic screening of plant host factors

affecting maintenance of single stranded DNA viruses and satellitesâ€•


Research Projects



Rahman

Assistant Professor

CABB 36 29.18

1501 â€œDomestication Cultivation Nutritional and Nutraceutical Components of Wild Edible and

Medicinal Mushrooms from Pakistanâ€•


Research Projects


Dr. Muhammad Shahid

Associate Professor


1502 â€œCapacity building for non-destructive evaluation of food quality and safety using

spectroscopy and computer vision


Research Projects



Food Engineering

24 0.32

1503

Establishment of Halal Food Excellence and Training Centre at National Institute of Food

Science & Technology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad


Research Projects




1504

â€œDetermination of Potassium (K) Availability Status in Soils of Variable Mineralogy in Agricultural Areas of Punjab, Pakistan: Implication for K Nutrition of Cropsâ€•


Research Projects


Dr. Irshad Bibi Assistant Professor


Sciences 36 29.30

1505

Development of Essential Surveillance and Control Strategies through Diagnostic Services

for Mycoplasma Infection in Pakistan Dairy Herds


Research Projects


Prof. Dr. Sajjad-ur-Rehman

Professor Microbiology 24 16.67

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1506

Capacity Building and Collaborative Research for the delivery of macro and micro-nutrients to school going children through shelf stable ready

to eat extruded products


Research Projects




1507 Agro-forestry practices of Rehabilitate Salt

Affected Soil and Improve Land Productivity, Environmental Services and Farm Income


Research Projects


Dr. Muhammad Javed Akhtar

Associate Professor


Sciences 36 45.04

1508 Tick-Borne Parasitology, Acarology, Infectious

Diseases, Vector-Borne Diseases, Spatial Distribution, GIS


Research Projects



Assistant Professor


1509 Rock phosphate-coated urea: Solution for

better potato production


Research Projects



Assistant Professor


Sciences 36 10.85

1510

Determination of Arsenic Risk form Water, Soil and Crops in Punjab, Pakistan: Developing Strategies to Reduce Plant Arsenic Uptake,

Using Physiological, Biochemical and Molecular Approaches


Research Projects



Assistant Professor


Sciences 36 21.56

1511 Biorationals for sustainable crop protection

against red palm weevil in Pakistan and California


Research Projects


Dr. Waqas Wakil

Assistant Professor

Entomology 36 11.87

1512 Interaction of Beauveria bassiana and Bacillus

thuringiensis toxin in coleopteran storage pests


Research Projects


Dr. Waqas Wakil

Assistant Professor

Entomology 36 12.37

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1513 Ecological and sustainable strategies to reduce

avian depredations on some economically important fruit crops in Punjab, Pakistan


Research Projects


Prof. Dr. Hammad



Fisheries 36 7.36

1514 Diet therapy as an intervention against

metabolic syndromes


Research Projects




1515 Novel Bioactive Peptides-Based Functional Food

Ingredients for Disease Preventionâ€•


Research Projects



NIFSAT 36 22.50

1516 â€œCapacity Building in Meat Processing

Technologies to Enhance Shelf Stability and Safety of Meat and Meat Productsâ€•


Research Projects



Assistant Professor

NIFSAT 24 14.53

1517 Development of a rapid response food safety

network to mitigate contamination of livestock products in Pakistan


Research Projects


Dr. Faqir Muhammad

Assistant Professor


36 35.20

1518 Effect of different anabolic implants on growth

and meat quality of Beetal goats Pakistan Science

Foundation NSLP

Dr. Nasir Ali Tauqir

Assistant Professor


24 2.00

1519 Community development and disease

alleviation through enterpreneurial showcasing of silymarin production at PARS


Research Projects US Abassador's Fund Program

Dr. Nazish Jahan

Assistant Professor

Chemistry 24 7.00

1520 Production of Recombinant Streptokinase for

Application in Cardiovascular Disease Higher Education



Associate Professor


Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1521 Establishment of dRIT Technology for Rabies

Diagnosis in Pkaistan Higher Education


Dr. Fazal Mahmood

Assistant Professor

Pathology 36 10.50

1522

Poultry as a tool for poverty alleviation at village level â€” how to enable poor women to increase their income, improving socio-economic standard of rural women in

Faisalabad


Research Projects

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Dr. Muhammad Khalid Mansoor

Assistant Professor


1523 â€œEffect of Different Anabolic Implants on

Growth and Meat Quality of Nili-Ravi Buffalo, Sahiwal and Crossbred Cattle Calvedâ€•


Research Projects


Dr. Nasir Ali Tauqir

Assistant Professor


24 3.64

1524

â€œImpact of Spatio-temporal Variation in Groundwater Quality on Agricultural

Productivity and Development of Management Policiesâ€•


Research Projects


Prof. Dr. Muhammad Arshad (I&D)


Drainage 24 9.57

1525

â€œTransformation of wild mushrooms as functional foods and cash crop from Northern and Deserts areas of Pakistan: For uplifting the

socio-economic standard of local people of these regionsâ€•


Research Projects


Dr. Muhammad Shahid

Associate Professor


1526

â€œEcological and integrated rodent pest management strategies for economically

important crops and impact of recommended toxicants on their physiological profiles in

Punjab, Pakistanâ€•


Research Projects


Prof. Dr. Hammad



Fisheries 24 1.98

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1527 Generation means analysis for resistance

against drought in maize genotypes


Research Projects


Mr. Nazar Hussain Khan

Lecturer Continuing Education

24 2.20

1528 Taxonomy of genus amblyseius from Punjab International Collaborative

Research Projects


Dr. Ahmad Saeed Khan

Associate Professor

Continuing Education

24 3.69

1529 Women empowerment through skill

development


Research Projects


Dr. Muhammad Ather Javed

Khan

Associate Professor


24 7.41

1530

â€œEstablishment of local withdrawal times of drugs in livestock and poultry: A strategic

intervention for improving livestock exports and socioeconomic conditions of the farming

communities


Research Projects


Dr. Faqir Muhammad

Assistant Professor


24 9.08

1531 Entrepreneurship Development for Honey Production as food and income generating

source for small-scale farmers


Research Projects


Prof. Dr. Anjum Suhail (Late)


1532 Fostering entrepreneurship in Punjabâ€™s

Agriculture


Research Projects



Assistant Professor

IBMS 24 4.16

1533

Ethno veterinary medicinal practices for socio-economic development of Rural Population of

Pakistan: From documentation to product development


Research Projects




Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1534

Improvement of economic condition of small scale poultry farmers by quick detection and

identification of Fusarium Fungi and their metabolites from poultry and livestock feed

using recent molecular techniques


Research Projects



Assistant Professor

Pathology 24 12.59

1535 Direct Seeded Rice: Improving Socio-Economic

Standards of Rice Growers


Research Projects


Dr. Zubair Aslam

Assistant Professor

Agronomy 24 9.23

1536 Development of meat-type chicken lines for

poverty alleviation in rural areas


Research Projects


Dr. Zia-ur-Rehman

Assistant Professor


Tek Singh 24 9.28

1537

Evaluation of Impact of Agricultural Extension Programs on Productivity Enhancement and Future Preparedness Under Climate Change

Scenario


Research Projects


Dr. Khuda Bakhsh

Assistant Professor


Economics 12 1.84

1538

Enabling the youth community for entrepreneurship and employment to reduce poverty through livestock production in Peri-

urban areas of Faisalabad and Dera Ghazi Khan


Research Projects


Prof. Dr. Muhammad

Younas Professor


24 9.37

1539 Policies to make the youth lucrative for

economic growth by developing hepatitis fear free community


Research Projects


Dr. Nazish Jahan

Assistant Professor

Chemistry 24 8.54

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1540 Establishment of Rabies Diagnosis and

Investigation of Molecular Epidemiology in Pakistan


Research Projects


Dr. Fazal Mahmood

Assistant Professor

Pathology 36 32.96

1541 Developing drought, heat-, and salt-tolerant

Arabidopsis plants


Research Projects


Dr. Muhammad Farooq

Associate Professor

Agronomy 36 7.75

1542

Pyramiding antifungal genes into sugarcane by re-transformation of transgenic lines already

transformed with couple of antifungal genes for increasing disease resistance


PSF Dr. Iqrar


CABB 36 1.99

1543 mushroom production technology: A profitable

agri business


Research Projects

Fund for Innovative training (FIT)

Dr. Imran-ul-Haq

Assistant Professor


1544 Screening and evaluation of lantibiotics as

growth promotors in broiler chicken Pakistan Science

Foundation NSLP

Dr. Muhammad Ashraf

Assistant Professor


1545 Assessing the arsenic risk from drinking water, soil, food crops to people in Punjab, Pakistan


Research Projects

Centre for Environmental Risk Assessment &

Remidation(CERAR)


Assistant Professor


Sciences 24 107.50

1546

Establishment of an in vitro regeneration and micropropagation systems in selected mango

cultivars for their disease free launching in farmers


NSLP Dr. Siddra Ijaz Assistant Professor

CABB 36 2.14

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1547

exploring the mechanisms of tolerance of a potential green energy plant button mangrove (Conocarpus erectys L.) to Drought, Salinity and Heat Stress: For reclamation and forestation of Arid, semi-arid and Saline Areas of Turkey and

