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Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
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
International Collaborative
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
Higher Education Commission
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
Higher Education Commission
Thematic Research Grant Dr. Fozia Saleem
Assistant Professor
CABB 12 3.00
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
10 Genetic diversity among American bollworm
(Helicoverpa armigera) collected from different cotton growing areas of Pakistan
Higher Education Commission
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
Higher Education Commission
Thematic Research Grant Dr. Asghar Ali Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Resource
Economics 12 2.83
12
Integration of demographic transition and socio-economic development in Pakistan: implication for poverty, inequality, gender
participation and human capital
Higher Education Commission
Thematic Research Grant Dr. Rakhshanda
Kousar Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Resource
Economics 12 3.00
13 Determinants of peri-urbanization in major
cities of Punjab Higher Education
Commission Thematic Research Grant
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
Higher Education Commission
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
Higher Education Commission
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
Commission Thematic Research Grant
Dr. Muhammad Khalid Bashir
Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Resource
Economics 12 2.23
17 Unplanned urbanization in Punjab and its
impact on food security Higher Education
Commission Thematic Research Grant
DR. SHAKEEL IMRAN
Assistant Professor
Sub-Campus Burewala-Vehari
12 2.29
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
18 Capacity building of flour mills in Punjab for
quality control mechanisms and shelf life extension of wheat flour
Higher Education Commission
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
Higher Education Commission
Thematic Research Grant Dr. Azhar
Abbas Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Resource
Economics 12 2.53
20 Antioxidant rich botanicals: a sustainable
approach for controlling coccidiosis in poultry production systems
Higher Education Commission
Thematic Research Grant Dr. Rao Zahid
Abbas Assistant Professor
Parasitology 12 2.97
21 Modern environment controlled cage layer farming and application of flock recycling
technique
Higher Education Commission
Thematic Research Grant Dr. Muhammad
Yousaf Assistant Professor
Animal and Dairy Sciences
12 2.76
22 Design & development of digital flume for discharge measurement in open-channel
Higher Education Commission
Thematic Research Grant Dr. Muhammad
Uzair Qamar Assistant Professor
Irrigation & Drainage
12 2.10
23 Fostering women entrepreneurship through
academia industry linkages in Punjab, Pakistan Higher Education
Commission Thematic Research Grant
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
Higher Education Commission
Thematic Research Grant Dr. Khalid Mushtaq
Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Resource
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
Agricultural and Resource
Economics 36 5.08
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
26 Pathological screening of available soybean
germplasm in different climates under natural conditions
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Sohail
Akhtar Assistant Professor
Sub-Campus Burewala-Vehari
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
Irrigation & Drainage
7 2.07
28 Strengthening informal indigenous vegetable seed system to enhance nutrition and food
security of Pakistan
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
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
International Collaborative
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
TWAS Research Grant Program
Dr. Kanwal Rehman
Assistant Professor
Pharmacy, Physiology and Pharmacology
12 1.46
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
32 Assessing the efficacy of herbal plant extract
over antimicrobial drugs and identifying highly effective protein through genomic tool
International Collaborative
Research Projects
TWAS Research Grant Program
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
TWAS Research Grant Program
Dr. Muhammad Usman (Soil
Science)
Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 12 1.52
34
Improvement in citrus quality and production by standardization of nutrient assessment
protocols for optimization of nutrient application
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Muhammad
Aamir Maqsood
Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Ahsan Ul
Haq Lecturer
Sub-Campus Burewala-Vehari
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
Kousar Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Resource
Economics 12 0.00
37 Drivers of Food Consumption Patterns in Rural,
Peri-Urban and Urban Areas of the Punjab
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS Dr. Muhammad
Khalid Bashir Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Resource
Economics 12 0.00
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
38 From China-Pakistan Free Trade agreement to
China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC): Implications for Agricultural Sector to Pakistan
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS Dr. Tahira
Sadaf Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Resource
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
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
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
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
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
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS Dr. Muhammad
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
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS Dr. Muhammad
Sana Ullah Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 12 0.00
43 China Pakistan Economic Corridor: Analyzing Challenges and Opportunities in Agriculture
Exports from Pakistan
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS Dr. Abdul
Ghafoor (IBMS) Assistant Professor
IBMS 12 0.00
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
44 Soil Loss: A Threat to Food Security
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS Dr. Muhammad
Uzair Qamar Assistant Professor
Irrigation & Drainage
12 0.00
45 Increasing Ability of Ground Water to Produce Food for Increasing Population: An Analysis in
the Context of Food Security
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS Dr. Muhammad
Uzair Qamar Assistant Professor
Irrigation & Drainage
12 0.00
46 Application of Bioinformatics Tools to Address Major Challenges of Adaptability of Corn and
Soybean Exotic Lines in Pakistan
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
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
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
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
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS Dr. Muhammad Farrukh Saleem
Associate Professor
Agronomy 12 0.00
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
49 Adaptation trends of balanced food habits
among rural households of the Punjab
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
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
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
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
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
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
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
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
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
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
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS Prof. Dr. Abdul
Wahid Professor Botany 24 0.00
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
55 Present Status and Future Prospect of Barley Production and its Value Addition in Pakistan
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS Dr. Asghar Ali Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Resource
Economics 24 0.00
56 Economic Impact, Farmers’ Perception and
Management of Parthenium hysterophorus L. in Pakistan
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS Dr. Muhammad
Amjed Iqbal Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Resource
Economics 36 0.00
57 Residue Management Options, their Effects and
Control in Agriculture: Implications for Environmental Quality and Farm Productivity
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS Dr. Azhar
Abbas Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Resource
Economics 30 0.00
58 Envisioning Potential Gains from Regional
Cooperation: A SWOT analysis of CPEC for the promotion of Agricultural Exports from Pakistan
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS Dr. Azhar
Abbas Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Resource
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
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS Dr. Hafiza Masooma
Naseer Cheema
Assistant Professor
Plant Breeding & Genetics
36 0.00
60 Developing Domineering Broad-Spectrum
Herbicide-Tolerant Wheat
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS Dr. Ghulam
Mustafa Assistant Professor
CABB 12 0.00
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(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
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
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
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS Dr. Tariq Mustafa
Lecturer Entomology 12 0.00
63
Development of GIS-based agricultural information management system for major
crops of northern irrigated corridor along the CPEC route in Pakistan
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS Dr. Kashif Nazir
Qureshi Assistant Professor
Sub-Campus Burewala-Vehari
12 0.00
64 Impact and adaptation of barley production to
climate change in Punjab-Pakistan
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS Dr. Kashif Nazir
Qureshi Assistant Professor
Sub-Campus Burewala-Vehari
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
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS Dr. Muhammad
Dildar Gogi Assistant Professor
Entomology 12 0.00
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
66 Nitrogen and water management interventions
in direct-seeded and transplanted rice for attenuating greenhouse gas emissions
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
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
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
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
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
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
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
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
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS Dr. Iqrar
Ahmad Rana Assistant Professor
CABB 12 0.00
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
71 Guar Gum as a Dietary Intervention to Combat the Problem of Hyperglycemia through Animal
Modeling
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
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
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS Ms. Romana
Anjum Lecturer
Sub-Campus Burewala-Vehari
12 0.00
73 Implementation of Indigenous Fertigation Technologies for Smart Agriculture under
Conventional and Advanced Irrigation System
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS Dr. Lubna
Anjum Lecturer
Irrigation & Drainage
12 0.00
74 Enhancing phosphorus bio-availability in wheat
through genetic modifications in efficient exudate-releasing root trait
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
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
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
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
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS Dr. Safdar
Bashir Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 12 0.00
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
77
Use of crop residues to develop nanocomposites of magnetite-enriched biochar
for remediation of contaminates soils and wastewater
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS Dr. Muhammad
Usman (Soil Science)
Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 12 0.00
78
Integrated Management of Seed Borne Mycoflora with Special Emphasis to ‘Loose Smut’ of Barley to Improve its Production
Potential and Grain Quality
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS Dr. Amer Habib Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology 12 0.00
79 Development of Herbicide Tolerant Indigenous
Soybean Germplasm
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS Dr. Faiz Ahmad
Joyia Assistant Professor
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
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS Dr. Mian
Kamran Sharif Assistant Professor
NIFSAT 12 0.00
81 Biofortification of wheat for iron and zinc using
transgenic approach
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS Dr. Iqrar
Ahmad Rana Assistant Professor
CABB 12 0.00
82 Development of zinc and iron bioforified wheat
and rice cultivars by overexpressing root membrane transporters
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS Dr. Fozia Saleem
Assistant Professor
CABB 12 0.00
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
83 Kitchen Gardening: A Step towards food and
economic security
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS Dr. Fozia Saleem
Assistant Professor
CABB 12 0.00
84
Mastitomics: The Integration of Metabolomics and Bioinformatics of Cow’s Milk can Lead
to the Potential Biomarkers Discovery of Mastitis in Dairy Cattle
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS Dr. Fozia Saleem
Assistant Professor
CABB 12 0.00
85 Biotechnological approaches for tracking
herbicide resistance in weeds under changing climatic conditions
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS Dr. Ghulam
Mustafa Assistant Professor
CABB 12 0.00
86 Detection of major viruses, insect vectors, and resistant germplasm for developing sustainable
barley production system in Pakistan
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS Dr. Luqman
Amrao Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology 12 0.00
87
Development of Microbial Consortia for Complete Detoxification of Organochlorine
Pesticides and Improvement of Crop Productivity in Contaminated Soil
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS Dr. Muhammad
Imran Khan Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 12 0.00
88 CRISPR-Cas9 based targeting of fatty acid
elongase gene sequences for reducing erucic acid contents in Brassica spp.
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS Prof. Dr. Hafeez Ahmad Sadaqat
Professor Plant Breeding
& Genetics 12 0.00
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
89 Detection of Strains of Potato Virus Y and Potato Leaf Roll Virus in Pakistan and their
Management
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS Dr. Khalid Naveed
Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology 12 0.00
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
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
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
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS Dr. Mian
Kamran Sharif Assistant Professor
NIFSAT 12 0.00
92 Gathering Baseline Information about Newly
Emerging Weeds in Punjab and their Molecular Tagging
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
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
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS Dr. Amir Shahzad
Assistant Professor
NIFSAT 12 0.00
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
94 Sustainable Susceptibility of Pink Bollworm to
BT Cotton Toxins as a Cornerstone of Integrated Pest Management in Cotton
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS Dr. Muhammad
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
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS Dr. Amir Shahzad
Assistant Professor
NIFSAT 12 0.00
96 Food Resource Management and Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance for Ameliorating Food Insecurity
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS Dr. Amir Shahzad
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)
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
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
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS Dr. Allah Rakha Assistant Professor
NIFSAT 12 0.00
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
99 Evidence Based Dietary Intervention to Mitigate
Food and Nutritional Insecurity in Pakistan
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS Dr. Beenish
Israr Lecturer Home Sciences 12 0.00
100 Food Multimix – A Sustainable Dietary
Diversity Approach for Improved Maternal and Child Nutrition in Pakistan
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS Dr. Mian
Kamran Sharif Assistant Professor
NIFSAT 12 0.00
101 Developing Eco-Friendly Water Saving Rice
Production System in Punjab, Pakistan
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
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
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS Dr. Muhammad
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 – 2017
Dr. Rasheed Ahmad Khera
Assistant Professor
Chemistry 36 2.10
104 Quantitative detection of pathogenic bacteria in
meat through spectroscopic and molecular techniques
Pakistan Science Foundation
Sri Lanka and Pakistan Collaborative Research and
Development – 2017 Dr. Amna Sahar
Assistant Professor
Food Engineering
36 2.08
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
105 Identification of candidate genes for developing
resistance against begomoviruses of legumes through transcriptome analysis
Pakistan Science Foundation
Sri Lanka and Pakistan Collaborative Research and
Development – 2017
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
Sri Lanka and Pakistan Collaborative Research and
Development – 2017
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
Pakistan Science Foundation
Sri Lanka and Pakistan Collaborative Research and
Development – 2017
Dr. Muhammad Amjad Ali
Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology 36 2.08
108 Management of postharvest diseases of tropical
and sub-tropical fruit Pakistan Science
Foundation
Sri Lanka and Pakistan Collaborative Research and
Development – 2017
Dr. Abdul Rehman (Plant
pathology)
Associate Professor
Plant Pathology 36 4.14
109 Development of carbon based nanomaterials for counter electrodes in dye sensitized solar
cells
Pakistan Science Foundation
Sri Lanka and Pakistan Collaborative Research and
Development – 2017
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
Pakistan Science Foundation
Sri Lanka and Pakistan Collaborative Research and
Development – 2017
Dr. Muhammad Anjum Zia
Associate Professor
Biochemistry 36 2.52
111 Improving adaptation and tolerance of cotton
(Gossypium hirsutum L.) to water logging stress
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science, (IFS), Sweden
Dr. Muhammad Farooq
Associate Professor
Agronomy 24 1.24
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(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
Secretariat Technology Transfer
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
Sub-Campus Burewala-Vehari
24 1.58
118 Socio-economic evaluation of pastoral communities of northern thal desert
Endowment Fund Secretariat
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
Endowment Fund Secretariat
Product Commercialization Dr. Muhammad Kashif Saleemi
Assistant Professor
Pathology 36 6.10
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
121 design, Fabrication and performance evaluation of catalytic converter for the vehcilar emission
control from field operated diesel engines
Endowment Fund Secretariat
R&D Engr. Azlan
Zahid Lecturer
Farm Machinery &
Power 24 1.22
122 Development of killed vaccine for contagious
caprine pleuropneumonia using different adjuvants
Endowment Fund Secretariat
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
Endowment Fund Secretariat
R&D Dr. Muhammad
Zahid Assistant Professor
Chemistry 24 18.85
125 To develop high strength wood plastic composites (WPC) by polymer blends
Endowment Fund Secretariat
R&D Ms. Saima
Noreen Lecturer Chemistry 24 1.30
126 To develop high strength wood plastic composites (WPC) by polymer blends
Endowment Fund Secretariat
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
Endowment Fund Secretariat
Technology Transfer Dr. Muhammad
Khalid Bashir Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Resource
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
Endowment Fund Secretariat
Technology Transfer Dr. Muhammad
Abubakkar Azmat
Assistant Professor
Sub-Campus Burewala-Vehari
24 1.87
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
129 Therapeutic and preventice role of mineral
supplementation in dromedary camels (camelus dromedaius)
Endowment Fund Secretariat
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
Endowment Fund Secretariat
R&D Engr. Hassan
Haroon Lecturer
Punjab Bio-Energy Institute
12 1.10
131 Evaluation of indigenuosly isolated microalge
starins for biodiesel production and environmental remediation
Endowment Fund Secretariat
R&D Dr. Sana Sadaf Assistant Professor
Punjab Bio-Energy Institute
24 2.00
132 Development of milk supplement for buffalo
and cow calves for reducing feeding cost during pre-weaning
Endowment Fund Secretariat
R&D Dr. Shaukat Ali
Bhatti Assistant Professor
Animal and Dairy Sciences
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
Endowment Fund Secretariat
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
Irrigation & Drainage
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.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(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
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS Dr. Umar Farooq
Assistant Professor
UAF Sub-Campus, Toba
Tek Singh 12 0.74
139 Establishment and demonstration of grafting
chili for the technology transfer to the farmers Endowment Fund
Secretariat Technology Transfer
Dr. Muhammad Awais Ghani
Assistant Professor
Horticultural Sciences
24 4.27
140 Comparative biology of whitefly haplotypes and
implications for Punjab cotton growers Endowment Fund
Secretariat R&D
Dr. Tariq Mustafa
Lecturer Entomology 24 1.21
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
Endowment Fund Secretariat
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
Endowment Fund Secretariat
Technology Transfer Dr. Muhammad Ismail Hashmi
Lecturer Sub-Campus
Burewala-Vehari 24 1.94
143 Reconditioning of shiwal and cholistani cattle males under optimium feeding and intensive
management system
Endowment Fund Secretariat
R&D Dr. Muhammad
Yaqoob Associate Professor
Animal and Dairy Sciences
36 6.00
144 Low cost leaf area meter: scnner/domestic camera digital image analysis for rapid and
accurate leaf area measurements
Endowment Fund Secretariat
R&D Dr. Rizwan Maqbool
Assistant Professor
Agronomy 24 0.94
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
145
Fabrication of Nono-composite Based new generation wastewater Remediation Materials
for food security and human health improvement
Endowment Fund Secretariat
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
Endowment Fund Secretariat
Technology Transfer Dr. Saeed
Ahmad Associate Professor
Horticultural Sciences
36 3.39
147 Demonstration of climate controlling
equipments for precise animal farming Endowment Fund
Secretariat Technology Transfer
Dr. Fawwad Ahmad
Assistant Professor
Animal and Dairy Sciences
12 2.63
148 Value chain development and socio-Economic upgrading of small and medium size frames in
Horticulture Enterprises
Endowment Fund Secretariat
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
Endowment Fund Secretariat
Technology Transfer Dr. Summar Abbas Naqvi
Assistant Professor
Horticultural Sciences
36 4.46
150 Technology dissemination of selected specialty
mushrooms for year round mushroom production in Pakistan.
Endowment Fund Secretariat
Technology Transfer Dr. Muhammad
Muzammil Jahangir
Assistant Professor
Horticultural Sciences
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
Plant Breeding & Genetics
36 3.63
152 Application of flock recycling techniques in
modern day poultry farming Endowment Fund
Secretariat Technology Transfer
Dr. Muhammad Yousaf
Assistant Professor
Animal and Dairy Sciences
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.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(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
Endowment Fund Secretariat
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
Endowment Fund Secretariat
R&D Dr. Muhammad
Hamid Bashir Associate Professor
Entomology 24 1.55
156 Value addition in bair and bair products Endowment Fund
Secretariat Technology Transfer
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.
Endowment Fund Secretariat
R&D Dr. Saira Abdul
Aziz Lecturer
Punjab Bio-Energy Institute
24 3.15
158 Vegetable grafting of cucuritaceous crops and
capsicum spp Endowment Fund
Secretariat Technology Transfer
Dr. Khurram Ziaf
Assistant Professor
Horticultural Sciences
24 4.19
159 Vermi-fertilizer-a step towards promotion of
organic farming Endowment Fund
Secretariat Technology Transfer
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
Endowment Fund Secretariat
Technology Transfer Dr. Khurram
Ziaf Assistant Professor
Horticultural Sciences
24 3.75
161 Targeting actions to improve the ornamental plant production system for strenghthening
floriculture industry
Endowment Fund Secretariat
Technology Transfer Dr. Adnan
Younas Assistant Professor
Horticultural Sciences
36 2.34
162 Computer-Aided Design (CAD) approaches for
landscape designing Endowment Fund
Secretariat Technology Transfer
Dr. Adnan Younas
Assistant Professor
Horticultural Sciences
36 3.78
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(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.
Endowment Fund Secretariat
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
Endowment Fund Secretariat
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
Endowment Fund Secretariat
R&D Prof. Dr.
Muhammad Ishaque
Professor Sub-Campus
Burewala-Vehari 24 1.55
166 Phytochemicals based triggering of eryptosis; a
novel solution to anti-malarial therapy resistance
Endowment Fund Secretariat
R&D Dr. Kashif Jilani Assistant Professor
Biochemistry 36 3.12
167
DIFFUSION OF ANIMAL HEALTH TECHNOLOGIES FOR SUSTAINABLE LIVESTOCK DISEASE
MANAGEMENT AND PUBLIC AWARENESS IN FLOOD-AFFECTED AREAS OF SOUTHERN
PUNJAB
Endowment Fund Secretariat
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
Endowment Fund Secretariat
R&D Prof. Dr.
Muhammad Ishaque
Professor Sub-Campus
Burewala-Vehari 24 1.55
169 Assessment of coastal communities for their
dependence on mangrove forests along Pakistan's coastline
Endowment Fund Secretariat
R&D Prof. Dr.
Muhammad Ishaque
Professor Sub-Campus
Burewala-Vehari 24 1.33
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
170
Development, awareness and training of farmers about usage of agricultural mobile application for better communication with
farmers
Endowment Fund Secretariat
Technology Transfer Mr. Rana
Muhammad Saleem
Lecturer Sub-Campus
Burewala-Vehari 24 1.45
171 Community oriented public health risk
awareness of pesticides in south Punjab: Vehari as a representive distract
Endowment Fund Secretariat
Technology Transfer Dr. Muhammad Rizwan Ashraf
Assistant Professor
Sub-Campus Burewala-Vehari
24 2.08
172 Dissemination of awareness regarding control of seed borne plant disease to small farmers of
southern punjab
Endowment Fund Secretariat
Technology Transfer Dr. Rana Binyamin
Lecturer Sub-Campus
Burewala-Vehari 36 2.87
173 Jatropha (jatropha curcas) Extract, a potential
source of novel bio-pesticide for the ecofriendly management of bioenergy crops insect pests
Endowment Fund Secretariat
R&D Dr. Habib Ur
Rehman Lecturer
Punjab Bio-Energy Institute
24 3.18
174 Demonstration of seed production technology
of selected annual flowers Endowment Fund
Secretariat Technology Transfer
Dr. Iftikhar Ahmad
Assistant Professor
Horticultural Sciences
24 2.57
175 Potential application of nematophagous fungi
for the control of gastrointestinal nematodes in small ruminants
Endowment Fund Secretariat
R&D Dr. Zia ud Din
Sindhu Assistant Professor
Parasitology 24 2.19
176 Collection of germplasm and establishment of
model vineyard at PARS for technology transfer to growers
Endowment Fund Secretariat
Technology Transfer Prof. Dr. Jafar
Jaskani Professor
Horticultural Sciences
36 4.12
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
177 Optimization of value added essentail oil and high quality capsaicin product form capsicum
through post-harvest management
Endowment Fund Secretariat
Technology Transfer Dr. Muhammad Nadeem Akram
Assistant Professor
Horticultural Sciences
36 5.59
178 Mint germplasm collection and transfer of high
essential oil bearing varieties to the farmers Endowment Fund
Secretariat Technology Transfer
Dr. Muhammad Nadeem Akram
Assistant Professor
Horticultural Sciences
36 4.91
179 Germplasm collection and evaluation of
chamomile in Fasialabadregion to be used as high value crop on marginal lands
Endowment Fund Secretariat
Technology Transfer Dr. Muhammad Nadeem Akram
Assistant Professor
Horticultural Sciences
36 4.45
180 preservation and sustainable cultivation
technology for traditional medicinal plants of southern punjab
Endowment Fund Secretariat
Technology Transfer Dr. Muhammad Nadeem Akram
Assistant Professor
Horticultural Sciences
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
Endowment Fund Secretariat
R&D Dr. Muhammad
Naveed Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
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
Endowment Fund Secretariat
Technology Transfer Dr. Mariam
Munir Lecturer
Sub-Campus Burewala-Vehari
36 3.73
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(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
Endowment Fund Secretariat
R&D Engr. Hassan
Haroon Lecturer
Punjab Bio-Energy Institute
24 2.80
185 Need of crop insurance as a requlatory
mechanism in the context of climate vulnerability
Endowment Fund Secretariat
R&D Dr. Rakhshanda
Kousar Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Resource
Economics 12 3.00
186 Commercialization of low cost, slow release and highly efficient multi-nutrient nano-fertilizer for
horticultural crops
Endowment Fund Secretariat
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
Endowment Fund Secretariat
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
Endowment Fund Secretariat
R&D Dr. Bilquees
Fatima Assistant Professor
Horticultural Sciences
36 4.12
189 Sustainable groundwater Management using
the real time groundwater monitoring for rural areas development
Endowment Fund Secretariat
Technology Transfer Dr. Syed Hamid Hussain Shah
Assistant Professor
Irrigation & Drainage
36 21.00
190 Wastewater Treatment using indigenized low
cost microbes for enhancing soil and water productivity in peri-urban Areas
Endowment Fund Secretariat
Technology Transfer Dr. Syed Hamid Hussain Shah
Assistant Professor
Irrigation & Drainage
36 13.27
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
191 Establishing the demonstration of postharvest practices for vineyard orchard for technology
transfer to the grower at PARS
Endowment Fund Secretariat
Technology Transfer Dr. Shoaib ur
Rehman Lecturer
Horticultural Sciences
36 5.82
192 Cost-Effective Home-Fortified Approaches to
prevent malnutrition in mother and child Endowment Fund
Secretariat R&D
Dr. Beenish Israr
Lecturer Home Sciences 36 9.42
193 Feed package for backyard poultry birds and home-mixers/small sclaes feed manufactures
Endowment Fund Secretariat
Product Commercialization Prof. Dr. Aslam
Mirza Professor
Animal and Dairy Sciences
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
Endowment Fund Secretariat
R&D Dr. Muhammad
Asif Hanif Assistant Professor
Chemistry 36 2.09
196 Sustainable Impacts of ecologically based trap barrier system to inhibit roents of faisalabad
district
Endowment Fund Secretariat
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
Endowment Fund Secretariat
R&D Dr. Muhammad
Sohail Sajid Assistant Professor
Parasitology 36 3.98
198
Transfer of techniques used to improve agriculture byproduct nutritive value for livestock production to small farmers of
faisalabad ,pakistan
Endowment Fund Secretariat
Technology Transfer Dr. Muhammad Aziz Ur Rehman
Assistant Professor
Animal and Dairy Sciences
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.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(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
Endowment Fund Secretariat
Technology Transfer Dr. Ahsan Ul
Haq Lecturer
Sub-Campus Burewala-Vehari
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
Secretariat Technology Transfer
Dr. Aftab Ali Bukhari
Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology 24 1.88
203 Farmers Training for profitable crop production through effective weed management practices
at district vehari
Endowment Fund Secretariat
Technology Transfer Dr. Muhammad Ismail Hashmi
Lecturer Sub-Campus
Burewala-Vehari 24 1.94
204 Influence of diabetesand effectiveness of
flavonoid-treatment on vasoconstriction and inflammatory biomarkers
Endowment Fund Secretariat
R&D Dr. Kanwal
Rehman Assistant Professor
Pharmacy, Physiology and Pharmacology
24 1.42
205 Validation of latex agglutination test for
serological diagnosis(screening) of equine glanders
Endowment Fund Secretariat
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
Endowment Fund Secretariat
R&D Dr. Farooq
Azam Assistant Professor
Pharmacy, Physiology and Pharmacology
36 1.51
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
208 Development of PH responsive polymeric
networks for veterinary use; charaterization and In-vivo evaluation
Endowment Fund Secretariat
R&D Dr. Faqir
Muhammad Assistant Professor
Pharmacy, Physiology and Pharmacology
36 1.80
209 Establishment of community oriented plant disease diagnostic clinic at UAF sub-capus
Burewala
Endowment Fund Secretariat
Technology Transfer Dr. Sohail
Akhtar Assistant Professor
Sub-Campus Burewala-Vehari
36 1.34
210 One pot Gold (I) Catalyzation of o-
alkynyl(benzylidene) aminoethanal: A rout towards bioactive oxazolidine ring system
Endowment Fund Secretariat
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
Endowment Fund Secretariat
R&D Dr. Rana
Muhammad Amir
Assistant Professor
Agricultural Extension and
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
Endowment Fund Secretariat
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
Secretariat Technology Transfer
Dr. Muhammad Rashid Waqas
Lecturer Soil &
Environmental Sciences
36 2.92
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
215 Drug / antibiotic free poultry production in
Pakistan - Policy Guidelines
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS Dr. Umar Farooq
Assistant Professor
UAF Sub-Campus, Toba
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
Pharmacy, Physiology and Pharmacology
24 1.86
217
Transfer technolgies to enhance the reproductive efficiency of diary animals through
management/treatment of reproductive disorders under field conditions
Endowment Fund Secretariat
Technology Transfer Dr. Maqbool
Ahmad Associate Professor
Theriogenology 24 3.43
218 Maize policy Paper: Problems and Prospects of
maize production in Pakistan
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS Dr. Sana Sehar Lecturer Agricultural and
Resource Economics
12 0.75
219 Replacing treated carbonated drinks by Natural
Effervescent Fruit Powders
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS Dr. Muhammad
Azhar Ali Lecturer
Structures & Environmental
Engineering 12 0.75
220 Promoting the role of organic acids in poultry
industry as growth promoter, Immunomodulator and anticoccidial agent
Endowment Fund Secretariat
Technology TransferP Dr. Rao Zahid
Abbas Assistant Professor
Parasitology 36 2.68
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(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
Endowment Fund Secretariat
Technology Transfer Dr. Muhammad
Asif Khan Lecturer
Sub-Campus Burewala-Vehari
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects Drivers of Food Choice
Dr. Muhammad Khalid Bashir
Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Resource
Economics 12 3.76
223 Development of Moringa leaves tablets as
nutritious supplements to treat malnutrition
International Collaborative
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
COMSTECH-TWAS REsearch Grant Program
Dr. Sana Sadaf Assistant Professor
Punjab Bio-Energy Institute
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
Plant Breeding & Genetics
24 53.88
226 Commercial Scale Propagation of Superior
Cultivars of Date Palm Through Tissue Culture Technique
Technology Development
Projects Technology Development HEC
Prof. Dr. Jafar Jaskani
Professor Horticultural
Sciences 24 44.80
227 An approach towards countermeasures to
chemical threats in Pakistan and US by developing selenium based anti-mustard drugs
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK US Science & Technology Cooperation Program
Dr. Muhammad Adnan Iqbal
Assistant Professor
Chemistry 36 2.09
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(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)
International Collaborative
Research Projects
USPCAS-W, Mehran University of Engineering &
Technology, Jamshoro
Dr. Muhammad Sohail Sajid
Assistant Professor
Parasitology 12 3.00
229 Effect utilization of de-oiled microalgae biomass
for treatment of textile effluents: Pilot Scale study
International Collaborative
Research Projects
ISESCO Research Grant Program
Dr. Sana Sadaf Assistant Professor
Punjab Bio-Energy Institute
18 1.04
230 Double perovskite based multiferroic materials
for solar cell applications
International Collaborative
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
International Collaborative
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
Commission SRGP 2017
Dr. Razia Kausar
Lecturer Anatomy 12 0.50
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
Higher Education Commission
SRGP 2017 Dr. Muhammad
Inam-ur-Raheem
Lecturer NIFSAT 12 0.50
235 Utilization of biodegradable waste product at
student mess for anaerobic digestion Higher Education
Commission SRGP 2017 Dr. Ch. Arslan Lecturer
Structures & Environmental
Engineering 6 0.50
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
236 Successful Tunnel Farming: A Practical Guide Punjab Agricultural
Research Board PARB
Prof. Dr. Aman Ullah Malik
Professor Horticultural
Sciences 12 0.25
237 Delignification of cellulosic biomass through
chemical treatment for better anaerobic digestion
Higher Education Commission
SRGP 2017 Dr. Asma Sattar Assistant Professor
Structures & Environmental
Engineering 4 0.50
238 Creating wealth in small holders farms through
efficient credit systems in Pakistan
International Collaborative
Research Projects ACIAR, Australia
Dr. Muhammad Khalid Bashir
Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Resource
Economics 18 160.75
239 Ionic liquid-mediated integrated process
development for biodiesel and 1,3 propanediol co-production from lignocellulosic waste
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PERIDOT Research Grant Program under HEC
Dr. Saima Shahzad Mirza
Assistant Professor
Punjab Bio-Energy Institute
36 2.02
240
Socio-economic impact and health perspective of using hormonal feed additives and
antimicrobial growth promoters in domestic animal species
Pakistan Science Foundation
NSLP Dr. Bilal Aslam Assistant Professor
Pharmacy, Physiology and Pharmacology
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
Agricultural and Resource
Economics 12 2.86
242 Bovine mastitis therapy using a microbiocide -
Nanocin
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Department for International Development, United
Kingdom Dr. Ali Raza Lecturer
Clinical Medicine &
Surgery 12 2.08
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
243 Carving out metabolic pathway for enhanced bio hydrogen production from lignocellulosic
waste
International Collaborative
Research Projects
ISESCO Research Grant Program
Dr. Saima Shahzad Mirza
Assistant Professor
Punjab Bio-Energy Institute
24 1.00
244 Field assessment and mapping of wheat flour single stage mills / chakkis located in Punjab
National Collaborative
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK US Science & Technology Cooperation Program
Dr. Syed Hamid Hussain Shah
Assistant Professor
Irrigation & Drainage
24 4.51
247 Bio-Chemical mechanisms of heat tolerance in
thermostable wheat
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK US Science & Technology Cooperation Program
Dr. Zaheer Ahmad
Assistant Professor
Plant Breeding & Genetics
36 3.37
248 molecular mechanisms of tillering initiation in
wheat
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK US Science & Technology Cooperation Program
Dr. Rizwana Maqbool
Assistant Professor
Plant Breeding & Genetics
36 2.61
249 Groundwater monitoring and mapping for
sustainability of aquifer under climatic changes-case study of Chaj Doab Punjab, Pakistan
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK US Science & Technology Cooperation Program
Dr. Muhammad Jehanzeb
Masud Cheema
Assistant Professor
Irrigation & Drainage
36 4.51
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK US Science & Technology Cooperation Program
Prof. Dr. Ashfaq Ahmad Chattha
Professor Agronomy 36 2.50
251 PCR based genotyping-by-sequencing (PCR-GBS)
to characterize virulence diversity of Bipolaris sorokiniana and resistance in hexaploid wheat
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK US Science & Technology Cooperation Program
Dr. Muhammad Amjad Ali
Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology 36 2.76
252 Development of n-ZnO/p-Si single
heterojunction solar cell with interfacial layer
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK US Science & Technology Cooperation Program
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK US Science & Technology Cooperation Program
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK US Science & Technology Cooperation Program
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK US Science & Technology Cooperation Program
Dr. Rao Zahid Abbas
Assistant Professor
Parasitology 36 3.50
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
256 Food Safety and security capacity building in
Pakistan: An approach towards improving public health and trade
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK US Science & Technology Cooperation Program
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK US Science & Technology Cooperation Program
Prof. Dr. Shahbaz Talib
Sahi Professor Plant Pathology 36 2.99
258 Conservation of subterranean biocontrol
agents: A novel IPM Paradigm
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK US Science & Technology Cooperation Program
Dr. Waqas Wakil
Assistant Professor
Entomology 36 1.77
259 Carving out metabolic pathway for
photoheterotrophic biocatalyst assisted hydrogen production from lignin
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK US Science & Technology Cooperation Program
Dr. Saima Shahzad Mirza
Assistant Professor
Punjab Bio-Energy Institute
36 1.83
260 Implementing climate-smart dry technology for
seed and food security in Pakistan
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK US Science & Technology Cooperation Program
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK US Science & Technology Cooperation Program
Dr. Syed Aftab Wajid
Associate Professor
Agronomy 36 2.50
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
262 Strategies for safe use of wastewater for growing flower crops in Peri-Urban Areas
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK US Science & Technology Cooperation Program
Prof. Dr. Ghulam Murtaza
Professor Soil &
Environmental Sciences
36 2.63
263 Engineering virus resistance in cotton by
multiples genome editing through CRISPR / Cas
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK US Science & Technology Cooperation Program
Dr. Aftab Ahmad
Assistant Professor
Biochemistry 36 1.90
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK US Science & Technology Cooperation Program
Prof. Dr. Anas Sarwar Qureshi
Professor Anatomy 36 2.82
265 Agricultural risk assessment and monitoring for
micro finance and crop insurance
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK US Science & Technology Cooperation Program
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK US Science & Technology Cooperation Program
Dr. Tasneem Khaliq
Assistant Professor
Agronomy 36 2.49
267 Establishment of Punjab automated
environmental monitoring network (PAEMN) for climate change studies in Pakistan
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK US Science & Technology Cooperation Program
Dr. Khalid Hussain
Assistant Professor
Agronomy 36 3.96
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
268 Sustainable development and quality
enhancement of paper based food packaging materials from agricultural residues
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK US Science & Technology Cooperation Program
Dr. Abid Aslam Maan
Assistant Professor
Food Engineering
36 2.80
269 Enrichment of extrusion based food products
with dietary fiber through citrus pomace
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK US Science & Technology Cooperation Program
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK US Science & Technology Cooperation Program
Dr. Muhammad Saif-ur-Rehman
Assistant Professor
Animal and Dairy Sciences
36 3.43
271 Development lytic bacteriophages based
biopesticide for controlling bacterial wilts in vegetables
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK US Science & Technology Cooperation Program
Dr. Kashif Riaz Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology 36 2.00
272
Unraveling and mitigating arsenic risk from groundwater, soil and crops through integrated strategies and developing research capacity in
Punjab, Pakistan
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK US Science & Technology Cooperation Program
Dr. Nabeel Khan Niazi
Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 36 2.75
273 Remediation of wastewater pollutents using
graphene based photocatalysts Higher Education
Commission Institutional strengthening
Application Dr. Muhammad
Zahid Assistant Professor
Chemistry 24 2.90
274 Tripartite relationship of trade, economic growth and foreign direct investment with
special reference to rice’s constraint analysis
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Tahira
Sadaf Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Resource
Economics 36 7.87
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
275 Value chain development of dried value added
fruits and vegetables
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Prof. Dr. Aman
Ullah Malik Professor
Horticultural Sciences
36 8.00
277 Development of year-round IPM package for
the sustainable management of pink bollworm (pectinosphora gossypiella)
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Prof. Dr.
