PLANT SCIENCES DIVISION PAKISTAN AGRICULTURE RESEARCH COUNCIL ISLAMABAD

1. PLANT SCIENCES DIVISION
DR MUHAMMAD ANJUM ALI, MEMBER
PAKISTAN AGRICULTURE RESEARCH COUNCIL
G 5/1 ISLAMABAD
PRESENTATION TO BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF
PARC ON YEARLY PROGRESS AND PLANS

2. CORE FUNCTIONS
Coordinate Agricultural Research, Promote & Aid
Agricultural Research, Human Resource
Development, Knowledge Management and
Dissemination & In-House Research
RICE
WHEAT
MSM&C
OILSEEDS
S&FL
PROJECTS
PSD
HORTICULTURE
PLANT
PROTECTION
BIOTECHNOLOGY
REFORMED & ADDED TO RESPOND FUTURE NEEDS

3. PRESENT JURISDICTION
PSD
10
Coordinators for Wheat; Rice; Sugar & Food Legumes;
Oilseeds; Maize Sorghum & Cereals; Horticulture, Plant
Protection and Biotechnology
Bio-Resources Conservation Institute
Food Science Research Institute
National Tea and High value
crops Research Institute
Research and
Training Institute
NARC
7
SARC
6
NTHRI PRTS
National Institute of Genomics and advanced Biotechnology
Horticulture Research Institute
Institute of Plant and Environmental
Protection
Crop Sciences Institute
Crop Diseases Research Institute
Coastal Agriculture Research Institute
Grain Storage Research Institute
Vertebrate Research Institute
Crop Diseases Research Institute
Pesticides Research Institute
Institute of Plant Introduction
RESTRUCTURING/REFORMS/DEVELOMENT PROJECTS FOR ALL INSTITUTES

4. ACTIVITIES & ACHIEVEMENTS
National / International Coordination
Germplasm Acquisition/Distribution
NUYTs / Adaptability Trials for Hybrids
Annual Planning Meetings/ Traveling
Seminars
VEC Meetings
In-House Research
Dissemination of Developed Technologies

5. • Strengthening Coordinated Research Programs of PARC – and seed
improvement
• Crop Diversification & maximization of under utilized crops - Soybean,
Winter wheat for Northern Areas, MAPs and Floriculture for AJK
• Constitution of working Groups for NSTHRI, Thatta and NTHRI,
Shinkiari to meet on quarterly basis
• Constitution of National Forums of Plant Clinics for capacity building of
the extension staff on diagnostics, data management and transfer
technologies with major focus in Baluchistan, FATA and GB
• Establishment of National Platform on Parthenium Weed to manage this
national problem with CABI as partner.
• Rice productivity program through Hybrid Promotion. China and
Pakistan trainings and visits through China and AIP support
• Rejuvenation of problematic PSDP projects and record clearance of
ALP projects
• Refining the role of Institute of Plant Introduction to meet international
quarantine requirements
NEW INITIATIVES

6. • Germplasm acquisition and distribution
• National Uniform Yield Trials and Adaptability testing
• Capacity Building of scientists in NARS
• Development of High Yielding Varieties/Hybrids
• Development & dissemination of Improved Production Technology
• Capacity building of farmers and other stakeholders
• Epidemiological Studies and Surveillance of diseases of economic
importance
• Development of IPM strategies for economically important insect pests
• Advancement in vegetable nurseries and seed production techniques
ONGOING ACTIVITIES
ACTIVITIES FOR NEXT THREE YEARS

7. TARGETS FOR NEXT THREE
YEARS

9. NATIONAL / INTERNATIONAL
COORDINATION
Collaborating
Organization
Activities Salient Progress
CIMMYT Wheat Productivity
Enhancement Program
(WPEP). (Concluded in
September 2017)
Strengthening of wheat research institutes
through financial and technical assistance
and provision of farm machinery and
equipment
Harvest plus /
ICARDA
Biofortification in Wheat First biofortified wheat variety ZINCOL
2016 released in Pakistan
CABI Phytosanitary Risk
Management Program in
Pakistan
Established Bio-control Container Labs
facility for rearing of bio-control agents and
their hosts. National Program on Plant
Clinics and Invasive species. IPM mega plan
Dow-Agro
Sciences -
Canada
Characterization of Oil
Seed Brassica
Germplasm for Traits of
Interest
800 indigenous lines screened
10 lines selected for shattering resistance
and being further evaluated