Pakistan


Research Projects TUBITAK, Turkey, MOST

Prof. Dr. Muhammad


1548 Modification and Characterization of Wild Gums

for their Pharmaceutical Application as Biobinder and Drug Delivery System


Research Projects COMSTECH-TWAS

Dr. Muhammad Shahid

Associate Professor


1549 Application of nano-materials in water

treatment



Dr. Muhammad Zahid

Assistant Professor

Chemistry 18 1.42

1550 Synthesis and characterization of

multifunctional materials



Dr. Muhammad Nadeem Akhtar

Assistant Professor

Chemistry 18 1.32

1551 Metal free allylic oxidation of alkenes using

TEMPO as primary oxidant




Assistant Professor

Chemistry 18 1.42

1552 Role of Substrate Dependent Ethylene in Enhancing N, P Uptake and Water Use of

Efficiency in Wheat



Dr. Zulfiqar Ahmad Saqib

Assistant Professor


Sciences 18 1.42

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1553

Ameliorative effect of potassium on growth and proteome stability wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

and Kallar grass (Laptochloa fusca L.) under saline conditions


Research Projects

DAAD under German-Pakistani Research

Collaborations

Dr. Abdul Wakeel

Assistant Professor


Sciences 24 7.69

1554 Short training course "Bee keeping and

sericulture" income generating for farmer community


Research Projects Funds for Innovative Training


Associate Professor


12 3.00

1555 Short training course "Mali course and pest management" to produce skill manpower





12 3.00

1556 Short Term training program for inter, matric

and matric dropouts




Khan

Associate Professor


12 8.00

1557 Evaluation of Arsenic Contamination in Soil and

Groundwater of Punjab, Pakistan: Speciation and bioavailability




Assistant Professor


Sciences 24 1.41

1558 Formation of nano-sized magnetic and its use to eliminate pharmacuetical residues in industrial

effluent




Science)

Assistant Professor


Sciences 19 1.38

1559 Short training course "Mali course and Pest Management" to produce skill manpower


Research Projects




12 3.00

1560 Short term training course "Bee keeping and

sericulture" income generating for farmer community


Research Projects



Associate Professor


12 3.00

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1561 Short term training program for inter, matric

and matric dropouts


Research Projects



Khan

Associate Professor


12 8.00

1562 Chef Training Program National



Ms. Sadaf Shakoor


1563 Domestic worker training National



Dr. Aisha Siddique

Assistant Professor


1564 Chef Training Program International Collaborative


Ms. Sadaf Shakoor


1565 Child Care Training Programme International Collaborative

Research Projects Funds for Innovative Training Dr. Farah Riaz

Assistant Professor


1566 domestic workers training International Collaborative


Dr. Aisha Siddique

Assistant Professor


1567 Technical & Vocational Training for little

educated youth



Prof. Dr. Mahmood

Ahmad Randhawa

Professor Continuing Education

12 8.41

1568 Technical & Vocational Training for little

educated youth


Research Projects


Prof. Dr. Mahmood

Ahmad Randhawa


12 8.41

1569 Home range and management practices of porcupine, Hystrix indica, in central Punjab,

Pakistan



Dr. Shahid Hafeez

Lecturer Forestry and

Range Management

36 0.25

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1570 Career solutions of UAF graduate": Improve

productivity and Quality of Products in Agriculture Sector



Mr. Ashfaq Ahmad Khan

Manager Student

Financial Aid 16 1.50

1571 Establishment of farmer faciliation centre

(in/out bound)



Dr. Ahsan Raza Sattar

Assistant Professor

Computer Science

24 25.00

1572 Establishment of interactive distance learning

centres at University Sub Campus



Dr. Tasleem Mustafa

Assistant Professor

Computer Science

12 30.00

1573 Class registration and examination

substantiation using fingerprint techology for University of Agriculture, Faisalabad



Mr. Akmal Rehan

Lecturer Computer

Science 12 2.00

1574 Use of IT in crop production; Resource use

planning and yield forecasting of wheat under changing climate scenarios



Dr. Tasneem Khaliq

Assistant Professor

Agronomy 36 14.00

1575 Biogas, A renewable energy source National


World Wide Fund (WWF) Pakistan under Small Grant

Program (SGP)

Mr. Tahir Munir Butt

Lecturer UAF Sub- Campus, Depalpur

4 0.24

1576 Analysis and implementation of voice over IP

environment on existing ICT infrastructure



Prof. Dr. Muhammad

Qasim Professor


24 40.00

1577 Development of E-Agricultural Environment

while analyzing heterogeneous agricultural data



Prof. Dr. Muhammad

Qasim Professor


36 60.00

1578 Healthy future through ICT National


National ICT R&D Fund Dr. Aisha Siddique

Assistant Professor


Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1579 Yield productivity of rice-wheat cropping system

using crop simulation models under changing climate scenarios of Pakistan




Associate Professor

Agronomy 24 15.00

1580 Measuring biodiversity in local and exotic

vegetables and flowers germplasm in context of future breeding against stress tolerance


Research Projects

Common wealth Scientific and Industrial Research

Organization, CSIRO, Australia



Sciences 12 8.52

1581 Assessing Genetic Diversity of Bats as Measure

for their Conservation in Pakistan Higher Education


Dr. Muhammad Mahmood-ul-

Hassan

Associate Professor


Fisheries 36 7.33

1582 ICT based Farmers' advisory service in the

Punjab: Challenges and Outlook



Dr. Babar Shahbaz

Associate Professor


Rural Development

15 4.30

1583 Strategic to reduce avian damage on

economically important fruit crops using ecologically sustainable technologies





Fisheries 36 1.67

1584 Flood mapping for damage assessment and

early flood warning system





Drainage 12 0.10

1585 Impact assessment and mitigation of drought, elevated CO2 and increasing temperature on

the yield and quality of wheat


Research Projects

The Agricultural Model Intercomparison and Improvement Project

(AgMIP), USA

Dr. Aftab Wajid Associate Professor

Agronomy 24 37.80

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1586

Synergetic and pharmaceutical prospective of various indigenous medicinal plants in

combination with silymarin to manage and attenuate hepatic disorders


PSF Prof. Dr. Khalil


1587 Exploration of selected medicinal plants of

Cholistan desert for potential antioxidant and antimicrobial attributes


PSF Dr. Zahid


Chemistry 24 2.00

1588 Isolation & characterization of resistance gene analogues for red rot resistance in sugarcane


NSLP Dr. Siddra Ijaz Assistant Professor

CABB 24 1.36

1589 Improving wheat for resistance to biotic

stresses


Research Projects

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation USA


& Genetics 18 9.00

1590 Weed management through weed-root associated bacteria in different cropping

systems


Research Projects

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation USA / Grand Challenges Exploration

Dr. Zubair Aslam

Assistant Professor

Agronomy 18 9.43

1591 Development of some plant products as

mosquitoes control


Research Projects

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation USA

Prof. Dr. Anjum Suhail (Late)


1592

Ecologically based integrated rodent management strategies in some economically

important crops ans impact of some toxicanats on the physiological profiles in central Punjab,

Pakistan


Research Projects ACIAR (Australia)

Prof. Dr. Hammad



Fisheries 36 3.31

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1593 Developing policy guidelines for transgenic

crops cultivation in Pakistan


Research Projects

Centre for Environmental Risk Assessment (CERA)



& Genetics 24 6.61

1594 Risk assessment of genetically modified crops

by in vitro, in vivo and transcripteomic approaches


Research Projects

Centre for Environmental Risk Assessment (CERA)

Dr. Muhammad Shahid

Associate Professor


1595

Implementation of functional genomics techniques in breeding system of Punjab

Agricultural Research under Sandwich program of MoU between UAF and JAAS


Research Projects

Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences (JAAS)

China and Govt. of the Punjab Dr. Zulfiqar Ali Professor


48 447.67

1596

Comparative analysis of residual effects of Chloramphenicol derivatives (Florfenicol and

Thiamphenicol) and antimicrobial growth promotors in poultry birds


PSF Dr. Bilal Aslam Assistant Professor


36 3.43

1597 Integrative management of aflatoxins

contamination in rice


Research Projects BILL AND MELINDA GATES

Dr. Zaigham Shahzad

Assistant Professor


18 10.04

1598

Morphogenetic characterization of economically important grapefruit and lime

polyploids and mutants for germplasm enhancement


NRPU 2013 Dr. Bilquees

Fatima Assistant Professor


36 12.79

1599 Molecular Epidemiology of Rabies in Pakistan Higher Education


Dr. Fazal Mahmood

Assistant Professor

Pathology 36 13.08

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1600 Introduction and establishment of mango fruit

in turkey and mauritius


Research Projects


Global Health, 2052

Dr. Ahmad Sattar Khan

Associate Professor


5 15.00

1601 Molecular wheat breeding to improving its

salinity tolerance Pakistan Science

Foundation PSF Dr. Zulfiqar Ali Professor


36 1.99

1602 Biogas, a renewable energy source International Collaborative

Research Projects US Abassador's Fund Program



24 1.43

1603 Effectiveness of â€œHub Progammeâ€• of

Agricultural Extension in the Punjab, Pakistan: Myths and Realities





Rural Development

24 2.14

1604 Effectiveness of Hub Progamme of Agricultural Extension in the Punjab, Pakistan: Myths and

Realities





Rural Development

24 2.14

1605 Estimation of genetic diversity in chickpea

germplasm of Pakistan through DNA markers Pakistan Science

Foundation NSLP

Dr. Azeem Iqbal

Assistant Professor

CABB 36 3.88

1606 Quality of care in family planning services International Collaborative

Research Projects

Reserch & Advocacy Fund by DFID & AusAID Program

Dr. Shazia Yasmin

Assistant Professor


1607

Sustainable Development for Establishing Modern Semen Laboratory for

Cryopreservations of Elite Quality Genome from Dairy Bulls


PSF Dr. Shujait Ali Assistant Professor


Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1608 Monitoring risk assessment of urban dust