Muhammad Jalal Arif
Professor Entomology 48 6.90
278
Isolation, identification and exploitation of gut’s symbionts in bait development for
management of female bactrocera cucurbitae in vegetables
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Muhammad
Dildar Gogi Assistant Professor
Entomology 36 8.40
279 Development and evaluation of strip test
diagnosis of fasciolosis in livestock population in some distracts of Punjab, Pakistan
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Muhammad
Kasib Khan Assistant Professor
Parasitology 36 3.85
280 Metagenomics initiative: Building diagnostic
facility for vector borne pathogens
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Muhammad
Kasib Khan Assistant Professor
Parasitology 36 12.59
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
281 Selection of superior and stable genotypes of
wheat, rice and maize in Punjab
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Muhammad
Yaseen (statistics)
Assistant Professor
Mathematics and Statistics
36 6.44
282 Iron biofortification of grain wheat(triticum
aestivum L.) through genetic engineering
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Saeed
Ahmad Associate Professor
Horticultural Sciences
36 6.00
284 Pre and Post harvest measures to enhance the
yield and improve the quality of papaya in Punjab, Pakistan
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Saeed
Ahmad Associate Professor
Horticultural Sciences
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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Faiz Ahmad
Joyia Assistant Professor
CABB 36 6.29
286 Growth enhancement and drought tolerance of
wheat genotype with silicon (Si) under saline conditions
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Prof. Dr. Javaid
Akhtar Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 36 6.30
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
287 Use of next generation sequencing (NGS) to engineer resistance against legumoviruses in
mungbean
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Asghar Ali Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Resource
Economics 36 7.87
289 Exploring the antimicrobial and therapeutic
potential of encapsulated cardamom extracts
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Ali Asghar Assistant Professor
NIFSAT 36 4.18
290 Utilization of underutilized crops to combat
malnutrition through diet diversification applicant’s details
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Muhammad
Saeed Assistant Professor
NIFSAT 24 3.80
291 Establishment and demonstration of high
density planting system in Papaya
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Muhammad
Azam Assistant Professor
Horticultural Sciences
36 3.00
292 Collection, conservation and characterization of
indigenous pomegranate germ plasm in Pakistan
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Muhammad
Azam Assistant Professor
Horticultural Sciences
36 7.00
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
293
Indigenous baculobirus based biopestcides development for sustainable management of lepidopteran insect pest in major vegetables
crops
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Prof. Dr.
Muhammad Jalal Arif
Professor Entomology 36 3.90
295
Improving productivity and nutritional value of maize through organically
complexed/bioaugmented brown coated phosphate fertilizer
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Ms. Tayyaba
Samreen Lecturer
Soil & Environmental
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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Faiz-ul-
Hassan Lecturer
Animal and Dairy Sciences
36 5.00
298 Prospecting major genes in Nili-Ravi buffalo for
genetic improvement
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Muhammad Saif-ur-Rehman
Assistant Professor
Animal and Dairy Sciences
36 5.00
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Ms. Romana
Anjum Lecturer
Sub-Campus Burewala-Vehari
36 6.60
300 Controlled computer vision (CV) technology or
quality and disease mango
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Ms. Romana
Anjum Lecturer
Sub-Campus Burewala-Vehari
24 5.00
301 Molecular based prevalence of ciprofloxacin in
Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli in human and animal cases
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Sultan Ali Assistant Professor
Microbiology 36 9.20
302 Mastitomics, the integrated omics of bovine milk and plasma can lead to the biomarker
discovery of mastitis in dairy industry
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
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)
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Abdul
Rehman (Plant pathology)
Associate Professor
Plant Pathology 36 6.30
304
Molecular characterization of and pathobiology of Sclerotinia spp causing emerging stem and
crown rot disease in tomatoes and its management
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Abdul
Rehman (Plant pathology)
Associate Professor
Plant Pathology 36 6.60
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Muhammad
Usman (Soil Science)
Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 36 4.50
307 Hetrologus expression of insecticidal protein
driven by phloem specific promoter to control whitefly and CLCuD in cotton
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Muhammad
Amjad Ali Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology 36 8.00
308 Evaluation of acaricidal potential of essential
oils of some indigenous plants against common cattle tick Rhipicephalus (Boophilus)
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Rao Zahid
Abbas Assistant Professor
Parasitology 36 6.00
309 Development of cathepsin-1 cysteine
proteinase based seroelisa and epidemiology of Faisalabad in Cholistani cattle
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Rao Zahid
Abbas Assistant Professor
Parasitology 36 10.06
310 Promoting sustainable production of maize-maize/maize-pulses cropping pattern with
different organic amendments
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Haroon
Zaman Khan Assistant Professor
Agronomy 36 4.00
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
311 Genetic study of castor (Ricinus communis L.) as
bioenergy/biodiesel feedstock in water deficient conditions
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Saira Abdul
Aziz Lecturer
Punjab Bio-Energy Institute
36 4.50
312
Development of two stage biogas plant for methane production using lignocellulytic bacteria from termite’s gut to digest
materials having high lignin content
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Habib Ur
Rehman Lecturer
Punjab Bio-Energy Institute
36 4.25
313 Ligno-cellulolytic activity of nature inspired
termite gut enzymes for bioethanol production using organic wastes
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Habib Ur
Rehman Lecturer
Punjab Bio-Energy Institute
36 4.83
314 Jatropha (Jatropha curcas), a miracle shrub as a
potential feedstock for biodiesel production
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Habib Ur
Rehman Lecturer
Punjab Bio-Energy Institute
36 4.50
315
Genetic x environment interaction study of Jatropha as biodiesel feedstock grown on marginal land and tolerance to insect pest
attack
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Muhammad
Azam Khan (PBI)
Lecturer Punjab Bio-
Energy Institute 36 5.75
316 Employment of wireless sensor networks in
precision agriculture for real time monitoring of energy crops
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Engr. Umaid
Khan
Assistant Executive Engineer
Punjab Bio-Energy Institute
36 5.00
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
317 Design, development and performance evaluation of a small scale biogas slurry
applicator
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Engr.
Muhammad Tayyab
Lecturer Punjab Bio-
Energy Institute 36 7.00
318
Design and development of solar assisted hydrothermal liquefaction reactor in the presence of suitable catalyst/solvent for
production of liquid biofuel
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Engr.
Muhammad Tayyab
Lecturer Punjab Bio-
Energy Institute 36 6.50
319 Development of small scale integrated system for wastewater treatment and upgradation of
biomethane into bio-CNG
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Saima
Shahzad Mirza Assistant Professor
Punjab Bio-Energy Institute
36 8.00
320 Range management and forestry ----3.
Conservation and promotion of non-timer forest products for livelihood improvement
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Saima
Shahzad Mirza Assistant Professor
Punjab Bio-Energy Institute
36 3.70
321 Water management intervention for enhancing
crop productivity, resource use efficacy and weed control in direct-seeded rice system
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Prof. Dr. Abdul
Khaliq Professor Agronomy 36 9.49
322 Enhancing productivity of rice-wheat cropping system through integrated nutrient and crop
residues management
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Prof. Dr. Abdul
Khaliq Professor Agronomy 36 10.19
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
323 Enhancing the productivity of wheat under water logged and salt-affected soils by seed
enhancement
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Nadeem
Akbar Assistant Professor
Agronomy 36 3.12
325 Mitigation of greenhouse gas emission from rice
fields promoting aerobic rice culture and biochar as soil amendment
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Tasleem
Mustafa Assistant Professor
Computer Science
36 9.50
327 Developing ecological weed management
strategies in rice and maize
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Muhammad
Farooq Associate Professor
Agronomy 36 4.50
328 Improving resilience to climate change through diversification of rice-wheat and cotton-wheat
cropping systems
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Muhammad
Farooq Associate Professor
Agronomy 36 4.50
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
329 Genetic characterization and improvement of egg production traits in backyard rural poultry
breeds
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Zia-ur-Rehman
Assistant Professor
UAF Sub-Campus, Toba
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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Muhammad Zia ur Rehman
(IS&ES)
Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 36 8.72
331 Value chain analysis of selected vegetables
marketing
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Waseem
Ahmad Assistant Professor
IBMS 36 4.53
332 Isolation and screening of indigenous microbes
as probiotics and their evaluation as growth promoters in broiler chicken
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Muhammad
Ashraf Assistant Professor
Microbiology 24 7.70
333
Monoglycerides an alternative to antibiotic growth promoters, AGPs promotes evolution and selection of antibiotic-resistant strains for
drug development
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Muhammad
Naeem Faisal Assistant Professor
Pharmacy, Physiology and Pharmacology
36 8.00
334
Improving disease resistance in chickens by enhancing host immunity and intestinal health against zoonotic infection using phytonutrient
therapy
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Kanwal
Rehman Assistant Professor
Pharmacy, Physiology and Pharmacology
36 2.60
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
335 Identification of parasite resistance goat breeds
as an indirect Way for optimum animal productivity
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Bilal Aslam Assistant Professor
Pharmacy, Physiology and Pharmacology
24 5.00
337 Biological control of animal ticks: sustainable
solution for improved animal productivity
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Muhammad
Sohail Sajid Assistant Professor
Parasitology 36 3.50
338 Detection and monitoring of pink bollworm
resistance to pesticides and Bt cotton in Punjab, Pakistan
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Rashad
Rasool Khan Assistant Professor
Entomology 36 7.00
340 Management of sucking insect pests complex
silicon based induced resistance on cotton
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Muhammad
Sufian Assistant Professor
Entomology 36 4.00
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
341 Climate change adaptability: The Financial risk
to be experienced
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Sahar Munir Assistant Professor
IBMS 36 3.00
342 Digitalization of known mite fauna of family
phytoseiidae of Pakistan
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Muhammad
Hamid Bashir Associate Professor
Entomology 36 5.80
343 Assessing the impact of Zn and Fe enriched
wheat grains production on human nutrition and health
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Abdul Wakeel
Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 36 3.80
344 Potential of sugar beet to be grown on saline
sodic soils of Pakistan for sugar industry
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Abdul Wakeel
Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 24 3.90
345 Development of yield competitive high
temperature tolerant maize (Zea mays L.)
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Muhammad
Aslam (PBG) Assistant Professor
Plant Breeding & Genetics
36 9.70
346 Enhancement of reproduction efficiency of
camels to improve overall camel (C. dromedaries) production in Pakistan
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Prof. Dr. Anas
Sarwar Qureshi Professor Anatomy 36 5.00
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Zulfiqar
Ahmad Saqib Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 24 4.70
349 Integrating climate change adaptation and
mitigation in agriculture system through agroforestry for ecosystem conservation
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Muhammad
Ahsan Khan Associate Professor
Entomology 36 5.00
352 Integrated pest management (IPM) of fruit flies
(Diptera: Tephritidae) in citrus orchards
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Muhammad
Ahsan Khan Associate Professor
Entomology 36 5.60
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
353 Evaluation the potential of some conventional and microbial insecticides in chemical based
sanitation technique for fruit fly management
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Muhammad
Ahsan Khan Associate Professor
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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Prof. Dr.
Muhammad Jalal Arif
Professor Entomology 36 4.80
355 Hybrid seed production of tomato by
interspecific hybridization
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Muhammad
Awais Ghani Assistant Professor
Horticultural Sciences
36 5.00
356 Development of hybrid tomato for commercial
release
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Khurram
Ziaf Assistant Professor
Horticultural Sciences
36 12.73
357 Fractionation of cheese whey through membrane technology for value added
processing
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Ayesha
Sameen Assistant Professor
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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Asif Iqbal Assistant Professor
Agronomy 36 9.50
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
359 Exploration the potential of fungicides and biocontrol agents for the management of
pathogens associated with citrus fruit blemishes
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Sajid Aleem
Khan Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology 36 9.50
360
Spatial distributation of entomopathogenic nematodes and their potential as biological tool
for the management of fruit fly in mango and citrus growing regimes
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Syed
Mashkoor Mohsin Gilani
Assistant Professor
Microbiology 36 3.80
362 Determining healthy poultry farm status using
multiplex PCR technology
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Ms. Humera
Razzaq Lecturer
Plant Breeding & Genetics
36 22.52
364 Value addition of guava through development
of vitamin-A fortified fruit leather
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Moazzam
Rafiq Khan Assistant Professor
NIFSAT 36 2.98
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
365 Investigation of potential antifungal peptides derived from indigenously isolated strains of
bacillus
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Rizwan
Aslam Assistant Professor
Microbiology 36 9.40
366
Treatment of acute mycotoxicosis in poultry and animals through development of
indigenous mycotoxins inactivating liquid product
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Muhammad Kashif Saleemi
Assistant Professor
Pathology 36 6.00
368 Integrated management of aphid species on
different wheat varieties
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Muhammad
Sufian Assistant Professor
Entomology 36 4.50
369 Mapping of wheat blast resistance in Pakistani
wheat germplasm
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Muhammad
Amjad Ali Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology 36 7.50
370 Integrated water purification system with
microalgae cultivation for bio fuel production
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Sana Sadaf Assistant Professor
Punjab Bio-Energy Institute
36 8.00
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
371 Development of fiber enriched wheat bread
(FEW-Bread) for tackling malnutrition Pakistan
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Muhammad Atif Randhawa
Assistant Professor
NIFSAT 36 9.35
373 Assessment of agriculture water footprints
under climate change scenario
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Muhammad
Saifullah Assistant Professor
Structures & Environmental
Engineering 36 6.00
374 Household food security in relation to trade
liberalization
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Rakhshanda
Kousar Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Resource
Economics 24 5.00
375 Policy issues relating to rangeland management
in Pakistan
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Rakhshanda
Kousar Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Resource
Economics 24 5.00
376 Taxonomic studies of whiteflies (Aleyrodidae:
Homoptera) in Pakistan
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Muhammad
Tayyib Lecturer Entomology 36 5.20
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
377 Impact of climate changes on the yield of major
food-crops in Punjab
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Muhammad
Yaseen (statistics)
Assistant Professor
Mathematics and Statistics
24 4.35
378 Zinc bio fortification of aerobic and anaerobic rice through different agronomic approaches
under semi-arid conditions of Faisalabad
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Imran Khan Assistant Professor
Agronomy 36 4.26
379 Iron and zinc enriched wheat grain production
under changing climate
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Muhammad
Sana Ullah Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 36 5.50
380 A cost-effective alternative to phosphatic fertilizers by utilizing local low-grade rock
phosphate
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Muhammad
Sana Ullah Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Muhammad
Sana Ullah Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 36 4.48
382 Wood modification by sol-gel derived water
based titania nanosols
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Muhammad
Shabir Mahr Assistant Professor
Physics 36 7.10
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
383 Therapeutic and prophylactic use of mineral
supplementation in the reproductive disorders of one-humped female camels (C. dromedarius)
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Farrah
Deeba Assistant Professor
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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Zain- ul-
Abdin Assistant Professor
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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Muhammad
Hamid Bashir Associate Professor
Entomology 36 4.80
387 Diversity of soil inhabiting mites in different
ecological zones of Punjab, Pakistan
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Muhammad
Hamid Bashir Associate Professor
Entomology 24 4.80
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
388 Management of citrus canker disease through
Induced resistance
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Muhammad
Atiq Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology 36 10.00
389 Population structure and genetic diversity of
phytophthora infestans in pakistan
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Nasir
Ahmad Khan Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology 36 10.00
390 Food and nutritional security of pregnant
women in rural areas: situation analyses and future recommendations
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Muhammad
Khalid Bashir Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Resource
Economics 18 3.04
391 Financing of rice value chain: what really
matters for banks?
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Khalid Mushtaq
Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Resource
Economics 12 2.29
392 Indigenous knowledge systems and livestock production: Evidence from indigenous people
(women and men) of Cholistan desert
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Khalid Mushtaq
Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Resource
Economics 24 4.21
393 Immuno-modulation with subunit outer
membrane protein coated nanoparticals in the control of salmonellosis in poultry birds
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Faqir
Muhammad Assistant Professor
Pharmacy, Physiology and Pharmacology
36 12.00
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
394 Fortification and enhancing nutrient use
efficiency in food crops through microbially synthesized nano-fertilizers(bio-nanofertilizer)
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Safdar
Bashir Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Muhammad
Iqbal (Soil Science)
Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Muhammad
Sabir Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 36 7.40
397 Evaluating the effect of carbon sequestration on
nitrogen use efficiency by decreasing tillage in wheat rice cropping system
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Zulfiqar
Ahmad Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 36 5.00
398 Enhancing nitrogen uptake efficiency and photosynthate partitioning in wheat plant
components under saline conditions
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Zulfiqar
Ahmad Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 36 6.00
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
399 Boron Application to mitigate the adverse
effects of drought on upland rice and wheat
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Zulfiqar
Ahmad Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 36 6.90
400
Development of explosive-degrading microbial consortia for rhizoremediation and
improvement of crop productivity in explosive-contaminated soils
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Muhammad
Imran Khan Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 36 5.00
401 Identification of root architectural, biochemical and physiological traits related to drought stress
adaptation in rapeseed species
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Rana Binyamin
Lecturer Sub-Campus
Burewala-Vehari 36 2.88
403 Integrate disease management of off season
vegetable crops
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Osama Bin Abdul Hafeez
Lecturer Sub-Campus
Burewala-Vehari 36 3.60
404 Improving farmers profitability through
dissemination of vegetables seed production technology
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Mariam
Munir Lecturer
Sub-Campus Burewala-Vehari
24 1.55
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Muhammad
Asif Khan Lecturer
Sub-Campus Burewala-Vehari
36 5.68
406 Ecological impact of genetically modified cotton
crop (Bt cotton) on microbial
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Sajid
Mahmood Nadeem
Assistant Professor
Sub-Campus Burewala-Vehari
36 4.62
407 Development and evaluation of bioherbicide for
controlling weeds of wheat
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Sajid
Mahmood Nadeem
Assistant Professor
Sub-Campus Burewala-Vehari
36 4.64
408 Identification and molecular characterization of plant virus from monocotyledonous crops and
weeds of southern Punjab, Pakistan
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Sohail
Akhtar Assistant Professor
Sub-Campus Burewala-Vehari
36 4.11
409
Mitigation approach for the effective management of pink bollworm (PBW)
Pectinophora gossypiella: a potential threat to cotton industry in Pakistan
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Abid Ali Assistant Professor
Entomology 36 26.50
410 Developing abiotic stress resilient wheat by
using transgenic approaches
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Ghulam
Mustafa Assistant Professor
CABB 36 7.40
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
411 Terminal heat stress mitigation through
exogenously applied boron, zinc and chitosan in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.)
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Irfan afzal Associate Professor
Agronomy 36 3.50
413 Development of rapid & reliable methods to
detect meat authenticity
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Akmal Nazir Assistant Professor
Food Engineering
36 6.57
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
417 Developing fresh-cut fruits and vegetables for
reducing postharvest losses and increasing market opportunities
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Muhammad
Inam-ur-Raheem
Lecturer NIFSAT 36 5.20
418 Exploring the potential of non-thermal
techniques for quality analysis of citrus-based peel/pectin
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Aftab Ahmad
Assistant Professor
Biochemistry 36 7.00
420 Functional studies on bHLH transcriptional factors involved on biotic and abiotic stress
response in cotton
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Aftab Ahmad
Assistant Professor
Biochemistry 36 8.00
421 CRISPR/Cas9 based multiplexgeome editing to engineer sustainable virus resistance in cotton
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Aftab Ahmad
Assistant Professor
Biochemistry 36 7.00
422 CRISPRI mediated tissue specific reduction of
gossypol contents in cotton seeds
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Aftab Ahmad
Assistant Professor
Biochemistry 36 7.00
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Aftab Ahmad
Assistant Professor
Biochemistry 36 7.00
424
Design, development and computational modeling of solar assisted cold storage system for the preservation of perishables agriculture
products
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Waseem
Amjad Assistant Professor
Energy System Engineering
36 5.00
425 Development of a solar assisted spray dryer for
producing milk powder using computational fluid dynamics
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Anjum
Munir Associate Professor
Energy System Engineering
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK-US S&T Cooperation Program, Phase-7
Dr. Muhammad Imran Arshad
Assistant Professor
Microbiology 36 27.40
427 Analysis of genes related to plant defenses in
brassica on aphid attack
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Rao Sohail Ahmad Khan
Assistant Professor
CABB 36 3.00
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Prof. Dr.
Muhammad Khalid
Professor Soil &
Environmental Sciences
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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Muhammad
Naveed Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 36 7.50
430
Chinese fruit tree germplasm introduction and technology transfer for increasing economic
opportunities in disadvantaged areas of Pakistan
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Prof. Dr. Aman
Ullah Malik Professor
Horticultural Sciences
36 9.50
431 Promotion of chamomile as a high value crop on
marginal lands of Pakistan
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Muhammad Nadeem Akram
Assistant Professor
Horticultural Sciences
36 7.00
432 Developing value added essential oil and high
quality capsaicin product from capsaicin through post harvest management
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Muhammad Nadeem Akram
Assistant Professor
Horticultural Sciences
36 10.00
433 Genetic response of citrus rootstock against
heat and drought
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Prof. Dr. Jafar
Jaskani Professor
Horticultural Sciences
36 6.97
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
434 Date Palm genetic resources: Fingerprinting and
conservation
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Summar Abbas Naqvi
Assistant Professor
Horticultural Sciences
36 6.97
435 Immunization of cattle and buffalo with tick
homogenate vaccine for infesting ticks for on farm control and immunoprophylaxis
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Zia ud Din
Sindhu Assistant Professor
Parasitology 36 5.42
436
Rehabiliation of salt-affected soil through biologically-augmented innovative acidified organic amendment and halotolerant sulfur
oxidizing bacteria
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Muhammad
Naveed Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 36 9.50
437 Improving sugarcane yield by employing
molecular marker technologies
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Faisal Saeed
Awan Assistant Professor
CABB 36 7.00
439 Meta QTL analysis, an approach to identify some important genes for fiber quality and
disease resistant in unpland cotton
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Muhammad
Jamshed Assistant Professor
Biochemistry 36 8.97
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
440 Development a formulation from selected
medicinal plants against pathogens isolated from mastitis in dairy animals
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Muhammad
Shahid Associate Professor
Biochemistry 36 6.00
441 Improving wheat stress tolerance by modifying cell wall structure through genetic engineering
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Iqrar
Ahmad Rana Assistant Professor
CABB 36 5.00
442 Characterization of eucalyptus species for water use efficiency and breeding water use efficient
F1 hybrids by using DNA markers
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Prof. Dr. Zahir Ahmad Zahir
Professor Soil &
Environmental Sciences
36 9.50
444 design and development of a small scale
biomass gasification unit for rural household application
Pakistan Science Foundation
PAK/IRAN Engr.
Muhammad Tayyab
Lecturer Punjab Bio-
Energy Institute 18 0.50
445 photoheterotrophic enhanced biocatalytic
hydrogen production from lignocellulosic waste Pakistan Science
Foundation PAK/IRAN
Dr. Saima Shahzad Mirza
Assistant Professor
Punjab Bio-Energy Institute
24 0.49
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Muhammad Rizwan Ashraf
Assistant Professor
Sub-Campus Burewala-Vehari
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
Technology Development
Projects Technology Development
Dr. Muhammad Uzair Qamar
Assistant Professor
Irrigation & Drainage
24 1.19
449 Development of mechanical jute fiber
extraction process
Technology Development
Projects Technology Development HEC
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
Technology Development
Projects Technology Development HEC
Dr. Muhammad Naveed
Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 24 10.00
451 Using innovative biogas technology to produce sustainable BioCNG for powering agriculture in
Pakistan
Technology Development
Projects Technology Development HEC
Dr. Saima Shahzad Mirza
Assistant Professor
Punjab Bio-Energy Institute
24 11.17
452 Automated real time spot sensing variable rate
agro-chemical applicator
Technology Development
Projects Technology Development HEC
Dr. Muhammad Jehanzeb
Masud Cheema
Assistant Professor
Irrigation & Drainage
24 11.46
453 Development lytic bacteriophages based
biopesticide for controlling bacterial wilts in vegetables
Technology Development
Projects Technology Development HEC Dr. Kashif Riaz
Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology 24 13.80
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
454 Using Atoxigenic Fungal Isolate for development
Mycotoxin reducing bioproduct for chillies
Technology Development
Projects Technology Development HEC Dr. Kashif Riaz
Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology 24 13.80
455 Development of Bioherbicide Containing
Allelopathic Bacteria for Biocontrol of weeds of wheat
Technology Development
Projects Technology Development HEC
Prof. Dr. Zahir Ahmad Zahir
Professor Soil &
Environmental Sciences
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
Technology Development
Projects Technology Development HEC
Dr. Syed Hamid Hussain Shah
Assistant Professor
Irrigation & Drainage
24 13.87
457 Prototype Development for indigenization of integrated Laterals of Drip Irrigation system
Technology Development
Projects Technology Development HEC
Dr. Syed Hamid Hussain Shah
Assistant Professor
Irrigation & Drainage
24 13.94
458 Development of microwave assisted sustainable
drying process for fruits and vegetable preservation
Technology Development
Projects
Technology Development Fund HEC
Dr. Muhammad Kashif Iqbal
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
Pakistan Science Foundation
PAK/IRAN Dr. Muhammad Aziz Ur Rehman
Assistant Professor
Animal and Dairy Sciences
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
Biochemistry 60 17.03
461 Replacement of cdS in CZTS based solar cells
with organic materials: a cost effective approach
Pakistan Science Foundation
PSF & MSRT, Iran Dr. Javed Iqbal Assistant Professor
Chemistry 18 0.55
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
462
Molecular aspects of nanotechnology application for disease management in crop
plants: tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) as case study
Pakistan Science Foundation
PSF & MSRT, Iran Dr. Muhammad
Amjad Ali Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology 18 0.55
463 Coupling of microalgal biofuel production
system with industrial wastewater treatment Pakistan Science
Foundation PSF & MSRT, Iran Dr. Sana Sadaf
Assistant Professor
Punjab Bio-Energy Institute
18 0.55
464 Silica nanoparticles based insecticide with
entomopathogenic fungi to control two major insects of wheat and rice grains
Pakistan Science Foundation
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
Plant Pathology 24 0.55
466 Design development ofsmall scale biomass
gasification unit for rural household application Pakistan Science
Foundation PSF & MSRT, Iran
Engr. Muhammad
Tayyab Lecturer
Punjab Bio-Energy Institute
18 0.55
467 Investigation of Aflatoxin B1 related gene mutations in p53 gene of hepatocellular
carcinoma patients from Pakistani population
International Collaborative
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
World Health Organization, World Health Organization
Dr. Asghar Ali Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Resource
Economics 9 1.49
469 Non Communicable Disease (NDC) Risk Factor
Survey in Faisalabad Pakistan
International Collaborative
Research Projects
World Health Organization, World Health Organization
Dr. Rana Muhammad
Aadil
Assistant Professor
NIFSAT 9 1.10
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
470 Development of solar milk pasteurizer using
inverter type refrigerator system
International Collaborative
Research Projects USPCAS-E, UET, Peshawar
Dr. Anjum Munir
Associate Professor
Energy System Engineering
12 2.87
471 Production of commercially high valued
products from non-traditional agriculture crops Higher Education
Commission SIOP 2016
Dr. Muhammad Asif Hanif
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
Agricultural Extension and
Rural Development
3 1.00
473 Evaluation of antagonists against ceratocytis manginecans causing mango quick decline
Higher Education Commission
SRGP Ms. Romana
Anjum Lecturer
Sub-Campus Burewala-Vehari
12 0.50
474 Potential utilization of microalgae biomass for
energy conversion and environmental remediation
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PhosAgro/UNESCO/IUPAC Research Grant
Dr. Sana Sadaf Assistant Professor
Punjab Bio-Energy Institute
12 3.12
475 Exploring potential of coarse rice as value add
silage: a sustainable approach to combat fodder shortage and surplus rice
Pakistan Science Foundation
NSLP Prof. Dr. Asif
Tanveer Professor Agronomy 12 0.82
476 Improving Water use efficiency through
precision Irrigation
National Collaborative
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
USPCAS-W, Mehran University of Engineering &
Technology, Jomoshor Dr. Sahar Munir
Assistant Professor
IBMS 12 1.51
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(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
International Collaborative
Research Projects USPCAS-W, Jomoshoro, Sindh
Prof. Dr. Ghulam Murtaza
Professor Soil &
Environmental Sciences
12 3.00
479 Combined use of microbial antagonists and
chemicals to avoid clogging o emitters in Drip Irrigation system
International Collaborative
Research Projects USPCAS-W, Jomoshoro, Sindh
Dr. Imran-ul-Haq
Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology 12 3.00
480
Mycotoxin and its binder impact on productive and reproductive performance of diary buffalo
and cattle under different management conditions
Pakistan Science Foundation
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
Higher Education Commission
SRGP Dr. Kashif Nazir
Qureshi Assistant Professor
Sub-Campus Burewala-Vehari
11 0.50
482 Rural entrepreneurship diversification to
improve nutritional status and livelihood of resource poor farmers
International Collaborative
Research Projects LANSA
Dr. Muhammad Khalid Bashir
Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Resource
Economics 12 1.98
483 Enhancing biofuel production from algae using
industrial effluent for stimulation of algae Higher Education
Commission SRGP
Dr. Muhammad Rashid Waqas
Lecturer Soil &
Environmental Sciences
12 0.48
484 Ecology of purple Sunbird (Nacarinia asiatica) in
Thal desert of Pakistan
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Princ Bernhard Nature Fund, Netherlands
Prof. Dr. Muhammad
Ishaque Professor
Sub-Campus Burewala-Vehari
36 30.00
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
485 Ethno Botany of solvadora oleoides in Thal
desert of Pakistan
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Princ Bernhard Nature Fund, Netherlands
Prof. Dr. Muhammad
Ishaque Professor
Sub-Campus Burewala-Vehari
36 30.00
486 Growth behavior of Capparis aphylla in Thal
desert of Pakistan
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Princ Bernhard Nature Fund, Netherlands
Prof. Dr. Muhammad
Ishaque Professor
Sub-Campus Burewala-Vehari
12 30.00
487 Growth adaptations of zizyphus nummularia for survival in arid conditions of “Thal― desert
in Pakistan
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Princ Bernhard Nature Fund, Netherlands
Prof. Dr. Muhammad
Ishaque Professor
Sub-Campus Burewala-Vehari
36 30.00
488 Ecology of Calligonum polygonoides in Thal
desert of Pakistan
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Princ Bernhard Nature Fund, Netherlands
Prof. Dr. Muhammad
Ishaque Professor
Sub-Campus Burewala-Vehari
36 30.00
489 Influence of canopy cover of Acacia
Jacquemontii Benth on soil conditions in Thal desert of Pakistan
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Princ Bernhard Nature Fund, Netherlands
Prof. Dr. Muhammad
Ishaque Professor
Sub-Campus Burewala-Vehari
36 30.00
490 Productive employment in rural sector through
economic diversification
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP)
Dr. Muhammad Khalid Bashir
Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Resource
Economics 12 2.00
491 Improving Rural Labour Productivity: CBMS
Analysis
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP)
Dr. Muhammad Khalid Bashir
Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Resource
Economics 12 2.00
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(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
Higher Education Commission
SRGP Dr. Rana
Muhammad Amir
Assistant Professor
Agricultural Extension and
Rural Development
12 0.50
493 Socio-economic evaluation of pastoral
communities in the northern Thal desert
International Collaborative
Research Projects DARWIN INITIATIVE, UK
Prof. Dr. Muhammad
Ishaque Professor
Sub-Campus Burewala-Vehari
12 3.50
494 Policy Implications of community-based
rangeland management as resilience against forest stressed in Pakistan
National Collaborative
Research Projects
Ministry of Planning, Development & Reforms
Dr. Rakhshanda Kousar
Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Resource
Economics 12 1.67
495 Do local governments helped achieve economic
development in Pakistan
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Growth Center, IGC
Dr. Muhammad Khalid Bashir
Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Resource
Economics 12 4.49
496 Utilization of Rice Husk and Poultry Wastes for
Renewable Energy Potential in Pakistan
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Growth Center, IGC
Dr. Ghaffar Ali Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Resource
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
Rural Sociology 12 2.38
498 Farmers Cooperation. A viable tool in lessening marketing margins of small potato producers in Punjab, pakistan: A case study of district Okara
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS Dr. Nasir Nadeem
Assistant Professor
Sub-Campus Burewala-Vehari
12 0.00
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
499 Role of local governments in improving
agricultural development agenda in Pakistan
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS Dr. Muhammad
Khalid Bashir Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Resource
Economics 12 0.77
500 Impact of agriculture credit miss-utilization on
productivity : policy implications for credit expansion politics (re-scheduling)
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS Dr. Muhammad
Khalid Bashir Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Resource
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
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS Dr. Zaheer
Ahmad Assistant Professor
Plant Breeding & Genetics
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
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS Dr. Zaheer
Ahmad Assistant Professor
Plant Breeding & Genetics
12 0.00
503
Innovative approach for enhancing crop production through compact data base
developed by researcher-student farmer partnership
National Collaborative
Research Projects
National ICT R&D Fund, Islamabad
Prof. Dr. Muhammad Yaseen (ISES)
Professor Soil &
Environmental Sciences
24 15.00
504 Enhanced biocatalytic biohydrogen production
from lignin
International Collaborative
Research Projects Comstech-TWAS, Italy
Dr. Saima Shahzad Mirza
Assistant Professor
Punjab Bio-Energy Institute
18 1.56
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(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
International Collaborative
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects Comstech-TWAS, Italy Dr. Sana Sadaf
Assistant Professor
Punjab Bio-Energy Institute
18 1.56
507 Expressing fibrinolytic protein 'Lumbrokinase' in
Tobacco Chloroplasts
International Collaborative
Research Projects Comstech-TWAS, Italy
Dr. Faiz Ahmad Joyia
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects Comstech-TWAS, Italy
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
Plant Pathology 12 0.49
510 Response of cereal aphid-parasitoid-
hyperparasitoid systems on agricultural landscape evolution
International Collaborative
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Grand Challenges Explorations, USA
Dr. Muhammad Imran Arshad
Assistant Professor
Microbiology 18 4.96
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
512 MDR and ESBL in untreated wastewater,
vegetables and human interface
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Grand Challenges Explorations
Dr. Muhammad Shahid
Mahmood
Associate Professor
Microbiology 12 2.39
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
Higher Education Commission
NRPU Dr. Anjum
Munir Associate Professor
Energy System Engineering
24 3.03
515 Development of phytoseiidae
(ACARI:MESOSTIGMATA)data-base from pakistan
Higher Education Commission
NRPU Dr. Muhammad
Hamid Bashir Associate Professor
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
Higher Education Commission
NRPU Dr. Haq Nawaz
(Chemistry) Assistant Professor
Chemistry 24 4.27
517 Synthesis of novel bio-inspired drug oriented compounds via regioselective cross coupling
reactions
Higher Education Commission
NRPU Dr. Rasheed
Ahmad Khera Assistant Professor
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
Higher Education Commission
NRPU Dr. Haq Nawaz
(Chemistry) Assistant Professor
Chemistry 24 4.27
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(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
Higher Education Commission
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
Biochemistry 36 5.00
522 Diagnostic and prognostic potential of soluble
cytokine IL-33 as non invasive biomarker of viral hepatitis
Higher Education Commission
NRPU 2016 Dr. Muhammad
Imran Arshad Assistant Professor
Microbiology 12 1.13
523 Molecular determinant and therapeutic
investigation of induced liver fibrosis Higher Education
Commission NRPU 2016
Dr. Junaid Ali Khan
Assistant Professor
Pharmacy, Physiology and Pharmacology
24 4.60
524
Up-gradation of containment facilities for risk-free management of genetically modified plants
and disposal of genetically modifies material thereafter
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Pakistan Biorisk Management Enhancement Grant (BMEG)
Prof. Dr. Muhammad
Sarwar (CABB) Professor CABB 3 1.50
525 Increasing viability of small milk producers
through marketing cooperatives
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS Dr. Nasir Nadeem
Assistant Professor
Sub-Campus Burewala-Vehari
12 0.00
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
526 Goat production and cooperate system of
marketing for landless and small scale farmers
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS Dr. Muhammad Farooq Khalid
Assistant Professor
UAF Sub-Campus, Toba
Tek Singh 12 0.00
527 Ensuring chicken meat production and quality
by reducing pre-slaughter stresses
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS Dr. Umar Farooq
Assistant Professor
UAF Sub-Campus, Toba
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
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS Dr. Sibtain
Ahmad Assistant Professor
UAF Sub-Campus, Toba
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Pakistan Biorisk Management Enhancement Grant (BMEG)
Dr. Muhammad Kashif Saleemi
Assistant Professor
Pathology 3 1.50
530 Carving out metabolic pathway for biohydrogen
production from lignin
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB)
Dr. Saima Shahzad Mirza
Assistant Professor
Punjab Bio-Energy Institute
48 4.84
531 Upgradation of pathological laboratories
(clinical and histopathological) to minimize the biorisk to veterinary professionals
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Pakistan Biorisk Management Enhancement Grant (BMEG)
Dr. Muhammad Kashif Saleemi
Assistant Professor
Pathology 3 1.49
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(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
Pakistan Science Foundation
PSF Dr. Bilal Aslam Assistant Professor
Pharmacy, Physiology and Pharmacology
24 3.50
533 Impacts and adaption of wheat production to climate change in Pakistan : Implications for
food security
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS Dr. Kashif Nazir
Qureshi Assistant Professor
Sub-Campus Burewala-Vehari
12 0.00
534
Isolation of resistance enhancing plant endophytes and their use to control the
phytophthora imposed death of citrus orchards in Pakistan
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS Dr. Ashir Masroor
Assistant Professor
Sub-Campus Burewala-Vehari
12 0.00
535
Effectiveness of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in coping the situation of food insecurity at household
level
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS Dr. Rana
Muhammad Amir
Assistant Professor
Agricultural Extension and
Rural Development
12 0.00
536 Development of extension material for capacity
building of farmers through ICTs
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS Dr. Ijaz Ashraf
Gill Assistant Professor
Agricultural Extension and
Rural Development
12 0.00
537 Identifying novel allele (s) for heat tolerance
gene (s) in Pakistani cattle breeds through comparative sequencing
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS Dr. Lubna
Anjum Lecturer
Irrigation & Drainage
12 0.00
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
538 Early detection and classification of cotton leaf
diseases using mobile devices
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
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
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS Dr. Lubna
Anjum Lecturer
Irrigation & Drainage
12 0.00
540 Genomics selection for improved heat tolerance
and productivity in layer chicken
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS Prof. Dr. Pervez
Akhtar Professor
UAF Sub-Campus, Toba
Tek Singh 12 0.00
541 Establishment of UAF community center to
empower rural women by the improvement of rural poulty through technology transfer
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS Dr. Zia-ur-Rehman
Assistant Professor
UAF Sub-Campus, Toba
Tek Singh 12 0.00
542 Policy paper on marketing margins in major
crops
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Prof. Dr. Sarfraz
Hassan Professor
Agricultural and Resource
Economics 12 0.00
543 Policy paper on marketing margins in milk
production
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Prof. Dr. Sarfraz
Hassan Professor
Agricultural and Resource
Economics 12 0.00
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
544 Increasing the viability of small vegetable
farmers in Punjab, Pakistan
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Prof. Dr. Sarfraz
Hassan Professor
Agricultural and Resource
Economics 12 0.00
545 Model swapping: A comprehensive computer modeling and simulation approach to predict
agriculture output
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Muhammad
Uzair Qamar Assistant Professor
Irrigation & Drainage
12 0.00
546 Irrigation pricing: A modeling approach for an in
depth analysis
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Muhammad
Uzair Qamar Assistant Professor
Irrigation & Drainage
12 0.00
547 Irrigation water pricing for sustainable surface
and groundwater management
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Syed Hamid Hussain Shah
Assistant Professor
Irrigation & Drainage
12 0.00
548
Sustainable groundwater development and management using information and
communication technology for rural ares development
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Syed Hamid Hussain Shah
Assistant Professor
Irrigation & Drainage
12 0.00
549 Pink boll worm resistance management against
Bt cotton in Pakistan
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Zunnu Raen
Akhtar Assistant Professor
Entomology 12 0.00
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
550 Development of rural poultry as heat tolerant meat-type birds under tropical conditions of
Pakistan
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Zia-ur-Rehman
Assistant Professor
UAF Sub-Campus, Toba
Tek Singh 12 0.00
551 Hybrid Technique: for simultaneous extraction and analysis of metals in various food samples
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
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
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Muhammad
Ahsan Khan Associate Professor
Entomology 12 0.00
553 Improving productivity and nutritional value of oil seed crops through organically complexed-
bioaugmented boron coated chemical fertilzers
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Ms. Tayyaba
Samreen Lecturer
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 12 0.00
554 Understanding the molecular mechanisms of biofortification of Zinc and Iron in wheat and
rice
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Zaheer
Ahmad Assistant Professor
Plant Breeding & Genetics
12 0.00
555 Integrated quality seed management of
chickpea for food security in the drylands
International Collaborative
Research Projects USPCAS-AFS Dr. Fahd Rasul
Assistant Professor
Agronomy 12 0.00
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
556 Training Agri. Entrepreneurs for improved
production and marketing practices through G.A.P.P. using ICT
International Collaborative
Research Projects USPCAS-AFS Dr. Fahd Rasul
Assistant Professor
Agronomy 12 0.00
557 Seed production and germplasm
characterization in Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.)
