Department of Plant Pathology
Dr. Abid Riaz
About Department
History
Plant Pathology is concerned with study of Plant dieases, spread and control. The welfare of plants is of particular interest to those most directly concerned with the growth of Plants and manufacture and distribution of plant products. The department attempts to increase our knowledge of the causes and the development of plant diseases. It is also science with a more practical goal; to develops controls for all plant diseases in order to save the produce that is destroyed by plant diseases and to make it available to the hungry and millions of ill people of our increasing over populated word.
The department started functioning in year 1979 at the time of establishment of Barani Agricultural College , Rawalpindi . In 1987, Plant Pathology was introduced as a specialized subject in B.Sc.(Hons).Agriculture. Masters programme in Plant Pathology was started in 1996. Since October 2000, Ph.D. Programme in Plant Pathology has been initiated and presently both undergraduate and postgraduate classes are going on in the department.
Main objectives
- To impart higher education at undergraduate and post graduate levels in the field of Plant Pathology.
- To develop a human resource in different field of plant pathology i.e., plant virology, plant bacteriology, mycology and plant nematology. To take up these challenges of WTO implication in the field of sanitary and Phyto sanitary measures.
- To emphasis an IPM to discourage the non judicial use of pesticide in agriculture.
- To provide plant disease diagnostic facilities to the formers, research organization and researchers of the adjoining areas of the university.
Research is a major focal areas of the department, faculty and students have published two hundred research papers in scientific journals of national and international repute since the inception of department.
Research Facilities
The department has basic infrastructure to conduct research in the field of Plant Pathology. The department also using the facilities and expertise of crop disease research programe of the National Agriculture Research Centre, Islamabad. The laboratories are upgraded to provide maximum facilities to the students at department. In order to remain in touch with recent developments of Plant Pathology and related disciplines department subscribed scientific journals like Pakistan journal of Plant Pathology, Pakistan journal of Botany, Mycopathology and Pakistan journal of Nematology. Department has also up lated books on the subject in Department library in addition to the facilities of central library. Internet facilities also available at department.
Faculty Members
Dr. Abid Riaz
Chairman
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Dr. Gulshan Irshad
Associate Professor
Phone: +92-51-9292123
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Dr. Farah Naz
Associate Professor
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Muhammad Usman Raja
Assistant Professor
Phone: +92-51-9290239
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Dr. Abdul Qadir
Assistant Professor
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Dr. Sajid Mehmood
Assistant Professor
HEC Approved Supervisor
Phone: +92-51-9290239
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Degree Programs
Research
On Going Research Projects
| S. No | Title of Research Project | Name of P I |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Optimization of Agro-Management Techniques for Sinapis alba | Prof. Dr. Fayyaz-ul-Hassan |
| 2. | Soybean Based Double Cropping System for Rainfed Areas of Pakistan | Dr. Muhammad Ansar, (Associate Professor) |
| 3. | Productivity Enhancement of Drought Tolerant and Shattering Resistant Cultivars of Sesame in Rainfed Areas of Punjab Pakistan | Dr. Ghulam Qadir, (Associate Professor) |
| 4. | Comparison of Carbon Sequestration in Different Cropping System of the Punjab | Dr. Irfan Aziz, (Associate Professor) |
| 5. | Improving Drought Tolerance and Quality of Fodder Maize Genotypes for Silage using Growth Hormone and Selenium | Dr. Muhammad Rasheed, (Associate Professor) |
| 6. | Evaluation of Rapeseed (canola) Germplasm for Erucic Acid Content Based on the Presence and Expression of Genes | Dr. Abdul Manaf, (Assistant Professor) |
| 7. | Modeling Rainfed Cereal-Based Cropping Systems to Climatic Extremes | Dr. Mukhtar Ahmad, (Assistant Professor) |
| 8. | Adaptability and development of Production Technology of Guar (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba (L.) Taub) in Rainfed Pothwar through Simulation Modeling | -Do- |
| 9. | Modeling approach for assessing the impact of climate change on growth and yield of wheat and groundnut and possible adaptation/ management strategies under rainfed condition | Dr. Muhammad Naveed Tahir |
| 10. | GNSS-RTK based precision Remote Sensing spraying technology and application. Guangzhou Science Technology and Innovation Commission, China | -Do- |
| 11. | Perspective Study of using Weeds Nano Material for the Management of Weeds, Tolerance of Drought and Improvement of Productivity in Wheat | Dr. Safdar Ali (Assistant Professor) |
Completed Projects
- Sustainable Cropping patterns in Pothwar Plateau: (Principal Investigator.Prof. Dr. Shahbaz Ahmad)
- Integrated weed control in Rabi crops (wheat & Rapeseed) and fallow land in Pothwar:
(Principal Investigator, Prof. Dr. Muhammad Azim Malik) - Evaluation of high yielding and drought resistant canola cultivars in Pothwar
(Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Fayyaz-ul-Hassan). - Development of implanta transformation system for wheat .
(Principal Investigator: Dr. Abdul Razzaq) - Allelopathic Crop Residue Use For Weed Management in Rainfed Areas of Punjab.
Principal Investigator: Prof. (Retd.) Dr. Muhammad Ashraf) - Phenotypic plasticity of Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius) in response to environment and integrated nutrient management.
(Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Fayyaz-ul-Hassan)
So far, this department has produced 426 undergraduate and 130 postgraduate students respectively.