pollution using Geographic information system



Dr. Hamaad Raza Ahmad

Assistant Professor


Sciences 36 12.00

1609 Capacity Building of Researchers and Students

from Pakistan in the Plant and Life Sciences


Research Projects

PEER ( Partnership for Enhanced Engagement in Research) Program, USA

Prof. Dr. Amer Jamil


1610 Development of Advanced Information

Technology Center and Research Program in Agriculture




Rahman

Assistant Professor

CABB 48 25.00

1611 Induction of salt tolerance in rice by

manipulating the production of ethylene Pakistan Science

Foundation NSLP



1612 Policy research center for sustainable

agricultural growth


Research Projects Korean Grant Aid Program

Prof. Dr. Muhammad

Ashfaq Professor


Economics 60 20.00

1613 Student counseling center International Collaborative


Mr. Ashfaq Ahmad Khan

Manager Student

Financial Aid 60 16.00

1614 Investigating site specific groundwater

recharging techniques in Punjab, Pakistan





Drainage 60 37.05

1615

Value chain management of economically important fruits and conservation of potential

medicinal plants of Gilgit-Baltistan: A UAF-Northern Area collaborative project


Research Projects

Planning Commission, Government of Pakistan,

Islamabad

Prof. Dr. Muhammad


Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1616 Estabishment of punjab-jiangsu cooperative

laboratories of applied functional genomics and genetic transformation


Research Projects

Govt. of Punjab, Agri. Dept. Lahore


& Genetics 12 54.75

1617 Development of drought stress tolerant

sorghum sudangrass hybrids for high fodder yield and quality


NSLP Dr. Hammad

Nadeem Tahir Assistant Professor


36 1.84

1618

Comparative efficacy of integrated control measures and population dynamics of red

pumpkin beetle (Aulacophora foveicollis) on Indian Snapmelon (Cucumis melo momordica)


PSF Dr. Muhammad


Entomology 36 1.41

1619 Utilization and transformation of wild

mushrooms of Pakistan to functional food to uplift the manutrition status of children



Dr. Muhammad Shahid

Associate Professor


1620 Characterization of advanced lines of gossypium

hirsutum for aquaporins Pakistan Science

Foundation NSLP

Mr. Muhammad

Tehseen Azhar Lecturer


36 3.97

1621 Development of Phenomics Database and Crop

Modeling Algorithms for efficient Gene Mapping in Bread Wheat



Dr. Sultan Habib Ullah

Khan

Associate Professor

CABB 36 39.97

1622 Germplasm enhancement in economically important cucurbis crops in pakistan using

molecular breeding tools


Research Projects Hort CRSP, USAID

Dr. Muhammad Usman

(Horticulture)

Assistant Professor


36 5.62

1623 Food or fuel: choices and possibilities for bio-

fuel industry in Pakistan


Research Projects

Sydney to Asia Pacific Network (ANP)

Dr. Khuda Bakhsh

Assistant Professor


Economics 36 5.54

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1624 Sustaining peri-urban vegetable production for urban populations: problems and opportunities

for small-scale producers


Research Projects SANEI, Bangladesh

Dr. Khuda Bakhsh

Assistant Professor


Economics 12 0.89

1625 Soild waste generation, characteristic and

management at households and food processing firms levels


Research Projects

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Dr. Khuda Bakhsh

Assistant Professor


Economics 24 5.90

1626 Exploration of multifarious attributes of

essential oils from aromatic medicinal plants of high altitude Azad Jamu and Kashmir


PSF Dr. Muhammad



1627 Potential of Bats in Food Security and Capacity

Building for Biodiversity Conservastion in Pakistan


Research Projects PEER


Hassan

Associate Professor


Fisheries 36 13.50

1628

Rural Development Through Fostering the Blue Revolution in Education Program Potential of

Bats in Food Security and Capacity Building for Biodiversity Conservastion in Pakistan


Research Projects

PEER ( Partnership for Enhanced Engagement in

Research Program USA


Hassan

Associate Professor


Fisheries 36 13.00

1629 Genomic Characterization of Selected agents,

form Pakistan


Research Projects

Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), USA.


Assistant Professor

Clinical Medicine &

Surgery 36 99.11

1630 Satellite Based Remote Sensing Technology to

Monitor Floods and to control sediment flows in to Mengla Dam, Pakistan


Research Projects

Australian Government, Australian Centre for

International Agricultural Research (CSIRO); AusAID



Drainage 12 152.20

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1631 Association Mapping of Rice Weevils Resistance

in Asian Rice



Dr. Zaigham Shahzad

Assistant Professor


36 8.84

1632 Development of Eco-friendly textiles by using

natural dyes Higher Education


Program 2013 Dr. Assad


Fibre and Textile

Technology 12 0.50

1633

Exploration of predatory mites and entomopathogenic fungi and their integration

with new chemistry insecticides for bio-intensive IPM of cotton whitefly


PSF Dr. Muhammad


Entomology 36 2.00

1634 Founding a research group for computer vision

and artificial intelligence Higher Education


Program 2013 Dr. Muhammad

Ahsan Latif Assistant Professor

Computer Science

12 0.50

1635 Establishment of training facilities for food

inspectors


Research Projects UNIDO



1636 Determination of Basmati Rice Export from

Pakistan Higher Education


Program 2013 Dr. Abdul


IBMS 12 0.50

1637 Targeting actions to improve the ornamental

Plant production system for strengthening floriculture industry


PSF Dr. Adnan



36 2.27

1638 Production, Characterization and utilization of

date powder as nutraceutical ingredient in confectionary


NSLP Prof. Dr. Salim-


Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1639 Effects of environmental stress on growth,

development and radiation use efficiency of finger millet


NRPU 2013 Prof. Dr.

Muhammad Maqsood


1640 Diversity analysis of Cotton Leaf Curl Virus

through PCR-RFLP Higher Education


Program 2013 Dr. Luqman



1641 Sustainable landscape for Benazir Bhutto

International Airport Islamabad


Research Projects

Benazir Bhutto Intl. Air Port Project, Rawalpindi

Dr. Muhammad Aslam Khan


Sciences 36 42.04

1642 Priming of mushroom spawn by laser and

electromagnetic radiation for yield improvement


Research Projects

Third World Academy of Science (TWAS)

Dr. Muhammad Shahid

Associate Professor


1643 Environmental impact of airport operations and

their health consequences


Research Projects


Dr. Muhammad Yousaf Hussain

Assistant Professor

Physics 36 48.60

1644 Mechanical control of wild boar and other

animal population at the New Benazir Bhutto Airport, Islamabad


Research Projects

Benazir Bhutto Intl. Air Port Project

Prof. Dr. Rashid Ahmad Khan

Professor Forestry and

Range Management

24 7.68

1645 Strategies control of wild animals and avian strike risks to aircrafts at the New Benazir

bhutto Airport, Islamabad


Research Projects


Prof. Dr. Rashid Ahmad Khan

Professor Forestry and

Range Management

24 13.12

1646 Genetic modification of potential Trichoderma harzianum to evolve hyper-antagonistic strain



Dr. Abdul Hannan

Assistant Professor


1647 Weed control in non-cropped areas with

glyphosate Pakistan Science

Foundation PSF

Prof. Dr. Asif Tanveer


Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1648

Developing the prediction equations for metabolizable energy by nutrient composition

of indigenous energy ingredients & their practical application in formulating broiler diets


NRPU 2013 Prof. Dr. Javed

Iqbal Sultan Professor


24 5.27

1649 Prospects of iron fortification of Pakistani rice cultivars through parboiling to mitigate iron

deficiency anaemia



Dr. Mian Kamran Sharif

Assistant Professor

NIFSAT 12 0.50

1650 Fungal pathogenesis associated with Guava Die

Back and their management Higher Education


Program 2013 Dr. Imran-ul-



1651 Quality mapping of osmotically treated

dehydrated banana powder Higher Education


Program 2013 Dr. Moazzam


NIFSAT 12 0.50

1652 Improving heat resistance in wheat during

reproductive phase Pakistan Science

Foundation NSLP

Dr. Muhammad Farooq

Associate Professor

Agronomy 36 3.92

1653 Palynological studies as an aid to the

identification of medicinal plants of District Khushab


PSF Dr. Farooq

Ahmad (Botany)

Assistant Professor

Botany 24 1.60

1654 Identifications and associations of single

Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) with Type 2 Diabetes in Pakistani Population


PSF Dr. Fatima

Hussain Lecturer Biochemistry 36 1.82

1655 Exploration of underestimated weeds as a

source of natutral antioxidants for their further application in pharmaceuticals


PSF Dr. Bushra

Sultana Assistant Professor

Chemistry 24 2.00

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1656 Potential medicinal plants for antimicrobial antioxidant activities from Cholistan desert


