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UAF PhD CLUB SWELLS TO 1144 On the recommendations of the external examiners and after fulfilling all the requirements, Nazar Hussain Khan S/o Muhammad Arif Khan, Regd. No. 87-ag-1057, Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Al-Hafizah Shafia Tehseen Gul D/o Dr. Maqbool Ahmad, Regd. No. 2001-ag-495, Department of Pathology have passed the final examination for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (2013). The Vice Chancellor is pleased to sanction their admission to the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. The titles of their PhD research were “Inheritance of some morpho-physiological drought related parameters in maize”, “Seroprevalence of brucellosis in dairy animals and humans along with pathomorphological changes in experimentally induced infection”. Now the number of UAF PhD club has been raised to 1144. SITUATION VACANT 1. Applications are invited for one post of a Student Fellowship @ Rs. 15,000/- per month plus tuition fee/dues available in the HEC funded project entitled

“Improving drought tolerance in maize through rhizobacteria containing ACC-deaminase and exopolysccharides activity”. Applicant should be student of M.Sc. (Hons) Soil Science/Environmental Science preferably having experience related to Soil Microbiology and Biochemistry. The applications should reach in the office of the Dr. Sajid Mahmood Nadeem, Principal Investigator, Sub-campus UAF, Burewala, Vehari or the office of Co-PI Prof. Dr. Zahir Ahmad Zahir, Institute of Soil & Environmental Sciences, within 5 days after the publication of this notice.

2. Applications are invited for one post of a student Fellowship @ Rs. 15,000/- per month plus tuition fee/dues available in the HEC funded project entitled “Improving salt tolerance in wheat through multi-strains bacterial consortium”. Applicant should be student of M.Sc. (Hons) Soil Science/Environmental Science preferable having experience related to Soil Microbiology and Biochemistry. The applications should reach the office of the Dr. Sajid Mahmood Nadeem, Principal Investigator, Sub-campus UAF, Burewala, Vehari within 10 days after the publication of this notice.

3. Applications are invited on plain paper along with attested copies of academic certificates for one post of PhD student at a fixed salary of Rs. 20,000/- pm and one post of Research Fellowship @ Rs. 20,000/- pm for the HEC funded project titled “Molecular Identification and Characterization of Economically Important Plant Pathogens from Punjab” Department of Plant Pathology. The candidates bearing (i) one PhD student qualification:- M.Sc. (Hons)/MPhil in Agriculture (Plant Pathology) Must be a PhD Student in Plant Pathology (ii) Research Fellowship qualification:- M.Sc. (Hons)/MPhil in Agriculture/Agri. Biotechnology. Applications should reach in the O/o Dr. Luqman Amrao, Assistant Prof./Principal Investigator up to July 24, 2014 during office hours. Incomplete applications or received after due date will no be entertained.

DEPT OF CONTINUING EDUCATION - SHORT COURSES SCHEDULE (EVENING PROGRAM) Department of Continuing Education, UAF is offering the following short courses in Evening Program. Interested candidates may submit their applications on prescribed form available in Chairman Office, Department of Continuing Education. Note: Employee of university should submit their own or children application through proper channel.

Sr. No. Name of Course Last Date Duration Eligibility Course Fee (Total) 1. IELTS Admission Continue (Each group

will consist of 15 students) Two Months Intermediate 8000/-

2. German Language -do- Two Months Intermediate 8000/- 3. Spoken English -do- Two Months Matric 6500/- 4. Computer Short Course -do- Two Months Matric 6500/-

PLACEMENT OF PhD THESIS FOR PEER REVIEW 1. PhD thesis of Miss Sumaira Kousar, Regd. No. 2004-ag-363 will be placed in the office of the Chairman, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry for one

week prior its submission for foreign evaluation. The faculty and the students are invited to peruse the thesis for any suggestions/corrections. The suggestions received if any will be incorporated through the supervisory committee. Title: “Bioactive Potential of Fungus Induced Silybum marianum Seedlings and Isolation of Antimicrobial Genes”.

2. Mr. Mirza Abdul Qayyum bearing Regd. No. 2004-ag-1268, a PhD student of the Department of Entomology, UAF, has successfully defended his PhD dissertation titled “Bio-management of Helicoverpa armigera HÜbner through microbial agents to curtail insecticidal resistance”. The copy of his dissertation is being placed in the office of the Chairman, Department of Entomology, UAF for one week before its submission for the evaluation from the foreign experts. The faculty and the students are invited to go through the dissertation for any suggestions/corrections which will be incorporated through the supervisory committee, accordingly.

3. PhD thesis of Miss Humara Naz Majeed, Regd. No. 2002-ag-1364 will be placed in the Office of the Chairman, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry for one week prior its submission for foreign evaluation. The faculty and the students are invited to peruse the thesis for any suggestions/corrections. The suggestions received if any will be incorporated through the supervisory committee. Title: “Structure Based Enzymatic Engineering of Plant Glycosyltransferases”.