10. NATIONAL / INTERNATIONAL
COORDINATION
Collaborating
Organization
ACTIVITIES SALIENT PROGRESS
CGIAR Svalbard Global
Seed Vault -
Norway
Preserved 1867 accessions from Gene
bank as 56duplicate storage.
Regular interaction is utmost important
COMCEC
Turkey
Focal Point for
Agriculture
Working Group
Provide a regular platform for producing and
disseminating knowledge, sharing
experiences and good practices, creating a
common understanding andttttt6
approximating policies in this field.
IAAST-SSA
Yunnan, China
Steering
Committee and
National
Committee
Innovation Alliance for Agricultural Science
and Technology in South & Southeast Asia
(IAAST-SSA) for enhancing innovation of
modern institute to promote agricultural
modernization

11. PSD R&D PROJECTS (2016-17)
ALP
NARC Punjab Sindh KP Balochistan GB Total
Ongoing 1 7 4 3 1 2 18
New* 7 12 - 5 2 2 28
PUBLIC SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
Ongoing New Initiatives
1. Commercialization of Soybean
2. Development of Nurseries
3. Pesticide Residue Monitoring
System
4. Promotion of Olive
1. Commercialization of Tissue Culture
2. Productivity Enhancement in Pulses
3. Provision of true to type fruit plants and establishment of GPUs
4. Risk assessment & quarantine studies for exotic agri.
Commodities
5. Vertebrate Pest Management Program
6. Enhancing Soybean Production
7. Agricultural Functional Genomics
8. Strengthening & up-gradation of NTHRI
9. Strengthening of NSTHRI and establishment of substations
* Most of the projects under ALP 8th batch still under process & are not included (Above 40)
RADP PROJECTS COMPLETED 50 MOU PROJECTS 15
IPM PROGRAM FOR
IPEP-NARC, MULTAN
AND KARACHI

12. GERMPLASM ACQUISITION /
DISTRIBUTION
Crop Lines / Accessions (in numbers)
Through National Coordinators
Wheat 15,329
Rice 446
Pulses 850
Oilseeds 575
Maize 789
Fruits 51
Potato 32
Floriculture
18
> 3,700 accessions of
various field &
horticultural crops were
also acquired by
National Genebank at
NARC from various
sources
> 11,000 accessions
were distributed from
Genebank to various
federal, provincial and
international institutes
for research

13. NATIONAL UNIFORM YIELD TRIALS /
ADAPTABILITY TRIALS FOR HYBRIDS
Crops Entries Locations
Wheat
(Irrigated / Rainfed)
60 52
Rice
(Hybrids / Coarse / Fine)
112 16
Maize 139 13
Sorghum 7 10
Sorghum (Fodder) 6 11
Millet 11 11
Millet (Fodder) 4 08
Sugarcane 16 4
Lentil 13 15
Crops Entries Locations
Chickpea (Desi) 26 15
Chickpea (Kabuli) 19 15
Mungbean 14 15
Mash 6 15
Sunflower 12 10
Mustard 20 14
Rapeseed 20 14
Groundnut 10 8
Sesame 10 9
Sugarbeet 4 5
Durum Wheat 36 11
Potato 15 3

14. ANNUAL WHEAT PLANNING
MEETING 2017
Participation:
◦ National and International centers
◦ Research & Extension institutions,
◦ Private sector and policy makers
Discussion Agenda:
◦ Research and production issues
◦ Achievements of cooperating units
◦ Plan of work.
◦ Future strategies and recommendations
No of participants: ~100

15. TRAVELLING WHEAT SEMINAR
2017/NUYT INSPECTION VISITS
Participation:
◦ Participated by wheat scientists from all parts of Pakistan
◦ Traveled through Sindh, Punjab, Khyber Pukhtunkhuwa
Baluchistan, AJK
Objectives:
◦ Jointly assess the status of crop
◦ Wheat production issues
◦ Monitoring of NUYT
◦ Identify priority research areas
Visited
◦ Research centers / institutes (20)
◦ Seed companies (8)
◦ NUYTs (17 )
◦ More than 100 Farmers / fields
RICE TRAVELING SEMINAR
WITH CHINA TEAM AND
PAKSITANI EXPERTS FOR
ALL FOUR ZONES
MAIZE PLAN WITH CIMMYT
COMPLETED
PULSES, VEGETABLES,
FRUITS, OILSSEEDS
PLANNED BUT POSTPONED
DUE TO FINANCES