PSF Dr. Zahid


Chemistry 24 2.00

1657

Overexpression of Heat shock proteins and optimization of agrobacterium mediated transformation in local maize hybrids of

Pakistan


Research Projects

DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) Pak-

German Project


Assistant Professor

CABB 24 69.00

1658 Nutritional evaluation of corn steep liquor and

enzose in broiler chicks Pakistan Science

Foundation PSF

Prof. Dr. Javed Iqbal Sultan



1659

Ecologically based rodent management strategies in some economically important

crops and impact of some toxications on their physiological profiles in central punjab, Pakistan





Fisheries 36 2.16

1660 Development of novel rhizobial inoculants for

inducing drought tolerance in cereals Pakistan Science

Foundation NSLP


Professor Soil &


36 3.00

1661 Developing, testing and evaluating cellular

extension service model in the cotton zone of the Punjab, Pakistan


Dr. Shoukat Ali Assistant Professor


Rural Development

42 10.48

1662 Dehydration and preservation of fruit,

vegetables and crops using solar energy Punjab Agricultural

Research Board Dr. Yasir Jamil

Associate Professor

Physics 60 21.89

1663 Solar photovoltaic generation for one farm use

and for agricultural purpose Punjab Agricultural

Research Board

Dr. Muhammad Yousaf Hussain

Assistant Professor

Physics 60 5.97

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1664

Futurisitc approach to recycle caged hens by non feed withdrawal induced molting methods and their impact on production characteristics,

histopathologcial changes and economics


Dr. Muhammad



48 23.47

1665 Development of feeding systems for buffalo and

Sahiwal calves Punjab Agricultural

Research Board


Assistant Professor


61 19.67

1666 Control of Haemorrhagic septicaemia in cattle and buffalo through OMPs enriched liposomal

vaccine in Punjab


Prof. Dr. Sajjad-


1667 Impact of WTO policies on the exports of

agricultural commodities Punjab Agricultural

Research Board

Prof. Dr. Muhammad

Ashfaq Professor


Economics 36 17.50

1668 Development, evaluation and promoting of cost effective and low polluting fish feed for Labeo

rohita to enhance productivity


Dr. Muhammad


NIFSAT 48 20.08

1669 Study ascertain training needs of cotton

ginners: A case study of district Bahawalnagar, Punjab, Pakistan


Dr. Iftikhar



24 1.75

1670 Re-use of agriculture and house-hold waste as

fuel materials Punjab Agricultural

Research Board Dr. Abdul Nasir

Associate Professor



1671 Strategies to improve competitiveness of sugar

beet as a sugar crop Punjab Agricultural

Research Board

Dr. Abdul Wakeel

Assistant Professor


Sciences 48 20.55

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1672 Evaluation of system of rice intensification (SRI)

with transfer technology to improve rice production


Dr. Muhammad



Sciences 48 19.85

1673 Use of saline tube well water to supplement

canal irrigation to sustain crop production with organic and inorganic amendments



Assistant Professor


Sciences 36 10.81

1674

Quantitative assessment of nutritional disorder; a potential source of rice and wheat diseases:

managing soil health through carbon sequestration, manuring, soil conservation

strategies d crop rotations of sustainability for rice wheat cropping system


PARB Dr. Muhammad


Assistant Professor


Sciences 60 19.69

1675 Identification, characterization and on-farm

demonstration of salinity and sodicity tolerant rice and wheat genotypes


Dr. Muhammad


Clinical Medicine &

Surgery 36 19.97

1676 Soil organic carbon sequestration under climate

change depending on cropping patterns in arable ecosystems


Dr. Muhammad



Sciences 36 17.23

1677 Development and commercialization of

biofertilizers from halo-tolerant rhizobia for inducing salt tolerance in cereals



Professor Soil &


60 38.64

1678 Commercial cultivation of oyster mushroom for

poverty alleviation near adjacent areas of Faisalabad


Dr. Nasir



Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1679 Deciphering the evalutionary origin of basmati rice and studying the grain quality linked to its

geographical origin


Prof. Dr. Abdus

Salam Khan Professor


36 31.82

1680 Development of double haploid maize hybrid

for water limited field conditions Punjab Agricultural

Research Board


Associate Professor

Entomology 48 6.82

1681 Morphogenetic characterization & in vitro

clonal propagation of guava hybrids for crop improvement


Dr. Muhammad


Assistant Professor


36 17.08

1682 Creating red rot resistance in elite sugarcane

verities by somatic hybridization Punjab Agricultural

Research Board

Dr. Bushra Sadia

Associate Professor

CABB 60 21.46

1683 Establishment of sustainable and cost effective

seed drying and storage in Pakistan Punjab Agricultural

Research Board Dr. Irfan afzal

Associate Professor

Agronomy 36 8.90

1684 Inegrated biodiversity management (IBM) of

insect pollinators fauna in the peri-urban agro-system


Prof. Dr. Anjum

Suhail (Late) Professor Entomology 48 16.88

1685 Assessing climate vulnerability and protracting

rice productivity using crop modeling technique Punjab Agricultural

Research Board

Dr. Tasneem Khaliq

Assistant Professor

Agronomy 36 18.58

1686 Integrated management strategies to improve the performance of spring planted maize (Zea

mays L.)


Dr. Shahid Ibni


Agronomy 48 15.94

1687 Maximization of wheat production under semi-

arid environment Punjab Agricultural

Research Board

Prof. Dr. Muhammad


Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1688 Capacity Building in Managemnet of

Malnutrition for Public Sector Institutions


Research Projects

Sarita Neupane Nutrition Specialist UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund;

UNICEF)



1689 Gene technology for crop improvement



Research Council

Ms. Irum Aziz Lecturer Plant Breeding

& Genetics 36 8.00

1690 Development of rusts resistant wheat

genotypes through conventional and molecular breeding



Research Council

Dr. Fida Hussain

Assistant Professor


36 8.00

1691

Addressing the wheat productivity through introducing high yielding wheat varieties by

using conventional and modernized teaching techniques



Research Council

Dr. Nisar Hussain

Assistant Professor


Rural Development

36 6.00

1692 Effect of molting technique on productive and

reproductive parameters of laying hen



Research Council

Dr. Hassan Ali Assistant Professor


Tek Singh 24 3.20

1693 Research Endeavor in the upgradation and

evaluation of locally developed Lyallpur Silver Black (LSB) breed



Research Council

Prof. Dr. Ahsan-

ul-Haq Professor


36 12.54

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1694 Toxicopathological effects of corn steep liquor

(CSL) in broiler



Research Council

Dr. Fazal


Pathology 36 19.20

1695

Fungal mycobiota and mycotoxins in the agricultural products used as animal feeds and

toxico-pathological effects of mycotoxins in buffaloes



Research Council


Assistant Professor

Pathology 36 13.35

1696 Mycobiota and mycotoxins in fish farming

system and their effects on fish health



Research Council


Assistant Professor

Pathology 36 5.50

1697 Diseases and chemical contamination of pond

and rive fish



Research Council

Prof. Dr.

Muhammad Zargham Khan


1698 Epidemiology and diagnosis of rabies in Pakistan



Research Council

Dr. Fazal


Pathology 36 28.60

1699 Probing the therapeutic role of watermelon

lycopene to mitigate lifestyle disorders



Research Council

Prof. Dr.

Masood Sadiq Butt


Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1700 Physico-chemical, technological, nutrition and functional properties of casein micelles from

buffalo milk as an ingredient



Research Council

Dr. Sarfraz

Ahmad (Late) Assistant Professor

NIFSAT 36 10.50

1701 Development of nutrient and caloric dense value added â€œRiceNutriBarsâ€• through

extrusion technology



Research Council

Dr. Mian


NIFSAT 24 10.50

1702 Value addition in milk by producing low fat

cottage cheese from cow and buffalo milk for hyperlipidemic consumers



Research Council

Prof. Dr. Tahir


1703 Micro-encapsulation of lactic probiotic and their

usage as functional food components in the human diet



Research Council

Prof. Dr. Tahir


1704 Value addition of cheese whey to develop

nutritional and therapeutic foods



Research Council

Dr. Ayesha


NIFSAT 36 10.50

1705 Exploring the nutritional and pharmaceutical

properties of Moringa oleifera (Sohanjna)



Research Council

Dr. Muhammad


NIFSAT 36 4.80

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1706 Development of fibre enriched wheat bread

(FEW-Bread) for tackling malnutrition



Research Council

Dr. Muhammad


NIFSAT 36 14.00

1707

Physico-chemical, organoleptic and functional attributes of tomato powder produced by different dehydration techniques and its

utilization in food products



Research Council

Dr. Muhammad Atif Randhawa

Assistant Professor

NIFSAT 36 7.16

1708 Shelflife extension of soft textured fruity by

controlled atmosphere storage



Research Council

Dr. Moazzam


NIFSAT 36 11.94

1709 Development of egg powder by the spray drying

and its potential use in bakery products



Research Council


NIFSAT 36 13.00

1710 Indigenization of drip irrigation system in

Pakistan



Research Council

Prof. Dr. Rai Niaz Ahmad


Drainage 36 9.50

1711 Development of decision support system (DSS) for optimum water resources management in

Rachna doab



Research Council

Dr. Usman

Khalid Awan Lecturer


36 9.40

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1712 Improving tubewell efficiency using energy

audit approach



Research Council

Prof. Dr. Allah

Bakhsh Professor


36 7.50

1713 Enhancing yield potential of wheat and maize through physiological improvements with K

application under saline conditions



Research Council

Dr. Muhammad



Sciences 36 5.50

1714 Production of non conventional fodders from

low quality soil and water resources for sustainable income of resource poor farmers



Research Council

Dr. Muhammad Zia ur Rehman

(IS&ES)

Assistant Professor


Sciences 36 7.40

1715 Role of potassium nutrition in mitigation of

drought stress in wheat



Research Council

Dr. Shamsa



Sciences 36 5.20

1716 Growth response of different plant species for

bio-fuel production on salt-affected soils of arid climate using brackish irrigation water.