4. PhD thesis of Miss Tanzila Sahar, Regd. No. 2005-ag-144 will be placed in the Office of the Chairman, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry for one week prior its submission for foreign evaluation. The faculty and the students are invited to peruse the thesis for any suggestions/corrections. The suggestions received if any will be incorporated through the supervisory committee. Title: “Molecular Evaluation of Glucose Oxidase Gene from Mutant Derived Aspergillus niger”.

5. Mrs. Razia Kausar, Regd. No. 94-ag-1511, PhD student of the Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Veterinary Science will be place her thesis in the office of the chairman Department of CMS for one week w.e.f. 02-07-2014, prior to its final submission. The faculty and students are invited to scrutinize the thesis and offer suggestion/corrections. Title: Comparative reference values of somatic cells, enzymes and some biochemical constituents in the milk from uninfected mammary glands of Nili-Ravi buffaloes, Sahiwal and crossbred cows.

6. PhD thesis of Mr. Sohail Akhtar, Regd. No. 2003-ag-1985 PhD student in the Department of Entomology, entitled “Insecticidal, antifeedant, repellant and growth regulatory influences of essential oil of indigenous medicinal plants against stored grain insect pests” will be placed for peer review in the Library Department of Entomology w.e.f. 30-06-2014 to 06-07-2014. Suggestions received during peer review of thesis will be incorporated. The thesis will be processed for foreign evaluation.

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7. PhD thesis of Mr. Muhammad Sham Younas, Regd. No. 2005-ag-1654, a PhD student, was placed w.e.f. 23-06-2014 to 30-06-2014 in the office of the Director General, National Institute of Food Science & Technology for one week prior to its submission for foreign evaluation. The faculty and students was invited to pursue the thesis for any suggestions/corrections. The suggestions received in order has been incorporated through the supervisory committee.

8. PhD thesis of Mr. Aamir Shakoor, Regd. No. 2003-ag-2328 will be placed in the office of the Chairman, Department of Irrigation and Drainage for one week 03-07-2014 to 10-07-2014 prior to its submission for foreign evaluation. The faculty and the students are invited to peruse the thesis for any suggestion/corrections. The suggestions received if any will be incorporated through the supervisory committee. Title: “Hydrogeologic Assessment of Spatio-temporal Variation in Groundwater Quality and its Impact on Agricultural Productivity”.

9. Mr. Ghulam Abbas, Regd. No. 88-ag-1224, PhD student of the Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics has placed his PhD thesis entitled “Breeding strategies to improve yield and quality traits of Vigna radiate x Vigna mungo recombinants” for Peer Review in the Library, Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics on 03-07-2014 for one week. The faculty and the students are invited to peruse the thesis for any correction and improvement please.

10. PhD thesis of Mr. Muhammad Aamir Rashid, Regd. No. 2003-ag-1510 PhD student in Entomology, entitled “Eco-biology and management of red pumpkin beetle (Aulacophora foveicollis Lucas) on Indian snap melon (Cucumis melo momordica Roxb) “will be placed for peer review in the Library Department of Entomology w.e.f. 26-06-2014 to 02-07-2014. Suggestions received during peer review of thesis will be incorporated. The thesis will be processed for foreign evaluation.

11. PhD thesis of Miss Zarmina Gillani, Regd. No. 2004-ag-1138, PhD will be placed w.e.f. 07-07-2014 to 12-07-2014 in the office of Director General, National Institute of Food Science & Technology for one week prior to its submission for foreign evaluation. The faculty and students are invited to pursue the thesis for any suggestions/corrections.

PhD THESIS/SYNOPSIS DEFENSE 1. Mr. Muhammad Aamir Rashid, Regd. No. 2003-ag-1510, a PhD student of the

Department of Entomology, has successfully defended of his PhD thesis research in Video Conference Room of faculty of Agriculture on 23-06-2014. The title of his thesis is “Eco-biology and management of red pumpkin beetle (Aulacophora foveicollis Lucas) on Indian snap melon (Cucumis melo momordica Roxb)”.

2. Mr. Muhammad Aslam Farooqi, Regd. No. 2003-ag-1770, a PhD student of the Department of Entomology, has successfully defended his PhD thesis research in Video Conference Room of faculty of Agriculture on 20-06-2014. The title of his thesis is “Toxicity of different insecticides against Apis mellifera L. and Apis dorsata F. and determination of their residues in raw honey”.

3. Mr. Syed Mohsin Abbas, Regd. No. 2000-ag-1039 a PhD student, Department of Crop Physiology, has successfully defended his synopsis on 19-06-2014. The title of his synopsis is “Effect of Salicylic Acid on Bioproductivity and Drought Tolerance Potential of Marigold (Tagetes erecta)”.