16. VARIETY EVALUATION COMMITTEE
(VEC) MEETINGS
CROP RECOMMENDATIONS
Potato 15 varieties
Maize 11 hybrids, Spring 9 hybrids
Wheat 1 variety
Rice 14 hybrids
UNDER SEED ACT 2015 AND RULES 2016
NUYT CRITERIA, STANDARDS FOR TESTING,
REQUIREMENTS FOR VEC AND PROCEDURE
DEFINED FOR POTATO AND RICE. CORN THIS
MONTH

17. BIO-RESOURCES CONSERVATION
INSTITUTE (1/3)
Program Salient Achievements
PLANTGENETICRESOURCES
 3,572 new entries added to the germplasm collection in Gene Bank
 1,270 accessions tested for viability
 Following germplasm regenerated & characterized:
 743 of brassica,
 52 of fenugreek,
 300 of guar,
 400 of linseed,
 327 of rice,
 118 of oat,
 100 of maize,
 150 of lentils,
 755 of mungbean,
 362 of Soybean,
 65 of brinjal,
 12 of cucumber,
 12 of onion,
 140 of capsicum,
 20 of mash,
 32 of safflower,
 377 of wheat
 150 of carrot,
 150 of radish,
 30 of peas
 9 of MAPs
In-vitro propagation: 71748 plants produced through tissue culture including
Potato (19948), Orchid (437), Mint(236), Grapes (12), Chryojasminum
leptophyllum (53), Banana (51062) and culture establishment of few medicinal
plants (Rosmarinus officinalis, Thymus vulgaris, Ocimum americanum, Ocimum
basilicum, Lavandula angustifolia) that were collected from Margalla National
Park, Islamabad

18. BIO-RESOURCES
CONSERVATION INSTITUTE (2/3)
Program Salient Achievements
NATIONALHERBARIUM
Established Botanical Conservatory of native and exotic plants of
economic importance under the funding from RADP at NARC. (Feb 16
to June 17)
 Plant identification service extended to:
o Quaid-i-Azam University
o Islamic International Medical College
o University of Poonch, Rawalakot
o International Islamic University
o Punjab College of Information Technology, Rawalpindi
o Fatima Jinnah Women University
o University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Muzaffarabad
 An adventive species Flaveria trinervia recorded for the first time
from Pakistan

19. BIO-RESOURCES CONSERVATION
INSTITUTE (3/3)
Program Salient Achievements
MICROBIAL
GENETIC
RESOURCES
Isolated following novel bacteria which are available for distribution to
scientific community under MTA:
 Zafariasolitudinis gen
 Streptomyces caldifontis sp.
 Thermus caldifontis sp.
 Nocardioides thalensis sp.
 Phenylobacteriumdeserti sp.
 Caldiovatusviridis gen.
 Alcaligenes pakistanensis sp.
 Bacillus malikii sp.
 Nocardioides pakistanensis sp.
 Microvirga pakistanensis sp.
WHEATWIDE
CROSSES
 30 stress tolerant CIMMYT lines assessed for drought, heat and
salinity
 200 wheat genotypes evaluated for drought and 30 for heat tolerance
 209 wheat synthetic derivatives evaluated for stripe rust disease
o 20 entries found immune and resistant.
 Hexaploid wheat synthetics (201) entries evaluated for stripe rust
resistance
o 51 showed immune and resistance to disease.

20. CROP DISEASES RESEARCH
INSTITUTE
SALIENT ACHIEVEMENTS
RUST
SURVEILLANCE
 Virulence spectrum of stripe rust same as the last many years
o Stripe rust resistant genes Yr5, Yr10, Yr15 and YrSp found effective
o Leaf rust resistant genes Lr19, Lr10, 27+31 and Lr28 found effective
o Stem rust resistant gene Sr31 found effective indicating the absence of UG-99
 Faislabad-2008 found susceptible to leaf rust but resistant to yellow rust
 Seher-06 and Galaxy-13 found ineffective under field condition
 NN- Gandum-1 found susceptible to all rusts
 NIFA-Insaf, a new released wheat variety, found susceptible to yellow rust.
NUYT
EVALUATION
 4 (out of 25) Sorghum genotypes found resistant against stalk rot
 37 (out of 103) Maize genotypes found resistant against stalk rot
 6 (out of 90) Chickpea genotypes found resistant against Ascochyta blight
 4 (out of 68) Mungbean genotypes found resistant against Cercospora leaf spot
 13 (out of 72) Mashbean genotypes found resistant against Cercospora leaf spot
 20 (out of 30) OP Rice genotypes found resistant against bacterial blight
 64 (out of 82) Hybrid Rice genotypes found resistant against bacterial blight
BANANA
Five banana varieties (Basrai, W11, G-9, Passing and B-10) tested against Panama wilt
disease and none found resistant