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Ameer Bibi Assistant Professor
Plant Breeding & Genetics
12 0.00
558 Integrated disease management of mango
dieback in Punjab
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Aftab Ali
Bukhari Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology 12 0.00
559 Tissue specific overexpression of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) to combat wilt and collar rot
disease of pepper
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Amjad
Abbas Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology 12 0.00
560 Enhancement of drought and thermal tolerance through symboitic thermophilic fungi in wheat
crop
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Safdar Ali Associate Professor
Animal and Dairy Sciences
12 0.00
561 Engineering salt tolerance in wheat by expressing ghCHR protein from cotton
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Iqrar
Ahmad Rana Assistant Professor
CABB 12 0.00
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
562 Production of disease free potato seeds using
hydroponic technology
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Faiz Ahmad
Joyia Assistant Professor
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
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
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
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Irshad Bibi Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 12 0.00
565 Small scale practical approach for improvement
of storage conditions of corn to prevent aflatoxins contamination of poultry feed
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
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
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Prof. Dr.
Muhammad Sajjad khan
Professor Animal and
Dairy Sciences 12 0.00
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
567 Modeling and forecasting the eggs & chicken
meat prices in Punjab
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Muhammad
Yaseen (statistics)
Assistant Professor
Mathematics and Statistics
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
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
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
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Muhammad
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 farmer’s education
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Muhammad
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
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS Dr. Fozia Saleem
Assistant Professor
CABB 12 0.00
572 Implications of irrigation water pricing policy on
irrigation water demand and irrigation water use efficiency
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Muhammad
Arif Watto Assistant Professor
Agricultural Extension and
Rural Development
12 0.00
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(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
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Muhammad
Iftikhar Assistant Professor
Agricultural Extension and
Rural Development
12 0.00
574 Establishment of UAF web-based TV for
effective technology transfer: Linking End users with Academia
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Muhammad
Iftikhar Assistant Professor
Agricultural Extension and
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
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Ms. Hira Iftikhar
Lecturer Home Sciences 12 0.00
576 Gut Microbioata and Immunonutrition: Ways to
Improve Nutritional Status of Malnourished Children
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Beenish
Israr Lecturer Home Sciences 12 0.00
577 Valorisation of cheese whey for the generation of functional ingredients to promote nutritional
value of food
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Ayesha
Sameen Assistant Professor
NIFSAT 12 0.00
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
578 Food multimix – sustainable food based
approach to improve the nutritional value of foods and improving maternal & Child health
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Mian
Kamran Sharif Assistant Professor
NIFSAT 12 0.00
579 Development of Novel Model for Small Scale
Milk Processing and Distribution Channel
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Prof. Dr.
Nuzhat Huma Professor NIFSAT 12 0.00
580 Exploring Therapeutic Potential of Value Added
Meat by Products
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Muhammad
Issa Khan Assistant Professor
NIFSAT 12 0.00
581 Value Addition of Baked Products Through
Effective Utilization of Agro-Industrial Waste
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
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
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture 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
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Ali Asghar Assistant Professor
NIFSAT 12 0.00
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(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
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
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
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food 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
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Faqir
Muhammad Assistant Professor
Pharmacy, Physiology and Pharmacology
12 0.00
587 Iron and zinc enriched wheat grain production
under changing climate
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Muhammad
Sana Ullah Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 12 0.00
588
Transforming the livelihood of malnourished subsistent natives in the mountains regions of
Pakistan by pseudocreals based cropping system
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects USPCAS-AFS Dr. Irfan afzal
Associate Professor
Agronomy 12 0.00
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
590 Cotton crop improvement through maintaining
seed quality during production and storage
International Collaborative
Research Projects USPCAS-AFS Dr. Irfan afzal
Associate Professor
Agronomy 12 0.00
591 Buffalopox: molecular epidemiology and
prevention of disease in Pakistan
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
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
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
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
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Muhammad Kashif Saleemi
Assistant Professor
Pathology 12 0.00
594 Development of Cost Effective Mycotoxin
Binder from Locally Available Substances: An Innovative Solution for Poultry Feed Mycotoxins
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Muhammad Kashif Saleemi
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
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Muhammad
Imran Lecturer Parasitology 12 0.00
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(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
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Muhammad
Sohail Sajid Assistant Professor
Parasitology 12 0.00
597 Development of functional eggs and poultry
meat enriched with Omega-3, fatty acids
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Shaukat Ali
Bhatti Assistant Professor
Animal and Dairy Sciences
12 0.00
598 Identification of salinity and sodicity tolerant
high yielding wheat cultivars for stressed / salt-affected lands
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Prof. Dr. Ghulam Murtaza
Professor Soil &
Environmental Sciences
12 0.00
599 Fortification and enhancing nutrient use efficiency in food crops through green
nanotechnology
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Safdar
Bashir Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 12 0.00
600 Assessing the impact of mineral-enriched wheat
grain production on human nutrition through balanced fertilization
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Abdul Wakeel
Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 12 0.00
601 Addressing dieback disease of shisham using
molecular approaches
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Iqrar
Ahmad Rana Assistant Professor
CABB 12 0.00
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
602 Plastid targeted expression of choline oxidase in
wheat for enhanced abiotic stress tolerance
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Ghulam
Mustafa Assistant Professor
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
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Mr. Saad Serfraz
Lecturer CABB 12 0.00
604
Engineering resistance against bacterial diseases of citrus i.e. citrus greening and canker,
exploiting the basal innate defensive mechanism against bacterial pathogens
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Muhammad
Mubin Assistant Professor
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
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Fozia Saleem
Assistant Professor
CABB 12 0.00
606 Producing seeds of fungal resistant vegetables
for tunnel farming
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Faiz Ahmad
Joyia Assistant Professor
CABB 12 0.00
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(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
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
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
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Prof. Dr. Aman
Ullah Malik Professor
Horticultural Sciences
12 0.00
609 Tomato breeding for organic agriculture
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Muhammad
Awais Ghani Assistant Professor
Horticultural Sciences
12 0.00
610 Production of brassica vegetable oil seed by
interspecific hybridization
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Muhammad
Awais Ghani Assistant Professor
Horticultural Sciences
12 0.00
611 Production of tomato hybrid seed by
interspecific hybridization
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Muhammad
Awais Ghani Assistant Professor
Horticultural Sciences
12 0.00
612 Genomics-based understanding of tylenchulus
semipenetrans to devise management strategies against citrus slow decline disease
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Amjad
Abbas Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology 12 0.00
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(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
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Kashif Riaz Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology 12 0.00
614 Dissecting citrus pathobiome through omics: metagenomics and metatranstricptomics of
declining plants
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Kashif Riaz Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology 12 0.00
615 Policy paper for regulatory regime in agriculture
(seed certification and registration, biosafety, SPS compliance)
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Kashif Riaz Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology 12 0.00
616 Development of locally adapted manual weeder
for chickpea fields in Thal region
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Kashif Riaz Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology 12 0.00
617 Reducing weeds problem in chickpea fields
through innovative omics and transgenic approaches
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Kashif Riaz Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology 12 0.00
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(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
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Kashif Riaz Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology 12 0.00
619 Genotyping-by-sequencing based studies on
tree dieback resistance in Acacia nilotia, Euclayptus nad Dalbergia sisso germplasm
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Ms. Romana
Anjum Lecturer
Sub-Campus Burewala-Vehari
12 0.00
620
Development of low-cost innovative formulation based on biological control agents
for effective management of wilt disease in chickpea
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Amjad
Abbas Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology 12 0.00
621 Improvement of chickpea productivity and
production through adaptation of advanced biotechnology
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Nasir Ahmad
Assistant Professor
Zoology, Wildlife and
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
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Khalid Naveed
Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology 12 0.00
623
Functional metagenomics of soil bacterial and fungal populations for bioproduct development
against major sucking and chewing pests of cotton
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Kashif Riaz Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology 12 0.00
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
624 Development of shisham tree genetic resources
with resistance to shisham dieback and breeding technologies
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Nasir Ahmad
Assistant Professor
Zoology, Wildlife and
Fisheries 12 0.00
625 Characterization of collectotrichum spp. causing
citrus dieback and post-harvest losses
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Luqman
Amrao Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology 12 0.00
626 Biochemical profiling of shisham and its rhizosphere for management of dieback
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Muhammad
Atiq Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology 12 0.00
627 Heterologous expression of insecticidal protein driven by phloem specific promoter to control
white fly and CLCuD in cotton
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Muhammad
Amjad Ali Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology 12 0.00
628 Development of low lignin alfalfa types for
producing higher nutritious fodder
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Prof. Dr. Hafeez Ahmad Sadaqat
Professor Plant Breeding
& Genetics 12 0.00
629 Improving nutrition and maize value chain through development of aflatoxin resistant
maize germplasm
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Rana
Muhammad Atif
Assistant Professor
Plant Breeding & Genetics
12 0.00
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
630 Enhancing the soybean productivity by
identification of heat stress tolerant germplasm
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Rana
Muhammad Atif
Assistant Professor
Plant Breeding & Genetics
12 0.00
631 Development of provitamin: A enriched maize
hybrids
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Muhammad
Aslam (PBG) Assistant Professor
Plant Breeding & Genetics
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
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Hafiza Masooma
Naseer Cheema
Assistant Professor
Plant Breeding & Genetics
12 0.00
633
Coping with decline and dieback of Dalbergia sissoo and acacia nilotia through nursery
management and establishing disease resistant seed orchard
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
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
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Fahad Rasheed
Assistant Professor
Forestry and Range
Management 12 0.00
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
635
Conocarpus production potential, nutritional analysis and prospects as livestock feed: Pilot
production of silage and animal response studies
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Fahad Rasheed
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
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Fahad Rasheed
Assistant Professor
Forestry and Range
Management 12 0.00
637 Improving water use efficiency for drought
tolerance in wheat
International Collaborative
Research Projects USPCAS-AFS
Prof. Dr. Abdul Khaliq
Professor Agronomy 12 0.00
638 Leaf colour chart (LCC) for effective nitrogen
management in wheat
International Collaborative
Research Projects USPCAS-AFS
Dr. Rizwan Maqbool
Assistant Professor
Agronomy 12 0.00
639 Development of heat tolerant wheat
germplasm for Pakistani Region
International Collaborative
Research Projects USPCAS-AFS
Dr. Rizwana Maqbool
Assistant Professor
Plant Breeding & Genetics
12 0.00
640 Exploring potential of coarse rice as value added silage: A sustainable approach to combat fodder
shortage in lean periods
International Collaborative
Research Projects USPCAS-AFS
Prof. Dr. Asif Tanveer
Professor Agronomy 12 0.00
641
Screening, identification and application of efficient sex pheromones for the management
of pink bollworm in different ecological zones of Punjab
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Muhammad
Sufian Assistant Professor
Entomology 12 0.00
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
642 Development of year-round best fruit flies
suppression package for orchards
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Muhammad
Dildar Gogi Assistant Professor
Entomology 12 0.00
643 Detection and monitoring of Pink Boll Worm
resistance to pesticides and Bt cotton in Punjab, Pakistan
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Rashad
Rasool Khan Assistant Professor
Entomology 12 0.00
644 Surveillance and potential evaluation of bio
control agents for livestock ticks management in different districts of Punjab (Pakistan)
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Ahmad
Nawaz Assistant Professor
Entomology 12 0.00
645 Development of Novel tools to support
integrated area-wide control of pink boll worm in cotton
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Waqas
Wakil Assistant Professor
Entomology 12 0.00
646 Development of gut bacteria based female-
attractive bait for the management of fruit flies
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Prof. Dr.
Muhammad Jalal Arif
Professor Entomology 12 0.00
647 Biological based pest management program for
fruit flies using insect pathogens
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Waqas
Wakil Assistant Professor
Entomology 12 0.00
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
648 Resistance monitoring and pheromone based
management of pink boll worm in Cotton
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Prof. Dr.
Muhammad Jalal Arif
Professor Entomology 12 0.00
649 Potential impact of migration in the
management of pink boll worm (PBW) pectinophora gossypiella in Pakistan
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Abid Ali Assistant Professor
Entomology 12 0.00
650 Surveillance, monitoring and management of
fruit flies
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Muhammad
Arshad (Entomology)
Assistant Professor
Entomology 12 0.00
651 Surveillance and pest management strategies for pink boll worm, Pectinophora gossypiella
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Muhammad
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
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
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
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Shahid
Majeed Assistant Professor
Entomology 12 0.00
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(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)
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Zain- ul-
Abdin Assistant Professor
Entomology 12 0.00
655 Identification and management of weed flora of
the Punjab through ICT for food security
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Hassan
Munir Assistant Professor
Agronomy 12 0.00
656 Food and Nutritional Security Analyses of
Pregnant Women to Ensure Food Secure Next Generations
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS Dr. Muhammad
Khalid Bashir Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Resource
Economics 12 0.00
657 Introducing dry chain technology in Pakistan for
drying and storage of vegetable seeds
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Mr. Shakeel
Imran Lecturer
Sub-Campus Burewala-Vehari
12 0.00
658 Fruit Fly management and its elimination in
Pakistan using epigenetics
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Zunnu Raen
Akhtar Assistant Professor
Entomology 12 0.00
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
659 Using the TALENs editing technique in managing
resistance development in pink boll worms
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Zunnu Raen
Akhtar Assistant Professor
Entomology 12 0.00
660 Managing ticks by knocking down acaricidal resistant gene using CRISPR / Cas genome
editing technique
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Zunnu Raen
Akhtar Assistant Professor
Entomology 12 0.00
661 Ticks management an d elimination using
TALENs editing technique to edit the acaricidal resistant gemome
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Zunnu Raen
Akhtar Assistant Professor
Entomology 12 0.00
662 Fruit-fly management strategy in Pakistan by
knocking down insecticidal resistant gene
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Zunnu Raen
Akhtar Assistant Professor
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
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Muhammad
Aamir Aslam Assistant Professor
CABB 12 0.00
664 Challenge and strategies options for
revitalization of milk marketing cooperatives in Punjab, Pakistan
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Abdul
Ghafoor (IBMS) Assistant Professor
IBMS 12 0.00
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
665
Agricultural Technology innovation through farmers cooperatives' in Pakistan: Implications
for identifying risk and improving farmers income
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Muhammad
Nazam Assistant Professor
IBMS 12 0.00
666 A study of marketing margin of Goat Meat
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Waseem
Ahmad Assistant Professor
IBMS 12 0.00
667 Improving the viability of small milk producers'
cooperatives
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Waseem
Ahmad Assistant Professor
IBMS 12 0.00
668 Potential application of edible films for shelf life
extension of red meat
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
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
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
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
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Ms. Sidrah
Ashfaq Lecturer
Farm Machinery &
Power 12 0.00
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
671 How to increase viability of small dairy farmers
in Punjab, Pakistan
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Prof. Dr. Sarfraz
Hassan Professor
Agricultural and Resource
Economics 12 0.00
672 Investigation wheat procurment policy: Gains
and losses
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Ghaffar Ali Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Resource
Economics 12 0.00
673 Investigation malnutrition and maternal issues
in Thar district (drought areas) of Pakistan
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Ghaffar Ali Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Resource
Economics 12 0.00
674 Land fragmentation and agricultural
productivity in Pakistan
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Rakhshanda
Kousar Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Resource
Economics 12 0.00
675 Public-private crop insurance as a regulatory
mechanism for the adoption o climate change in Pakistan
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Rakhshanda
Kousar Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Resource
Economics 12 0.00
676 Adoption and impact of environmentally sound and female friendly technologies in Agriculture
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Tahira
Sadaf Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Resource
Economics 12 0.00
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
677 Capacity building of rural women regarding
nutritionally healthy food in Pakistan
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Tahira
Sadaf Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Resource
Economics 12 0.00
678 Food choice preferences in rural and urban
areas of Pakistan: An intra-household and inter-regional analysis
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Muhammad
Khalid Bashir Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Resource
Economics 12 0.00
679 Policy options for enhancing the marketing
efficiency of potato and onion crops
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Khalid Mushtaq
Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Resource
Economics 12 0.00
680 Survey and genome analysis-based
documentation of FMD virus prevalence
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Prof. Dr.
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
U.S.-Pakistan, Center for
Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security
USPCAS-AFS UC-DAVIS Dr. Razia Kausar
Lecturer Anatomy 12 0.00
682 Post-harvest Grain Losses Management for
Food Security
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Waqas
Wakil Assistant Professor
Entomology 36 3.99
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(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
National Collaborative
Research Projects ICT R&D Fund, Islamabad
Dr. Muhammad Ahsan Latif
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects USAID,peer program Dr. Kashif Riaz
Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology 36 30.16
686 impact of resource conservation technologies
on wheat productivity in punjab.
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
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
National Collaborative
Research Projects National ICT R&D Fund
Dr. Sultan Habib Ullah
Khan
Associate Professor
CABB 36 110.00
688 Ionic liquid –based integrated bioprocess of biodiesel and 1,3-propanediol co-production
from lignocellulosic materials
Pakistan Science Foundation
PSF & Pak-China Dr. Saima
Shahzad Mirza Assistant Professor
Punjab Bio-Energy Institute
36 5.00
689 Development of decision support system for
designing an efficient wetland technology using experimental and modeling approach
Pakistan Science Foundation
PSF & Pak-China Dr. Syed Hamid Hussain Shah
Assistant Professor
Irrigation & Drainage
36 20.96
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(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
Pakistan Science Foundation
PSF & Pak-China Prof. Dr. Ashfaq Ahmad Chattha
Professor Agronomy 36 5.00
691 Germplasm exchange and pan-genome analysis of jujubes (Ziziphus Mill.) in China and Pakistan
Pakistan Science Foundation
PSF & Pak-China Dr. Summar Abbas Naqvi
Assistant Professor
Horticultural Sciences
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
Pakistan Science Foundation
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
Pakistan Science Foundation
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
Pakistan Science Foundation
PSF & Pak-China Dr. Sultan
Habib Ullah Khan
Associate Professor
CABB 36 1.58
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
696 Engineering transgenic resistance against citrus
bacterial disease i.e., Citrus Greening (HLB) Pakistan Science
Foundation PSF & Pak-China
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
Pakistan Science Foundation
PSF & Pak-China Dr. Anjum
Munir Associate Professor
Energy System Engineering
36 10.03
698 Comparative study on Cd hyper accumulative potential and mechanism of some Solanaceae
plants distracted
Pakistan Science Foundation
PSF & Pak-China Dr. Zia-ur-Rehman
Assistant Professor
UAF Sub-Campus, Toba
Tek Singh 36 2.20
699 Key technology research of multi-mode vortex EM wave emission, propagation and reception
Pakistan Science Foundation
PSF & Pak-China Dr. Abdul
Ghafoor (IBMS) Assistant Professor
IBMS 36 1.15
700 Identification of genes controlling male fertility
and their response to temperature stress Pakistan Science
Foundation PSF & Pak-China
Dr. Nasir Ahmad
Assistant Professor
Zoology, Wildlife and
Fisheries 36 7.65
701 Genomic characterization of prolificacy in goats
for enhanced reproductive performance Pakistan Science
Foundation PSF & Pak-China
Dr. Faiz-ul-Hassan
Lecturer Animal and
Dairy Sciences 36 5.52
702 Study of energy conversion from waste water
by microalgae Pakistan Science
Foundation PSF & Pak-China Dr. Sana Sadaf
Assistant Professor
Punjab Bio-Energy Institute
36 5.00
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(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
Pakistan Science Foundation
PSF & Pak-China Dr. Muhammad
Amjad Ali Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology 36 7.03
704
Documenting the therapeutic and antimicrobial potential of microencapsulated essential oils of spices using bionanotechnology against various
metabolic disorders
Pakistan Science Foundation
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
Pakistan Science Foundation
PSF & Pak-China Dr. Shakeel
Ahmad Anjum Assistant Professor
Agronomy 36 9.27
706 Surveillance and characterization of emerging zoonotic viral pathogens in bats, livestock and
arthropod vectors in Pakistan
Pakistan Science Foundation
PSF & Pak-China Dr. Muhammad
Saqib (CMS) Assistant Professor
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
Pakistan Science Foundation
PSF & Pak-China Prof. Dr. Salim-
ur-Rehman Professor NIFSAT 36 2.77
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(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
Pakistan Science Foundation
PSF & Pak-China Prof. Dr. Zahir Ahmad Zahir
Professor Soil &
Environmental Sciences
36 6.00
709 The effect of non-thermal techniques on
peel/pectin obtained from different Chinese and Pakistan citrus verities
Pakistan Science Foundation
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
Pakistan Science Foundation
PSF & Pak-China Dr. Nabeel Khan Niazi
Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 36 17.75
711 Management of late flowering and
understanding molecular regulatory mechanism of flowering in mango (Mangifera indica L.)
Pakistan Science Foundation
PSF & Pak-China Prof. Dr. Aman
Ullah Malik Professor
Horticultural Sciences
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
Pakistan Science Foundation
PSF & Pak-China Dr. Muhammad
Aslam NIBGE 36 2.20
713 Comparative functional studies on the bHLH transcriptional factors in biotic and abiotic
stress response in cotton and tomato
Pakistan Science Foundation
PSF & Pak-China Dr. Aftab Ahmad
Assistant Professor
Biochemistry 36 0.35
714 Development and investigation of
immunopotentiation potential of cytokine IL-33 adjuvanted avain influenza vaccine
Pakistan Science Foundation
PSF & Pak-China Dr. Muhammad
Imran Arshad Assistant Professor
Microbiology 36 5.45
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(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
Pakistan Science Foundation
PSF & Pak-China Dr. Abdul Nasir Associate Professor
Structures & Environmental
Engineering 36 36.75
716 Extremophilic amino acid dehydrogenase
frameworks for industrial and pharmaceutical applications
Pakistan Science Foundation
PSF & Pak-China Dr. Nayla Munawar
Assistant Professor
Biochemistry 36 4.00
717 Special Indigenous on campus training (IOT) Higher Education
Commission Special indigenous
Prof. Dr. Aslam Mirza
Professor Animal and
Dairy Sciences 1 1.92
718 Impact of land-use changes on soil health and
greenhouse gases emissions
International Collaborative
Research Projects
ENVRIplus Transnational Access (TNA) Program, France
Dr. Muhammad Sana Ullah
Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 12 58.40
719 Biological Evaluation of Traditional Medicinal
Plants
International Collaborative
Research Projects ISESCO Joint Research Grant
Dr. Rasheed Ahmad Khera
Assistant Professor
Chemistry 24 1.05
720 Integrated use of available resources for enhancing maize production by capacity
building of maize growers
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Maize CGIAR Research Program
Prof. Dr. Muhammad Yaseen (ISES)
Professor Soil &
Environmental Sciences
12 5.20
721 Value Chain analysis of Onions and Chilies in
Sindh,Pakistan
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam
Dr. Abdul Ghafoor (IBMS)
Assistant Professor
IBMS 24 3.50
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(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
International Collaborative
Research Projects ZEF, Germany
Prof. Dr. Allah Bakhsh
Professor Irrigation &
Drainage 12 5.00
723 Development of probiotics embedded in beads
for production of designer foods
International Collaborative
Research Projects Ajinomoto Co., Japan
Dr. Muhammad Saeed
Assistant Professor
NIFSAT 12 1.00
724 Development of SHMT strain for biosynthesis of
amino acids
International Collaborative
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
Pakistan Science Foundation
NSLP Dr. Muhammad
Shahid Mahmood
Associate Professor
Microbiology 36 2.15
726 Catalytic properties of extracellular enzymes in
soil under abiotic stresses
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Alexander von humboldt (AvH) Foundation, Germany
Dr. Muhammad Sana Ullah
Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Abdul
Rehman (Plant pathology)
Associate Professor
Plant Pathology 36 4.55
728 Production of Export Quality Chilies through Integrated Nutrient Management Approach
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam
Prof. Dr. Muhammad Yaseen (ISES)
Professor Soil &
Environmental Sciences
36 5.00
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
729 Improvement of onion crop by interspecific hybridization, embryo-rescue and molecular
marker
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam
Dr. Muhammad Awais Ghani
Assistant Professor
Horticultural Sciences
36 5.00
730 Genetic Improvement for enhancing rural
poultry productivity at Institutional and Breeder Group Level
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam
Dr. Zia-ur-Rehman
Assistant Professor
UAF Sub-Campus, Toba
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam
Dr. Nasir Ahmad Khan
Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology 36 5.00
732 Evaluation of Comparative Efficacy of
Antibiotics, Probiotics an Acidifier on E-coli Infection and Immune Response in Broilers
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam
Dr. Riaz Mustafa
Assistant Professor
UAF Sub-Campus, Toba
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 manifestations’
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam
Dr. Riaz Mustafa
Assistant Professor
UAF Sub-Campus, Toba
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam
Dr. Irfan afzal Associate Professor
Agronomy 24 4.90
735 Addressing Price Volatility through Value Chain
Management: A Case of Onion Markets in Pakistan
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam
Dr. Burhan Ahmad
Assistant Professor
IBMS 24 3.50
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam
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.)
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
UN-NAS, Pakistan Academy of Sciences, One Health Research Fellowship
Dr. Huma Jamil Assistant Professor
Theriogenology 12 1.00
739 Ameliorating the drought stress in spring maize
hybrids through exogenous application of organic acids
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam
Dr. Shakeel Ahmad Anjum
Assistant Professor
Agronomy 24 4.20
740 Management of rice stem borers using sex
pheromone traps
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam
Dr. Muhammad Sufian
Assistant Professor
Entomology 30 3.50
741 Management of suckling insect pests of chilli crop using botanical and silicon application
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam
Dr. Shahid Majeed
Assistant Professor
Entomology 24 4.85
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam
Dr. Shakeel Ahmad Anjum
Assistant Professor
Agronomy 24 3.14
744 Policy reforms for enhancing export
competitiveness of selected vegetable value chains (chillies and onion)
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam
Dr. Khalid Mushtaq
Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Resource
Economics 18 4.05
745 Identification of Parasite resistant goat breeds
as an indirect way for optimum animal productivity
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam
Dr. Summar Abbas Naqvi
Assistant Professor
Horticultural Sciences
36 4.83
747 Design and Development of Precision Dryer for Value Addition of Agricultural Products Using
Solar Energy
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam
Dr. Anjum Munir
Associate Professor
Energy System Engineering
12 1.63
748 Using genetic barcodes in Allium cepa to
develop sanitated nursery for farming community
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam
Prof. Dr. Muhammad
Sarwar (CABB) Professor CABB 36 5.00
749 Agronomic strategies for zinc bio-fortification in
rice under aerobic and anaerobic conditions
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam
Dr. Imran Khan Assistant Professor
Agronomy 36 4.70
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
750 Biological control of animal ticks: Alternate solution for improved animal productivity
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam
Dr. Muhammad Sohail Sajid
Assistant Professor
Parasitology 24 4.95
751 Production of Leaf Curl Virus Free Chilli Plants
through Tissue Culture
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam
Dr. Nisar Ahmed
Associate Professor
CABB 36 4.97
752 Improvement of Chilli Crop by Interspecific
Hybridization, Embryo-Rescue and Molecular Marker
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam
Dr. Muhammad Awais Ghani
Assistant Professor
Horticultural Sciences
36 5.00
753 Utilization of medicinal and aromatic plants (MAPS) as Natural Chemical Goldmines for
specialty industrial materials
International Collaborative
Research Projects ISESCO Joint Research Grant
Dr. Muhammad Asif Hanif
Assistant Professor
Chemistry 24 1.02
754 Reuse of waste water for bio-fertigation by
adopting floating wetland system
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam
Dr. Abdul Nasir Associate Professor
Structures & Environmental
Engineering 36 4.63
755 Formulation of Moringa Leaf Extracts as Novel
Bio-stimulant for crop improvement
International Collaborative
Research Projects ISESCO Joint Research Grant
Dr. Hafeez ur Rehman
Lecturer Agronomy 24 1.04
756 Producing More with fewer Resources under
changing Climate Scenario of Pakistan through public-private partnership
National Collaborative
Research Projects Sayban International, Lahore
Prof. Dr. Muhammad Yaseen (ISES)
Professor Soil &
Environmental Sciences
12 1.59
757 Testing of different milk pasteurization methods
for control of listeriosis
International Collaborative
Research Projects
One Health Fellowship in Pakistan
Dr. Mubarak Ali Assistant Professor
Animal and Dairy Sciences
12 1.00
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
758 Biochar Evaluation to improve soil carbon sequestration, fertility, productivity, food
security and sustainability
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS)
Dr. Fahd Rasul Assistant Professor
Agronomy 18 1.25
759 Investigation of anti-freeze mechanism and
material within extremophile at Northern areas of Pakistan
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS)
Dr. Kanwal Rehman
Assistant Professor
Pharmacy, Physiology and Pharmacology
12 0.20
760 Public knowledge of Diabetes: A community-
Based Cross-Sectional
National Collaborative
Research Projects
Pakistan Madical Research Council
Dr. Kanwal Rehman
Assistant Professor
Pharmacy, Physiology and Pharmacology
12 0.20
761 Estimation of skatole in the muscle of lamb
samples by different spectroscopic methods & chemometerics
International Collaborative
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Pak-France Joint Research Program (PERIDOT)
Dr. Amna Sahar Assistant Professor
Food Engineering
36 2.19
763 Climate Change Resilient Rice Production
System in Pakistan
International Collaborative
Research Projects Ministry of Climate Change
Prof. Dr. Ashfaq Ahmad Chattha
Professor Agronomy 12 682.96
764 Establishment of early warning system to mitigate the impact of climate change in
Pakistan
International Collaborative
Research Projects GEF, Small Grant Program
Prof. Dr. Ashfaq Ahmad Chattha
Professor Agronomy 12 105.10
765 Novel filamentous fungal strains for production
of biodiesel
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS)
Dr. Muhammad Asif Hanif
Assistant Professor
Chemistry 24 1.25
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS)
Dr. Khalid Naveed
Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology 24 1.25
767 Agro-chemicals a potential danger to ecosystem
and human health: the risk assessment for cancer
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS)
Dr. Muhammad Rizwan Ashraf
Assistant Professor
Sub-Campus Burewala-Vehari
24 1.25
768 Genetic diversity analysis and micropropogation
for conservation of prosopis cineraria an endangered species of Drylands of Pakistan
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS)
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS)
Dr. Muhammad Kashif Iqbal
Khan
Assistant Professor
Food Engineering
24 1.25
770 Removal of pollutants nitroarenes from water
using hybrid microgels as catalysts
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS)
Dr. Shanza Rauf Khan
Lecturer Chemistry 24 1.25
771 Quantification of bio-active compounds from diverse citrus species cultivated in Pakistan
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS)
Dr. Muhammad Azam
Assistant Professor
Horticultural Sciences
36 1.25
772 Healthy Living: An effect to halt the scale of fraud meat and meat products in Pakistan
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS)
Dr. Amna Sahar Assistant Professor
Food Engineering
36 1.15
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
773 Genetic diversity of wild and cultivated grapes
in pakistan
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS)
Dr. Muhammad Azam
Assistant Professor
Horticultural Sciences
36 1.23
774 Combined effect of sonication and pulsed
electric field to improve the quality of the fresh juices
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS)
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS)
Dr. Ahmad Nawaz
Assistant Professor
Entomology 12 1.20
776 Evaluation of indigenous baculovirus biological
control potential against lepidopteran insect pests of cotton
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS)
Dr. Ahmad Nawaz
Assistant Professor
Entomology 18 1.25
777 Molecular characterization of potato cyst
nematodes from core potato growing districts of Paksitan
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS)
Dr. Muhammad Amjad Ali
Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology 18 1.25
778 Antifungal potential of arabidopsis THI2.4 peptide against chickpea blight pathogen
(Ascochta rabiei)
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS)
Dr. Amjad Abbas
Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology 18 1.25
779
Developing drought tolerant genotypes of eucalyptus by screening open pollinated half-sib
seed pro-genies: ensuring sustainable productivity and improving local food security
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS)
Dr. Fahad Rasheed
Assistant Professor
Forestry and Range
Management 24 1.25
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
780 Role of phytochemicals on the behaviour of
mosquitoes under laboratory conditions
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS)
Dr. Shahid Majeed
Assistant Professor
Entomology 24 1.25
781 Economic Impact of Agricultural Technology on
crop productivity and poverty reduction
National Collaborative
Research Projects Economic Wing
Dr. Maqsood Hussain
Associate Professor
Agricultural Extension and
Rural Development
12 3.34
782 Use of nanometric and micrometric magnetites
to promote fenton-like oxidant of two commercial dyes in industrial wastewater
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS)
Dr. Muhammad Usman (Soil
Science)
Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 24 1.25
783 Preparation of emulsion based edible coatings
through electrospraying
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS)
Dr. Muhammad Kashif Iqbal
Khan
Assistant Professor
Food Engineering
24 1.25
784 Preparation and characterization of aloe vera
gel based emulsified edible coatings/films
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS)
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
National Collaborative
Research Projects Economic Wing
Dr. Muhammad Ahsan Khan
Associate Professor
Entomology 24 14.31
786 Improving Agricultural Productivity and
reducing rural poverty.