Research Council

Dr. Muhammad Zia ur Rehman

(IS&ES)

Assistant Professor


Sciences 36 7.40

1717

Development of rock phosphate based â€œBio-Organophosâ€• fertilizer for sustainable crop

production under irrigated and rain-fed Agriculture



Research Council

Prof. Dr.

Muhammad Arshad (Late)

Professor Soil &


36 3.80

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1718

Impact assessment of carbon sequestration and NO3 leaching under different cropping systems:

managing soil quality through precision nitrogen managementâ€•



Research Council

Dr. Muhammad


Assistant Professor


Sciences 36 15.00

1719 Use of fermented manure to improve soil

health and save the environment for sustainable crop production in saline soils



Research Council


Assistant Professor


Sciences 36 5.00

1720 Role of root architectural and biochemical

properties in P-acquisition in diverse wheat genotypes



Research Council

Dr. Abdul Wakeel

Assistant Professor


Sciences 36 8.40

1721 Importance of cropping patterns in enhancing

productivity and soil organic matter under drought stress in arable ecosystems



Research Council

Dr. Muhammad



Sciences 36 15.02

1722 Sustainable control of Indian crested porcupine (Hystrix indica) in the arable biomes of Punjab



Research Council

Prof. Dr. Rashid


Forestry and Range

Management 60 21.48

1723 Sustainable control of mango mealy bug

(Drosicha stebbingi) in the Southern Punjab using Funnel Type slippery trap



Research Council

Prof. Dr. Rashid


Forestry and Range

Management 60 19.90

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1724 Diversity and molecular characterization of cotton leaf curl disease complex in Punjab



Research Council

Dr. Luqman



1725 Pathotyping of major bacterial plant pathogens

and development of bacterial cultural bank



Research Council

Prof. Dr.

Shahbaz Talib Sahi

Professor Plant Pathology 36 6.00

1726 Detection and management of seed and fruit

associated mycoflora of chillies



Research Council

Mr. Amir Habib Lecturer Plant Pathology 36 8.00

1727 Nutritional and chemical management of cotton

leaf curl disease



Research Council

Prof. Dr. Safdar

Ali Anwar Professor Plant Pathology 36 8.00

1728 Commercial cultivation of oyster mushrom

against poverty alleviation near adjacent areas of Faisalabad



Research Council

Dr. Nasir



1729 Fungal and nematode pathogens associated with citrus decline and their management



Research Council

Dr. Imran-ul-



Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1730 Development of forecasting model and a

product for management of late blight disease of potato



Research Council

Dr. Muhammad



1731 Soil borne disease associated with citrus in

Punjab and their management



Research Council

Dr. Sajid Aleem



1732

Development of hybrid product with mycorrihizal fungi and root nodule bacteria for

the management of root knot nematode, Meloidogyne incognita



Research Council

Prof. Dr. Nazir


1733 Molecular approaches to confer plant broad-

spectrum disease resistance against Alternaria spp



Research Council

Dr. Abdul Hannan

Assistant Professor


1734 Integated management of major potato viruses

and their vectors through a decision-support model.



Research Council

Dr. Muhammad



60 9.41

1735 Forecasting epidemics of guava decline and

their management through biocontrol agents.



Research Council

Dr. Muhammad



36 1.85

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1736 Exploitation of somaclonal variartion in

sugarcane improvement



Research Council

Dr. Farooq Ahmad Khan

(Plant Breeding)

Assistant Professor


36 4.45

1737 Evaluation of Bittetground germplasm for the antidiabetic phytomedicines for the potential

utilization in hybrid seed development



Research Council

Dr. Hafiza Masooma

Naseer Cheema

Assistant Professor


24 2.25

1738 Development of drought tolerant rapeseeds

hybrids and open pollinated varieties for higher oil yield and quality



Research Council

Dr. Ameer Bibi Assistant Professor


36 10.50

1739 Development of oilseed brassicas for changing

cotton cropping pattern



Research Council

Prof. Dr. Hafeez Ahmad Sadaqat


& Genetics 60 33.00

1740 Improving water and nutrient use efficiency of Pakistani wheat through transgenic approach



Research Council

Dr. Zaigham

Shahzad Assistant Professor


1741 Development of novel breeding populations in

cotton through random matings



Research Council

Mr.

Muhammad Tehseen Azhar

Lecturer Plant Breeding

& Genetics 36 7.39

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1742 DNA profiling of germplasm and breeding

tomato hybrids for heavy metal tolerance as irrigated by waste water



Research Council

Dr. Asif Saeed Assistant Professor


36 5.11

1743 Identification of DNA markers and QTLs

associated with forage yield and quality traits in sorghum-sudangrass hybridsâ€•



Research Council

Dr. Hammad

Nadeem Tahir Assistant Professor


36 19.25

1744 Characterization, Identification and utilization

of heat tolerant germplasm of summer vegetables of Pakistan



Research Council



Sciences 36 20.00

1745 Value addition in floriculture



Research Council

Dr. Adnan



36 11.40

1746 Postharvest fruit softening and quality

management of mango



Research Council


Associate Professor


36 10.00

1747 Creating red rot resistant sugarcane by

protoplast fusion



Research Council

Dr. Bushra

Sadia Associate Professor

CABB 36 5.78

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1748 Development of high yielding Okra lines

tolerant to drought and salinity stress



Research Council

Prof. Dr. Asif Ali

Khan Professor


36 1.85

1749 Molecular marker assisted selection of high

yielding and biotic/abiotic stress tolerant dry pea genotypes



Research Council

Dr. Muhammad



36 2.15

1750 Empowerment of women farmers through food

processing and preservation in rural areas of Punjab, Pakistan



Research Council

Dr. Rakhshanda



1751 Astute resource use planning for sustainable

maize production using simulating techniques



Research Council

Dr. Tasneem


Agronomy 36 5.80

1752

Enhancing the productivity of crops through devising strategies to mitigate the threats imposed by parthenium weed to crop and

environment



Research Council

ALP Dr. Rana

Nadeem Abbas Assistant Professor

Agronomy 48 5.50

1753 Agro-management practices for productivity enhancement of rice-based cropping systems



Research Council

Dr. Shahid Ibni


Agronomy 48 16.30

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1754 Development of low input high yielding sustainable rice wheat cropping system



Research Council

Prof. Dr.


1755 Enhancing the productivity of summer fodder

systems through intercropping, fertilizer management and optimization of sowing time



Research Council

Dr. Asif Iqbal Assistant Professor

Agronomy 36 5.30

1756 Development and evaluation of system of rice



Research Council

Dr. Muhammad


Agronomy 36 5.10

1757 Isolation and screening of weed-root associated bacteria for weed management in the different

cropping system



Research Council

Dr. Zubair

Aslam Assistant Professor

Agronomy 36 10.00

1758 Impact of water and nutrients stress on cotton



Research Council

Prof. Dr.

Muhammad Maqsood


1759 Agro-management research on productivity enhancement of rice by adopting different

direct sown techniques



Research Council

Dr. Nadeem


Agronomy 36 3.95

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1760 Enhancing the drought tolerance in sunflower

by integrative use of physiological enhancements and agronomic practices



Research Council

Dr. Azraf-Ul-Haq Ahmad

Associate Professor

Agronomy 36 4.29

1761 Development of non traditional, natural

sweetener; sugar leaf (Stevia rebaudiana) production technology



Research Council

ALP Dr. Muhammad Umer Chattha

Assistant Professor

Agronomy 60 17.50

1762

Development of residue management strategies for sustainability of rice-wheat cropping system

through improving soil health, weed suppression and enhanced productivity



Research Council

ALP Prof. Dr. Abdul


1763 Evaluating different nitrogen sources for

sustainable production of maize (Zea mays L.)



Research Council

ALP Dr. Haroon

Zaman Khan Assistant Professor

Agronomy 36 5.00

1764 Improving the bioactive substances in black

seed (Nigella sativa Linn) through management practices



Research Council

ALP Dr. Sardar Alam


Agronomy 36 5.60

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1765 Agro-Economic behaviour of different sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.) varieties grown under various agro-ecological conditions of Pufnjab



Research Council

ALP Dr. Shahid Ibni


Agronomy 36 17.80

1766 Assessing climate risk and mitigating strategies of wheat productivity under changing climate

scenarios in Punjab



Research Council

ALP Dr. Syed Aftab


Agronomy 36 5.20

1767

Effect of different phosphorus sourcesd and its application timing on the development, yield

and quality of hybrid rice (Oryza sativa L.) varieties



Research Council


Agronomy 36 8.00

1768 Alternative approach to prevent the gastro-

intestinal Nematode infections in sheep Pakistan Science

Foundation PSF

Dr. Raja Adil Sarfraz

Assistant Professor

Chemistry 24 19.53

1769 Functional characterization of plasma

membrane H+ -Atpase isoforms contributing to salt resistance


Research Projects German Research Foundation

Dr. Abdul Wakeel

Assistant Professor


Sciences 36 7.54

1770 Productivity and resource conservation through

SRI( System of Rice Intenstification) Pakistan Science

Foundation NSLP Dr. Fahd Rasul

Assistant Professor

Agronomy 24 1.97

1771

Development of cost effective feed for indigenous culturable fish Cirrhinus mrigala by replacing fish meal with oilseeds by-products

supplemented with phytase


PSF Prof. Dr.