21. CROP SCIENCES INSTITUTE
(1/3)
Program Salient Achievements
WHEAT
 1100 entries evaluated
 06 elite lines contributed in NUYT
 NR 449 and NR 443 (High Zinc) at advanced stage of testing as potential varieties
 150 tons seed (of 5 varieties) produced for marketing through PATCO
 Resource Conservation Technologies disseminated through Demos, field days & radio
o Raised bed planting (Moisture conservation)
o Zero Tillage (Cost Effectiveness)
o Residue Management (Reduce Env. Pollution)
o Rotations with Leguminous crops (Improve soil fertility)
MAIZESORGHUM
MILLET&FODDER
 550 entries of maize, 250 of sorghum, 100 millets, 788 of fodder crops evaluated
 02 hybrids & OPVs of maize, 08 elite lines of different fodders contributed in
NUYT
 NARC Sweet 16 (OPV) for Maize and NZ-0034 for Fodder Oats promising
varieties
 ~ 66 tons seed (of fodder crops) produced for marketing through PATCO
 QPM-200 and QPM-300 Maize Hybrids recommended by VEC
 Following technologies developed and disseminated
o Introduction of Fodder beat as fodder crop in saline soils
o Hydroponic fodder production for sustainable fodder availability round the year

22. CROP SCIENCES INSTITUTE
(2/3)
Program Salient Achievements
OILSEEDS
 216 entries of Soybean, 91 of Groundnut, 241 of Sesame
evaluated
 13 elite lines contributed in NUYT (5 of Groundnut, 3 of Sesame,
2 each of Rapeseed & Mustard and 1 of Sunflower)
 Sunflower (SMH-0927 Hybrid), Rapeseed (HOP-9), Soybean
(NARC-2016) & Groundnut (PG-1090) promising varieties
 136 tons seed (of Soybean (125), Canola (10.5), Groundnut
(0.5)) produced for marketing through PATCO
 Pothowar Groundnut Variety approved by PSC
 Under Crop Diversification, Soybean introduced in wheat - fallow
cropping System, Sindh and Gilgit Baltistan
RICE
 Following technologies developed and disseminated
o Promotion of Direct Seeding of Rice (DSR)
o Integrated Weed Management in DSR

23. CROP SCIENCES INSTITUTE (3/3)
Program Salient Achievements
PULSES
 369 entries of Chickpea (Kabuli), 183 of Lentil, 117 Mungbean,180
of Mash evaluated
 03 elite lines of Mungbean, 02 of Mash and 01 of Lentil contributed
in NUYT
 NARC-11-1 (Lentil), MSPS-119, NCM-11-2 & NCM-2013
(Mungbean) and Mash-14 (Mashbean) promising varieties
 8 tons seed (4 of mungbean, 3 of mash & 1 of lentil) produced for
marketing through PATCO
 Following technologies developed and disseminated
o Effective weed control through Selective pre and post emergence
herbicides
o Standardized Mechanized harvesting
o Introduction of Mungbean in wheat fallow wheat cropping System

