Department of Horticulture
Dr. Imran Hassan
About Department
Welcome to the Department of Horticulture, The world of enchanting flowers, serene landscapes, mouth-watering fruits, nutritious vegetables and healing plants. Horticulture is the most focused and diverse discipline amongst all from agriculture. Our department specializes in a multitude of research areas and work on a very vast array of fruit, vegetables, ornamental and medicinal plants, turf, landscape design, tissue culture and plant biotechnology. The department serves as a home for instruction, research and outreach activities in all aspects of horticultural science with special emphasis on arid climate.
Faculty members possess a diverse array of expertise – both interdisciplinary (e.g. physiology, breeding, post-harvest, molecular biology, ecology and sustainable production), and commodity based (e.g., fruits/pomology, vegetables, viticulture, floriculture, nursery crops, design, and marketing) – which they utilize in their research, teaching and outreach programs, at both the national and international levels.
To meet the growing demand for knowledgeable professionals, the Department of horticulture offers degree programs for undergraduate, graduate and doctorate students. Coursework is assorted and in-line with the needs of modern horticultural industry and global issues. Our programs offer opportunities for research, field work, and interdisciplinary study. Many courses include field trips to farms, orchards, vineyards, golf courses, landscape management firms, and contemporary and historic landscapes.
We research questions and share knowledge that improve production efficiency, environmental quality, livelihoods, food security, and human well-being in food and farming systems. We’re committed to promote managed horticultural ecosystems and plant biological systems that contribute to clean air and water, biodiversity, greenspace and overall liveability in Pothwar region and beyond.
Faculty Members
Dr. Imran Hassan
Chairman
HEC Approved Supervisor
Phone: +92-51-9290771
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Dr. Muhammad Azam khan
Dean
HEC Approved Supervisor
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Dr. Touqeer Ahmed
Associate Professor
HEC Approved Supervisor
Phone: +92-51-9290771
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Dr. Umer Habib
Assistant Professor
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Dr. Irfan Ali
Assistant Professor
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Dr. Usman Ali Abbasi
Assistant Professor
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Dr. Muhammad Tahir Akram
Assistant Professor
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Dr. Naveed ur Rehman
Assistant Professor
Phone: +92-51-9062155
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Dr. Mehwish Liaquat
Assistant Professor
Phone: +92-51-9292178
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Dr. Tanveer Hussain
Assistant Professor
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Dr. Usman Shoukat Qureshi
Lecturer
HEC Approved Supervisor
Phone: +92-51-9290771
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Degree Programs
Research
Completed Research Projects
- Maximization of gladiolus corms production through soil amendments, Rs. 87000/ Sponsored by PMAS-AAUR.
- Production of pathogen free horticultural plants, Rs. 35.884 million, Sponsored by HEC.
- Production of iris cut flower under different nutritional levels, Rs. 0.065milion, Sponsored by PMAS-AAUR
- Collection and characterization of indigenous medicinal aromatic plants, 0.047milion,Sponsored by PMAS-AAUR
- Development and optimization of methods of determination of pesticide residue in Kinnow mandarins,.089milion, Sponsored by PMAS-AAUR
- Development of low cost tissue culture technology for the mass scale production of free seed potato, Rs. 137000/ Sponsored by PMAS-AAUR.
On Going Research Projects
Prof. Dr. Nadeem Akhtar Abbasi
- Collection of loquat genotypes of Pakistan and their multiplication through conventional vegetative methods and tissue culture techniques, Rs. 2.5 million, Sponsored by HEC.
- Pre and post harvest treatments of food grade chemicals to improve peach fruit quality and shelf-life, Rs.1.992 million, Sponsored by PSF.
Dr. Ishfaq Ahmad Hafiz
- Production of pathogen free, true to type olive plants through tissue culture, Rs. 3.8milion, Sponsored by HEC.
- Varietals improvement of gladiolus through in vitro mutation, Rs. 3.079 million, Sponsored by HEC.
- Technology transfer to potato growers in relations to pathogen free seed potato management of disease and adoption of improved agrotechniques, Rs. 2.5million, Sponsored by E.F.S., UAF.
Ms. Mehwish Yaseen
- Standardization of protocol for protoplast fusion of Citrus genotypes, Rs. 1,28000 Sponsored by PMAS-AAUR.
Submitted Research Projects
Prof. Dr. Nadeem Akhtar Abbasi
- Designing production technology for promising grapes varieties, Rs. 10.928 million, Submitted to Punjab Agri. Res. Board.
- Management of peach orchards under water stress environment, 16.5million, submitted to Punjab Agri. Res. Board.
- Improving yield, quality and storage life of bell pepper by use of food grade chemicals,3.14 million, Submitted to PSF.
Dr. Ishfaq Ahmad Hafiz
- Studies on to develop a hydroponic model for Domestic level, 3.4 million, submitted to PSF.
Ms. Najma Yousaf Zahid
- Modern aspects of mushroom cultivation technology for high yield and quality,7.525million, Submitted to HEC
Minutes of Board of Studies
Minutes of Board of Studies
- Minutes of 45th meeting of faculty board of studies
- Minutes of 44th meeting of faculty board of studies
- Minutes of 43rd meeting of faculty board of studies
- Minutes of 42nd meeting of faculty board of studies
- Minutes of 41th meeting of faculty board of studies
- Minutes of 40th meeting of faculty board of studies
- Minutes of 39th meeting of faculty board of studies
- Minutes of 38th meeting of faculty board of studies
- Minutes of 37th meeting of faculty board of studies
- Minutes of 36th meeting of faculty board of studies
- Minutes of 35th meeting of faculty board of studies
- Minutes of 34th meeting of faculty board of studies
- Minutes of 33rd meeting of faculty board of studies