Muhammad Afzal (Zoology)

Professor Zoology,

Wildlife and Fisheries

36 1.87

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1772 Exploring the effect of age, body weight and

nutration on the onset of puberty in female Nilli Ravi Buffalo calves


PSF Dr. Nasir Ali



24 2.70

1773 Optimal evaluation of wild mushrooms from high altitude Azad Jammu Kashmir for their

commercial utilization


PSF Dr. Muhammad



1774 Economic performance of Bt cotton

incorporating impacts on human health and poverty


PSF Dr. Khuda



Economics 24 1.77

1775 Regulation of NH4+ acquisition and assimilation in plant with increase K+ application to enhance

growth under salt stress


NSLP Dr. Muhammad



Sciences 36 1.96

1776 Genotypic variation in maiz(zea mays) for P

Acquisition in P deficient soils Pakistan Science

Foundation NSLP

Dr. Abdul Wakeel

Assistant Professor


Sciences 24 1.73

1777 Using Remote Sensing and GIS to predicts crop

yeild and manage water resources Pakistan Science

Foundation NSLP



Drainage 36 1.97

1778 Forecasting epidemics of wheat partial bunt and

their management through resistance and biocontrol agents


NSLP Dr. Muhammad



36 2.00

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1779 Assessment of the Efficiency and Effectiveness

of Contract Farming: Linking Farmers with Agribusiness Firms in Punjab, Pakistan


NSLP Dr. Abdul


IBMS 24 0.99

1780 Genetic monitoring of natural and hatchery

stocks of major carp, Catla catla using microsatellite markers


NSLP Dr. Khalid



Fisheries 24 1.74

1781 Evaluation of metal tolerant non-edible crops

for public health and economic viability of small farmers


PSF Dr. Muhammad



Sciences 36 1.95

1782 Improving heat resistance in wheat at

reproductive phase with exogenous use of GABA


PSF Dr. Muhammad


Agronomy 36 2.00

1783 Establishment of (dRIT) technology for rabies

diagnosis in Pakistan Pakistan Science

Foundation PSF

Dr. Fazal Mahmood

Assistant Professor

Pathology 36 2.43

1784

Development of DNA vaccine(s) with plasmids containing various fragments of large segment genome of very infectious bursal disease virus (vvLBDV UAF-06) and evaluation in chickens

against challenge



Shahid Mahmood

Associate Professor


1785 Probing the therapeutic role of watermelon

lycopene to mitigate lifestyle disorders Pakistan Science

Foundation NSLP



Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1786

Integrated and Sustainable Rodent Management Strategies to Reduce

Depredations in some Economically Important Crop in Central Punjab





Fisheries 36 1.57

1787

Cell culture adaptation and attenuation of indigenous inclusiuon body hepatitis-

hydropericardium syndrome virus and its evaluation as lyophilized vaccine against

challenge in broiler chickens


NSLP Dr. Muhammad

Shahid Mahmood

Associate Professor


1788 Adaptive responses of rice to high temperature

stress


Research Projects

International atomic energy agency, (IAEA), AUSTRIA



1789 The Effect of Food Price Shocks on the

Macroeconomy of Pakistan: Implications for Food Security


Research Projects SANEI, Bangladesh

Dr. Khalid Mushtaq

Assistant Professor


Economics 12 9.98

1790 Exploration of selective potential medicinal

plants from Cholistan Desert for antimicrobial and antioxidant activities


Research Projects

Ministry of Health, Government of Pakistan

Islamabad

Dr. Zahid Mahmood

Assistant Professor

Chemistry 24 2.55

1791 Improvement and evaluation of fruit plant germplasm under semi arid conditions of

Faisalabad


NSLP Dr. Saeed



36 1.31

1792 Extraction, biodiesel convesion and evaluation

of camelina sativa oil as biofuel



Dr. Hafiza Masooma

Naseer Cheema

Assistant Professor


36 79.00

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1793 Salt tolerant hybrid seed production in

cucumber (Cucumis sativus. L) Pakistan Science

Foundation PSF



Sciences 36 3.87

1794 Reducing mortality of buffalo calves through

improved nutrition and management practices Punjab Agricultural

Research Board Dr. Qamar Bilal

Associate Professor


60 18.00

1795 Analytical investigation of pesticide residues in

meat Punjab Agricultural

Research Board

Dr. Raja Adil Sarfraz

Assistant Professor

Chemistry 36 19.37

1796 Replacement of fish meal by oilsed by-products

with phytase enzyme supplementation for Labeo rohita fingerlings


Prof. Dr.


Professor Zoology,


60 7.15

1797 Feasibility of some cereal derived B-glucan as

immunomodulators and their protective efficacy against Eimeria infection in chicken


Dr. Masood

Akhtar Associate Professor


1798 Evaluation of Citrus Pulp Silage with Wheat

Straw in Animal Agriculture Punjab Agricultural

Research Board

Dr. Muhammad Sharif

Assistant Professor


60 16.66

1799 Use of remote sensing and GIS for monitoring

and management of salt affected soils in irrigated agriculture of Egypt and Pakistan


Research Projects

Ministry of Sci. & Tech. (MoST), Islamabad

Prof. Dr. Muhammad


1800 Establishment of biofuel research center at

University of Agriculture, Faisalabad Punjab Agricultural

Research Board

Dr. Abdul Rehman Tahir

Assistant Professor

Farm Machinery &

Power 36 32.21

1801 development and validation of an IPM model to forecast major potato viruses and their vectors

and their management through bio products


Dr. Muhammad



36 12.33

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1802 Management strategies for fungi and

nematodes causing citrus decline in Punjab Punjab Agricultural

Research Board

Dr. Imran-ul-Haq

Assistant Professor


1803 Soil borne diseases associated with citrus in

Punjab and their management Punjab Agricultural

Research Board

Dr. Sajid Aleem Khan

Assistant Professor


1804 Engineering sugarcane for the enhancement of

resistance against ascomycetic fungi Punjab Agricultural

Research Board


Assistant Professor

CABB 60 16.80

1805 Induction of salt tolerance in wheat and rice

through simple and low cost technology Punjab Agricultural

Research Board Dr. Irfan afzal

Associate Professor

Agronomy 36 7.28

1806 Develop Sugar leaf (Stevia rebaudiana)

production technology Punjab Agricultural

Research Board

Dr. Muhammad Umer Chattha

Assistant Professor

Agronomy 60 22.31

1807 Adoptation of artificial floating island and

filtration system for ornamental plants and treating waste water for safe agriculture use


Dr. Abdul Nasir Associate Professor



1808 Fabrication of indigenous expanding belt driven

vegetables grading machine Punjab Agricultural

Research Board

Dr. Muhammad Azam Khan

Associate Professor

Food Engineering

36 6.79

1809 Developing an extension model for agri. Technology transfer through the active

participation of future farmers of the punjab


Prof. Dr. Munir

Ahmad Professor


Rural Development

36 8.56

1810 Production of recombinant S-streptokinase for

application in cardio vascular diseases


Research Projects

Drug Control Organization, Ministry of Health Govt. of

Pakistan


Associate Professor


Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1811

Developing policy guide lines for strenghtening agri.research education-extension linkages for

ensuring sustainable livelihood of farmers in the punjab pakistan




Rural Development

36 4.20

1812 on farm water storage for high efficiency irrigation system to improve water use

efficiency


Prof. Dr. Allah

Bakhsh Professor


60 20.84

1813 Modification and febrication of machine for

threshing the isabgol crop Punjab Agricultural

Research Board

Prof. Dr. Manzoor Ahmad

Professor Farm

Machinery & Power

36 9.64

1814 Development and commercialization of

biofertilizers for sustainable production of cereals from salt affected soils



Professor Soil &


60 38.64

1815

Study on potential risk, benefit assessment and structural, functional diversity of bacterial communities assotiated with transgenic Bt

cotton


NSLP Prof. Dr. Amer

Jamil Professor Biochemistry 36 3.81

1816 Development and evaluation of functional foods

to combat metabolic syndrome Punjab Agricultural

Research Board


Assistant Professor

NIFSAT 36 17.82

1817 Production and evaluation of extruded floating

fish feed to improve growth rate and meat quality


Dr. Muhammad


NIFSAT 36 18.23

1818 Development of early weaning packages for the calves of Nili Ravi buffaloes and Sahiwal cattle


Dr. Shaukat Ali



60 19.53

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1819 Analysis of climate change vulnerabilities and

training needs assessment of small farmers and extension field staff in the arid areas of punjab


Dr. Babar Shahbaz

Associate Professor


Rural Development

48 9.13

1820 Developing some recent and effective avian

pest management approaches in the susceptible cropped regions of Punjab, Pakistan


Prof. Dr. Hammad



Fisheries 48 6.11

1821

Development of light supplementation system and evaluating the impact of supplemented

light intensities on the production performance of layer birds kept under semi environment

controlled houses


Dr. Fawwad



12 0.90

1822 Development of dates dehydration technology of date producing areas of Sukkur and Khairpur


PSF Prof. Dr. Salim-


1823

Socio Cultural Barriers effecting poor women excess to emergency of Obstetric and

Newnental Care: Assessment of Quality of Care in Emergency Obstetric and Neonental Public Health Facilities in Less Developed Districts of

Punjab


Research Projects

Research Advocay Fund (RAF) (British Council)

Dr. Shazia Yasmin

Assistant Professor


Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1824 Mother Child Health Status in Thal Punjab International Collaborative

Research Projects

Research Advocay Fund (RAF) (British Council)

Prof. Dr. Muhammad Iqbal Zafar

Professor Rural Sociology 36 96.00

1825 Assessment of Genetic purity among dairy

cattle breeds using microsatellites Punjab Agricultural

Research Board


Assistant Professor


24 6.60

1826 Investigation of physio-chemical parameters, antimicrobial,pharmaceutical and antioxidant

activity profiles of Pakistan honeys


PSF Dr. Raja Adil


Chemistry 24 1.00

1827 Development of immoblizesd ligninase enzemes

and their applications in industrial and environmental biotechnology


PSF & Pak-China Prof. Dr.