24. FOOD SCIENCES RESEARCH
INSTITUTE
Salient Achievements
 Maintained & Extended (till March 2019) Accredited Status of GQTL as ISO-17025:2005
certified
o One external audit by PNAC & 12 internal audits carried out
o More than 30 equipment calibrated & serviced
o 03 lab personnel got trainings from external organizations ( PNAC & PCRWR)
o Collaborated with National Standards & Physical Lab. (National PT provider) for two national
Proficiency testing on microbial quality testing of foods
 Inter-lab comparison (ILC) organized on seed health in collaboration with CDRI, NARC;
FSCRD and FQSRI, SARC
 Food Quality Testing Services provided to various stakeholders
 Following recipes & food products developed and tested for consumer acceptability;
o Fruit Juices/ squashes from many fruits like Mango, Falsa, Strawberry, Lemon, Lemon alovera.
o Fruit jams /jellies from Apple, guava, strawberry, mango, falsa, ber fruit ( recent new product)
o Vegetable pickle.
o Banana bread, Chips, Figs, Flour & Powder
o Fruit leathers and candies from apple, guava, strawberry, Banana, Peach
o Soybean products ( soymilk, tofu, soy snacks)
o Products from Amla fruit( Jam, Pickle, Preserve)
o Products from Ber fruit ( Jam, Chatnee)

25. HORTICULTURAL RESEARCH
INSTITUTE (1/3)
Program Salient Achievements
VEGETABLES
 Indigenous chili hybrid (Hyb.1-15) gave 18 % higher green
yield (141 t/ha) as compared to check hybrid (Bonanza F1)
 Autumn onion production technology through sets
developed and tested at farmer’s field
o January 05 & December 20 was found best time for set
production.
o Hand held seed sowing machine developed
 The registration of NARC Garlic-1 (24-26 t/ha with better
shelf life) and NARC Onion-2 (40-50 t/ha) is in process.
o Adaptability studies and NUYT completed
 Established 79 “Kitchen Gardener’s groups
o ~ 0.5 million seedlings and 14,000 seed Kits distributed
o 25 training courses and 427 demonstrations
o Organized.

26. HORTICULTURAL RESEARCH
INSTITUTE (2/3)
Program Salient Achievements
FRUITS
CROP IMPROVEMENT
 Evaluation of Strawberry varieties (Chandler and Mark)
o Chandler performed better at 20×30 planting density
o Mark showed better Shelf life
 Evaluation of 7 exotic grapes germplasm under Pothowar
Region
o ‘Superior seedless’ found early maturing, having large
sized berries, heavy bunch weight and maximum yield.
PROPAGATION
 Application of 4000ppm IBA induced more callusing and
rooting in avocado cuttings.
 Cuttings of Kiwi cultivars (Hayward) produced 41% & 38%
rooting when treated with 4000ppm IBA & NAA respectively.
 Cuttings of Grapes (3500), Fig (4200) and Mexican Lime
(1300) propagated through cuttings.

27. HORTICULTURAL RESEARCH
INSTITUTE (3/3)
Program Salient Achievements
POTATO
 For Genetic improvement of potato, ~ 4000 mini tubers of 32
CIP clones produced for further evaluation
 31 new exotic varieties tested for adaptability
o 14 in Autumn 2016-17
o 17 in Spring 2017
 About 100 farmers were trained in potato production with the
help of API, NARC
FLORICULTURE
 Early plant emergence and maximum spike length noted at
200ppm in Pre-planting Exogenous Application of GA3 in
Dutch Iris
 Ornamental Plants Propagation
o Maximum root initiation, survival and plant height at 800
ppm IBA in hydrangea & wisteria
o Maximum survival in Fuchsia at 600 ppm

28. INSTITUTE OF PLANT &
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (1/2)
Program Salient Achievements
ECOTOXICOLOG
YRESEARCH
 Developed and optimized extraction procedure and analytical
method on GC-MSD for determination of selected pesticides
 Developed analytical capabilities for selected pesticide residues
analysis in honey and milk.
 Analyzed Mango, Peach, Grapes and Apple samples collected from
Islamabad fruit market for determination of Pesticide residues.
Peach samples were highly contaminated.
NATIONALINSECT
MUSEUM
 Maintained and update insect collection as reference museum of
the country
 Conducted research on insect biodiversity and biosystematics
 Addition of 1500 insect specimens (Predators, Parasites,
Pollinators)
 Systematic of family Syrphidae (25 Species), Asilidae (10), Non
Apis bees (35), Vespidae (25), Curculinoidae (25), Order Odonata
(30)
 Pest outbreak of Cactoblast sp. on cultivated and wild Opuntia sp.
from District Chakwal reported first time from Pakistan.
 02 New Records for world added
 15 New Records for Pakistan added
 04 Patents

