Research Achievements
Research Achievements
Research Achievements
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<strong>Research</strong> <strong>Achievements</strong><br />
ANNUAL<br />
REPORT<br />
2010-11<br />
96<br />
UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE FAISALABAD<br />
INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH PROJECTS AT UAF 2010-11<br />
Sr. # Title of the Project Name of PI Dept./Inst.<br />
Date of<br />
Initiation<br />
Cost (in<br />
million<br />
Rupees)<br />
Duration Collaborating Agency<br />
1 Biosaline agro-forestry: remediation<br />
of saline based lands through the<br />
production of biosaline biomass<br />
Dr. Javed Akhtar Soil & Environ.<br />
Sciences<br />
01.02.07 2.46 3 years European Union Donning<br />
Agency, PARC - Coordinating<br />
Agency<br />
2 Management of greening by<br />
producing plant, monitoring vectors<br />
and identification of tolerance<br />
3 Economics of adopting Bt cotton:<br />
evidence from Pakistan Punjab<br />
4 Faculty exchange and joint research<br />
on microbial treatment of textile<br />
effluents contaminated with Azodyes<br />
Dr. Iqrar Ahmad<br />
Khan<br />
Horticultural<br />
Science<br />
Dr. Khuda Bakhsh Env. & Resource<br />
Eco.<br />
Dr. Muhammad<br />
Arshad<br />
Soil & Environ.<br />
Sciences<br />
Sept. 08 18.9 3 years PAK-US Science & Technology<br />
Cooperation Program<br />
25.11.08 1.29 2 years<br />
South Asian Network for<br />
Development and<br />
Environmental Economics,<br />
Nepal<br />
06.06.09 9.256 3 years International Linkages of<br />
Pakistani Universities with<br />
Foreign Universities (ILPUFU)<br />
5 Rehabilitating lower Chenab Canal<br />
System Part-B project (PK-P53) on-<br />
Farm R&D component<br />
6 Characterizing ion uptake and<br />
activities of H- ATPases of seminal<br />
and nodal roots, and rhizosphere<br />
acidification of salt-resistant and<br />
sensitive wheat genotypes against<br />
salinity and salinity x sodicity<br />
Prof. Dr. Rai Niaz<br />
Ahmad<br />
Dr. Muhammad<br />
Saqib<br />
Water<br />
Management<br />
Inst. Of Soil &<br />
Env. Sci.<br />
Apr. 08 75.000 60 months<br />
PIDA, Punjab Irrigation &<br />
Drainage Authority<br />
(Japan Bank for International<br />
Cooperation) JBIC<br />
10.04.10 1.007 3 years International Foundation for<br />
Science, Sweeden<br />
7 Quantitative analysis of soil<br />
contaminants using laser Induced<br />
breakdown spectroscopy<br />
Dr. Yasir Jamil Physics 16.06.10 0.126 2 years COMSTECH<br />
8 Elucidation of biochemical and<br />
molecular processes related to stress<br />
tolerance in plants<br />
Prof. Dr.<br />
Muhammad Ashraf<br />
Botany 12.01.11 2.898 1 Year The King Saud University,<br />
Saudi Arabia<br />
9 Establishment of functional and<br />
nutraceutical food research section<br />
at the National Institute of Food<br />
Science and Technology<br />
Dr. Masood Sadiq<br />
Butt<br />
National Inst. of<br />
Food Sci. and<br />
Tech.<br />
30.11.10 10.523 2 Years PAK-US Science & Technology<br />
Cooperation Program<br />
10 Bioactive genes and<br />
peptides/proteins from medicinal<br />
plants<br />
Dr. Amer Jamil Chemistry &<br />
Biochemistry<br />
15.12.10 10.005 3 years<br />
PAK-US Science & Technology<br />
Cooperation Program
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