National Collaborative
Research Projects Economic Wing
Dr. Muhammad Hamid Bashir
Associate Professor
Entomology 36 9.27
787 Adsorption-enhanced photdegradation of
textile dyes wastewater using magnetically separable catalyst
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS)
Dr. Muhammad Zahid
Assistant Professor
Chemistry 24 1.25
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
788 Formulation, characterization and biological
evaluation of green nano therapeutics
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS)
Dr. Nazish Jahan
Assistant Professor
Chemistry 24 1.25
789 Life time of inorganic nano particles in the
organism
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS)
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS)
Dr. Saba Jamil Assistant Professor
Chemistry 24 1.25
791 Design eco-efficient, productive and robust rice
systems
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS)
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS)
Dr. Muhammad Naveed
Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 12 1.25
793 Identification of factors affecting the adoption
of non-conventional rural enterprises in the Punjab, Pakistan
National Collaborative
Research Projects Economic Wing
Dr. Muhammad Khalid Bashir
Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Resource
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
National Collaborative
Research Projects Economic Wing
Dr. Muhammad Khalid Bashir
Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Resource
Economics 12 3.13
795 Raman spectroscopy for diagnosis for breast
cancer by using blood serum samples
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Pak-France Joint Research Program (PERIDOT) 2016
Dr. Haq Nawaz (Chemistry)
Assistant Professor
Chemistry 24 3.65
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
796 Improving agricultural productivity and reducing
rural poverty
National Collaborative
Research Projects Economic Wing
Dr. Rakhshanda Kousar
Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Resource
Economics 12 1.50
797 Markets for wheat price stabilization:
implications for agricultural productivity and poverty reduction
National Collaborative
Research Projects Economic Wing
Dr. Khalid Mushtaq
Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Resource
Economics 24 365.00
798 Low Agricultural Productivity in Pakistan: Policy
Options for sustainable Growth
National Collaborative
Research Projects Economic Wing Dr. Asghar Ali
Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Resource
Economics 12 2.65
799 Development of Biofilm Reactor: An Integrated System for Heavy Metal Reduction and Biofuel
Production
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS)
Dr. Saima Shahzad Mirza
Assistant Professor
Punjab Bio-Energy Institute
12 1.25
800 synthesis and application of natural deep
eutectic solvents for the extraction of bioactive ingredients from medicinal plants
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS)
Dr. Muhammad Zahid
Assistant Professor
Chemistry 24 1.25
801 Degradation of selected pesticides containing wastewater by using fenton based oxidation
reaction
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS)
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS)
Dr. Rizwan Maqbool
Assistant Professor
Agronomy 36 1.25
803 Colored Wastewater Treatment using low cost
polymeric Bio-composites
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS)
Ms. Saima Noreen
Lecturer Chemistry 36 1.25
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
804 The production of brassica tri-genomic
vegetable oil by the interspecific hybridisation between brassica napus and brassica nigra
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS)
Dr. Muhammad Awais Ghani
Assistant Professor
Horticultural Sciences
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
International Collaborative
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Petrochemicals (private) Limited, Karachi
Prof. Dr. Waseem Akram
Professor Entomology 6 0.58
808 Organic / Inorganic CZTS Hybrid Solar Cells-A
Step Way Forward Towards Cost Effective Renewable Energy
International Collaborative
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects PhosAgro / UNESCO/IUPAC Dr. Sana Sadaf
Assistant Professor
Punjab Bio-Energy Institute
12 3.13
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
810 Scientific evaluation of water courses lining
(NPIW) project in Punjab: Learning from past for better future
International Collaborative
Research Projects
US Pakistan Center for Advanced Studies in Water,
Mehran University of Engineering & Technology,
Jomoshor
Dr. Muhammad Uzair Qamar
Assistant Professor
Irrigation & Drainage
12 2.00
811 Making water policy by considering impact of exo-events on the climate change of Pakistan
International Collaborative
Research Projects
US Pakistan Center for Advanced Studies in Water,
Mehran University of Engineering & Technology,
Jomoshor
Dr. Muhammad Uzair Qamar
Assistant Professor
Irrigation & Drainage
12 1.91
812 Impact assessment of treated wastewater use
on soil and water productivity in Faisalabad through experimental and modeling approach
International Collaborative
Research Projects
US Pakistan Center for Advanced Studies in Water,
Mehran Unviersity of Engineering & Technology,
Jamshoro
Dr. Syed Hamid Hussain Shah
Assistant Professor
Irrigation & Drainage
12 2.96
813 Designing, development and performance
evaluation of rational carrot washer for small scale farmer
Pakistan Science Foundation
NSLP Mr.Muhammad Tuseef Asghar
Lecturer Sub-Campus
Burewala-Vehari 36 0.76
814 Small poultry holder model for poverty
alleviation and food security of the rural house holds
International Collaborative
Research Projects ICDD, Germany
Dr. Umar Farooq
Assistant Professor
UAF Sub-Campus, Toba
Tek Singh 24 2.92
815 Capacity Building of rural women in livestock
value chains and its impact on household welfare
International Collaborative
Research Projects ICDD, Germany
Dr. Rakhshanda Kousar
Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Resource
Economics 24 1.11
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
816 Role of Micro-finance in raising the house hold
welfare: An empirical analysis from gender perspective
International Collaborative
Research Projects ICDD, Germany
Dr. Rakhshanda Kousar
Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Resource
Economics 24 1.11
817 Studies on heat induced impairments and their
recovery through applied selenium and ascorbie acid in cotton
Pakistan Science Foundation
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects UKAID
Dr. Rakhshanda Akhtar
Assistant Professor
Home Sciences 18 1.04
819 Trade liberalization, Food security and food systems Nexus: plotting pathways for policy
makers of developing countries
International Collaborative
Research Projects UKAID
Dr. Rakhshanda Akhtar
Assistant Professor
Home Sciences 17 1.04
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects LANSA
Dr. Khalid Mushtaq
Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Resource
Economics 12 2.67
823 Use of value added compost enriched with
phosphorus and potassium solubilizing bacteria for vegetable farming
Pakistan Science Foundation
PSF and TÜBITAK Dr. Sajid
Mahmood Nadeem
Assistant Professor
Sub-Campus Burewala-Vehari
24 5.25
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(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
Dr. Saima Shahzad Mirza
Assistant Professor
Punjab Bio-Energy Institute
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
Pakistan Science Foundation
PSF and TÜBITAK Dr. Shaukat Ali
Bhatti Assistant Professor
Animal and Dairy Sciences
24 16.60
827 Germplasm characterization and molecular
mapping of leaf curl virus resistance in cotton Pakistan Science
Foundation PSF and TÜBITAK
Prof. Dr. Asif Ali Khan
Professor Plant Breeding
& Genetics 24 9.10
828
Determination of distribution, parasitoids and insecticide resistance of Chilo partellus
(Swinhoe, 1885) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) in Pakistan and Turkey
Pakistan Science Foundation
PSF and TÜBITAK Dr. Rashad
Rasool Khan Assistant Professor
Entomology 24 4.05
829 Engineering virus resistance in cotton using
RNA-directed sequence specific nuclease CRISPR/Cas9
Pakistan Science Foundation
PSF and TÜBITAK Dr. Aftab Ahmad
Assistant Professor
Biochemistry 24 4.77
830 Identification of heat and drought tolerance
genes in wheat and barley using Brachypodium as model system
Pakistan Science Foundation
PSF and TÜBITAK Dr. Aftab Ahmad
Assistant Professor
Biochemistry 24 4.37
831 Improvement of strawberry crop by employing
biotechnological approaches Pakistan Science
Foundation PSF and TÜBITAK
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
Foundation PSF and TÜBITAK
Dr. Zubair Aslam
Assistant Professor
Agronomy 24 14.54
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
833 Bioconversion of organic waste materials at
campus into value-added organic fertilizer for sustainable agriculture
Pakistan Science Foundation
PSF Dr. Muhammad
Javed Akhtar Associate Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 36 1.96
834 Evaluation and transfer of system of rice
intensification (SRI) technology to improve rice production on sustainable basis
Pakistan Science Foundation
PSF Dr. Muhammad
Javed Akhtar Associate Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 36 1.94
835 Trans fat intake risk assessment in peri-urban
population groups of Faisalabad region in Pakistan
International Collaborative
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects ACIAR, Germany
Dr. Abdul Ghafoor (IBMS)
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)
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Leveraging Agriculture for Nutrition in South Asia
(LANSA) 2015
Dr. Muhammad Sohail Sajid
Assistant Professor
Parasitology 18 6.80
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Leveraging Agriculture for Nutrition in South Asia
(LANSA) 2014
Prof. Dr. Zahir Ahmad Zahir
Professor Soil &
Environmental Sciences
12 10.56
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Leveraging Agriculture for Nutrition in South Asia
(LANSA) 2014
Prof. Dr. Masood Sadiq
Butt Professor NIFSAT 12 9.81
840 Nutritive-based Education and Training of Rural Women: A Smart Solution to Improve Nutrition
Outcomes in Women and Children
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Leveraging Agriculture for Nutrition in South Asia
(LANSA) 2014
Dr. Rakhshanda Kousar
Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Resource
Economics 12 7.42
841 Reducing hidden hunger in South Asia through
crop bio-fortification
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Leveraging Agriculture for Nutrition in South Asia
(LANSA) 2014
Prof. Dr. Asif Ali Khan
Professor Plant Breeding
& Genetics 12 7.54
842 Post translational effects of silencing fer1,fer2 and irp1 gene in Hyalomma ticks through RNA
interference technology
International Collaborative
Research Projects ISESCO Research Grant
Dr. Muhammad Sohail Sajid
Assistant Professor
Parasitology 18 1.00
843 Enhancing food security and climate change
resilience in the degraded land areas
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Food Policy Research Institute, (IFPRI)
Dr. Muhammad Saqib (Soil Science)
Associate Professor
Soil & Environmental
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Center for Development and Decent
Work (ICDD)
Dr. Abdul Ghafoor (IBMS)
Assistant Professor
IBMS 24 2.20
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
846 Capacity Strengthening for Excellence in
Research: Parasitic Infectious Diseases and their Arthropod Vectors
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK-US Science & Technology Cooperation Program 2014
Prof. Dr. Zafar iqbal
Professor Parasitology 36 20.64
847 Empowering women through capacity building
in off-farm earning activities in developing countries
Higher Education Commission
SRGP 2014 Dr. Rakhshanda
Kousar Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Resource
Economics 12 0.50
848 Enhancing Meat and Meat Products Shelf Life and Safety through Capacity Building in Meat
Processing
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK-US Science & Technology Cooperation Program 2014
Dr. Muhammad Issa Khan
Assistant Professor
NIFSAT 36 19.69
849 Solution Assisted Laser Ablation Synthesis and Characterization of Metallic Nanoparticles for
Various Applications
International Collaborative
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects LANSA
Dr. Aftab Ahmad
Assistant Professor
Biochemistry 24 3.00
851 Over-expression of rice nicotianamine acid
synthase ( OsNAS) genes in wheat for effective biofortification of wheat endosperm
International Collaborative
Research Projects LANSA
Dr. Aftab Ahmad
Assistant Professor
Biochemistry 24 3.50
852 Study of T-DNA knock-out lines of target genes
for basic helix loop helix (AtbHLH106) transcription factor in Arabidopsis
Higher Education Commission
SRGP 2013 Dr. Aftab Ahmad
Assistant Professor
Biochemistry 12 0.50
853 Characterization of systemic acquired resistance in tomato against early blight (Alternaria solani)
Higher Education Commission
SRGP 2013 Dr. Arbab
Ahmad Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology 12 0.50
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
854 Synthesis of Graphene metal oxides
nanohybrids/composites and their application
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Comstech-TWAS joint Research Grant Programme
Dr. Saba Jamil Assistant Professor
Chemistry 18 1.58
855 Antimicrobial and anticancer activities of
medicinal plants
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Comstech-TWAS joint Research Grant Programme
Dr. Rasheed Ahmad Khera
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Comstech-TWAS joint Research Grant Programme
Dr. Haq Nawaz (Chemistry)
Assistant Professor
Chemistry 18 1.58
857 Production of biofuels from high oil yielding
algae and filamentous fungi
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Comstech-TWAS joint Research Grant Programme
Dr. Muhammad Asif Hanif
Assistant Professor
Chemistry 18 1.58
858 Reclamation of salt affected soils by using
electrokinetic method
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Comstech-TWAS joint Research Grant Programme
Dr. Kashif Kamran
Assistant Professor
Physics 18 1.56
859 Assessment of emerging antibiotic resistant
bacteria from animal food and environment for food safety
Pakistan Science Foundation
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
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
PARB Dr. Muhammad
Farooq Associate Professor
Agronomy 60 26.77
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(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
International Collaborative
Research Projects Comstech-TWAS, Italy
Dr. Muhammad Aamir Aslam
Assistant Professor
CABB 18 1.56
862 Application of metabolomics to biomaker
discovery in pneumonia disease
International Collaborative
Research Projects Comstech-TWAS, Italy
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects Comstech-TWAS, Italy
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects VI-COR, USA
Dr. Shaukat Ali Bhatti
Assistant Professor
Animal and Dairy Sciences
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Comstech-TWAS joint Research Grant Programme
Dr. Abdul Wakeel
Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 18 1.58
866 Design and synthesis of efficient organic
photovoltiac materials for organic solar cells: A step way forward towards renewable energy
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Comstech-TWAS joint Research Grant Programme
Dr. Javed Iqbal Assistant Professor
Chemistry 18 1.58
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
867 Seroprevalance of feline leukemia virus and
feline immunodeficiency virus infection among cats in Faisalabad, Pakistan
Higher Education Commission
SRGP 2013 Dr. Sultan Ali Assistant Professor
Microbiology 12 0.50
868 Strengthening Diagnostic, Research and Outreach facilities at the University of
Agriculture, Faisalabad-Pakistan
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Japan's Technical cooperation development study and grant
aid
Dr. Babar Shahbaz
Associate Professor
Agricultural Extension and
Rural Development
36 208.70
869 Design, development and performance
evaluation of indigenous solar assisted rolling brush type root crop washer
International Collaborative
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
National Collaborative
Research Projects Economic Wing
Dr. Shakeel Ahmad Anjum
Assistant Professor
Agronomy 36 2.99
871 Evaluating varying rice-wheat cropping system
to improve crop productivity
National Collaborative
Research Projects Economic Wing
Prof. Dr. Ehsanullah
Professor Agronomy 36 3.86
872 Building Resilience of Smallholder Farmers in
Punjab
National Collaborative
Research Projects Economic Wing
Dr. Muhammad Farooq
Associate Professor
Agronomy 48 38.00
873 Improving Public Health through Biofortification
of Cereal Grains with Zinc and Iron
National Collaborative
Research Projects Economic Wing
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.
National Collaborative
Research Projects Economic Wing
Prof. Dr. Ehsanullah
Professor Agronomy 36 5.19
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
875 Ameliorating the interactive effect of drought and salinity stress by potential ascorbic acid in
different maize hybrids
National Collaborative
Research Projects Economic Wing
Dr. Shakeel Ahmad Anjum
Assistant Professor
Agronomy 36 2.90
876 Molecular characterization of indigenous and commercial layer breeds of chicken using DNA
markers
National Collaborative
Research Projects Economic Wing
Dr. Sibtain Ahmad
Assistant Professor
UAF Sub-Campus, Toba
Tek Singh 36 4.28
877 Engineering resistance against citrus bacterial diseases like citrus greening i.e, HLB through
transgenic approach
National Collaborative
Research Projects Economic Wing
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
National Collaborative
Research Projects Economic Wing
Dr. Zulfiqar Ahmad Saqib
Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 36 18.65
879 Control of drug resistant/susceptible worms of sheep by targeted selective treatments using
FAMACHA system
National Collaborative
Research Projects Economic Wing
Dr. Zia ud Din Sindhu
Assistant Professor
Parasitology 36 2.90
880
Improvement and demonstration of communally and economically suitable IPM
approach for the control of Mango Fruit fly in mango Orchards.
National Collaborative
Research Projects Economic Wing
Dr. Muhammad Ahsan Khan
Associate Professor
Entomology 36 4.43
881 Exploring the nutraceutical potential of milk
thistle to alleviate hepatic malfunctioning
National Collaborative
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
National Collaborative
Research Projects Economic Wing
Dr. Ijaz Ashraf Gill
Assistant Professor
Agricultural Extension and
Rural Development
36 4.24
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
883 Effects of transgenic wheat harbouring DREBIA
and gdhA on microbial communities2
National Collaborative
Research Projects Economic Wing
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
National Collaborative
Research Projects Economic Wing
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
National Collaborative
Research Projects Economic Wing
Dr. Muhammad Hamid Bashir
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
National Collaborative
Research Projects Economic Wing
Dr. Muhammad Sufian
Assistant Professor
Entomology 36 3.25
887 Effect of diffeerent pakaging materials on
quality of wheat during storage
National Collaborative
Research Projects Economic Wing
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
Agricultural and Resource
Economics 24 0.03
889 Bridging genetics and classical breeding
approaches for hirsutization of arboreum cotton
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
PARB Dr. Iqrar
Ahmad Rana Assistant Professor
CABB 60 27.00
890 Enhanced crop production by controlling soil-
borne diseases using agro-nanotechnology Punjab Agricultural
Research Board PARB
Dr. Muhammad Sana Ullah
Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
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
Professor Plant Breeding
& Genetics 60 11.20
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
892 Morphogenetic characterization & clonal
propagation of guava selections, hybrids and mutants for crop improvement
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
PARB Dr. Muhammad
Usman (Horticulture)
Assistant Professor
Horticultural Sciences
36 20.16
893 Sustainable small-scale model hydroponic
system to increase the value and quality of high value vegetables for smallholders and families
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
PARB Dr. Rashad
Waseem Khan Qadri
Assistant Professor
Horticultural Sciences
36 13.75
894
Improve reproductive efficiency of camels through research and training -the key to improve overall camel (C. dromedarius)
production in Pakistan
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
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
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
PARB Dr. Muhammad
Zahid Assistant Professor
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
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
PARB Dr. Muhammad Anwar-ul-Haq
Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 36 25.34
897 Pathological factors involved in the citrus fruit
blemishes on citrus and its integrated management
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
PARB Dr. Sajid Aleem
Khan Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology 48 36.90
898 Sustainable fodder production with sewage
water irrigation in peri-urban areas Punjab Agricultural
Research Board PARB
Prof. Dr. Javaid Akhtar
Professor Soil &
Environmental Sciences
60 18.73
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(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
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
PARB Prof. Dr.
Muhammad Jalal Arif
Professor Entomology 36 36.99
900
Developoment of wood-plastics-composites (WPC) using local agriculture and forestry based
residues for construction, furniture and fruit packaging industries
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
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
Professor Plant Breeding
& Genetics 36 19.92
903 Improving yield, drought and salinity tolerance in wheat through GA-sensitive dwarfing gene
system
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
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
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
PARB Dr. Khalid Naveed
Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology 42 10.02
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
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
PARB Dr. Bilal Aslam Assistant Professor
Pharmacy, Physiology and Pharmacology
48 17.41
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
906 Engineering broad spectrum resistance against citrus tristeza virus and citrus greening disease
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
PARB Dr. Muhammad
Mubin Assistant Professor
CABB 60 19.87
907 Preservation and propagation of healthy
Shisham (Dalbergia sissoo) through cloning of resistant germplasm against dieback disease
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
PARB Dr. Iqrar
Ahmad Rana Assistant Professor
CABB 60 28.56
908 Biofortification of local wheat with folate and other essential vitamins through transgenic
technology
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
PARB Dr. Abdul Wakeel
Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 36 16.00
909 Development of mechanical cotton hand picker as an efficient, cost effective and decent work
application for female workers
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
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
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
PARB Dr. Syed Hamid Hussain Shah
Assistant Professor
Irrigation & Drainage
48 19.22
911
Development and validation of endophytic microorganisms and aphid natural enemies
based IPM module for aphid management in canola crop
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
PARB Dr. Ahmad
Nawaz Assistant Professor
Entomology 36 9.48
912 Screening and management of indigenous date
palm genetic resources against Fusarium wilt and red palm weevil; and their conservation
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
PARB Prof. Dr. Iqrar Ahmad Khan
Professor Horticultural
Sciences 48 44.88
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
913 Integrated disease management of guava
decline Punjab Agricultural
Research Board PARB
Dr. Aftab Ali Bukhari
Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology 36 28.12
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
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
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
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
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
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
PARB Dr. Junaid Ali
Khan Assistant Professor
Pharmacy, Physiology and Pharmacology
48 16.26
918 Sustainable coating of fresh fruits at farm level
to maintain quality throughout the supply chain Punjab Agricultural
Research Board PARB
Dr. Muhammad Kashif Iqbal
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
Plant Breeding & Genetics
48 35.35
920 Detection and mitigation of aflatoxin and heavy
metals in rice to boost its export potential Punjab Agricultural
Research Board PARB
Prof. Dr. Masood Sadiq
Butt Professor NIFSAT 24 7.94
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.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(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
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
PARB Prof. Dr. Zahir Ahmad Zahir
Professor Soil &
Environmental Sciences
60 36.35
923 The Nexus between ownershipsecurity,
agricultural productivity and incidence of poverty in Punjab, Pakistan
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
PARB Dr. Rakhshanda
Kousar Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Resource
Economics 14 8.94
924 Modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) -an
innovative tool to improve keeping quality of fresh fruits
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
PARB Dr. Moazzam
Rafiq Khan Assistant Professor
NIFSAT 24 7.47
925 Production potential of summer forages grown
on marignal lands through agronomic management techniques
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
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
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
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
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
PARB Dr. Huma Jamil Assistant Professor
Theriogenology 36 11.63
928 Bionomic and control of mites associated with
citrus in Punjab Punjab Agricultural
Research Board PARB
Dr. Muhammad Hamid Bashir
Associate Professor
Entomology 36 9.27
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(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
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
PARB Dr. Ayesha
Sameen Assistant Professor
NIFSAT 36 15.47
930 Enhancing chickpea yeild by developing resistance against pod borers through
accumulation of cry protein in green cells
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
PARB Prof. Dr.
Muhammad Sarwar (CABB)
Professor CABB 60 27.72
931
Development and demonstration of socially and economically acceptable IPM approach for the control of Mango fruit fly in mango orchards of
Multan District
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
PARB Dr. Muhammad
Ahsan Khan Associate Professor
Entomology 36 21.34
932
Comparative evaluation of Heamatological, serological and histo-pathological effects of
Lambda-cyhalothrin and cypermethrin in brioler chicken
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
PARB Dr. Riaz Mustafa
Assistant Professor
UAF Sub-Campus, Toba
Tek Singh 12 18.48
933 Development of insecticide free IPM package for suppression of melon fruit fly in cucurbit
vegetables
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
PARB Dr. Muhammad
Dildar Gogi Assistant Professor
Entomology 36 8.57
934 Strategies for safe use of wastewater from growing flower crops in peri-urban areas
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
PARB Prof. Dr. Ghulam Murtaza
Professor Soil &
Environmental Sciences
60 20.43
935 Use of humic acid as growth promoter and its performance evaluation in brioler and layer
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
PARB Dr. Muhammad Farooq Khalid
Assistant Professor
UAF Sub-Campus, Toba
Tek Singh 36 12.75
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
936 Investigation of traits controlling fertility in
Japanese quail and implication in minimizing breeder costs
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
PARB Prof. Dr. Pervez
Akhtar Professor
UAF Sub-Campus, Toba
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
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
PARB Dr. Muhammad
Abubakkar Azmat
Assistant Professor
Sub-Campus Burewala-Vehari
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
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
PARB Mr.
Muhammad Asif Khan
Lecturer Sub-Campus
Burewala-Vehari 36 15.23
940 Linkages between Agricultural Productivity and
Poverty across different Cropping System in Punjab
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
PARB Dr. Nasir Nadeem
Assistant Professor
Sub-Campus Burewala-Vehari
12 7.36
941 Non-conventional rural entrepreneurship opportunities for income generation and
nutritional security
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
PARB Dr. Muhammad
Khalid Bashir Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Resource
Economics 36 20.00
942 Commercial scale propagation of date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) promising varieties
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
PARB Dr. Rashad
Waseem Khan Qadri
Assistant Professor
Horticultural Sciences
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
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
PARB Dr. Farrah
Deeba Assistant Professor
Clinical Medicine &
Surgery 48 16.50
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(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
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
PARB Dr. Fakhar-ud-
Din Razi Assistant Professor
Sub-Campus Burewala-Vehari
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
Plant Breeding & Genetics
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
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
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
Prof. Dr. Muhammad Yaseen (ISES)
Professor Soil &
Environmental Sciences
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
Dr. Abdul Ghafoor (Farm
Machinery) Lecturer
Farm Machinery &
Power 60 3.50
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
953 Development of liquid fertilizer applicator for
precise application of fertilizers Punjab Agricultural
Research Board PARB
Dr. Abdul Ghafoor (Farm
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
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
PARB Dr. Sibtain
Ahmad Assistant Professor
UAF Sub-Campus, Toba
Tek Singh 48 12.18
955 Supplemental methionine from different
sources and its performance evaluation in Layer chicken performance in Pakistan
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
PARB Dr. Lubna
Anjum Lecturer
Irrigation & Drainage
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
UAF Sub-Campus, Toba
Tek Singh 60 19.93
957 Sugarcane crop improvement through
engineering Raffinose oligosaccharides pathway for enhancing cold tolerance
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
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
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
AIP Dr. Syed
Mashkoor Mohsin Gilani
Assistant Professor
Microbiology 24 4.00
960 Potential use of superabsorbent polymers in improving wheat productivity under water
deficit conditions
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
AIP Dr. Muhammad
Farooq Associate Professor
Agronomy 24 3.50
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
961 Acquisition and evaluation of different fruit
plant species for salinity and drought affected areas
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
AIP Dr. Muhammad
Saqib (Soil Science)
Associate Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 24 4.95
962 Value Chain Analysis of Major Vegetables in
Punjab, Pakistan Punjab Agricultural
Research Board AIP
Dr. Abdul Ghafoor (IBMS)
Assistant Professor
IBMS 24 3.20
963 Effect of supplemental methionine from
different soruces of broiler chicken performance
Higher Education Commission
SRGP 2013 Dr. Muhammad
Tariq Assistant Professor
UAF Sub-Campus, Toba
Tek Singh 12 0.50
964 Inlfuence of phytobiotic on growth performance
and gut morphology in broiler chicken Higher Education
Commission SRGP 2013
Dr. Sibtain Ahmad
Assistant Professor
UAF Sub-Campus, Toba
Tek Singh 12 0.50
965 Breeding behavior and full-sib progeny arrays
selection by using SSR DNA markers and paternity analysis
Higher Education Commission
SRGP 2014 Dr. Muhammad
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS) 2014
Dr. Amjad Abbas
Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology 24 1.21
967 Innovative Rural Entrepreneurship Ideas for
Ensuring Food Accessibility: A Baseline Survey
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS) 2014
Dr. Muhammad Khalid Bashir
Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Resource
Economics 24 1.15
968 Surveillance of cryptosporidium in HIV/AIDS
infected patients in Pakistan
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS) 2014
Dr. Muhammad Kasib Khan
Assistant Professor
Parasitology 24 1.21
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(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 Pakistan― under Thematic
Research Grant Programme (Phase-III) (Research Domain Theme, “Governance and
Development―)
Higher Education Commission
TRGP Dr. Khalid Mushtaq
Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Resource
Economics 12 1.96
971
Character building through education in Pakistan― under Thematic Research Grant
Programme Phase-III (under research domain-theme), “Education Policy, leadership and
management for the 21st century
Higher Education Commission
TRGP 2014 Dr. Nasir Nadeem
Assistant Professor
Sub-Campus Burewala-Vehari
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)
Higher Education Commission
TRGP 2014 Dr. Khalid Mushtaq
Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Resource
Economics 12 1.96
974
Spatio-temporal impact assessment of waste water on soil and water productivity in
Faisalabad: experimental and modelling approach
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Center for Development and Decent
Work (ICDD)
Dr. Syed Hamid Hussain Shah
Assistant Professor
Irrigation & Drainage
24 6.76
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
975 Identification of socio-economic factors affecting livelihoods of rural women and
younger households
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Center for Development and Decent
Work (ICDD)
Dr. Muhammad Khalid Bashir
Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Resource
Economics 24 2.13
976 Socio-economic determinants of agricultural
credit access and misuse in rice, cotton, wheat growers of Pakistan
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Center for Development and Decent
Work (ICDD) Dr. Ghaffar Ali
Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Resource
Economics 24 6.49
977 Energy self-sufficient farms initiative, A
sustainable clean energy technology for farm through Pyrolyser biomass reactors(PBR)
International Collaborative
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
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
PARB Dr. Muhammad
Ahsan Associate Professor
Plant Breeding & Genetics
60 27.39
979 Empowering women through capacity building
in off-farm earning activities in developing countries
International Collaborative
Research Projects
The United Kingdom’s Department for International
Development (DfID)
Dr. Rakhshanda Kousar
Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Resource
Economics 24 17.06
980 Bio-Focused Gold-Catalyzed Synthesis of
Functionalized Diary1 Sulfides
International Collaborative
Research Projects ISESCO Research Grants
Dr. Muhammad Abid Rashid
Assistant Professor
Chemistry 24 0.99
981 Establishing food policy research cell at the
University of Agriculture,Faisalabad
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Pak-US Science & Technology cooperation Program
Prof. Dr. Muhammad
Ashfaq Professor
Agricultural and Resource
Economics 36 44.26
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
982 Antimicrobial and Anticancer Activities of
Asteraceae Family Medicinal Plants
International Collaborative
Research Projects ISESCO Research Grants
Dr. Rasheed Ahmad Khera
Assistant Professor
Chemistry 24 1.02
983 Overexpressing stPR10 in wheat for enhanced
stress tolerance
International Collaborative
Research Projects ISESCO Research Grants
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects ISESCO Research Grants
Dr. Ghulam Mustafa
Assistant Professor
CABB 24 1.02
985 Engineering resistance in Gossypium hirsutum
through AMPs technology against fungal pathogens
International Collaborative
Research Projects ISESCO Research Grants
Dr. Amjad Abbas
Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology 24 1.02
986
Risk assessment of zero-valent iron nanoparticles deployment to remediate
Hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) contained soils in up-flow lab scale wet soil systems
International Collaborative
Research Projects ISESCO Research Grants
Dr. Safdar Bashir
Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 24 1.02
987 Exploring the potential of LRR-NBS encoding
genes for conferring disease resistance in Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)
International Collaborative
Research Projects ISESCO Research Grants
Dr. Rana Muhammad
Atif
Assistant Professor
Plant Breeding & Genetics
24 1.02
988 Expressing Fibrinolytic Protein
“Lumbrokinase― in Tobacco Chloroplasts
International Collaborative
Research Projects ISESCO Research Grants
Dr. Faiz Ahmad Joyia
Assistant Professor
CABB 24 1.02
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
989 RNA Profiling of Mungbean Plant Infected with
begomoviru
International Collaborative
Research Projects ISESCO Research Grants
Dr. Muhammad Mubin
Assistant Professor
CABB 24 1.02
990 Development of Improved Female Date Palm
Plants with Novel Marker-Assisted Sex Differentiation Technology
International Collaborative
Research Projects ISESCO Research Grants
Dr. Faisal Saeed Awan
Assistant Professor
CABB 12 1.02
991 Identification of Gene Encoding Ca+ Binding
Protein in Fluid Feeding Insects
International Collaborative
Research Projects ISESCO Research Grants
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects ISESCO Research Grants
Dr. Muhammad Amjad Ali
Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology 24 1.02
993 Formation of Nano-Sized Magnetite and its Use
to Remove Pharmaceutical Residues in Wastewater
International Collaborative
Research Projects ISESCO Research Grants
Dr. Muhammad Usman (Soil
Science)
Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 16 0.94
994 Formation and Characterization of Silymarin
Nanosuspensiion with Enhanced Hepatoprotective potential
International Collaborative
Research Projects ISESCO Research Grants
Dr. Nazish Jahan
Assistant Professor
Chemistry 24 1.01
995 Prediction of future host shits for geminviradea
with respect to host phylogeny
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS)
Mr. Saad Serfraz
Lecturer CABB 36 1.25
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
996
Trees of the Future: Climate Change Assessment and Mitigation through
Intraspecific Genetic Diversity and Phenotype Plasticity
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK-US Science & Technology Cooperation Program 2014
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK-US Science & Technology Cooperation Program 2014
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK-US Science & Technology Cooperation Program 2014
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK-US Science & Technology Cooperation Program 2014
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK-US Science & Technology Cooperation Program 2014
Dr. Muhammad Asif Hanif
Assistant Professor
Chemistry 36 26.39
1001 Natural Products inspired bioactive compounds
from Cross-coupling reactions
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK-US Science & Technology Cooperation Program 2014
Dr. Rasheed Ahmad Khera
Assistant Professor
Chemistry 36 23.40
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK-US Science & Technology Cooperation Program 2014
Dr. Abdul Wakeel
Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 36 21.16
1003 Biodiesel from Rice Straws in Pakistan: A
Bioengineering Approach
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK-US Science & Technology Cooperation Program 2014
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK-US Science & Technology Cooperation Program 2014
Dr. Muhammad Anwar-ul-Haq
Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 36 26.36
1005 Implementing climate-smart dry chain
technology for seed and food security in Pakistan
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK-US Science & Technology Cooperation Program 2014
Dr. Irfan afzal Associate Professor
Agronomy 36 26.46
1006
Development of nanotechnology based remediation strategies for the removal of
pollutants (organic and inorganic) from industrial wastewater
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK-US Science & Technology Cooperation Program 2014
Dr. Muhammad Usman (Soil
Science)
Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 36 13.68
1007 Development of cost-effective controlled-release fertilizers to ensure food security
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK-US Science & Technology Cooperation Program 2014
Dr. Muhammad Sana Ullah
Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 36 11.33
1008 Urbanization of agricultural land: implications
for the peri-urban livelihoods in Faisalabad
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Center for Development and Decent
Work (ICDD)
Dr. Izhar Ahmad Khan
Associate Professor
Rural Sociology 36 6.60
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1009 inhibition of enhanced eryptosis in diabetes
mellitus and chronic kidney disease patient by plant bsed novel compunds
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK-US Science & Technology Cooperation Program 2014
Dr. Kashif Jilani Assistant Professor
Biochemistry 36 34.12
1010 Treatment and Management of Waste water for
Effective and Safe Use in Agriculture
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK-US Science & Technology Cooperation Program 2014
Prof. Dr. Ghulam Murtaza
Professor Soil &
Environmental Sciences
36 11.71
1011 Spatial Epidemiology and Genetics of Tick-Borne
Infections in Livestock Reservoir Host Populations
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK-US Science & Technology Cooperation Program 2014
Dr. Muhammad Sohail Sajid
Assistant Professor
Parasitology 36 25.42
1012 Raman Spectroscopy for Diagnosis of Hepatitis
C
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK-US Science & Technology Cooperation Program 2014
Dr. Haq Nawaz (Chemistry)
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK-US Science & Technology Cooperation Program 2014
Dr. Muhammad Imran Arshad
Assistant Professor
Microbiology 36 12.66
1014 Synthesis, solvatochromic, and proton transfer
studies of cyano-substituted hydroxyarenes
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK-US Science & Technology Cooperation Program 2014
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK-US Science & Technology Cooperation Program 2014
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK-US Science & Technology Cooperation Program 2014
Dr. Waqas Wakil
Assistant Professor
Entomology 36 14.93
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1017 Bioengineering of multi-toxin proteins and their expression in citrus to enable control the Asian
Citrus Psyllids
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK-US Science & Technology Cooperation Program 2014
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK-US Science & Technology Cooperation Program 2014
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK-US Science & Technology Cooperation Program 2014
Dr. Ghaffar Ali Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Resource
Economics 36 43.98
1020 Establishing accelerated in vitro regeneration and early flowering in sugarcane using viral
vectors
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK-US Science & Technology Cooperation Program 2014
Dr. Iqrar Ahmad Rana
Assistant Professor
CABB 36 16.77
1021 Domestication, Cultivation, Nutritional and
Nutraceutical Components of Wild Edible and Medicinal Mushrooms from Pakistan
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK-US Science & Technology Cooperation Program 2014
Dr. Muhammad Shahid
Associate Professor
Biochemistry 36 14.56
1022 Norovirus Evolution in Pakistan Compared to
the US Midwest During 2016-2018
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK-US Science & Technology Cooperation Program 2014
Dr. Nisar Ahmed
Associate Professor
CABB 36 13.96
1023 Income generation using solar based food
processing technologies for rural community
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Center for Development and Decent
Work (ICDD)
Dr. Anjum Munir
Associate Professor
Energy System Engineering
24 6.72
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1024 Genomic Selection in Sahiwal Cattle of Pakistan
for Improved Breeding and Utilization
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK-US Science & Technology Cooperation Program 2014
Dr. Muhammad Saif-ur-Rehman
Assistant Professor
Animal and Dairy Sciences
36 33.28
1025 Markers based analysis of major crops broad
stock for detection of hybridization and introgression
International Collaborative
Research Projects NACA, Thailand
Dr. Khalid Abbas
Assistant Professor
Zoology, Wildlife and
Fisheries 12 1.98
1026 Prevalence and antibiotic resistance profiling of Salmonella isolated from raw chicken meat and
products
Pakistan Science Foundation
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
International Collaborative
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.)