29. INSTITUTE OF PLANT &
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (2/2)
Program Salient Achievements
VERTEBRATE
PEST
MANAGEMENT
 Developed new and effective zinc phosphide bait formulation in
pellet form by increasing its palatability after conducting series of
lab and field experiments.
 Rodent control through controlled operation (burrow baiting,
underground baiting, fumigation & tapping) in field area at NARC
campus
 Wild boar Management at NARC campus
INTEGRATED
PEST
MANAGEMENT
 Fruit flies management strategies (Male Annihilation Technique
(MAT), Bait Application Techniques (BAT) and field sanitation)
demonstrated by conducting field days in selected cluster orchard
farms of citrus and peach growing areas
o 6 field days conducted and 156 farmers participated
 The natural enemy fauna of papaya mealy bug explored
o 8 natural enemies of P. marginatus reported from NARC
premises.

30. SOUTHERN-ZONE AGRICULTURE
RESEARCH CENTRE (1/2)
Institute Salient Achievements
CROP
DISEASES
RESEARCH
 Screened 214 wheat varieties against stem rust, none found resistant under
NUWYT
 Evaluated 2188 lines/entries in NWDSN, only 21 showed resistance
against stem rust and 266 were resistant against leaf rust
PLANT
INTRODUCTION
 Introduced new plant species Artocarpus altilis (Breadfruit)
 A repository of coconut is being developed - help to propagate improved
varieties
 Introduced vertical farming for raising vegetables of cucurbitaceae and
solanaceae families on staked wooden pegs surrounded by net irrigated
with drip irrigation system
 Exotic planting material i.e. Dragon fruit, Jackfruit, Mexican lemon, Sisal,
Pine apple and Grapes being evaluated for propagation on large scale.
GRAIN
STORAGE
RESEARCH
 Samples of chilies tested for aflatoxin contamination - 25% exceeded EU
limit
 Wheat cultivars and composite samples analyzed for their physicochemical,
dough rheological and baking properties
 90 days of storage exhibited lowest losses when onions stored in single
layer with foliage.

31. SOUTHERN-ZONE AGRICULTURE
RESEARCH CENTRE (2/2)
Institute Salient Achievements
NATIONALSUGAR&
TROPICALHORTICULTURE
RESEARCH
 2 sugarcane varieties Thatta-2109 & Thatta-326 released
 Proposal of sugarcane variety YtTh-55 submitted to VEC and Technical
Sub Committee
 5 Sugarcane elite lines (Thatta-1201, Thatta-1210, Thatta-1312,
Thatta1412 and Thatta-1510) contributed in NUYT
 Introduced Plastic Mulching Technology in sugarcane – enhanced cane
yield
 Tissue Cultured Plants’ development and distribution
o 72812 banana plants developed
o 28850 plants commercialized / 28554 provided free of cost to different growers
o 499 rooted sugarcane somaclones regenerated and developed through callus
culture
o 396 sugarcane somaclones shifted to field in single plant trial
VERTEBRATE
PEST
CONTROL
 Surveyed 72,000 neem plants, 22-25% plants totally/partially damaged by
Indian Porcupine, Hystrix indica. PARC rat bait proved effective 86.67%
mortality in porcupine
 Wild boar control trials conducted in 5 Union Councils of Taluka Pangrio,
Distt. Badin.
 51 farmers given 945 capsules to control wild boar at their own

32. PARC INSTITUTE OF TEA & HIGH
VALUE AGRICULTURE
Salient Achievements
 Processed 5,300 kg green tea
 Exported 1.8 tons of green tea to Royal World co. Ltd Tokyo Japan
 Sold green tea to the private enterprises
 Received Black Tea Processing Plant with the capacity of 400-500 kg of
made tea per day from “ CAYKUR “ Turkey
 Provided 6,000 different fruits plants of (Peach, Pear, Apple, plum, apricot,
almond, Pomegranate, Fig, Walnut,, Olive) to the growers in Mansehra,
Battagram , Abbottabad and Swat districts
 Imparted trainings to more than 300 growers of the area in tea, fruits,
vegetables, medicinal plant production and Mushroom Cultivation
 Successfully introduced and acclimatized Kiwi plants brought from Nepal in
Mansehra
 Planted Olive plants on 40 acres at NTHRI and farmers field in district
Mansehra
 Created working group of stake-holders involved in promotion of high value
Agriculture
 Established linkages with Tea Res. Institute, Srilanka and Tea Res.
Institute, Turkey

