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Head of division: MR. AlamzeB, DCS
Introduction
Research objectives
Research Groups
Funded Projects
On-going funded projects

Introduction

Entomology division is involved in basic and applied research for the control of insect pest causing damage to human health, agriculture and buildings.

Research Objectives

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.

Research Groups
  1. Crop Entomology
  2. Termite Group
Funded Projects

S.No

Title of project

Duration

Funding Agency

1

Nesting System of termites

1993-94

IAEA

2.

Pest resistant chickpea through induced mutation

 

IAEA

  IPM of wheat termites for productivity enhancement in dry areas  
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

8.

Exploring species of Aphytis, facilitating its insectaries production in Pakistan and improving the quality of parasitoids used for control of  red scale in California

 

Pak_US Fund

 

9.

Development of slow-acting toxicant bait for eliminaiton of underground colonies of crop and building termites

On-going

PSF