International Collaborative
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects IFS SWEDEN
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects IFS SWEDEN
Dr. Muhammad Imran Arshad
Assistant Professor
Microbiology 24 1.00
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1031 Molecular markers-aided evaluation of
biofortification potential of chickpea for combating micronutrient-malnutrition
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS) 2014
Dr. Rana Muhammad
Atif
Assistant Professor
Plant Breeding & Genetics
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS) 2014
Dr. Safdar Bashir
Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 24 1.21
1033 Utilizing bacterial endophytes as innovative
biological agents for improved crop production under water defecit conditions
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS) 2014
Dr. Muhammad Naveed
Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 24 1.21
1034 Phenotyping-genotyping wheat germplasm for
stay green trait and heat tolerance
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS) 2014
Dr. Hafeez ur Rehman
Lecturer Agronomy 24 1.21
1035 Isolation, cloning expression & bioactive
characterization of cyclotides (cliotide proteins) from local potential Clitoria plants
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS) 2014
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS) 2014
Dr. Kashif Jilani Assistant Professor
Biochemistry 24 1.24
1037 Application of fento-like oxidation to treat azo
dyes in industrial wastewater
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS) 2014
Dr. Muhammad Usman (Soil
Science)
Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 24 1.22
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1038 Remediation of textile wastewater using
magnetic graphene composites
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS) 2014
Dr. Muhammad Zahid
Assistant Professor
Chemistry 24 1.21
1039 Molecular aspects of antagonism between
fungal root endophyte and root-knot nematode in tomato
International Collaborative
Research Projects IFS SWEDEN
Dr. Muhammad Amjad Ali
Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology 24 1.21
1040 Raman spectroscopy for diagnosis of foot and
mouth disease in farm animals
International Collaborative
Research Projects IFS SWEDEN
Dr. Haq Nawaz (Chemistry)
Assistant Professor
Chemistry 24 1.21
1041 Development of Biofuels for the Poor Farmers
in Developing Countries
International Collaborative
Research Projects IFS SWEDEN
Dr. Muhammad Asif Hanif
Assistant Professor
Chemistry 24 1.21
1042 Biomass Potential and Quality of Sunflower and
maize cultivar: Implication for Biogas Production
International Collaborative
Research Projects IFS SWEDEN
Dr. Athar Mahmood
Assistant Professor
UAF Community College
24 1.21
1043 Identification and molecular characterization of plant viruses from monocotyledonous crops and
weeds of Southern Punjab, Pakistan
International Collaborative
Research Projects IFS SWEDEN
Dr. Sohail Akhtar
Assistant Professor
Sub-Campus Burewala-Vehari
24 1.18
1044 Biofuel production from algae: using industrial
effulents for stimulation of algea
International Collaborative
Research Projects IFS SWEDEN
Dr. Muhammad Rashid Waqas
Lecturer Soil &
Environmental Sciences
24 1.17
1045 Quantification and Characterization of Dietary
Fiber and ß-Glucan in Cereal Products
International Collaborative
Research Projects IFS SWEDEN
Mr. Muhammad
Asif Khan Lecturer
Sub-Campus Burewala-Vehari
24 1.15
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1046 Biological and molecular characterization of Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) infecting
tomato in Pakistan and its management
International Collaborative
Research Projects IFS SWEDEN
Dr. Khalid Naveed
Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology 24 1.12
1047 “Improving heat resistance in wheat during
reproductive and grain filling phases
International Collaborative
Research Projects IFS SWEDEN
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS) 2014
Dr. Ghaffar Ali Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Resource
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS) 2014
Dr. Faiz Ahmad Joyia
Assistant Professor
CABB 24 1.21
1050 Adaptation and pathogen profiling of gladiolus in various ecological zones of Pakistan for low
cost Agriculture
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS) 2014
Dr. Kashif Riaz Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology 18 1.21
1051 Effect of laser treatment on physiological,
morphological and biochemical properties of wheat to tolerate abiotic stress conditions
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS) 2014
Dr. Ayesha Younus
Assistant Professor
Physics 24 1.21
1052 Role of plant community compostitions in improving soil biological processes under
drought stress
International Collaborative
Research Projects IFS SWEDEN
Dr. Muhammad Sana Ullah
Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 12 1.15
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS)
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects PEEP USAID
Dr. Mubashir Mahdi
Assistant Professor
IBMS 12 0.94
1055 ICT farm Production Systems using precision
Agriculture Technologies
National Collaborative
Research Projects National ICT R&D Fund
Prof. Dr. Allah Bakhsh
Professor Irrigation &
Drainage 12 70.00
1056 Development of Mobile Agriculture Applications (MAgA) for Research Distribution and Real Time
Interaction
National Collaborative
Research Projects National ICT R&D Fund
Mr. Farjeel Javed
ITRCDB 24 20.00
1057 Soil Sustainability for Feed Security International Collaborative
Research Projects TWAS
Prof. Dr. Ghulam Murtaza
Professor Soil &
Environmental Sciences
12 1.06
1058 Extraction and modification of biofibers from
agricultural biomass for synthesis of biocomposites
Pakistan Science Foundation
NSLP Prof. Dr.
Muhammad Asghar
Professor Biochemistry 36 16.40
1059 Livestock insurance and respnse of farmers to
risk in a climate change scenario
International Collaborative
Research Projects
RISK FOUNDATION CHAIR, FRANCE
Prof. Dr. Sarfraz Hassan
Professor Agricultural and
Resource Economics
24 8.41
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1060 Peril plotting of trans fats intake in dissimilar
population clusters of Faisalabad region in Pakistan
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Muhammad Rashid Waqas
Lecturer Soil &
Environmental Sciences
36 5.00
1062 Identify the Aedes aegypti attraction and
repulsion towards botanical / medicinal plants in wind tunnel bioassay
National Collaborative
Research Projects
Pakistan Medical Research Council, Islamabad
Dr. Muhammad Azam
Assistant Professor
Horticultural Sciences
12 0.30
1063 Climate Change Induced Climate Refugees and Resultant Impacts on Children’s Nutrition of
Bangladesh and Pakistan
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Leveraging Agriculture for Nutrition in South Asia
(LANSA) Dr. Ghaffar Ali
Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Resource
Economics 24 9.02
1064
Impact assessment of Agroforestry on Socio-economic conditions of farmers and
sustainability of Chiniot’s furniture industry from policy perspective
International Collaborative
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
National Collaborative
Research Projects
Nagao Natural Environmental Foundation
Dr. Rashad Waseem Khan
Qadri
Assistant Professor
Horticultural Sciences
12 0.39
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1066 Strengthening Governance in Agriculture Sector
through Marketing Reforms: Stakeholders perceptions and dialogue
International Collaborative
Research Projects
CANADA FUND FOR LOCAL INTIATIVES (CFLI)
Dr. Abdul Ghafoor (IBMS)
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
International Collaborative
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.)
International Collaborative
Research Projects
JAPAN's Technical cooperation development
study and grant aid
Prof. Dr. Zahir Ahmad Zahir
Professor Soil &
Environmental Sciences
36 52.53
1069 Strengthening of disease diagnostic services to
the livestock and dairy farms
International Collaborative
Research Projects
JAPAN's Technical cooperation development
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
JAPAN's Technical cooperation development
study and grant aid
Dr. Muhammad Jehanzeb
Masud Cheema
Assistant Professor
Irrigation & Drainage
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
International Collaborative
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects MAIZE CGIAR Dr. Irfan afzal
Associate Professor
Agronomy 12 43.79
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(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
International Collaborative
Research Projects MAIZE CGIAR
Prof. Dr. Muhammad Yaseen (ISES)
Professor Soil &
Environmental Sciences
12 5.02
1074 Inheritance of resistance and validation of
molecular markers linked to mungbean yellow mosaic virus resistance
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
PARB Dr. Muhammad
Aslam (PBG) Assistant Professor
Plant Breeding & Genetics
36 12.95
1075 Use of information technologies for Precision
Agriculture
National Collaborative
Research Projects National ICT R&D Fund
Prof. Dr. Allah Bakhsh
Professor Irrigation &
Drainage 36 79.00
1076 The Potential of pol, subtropical and tropical
marine organisms for nutraceuticals and pharmaceuticals purposes
International Collaborative
Research Projects UNESCO
Prof. Dr. Masood Sadiq
Butt Professor NIFSAT 24 4.57
1077 Graphene based magnetic nanocomposites:
synthesis and their application in waste water treatment
International Collaborative
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
Pakistan Science Foundation
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
National Collaborative
Research Projects
Pakistan Madical Research Council
Dr. Shahid Majeed
Assistant Professor
Entomology 12 0.30
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(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.)
Pakistan Science Foundation
NSLP Dr. Muhammad Farrukh Saleem
Associate Professor
Agronomy 36 2.95
1081 Establishment of dRIT Technology for the Rabies
Diagnosis in Pakistan
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Fazal
Mahmood Assistant Professor
Pathology 36 6.00
1082 Genetic Varability Distribution Resistant
populations of American Bollworm (Helicoverpa armigera Hunber)
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
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
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
PARB Dr. Imran-ul-
Haq Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology 60 23.11
1085
Legumes with benefits: Integrating legumes as catch crop into the dryland systems of South
East Asia for better livelihood and improved soil fertility
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Leveraging Agriculture for Nutrition in South Asia
(LANSA)
Prof. Dr. Zahir Ahmad Zahir
Professor Soil &
Environmental Sciences
24 11.85
1086 Development of therapeutic diet (Probiotic enriched) to tackle nutrients absorption and
malnutrition
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Leveraging Agriculture for Nutrition in South Asia
(LANSA)
Prof. Dr. Tahir Zahoor
Professor NIFSAT 36 11.51
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1087 Risk assessment of waste water irrigation for
vegetable cultivation in farming community―
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Leveraging Agriculture for Nutrition in South Asia
(LANSA)
Dr. Hafiza Masooma
Naseer Cheema
Assistant Professor
Plant Breeding & Genetics
12 10.16
1088 Food utilization among women and younger household members living at the outskirts of
textile cities of Pakistan and Bangladesh
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Leveraging Agriculture for Nutrition in South Asia
(LANSA)
Dr. Muhammad Khalid Bashir
Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Resource
Economics 12 7.15
1089 Women Empowerment through Agriculture International Collaborative
Research Projects
Leveraging Agriculture for Nutrition in South Asia
(LANSA) Dr. Saira Akhtar
Associate Professor
Rural Sociology 12 8.50
1090 Women Empowerment and its Impact on Child
Nutrition Pakistan
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Leveraging Agriculture for Nutrition in South Asia
(LANSA)
Dr. Rakhshanda Kousar
Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Resource
Economics 12 9.12
1091 Plugging Postharvest Nutrient Gap in
Vegetables Supply Chain to Improve Community Nutrition―
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Leveraging Agriculture for Nutrition in South Asia
(LANSA)
Prof. Dr. Aman Ullah Malik
Professor Horticultural
Sciences 24 11.85
1092 Safety / acceptablility trial of a locally produced
lipid based nutrient supplement (LNS) for malnourished pregnant and lactating women
National Collaborative
Research Projects
United Nations World Food Programme, Islamabad
Prof. Dr. Masood Sadiq
Butt Professor NIFSAT 6 3.16
1093 Building Research Capacity of Young Scientists
of Pakistan
International Collaborative
Research Projects Global Development Network
Prof. Dr. Asif Ali Khan
Professor Plant Breeding
& Genetics 24 17.65
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1094 A whole of chain approach: Panacea or
opportunity for rural industry development in developing countries
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Leveraging Agriculture for Nutrition in South Asia
(LANSA)
Dr. Mubashir Mahdi
Assistant Professor
IBMS 24 4.20
1095 consumer valuation of differnet ice cream
attributes Higher Education
Commission SRGP 2013
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
International Collaborative
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
International Collaborative
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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Muhammad Saif-ur-Rehman
Assistant Professor
Animal and Dairy Sciences
36 9.00
1099 Improving Sugarcane Yield by Employing
Genome Mapping Technologies
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Faisal Saeed
Awan Assistant Professor
CABB 36 17.57
1100 Development of functional foods through
extruded wheat bran
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Prof. Dr. Faqir Muhammad Anjum (Rtd.)
Professor NIFSAT 36 9.50
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(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
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
PARB Dr. Muhammad
Shahid Mahmood
Associate Professor
Microbiology 36 18.16
1102
Dual hit strategy for immune-potentiation of Newscastle Disease vaccine by using cytokines
and toll like receptor mimeties as vaccine adjuvants
Pakistan Science Foundation
NSLP Dr. Muhammad
Imran Arshad Assistant Professor
Microbiology 24 1.77
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
Pakistan Science Foundation
NSLP Prof. Dr. Nazir
Javed Professor Plant Pathology 36 3.68
1104 Hydrological responses to climate change in the
Jhelum river basin using CMIP5 Data Higher Education
Commission IPFP Startup Research Grant
Program 2013 Dr. Rashid Mahmood
Assistant Professor
Irrigation & Drainage
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
International Collaborative
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects TIKA ,TURKEY
Prof. Dr. Muhammad
Ashfaq Professor
Agricultural and Resource
Economics 60 0.30
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1107 Preparation and comparative pharmaceuticals
prospective of various forms of silymarin to manage and attenuate hepatic disorders
Higher Education Commission
NRPU 2014 Prof. Dr. Khalil
ur Rehman Professor Biochemistry 24 2.94
1108 Eliminating terrorism from Pakistan: Developing
the Strategic keys Higher Education
Commission NRPU 2014
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
Commission NRPU 2014
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
Higher Education Commission
NRPU 2014 Prof. Dr.
Nuzhat Huma Professor NIFSAT 24 11.09
1111 Up-gradation of rural poultry: A smallholder
poultry improvement programme Higher Education
Commission NRPU 2014
Dr. Sibtain Ahmad
Assistant Professor
UAF Sub-Campus, Toba
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
Higher Education Commission
NRPU 2014 Prof. Dr. Hammad
Ahmad Khan Professor
Zoology, Wildlife and
Fisheries 36 6.40
1113 Improving drought tolerance in wheat through
silicon nutrition Higher Education
Commission NRPU 2014 Dr. Tariq Aziz
Associate Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 24 5.65
1114 Integration of resistance, chemicals and plant
nutrition for the management of die back disease in guava
Higher Education Commission
NRPU 2014 Mr. Amir Habib Lecturer Plant Pathology 36 9.49
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1115 Emission control from the heavy duty engines
by using catalytic convertor Higher Education
Commission NRPU 2014
Prof. Dr. Abdul Ghafoor (IS&ES)
Professor Soil &
Environmental Sciences
24 1.15
1116 Establishment of diagnostic laboratory and
plant health clinic at University of Agriculture, Faisalabad
Higher Education Commission
NRPU 2014 Prof. Dr.
Muhammad Jalal Arif
Professor Entomology 36 11.99
1117 Assessing the role of exogenously applied zinc
to wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) for biofortification
Higher Education Commission
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
Higher Education Commission
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
Higher Education Commission
NRPU 2014 Prof. Dr. Jafar
Jaskani Professor
Horticultural Sciences
36 6.75
1120 Evaluation of chilling tolerance potential and its
enhancement in vegetables Higher Education
Commission NRPU 2014
Prof. Dr. Aslam Pervez (Late)
Professor Horticultural
Sciences 36 10.58
1121 Studies on superovulatory response, embryo
recovery, cryopreservation and transfer in dromedary camel (Camelus Dromedarius)
Higher Education Commission
NRPU 2014 Prof. Dr. Zafar Iqbal Qureshi
Professor Theriogenology 36 12.17
1122 Evaluation of morpho-genetic diversity in pomegranate genetic resources and their
conservation as germplasm repository
Higher Education Commission
NRPU 2014 Prof. Dr. Jafar
Jaskani Professor
Horticultural Sciences
36 6.74
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(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
Higher Education Commission
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
Higher Education Commission
NRPU 2014 Prof. Dr. Haq Nawaz Bhatti (Chemistry)
Professor Chemistry 36 7.48
1125
Enhancing productivity of no input rainfed chickpea-chickpea monocropping system
through organic bio-stimulants and NPK foliar feeding
Higher Education Commission
NRPU 2014 Prof. Dr. Asif
Tanveer Professor Agronomy 36 3.30
1126 Manipulating fruiting branches can manage pre-mature sentscence and pest damage in cotton
Higher Education Commission
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
Higher Education Commission
NRPU 2014 Dr. Muhammad
Jehanzeb Masud Cheema
Assistant Professor
Irrigation & Drainage
36 5.84
1128
Molecular characterization of storage and field associated pathogens of gladiolus (Gladiolus
grandiflorus) from different ecological areas of Pakistan and their management―
Higher Education Commission
NRPU Dr. Kashif Riaz Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology 36 9.69
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1129 Exogenous application of silicon to monitor salinity and drought tolerance in wheat to
rejuvenate salt affected field’s
Higher Education Commission
NRPU 2014 Dr. Muhammad Anwar-ul-Haq
Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 36 5.03
1130 Risk assessment for potent mycotoxins in entire
value chain of Pakistani rice― Higher Education
Commission NRPU
Dr. Imran Pasha
Associate Professor
NIFSAT 24 4.07
1131 Development of Meat-type poultry birds for
rural poultry production― Higher Education
Commission NRPU 2014
Prof. Dr. Zia ur Rehman
Professor UAF Sub-
Campus, Toba Tek Singh
36 10.50
1132 In-vitro assessment of metals tolerance in hexa
and tetraploid wheat and its implication at whole plant level
Higher Education Commission
NRPU 2014 Dr. Muhammad
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
Higher Education Commission
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
Higher Education Commission
NRPU 2014 Dr. Syed Hamid Hussain Shah
Assistant Professor
Irrigation & Drainage
36 6.41
1135 Production technology development of quinoa
under varying environment of Pakistan as a potential climate resilient alternate grain
Higher Education Commission
NRPU 2014 Dr. Hassan
Munir Assistant Professor
Agronomy 36 6.49
1136 Perspective of boron impregnated urea for improving yield and quality of oilseed crops
Higher Education Commission
NRPU 2014 Dr. Shamsa
Kanwal Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 36 9.40
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1137 Synthesis, solvatochromic and proton transfer
studies of cyano-substituted hydroquinones and their methoxy analogues
Higher Education Commission
NRPU 2014 Dr. Muhammad
Zahid Assistant Professor
Chemistry 36 8.20
1138 Indigenous carrot seed production: A holistic
approach for local industry Higher Education
Commission NRPU 2014
Dr. Khurram Ziaf
Assistant Professor
Horticultural Sciences
36 5.35
1139 Exploring the role of inulin extracted from
chicory and Jerusalem artichoke as a functional food ingredient
Higher Education Commission
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
Higher Education Commission
NRPU 2014 Dr. Khuda
Bakhsh Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Resource
Economics 36 2.01
1141 Assessment of persistent organic pollutants
(POPs) in wastewater irrigated areas and their rhizoremediation
Higher Education Commission
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
Higher Education Commission
NRPU 2014 Dr. Iqrar
Ahmad Rana Assistant Professor
CABB 36 7.96
1143
Improving drought and salinity tolerance in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) by exogenous application of salicylic acid and potassium
nitrate
Higher Education Commission
NRPU 2014 Dr. Shakeel
Ahmad Anjum Assistant Professor
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.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(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
Higher Education Commission
NRPU 2014 Dr. Muhammad
Asif Hanif Assistant Professor
Chemistry 36 9.38
1146 Development of low cost water filters using
green bioresin technology for removal of heavy metals from aqueous/industrial effluents
Higher Education Commission
NRPU 2014 Dr. Raziya Nadeem
Assistant Professor
Chemistry 36 13.16
1147 Micro-propagation of date palm (Phoenix
dactylifera L.) Higher Education
Commission NRPU 2014
Dr. Rashad Waseem Khan
Qadri
Assistant Professor
Horticultural Sciences
36 11.72
1148 Assessing the arsenic risk from contaminated water, soil and food/fodder crops in Punjab,
Pakistan
Higher Education Commission
NRPU 2014 Dr. Nabeel Khan Niazi
Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
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
Higher Education Commission
NRPU 2014 Dr. Muhammad Zia ur Rehman
(IS&ES)
Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
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
Higher Education Commission
NRPU 2014 Dr. Rasheed
Ahmad Khera Assistant Professor
Chemistry 36 8.89
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1151
Quantitative determination of radioactivity contamination in food for physical and
processed forms under natural and nuclear emergency environment
Higher Education Commission
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
Higher Education Commission
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
Higher Education Commission
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
Higher Education Commission
NRPU 2014 Dr. Ghazanfar
Ali Khan Assistant Professor
Agricultural Extension and
Rural Development
36 2.22
1155 Development of spinning potential based
intelligent cotton grading system for textile industry
Higher Education Commission
NRPU 2014 Dr. Assad
Farooq Assistant Professor
Fibre and Textile
Technology 24 6.73
1156 Manipulating fruiting branches can manage pre-mature senescence and pest damage in cotton
Higher Education Commission
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
National Collaborative
Research Projects
World Wide Fund (WWF) Pakistan under Small Grant
Program (SGP)
Prof. Dr. Hammad
Ahmad Khan Professor
Zoology, Wildlife and
Fisheries 12 0.30
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(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
Higher Education Commission
NRPU 2014 Dr. Muhammad
Saqib (CMS) Assistant Professor
Clinical Medicine &
Surgery 36 6.58
1159 Enhancing utilization of bioactivated indigenous
rock phosphate with bagasse & Bio-char in poultry
Higher Education Commission
NRPU 2014 Dr. Fazal
Mahmood Assistant Professor
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
Higher Education Commission
NRPU 2014 Dr. Sajid Aleem
Khan Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology 36 7.32
1161 Diagnostic pathology of neoplastic diseases of
poultry Higher Education
Commission NRPU 2014
Dr. Muhammad Kashif Saleemi
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
Higher Education Commission
NRPU 2014 Dr. Muhammad
Sabir Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 36 5.14
1163 Economic impact of integrated pest
management (IPM) and risk analysis in Bt cotton production
Higher Education Commission
NRPU 2014 Dr. Maqsood
Hussain Associate Professor
Agricultural Extension and
Rural Development
12 1.61
1164
Potential of insect pathogens and other bio-rational approaches in controlling Chilo
partellus Swinhoe (Lepidoptera:Crambidae) on maize
Higher Education Commission
NRPU 2014 Dr. Waqas
Wakil Assistant Professor
Entomology 36 11.94
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1165 Ion liquid synthesis and their applications for the removal of heavy metal ions in aqueous
solution
Higher Education Commission
NRPU 2014 Dr. Muhammad
Zahid Assistant Professor
Chemistry 24 3.78
1166 Identification and isolation of antiviral agents
from indigenous plants to treat new castle disease in poultry birds
Higher Education Commission
NRPU 2014 Dr. Bilal Aslam Assistant Professor
Pharmacy, Physiology and Pharmacology
36 10.00
1167 Enhancing yield, quality and water use
efficiency of salt tolerant grass species through nutrient management on salt-affected soils
Higher Education Commission
NRPU 2014 Dr. Muhammad
Saqib (CMS) Assistant Professor
Clinical Medicine &
Surgery 36 6.43
1168 Biodiversity, monitoring and management of
click beetles (Elateridae: Coleoptera) using semiochemicals in Punjab Pakistan
Higher Education Commission
NRPU 2014 Dr. Muhammad
Sufian Assistant Professor
Entomology 36 10.00
1169 Development of Nano phytopharmaceuticals
with enhanced antioxidant and cardioprotective potential
Higher Education Commission
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
Commission NRPU 2014
Dr. Aamir Shahzad
Assistant Professor
NIFSAT 24 3.89
1171 Probing drought mechanisms is sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum) at molecular level
using biotechnological approaches
Higher Education Commission
NRPU 2014 Dr. Siddra Ijaz Assistant Professor
CABB 36 6.96
1172 Development of Meat-type poultry birds for
rural poultry production Higher Education
Commission NRPU 2014
Dr. Zia-ur-Rehman
Assistant Professor
UAF Sub-Campus, Toba
Tek Singh 36 10.50
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1173 Heterologous expression of mycoparasite
derived glucanolytic and chitinolytic enzymes in potato, to combat fungal pathogens
Pakistan Science Foundation
NSLP Dr. Ghulam
Mustafa Assistant Professor
CABB 36 3.96
1174 A randomized remedial education program
targeting cognitive and non-cognitive skills of primary children to improve learning
International Collaborative
Research Projects ISESCO RESEARCH GRANT
Dr. Aisha Siddique
Assistant Professor
Home Sciences 24 0.09
1175
Cost-effective Production of Cell-wall Degrading Enzymes in Higher Plant Chloroplast for
Bioethanol Production from Lignocellulose Plant Biomass
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
PARB Prof. Dr.
Muhammad Sarwar (CABB)
Professor CABB 36 12.61
1176 Developing a vision system for non-destructive
measurement of plant leaf area Pakistan Science
Foundation NSLP
Dr. Muhammad Ahsan Latif
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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Prof. Dr. Javaid
Akhtar Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 24 3.00
1178 Investigations on the grain quality attributes of
wheat subjected to heat stress at terminal growth periods
Pakistan Science Foundation
NSLP Prof. Dr. Abdul
Wahid Professor Botany 36 3.83
1179 Biological evaluation of silage from leguminous and non-leguminous crops on commercial basis
International Collaborative
Research Projects IFPRI-PSSP, USA
Dr. Shahid Ibni Zamir
Assistant Professor
Agronomy 12 24.47
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1180
Influence of sodium bicarbonate modifier on metabolic problems, productive and
reproductive performance in early lactating goats
Pakistan Science Foundation
NSLP Dr. Nasir Ali
Tauqir Assistant Professor
Animal and Dairy Sciences
36 3.97
1181 Challenges and opportunities in vegetable seed
distribution sysem in Pakistan
International Collaborative
Research Projects PSSP COMPETITIVE GRANT
Dr. Shahzad Kouser
Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Resource
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Food Policy Research Institute 2014
Dr. Muhammad Shahid
Associate Professor
Biochemistry 12 8.29
1183 Producing More with Less Resources by
Capacity Building of Farmers under Changing Climate Scenario of Pakistan
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Food Policy Research Institute 2014
Dr. Athar Mahmood
Assistant Professor
UAF Community College
12 4.88
1184 Socio Economic Impact of Climate Change on Vulnerable Agro Ecological Zones of Punjab
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Food Policy Research Institute 2014
Prof. Dr. Ashfaq Ahmad Chattha
Professor Agronomy 12 4.69
1185 Improving Crop Production Practices to Adapt
Changing Climate and Promote Rural Prosperity in next fifty years
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Food Policy Research Institute 2014
Dr. Tasneem Khaliq
Assistant Professor
Agronomy 12 4.00
1186 Screening and evaluation of potential native ornamental species for speciality cut flower
production
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Food Policy Research Institute 2014
Prof. Dr. Iftikhar Ahmed
(Zoology) Professor
Zoology, Wildlife and
Fisheries 12 4.00
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1187 Molecular study for sustainable development
and conservation of honey bee farming in Pakistan
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Food Policy Research Institute 2014
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Food Policy Research Institute 2014
Dr. Kashif Riaz Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology 12 4.20
1189 Policy implications of increasing sugar mills in
district Rahim Yar Khan
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Food Policy Research Institute 2014
Dr. Nasir Nadeem
Assistant Professor
Sub-Campus Burewala-Vehari
12 1.62
1190 Development of renewable energy technologies
for value addition
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Food Policy Research Institute 2014
Dr. Anjum Munir
Associate Professor
Energy System Engineering
12 2.65
1191
Noval alternatives of toxic chemical insecticides for sustainable insect control programmes:
Improving Socio-Economic and health standards of agriculture farmers
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Food Policy Research Institute 2014
Dr. Zain- ul-Abdin
Assistant Professor
Entomology 12 4.85
1192 Economic Growth and Enhancing protein
availability by improving local chickens
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Food Policy Research Institute 2014
Dr. Zia-ur-Rehman
Assistant Professor
UAF Sub-Campus, Toba
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Food Policy Research Institute 2014
Prof. Dr. Muhammad
Younas Professor
Animal and Dairy Sciences
12 4.87
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1194 Improving the Performance of Business
Enterprises in the Pakistan’s Horticultural Sector through a Whole of Chain Approach
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Food Policy Research Institute 2014
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Food Policy Research Institute 2014
Dr. Shaukat Ali Bhatti
Assistant Professor
Animal and Dairy Sciences
12 4.92
1196 Remote Sensing and GIS based salinity
monitoring system for the province of Punjab, Pakistan
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Food Policy Research Institute 2014
Dr. Muhammad Javed Akhtar
Associate Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 12 4.87
1197 Prospects of drip irrigation from farmers view
point and its socio-economic concerns
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Food Policy Research Institute 2014
Prof. Dr. Allah Bakhsh
Professor Irrigation &
Drainage 12 4.22
1198
Quantitative Determination of Activity Contamination in Food (Vegetables, Fruit and Meat) Under Natural and Nuclear Emergency
Environment
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Food Policy Research Institute 2014
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Food Policy Research Institute 2014
Dr. Nausheen Syed
Assistant Professor
IBMS 12 2.02
1200 Strategy to improve farmers' productivity, export potential and stable price of onion
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Food Policy Research Institute 2014
Prof. Dr. Muhammad
Amjad Professor
Horticultural Sciences
12 1.05
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Food Policy Research Institute 2014
Dr. Syed Hamid Hussain Shah
Assistant Professor
Irrigation & Drainage
12 4.90
1202 Determination of Textile Firms Growth and
Profitability in Pakistan
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Food Policy Research Institute 2014
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Food Policy Research Institute 2014
Dr. Ghaffar Ali Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Resource
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects IFPRI
Prof. Dr. Amer Jamil
Professor Biochemistry 12 4.88
1205
On-farm evaluation of optical sensor technology to minimize environmental impacts and
maximize production efficiencies associated with N applications in wheat
Higher Education Commission
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
Pakistan Science Foundation
PSF Prof. Dr. Sohail
Ahmad Professor Entomology 36 1.90
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1207 Establishment and evaluation of switchgrass
(Panicum Virgatum L.) yield potential and pest status in Pakistan
Pakistan Science Foundation
NSLP Dr. Fatima Mustafa
Assistant Professor
Entomology 36 3.66
1208 drying bead technology for improving seed
storage of agronomic and horticultural crops
International Collaborative
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects Grand Challenges Canada
Dr. Abdul Wakeel
Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 18 10.31
1210 Preservation and Propogation of Healthy
Shisham (Delbergia sissoo)through cloning of resistant germplasm against Diebak Disease
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
PARB Dr. Imran-ul-
Haq Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology 60 7.41
1211 Evaluation of different zincated fertilizers for
improving rice yield and quality Pakistan Science
Foundation PSF
Prof. Dr. Muhammad
Maqsood Professor Agronomy 36 1.95
1212
Microwave hydrodiffusion and gravity: An evnironmental friendly extraction method for recovery of anthocyanin from indigenous fruit
by products
International Collaborative
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
Ghafoor (IBMS) Assistant Professor
IBMS 24 25.00
1214 Analysis of various value chains operating in
citrus industry Pakistan Science
Foundation Technical Assistance of
Turkey Dr. Waseem
Ahmad Assistant Professor
IBMS 24 25.00
1215 Commercial potentialities of essential oil of
Ocimum members Pakistan Science
Foundation PSF
Dr. Muhammad Asif Hanif
Assistant Professor
Chemistry 36 1.99
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1216 Feeding and Assimilation Rates of Lepidoterous
and Orthopterous Insects of Economic Importance on Preferred Host Plants
Higher Education Commission
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
National Collaborative
Research Projects
Pakistan Medical Research Council, Islamabad
Dr. Muhammad Imran Arshad
Assistant Professor
Microbiology 12 0.50
1218 productivity assessment of system of rice
intensification in the cimate change scenario for the food security
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS) 2014
Dr. Fahd Rasul Assistant Professor
Agronomy 24 1.19
1219 Characterization of cucumber (Cucumis sativus) germplasm for biotic stress and innate immune
response
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS) 2014
Dr. Hafiza Masooma
Naseer Cheema
Assistant Professor
Plant Breeding & Genetics
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS) 2014
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS) 2014
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS) 2014
Dr. Muhammad Asif Hanif
Assistant Professor
Chemistry 24 1.19
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1223 Identification of rice genotypes with improved Zn uptake efficiency and high grain Zn contents
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS) 2014
Dr. Hafeez ur Rehman
Lecturer Agronomy 24 1.13
1224 Production of first and second generation
biofuels from Pakistani Oil Seed Crops and other valuable plants
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS) 2014
Dr. Muhammad Asif Hanif
Assistant Professor
Chemistry 24 1.19
1225 Synthesis of Ionic Liquid and their use in
Biodiesel Production
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS) 2014
Mr. Rizwan Haider
Student Chemistry 36 1.16
1226 Degradation of selected pesticides using
Fenton’s reaction based advanced oxidation processes
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS) 2014
Ms. Asma Tabasum
Student Chemistry 24 1.15
1227 Synthesis of Ionic Liquid and their application
for waste water treatment
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS) 2014
Ms. Zubera Naseem
Student Chemistry 36 1.19
1228 Paharang drain waste water: An attempt to
make is feasible for irrigation
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS) 2014
Dr. Muhammad Zahid
Assistant Professor
Chemistry 36 1.19
1229 Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy: A dynamic approach to identify adulterants in
local food
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS) 2014
Dr. Amna Sahar Assistant Professor
Food Engineering
24 1.18
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS) 2014
Dr. Irshad Bibi Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 15 1.17
1231 Evaluation of edible coatings prepared with electrospraying; A novel technique for food
industry
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS) 2014
Dr. Muhammad Kashif Iqbal
Khan
Assistant Professor
Food Engineering
24 1.17
1232 solvent free extraction of anthocyanin and
betalain pigments and their stabilization study in diary products
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS) 2014
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS) 2014
Dr. Muhammad Arshad
(Entomology)
Assistant Professor
Entomology 36 1.19
1234 A new trend in bakery products: Development
of vege-bread
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS) 2014
Dr. Amir Shahzad
Assistant Professor
NIFSAT 24 1.19
1235 Enhancing photosynthetic efficiency by
expression of RuBisCO activase in Rice plastids
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS) 2014
Dr. Faiz Ahmad Joyia
Assistant Professor
CABB 36 1.16
1236 Characterization and over-expression of
sugarcane derived Scdr1 gene in sugarcane to combat abiotic stresses
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS) 2014
Dr. Ghulam Mustafa
Assistant Professor
CABB 36 1.18
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(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
International Collaborative
Research Projects IMMANA GRANTS
Dr. Muhammad Shahid
Associate Professor
Biochemistry 36 3.85
1238
Application of probiotic Lactobacillus rhamnosus and E. coli Nissle 1917 against Foodborne Shiga Toxin-Producing E.coli
infections
Pakistan Science Foundation
NSLP Dr. Syed
Mashkoor Mohsin Gilani
Assistant Professor
Microbiology 24 3.60
1239 Evaluation and enhancement of
thermotolerance in summer vegetables Pakistan Science
Foundation NSLP
Prof. Dr. Aslam Pervez (Late)
Professor Horticultural
Sciences 36 3.93
1240 Nutritional status of silage of from cereal
legume forages grown in different row, seed ratios and tillage practices
Pakistan Science Foundation
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
Pakistan Science Foundation
PSF Dr. Shahid Ibni
Zamir Assistant Professor
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
ICIMOD/SERVIR-Himalaya Small Grant Programme
Dr. Muhammad Shahid
Associate Professor
Biochemistry 12 2.55
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
ICIMOD/SERVIR-Himalaya Small Grant Programme
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
Pakistan Science Foundation
NSLP Dr. Muhammad
Sohail Sajid Assistant Professor
Parasitology 36 1.98
1246 Crop area monitoring and yield estimation using intelligent pixel information and GIS modeling
International Collaborative
Research Projects
ICIMOD/SERVIR-Himalaya Small Grant Programme
Dr. Muhammad Jehanzeb
Masud Cheema
Assistant Professor
Irrigation & Drainage
12 2.54
1247 Adaptation and performance evaluation of
indigenous biomass briquette forming machine Punjab Agricultural
Research Board PARB Dr. Abdul Nasir
Associate Professor
Structures & Environmental
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
Higher Education Commission
IPFP Startup Research Grant Program 2013
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
Prof. Dr. Masood Sadiq
Butt Professor NIFSAT 15 5.75
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1251 Optimization of sowing time and effect of stress and nutrients on growth of milk thistle (Silybum
marianum)
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Muhammad
Shahid Associate Professor
Biochemistry 36 12.36
1254 Impact of climate change on agricultural crop
yield in disaster prone areas
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Ghaffar Ali Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Resource
Economics 24 4.15
1255 Climate Change and food securiy Nexus: A case
of Punjab, Pakistan
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Ghaffar Ali Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Resource
Economics 24 4.30
1256 Increased food security and farm income in Pakistan's Indust Basin through integrated
analysis of water policy choices
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Khuda
Bakhsh Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Resource
Economics 36 4.89
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1257 value of improved information in Rain-fed agriculture of Pakistan: A perfect weather
forecast
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Abedullah Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Resource
Economics 36 4.00
1258 Farmer preferences for abiotic stress tolerance in hybird versus inbred wheat: A case study of
Punjab, Pakistan
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Shahzad
Kouser Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Resource
Economics 36 4.00
1259 Estimating impacts of BT cotton on biodiversity pesticide use and yeild: A farm level evidence
from Punjab, Pakistan
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Khuda
Bakhsh Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Resource
Economics 36 7.39
1260 Fattening potential evaluation of Cholistani and
Dajal males under optimum feeding and intensive management system
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Mr.