33. PARC RESEARCH & TRAINING
STATION, MULTAN
Salient Achievements
 Served as regional station for following PARC research endeavors:
o Characterization of different Brassica genotypes under field condition
o Response of different Brassica genotypes with respect to aphid
infestation
o Field evaluation of different Safflower genotypes
 Developed coordination between PARC, BZU Multan and other provincial
and national agricultural organizations working in the area
 Provided training to local farmers, scientists/ researchers and students of
BZU Multan
 Introduced Integrated Pest Management activities for crops and orchards
among the farmers to reduce the use of insecticide / pesticides
 Reared and delivered 446 farmer friendly insects Chrysoperla carnea
cards
 Prepared and delivered 5816 Trichogramma chilonis parasitoids cards
 Breeding of Sitotroga cerealella eggs for host of Trichogramma species

34. DISSEMINATION OF DEVELOPED
TECHNOLOGIES
Technology Progress
Bio-Control in field and
horticultural crops
• Distributed Trichograma (5.816 million)
• Distributed Chrysoperla (0.134 million)
• Distributed Acerophagus (5.652 million)
Promotion of Rodent Control
Technologies
• 258 kg of vertebrate baits distributed (50 gm / pack)
among various stakeholders including PM house and
NARC field area
Conservation Agriculture • Demonstrated Conservation Agriculture (CA)
technologies for Cereals in 18 districts of Punjab,
Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan
Kitchen Gardening • ~ 8 lac vegetable seedlings and > 40000 seed
packets distributed
• 720 Kitchen Gardener’s clubs established
• 10 service providers trained
• 92 trainings organized

35. Dissemination of Developed
Technologies
Technology Progress
Clean Nurseries & germplasm
introduction of horticultural
crops
• 5 nurseries developed at NARC, DI Khan,
Bahawalpur, Mirpur Khas and GB
• 27960 fruit plant saplings developed
• 24300 cuttings planted for the production of
true to type plants
Grain storage & testing
facilities
• 1690 samples tested
Botanical Conservatory • Established conservatory of native and exotic
plants of economic importance under the
funding from RADP at NARC.

36. REALISTIC TARGETS
(Subject to funding from PSDP/PARC core budget)
Activity 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21
ACQUISITION/COLLEC
TIONOFGERMPLASM
FROMLOCALAND
EXOTICSOURCES
Wheat: 15000
Rice: 3500
MSM: 4000
Fodder: 3000
S & FL: 1000
Oilseeds: 500
Vegetable: 40
Potato: 12
Fruit: 20
Wheat: 15000
Rice: 4000
MSM: 4500
Fodder: 3500
S & FL: 1000
Oilseeds: 500
Vegetable: 40
Potato: 12
Fruit: 20
Wheat: 15000
Rice: 4500
MSM: 5000
Fodder: 4000
S & FL: 1000
Oilseeds: 500
Vegetable: 400
Potato: 45
Fruit: 30
DISTRIBUTION/SHARING
OFGERMPLASMAND
BREEDINGMATERIAL
WITHFEDERALAND
PROVINCIALRESEARCH
INSTITUTES/STATIONS.
Wheat: 2500
Rice: 3000
MSM: 3500
Fodder: 2500
S & FL: 1000
Oilseeds: 500
Vegetable: 40
Potato: 12
Fruit: 20
Wheat: 2500
Rice: 3500
MSM: 4000
Fodder: 3000
S & FL: 1000
Oilseeds: 500
Vegetable: 40
Potato: 12
Fruit: 20
Wheat: 2500
Rice: 4000
MSM: 4000
Fodder: 3000
S & FL: 1000
Oilseeds: 500
Vegetable: 40
Potato: 12
Fruit: 20

