DR. ABDUS SATTAR

Deputy Chief Scientist/ Head Entomology

 

Phone: 92-91-2964069

E-mail: sattar_nifa@yahoo.com
                asattar@nifa.org.pk

 

EDUCATION:

Ph. D. (PunjabUniversity, LahorePakistan, 2004)

   
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
  • Improvement of slow-acting toxicant baits
  • Biological control of termit
HONORS and AWARDS:
SOME PUBLICATIONS :
  1. Sattar, A., J.F.A.Traniello, Salihah, Z and A. Farid. 2002. Determining different parameters of Co-60 bait as a Radiotracer for three species of Subterranean Termites. The Nucleus, 39 (1-2): 89-93.
  2. Sattar, A. and Salihah, Z. 2002. Delineation of foraging territories of Heterotermes indicola (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) by using dye, Nile Blue A. Proc. 22nd Pak. Cong. of Zool., Vol.22, pp.85-91.
  3. Badshah, H., Sattar, A. Farid, A., Zeb, A. and Khan, A. 2005. Toxic effects of palpoluck Polygonum hydropepper L. and Bhang Cannabis sativa L. plants extracts against termites Heterotermes indicola (Wasmann) and Coptotermes heimi (Wasmann) (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae). Songklanakarin J. Sci. Technol., 27(4): 705-710.
  4. Sattar, A. Salihah, Z., Khattak, S.U.K. and R. Khatoon. 2006. Tracing of termite colonies by using radiotracers and dyes. Manual of the training course of District Agriculture under the Project Integrated Management of termites in NWFP. pp 49-60.
  5. Sattar, A. R. Naeem and Z. Salihah. 2007. Effect of relative humidity levels on life parameters of Microtermes unicolor Synder (Isoptera: termitidae) for colony formation under laboratory conditions. 44 (3-4): 155-158.

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