Muhammad Asghar


1828 Threats of Microbial Infections and Malnutrition in Miternal and Child in Faisalabad Division, its

mitigation using effective advocacy tools


Research Projects

Research Advocay Fund (RAF) Islamabad

Dr. Muhammad Shahid

Associate Professor


1829 Rural Development through action education

program Pakistan Science

Foundation NSLP



30 1.66

1830 Dehydration and ad preservation of fruits,

vegetables and crops using solar energy Punjab Agricultural

Research Board Dr. Yasir Jamil

Associate Professor

Physics 60 18.85

1831 Documentation and validation of

Ethoveterinary practices for the control and treatment of coccidiosis in poultry


Dr. Rao Zahid



Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1832 Development, testing, implementation of model

small ruminant production system through a community consortium in Faisalabad Division


Prof. Dr. Zafar


1833 Sero-epidemiology and molecular diagnosis of

brucellosis in food animals Punjab Agricultural

Research Board

Prof. Dr. Ahrar Khan


1834 Investigations on fish diseases at commercial

fish farms and their treatment/control Punjab Agricultural

Research Board

Prof. Dr. Muhammad Tariq Javed


1835 The establishment of pregnancies with in vitro

produced frozen and unfrozen Sahiwal cow and Nili-Ravi buffalo embryos


Prof. Dr. Zafar Iqbal Qureshi


1836 Molecular expidemiology and control of

Haemorrhagic Septicaemia in cattle and buffalo in the District of Faisalabad and Chiniot


Prof. Dr. Sajjad-


1837 Development of starter cultures from

indigenous sources and production of high quality pizza cheese in pakistan


Dr. Ayesha


NIFSAT 36 17.34

1838 The Effect of Food Price Shocks on the

Macroeconomy of Pakistan: Implications for Food Security


Research Projects

South Asia Network of Economic Research Institutes

(SANEI)

Dr. Khalid Mushtaq

Assistant Professor


Economics 12 75.00

1839 Pak House Demonstration Unit for Horticultural

Crops


Research Projects

Govt. of Punjab, Agriculture Department, Lahore


Associate Professor


12 6.90

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1840 Exploration and Evaluation predatory mite

species as potential bio-control agents


Research Projects

COMSTECH-ISESCO, Islamabad

Dr. Bilal Saeed Khan


1841

Modeling the seed cotton yield, water use efficiency under present and future climate

change scenarios is different ecological regions of punjab.


Dr. Syed Aftab


Agronomy 36 8.26

1842 Initiation of comprehensive program under the establishment of center for residue avoidance

in food animals


Research Projects USAID

Dr. Faqir Muhammad

Assistant Professor


60 614.00

1843 Development of drought tolerant cotton variety

for punjab province Punjab Agricultural

Research Board

Prof. Dr. Shahzad

Maqsood Ahmad Basra


1844 Improving the participatory status of females in Agriculture and livestock sector at Rural Level





12 10.00

1845 Poverty alleviation through locally developed

poultry breed



Prof. Dr. Ahsan-ul-Haq



1846 Impact of water and nutrients stress on cotton Punjab Agricultural

Research Board

Prof. Dr. Muhammad


1847 Pack house demonstration unit for horticultural

crops


Research Projects

Govt. of Punjab, Agri. Dept. Lahore



Sciences 36 19.50

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1848 Cultivation of non-food crops using sewage to substitute food crops for economic viability of

small farmers


Research Projects


Prof. Dr. Abdul Ghafoor (IS&ES)

Professor Soil &


36 3.63

1849 Establishment of germplasm development and

conservation center for horticultural crops


Research Projects

Japan's Technical Cooperation Development Study

Dr. Muhammad Usman

(Horticulture)

Assistant Professor


36 137.83

1850

Development of carcenogenicity and genotoxicity facilities for the demonstration of

pestiocides impact on human/animal and enviornmental and their curability


Dr. Muhammad



1851

Optimizing production and essential oil extraction technology using super critical fluid

extraction from non-traditional high value horticulture crops


Research Projects




Sciences 36 18.58

1852 Date Palm Nursery establishment through induction in Un-Rooted/Aerial offshoots by

using hormones under different environments


Research Projects




Sciences 48 19.45

1853

Improving growth and yeild of pulses through inoculation with rhizobacteria containing ACC-

deaminase and exopolysaccharide activity under salt stressed conditions


Dr. Sajid

Mahmood Nadeem

Assistant Professor


36 5.00

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1854 mointering of kernal bunt of wheat disease

incidence and its management through resistant varities


Dr. Muhammad



36 6.47

1855 Anti-stress properties and expressions of

related genes in Rohu (Labeo rohita) fed with all-plant-based diet



Research Council

ALP Dr. Yasmeen

Gul Assistant Professor


Fisheries 36 3.00

1856 Documenting and mitigating the effect of thermal treatments on the formation of

heterocyclic aromatic amines in various meats



Research Council

Dr. Asim Shabbir

Assistant Professor

NIFSAT 36 11.35

1857 Functional exploration of wheat straw an

approach towards value addition



Research Council

Dr. Imran


NIFSAT 24 9.70

1858

Molcecular marker-assisted selection of Pakistan spring wheats for high molecular

weight glutenin subunits (HMW-GS) and grain hardness



Research Council

Dr. Imran


NIFSAT 36 27.70

1859 Use of salt-affected waste land through growing timber and fruit trees in Dera Ghazi Khan area



Research Council

Prof. Dr.

Shafqat Nawaz Professor


Sciences 36 5.50

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1860 Communication strategy for poverty alleviation

through poultry production



Research Council

Dr. Muhammad Farooq Khalid

Assistant Professor


Tek Singh 18 4.77

1861 Grading up of indigenous chicken through an

open nucleus breeding plan



Research Council

Dr. Zia-ur-Rehman

Assistant Professor


Tek Singh 36 6.93

1862 Genetics of drought related parameters in

maize



Research Council

Mr. Nazar

Hussain Khan Lecturer


36 2.10

1863 Taxonomic study of predatory mites



Research Council


Associate Professor


36 4.30

1864 Allelopathic Way of Weed Control and

Enhancing Crop Yield through Allelochemicals



Research Council

Prof. Dr. Mahmood

Ahmad Randhawa


36 12.00

1865 Short term skill development programme and

on farm technology transfer â€œAction Researchâ€•



Research Council

Dr. Muhammad

Ather Javed Khan

Associate Professor


36 12.00

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1866

An assessment of farmersâ€™ perceptions regarding use of mobile phone: a paradigm of

interactive communication for their development



Research Council



Economics 36 2.29

1867 Exploring the need for coordination among

major stakeholders for agricultural development



Research Council



Economics 36 2.85

1868 Training needs assessment of extension field staff under decentralized extension system in

the Punjab, Pakistan



Research Council

Dr. Ijaz Ashraf



Rural Development

36 2.10

1869

Developing a strategy for effective Agri. Extension system to disseminate Agri

technologies among farming community in the Punjab, Pakistan



Research Council



Rural Development

36 3.05

1870 Marketing and post harvest losses of major

fruits in Punjab, Pakistan



Research Council

Dr. Abdul


IBMS 36 2.20

1871 Dielectric barrier discharges applications in

agro-industry



Research Council

Dr. Abdul Ghaffar

Assistant Professor

Physics 36 4.00

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1872 Isolation of electromagnetic radiation induced

novel bioactive genes and peptides from medicinal plants



Research Council

Dr. Yasir Jamil Associate Professor

Physics 36 9.80

1873 Formulation of economical fish feed for

intensive fish culture



Research Council

Prof. Dr.

Iftikhar Ahmed (Zoology)

Professor Zoology,


36 2.23

1874 Identification of soil biodiversity and its role in

sustaining the cropland soil health



Research Council

Prof. Dr.

Shahnaz Akhtar Professor


Fisheries 36 8.85

1875

Enhancing protein and minerals availability in plant ingredients based diets for Labeo rohita

through acidification and phytase supplementation



Research Council

Prof. Dr.