Muhammad Yaqoob
Animal and
Dairy Sciences 36 8.50
1261
Growth performance of Marecha camelid (Camelus dromedarius) reared under different
management systemsand intensive management system
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Mr.
Muhammad Yaqoob
Animal and
Dairy Sciences 36 8.00
1262 Future flock recycling techniques in poultry,
animal welfare issue and their impact on production performance and economics
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Muhammad
Yousaf Assistant Professor
Animal and Dairy Sciences
36 26.50
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1263 Documentation and Conservation of mundri a
new breed of sheep
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Faiz-ul-
Hassan Lecturer
Animal and Dairy Sciences
36 3.80
1264 Conservation and utilization of Nachi goat
through improved breeding
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Muhammad Saif-ur-Rehman
Assistant Professor
Animal and Dairy Sciences
36 3.60
1265 Development of optimized nutrient calculation system for smallholders livestock farms in and
around Faisalabad
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Muhammad
Sharif Assistant Professor
Animal and Dairy Sciences
36 4.00
1266 Induction of lactation in culled dairy animals (Cattles and buffaloes) by harmonal therapy
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Bilal Aslam Assistant Professor
Pharmacy, Physiology and Pharmacology
36 4.20
1268 Understanding pathogen-pathogen and host-pathogen interactions for combating major
respiratory pathogenes of poultry
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Muhammad
Ashraf Assistant Professor
Microbiology 36 5.60
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Prof. Dr. Sajjad-
ur-Rehman Professor Microbiology 36 14.00
1270 Invitro production, cryopreservation and
transfer of Sahiwal cow embryos
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Huma Jamil Assistant Professor
Theriogenology 36 19.73
1271 Development of a herbal formulation for
treatment of sarcoptic mange in sheep and human: One Health approach
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Zia ud Din
Sindhu Assistant Professor
Parasitology 60 2.50
1272 Immunodiagnosis of Echinococcosis in animal
populations of Faisalabad Punjab Pakistan
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Prof. Dr. Zafar
iqbal Professor Parasitology 36 4.92
1273 Frequency distribution of cryptosporidosis in
selected ruminant population of Punjab, Pakistan
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Mr. Rab Nawaz
Bashir Lecturer
UAF Sub-Campus, Toba
Tek Singh 36 6.92
1274 Molecular epidemiology of toxoplasmosis in pet and domestic animals of zoonotic significance in
selected areas of punjab, Pakistan
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Muhammad
Sohail Sajid Assistant Professor
Parasitology 36 5.78
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1275 Bovine brucellosis: New insight in the diagnosis
and DNA vaccine development
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Muhammad Kashif Saleemi
Assistant Professor
Pathology 36 5.00
1277 Genotixic and pathological effects of bioactive
rock phosphate in poultry
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Fazal
Mahmood Assistant Professor
Pathology 36 4.68
1278
Inflammatory cytokine mRNA responses in naturally tuberculosis infected cattle and
buffaloes alongwith host genetic resistance/susceptiviltiy studies
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Prof. Dr.
Muhammad Tariq Javed
Professor Pathology 36 8.03
1279 Detection of ochratoxins in commercially available corn and wheat products from
different districts of Punjab
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Ali Asghar Assistant Professor
NIFSAT 36 4.00
1280 Development of low fat bakery products using
carbohydrate based fat replacer
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Ali Asghar Assistant Professor
NIFSAT 36 4.00
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1281 Value addition of agro-waste for the
producation of bacterial cellulose as a potential food additive
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Muhammad
Saeed Assistant Professor
NIFSAT 36 8.03
1282 The development of milk based bio-adhesive
matrics for encapsulation of probiotics
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Muhammad
Saeed Assistant Professor
NIFSAT 36 6.08
1283 Development and application of biochemicals to
enhance the storage life of tomato under controlled atmosphere
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Muhammad Atif Randhawa
Assistant Professor
NIFSAT 36 8.35
1284 Documentation and mitigation of antibiotics and pesticides residues in poultry meat and
their fate during processing
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Muhammad Atif Randhawa
Assistant Professor
NIFSAT 36 6.12
1285 Mitigating the abamectin residues in frutis and
vegetables by washing treatments
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Muhammad Atif Randhawa
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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Muhammad Atif Randhawa
Assistant Professor
NIFSAT 36 6.56
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1287 Enhancing Egg productivity and livability of backyard poultry in District Toba Tek Singh
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Zia-ur-Rehman
Assistant Professor
UAF Sub-Campus, Toba
Tek Singh 36 9.50
1288 Impact assessment of ICT based agricultral
information & technology transfer system in Pakistan
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Babar Shahbaz
Associate Professor
Agricultural Extension and
Rural Development
36 5.00
1289 Educational needs assessment of rural woemn
in crop production and livestock practices in Punjab, Pakistan
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Ijaz Ashraf
Gill Assistant Professor
Agricultural Extension and
Rural Development
36 3.70
1290 Valuation of processed food product attributes
and policy implications
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Waseem
Ahmad Assistant Professor
IBMS 3618 3.60
1291 Potato Value Chain Analysis and its
Development
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Waseem
Ahmad Assistant Professor
IBMS 36 6.99
1292 Electrokinetic remediation of heavy metals from
the wastewater irrigated soils to marginalize their harmful effects in food Chain
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Kashif Kamran
Assistant Professor
Physics 36 7.65
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1293 Dehydration and preservation of agricultural
products using solar energy
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Prof. Dr. Hammad
Ahmad Khan Professor
Zoology, Wildlife and
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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Sajid
Mahmood Nadeem
Assistant Professor
Sub-Campus Burewala-Vehari
36 10.00
1296 Development of high energy vitamin fortified
cereal bars for school going children
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Prof. Dr.
Masood Sadiq Butt
Professor NIFSAT 36 4.41
1297 Nutraceutical and therapeutic fortitude of fruits
extracts: A diet based therapy to combat dengue and related complicatios
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Imran
Pasha Associate Professor
NIFSAT 24 3.80
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1298 Extraction, characterization and value addition
of essential oils in bakery products
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Prof. Dr.
Masood Sadiq Butt
Professor NIFSAT 36 4.14
1299 Use of antimicrobial coatings to increase the
shelf life of fish
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Prof. Dr.
Masood Sadiq Butt
Professor NIFSAT 36 4.19
1302
Efficient management of saline irrigation water to sustain on a longer terms soil and water productivity: Experimental and Modeling
Approach
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Syed Hamid Hussain Shah
Assistant Professor
Irrigation & Drainage
36 2.45
1303
Impact of spatio-temporal variation in Groundwater quality on agricultural
productivity and development of management strategies
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Prof. Dr.
Muhammad Arshad (I&D)
Professor Irrigation &
Drainage 36 14.83
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Shamsa
Kanwal Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Muhammad
Sabir Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 36 8.00
1307 Development of cost-effective phosphatic
fertilizer from local-grade rock phosphate for efficient nutrient management
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Muhammad
Sana Ullah Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 36 6.25
1308 Optimizing land-use and reclamation options for
marginally productive saline soils for oil seed crops production
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Zulfiqar
Ahmad Saqib Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 36 6.50
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Muhammad Zia ur Rehman
(IS&ES)
Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 36 4.50
1310 Improving nitrogen use efficiency by increasing soil carbon sequentration and decreasing tillage
in wheat rice cropping system
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Zulfiqar
Ahmad Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 36 7.80
1311 Uptake of nitrogen by wheat under salinity
stress and photosynthate partitioning in plant component
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Zulfiqar
Ahmad Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 36 7.00
1312 Monitoring of urban dust pollution using
advanced geophysical techniques
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Hamaad Raza Ahmad
Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 36 3.50
1313 Integrated application of chemical oxidation and bioremediation for the remediation of
pesticide contaminated soils
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Muhammad
Usman (Soil Science)
Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Muhammad
Saqib (CMS) Assistant Professor
Clinical Medicine &
Surgery 36 13.00
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1315 Assessing and mitigating the arsenic risk from
contaminated water in punjab
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Nabeel Khan Niazi
Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 36 9.27
1316 Sustainable fodder production from salt -
affected waste lands of Punjab
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Muhammad
Javed Akhtar Associate Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 36 9.00
1317 Managing potassium in the soils of Punjab for
enhanced and sustainable crop production
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Irshad Bibi Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Muhammad
Iqbal (Soil Science)
Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 36 7.00
1319 Inoculation with plant growth promoting
rhizobacteria to grow iron donse chickpea
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Hafiz
Naeem Asgher Ch.
Associate Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 36 35.00
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1320 Monitoring and management of sewage water
for effective and safe land use for crops
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Prof. Dr. Ghulam Murtaza
Professor Soil &
Environmental Sciences
36 6.94
1321
Phylotying of Pakistani Ralstonia strains and extension of quorum quenching technology to
control corresponding vascular wilts in vegetables
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Kashif Riaz Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology 36 7.50
1322 Functional metagenomics of bacterial and
fungal populations from BT cotton rhizosphere
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Kashif Riaz Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology 36 9.00
1323 Association of resistance breaking cotton leaf
curl burewala virus with biotypes of its vector ( Bemisia tabaci)prevailing in cotton fields
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Luqman
Amrao Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology 36 6.50
1324 Resilience and sustainability assessment of rice systems through inter-comparison of models in
changing climate
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Shakeel
Ahmad Anjum Assistant Professor
Agronomy 36 2.99
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Tasneem
Khaliq Assistant Professor
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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Fahd Rasul Assistant Professor
Agronomy 36 8.30
1328
Climate change mitigation and sustainable agricultural production for nutrient use
efficiency and polluted soils remediation using biochar
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Fahd Rasul Assistant Professor
Agronomy 36 9.00
1329 Impact of integrated nutrition management (Synthetic and biofertilizers) on sustainable
Mungbean (Vigna radiata L.) production
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Fahd Rasul Assistant Professor
Agronomy 36 7.90
1330 Improving soil productivity through crop
residues management and green manuring in rice-wheat cropping system of the Punjab
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Shakeel
Ahmad Anjum Assistant Professor
Agronomy 36 2.90
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1332 Rice residue-management options in rice-wheat cropping system to augment crop producitivity
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Prof. Dr.
Ehsanullah Professor Agronomy 36 3.86
1333 Monitoring and risk mitigation of persistent
organic pollutants in soils irrigated with wastewater
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Sardar Alam
Cheema Assistant Professor
Agronomy 36 4.32
1334
Potential of biological nitrification inhibition in mitigating greenhous gas emission, and improving nitrogen use efficiency and
productivity of maize
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Muhammad
Farooq Associate Professor
Agronomy 36 18.50
1335 Enhancing productivity of no input rain-fed chickpea-chickpea cropping system through
organic bio-stimulants and foliar NPK feeding
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Prof. Dr. Asif
Tanveer Professor Agronomy 36 15.20
1336 Integrated management of pathological fruit
drop of citrus in Punjab
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Sajid Aleem
Khan Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology 36 4.70
1337 Use of antimicrobial peptide based transgenic
approch against causal organism of Red rot diseases of sugercane
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Amjad
Abbas Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology 36 3.44
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(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.
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Imran-ul-
Haq Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology 36 4.70
1339 Integrated Management of Declining Citurs in
Punjab
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Imran-ul-
Haq Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology 36 4.00
1340 Incidence of guava decline and its integrated
management
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Aftab Ali
Bukhari Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology 36 9.00
1341 Pilot Scale production of mycofungicide for seed
treatment against soiil borne diseases
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Abdul Hannan
Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology 36 5.00
1342 Development of High yeilding heavy metal
tolerant tomato hybrid
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Asif Saeed Assistant Professor
Plant Breeding & Genetics
36 6.70
1343 Molecular Characterization of Cucumis sativus
germplasm and gynoecious and inbred lines development
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Hafiza Masooma
Naseer Cheema
Assistant Professor
Plant Breeding & Genetics
48 6.80
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1344 Improving wheat drought tolerance through application of bioinformatics and functional
genomics tools in wheat breeding
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Prof. Dr. Asif Ali
Khan Professor
Plant Breeding & Genetics
36 5.00
1346 Promotion of the floriculture industry by developing production and postharvest
handling protocols for speciality cut flowers
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Iftikhar
Ahmad Assistant Professor
Horticultural Sciences
24 5.92
1347 Development and genetic characterization of
inbred lines and polyploid germplasm for hybridization in elite guava strains
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Muhammad
Usman (Horticulture)
Assistant Professor
Horticultural Sciences
36 13.54
1348
Screening for heat-tolerance in commercially important summer vegetables and induction of
heat tolerance by exogenous application of various chemicals
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Prof. Dr. Aslam Pervez (Late)
Professor Horticultural
Sciences 36 12.25
1349 Pre and postharvest measures to enhance the
fruit maturity and improve good quality yeild of date palm fruit crop
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Saeed
Ahmad Associate Professor
Horticultural Sciences
36 7.00
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1350 Postharvest handing and quality management
of peach
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Ahmad Sattar Khan
Associate Professor
Horticultural Sciences
36 10.00
1351 Establishment and management of high density
citrus orchards
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Ahmad Sattar Khan
Associate Professor
Horticultural Sciences
60 15.00
1352
Identification of molecular genetic diversity and linked resistance to Ascochyta blight in pakistan
chickpea breeding germplasm using SSR markers
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Rana
Muhammad Atif
Assistant Professor
Plant Breeding & Genetics
36 3.00
1353 Genetic analysis of genes related to plant
defenses from infected plant with pathogen and sucking pest
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Rao Sohail Ahmad Khan
Assistant Professor
CABB 24 2.50
1354 Improving sugarcane yield by employing
modern methodologies
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Faisal Saeed
Awan Assistant Professor
CABB 36 17.57
1355 Trackling the role of pathogenesis related genes
in biotic and abiotic stress tolerance of wheat
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Iqrar
Ahmad Rana Assistant Professor
CABB 36 9.00
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1356 Cotton crop improvement through maintaining
seed quality during production and storage
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Irfan afzal Associate Professor
Agronomy 36 3.90
1357 Development of innovative techniques for the control of fruit fly on Mango in Multan District
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Muhammad
Ahsan Khan Associate Professor
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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Ahmad
Nawaz Assistant Professor
Entomology 36 5.50
1359 Biotic potential of aphid parasitoids to control
canola aphids in different agro-ecological zones of Punjab (Pakistan)
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Ahmad
Nawaz Assistant Professor
Entomology 36 3.00
1360 Pesticides exposure to humans, animals and
food products and the estimation of maximum residue limits (MRLs) in Pakistan
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Muhammad
Sufian Assistant Professor
Entomology 36 4.50
1361 Evaluation of chemosterilants by food-bait
station for the suppression of fruit flies in fruit orchards
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Prof. Dr.
Muhammad Jalal Arif
Professor Entomology 36 4.30
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Muhammad
Dildar Gogi Assistant Professor
Entomology 36 5.50
1363
Seasonal incidence and development of integrated management module of helicoverpa
amigera hubner (noctuidae: lepidoptera) on transgenic cotton in Punjab
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Zain- ul-
Abdin Assistant Professor
Entomology 36 9.50
1365 Post-harvest grain losses management using entomopathogens, diatomaceous earth and
new chemistry insecticides
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Waqas
Wakil Assistant Professor
Entomology 36 4.56
1366 Molecular characterization and microbial
control of Rhynchophorus ferrugineus olivier (coleoptera: curculionidae) on date palms
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Waqas
Wakil Assistant Professor
Entomology 36 6.63
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1367
Molecular biogeography and microbial control of spodoptera litura fabricius (Noctuidae:
lepidoptera) in peri-urban vegetable production system
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Waqas
Wakil Assistant Professor
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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Muhammad
Ahsan Khan Associate Professor
Entomology 36 4.60
1369 Development of biointensive management
module for armyworm in field crops and vegetables
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Rashad
Rasool Khan Assistant Professor
Entomology 36 3.70
1370 Development of bio-intensive IPM module for whiteflies and mite pests of tunnel vegetables
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Muhammad
Hamid Bashir Associate Professor
Entomology 36 4.95
1371 BT cotton in Pakistan: An important tool to
combat the ballworms
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Muhammad
Arshad (Entomology)
Assistant Professor
Entomology 36 3.32
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(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
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
PARB Prof. Dr.
Muhammad Sarwar (CABB)
Professor CABB 36 22.23
1373 Expressing hsp24 gene from Trichoderma
harzianum in transgenic sugarcane for enhanced resistance against red rot
Higher Education Commission
SRGP 2013 Dr. Siddra Ijaz Assistant Professor
CABB 12 0.50
1374 Community-based forest management and
conservation in northern Pakistan.
National Collaborative
Research Projects Global Environmental Faculty Dr. Ghaffar Ali
Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Resource
Economics 12 9.97
1375 Community based forest management z\dn
conservation in northern pakistan
National Collaborative
Research Projects
Global Environment Facility (GEF) Small Grants
programme
Prof. Dr. Muhammad
Ashfaq Professor
Agricultural and Resource
Economics 36 5.00
1376 Reclamation of Salt Affected Soils by Using
Electrokinetic Method Higher Education
Commission IPFP Startup Research Grant
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
Higher Education Commission
IPFP Startup Research Grant Program 2013
Dr. Ghaffar Ali Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Resource
Economics 12 0.50
1378 Synthesis and Expression of Herbicide
Resistance Conferring Genes in Sugarcane Chloroplasts: Generation Advancement
Higher Education Commission
SRGP 2013 Dr. Ghulam
Mustafa Assistant Professor
CABB 12 0.50
1379 Addressing Critical Bottlenecks towards Stable
Plastid Transformation in Rice Higher Education
Commission SRGP 2013
Dr. Faiz Ahmad Joyia
Assistant Professor
CABB 12 0.50
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
ESRC-DFID Poverty Alleviation Programme Call 2013, UK
Prof. Dr. Muhammad
Ashfaq Professor
Agricultural and Resource
Economics 24 13.37
1381 Determinants of firm's growth and profitabilty:
the case of textile sector in Pakistan
International Collaborative
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
Pakistan Science Foundation
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)
Dr. Rasheed Ahmad Khera
Assistant Professor
Chemistry 18 1.59
1384
Gold-catalyzed synthesis of functionalized diary1 sulfides base on cycli8zation of 1 “thioaryloxy 4-(Phenylethynyl)-2, 4-
bis(Silyloxy) 1-3-dienes
International Collaborative
Research Projects TWAS
Dr. Muhammad Abid Rashid
Assistant Professor
Chemistry 18 1.59
1385 Moringa: A multipurpose plant to combat
malnutrition
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Grand Challenges Canada 2013
Prof. Dr. Shahzad
Maqsood Ahmad Basra
Professor Agronomy 18 10.31
1386 Zinc biofertification of vegetables to mitigate
micronutrients malnutrition in developing countries
International Collaborative
Research Projects Grand Challenges Canada
Dr. Shamsa Kanwal
Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 18 10.31
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Grand Challenges Canada Round -6 of the stars in
Global Health, 2013
Dr. Nabeel Khan Niazi
Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 12 10.31
1389 Phytoplasma diseases and their insect vectors:
identification, control and management
International Collaborative
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
Pakistan Science Foundation
PSF Prof. Dr.
Ehsanullah Professor Agronomy 24 1.99
1391 An alarming public health issue: Drug residues
and antibiotic resistance in bacteria
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Grand Challenges Canada Round -5 of the stars in
Global Health, 2013
Dr. Zia-ur-Rehman
Assistant Professor
UAF Sub-Campus, Toba
Tek Singh 18 9.74
1392 Exploiting therapeutic / medicinal potential of
unexplored insect fauna of Pakistan
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Grand Challenges Canada Round -5 of the stars in
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Grand Challenges Canada Round -5 of the stars in
Global Health, 2013
Dr. Muhammad Imran Arshad
Assistant Professor
Microbiology 18 9.63
1394 Functional metagenomics of Bacterial and
Fungal populations from BT cotton Rhizophere
International Collaborative
Research Projects ISESCO RESEARCH GRANT Dr. Kashif Riaz
Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology 24 1.05
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1395
Comparative analysis of residual effects of chloramphicol derivatives (flofenicol and thiamphenicol) and antimicrobial growth
promoters in poultry birds
Pakistan Science Foundation
NSLP Dr. Bilal Aslam Assistant Professor
Pharmacy, Physiology and Pharmacology
36 4.05
1396 Degradation of persistent organic pollutants using modified fenton advanced oxidation
process
Higher Education Commission
NRPU 2013 Prof. Dr. Haq Nawaz Bhatti (Chemistry)
Professor Chemistry 24 5.00
1397 Population Genetics and Bio-Intensive
Management of Citrus Psylids to Suppress Citrus Greening Disease in Punjab-Pakistan
Higher Education Commission
NRPU 2013 Prof. Dr.
Muhammad Jalal Arif
Professor Entomology 36 9.69
1398 Evaluation of cotton TILLING M3 population for
abiotic stress related gene Higher Education
Commission NRPU 2013
Prof. Dr. Asif Ali Khan
Professor Plant Breeding
& Genetics 36 7.03
1399 Farmers preferences and willingness to pay for
vegetable seed attributes: A case study of Punjab, Pakistan
Higher Education Commission
SRGP 2013 Dr. Shahzad
Kouser Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Resource
Economics 36 7.99
1400 Laser synthesis, characterization and role in
Agriculture of anoparticles Higher Education
Commission NRPU 2013
Dr. Ayesha Younus
Assistant Professor
Physics 36 7.99
1401 Documentation of the mechanisms of
insecticide resistance in armyworm Spodoptera sp. (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
Higher Education Commission
NRPU 2013 Dr. Rashad
Rasool Khan Assistant Professor
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
Higher Education Commission
NRPU 2013 Dr. Muhammad
Hamid Bashir Associate Professor
Entomology 36 4.13
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(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
Higher Education Commission
NRPU 2013 Dr. Muhammad
Hamid Bashir Associate Professor
Entomology 36 2.88
1404 Exploration of bacteriocin producing lactic acid
bacteria (LAB) to improve safety and shelf life of foods
Higher Education Commission
NRPU 2013 Dr. Muhammad
Saeed Assistant Professor
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
Higher Education Commission
NRPU 2013 Dr. Asim Shabbir
Assistant Professor
NIFSAT 24 8.88
1406 Healthier Meat: an innovative choice for
hypercholesterolemics Higher Education
Commission NRPU 2013
Dr. Muhammad Issa Khan
Assistant Professor
NIFSAT 24 4.50
1407 Exploring the nutraceutical potential of date
and its by products to mitigate metabolic syndrome
Higher Education Commission
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
Higher Education Commission
NRPU 2013 Dr. Muhammad
Asif Hanif Assistant Professor
Chemistry 36 16.99
1409
Development of bioresins technology for removal of heavy metals from
aqueous/industrial effluents using indigenous agrowaste material
Higher Education Commission
NRPU 2013 Dr. Raziya Nadeem
Assistant Professor
Chemistry 36 12.60
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1410 Transition metals and lanthanides based co-
ordination compounds and co-ordination polymers
Higher Education Commission
NRPU 2013 Dr. Muhammad Nadeem Akhtar
Assistant Professor
Chemistry 36 6.42
1411 Toxicological exploration of medicinal plants
and their herbal products Higher Education
Commission NRPU 2013
Dr. Muhammad Shahid
Associate Professor
Biochemistry 36 4.63
1412 Cost effective technology for mass production
of dual action mycopathocide Higher Education
Commission NRPU 2013
Dr. Abdul Hannan
Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology 36 9.26
1413 Responses and adaptation of cotton
(Gossypium hirsutum L.) to waterlogging stress Higher Education
Commission NRPU 2013
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)
Higher Education Commission
NRPU 2013 Dr. Muhammad
Ahsan Khan Associate Professor
Entomology 36 4.18
1415
The genomic based integrated management of phytoplasm’s insect vectors and associated diseases on different host plants from different
regions of Punjab, Pakistan
Higher Education Commission
NRPU 2013 Dr. Jam Nazir
Ahmad Assistant Professor
Entomology 36 9.94
1416 Development of a vision system for non-
destructive measurement of plant leaf area Higher Education
Commission NRPU 2013
Dr. Muhammad Ahsan Latif
Assistant Professor
Computer Science
12 0.65
1417 Improved and Sustainable cereal production by
precise potassium application to eliminate undernutrition in Pakistan
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Grand Challenges Canada Round -6 of the stars in
Global Health, 2013 Dr. Irshad Bibi
Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 12 10.31
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
The Turkish International Cooperation and
Development Agency (TIKA)
Prof. Dr. Abdus Salam Khan
Professor Plant Breeding
& Genetics 48 18.67
1420 Quality vegetable seed production and
development of inbred lines for hybrid seed production
International Collaborative
Research Projects
The Turkish International Cooperation and
Development Agency (TIKA)
Prof. Dr. Aslam Pervez (Late)
Professor Horticultural
Sciences 48 10.11
1421 Strengthening Allelopathy and Plant Eco-
physiology Lab at the Department of Agronomy, UAF
International Collaborative
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
Pakistan Science Foundation
NSLP Prof. Dr. Hammad
Ahmad Khan Professor
Zoology, Wildlife and
Fisheries 36 3.09
1423 Assessing the effect of Bt maize on soil
Microbial population and heavy meta (liod) bioavailability grown in contaminated Soils
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Bio safety Research in Pakistan Grants Program
2013
Dr. Nabeel Khan Niazi
Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 12 1.47
1424 Agricultural risks under climate change and
their management in different ecological zones of Punjab, Pakistan
Higher Education Commission
NRPU 2013 Dr. Muhammad
Iftikhar Assistant Professor
Agricultural Extension and
Rural Development
36 2.22
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1425 Indigenous botanicals as green alternative ACE
inhibitors Higher Education
Commission NRPU 2013
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
Higher Education Commission
NRPU 2013 Dr. Ghazanfar
Ali Khan Assistant Professor
Agricultural Extension and
Rural Development
36 1.95
1427 Production of dual action mycoinoculant at
commercial level Pakistan Science
Foundation NSLP
Dr. Abdul Hannan
Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology 36 3.64
1428 Analysis of endogenous resistance in
monocotyledonous plants and heterologous transgenic expression in plastids
Pakistan Science Foundation
NSLP Prof. Dr.
Muhammad Sarwar (CABB)
Professor CABB 36 4.00
1429 Molecular and conventional breeding of grass peal/Lathyris sativus for high yield and low ß-
ODAP content
Pakistan Science Foundation
NSLP Dr. Muhammad
Ahsan Iqbal Assistant Professor
Plant Breeding & Genetics
36 3.32
1430 Development of salt tolerant barley cultivar
through tissue culture Pakistan Science
Foundation NSLP
Dr. Muhammad Ahsan Iqbal
Assistant Professor
Plant Breeding & Genetics
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
Pakistan Science Foundation
NSLP Prof. Dr. Aslam
Mirza Professor
Animal and Dairy Sciences
36 2.61
1433
Foliar application of calcium mobilizer to produce heavy metal-free vegetables in peri-
urban areas: alternative to remediation treatment
Pakistan Science Foundation
NSLP Dr. Muhammad
Sana Ullah Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 36 3.00
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1434 Coupling of Chemical Oxidation with Bioremediation to Treat Petroleum
Hydrocarbons in Contaminated Soils
Pakistan Science Foundation
NSLP Dr. Muhammad
Usman (Soil Science)
Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
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
Pakistan Science Foundation
NSLP Prof. Dr. Khalil
ur Rehman Professor Biochemistry 36 4.03
1437 Hyper-expression of a novel organophosphate
hydrolase from a newly isolated strain of Pseudomonas
Pakistan Science Foundation
NSLP Dr. Muhammad
Anjum Zia Associate Professor
Biochemistry 36 3.90
1438 Moringa, a potential oilseed crop for
sustainable economic growth Pakistan Science
Foundation NSLP
Prof. Dr. Shahzad
Maqsood Ahmad Basra
Professor Agronomy 36 4.45
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
Pakistan Science Foundation
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
Pakistan Science Foundation
NSLP Dr. Muhammad
Yousaf Assistant Professor
Animal and Dairy Sciences
24 1.99
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(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
Pakistan Science Foundation
NSLP Prof. Dr. Aslam Pervez (Late)
Professor Horticultural
Sciences 36 3.89
1443 Anestrus: clinical and biochemical Studies in
buffaloes Pakistan Science
Foundation PSF Dr. Huma Jamil
Assistant Professor
Theriogenology 36 1.99
1444 Effect of plant communities on nutrient cycling
in soil induced by root exudates
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation, Germany
Dr. Muhammad Sana Ullah
Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 12 8.62
1445 Towards conductive rice plastid tranformation:
targetting bottlenecks one by one
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS) 2013
Dr. Faiz Ahmad Joyia
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS) 2013
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS) 2013
Dr. Kashif Riaz Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology 24 1.19
1448 Evaluation and treatment of toxic chemicals and
microbial agents in hospitals and industrial waste waters
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS) 2013
Dr. Saba Jamil Assistant Professor
Chemistry 24 1.19
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1449 Molecular characterization of growth harmone
gene in beetal goats of Pakistan
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS) 2013
Dr. Faiz-ul-Hassan
Lecturer Animal and
Dairy Sciences 24 1.19
1450 Heterologous expression of mycoparasite
derived glucanolytic and chitinolytic enzymes in potato, to combat fungal pathogens
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS) 2013
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS) 2013
Dr. Muhammad Kashif Saleemi
Assistant Professor
Pathology 24 1.19
1452 Waste Water treatment using electrochemical
technologies based on fenton's reagent
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS) 2013
Dr. Muhammad Zahid
Assistant Professor
Chemistry 24 1.18
1453 Physical and chemical processing of menthe
arvensis essential oil to produce menthol crystals
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS) 2013
Mr. Rafia Rehman
Chemistry 24 1.19
1454 Laser assisted synthesis of nano-particles in
liquid medium for water purification
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS) 2013
Ms. Afsar Bano Chemistry 24 1.19
1455 New downstream approaches for pure biofine
chemicals and aroma substances from essential oil
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS) 2013
Dr. Muhammad Asif Hanif
Assistant Professor
Chemistry 24 1.19
1456 A Study to inhibit heterocyclic aromatic amines
formation is cooked meat
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS) 2013
Dr. Amna Sahar Assistant Professor
Food Engineering
24 1.19
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS) 2013
Dr. Rao Zahid Abbas
Assistant Professor
Parasitology 24 1.19
1458
Assessment of Arsenic Risk from Arsenic contaminated groundwater, soil and
food/fodder crops around agricultural areas of muzaffargarh district in Southern Punjab,
Pakistan
International Collaborative
Research Projects IFS RESEARCH GRANT
Dr. Nabeel Khan Niazi
Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 24 1.18
1459 Standardization of ELISA using excretory
secretary antigens procured from indigenous strains of fasciola gigantic
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS) 2013
Dr. Muhammad Sohail Sajid
Assistant Professor
Parasitology 24 1.20
1460 Probing the health potentials of dietary fiber for
tackling health problems in Pakistan
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS) 2013
Dr. Amir Shahzad
Assistant Professor
NIFSAT 24 1.14
1461 A cost effective alternative to phosphatic fertilizers by utilizing local low-grade rock
phosphate
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS) 2013
Dr. Muhammad Sana Ullah
Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 24 1.18
1462 A novel approch for the remidation of pesticide polluted soils by magnetite-catalyzed chemical
oxidation
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS) 2013
Dr. Muhammad Usman (Soil
Science)
Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 24 1.18
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS) 2013
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS) 2013
Ms. Sadaf Yaqoob
Chemistry 24 1.15
1465 Persistence, carry over and leaching behavior of
herbicides in rice-wheat cropping system
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS) 2013
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS) 2013
Dr. Allah Rakha Assistant Professor
NIFSAT 24 1.19
1467 Manipulation of vitamin E contents for Nutraceutical enhancement and stress
management in Tomato
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS) 2013
Dr. Khurram Ziaf
Assistant Professor
Horticultural Sciences
24 1.19
1468 Management of mitigation of arsenic risk from
the water, soil and food crops in punjab, Pakistan
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Australian Center for International Agricultural
Research, Aciar
Dr. Nabeel Khan Niazi
Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
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.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1470 Jeopardy Mapping of Trans Fats Intake in Different Population Groups of Faisalabad
Region in Pakistan
International Collaborative
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Foundation for Science (IFS) 2013
Dr. Imran-ul-Haq
Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology 24 1.19
1472 Identification of resistance germplasm against bayoud disease in date palm and its integrated
management
Pakistan Science Foundation
NSLP Dr. Imran-ul-
Haq Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology 36 3.54
1473 Characterization of camel milk and its
fermented products (CCMFP)
International Collaborative
Research Projects
3rd Bio-Asia-French and European Minsitry of Foreign Affairs for financial assistance
Dr. Sarfraz Ahmad (Late)
Assistant Professor
NIFSAT 24 4.60
1474 TCP congestion control enhancment in high
bandwidth delay product networks
National Collaborative
Research Projects National ICT R&D Fund
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
National Collaborative
Research Projects National ICT R&D Fund
Dr. Syed Aftab Wajid
Associate Professor
Agronomy 36 37.88
1476 Utilization of novel strategies to combat
phosphine resistance in stored-grain insect pests in Pakistan―
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK-US Science & Technology Cooperation Program 2012
Dr. Waqas Wakil
Assistant Professor
Entomology 36 14.98
1477 “Reducing dependence on synthetic
pesticides by implementation of bio-rational methods for pest control in fruit orchards―
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK-US Science & Technology Cooperation Program 2012
Dr. Waqas Wakil
Assistant Professor
Entomology 36 17.13
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1478 “Economic comparisons of Pakistani diary
animals for higher profitability―
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK-US Science & Technology Cooperation Program 2012
Dr. Shaukat Ali Bhatti
Assistant Professor
Animal and Dairy Sciences
36 23.12
1479 “Environmentally safe use of industrial
cheese whey into food and non-food products―
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK-US Science & Technology Cooperation Program 2012
Dr. Sarfraz Ahmad (Late)
Assistant Professor
NIFSAT 24 2.76
1480 Targeting Vector-Borne Animal Diseases Impacting Small Agricultural Holders―
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK-US Science & Technology Cooperation Program 2012
Prof. Dr. Zafar iqbal
Professor Parasitology 36 28.70
1481 Wasp Venoms and a Venomous Protein Nano-particle Production System for Insect Control
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK-US Science & Technology Cooperation Program 2012
Dr. Zain- ul-Abdin
Assistant Professor
Entomology 36 20.97
1482 “Safe use of under ground saline water for
better crop production―
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK-US Science & Technology Cooperation Program 2012
Dr. Muhammad Anwar-ul-Haq
Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 36 52.94
1483 “Improving productivity of wheat crop to multiple (abiotic) stresses using physiological
and molecular approaches―
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK-US Science & Technology Cooperation Program 2012
Prof. Dr. Muhammad
Ashraf Professor Botany 36 34.59
1484 “Exploring the functional properties of
peanut proteins for baby foods―
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK-US Science & Technology Cooperation Program 2012
Dr. Ali Asghar Assistant Professor
NIFSAT 36 22.50
1485 Molecular Marker assisted selection of high
yielding and disease resistant dry pea genotypes
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK-US Science & Technology Cooperation Program 2012
Dr. Muhammad Ahsan Iqbal
Assistant Professor
Plant Breeding & Genetics
36 5.67
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1486 Nanotechnology based remediation strategies
for the removal of pollutants (organic and inorganic) from industrial wastewater
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK-US Science & Technology Cooperation Program 2012
Dr. Muhammad Usman (Soil
Science)
Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 36 13.49
1487 Anaerobic Conversion of Agricultural Wastes
into Bio-ethanol after Enzymatic De-lignifications
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK-US Science & Technology Cooperation Program 2012
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK-US Science & Technology Cooperation Program 2012
Dr. Abdul Wakeel
Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK-US Science & Technology Cooperation Program 2012
Dr. Rasheed Ahmad Khera
Assistant Professor
Chemistry 36 50.84
1490 Date Palm Genetics Resources: Conservation
and Molecular Characterization
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK-US Science & Technology Cooperation Program 2012
Dr. Rashad Waseem Khan
Qadri
Assistant Professor
Horticultural Sciences
36 42.69
1491 Genetics and transcriptome analysis and
conservation of Moringa species
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK-US Science & Technology Cooperation Program 2012
Prof. Dr. Jafar Jaskani
Professor Horticultural
Sciences 36 29.77
1492 “Remote Sensing & GIS Center for
Agriculture and Environment―
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK-US Science & Technology Cooperation Program 2012
Prof. Dr. Allah Bakhsh
Professor Irrigation &
Drainage 36 459.41
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1493 “Bioengineering of multi-toxin proteins and their expression in citrus to enable control the
Asian Citrus psyllids―
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK-US Science & Technology Cooperation Program 2012
Dr. Jam Nazir Ahmad
Assistant Professor
Entomology 36 33.60
1494
“Potentiation of poultry vaccines against poultry infectious diseases by the use of
cytokines and toll like receptor mimetics as vaccine adjuvants―
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK-US Science & Technology Cooperation Program 2012
Dr. Muhammad Imran Arshad
Assistant Professor
Microbiology 36 47.78
1495 “Characterization of antibiotic resistant
bacteria and antibiotic residues in commercial poultry―
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK-US Science & Technology Cooperation Program 2012
Prof. Dr. Zia ur Rehman
Professor UAF Sub-
Campus, Toba Tek Singh
36 47.05
1496 “Development of genetically diverse high
yielding wheat germplasm with stem rust resistance―
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK-US Science & Technology Cooperation Program 2012
Prof. Dr. Allah Bakhsh
Professor Irrigation &
Drainage 36 17.83
1497
“Development of a sustainable local research program in epidemiology through genomic characterization of major livestock
pathogens in Pakistan―
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK-US Science & Technology Cooperation Program 2012
Dr. Muhammad Saqib (CMS)
Assistant Professor
Clinical Medicine &
Surgery 36 30.63
1498 “Synthesis, solvatochromic, and proton
transfer studies of cyano-substituted hydroxyarenes―
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK-US Science & Technology Cooperation Program 2012
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 Pakistan―
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK-US Science & Technology Cooperation Program 2012
Prof. Dr. Tahir Zahoor
Professor NIFSAT 36 31.60
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1500 “Genetic screening of plant host factors
affecting maintenance of single stranded DNA viruses and satellites―
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK-US Science & Technology Cooperation Program 2012
Dr. Muhammad Shah Nawaz ul
Rahman
Assistant Professor
CABB 36 29.18
1501 “Domestication Cultivation Nutritional and Nutraceutical Components of Wild Edible and
Medicinal Mushrooms from Pakistan―
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK-US Science & Technology Cooperation Program 2012
Dr. Muhammad Shahid
Associate Professor
Biochemistry 36 13.95
1502 “Capacity building for non-destructive evaluation of food quality and safety using
spectroscopy and computer vision
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK-US Science & Technology Cooperation Program 2012
Dr. Amna Sahar Assistant Professor
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK-US Science & Technology Cooperation Program 2012
Prof. Dr. Faqir Muhammad Anjum (Rtd.)