37. REALISTIC TARGETS
(Subject to funding from PSDP/PARC core budget)
Activity 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21
Testing of elite lines of
breeders in diverse
agro-ecological zones in
the form of National
Uniform Yield Trials
(NUYT)
Wheat: 60
Rice: 100
MSM: 150
Fodder: 90
S & FL: 48
Oilseeds: 70
Vegetable: 40
Potato: 12
Fruit: 20
Wheat: 60
Rice: 110
MSM: 155
Fodder: 95
S & FL: 48
Oilseeds: 70
Vegetable: 40
Potato: 12
Fruit: 20
Wheat: 60
Rice: 120
MSM: 160
Fodder: 100
S & FL: 48
Oilseeds: 70
Vegetable: 40
Potato: 12
Fruit: 20
Travelling seminars 1 for each crop 1 for each crop 1 for each crop
Annual research
planning meetings
1 for each crop
1 each for PP/Bio-
technology
1 for each crop
1 each for PP/Bio-
technology
1 for each crop
1 each for PP/Bio-
technology
Capacity building 7 Seminars/farmer
field days etc
8 Seminars/farmer
field days etc
9 Seminars/farmer
field days etc
VEC meeting 1 for each crop 1 for each crop 1 for each crop
Media campaign/TV &
Radio talks
3 each for PP and
Biotechnology
2 each for PP and
Biotechnology
2 each for PP and
Biotechnology

38. REALISTIC TARGETS
Activity
Targets
Year Wise
Institute / Program
Capacity building of farmers 100 No.
Vegetable Program,
HRI NARC
Introduction & selection of low chill & early
maturing cultivars of Grapes & Peach
2-3 cultivars
Fruit Program, HRI
NARC
Propagation of clean & true to type cultivars of
Citrus, Grapes, Fig, Peach, Pear, Avocado
15,000 plants
Fruit Program, HRI
NARC
Develop quality specifications for agricultural
food commodities
Specifications for 10
major food
commodities
FSRI, NARC
Develop high yielding, disease/pest resistant
and climate resilient varieties/hybrids of
Commodity Crops.
3-4 varieties/hybrids CSI, NARC
Seed Production & Dissemination ~ 800 tons CSI, NARC
Germplasm acquisition & Characterization
2500 accession
(Acquisition)
5000 accession
(Characterization)
PGRP, BCI NARC
KEY PERFORMANC INDICATORS WITH REVIEW ON BI-ANNUAL/ANNUAL BASIS

39. REALISTIC TARGETS
Activity Targets
(Year Wise)
Institute / Program
Domestication/ex-situ conservation
of wild ornamental, aromatic,
medicinal and edible flora
Pothohar & Adjacent
Area
National Herbarium, BCI
NARC
Evaluation for heat, drought
tolerance, yellow rust and high grain
mineral (Zn, Fe) Contents
600 wheat genotypes
250 synthetic lines
Wheat Wide Crosses, BCI
NARC
Establish/strengthen network of
pesticide residue analysis/testing
laboratories
Accreditation of Labs
as per ISO17025
Ecotoxicology Research,
IPEP NARC
Documentation of insect species 200 Predator & Pests National Insect Museum,
IPEP NARC
Curation and maintenance of insect
specimens
150,000 specimens National Insect Museum,
IPEP NARC
Bait formulations for the sustainable
management of vertebrate pests
2-3 new & effective bait
formulations
Vertebrate Pest
Management, IPEP NARC
Studies of life table parameters and
development of mass rearing
techniques
2 species of predators
1 species of parasitoids
Integrated Pest
Management, IPEP NARC

40. REALISTIC TARGETS
Activity Targets (Year Wise) Institute / Program
Development of IDM
(Integrated Disease
Management) practices for
banana
Disease management
strategy for control of
Panama wilt
Crop Diseases Research,
SARC
Introduction and propagation
of indigenous plants and their
cultivation in coastal region
25,000 plants of Neem, Imli,
Moringa, Jungle Jalebi
Plant Introduction, SARC
Plant Protection Research Collaborative research on
Integrated pest
management for Cotton,
Mango, Citrus, Brassica &
Sugarcane
PRTS Multan
Crop Improvement Research Collaborative research on
improvement for Cotton,
Mango, Citrus, Brassica &
Sugarcane crops
PRTS Multan

41. REALISTIC TARGETS
Activity Targets (Year Wise) Institute / Program
TEA
PROCESSING
• Installation of processing plant
donated by Turkey
• 5 tons of green tea
• 15 tons of black tea
PARC Institute of Research
on High value Agriculture,
Mansehra
PRODUCTIONOF
HORTICULTURAL
CROPPLANTS
• 30,000 plants of temperate fruit
species
• 50,000 seedlings of vegetables
• 20 kg seeds of vegetables
• 10,000 kiwifruit plants
• 1,000,000 olive plants
PARC Institute of Research
on High value Agriculture,
Mansehra