Professor Zoology,


36 4.40

1876 Molecular markers-based monitoring of exotic

carps throughout Punjab for genetic stock enhancement



Research Council

Dr. Khalid



Fisheries 36 3.40

1877 Production of geneticaly vigorous seed of exotic

carps by molecular genetic approaches



Research Council

Dr. Khalid



Fisheries 36 3.40

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1878 Assessment and Remediation of heavy metals

pollution in industrial labor community in Faisalabad



Research Council

Dr. Raja Adil


Chemistry 36 5.70

1879 Transformation of wild mushrooms as

functional foods and cash crop



Research Council

Dr. Muhammad



1880 Preparation of recombinant streptokinase for

applications in cardiovascular attacks



Research Council

Dr. Muhammad

Anjum Zia Associate Professor


1881 Increasing food security and farm income in

Pakistanâ€™s Indus basin through integrated analysis of water policy choices



Research Council

Dr. Khuda



Economics 36 3.52

1882 To investigate the monetary policy impacts and linkages on Pakistan agriculture (priority area:

social sciences)



Research Council

Dr. Khalid Mushtaq

Assistant Professor


Economics 24 1.76

1883

The contribution of livestock income in reducing poverty and income inequality according to

different poverty bands in various agro ecological zones of Pakistan



Research Council

Prof. Dr.

Muhammad Ashfaq


Resource Economics

12 1.00

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1884 Economics of crop residue burning



Research Council

Prof. Dr.

Muhammad Ashfaq


Resource Economics

36 3.00

1885 Manipulation of some nutritional an

management aspects of goats for quality mutton production



Research Council

Dr. Arshad

Iqbal Associate Professor


24 7.50

1886

Small sale cooperative milk collection, processing and marketing for sustainable dairy

development for poverty reduction through farmers associations



Research Council

Dr. Syed

Hassan Raza Assistant Professor


36 17.50

1887 Developing and disseminating the economical and scientific calf raising program applicable

under field conditions.



Research Council

Dr. Qamar Bilal Associate Professor


36 6.60

1888 Evaluation of single super phosphate fertilizer

as a potential source of phosphorous supplement in dairy animals



Research Council

Dr. Qamar Bilal Associate Professor


36 6.30

1889 Development and evaluation of an improved

feeding system for stall-fed goats



Research Council

Dr. Athar



36 7.50

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1890

Recent trends in recycling methods for caged hens and their impact on production

performance, histopathologcial changes and economics



Research Council

Dr. Muhammad



36 21.35

1891 Revitalization, propagation and dissemination

of Lyallpur silver black breed of poultry, for poverty alleviation



Research Council

Prof. Dr. Sultan

Mahmood Professor


48 16.00

1892 Genetic selection and phenotypic

characterization of marecha camel in Pakistan



Research Council

Prof. Dr. Pervez

Akhtar Professor


Tek Singh 36 7.02

1893 Documentation and manipulation of egg cholesterol contents in different chicken

genotypes



Research Council

Dr. Faiz-ul-

Hassan Lecturer


36 6.10

1894

Identification of single nucleotide polymorphisms of MC4R gene and its

association with growth and body composition traits in rural chickens



Research Council


Assistant Professor


36 6.00

1895 Effect of feeding varying energy of protein

ratios on the age at puberty in nili-ravi buffaloes



Research Council

Dr. Nasir Ali



36 2.26

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1896

Influence of feeding different levels and concentrations of mixture of corn steep liquor

(CSL) and enzose on nutrient digestibility, haematology, histopathology and performance

of broiler, layers and broiler breeders



Research Council

Prof. Dr. Javed

Iqbal Sultan Professor


36 19.50

1897

Economic comparison of buffalo, Sahiwal cow and x-bred cattle as dairy animals under high input system and modeling their growth and productive efficiency using neural networks



Research Council

Dr. Shaukat Ali



60 40.74

1898 Increasing buffalo productivity by using treated

sugarcane bagasse



Research Council

Dr. Muhammad

Sharif Assistant Professor


36 2.59

1899 Feeding supplemental fat for attaining early

puberty in Nili-Ravi buffalo heifers



Research Council

Prof. Dr. Haq

Nawaz (Animal Nutrition)



1900 Attaining cost effective early puberty in Nili-Ravi

heifers by escalating growth through mineral manipulation



Research Council

Prof. Dr.

Muhammad Sarwar



Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1901 Toxicological screening of common weeds growing in fodders with reference to their

impact on animal health and growth



Research Council

Dr. Faqir



36 6.50

1902 Genetic selection of Pakistan Dairy Breeds for

Mastitis Resistance



Research Council

Dr. Toufeer

Mehdi Assistant Professor


1903 Epidemiology of Newcastle disease in rural

poultry



Research Council

Prof. Dr. Muhammad

Arshad (Microbiology)


1904 Laboratory and field evaluation of a locally prepared montanide adjuvanted combined hermorrhagic septicemia-mastitis vaccine.



Research Council

Prof. Dr. Ghulam

Muhammad (Rtd.)

Professor Clinical

Medicine & Surgery

36 8.50

1905 Investigation on increasing twinning rates in

Beetal goats through super-ovulation treatment



Research Council

Prof. Dr. Nazir

Ahmad Professor Theriogenology 36 5.20

1906 Investigations on seasonal effects on the male reproductive functions in the beetal goats and

measures to abolish these effects



Research Council

Prof. Dr. Nazir

Ahmad Professor Theriogenology 24 4.60

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1907

Development, testing and implementation of a model small ruminant production system

through a community consortium in Faisalabad Division



Research Council

Prof. Dr. Zafar


1908

Epidemiology, Economic significance and acaricidal resistance of tick populations

infesting domestic ruminants of two different agro-ecological zones of Punjab Pakistan



Research Council

Dr. Muhammad



1909 Botanical bio-molecules immunomodulating

and therapeutic potentials in chicken



Research Council

Dr. Masood



1910 Possibility of Rhabditis axei glycoproteinâ€™s

and lip polysaccharide as subunit vaccine against haemonchosis in sheep and goats



Research Council

Dr. Masood



1911 Molecular pathobiology and prevention of

brucellosis in food animals and humans



Research Council

Prof. Dr. Ahrar

Khan Professor Pathology 36 21.00

1912 Development of transgenic maize hybrids with

improved resistance against drought and herbicides and increased biomass



Research Council

Dr. Nisar Ahmed

Associate Professor

CABB 36 7.20

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1913 Engineering coordinated defense responses

against fungal pathogens of wheat in general and Ug99 in particular



Research Council

Dr. Iqrar


CABB 36 6.27

1914 Development of epigenetically drought tolerant

wheat



Research Council

Dr. Muhammad



36 5.30

1915 Identification of root architectural biochemical

and physiological traits related to drought stress adaptaion in rape seed spieces



Research Council

Dr. Muhammad

Shahbaz Naeem

Assistant Professor

Agronomy 36 6.40

1916 To generate salt tolerant rice through cell type-

specific transgene expression system



Research Council


Agronomy 36 6.50

1917 Establishment of sustainable and cost effective

grain storage in Pakistan



Research Council


Agronomy 36 3.25

1918 Evaluating production potential of Camelina sativa as potential oilseed crop under local

conditions



Research Council

Prof. Dr. Shahzad

Maqsood Ahmad Basra


Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1919 Establishment of forecasting modules for

integrated management of major insect pests of rice



Research Council

Prof. Dr.

Muhammad Ashfaq (T.I)


1920 Organic and biorational integrated pest

management of pumpkin beetles



Research Council

Prof. Dr.



1921

Development of organic fruit fly management system based on integration of male-

annihilation- station, female-attractive-BAIT-station and botanical insecticides in cucurbit

cropping system



Research Council

Dr. Muhammad


Entomology 36 3.50

1922 Development of a â€œsustainable diagnostic and outreach bio-intensive IMP labs for rural

masses/areas of Punjab Pakistan



Research Council

Prof. Dr.



1923 Impact of transgenic Bt cotton on target and

non-target insect pests



Research Council

Dr. Muhammad

Arshad (Entomology)

Assistant Professor

Entomology 36 5.00

Submitted Projects

Sr. No.


(in Months)

Cost (in million)

1924

Developing of sustainable plant protection strategies through molecular characterization

and functional analysis of the novel recombinant products (biochemical products)

from insect parasitoids



Research Council

Dr. Zain- ul-


Entomology 36 9.00

1925 Survey and identification of tetranychid mites in

Punjab, Pakistan



Research Council

Dr. Muhammad

Altaf Sabri Associate Professor

Entomology 36 6.00

1926 Micro RNA control of NBS-LRR based immunity

in Cucumis sativus


Research Projects Exiqon grant program 2014

Dr. Hafiza Masooma

Naseer Cheema

Assistant Professor


1927

Screening of Beneficial insects from Agro ecological Zones of Punjab (Pakistan) to be

exploited as a Novel Source of Natural insecticides for sustainable insect control;

improving socio-economic standard of farmers


Research Projects


Dr. Zain- ul-Abdin

Assistant Professor

Entomology 24 9.54

1928 Training Needs Assessment of Field Staff of

Public Sector Extension in the Punjab, Pakistan


Research Projects


Dr. Ijaz Ashraf Gill

Assistant Professor


Rural Development

24 4.75

1929 Building Personnel and Laboratory Capacity for Control and Prevention of Food Borne Infection

Diseases in Pakistan


Research Projects




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