Professor NIFSAT 36 9.22
1504
“Determination of Potassium (K) Availability Status in Soils of Variable Mineralogy in Agricultural Areas of Punjab, Pakistan: Implication for K Nutrition of Crops―
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK-US Science & Technology Cooperation Program 2012
Dr. Irshad Bibi Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 36 29.30
1505
Development of Essential Surveillance and Control Strategies through Diagnostic Services
for Mycoplasma Infection in Pakistan Dairy Herds
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK-US Science & Technology Cooperation Program 2012
Prof. Dr. Sajjad-ur-Rehman
Professor Microbiology 24 16.67
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK-US Science & Technology Cooperation Program 2012
Prof. Dr. Masood Sadiq
Butt Professor NIFSAT 36 28.56
1507 Agro-forestry practices of Rehabilitate Salt
Affected Soil and Improve Land Productivity, Environmental Services and Farm Income
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK-US Science & Technology Cooperation Program 2012
Dr. Muhammad Javed Akhtar
Associate Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 36 45.04
1508 Tick-Borne Parasitology, Acarology, Infectious
Diseases, Vector-Borne Diseases, Spatial Distribution, GIS
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK-US Science & Technology Cooperation Program 2012
Dr. Muhammad Sohail Sajid
Assistant Professor
Parasitology 36 37.91
1509 Rock phosphate-coated urea: Solution for
better potato production
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK-US Science & Technology Cooperation Program 2012
Dr. Muhammad Sana Ullah
Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK-US Science & Technology Cooperation Program 2012
Dr. Nabeel Khan Niazi
Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 36 21.56
1511 Biorationals for sustainable crop protection
against red palm weevil in Pakistan and California
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK-US Science & Technology Cooperation Program 2012
Dr. Waqas Wakil
Assistant Professor
Entomology 36 11.87
1512 Interaction of Beauveria bassiana and Bacillus
thuringiensis toxin in coleopteran storage pests
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK-US Science & Technology Cooperation Program 2012
Dr. Waqas Wakil
Assistant Professor
Entomology 36 12.37
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1513 Ecological and sustainable strategies to reduce
avian depredations on some economically important fruit crops in Punjab, Pakistan
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK-US Science & Technology Cooperation Program 2012
Prof. Dr. Hammad
Ahmad Khan Professor
Zoology, Wildlife and
Fisheries 36 7.36
1514 Diet therapy as an intervention against
metabolic syndromes
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK-US Science & Technology Cooperation Program 2012
Prof. Dr. Masood Sadiq
Butt Professor NIFSAT 24 25.11
1515 Novel Bioactive Peptides-Based Functional Food
Ingredients for Disease Prevention―
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK-US Science & Technology Cooperation Program 2012
Dr. Ali Asghar Assistant Professor
NIFSAT 36 22.50
1516 “Capacity Building in Meat Processing
Technologies to Enhance Shelf Stability and Safety of Meat and Meat Products―
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK-US Science & Technology Cooperation Program 2012
Dr. Muhammad Issa Khan
Assistant Professor
NIFSAT 24 14.53
1517 Development of a rapid response food safety
network to mitigate contamination of livestock products in Pakistan
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK-US Science & Technology Cooperation Program 2012
Dr. Faqir Muhammad
Assistant Professor
Pharmacy, Physiology and Pharmacology
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
Animal and Dairy Sciences
24 2.00
1519 Community development and disease
alleviation through enterpreneurial showcasing of silymarin production at PARS
International Collaborative
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
Commission NRPU 2013
Dr. Muhammad Anjum Zia
Associate Professor
Biochemistry 36 14.97
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1521 Establishment of dRIT Technology for Rabies
Diagnosis in Pkaistan Higher Education
Commission NRPU 2013
Dr. Fazal Mahmood
Assistant Professor
Pathology 36 10.50
1522
Poultry as a tool for poverty alleviation at village level — how to enable poor women to increase their income, improving socio-economic standard of rural women in
Faisalabad
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Dr. Muhammad Khalid Mansoor
Assistant Professor
Microbiology 24 6.72
1523 “Effect of Different Anabolic Implants on
Growth and Meat Quality of Nili-Ravi Buffalo, Sahiwal and Crossbred Cattle Calved―
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Dr. Nasir Ali Tauqir
Assistant Professor
Animal and Dairy Sciences
24 3.64
1524
“Impact of Spatio-temporal Variation in Groundwater Quality on Agricultural
Productivity and Development of Management Policies―
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Prof. Dr. Muhammad Arshad (I&D)
Professor Irrigation &
Drainage 24 9.57
1525
“Transformation 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 regions―
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Dr. Muhammad Shahid
Associate Professor
Biochemistry 24 9.55
1526
“Ecological and integrated rodent pest management strategies for economically
important crops and impact of recommended toxicants on their physiological profiles in
Punjab, Pakistan―
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Prof. Dr. Hammad
Ahmad Khan Professor
Zoology, Wildlife and
Fisheries 24 1.98
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1527 Generation means analysis for resistance
against drought in maize genotypes
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Mr. Nazar Hussain Khan
Lecturer Continuing Education
24 2.20
1528 Taxonomy of genus amblyseius from Punjab International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Dr. Ahmad Saeed Khan
Associate Professor
Continuing Education
24 3.69
1529 Women empowerment through skill
development
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Dr. Muhammad Ather Javed
Khan
Associate Professor
Continuing Education
24 7.41
1530
“Establishment of local withdrawal times of drugs in livestock and poultry: A strategic
intervention for improving livestock exports and socioeconomic conditions of the farming
communities
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Dr. Faqir Muhammad
Assistant Professor
Pharmacy, Physiology and Pharmacology
24 9.08
1531 Entrepreneurship Development for Honey Production as food and income generating
source for small-scale farmers
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Prof. Dr. Anjum Suhail (Late)
Professor Entomology 24 9.56
1532 Fostering entrepreneurship in Punjab’s
Agriculture
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Dr. Abdul Ghafoor (IBMS)
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Prof. Dr. Zafar iqbal
Professor Parasitology 24 9.70
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Dr. Muhammad Kashif Saleemi
Assistant Professor
Pathology 24 12.59
1535 Direct Seeded Rice: Improving Socio-Economic
Standards of Rice Growers
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Dr. Zubair Aslam
Assistant Professor
Agronomy 24 9.23
1536 Development of meat-type chicken lines for
poverty alleviation in rural areas
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Dr. Zia-ur-Rehman
Assistant Professor
UAF Sub-Campus, Toba
Tek Singh 24 9.28
1537
Evaluation of Impact of Agricultural Extension Programs on Productivity Enhancement and Future Preparedness Under Climate Change
Scenario
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Dr. Khuda Bakhsh
Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Resource
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Prof. Dr. Muhammad
Younas Professor
Animal and Dairy Sciences
24 9.37
1539 Policies to make the youth lucrative for
economic growth by developing hepatitis fear free community
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Dr. Nazish Jahan
Assistant Professor
Chemistry 24 8.54
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1540 Establishment of Rabies Diagnosis and
Investigation of Molecular Epidemiology in Pakistan
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK-US Science & Technology Cooperation Program 2012
Dr. Fazal Mahmood
Assistant Professor
Pathology 36 32.96
1541 Developing drought, heat-, and salt-tolerant
Arabidopsis plants
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK-US Science & Technology Cooperation Program 2012
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
Pakistan Science Foundation
PSF Dr. Iqrar
Ahmad Rana Assistant Professor
CABB 36 1.99
1543 mushroom production technology: A profitable
agri business
National Collaborative
Research Projects
Fund for Innovative training (FIT)
Dr. Imran-ul-Haq
Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology 12 1.00
1544 Screening and evaluation of lantibiotics as
growth promotors in broiler chicken Pakistan Science
Foundation NSLP
Dr. Muhammad Ashraf
Assistant Professor
Microbiology 24 1.95
1545 Assessing the arsenic risk from drinking water, soil, food crops to people in Punjab, Pakistan
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Centre for Environmental Risk Assessment &
Remidation(CERAR)
Dr. Nabeel Khan Niazi
Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
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
Pakistan Science Foundation
NSLP Dr. Siddra Ijaz Assistant Professor
CABB 36 2.14
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(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
International Collaborative
Research Projects TUBITAK, Turkey, MOST
Prof. Dr. Muhammad
Ashraf Professor Botany 24 10.11
1548 Modification and Characterization of Wild Gums
for their Pharmaceutical Application as Biobinder and Drug Delivery System
International Collaborative
Research Projects COMSTECH-TWAS
Dr. Muhammad Shahid
Associate Professor
Biochemistry 18 1.41
1549 Application of nano-materials in water
treatment
International Collaborative
Research Projects COMSTECH-TWAS
Dr. Muhammad Zahid
Assistant Professor
Chemistry 18 1.42
1550 Synthesis and characterization of
multifunctional materials
International Collaborative
Research Projects COMSTECH-TWAS
Dr. Muhammad Nadeem Akhtar
Assistant Professor
Chemistry 18 1.32
1551 Metal free allylic oxidation of alkenes using
TEMPO as primary oxidant
International Collaborative
Research Projects COMSTECH-TWAS
Dr. Muhammad Abid Rashid
Assistant Professor
Chemistry 18 1.42
1552 Role of Substrate Dependent Ethylene in Enhancing N, P Uptake and Water Use of
Efficiency in Wheat
International Collaborative
Research Projects COMSTECH-TWAS
Dr. Zulfiqar Ahmad Saqib
Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 18 1.42
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
DAAD under German-Pakistani Research
Collaborations
Dr. Abdul Wakeel
Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 24 7.69
1554 Short training course "Bee keeping and
sericulture" income generating for farmer community
International Collaborative
Research Projects Funds for Innovative Training
Dr. Ahmad Saeed Khan
Associate Professor
Continuing Education
12 3.00
1555 Short training course "Mali course and pest management" to produce skill manpower
International Collaborative
Research Projects Funds for Innovative Training
Mr. Nazar Hussain Khan
Lecturer Continuing Education
12 3.00
1556 Short Term training program for inter, matric
and matric dropouts
International Collaborative
Research Projects Funds for Innovative Training
Dr. Muhammad Ather Javed
Khan
Associate Professor
Continuing Education
12 8.00
1557 Evaluation of Arsenic Contamination in Soil and
Groundwater of Punjab, Pakistan: Speciation and bioavailability
International Collaborative
Research Projects COMSTECH-TWAS
Dr. Nabeel Khan Niazi
Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 24 1.41
1558 Formation of nano-sized magnetic and its use to eliminate pharmacuetical residues in industrial
effluent
International Collaborative
Research Projects ISESCO Research Grants
Dr. Muhammad Usman (Soil
Science)
Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 19 1.38
1559 Short training course "Mali course and Pest Management" to produce skill manpower
National Collaborative
Research Projects
Fund for Innovative training (FIT)
Mr. Nazar Hussain Khan
Lecturer Continuing Education
12 3.00
1560 Short term training course "Bee keeping and
sericulture" income generating for farmer community
National Collaborative
Research Projects
Fund for Innovative training (FIT)
Dr. Ahmad Saeed Khan
Associate Professor
Continuing Education
12 3.00
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1561 Short term training program for inter, matric
and matric dropouts
National Collaborative
Research Projects
Fund for Innovative training (FIT)
Dr. Muhammad Ather Javed
Khan
Associate Professor
Continuing Education
12 8.00
1562 Chef Training Program National
Collaborative Research Projects
Fund for Innovative training (FIT)
Ms. Sadaf Shakoor
Lecturer Home Sciences 12 9.80
1563 Domestic worker training National
Collaborative Research Projects
Fund for Innovative training (FIT)
Dr. Aisha Siddique
Assistant Professor
Home Sciences 12 9.50
1564 Chef Training Program International Collaborative
Research Projects Funds for Innovative Training
Ms. Sadaf Shakoor
Lecturer Home Sciences 12 9.80
1565 Child Care Training Programme International Collaborative
Research Projects Funds for Innovative Training Dr. Farah Riaz
Assistant Professor
Home Sciences 12 6.50
1566 domestic workers training International Collaborative
Research Projects Funds for Innovative Training
Dr. Aisha Siddique
Assistant Professor
Home Sciences 12 9.50
1567 Technical & Vocational Training for little
educated youth
International Collaborative
Research Projects Funds for Innovative Training
Prof. Dr. Mahmood
Ahmad Randhawa
Professor Continuing Education
12 8.41
1568 Technical & Vocational Training for little
educated youth
National Collaborative
Research Projects
Fund for Innovative training (FIT)
Prof. Dr. Mahmood
Ahmad Randhawa
Professor Continuing Education
12 8.41
1569 Home range and management practices of porcupine, Hystrix indica, in central Punjab,
Pakistan
National Collaborative
Research Projects National ICT R&D Fund
Dr. Shahid Hafeez
Lecturer Forestry and
Range Management
36 0.25
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1570 Career solutions of UAF graduate": Improve
productivity and Quality of Products in Agriculture Sector
National Collaborative
Research Projects National ICT R&D Fund
Mr. Ashfaq Ahmad Khan
Manager Student
Financial Aid 16 1.50
1571 Establishment of farmer faciliation centre
(in/out bound)
National Collaborative
Research Projects National ICT R&D Fund
Dr. Ahsan Raza Sattar
Assistant Professor
Computer Science
24 25.00
1572 Establishment of interactive distance learning
centres at University Sub Campus
National Collaborative
Research Projects National ICT R&D Fund
Dr. Tasleem Mustafa
Assistant Professor
Computer Science
12 30.00
1573 Class registration and examination
substantiation using fingerprint techology for University of Agriculture, Faisalabad
National Collaborative
Research Projects National ICT R&D Fund
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
National Collaborative
Research Projects National ICT R&D Fund
Dr. Tasneem Khaliq
Assistant Professor
Agronomy 36 14.00
1575 Biogas, A renewable energy source National
Collaborative Research Projects
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
National Collaborative
Research Projects National ICT R&D Fund
Prof. Dr. Muhammad
Qasim Professor
Horticultural Sciences
24 40.00
1577 Development of E-Agricultural Environment
while analyzing heterogeneous agricultural data
National Collaborative
Research Projects National ICT R&D Fund
Prof. Dr. Muhammad
Qasim Professor
Horticultural Sciences
36 60.00
1578 Healthy future through ICT National
Collaborative Research Projects
National ICT R&D Fund Dr. Aisha Siddique
Assistant Professor
Home Sciences 24 1.50
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1579 Yield productivity of rice-wheat cropping system
using crop simulation models under changing climate scenarios of Pakistan
National Collaborative
Research Projects National ICT R&D Fund
Dr. Syed Aftab Wajid
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Common wealth Scientific and Industrial Research
Organization, CSIRO, Australia
Prof. Dr. Aslam Pervez (Late)
Professor Horticultural
Sciences 12 8.52
1581 Assessing Genetic Diversity of Bats as Measure
for their Conservation in Pakistan Higher Education
Commission NRPU 2013
Dr. Muhammad Mahmood-ul-
Hassan
Associate Professor
Zoology, Wildlife and
Fisheries 36 7.33
1582 ICT based Farmers' advisory service in the
Punjab: Challenges and Outlook
National Collaborative
Research Projects National ICT R&D Fund
Dr. Babar Shahbaz
Associate Professor
Agricultural Extension and
Rural Development
15 4.30
1583 Strategic to reduce avian damage on
economically important fruit crops using ecologically sustainable technologies
Pakistan Science Foundation
NSLP Prof. Dr. Hammad
Ahmad Khan Professor
Zoology, Wildlife and
Fisheries 36 1.67
1584 Flood mapping for damage assessment and
early flood warning system
National Collaborative
Research Projects National ICT R&D Fund
Prof. Dr. Allah Bakhsh
Professor Irrigation &
Drainage 12 0.10
1585 Impact assessment and mitigation of drought, elevated CO2 and increasing temperature on
the yield and quality of wheat
International Collaborative
Research Projects
The Agricultural Model Intercomparison and Improvement Project
(AgMIP), USA
Dr. Aftab Wajid Associate Professor
Agronomy 24 37.80
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(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
Pakistan Science Foundation
PSF Prof. Dr. Khalil
ur Rehman Professor Biochemistry 24 1.93
1587 Exploration of selected medicinal plants of
Cholistan desert for potential antioxidant and antimicrobial attributes
Pakistan Science Foundation
PSF Dr. Zahid
Mahmood Assistant Professor
Chemistry 24 2.00
1588 Isolation & characterization of resistance gene analogues for red rot resistance in sugarcane
Pakistan Science Foundation
NSLP Dr. Siddra Ijaz Assistant Professor
CABB 24 1.36
1589 Improving wheat for resistance to biotic
stresses
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation USA
Dr. Zulfiqar Ali Professor Plant Breeding
& Genetics 18 9.00
1590 Weed management through weed-root associated bacteria in different cropping
systems
International Collaborative
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation USA
Prof. Dr. Anjum Suhail (Late)
Professor Entomology 12 8.02
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects ACIAR (Australia)
Prof. Dr. Hammad
Ahmad Khan Professor
Zoology, Wildlife and
Fisheries 36 3.31
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1593 Developing policy guidelines for transgenic
crops cultivation in Pakistan
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Centre for Environmental Risk Assessment (CERA)
Prof. Dr. Asif Ali Khan
Professor Plant Breeding
& Genetics 24 6.61
1594 Risk assessment of genetically modified crops
by in vitro, in vivo and transcripteomic approaches
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Centre for Environmental Risk Assessment (CERA)
Dr. Muhammad Shahid
Associate Professor
Biochemistry 12 1.42
1595
Implementation of functional genomics techniques in breeding system of Punjab
Agricultural Research under Sandwich program of MoU between UAF and JAAS
National Collaborative
Research Projects
Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences (JAAS)
China and Govt. of the Punjab Dr. Zulfiqar Ali Professor
Plant Breeding & Genetics
48 447.67
1596
Comparative analysis of residual effects of Chloramphenicol derivatives (Florfenicol and
Thiamphenicol) and antimicrobial growth promotors in poultry birds
Pakistan Science Foundation
PSF Dr. Bilal Aslam Assistant Professor
Pharmacy, Physiology and Pharmacology
36 3.43
1597 Integrative management of aflatoxins
contamination in rice
International Collaborative
Research Projects BILL AND MELINDA GATES
Dr. Zaigham Shahzad
Assistant Professor
Plant Breeding & Genetics
18 10.04
1598
Morphogenetic characterization of economically important grapefruit and lime
polyploids and mutants for germplasm enhancement
Higher Education Commission
NRPU 2013 Dr. Bilquees
Fatima Assistant Professor
Horticultural Sciences
36 12.79
1599 Molecular Epidemiology of Rabies in Pakistan Higher Education
Commission NRPU 2013
Dr. Fazal Mahmood
Assistant Professor
Pathology 36 13.08
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1600 Introduction and establishment of mango fruit
in turkey and mauritius
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Grand Challenges Canada Round -5 of the stars in
Global Health, 2052
Dr. Ahmad Sattar Khan
Associate Professor
Horticultural Sciences
5 15.00
1601 Molecular wheat breeding to improving its
salinity tolerance Pakistan Science
Foundation PSF Dr. Zulfiqar Ali Professor
Plant Breeding & Genetics
36 1.99
1602 Biogas, a renewable energy source International Collaborative
Research Projects US Abassador's Fund Program
Mr. Tahir Munir Butt
Lecturer UAF Sub- Campus, Depalpur
24 1.43
1603 Effectiveness of “Hub Progamme― of
Agricultural Extension in the Punjab, Pakistan: Myths and Realities
Higher Education Commission
NRPU 2013 Dr. Ghazanfar
Ali Khan Assistant Professor
Agricultural Extension and
Rural Development
24 2.14
1604 Effectiveness of Hub Progamme of Agricultural Extension in the Punjab, Pakistan: Myths and
Realities
Higher Education Commission
NRPU 2013 Dr. Ghazanfar
Ali Khan Assistant Professor
Agricultural Extension and
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
Rural Sociology 6 0.80
1607
Sustainable Development for Establishing Modern Semen Laboratory for
Cryopreservations of Elite Quality Genome from Dairy Bulls
Pakistan Science Foundation
PSF Dr. Shujait Ali Assistant Professor
Theriogenology 36 13.96
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1608 Monitoring risk assessment of urban dust
pollution using Geographic information system
National Collaborative
Research Projects National ICT R&D Fund
Dr. Hamaad Raza Ahmad
Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 36 12.00
1609 Capacity Building of Researchers and Students
from Pakistan in the Plant and Life Sciences
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PEER ( Partnership for Enhanced Engagement in Research) Program, USA
Prof. Dr. Amer Jamil
Professor Biochemistry 36 14.67
1610 Development of Advanced Information
Technology Center and Research Program in Agriculture
National Collaborative
Research Projects National ICT R&D Fund
Dr. Muhammad Shah Nawaz ul
Rahman
Assistant Professor
CABB 48 25.00
1611 Induction of salt tolerance in rice by
manipulating the production of ethylene Pakistan Science
Foundation NSLP
Prof. Dr. Abdul Wahid
Professor Botany 36 3.87
1612 Policy research center for sustainable
agricultural growth
International Collaborative
Research Projects Korean Grant Aid Program
Prof. Dr. Muhammad
Ashfaq Professor
Agricultural and Resource
Economics 60 20.00
1613 Student counseling center International Collaborative
Research Projects Korean Grant Aid Program
Mr. Ashfaq Ahmad Khan
Manager Student
Financial Aid 60 16.00
1614 Investigating site specific groundwater
recharging techniques in Punjab, Pakistan
International Collaborative
Research Projects Korean Grant Aid Program
Prof. Dr. Allah Bakhsh
Professor Irrigation &
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
National Collaborative
Research Projects
Planning Commission, Government of Pakistan,
Islamabad
Prof. Dr. Muhammad
Ashraf Professor Botany 36 59.96
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1616 Estabishment of punjab-jiangsu cooperative
laboratories of applied functional genomics and genetic transformation
National Collaborative
Research Projects
Govt. of Punjab, Agri. Dept. Lahore
Dr. Zulfiqar Ali Professor Plant Breeding
& Genetics 12 54.75
1617 Development of drought stress tolerant
sorghum sudangrass hybrids for high fodder yield and quality
Pakistan Science Foundation
NSLP Dr. Hammad
Nadeem Tahir Assistant Professor
Plant Breeding & Genetics
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)
Pakistan Science Foundation
PSF Dr. Muhammad
Ahsan Khan Associate Professor
Entomology 36 1.41
1619 Utilization and transformation of wild
mushrooms of Pakistan to functional food to uplift the manutrition status of children
International Collaborative
Research Projects BILL AND MELINDA GATES
Dr. Muhammad Shahid
Associate Professor
Biochemistry 18 0.10
1620 Characterization of advanced lines of gossypium
hirsutum for aquaporins Pakistan Science
Foundation NSLP
Mr. Muhammad
Tehseen Azhar Lecturer
Plant Breeding & Genetics
36 3.97
1621 Development of Phenomics Database and Crop
Modeling Algorithms for efficient Gene Mapping in Bread Wheat
National Collaborative
Research Projects National ICT R&D Fund
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects Hort CRSP, USAID
Dr. Muhammad Usman
(Horticulture)
Assistant Professor
Horticultural Sciences
36 5.62
1623 Food or fuel: choices and possibilities for bio-
fuel industry in Pakistan
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Sydney to Asia Pacific Network (ANP)
Dr. Khuda Bakhsh
Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Resource
Economics 36 5.54
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1624 Sustaining peri-urban vegetable production for urban populations: problems and opportunities
for small-scale producers
International Collaborative
Research Projects SANEI, Bangladesh
Dr. Khuda Bakhsh
Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Resource
Economics 12 0.89
1625 Soild waste generation, characteristic and
management at households and food processing firms levels
National Collaborative
Research Projects
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Dr. Khuda Bakhsh
Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Resource
Economics 24 5.90
1626 Exploration of multifarious attributes of
essential oils from aromatic medicinal plants of high altitude Azad Jamu and Kashmir
Pakistan Science Foundation
PSF Dr. Muhammad
Shahid Associate Professor
Biochemistry 24 2.29
1627 Potential of Bats in Food Security and Capacity
Building for Biodiversity Conservastion in Pakistan
International Collaborative
Research Projects PEER
Dr. Muhammad Mahmood-ul-
Hassan
Associate Professor
Zoology, Wildlife and
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PEER ( Partnership for Enhanced Engagement in
Research Program USA
Dr. Muhammad Mahmood-ul-
Hassan
Associate Professor
Zoology, Wildlife and
Fisheries 36 13.00
1629 Genomic Characterization of Selected agents,
form Pakistan
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), USA.
Dr. Muhammad Saqib (CMS)
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Australian Government, Australian Centre for
International Agricultural Research (CSIRO); AusAID
Prof. Dr. Allah Bakhsh
Professor Irrigation &
Drainage 12 152.20
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1631 Association Mapping of Rice Weevils Resistance
in Asian Rice
International Collaborative
Research Projects BILL AND MELINDA GATES
Dr. Zaigham Shahzad
Assistant Professor
Plant Breeding & Genetics
36 8.84
1632 Development of Eco-friendly textiles by using
natural dyes Higher Education
Commission IPFP Startup Research Grant
Program 2013 Dr. Assad
Farooq Assistant Professor
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
Pakistan Science Foundation
PSF Dr. Muhammad
Hamid Bashir Associate Professor
Entomology 36 2.00
1634 Founding a research group for computer vision
and artificial intelligence Higher Education
Commission IPFP Startup Research Grant
Program 2013 Dr. Muhammad
Ahsan Latif Assistant Professor
Computer Science
12 0.50
1635 Establishment of training facilities for food
inspectors
International Collaborative
Research Projects UNIDO
Prof. Dr. Faqir Muhammad Anjum (Rtd.)
Professor NIFSAT 36 9471.00
1636 Determination of Basmati Rice Export from
Pakistan Higher Education
Commission IPFP Startup Research Grant
Program 2013 Dr. Abdul
Ghafoor (IBMS) Assistant Professor
IBMS 12 0.50
1637 Targeting actions to improve the ornamental
Plant production system for strengthening floriculture industry
Pakistan Science Foundation
PSF Dr. Adnan
Younas Assistant Professor
Horticultural Sciences
36 2.27
1638 Production, Characterization and utilization of
date powder as nutraceutical ingredient in confectionary
Pakistan Science Foundation
NSLP Prof. Dr. Salim-
ur-Rehman Professor NIFSAT 24 1.15
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1639 Effects of environmental stress on growth,
development and radiation use efficiency of finger millet
Higher Education Commission
NRPU 2013 Prof. Dr.
Muhammad Maqsood
Professor Agronomy 36 3.09
1640 Diversity analysis of Cotton Leaf Curl Virus
through PCR-RFLP Higher Education
Commission IPFP Startup Research Grant
Program 2013 Dr. Luqman
Amrao Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology 12 0.50
1641 Sustainable landscape for Benazir Bhutto
International Airport Islamabad
National Collaborative
Research Projects
Benazir Bhutto Intl. Air Port Project, Rawalpindi
Dr. Muhammad Aslam Khan
Professor Horticultural
Sciences 36 42.04
1642 Priming of mushroom spawn by laser and
electromagnetic radiation for yield improvement
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Third World Academy of Science (TWAS)
Dr. Muhammad Shahid
Associate Professor
Biochemistry 15 88.00
1643 Environmental impact of airport operations and
their health consequences
National Collaborative
Research Projects
Benazir Bhutto Intl. Air Port Project, Rawalpindi
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
National Collaborative
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
National Collaborative
Research Projects
Benazir Bhutto Intl. Air Port Project, Rawalpindi
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
Higher Education Commission
IPFP Startup Research Grant Program 2013
Dr. Abdul Hannan
Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology 12 0.50
1647 Weed control in non-cropped areas with
glyphosate Pakistan Science
Foundation PSF
Prof. Dr. Asif Tanveer
Professor Agronomy 36 1.22
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(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
Higher Education Commission
NRPU 2013 Prof. Dr. Javed
Iqbal Sultan Professor
Animal and Dairy Sciences
24 5.27
1649 Prospects of iron fortification of Pakistani rice cultivars through parboiling to mitigate iron
deficiency anaemia
Higher Education Commission
IPFP Startup Research Grant Program 2013
Dr. Mian Kamran Sharif
Assistant Professor
NIFSAT 12 0.50
1650 Fungal pathogenesis associated with Guava Die
Back and their management Higher Education
Commission IPFP Startup Research Grant
Program 2013 Dr. Imran-ul-
Haq Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology 12 0.50
1651 Quality mapping of osmotically treated
dehydrated banana powder Higher Education
Commission IPFP Startup Research Grant
Program 2013 Dr. Moazzam
Rafiq Khan Assistant Professor
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
Pakistan Science Foundation
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
Pakistan Science Foundation
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
Pakistan Science Foundation
PSF Dr. Bushra
Sultana Assistant Professor
Chemistry 24 2.00
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1656 Potential medicinal plants for antimicrobial antioxidant activities from Cholistan desert
Pakistan Science Foundation
PSF Dr. Zahid
Mahmood Assistant Professor
Chemistry 24 2.00
1657
Overexpression of Heat shock proteins and optimization of agrobacterium mediated transformation in local maize hybrids of
Pakistan
International Collaborative
Research Projects
DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) Pak-
German Project
Dr. Iqrar Ahmad Rana
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
Professor Animal and
Dairy Sciences 24 2.64
1659
Ecologically based rodent management strategies in some economically important
crops and impact of some toxications on their physiological profiles in central punjab, Pakistan
Pakistan Science Foundation
NSLP Prof. Dr. Hammad
Ahmad Khan Professor
Zoology, Wildlife and
Fisheries 36 2.16
1660 Development of novel rhizobial inoculants for
inducing drought tolerance in cereals Pakistan Science
Foundation NSLP
Prof. Dr. Zahir Ahmad Zahir
Professor Soil &
Environmental Sciences
36 3.00
1661 Developing, testing and evaluating cellular
extension service model in the cotton zone of the Punjab, Pakistan
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
Dr. Shoukat Ali Assistant Professor
Agricultural Extension and
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.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(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
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
Dr. Muhammad
Yousaf Assistant Professor
Animal and Dairy Sciences
48 23.47
1665 Development of feeding systems for buffalo and
Sahiwal calves Punjab Agricultural
Research Board
Dr. Shaukat Ali Bhatti
Assistant Professor
Animal and Dairy Sciences
61 19.67
1666 Control of Haemorrhagic septicaemia in cattle and buffalo through OMPs enriched liposomal
vaccine in Punjab
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
Prof. Dr. Sajjad-
ur-Rehman Professor Microbiology 60 20.08
1667 Impact of WTO policies on the exports of
agricultural commodities Punjab Agricultural
Research Board
Prof. Dr. Muhammad
Ashfaq Professor
Agricultural and Resource
Economics 36 17.50
1668 Development, evaluation and promoting of cost effective and low polluting fish feed for Labeo
rohita to enhance productivity
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
Dr. Muhammad
Issa Khan Assistant Professor
NIFSAT 48 20.08
1669 Study ascertain training needs of cotton
ginners: A case study of district Bahawalnagar, Punjab, Pakistan
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
Dr. Iftikhar
Ahmad Assistant Professor
Horticultural Sciences
24 1.75
1670 Re-use of agriculture and house-hold waste as
fuel materials Punjab Agricultural
Research Board Dr. Abdul Nasir
Associate Professor
Structures & Environmental
Engineering 36 18.05
1671 Strategies to improve competitiveness of sugar
beet as a sugar crop Punjab Agricultural
Research Board
Dr. Abdul Wakeel
Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 48 20.55
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1672 Evaluation of system of rice intensification (SRI)
with transfer technology to improve rice production
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
Dr. Muhammad
Javed Akhtar Associate Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 48 19.85
1673 Use of saline tube well water to supplement
canal irrigation to sustain crop production with organic and inorganic amendments
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
Dr. Muhammad Anwar-ul-Haq
Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
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
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
PARB Dr. Muhammad
Iqbal (Soil Science)
Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 60 19.69
1675 Identification, characterization and on-farm
demonstration of salinity and sodicity tolerant rice and wheat genotypes
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
Dr. Muhammad
Saqib (CMS) Assistant Professor
Clinical Medicine &
Surgery 36 19.97
1676 Soil organic carbon sequestration under climate
change depending on cropping patterns in arable ecosystems
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
Dr. Muhammad
Sana Ullah Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 36 17.23
1677 Development and commercialization of
biofertilizers from halo-tolerant rhizobia for inducing salt tolerance in cereals
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
PARB Prof. Dr. Zahir Ahmad Zahir
Professor Soil &
Environmental Sciences
60 38.64
1678 Commercial cultivation of oyster mushroom for
poverty alleviation near adjacent areas of Faisalabad
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
Dr. Nasir
Ahmad Khan Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology 36 10.41
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1679 Deciphering the evalutionary origin of basmati rice and studying the grain quality linked to its
geographical origin
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
Prof. Dr. Abdus
Salam Khan Professor
Plant Breeding & Genetics
36 31.82
1680 Development of double haploid maize hybrid
for water limited field conditions Punjab Agricultural
Research Board
Dr. Muhammad Ahsan Khan
Associate Professor
Entomology 48 6.82
1681 Morphogenetic characterization & in vitro
clonal propagation of guava hybrids for crop improvement
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
Dr. Muhammad
Usman (Horticulture)
Assistant Professor
Horticultural Sciences
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
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
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.)
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
Dr. Shahid Ibni
Zamir Assistant Professor
Agronomy 48 15.94
1687 Maximization of wheat production under semi-
arid environment Punjab Agricultural
Research Board
Prof. Dr. Muhammad
Maqsood Professor Agronomy 36 10.00
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1688 Capacity Building in Managemnet of
Malnutrition for Public Sector Institutions
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Sarita Neupane Nutrition Specialist UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund;
UNICEF)
Prof. Dr. Faqir Muhammad Anjum (Rtd.)
