Head of division: MR. AlamzeB, DCS
| Introduction |
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| Entomology division is involved in basic and applied research for the control of insect pest causing damage to human health, agriculture and buildings. |
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| Research Objectives |
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Developing IPM programs against economic insect pests with minimum reliance on insecticides and using alternate environmentally safer control measures for insect pests. These alternatives include biological control, use of pheromones, botanical insecticides, use of insect baits, host plant resistance and use of population modeling in a way that is in conformity with international standards set for safety and quality of agricultural products.
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| Research Groups |
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- Crop Entomology
- Termite Group
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| Funded Projects |
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Title of project |
Duration |
Funding Agency |
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Nesting System of termites |
1993-94 |
IAEA |
2. |
Pest resistant chickpea through induced mutation |
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IAEA |
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IPM of wheat termites for productivity enhancement in dry areas |
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CGS, Govt. of NWFP |
4. |
Better utilization of food for health and productive life in agriculture sector (Coordinated project with NWFP Agric. Univ. Peshawar) |
2004-2007 |
ALP |
5. |
Integrated Management of fruit flies in Pakistan |
2006-2007 |
ALP-PARC |
6. |
Biological control of maize stem borer through Trichogramma chilonis |
2003-2005 |
PSF |
7. |
Effect of various Physico-Chemical Cues and brood stock nutrition on Anopheles stephenis mosquitoes |
On-going |
IAEA |
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Exploring species of Aphytis, facilitating its insectaries production in Pakistan and improving the quality of parasitoids used for control of red scale in California |
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Pak_US Fund
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| 9. |
Development of slow-acting toxicant bait for eliminaiton of underground colonies of crop and building termites |
On-going |
PSF |
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