Professor NIFSAT 12 2.00
1689 Gene technology for crop improvement
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Ms. Irum Aziz Lecturer Plant Breeding
& Genetics 36 8.00
1690 Development of rusts resistant wheat
genotypes through conventional and molecular breeding
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Fida Hussain
Assistant Professor
Plant Breeding & Genetics
36 8.00
1691
Addressing the wheat productivity through introducing high yielding wheat varieties by
using conventional and modernized teaching techniques
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Nisar Hussain
Assistant Professor
Agricultural Extension and
Rural Development
36 6.00
1692 Effect of molting technique on productive and
reproductive parameters of laying hen
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Hassan Ali Assistant Professor
UAF Sub-Campus, Toba
Tek Singh 24 3.20
1693 Research Endeavor in the upgradation and
evaluation of locally developed Lyallpur Silver Black (LSB) breed
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Prof. Dr. Ahsan-
ul-Haq Professor
Animal and Dairy Sciences
36 12.54
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1694 Toxicopathological effects of corn steep liquor
(CSL) in broiler
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Fazal
Mahmood Assistant Professor
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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Muhammad Kashif Saleemi
Assistant Professor
Pathology 36 13.35
1696 Mycobiota and mycotoxins in fish farming
system and their effects on fish health
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Muhammad Kashif Saleemi
Assistant Professor
Pathology 36 5.50
1697 Diseases and chemical contamination of pond
and rive fish
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Prof. Dr.
Muhammad Zargham Khan
Professor Pathology 36 11.00
1698 Epidemiology and diagnosis of rabies in Pakistan
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Fazal
Mahmood Assistant Professor
Pathology 36 28.60
1699 Probing the therapeutic role of watermelon
lycopene to mitigate lifestyle disorders
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Prof. Dr.
Masood Sadiq Butt
Professor NIFSAT 36 11.00
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1700 Physico-chemical, technological, nutrition and functional properties of casein micelles from
buffalo milk as an ingredient
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Sarfraz
Ahmad (Late) Assistant Professor
NIFSAT 36 10.50
1701 Development of nutrient and caloric dense value added “RiceNutriBars― through
extrusion technology
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Mian
Kamran Sharif Assistant Professor
NIFSAT 24 10.50
1702 Value addition in milk by producing low fat
cottage cheese from cow and buffalo milk for hyperlipidemic consumers
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Prof. Dr. Tahir
Zahoor Professor NIFSAT 36 12.50
1703 Micro-encapsulation of lactic probiotic and their
usage as functional food components in the human diet
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Prof. Dr. Tahir
Zahoor Professor NIFSAT 36 9.00
1704 Value addition of cheese whey to develop
nutritional and therapeutic foods
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Ayesha
Sameen Assistant Professor
NIFSAT 36 10.50
1705 Exploring the nutritional and pharmaceutical
properties of Moringa oleifera (Sohanjna)
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Muhammad
Issa Khan Assistant Professor
NIFSAT 36 4.80
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1706 Development of fibre enriched wheat bread
(FEW-Bread) for tackling malnutrition
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Muhammad
Saeed Assistant Professor
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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Muhammad Atif Randhawa
Assistant Professor
NIFSAT 36 7.16
1708 Shelflife extension of soft textured fruity by
controlled atmosphere storage
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Moazzam
Rafiq Khan Assistant Professor
NIFSAT 36 11.94
1709 Development of egg powder by the spray drying
and its potential use in bakery products
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Ali Asghar Assistant Professor
NIFSAT 36 13.00
1710 Indigenization of drip irrigation system in
Pakistan
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Prof. Dr. Rai Niaz Ahmad
Professor Irrigation &
Drainage 36 9.50
1711 Development of decision support system (DSS) for optimum water resources management in
Rachna doab
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Usman
Khalid Awan Lecturer
Irrigation & Drainage
36 9.40
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1712 Improving tubewell efficiency using energy
audit approach
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Prof. Dr. Allah
Bakhsh Professor
Irrigation & Drainage
36 7.50
1713 Enhancing yield potential of wheat and maize through physiological improvements with K
application under saline conditions
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Muhammad
Javed Akhtar Associate Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 36 5.50
1714 Production of non conventional fodders from
low quality soil and water resources for sustainable income of resource poor farmers
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Muhammad Zia ur Rehman
(IS&ES)
Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 36 7.40
1715 Role of potassium nutrition in mitigation of
drought stress in wheat
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Shamsa
Kanwal Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
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.
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Muhammad Zia ur Rehman
(IS&ES)
Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 36 7.40
1717
Development of rock phosphate based “Bio-Organophos― fertilizer for sustainable crop
production under irrigated and rain-fed Agriculture
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Prof. Dr.
Muhammad Arshad (Late)
Professor Soil &
Environmental Sciences
36 3.80
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1718
Impact assessment of carbon sequestration and NO3 leaching under different cropping systems:
managing soil quality through precision nitrogen management―
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Muhammad
Iqbal (Soil Science)
Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 36 15.00
1719 Use of fermented manure to improve soil
health and save the environment for sustainable crop production in saline soils
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Muhammad Anwar-ul-Haq
Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 36 5.00
1720 Role of root architectural and biochemical
properties in P-acquisition in diverse wheat genotypes
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Abdul Wakeel
Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 36 8.40
1721 Importance of cropping patterns in enhancing
productivity and soil organic matter under drought stress in arable ecosystems
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Muhammad
Sana Ullah Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 36 15.02
1722 Sustainable control of Indian crested porcupine (Hystrix indica) in the arable biomes of Punjab
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Prof. Dr. Rashid
Ahmad Khan Professor
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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Prof. Dr. Rashid
Ahmad Khan Professor
Forestry and Range
Management 60 19.90
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1724 Diversity and molecular characterization of cotton leaf curl disease complex in Punjab
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Luqman
Amrao Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology 36 10.00
1725 Pathotyping of major bacterial plant pathogens
and development of bacterial cultural bank
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Mr. Amir Habib Lecturer Plant Pathology 36 8.00
1727 Nutritional and chemical management of cotton
leaf curl disease
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Nasir
Ahmad Khan Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology 36 9.00
1729 Fungal and nematode pathogens associated with citrus decline and their management
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Imran-ul-
Haq Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology 36 8.00
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1730 Development of forecasting model and a
product for management of late blight disease of potato
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Muhammad
Atiq Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology 36 10.00
1731 Soil borne disease associated with citrus in
Punjab and their management
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Sajid Aleem
Khan Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology 36 10.50
1732
Development of hybrid product with mycorrihizal fungi and root nodule bacteria for
the management of root knot nematode, Meloidogyne incognita
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Prof. Dr. Nazir
Javed Professor Plant Pathology 48 2.50
1733 Molecular approaches to confer plant broad-
spectrum disease resistance against Alternaria spp
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Abdul Hannan
Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology 36 5.00
1734 Integated management of major potato viruses
and their vectors through a decision-support model.
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Muhammad
Aslam (PBG) Assistant Professor
Plant Breeding & Genetics
60 9.41
1735 Forecasting epidemics of guava decline and
their management through biocontrol agents.
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Muhammad
Aslam (PBG) Assistant Professor
Plant Breeding & Genetics
36 1.85
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1736 Exploitation of somaclonal variartion in
sugarcane improvement
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Farooq Ahmad Khan
(Plant Breeding)
Assistant Professor
Plant Breeding & Genetics
36 4.45
1737 Evaluation of Bittetground germplasm for the antidiabetic phytomedicines for the potential
utilization in hybrid seed development
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Hafiza Masooma
Naseer Cheema
Assistant Professor
Plant Breeding & Genetics
24 2.25
1738 Development of drought tolerant rapeseeds
hybrids and open pollinated varieties for higher oil yield and quality
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Ameer Bibi Assistant Professor
Plant Breeding & Genetics
36 10.50
1739 Development of oilseed brassicas for changing
cotton cropping pattern
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Prof. Dr. Hafeez Ahmad Sadaqat
Professor Plant Breeding
& Genetics 60 33.00
1740 Improving water and nutrient use efficiency of Pakistani wheat through transgenic approach
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Zaigham
Shahzad Assistant Professor
Plant Breeding & Genetics
1741 Development of novel breeding populations in
cotton through random matings
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Mr.
Muhammad Tehseen Azhar
Lecturer Plant Breeding
& Genetics 36 7.39
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1742 DNA profiling of germplasm and breeding
tomato hybrids for heavy metal tolerance as irrigated by waste water
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Asif Saeed Assistant Professor
Plant Breeding & Genetics
36 5.11
1743 Identification of DNA markers and QTLs
associated with forage yield and quality traits in sorghum-sudangrass hybrids―
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Hammad
Nadeem Tahir Assistant Professor
Plant Breeding & Genetics
36 19.25
1744 Characterization, Identification and utilization
of heat tolerant germplasm of summer vegetables of Pakistan
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Prof. Dr. Aslam Pervez (Late)
Professor Horticultural
Sciences 36 20.00
1745 Value addition in floriculture
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Adnan
Younas Assistant Professor
Horticultural Sciences
36 11.40
1746 Postharvest fruit softening and quality
management of mango
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Ahmad Sattar Khan
Associate Professor
Horticultural Sciences
36 10.00
1747 Creating red rot resistant sugarcane by
protoplast fusion
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Bushra
Sadia Associate Professor
CABB 36 5.78
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1748 Development of high yielding Okra lines
tolerant to drought and salinity stress
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Prof. Dr. Asif Ali
Khan Professor
Plant Breeding & Genetics
36 1.85
1749 Molecular marker assisted selection of high
yielding and biotic/abiotic stress tolerant dry pea genotypes
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Muhammad
Ahsan Iqbal Assistant Professor
Plant Breeding & Genetics
36 2.15
1750 Empowerment of women farmers through food
processing and preservation in rural areas of Punjab, Pakistan
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Rakhshanda
Akhtar Assistant Professor
Home Sciences 36 16.40
1751 Astute resource use planning for sustainable
maize production using simulating techniques
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Tasneem
Khaliq Assistant Professor
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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Shahid Ibni
Zamir Assistant Professor
Agronomy 48 16.30
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1754 Development of low input high yielding sustainable rice wheat cropping system
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Prof. Dr.
Ehsanullah Professor Agronomy 36 13.00
1755 Enhancing the productivity of summer fodder
systems through intercropping, fertilizer management and optimization of sowing time
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Asif Iqbal Assistant Professor
Agronomy 36 5.30
1756 Development and evaluation of system of rice
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Muhammad
Farooq Associate Professor
Agronomy 36 5.10
1757 Isolation and screening of weed-root associated bacteria for weed management in the different
cropping system
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Zubair
Aslam Assistant Professor
Agronomy 36 10.00
1758 Impact of water and nutrients stress on cotton
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Prof. Dr.
Muhammad Maqsood
Professor Agronomy 36 10.00
1759 Agro-management research on productivity enhancement of rice by adopting different
direct sown techniques
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Nadeem
Akbar Assistant Professor
Agronomy 36 3.95
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1760 Enhancing the drought tolerance in sunflower
by integrative use of physiological enhancements and agronomic practices
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Prof. Dr. Abdul
Khaliq Professor Agronomy 36 17.00
1763 Evaluating different nitrogen sources for
sustainable production of maize (Zea mays L.)
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Sardar Alam
Cheema Assistant Professor
Agronomy 36 5.60
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Shahid Ibni
Zamir Assistant Professor
Agronomy 36 17.80
1766 Assessing climate risk and mitigating strategies of wheat productivity under changing climate
scenarios in Punjab
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Syed Aftab
Wajid Associate Professor
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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Fahd Rasul Assistant Professor
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects German Research Foundation
Dr. Abdul Wakeel
Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
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
Pakistan Science Foundation
PSF Prof. Dr.
Muhammad Afzal (Zoology)
Professor Zoology,
Wildlife and Fisheries
36 1.87
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(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
Pakistan Science Foundation
PSF Dr. Nasir Ali
Tauqir Assistant Professor
Animal and Dairy Sciences
24 2.70
1773 Optimal evaluation of wild mushrooms from high altitude Azad Jammu Kashmir for their
commercial utilization
Pakistan Science Foundation
PSF Dr. Muhammad
Shahid Associate Professor
Biochemistry 24 2.48
1774 Economic performance of Bt cotton
incorporating impacts on human health and poverty
Pakistan Science Foundation
PSF Dr. Khuda
Bakhsh Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Resource
Economics 24 1.77
1775 Regulation of NH4+ acquisition and assimilation in plant with increase K+ application to enhance
growth under salt stress
Pakistan Science Foundation
NSLP Dr. Muhammad
Javed Akhtar Associate Professor
Soil & Environmental
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
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 24 1.73
1777 Using Remote Sensing and GIS to predicts crop
yeild and manage water resources Pakistan Science
Foundation NSLP
Prof. Dr. Allah Bakhsh
Professor Irrigation &
Drainage 36 1.97
1778 Forecasting epidemics of wheat partial bunt and
their management through resistance and biocontrol agents
Pakistan Science Foundation
NSLP Dr. Muhammad
Aslam (PBG) Assistant Professor
Plant Breeding & Genetics
36 2.00
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1779 Assessment of the Efficiency and Effectiveness
of Contract Farming: Linking Farmers with Agribusiness Firms in Punjab, Pakistan
Pakistan Science Foundation
NSLP Dr. Abdul
Ghafoor (IBMS) Assistant Professor
IBMS 24 0.99
1780 Genetic monitoring of natural and hatchery
stocks of major carp, Catla catla using microsatellite markers
Pakistan Science Foundation
NSLP Dr. Khalid
Abbas Assistant Professor
Zoology, Wildlife and
Fisheries 24 1.74
1781 Evaluation of metal tolerant non-edible crops
for public health and economic viability of small farmers
Pakistan Science Foundation
PSF Dr. Muhammad
Sabir Assistant Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 36 1.95
1782 Improving heat resistance in wheat at
reproductive phase with exogenous use of GABA
Pakistan Science Foundation
PSF Dr. Muhammad
Farooq Associate Professor
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
Higher Education Commission
NRPU 2013 Dr. Muhammad
Shahid Mahmood
Associate Professor
Microbiology 36 14.18
1785 Probing the therapeutic role of watermelon
lycopene to mitigate lifestyle disorders Pakistan Science
Foundation NSLP
Prof. Dr. Masood Sadiq
Butt Professor NIFSAT 24 2.59
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1786
Integrated and Sustainable Rodent Management Strategies to Reduce
Depredations in some Economically Important Crop in Central Punjab
Pakistan Science Foundation
NSLP Prof. Dr. Hammad
Ahmad Khan Professor
Zoology, Wildlife and
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
Pakistan Science Foundation
NSLP Dr. Muhammad
Shahid Mahmood
Associate Professor
Microbiology 36 4.82
1788 Adaptive responses of rice to high temperature
stress
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International atomic energy agency, (IAEA), AUSTRIA
Prof. Dr. Abdul Wahid
Professor Botany 36 3.55
1789 The Effect of Food Price Shocks on the
Macroeconomy of Pakistan: Implications for Food Security
International Collaborative
Research Projects SANEI, Bangladesh
Dr. Khalid Mushtaq
Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Resource
Economics 12 9.98
1790 Exploration of selective potential medicinal
plants from Cholistan Desert for antimicrobial and antioxidant activities
National Collaborative
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
Pakistan Science Foundation
NSLP Dr. Saeed
Ahmad Associate Professor
Horticultural Sciences
36 1.31
1792 Extraction, biodiesel convesion and evaluation
of camelina sativa oil as biofuel
International Collaborative
Research Projects COMSTECH-TWAS
Dr. Hafiza Masooma
Naseer Cheema
Assistant Professor
Plant Breeding & Genetics
36 79.00
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1793 Salt tolerant hybrid seed production in
cucumber (Cucumis sativus. L) Pakistan Science
Foundation PSF
Prof. Dr. Aslam Pervez (Late)
Professor Horticultural
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
Animal and Dairy Sciences
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
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
Prof. Dr.
Muhammad Afzal (Zoology)
Professor Zoology,
Wildlife and Fisheries
60 7.15
1797 Feasibility of some cereal derived B-glucan as
immunomodulators and their protective efficacy against Eimeria infection in chicken
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
Dr. Masood
Akhtar Associate Professor
Parasitology 48 12.31
1798 Evaluation of Citrus Pulp Silage with Wheat
Straw in Animal Agriculture Punjab Agricultural
Research Board
Dr. Muhammad Sharif
Assistant Professor
Animal and Dairy Sciences
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
National Collaborative
Research Projects
Ministry of Sci. & Tech. (MoST), Islamabad
Prof. Dr. Muhammad
Ashraf Professor Botany 36 2.59
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
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
Dr. Muhammad
Aslam (PBG) Assistant Professor
Plant Breeding & Genetics
36 12.33
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(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
Plant Pathology 36 11.42
1803 Soil borne diseases associated with citrus in
Punjab and their management Punjab Agricultural
Research Board
Dr. Sajid Aleem Khan
Assistant Professor
Plant Pathology 48 15.13
1804 Engineering sugarcane for the enhancement of
resistance against ascomycetic fungi Punjab Agricultural
Research Board
Dr. Iqrar Ahmad Rana
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
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
Dr. Abdul Nasir Associate Professor
Structures & Environmental
Engineering 60 24.26
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
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
Prof. Dr. Munir
Ahmad Professor
Agricultural Extension and
Rural Development
36 8.56
1810 Production of recombinant S-streptokinase for
application in cardio vascular diseases
National Collaborative
Research Projects
Drug Control Organization, Ministry of Health Govt. of
Pakistan
Dr. Muhammad Anjum Zia
Associate Professor
Biochemistry 36 17.80
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(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
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
Dr. Shoukat Ali Assistant Professor
Agricultural Extension and
Rural Development
36 4.20
1812 on farm water storage for high efficiency irrigation system to improve water use
efficiency
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
Prof. Dr. Allah
Bakhsh Professor
Irrigation & Drainage
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
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
PARB Prof. Dr. Zahir Ahmad Zahir
Professor Soil &
Environmental Sciences
60 38.64
1815
Study on potential risk, benefit assessment and structural, functional diversity of bacterial communities assotiated with transgenic Bt
cotton
Pakistan Science Foundation
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
Dr. Muhammad Issa Khan
Assistant Professor
NIFSAT 36 17.82
1817 Production and evaluation of extruded floating
fish feed to improve growth rate and meat quality
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
Dr. Muhammad
Issa Khan Assistant Professor
NIFSAT 36 18.23
1818 Development of early weaning packages for the calves of Nili Ravi buffaloes and Sahiwal cattle
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
Dr. Shaukat Ali
Bhatti Assistant Professor
Animal and Dairy Sciences
60 19.53
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(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
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
Dr. Babar Shahbaz
Associate Professor
Agricultural Extension and
Rural Development
48 9.13
1820 Developing some recent and effective avian
pest management approaches in the susceptible cropped regions of Punjab, Pakistan
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
Prof. Dr. Hammad
Ahmad Khan Professor
Zoology, Wildlife and
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
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
Dr. Fawwad
Ahmad Assistant Professor
Animal and Dairy Sciences
12 0.90
1822 Development of dates dehydration technology of date producing areas of Sukkur and Khairpur
Pakistan Science Foundation
PSF Prof. Dr. Salim-
ur-Rehman Professor NIFSAT 36 4.35
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Research Advocay Fund (RAF) (British Council)
Dr. Shazia Yasmin
Assistant Professor
Rural Sociology 18 46.00
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(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
Dr. Muhammad Saif-ur-Rehman
Assistant Professor
Animal and Dairy Sciences
24 6.60
1826 Investigation of physio-chemical parameters, antimicrobial,pharmaceutical and antioxidant
activity profiles of Pakistan honeys
Pakistan Science Foundation
PSF Dr. Raja Adil
Sarfraz Assistant Professor
Chemistry 24 1.00
1827 Development of immoblizesd ligninase enzemes
and their applications in industrial and environmental biotechnology
Higher Education Commission
PSF & Pak-China Prof. Dr.
Muhammad Asghar
Professor Biochemistry 36 5.74
1828 Threats of Microbial Infections and Malnutrition in Miternal and Child in Faisalabad Division, its
mitigation using effective advocacy tools
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Research Advocay Fund (RAF) Islamabad
Dr. Muhammad Shahid
Associate Professor
Biochemistry 24 6.00
1829 Rural Development through action education
program Pakistan Science
Foundation NSLP
Mr. Tahir Munir Butt
Lecturer UAF Sub- Campus, Depalpur
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
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
Dr. Rao Zahid
Abbas Assistant Professor
Parasitology 36 13.47
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1832 Development, testing, implementation of model
small ruminant production system through a community consortium in Faisalabad Division
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
Prof. Dr. Zafar
iqbal Professor Parasitology 60 49.20
1833 Sero-epidemiology and molecular diagnosis of
brucellosis in food animals Punjab Agricultural
Research Board
Prof. Dr. Ahrar Khan
Professor Pathology 36 23.92
1834 Investigations on fish diseases at commercial
fish farms and their treatment/control Punjab Agricultural
Research Board
Prof. Dr. Muhammad Tariq Javed
Professor Pathology 60 11.86
1835 The establishment of pregnancies with in vitro
produced frozen and unfrozen Sahiwal cow and Nili-Ravi buffalo embryos
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
Prof. Dr. Zafar Iqbal Qureshi
Professor Theriogenology 48 14.70
1836 Molecular expidemiology and control of
Haemorrhagic Septicaemia in cattle and buffalo in the District of Faisalabad and Chiniot
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
Prof. Dr. Sajjad-
ur-Rehman Professor Microbiology 60 20.08
1837 Development of starter cultures from
indigenous sources and production of high quality pizza cheese in pakistan
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
Dr. Ayesha
Sameen Assistant Professor
NIFSAT 36 17.34
1838 The Effect of Food Price Shocks on the
Macroeconomy of Pakistan: Implications for Food Security
International Collaborative
Research Projects
South Asia Network of Economic Research Institutes
(SANEI)
Dr. Khalid Mushtaq
Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Resource
Economics 12 75.00
1839 Pak House Demonstration Unit for Horticultural
Crops
International Collaborative
Research Projects
Govt. of Punjab, Agriculture Department, Lahore
Dr. Ahmad Sattar Khan
Associate Professor
Horticultural Sciences
12 6.90
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1840 Exploration and Evaluation predatory mite
species as potential bio-control agents
International Collaborative
Research Projects
COMSTECH-ISESCO, Islamabad
Dr. Bilal Saeed Khan
Lecturer Entomology 24 39.90
1841
Modeling the seed cotton yield, water use efficiency under present and future climate
change scenarios is different ecological regions of punjab.
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
Dr. Syed Aftab
Wajid Associate Professor
Agronomy 36 8.26
1842 Initiation of comprehensive program under the establishment of center for residue avoidance
in food animals
International Collaborative
Research Projects USAID
Dr. Faqir Muhammad
Assistant Professor
Pharmacy, Physiology and Pharmacology
60 614.00
1843 Development of drought tolerant cotton variety
for punjab province Punjab Agricultural
Research Board
Prof. Dr. Shahzad
Maqsood Ahmad Basra
Professor Agronomy 60 23.20
1844 Improving the participatory status of females in Agriculture and livestock sector at Rural Level
International Collaborative
Research Projects BILL AND MELINDA GATES
Mr. Nazar Hussain Khan
Lecturer Continuing Education
12 10.00
1845 Poverty alleviation through locally developed
poultry breed
International Collaborative
Research Projects BILL AND MELINDA GATES
Prof. Dr. Ahsan-ul-Haq
Professor Animal and
Dairy Sciences 36 10.00
1846 Impact of water and nutrients stress on cotton Punjab Agricultural
Research Board
Prof. Dr. Muhammad
Maqsood Professor Agronomy 36 10.87
1847 Pack house demonstration unit for horticultural
crops
National Collaborative
Research Projects
Govt. of Punjab, Agri. Dept. Lahore
Prof. Dr. Aman Ullah Malik
Professor Horticultural
Sciences 36 19.50
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1848 Cultivation of non-food crops using sewage to substitute food crops for economic viability of
small farmers
National Collaborative
Research Projects
Ministry of Sci. & Tech. (MoST), Islamabad
Prof. Dr. Abdul Ghafoor (IS&ES)
Professor Soil &
Environmental Sciences
36 3.63
1849 Establishment of germplasm development and
conservation center for horticultural crops
National Collaborative
Research Projects
Japan's Technical Cooperation Development Study
Dr. Muhammad Usman
(Horticulture)
Assistant Professor
Horticultural Sciences
36 137.83
1850
Development of carcenogenicity and genotoxicity facilities for the demonstration of
pestiocides impact on human/animal and enviornmental and their curability
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
Dr. Muhammad
Shahid Associate Professor
Biochemistry 60 19.50
1851
Optimizing production and essential oil extraction technology using super critical fluid
extraction from non-traditional high value horticulture crops
National Collaborative
Research Projects
Ministry of Sci. & Tech. (MoST), Islamabad
Dr. Muhammad Aslam Khan
Professor Horticultural
Sciences 36 18.58
1852 Date Palm Nursery establishment through induction in Un-Rooted/Aerial offshoots by
using hormones under different environments
National Collaborative
Research Projects
Ministry of Sci. & Tech. (MoST), Islamabad
Dr. Muhammad Aslam Khan
Professor Horticultural
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
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
Dr. Sajid
Mahmood Nadeem
Assistant Professor
Sub-Campus Burewala-Vehari
36 5.00
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1854 mointering of kernal bunt of wheat disease
incidence and its management through resistant varities
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
Dr. Muhammad
Aslam (PBG) Assistant Professor
Plant Breeding & Genetics
36 6.47
1855 Anti-stress properties and expressions of
related genes in Rohu (Labeo rohita) fed with all-plant-based diet
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
ALP Dr. Yasmeen
Gul Assistant Professor
Zoology, Wildlife and
Fisheries 36 3.00
1856 Documenting and mitigating the effect of thermal treatments on the formation of
heterocyclic aromatic amines in various meats
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Asim Shabbir
Assistant Professor
NIFSAT 36 11.35
1857 Functional exploration of wheat straw an
approach towards value addition
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Imran
Pasha Associate Professor
NIFSAT 24 9.70
1858
Molcecular marker-assisted selection of Pakistan spring wheats for high molecular
weight glutenin subunits (HMW-GS) and grain hardness
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Imran
Pasha Associate Professor
NIFSAT 36 27.70
1859 Use of salt-affected waste land through growing timber and fruit trees in Dera Ghazi Khan area
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Prof. Dr.
Shafqat Nawaz Professor
Soil & Environmental
Sciences 36 5.50
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1860 Communication strategy for poverty alleviation
through poultry production
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Muhammad Farooq Khalid
Assistant Professor
UAF Sub-Campus, Toba
Tek Singh 18 4.77
1861 Grading up of indigenous chicken through an
open nucleus breeding plan
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Zia-ur-Rehman
Assistant Professor
UAF Sub-Campus, Toba
Tek Singh 36 6.93
1862 Genetics of drought related parameters in
maize
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Mr. Nazar
Hussain Khan Lecturer
Continuing Education
36 2.10
1863 Taxonomic study of predatory mites
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Ahmad Saeed Khan
Associate Professor
Continuing Education
36 4.30
1864 Allelopathic Way of Weed Control and
Enhancing Crop Yield through Allelochemicals
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Prof. Dr. Mahmood
Ahmad Randhawa
Professor Continuing Education
36 12.00
1865 Short term skill development programme and
on farm technology transfer “Action Research―
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Muhammad
Ather Javed Khan
Associate Professor
Continuing Education
36 12.00
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1866
An assessment of farmers’ perceptions regarding use of mobile phone: a paradigm of
interactive communication for their development
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Ghaffar Ali Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Resource
Economics 36 2.29
1867 Exploring the need for coordination among
major stakeholders for agricultural development
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Ghaffar Ali Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Resource
Economics 36 2.85
1868 Training needs assessment of extension field staff under decentralized extension system in
the Punjab, Pakistan
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Ijaz Ashraf
Gill Assistant Professor
Agricultural Extension and
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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Shoukat Ali Assistant Professor
Agricultural Extension and
Rural Development
36 3.05
1870 Marketing and post harvest losses of major
fruits in Punjab, Pakistan
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Abdul
Ghafoor (IBMS) Assistant Professor
IBMS 36 2.20
1871 Dielectric barrier discharges applications in
agro-industry
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Abdul Ghaffar
Assistant Professor
Physics 36 4.00
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1872 Isolation of electromagnetic radiation induced
novel bioactive genes and peptides from medicinal plants
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Yasir Jamil Associate Professor
Physics 36 9.80
1873 Formulation of economical fish feed for
intensive fish culture
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Prof. Dr.
Iftikhar Ahmed (Zoology)
Professor Zoology,
Wildlife and Fisheries
36 2.23
1874 Identification of soil biodiversity and its role in
sustaining the cropland soil health
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Prof. Dr.
Shahnaz Akhtar Professor
Zoology, Wildlife and
Fisheries 36 8.85
1875
Enhancing protein and minerals availability in plant ingredients based diets for Labeo rohita
through acidification and phytase supplementation
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Prof. Dr.
Muhammad Afzal (Zoology)
Professor Zoology,
Wildlife and Fisheries
36 4.40
1876 Molecular markers-based monitoring of exotic
carps throughout Punjab for genetic stock enhancement
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Khalid
Abbas Assistant Professor
Zoology, Wildlife and
Fisheries 36 3.40
1877 Production of geneticaly vigorous seed of exotic
carps by molecular genetic approaches
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Khalid
Abbas Assistant Professor
Zoology, Wildlife and
Fisheries 36 3.40
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1878 Assessment and Remediation of heavy metals
pollution in industrial labor community in Faisalabad
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Raja Adil
Sarfraz Assistant Professor
Chemistry 36 5.70
1879 Transformation of wild mushrooms as
functional foods and cash crop
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Muhammad
Shahid Associate Professor
Biochemistry 36 12.57
1880 Preparation of recombinant streptokinase for
applications in cardiovascular attacks
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Muhammad
Anjum Zia Associate Professor
Biochemistry 36 20.00
1881 Increasing food security and farm income in
Pakistan’s Indus basin through integrated analysis of water policy choices
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Khuda
Bakhsh Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Resource
Economics 36 3.52
1882 To investigate the monetary policy impacts and linkages on Pakistan agriculture (priority area:
social sciences)
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Khalid Mushtaq
Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Resource
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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Prof. Dr.
Muhammad Ashfaq
Professor Agricultural and
Resource Economics
12 1.00
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1884 Economics of crop residue burning
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Prof. Dr.
Muhammad Ashfaq
Professor Agricultural and
Resource Economics
36 3.00
1885 Manipulation of some nutritional an
management aspects of goats for quality mutton production
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Arshad
Iqbal Associate Professor
Animal and Dairy Sciences
24 7.50
1886
Small sale cooperative milk collection, processing and marketing for sustainable dairy
development for poverty reduction through farmers associations
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Syed
Hassan Raza Assistant Professor
Animal and Dairy Sciences
36 17.50
1887 Developing and disseminating the economical and scientific calf raising program applicable
under field conditions.
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Qamar Bilal Associate Professor
Animal and Dairy Sciences
36 6.60
1888 Evaluation of single super phosphate fertilizer
as a potential source of phosphorous supplement in dairy animals
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Qamar Bilal Associate Professor
Animal and Dairy Sciences
36 6.30
1889 Development and evaluation of an improved
feeding system for stall-fed goats
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Athar
Mahmood Assistant Professor
UAF Community College
36 7.50
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1890
Recent trends in recycling methods for caged hens and their impact on production
performance, histopathologcial changes and economics
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Muhammad
Yousaf Assistant Professor
Animal and Dairy Sciences
36 21.35
1891 Revitalization, propagation and dissemination
of Lyallpur silver black breed of poultry, for poverty alleviation
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Prof. Dr. Sultan
Mahmood Professor
Animal and Dairy Sciences
48 16.00
1892 Genetic selection and phenotypic
characterization of marecha camel in Pakistan
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Prof. Dr. Pervez
Akhtar Professor
UAF Sub-Campus, Toba
Tek Singh 36 7.02
1893 Documentation and manipulation of egg cholesterol contents in different chicken
genotypes
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Faiz-ul-
Hassan Lecturer
Animal and Dairy Sciences
36 6.10
1894
Identification of single nucleotide polymorphisms of MC4R gene and its
association with growth and body composition traits in rural chickens
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Muhammad Saif-ur-Rehman
Assistant Professor
Animal and Dairy Sciences
36 6.00
1895 Effect of feeding varying energy of protein
ratios on the age at puberty in nili-ravi buffaloes
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Nasir Ali
Tauqir Assistant Professor
Animal and Dairy Sciences
36 2.26
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Prof. Dr. Javed
Iqbal Sultan Professor
Animal and Dairy Sciences
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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Shaukat Ali
Bhatti Assistant Professor
Animal and Dairy Sciences
60 40.74
1898 Increasing buffalo productivity by using treated
sugarcane bagasse
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Muhammad
Sharif Assistant Professor
Animal and Dairy Sciences
36 2.59
1899 Feeding supplemental fat for attaining early
puberty in Nili-Ravi buffalo heifers
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Prof. Dr. Haq
Nawaz (Animal Nutrition)
Professor Animal and
Dairy Sciences 60 14.20
1900 Attaining cost effective early puberty in Nili-Ravi
heifers by escalating growth through mineral manipulation
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Prof. Dr.
Muhammad Sarwar
Professor Animal and
Dairy Sciences 36 14.12
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1901 Toxicological screening of common weeds growing in fodders with reference to their
impact on animal health and growth
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Faqir
Muhammad Assistant Professor
Pharmacy, Physiology and Pharmacology
36 6.50
1902 Genetic selection of Pakistan Dairy Breeds for
Mastitis Resistance
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Toufeer
Mehdi Assistant Professor
Microbiology 36 20.00
1903 Epidemiology of Newcastle disease in rural
poultry
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Prof. Dr. Muhammad
Arshad (Microbiology)
Microbiology 36 6.80
1904 Laboratory and field evaluation of a locally prepared montanide adjuvanted combined hermorrhagic septicemia-mastitis vaccine.
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Prof. Dr. Nazir
Ahmad Professor Theriogenology 24 4.60
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1907
Development, testing and implementation of a model small ruminant production system
through a community consortium in Faisalabad Division
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Prof. Dr. Zafar
iqbal Professor Parasitology 36 29.90
1908
Epidemiology, Economic significance and acaricidal resistance of tick populations
infesting domestic ruminants of two different agro-ecological zones of Punjab Pakistan
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Muhammad
Sohail Sajid Assistant Professor
Parasitology 36 2.60
1909 Botanical bio-molecules immunomodulating
and therapeutic potentials in chicken
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Masood
Akhtar Associate Professor
Parasitology 36 9.90
1910 Possibility of Rhabditis axei glycoprotein’s
and lip polysaccharide as subunit vaccine against haemonchosis in sheep and goats
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Masood
Akhtar Associate Professor
Parasitology 36 5.89
1911 Molecular pathobiology and prevention of
brucellosis in food animals and humans
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Nisar Ahmed
Associate Professor
CABB 36 7.20
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1913 Engineering coordinated defense responses
against fungal pathogens of wheat in general and Ug99 in particular
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Iqrar
Ahmad Rana Assistant Professor
CABB 36 6.27
1914 Development of epigenetically drought tolerant
wheat
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Muhammad
Ahsan Iqbal Assistant Professor
Plant Breeding & Genetics
36 5.30
1915 Identification of root architectural biochemical
and physiological traits related to drought stress adaptaion in rape seed spieces
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Irfan afzal Associate Professor
Agronomy 36 6.50
1917 Establishment of sustainable and cost effective
grain storage in Pakistan
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Irfan afzal Associate Professor
Agronomy 36 3.25
1918 Evaluating production potential of Camelina sativa as potential oilseed crop under local
conditions
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Prof. Dr. Shahzad
Maqsood Ahmad Basra
Professor Agronomy 36 3.00
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(in Months)
Cost (in million)
1919 Establishment of forecasting modules for
integrated management of major insect pests of rice
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Prof. Dr.
Muhammad Ashfaq (T.I)
Professor Entomology 36 6.10
1920 Organic and biorational integrated pest
management of pumpkin beetles
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Prof. Dr.
Muhammad Ashfaq (T.I)
Professor Entomology 36 4.00
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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Muhammad
Dildar Gogi Assistant Professor
Entomology 36 3.50
1922 Development of a “sustainable diagnostic and outreach bio-intensive IMP labs for rural
masses/areas of Punjab Pakistan
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Prof. Dr.
Muhammad Ashfaq (T.I)
Professor Entomology 60 10.00
1923 Impact of transgenic Bt cotton on target and
non-target insect pests
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Muhammad
Arshad (Entomology)
Assistant Professor
Entomology 36 5.00
Submitted Projects
Sr. No.
Project Title Funding Agency Project Under PI Designation Department Estimated Duration
(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
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Zain- ul-
Abdin Assistant Professor
Entomology 36 9.00
1925 Survey and identification of tetranychid mites in
Punjab, Pakistan
Agricultural Linkages
Program/Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council
Dr. Muhammad
Altaf Sabri Associate Professor
Entomology 36 6.00
1926 Micro RNA control of NBS-LRR based immunity
in Cucumis sativus
International Collaborative
Research Projects Exiqon grant program 2014
Dr. Hafiza Masooma
Naseer Cheema
Assistant Professor
Plant Breeding & Genetics
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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
International Collaborative
Research Projects
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Dr. Ijaz Ashraf Gill
Assistant Professor
Agricultural Extension and
Rural Development
24 4.75
1929 Building Personnel and Laboratory Capacity for Control and Prevention of Food Borne Infection
Diseases in Pakistan
International Collaborative
Research Projects
PAK-US Science & Technology Cooperation Program 2012
Prof. Dr. Faqir Muhammad Anjum (Rtd.)
Professor NIFSAT 36 19.43
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