4. Mr. Muhammad Omer Farooq, Regd. No. 2006-ag-1401, PhD student of the Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics has successfully defended his PhD synopsis titled “Interrelationship between some morphological and physiological traits in wheat under water stress” in the Postgraduate Lab. on 21-06-2014. As per suggestions given by the teachers/participants during presentation of the synopsis a minor change has been made in the titled “Genetic studies of some yield related traits in wheat under water deficit conditions”.

5. Mr. Muhammad Mushtaq, Regd. No. 2009-ag-563 student of PhD Chemistry student of the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry has successfully defended his thesis entitled “Optimization of Enzyme-Assisted Extraction Protocol for Recovery of Potent Phenolic Antioxidants from Agro-Processing Wastes” as required under the rules on 24-06-2014.

6. Mr. Zeeshan Aslam, Regd. No. 2007-ag-2456, PhD student of the Institute of Soil and Environmental Sciences has successfully defended his synopsis in a seminar at the University level on 20-05-2014. The title of his synopsis is “Use of biochar to decrease heavy metals uptake in vegetables, irrigated with wastewater”.

7. Mr. Rao Muhammad Ikram, Regd. No. 2003-ag-1928, a PhD student, Department of Agronomy, has successfully defended his PhD thesis on 24-06-2014. The title of his thesis is “Ecological aspects, interference and management of Euphorbia dracunculoides and Astragalus spp.”.

8. Miss Asima Batool, Regd. No. 20074-ag-263 PhD student Department of Botany, has successfully defended her PhD thesis on 26-06-2014. The title of her thesis was “Induction of Heat Tolerance in Maize (Zea mays) using Aqueous Extracts of Foliar Parts of Moringa (Moringa olefera)”. The members of the supervisory committee found her thesis defense satisfactory.

9. Miss Zara Jabeen, Regd. No. 2007-ag-886, PhD Biochemistry student of the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry has successfully defended her synopsis titled “In vitro Manipulation for Enhanced Production and Characterization of Hepatoprotecive Compound Silymarin from Silybum marianum” as required under the rules. on 27-06-2014. This topic has been modified with minor alterations in response to suggestions given during synopsis defense as “In vitro Manipulation for Enhanced Production and Characterization of Silymarin from silybum marianum”.

10. Miss Sana Ashraf, Regd. No. 2013-ag-624, PhD student of the Institute of Soil and Environmental Sciences has successfully defended her synopsis in a seminar at the university level on 11-06-2014. The title of her synopsis is “Impact of Co-digestion of Cow dung and Pulp Waste on Quantity and Quality of Biogas”. She has mistakenly written the date of synopsis defense 22-06-2014 instead of 11-06-2014. Kindly correct it for future correspondences.

11. Mr. Mirza Abdul Qayyum bearing Regd. No. 2004-ag-1268, a PhD student of the Department of Entomology, UAF has successfully defended his PhD thesis on 23-06-2014. The title of his thesis was “Bio-management of Helicoverpa armigera HÜbner through microbial agents to curtail insecticidal resistance”.

12. Mr. Aamir Shakoor, Regd. No. 2003-ag-2328, PhD student in the Department of Irrigation and drainage, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, UAF has successfully defended his PhD thesis on 25-06-2014. The title of his thesis is “Hydrogeologic Assessment of Spatio-temporal Variation in Groundwater Quality and its Impact on Agricultural Productivity”.

13. Mr. Sohail Akhtar, Regd. No. 2003-ag-1985, a PhD student of the Department of Entomology, has successfully defended of his PhD thesis on 21-06-2014. The title of his thesis is “Insecticidal, repellent, antifeedant and growth regulatory influences of essential oil of indigenous medicinal plants against stored grain insect pests”.

14. Mr. Moazam Jalees, Regd. No. 95-ag-968, PhD student, Institute of Microbiology has successfully defended his PhD research thesis entitled “Epidemiology of Peste des Petits Ruminants in small ruminants of Punjab” on 28-06-2014.

15. Mr. Furukh Faiz Regd. No. 96-ag-1595, a PhD student of National Institute of Food Science & Technology, UAF has successfully defended his PhD thesis on 26-06-2014. The title of his thesis was “Utilization of citrus waste as feed ingredient to improve broiler meat quality”.

16. Mr. Iqbal Javed, Regd. No. 2003-ag-1630, a PhD student of Agricultural Economics has successfully defended his thesis entitled “Agricultural Trade between Pakistan and United Arab Emirates: Performance, Competitiveness and Determinants” held on 28-06-2014 in the video conference room.

17. Mr. Azhar Mehmood, Regd. No. 2004-ag-1261, a PhD student, Department of Agronomy, has successfully defended his PhD thesis on 27-06-2014. The title of his thesis is “Alternanthera species interference and control studies in Oryza sativa L.”.

18. Ms. Shamaila Noureen, Regd. No. 2012-ag-632, PhD student of the Institute of Soil and Environmental Sciences has successfully defended her synopsis in a seminar at the university level on 11-06-2014. The title of her synopsis is “Conversion of post biogas cow dung slurry into value added organic fertilizer for improving soil health and maize yield”.

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19. Mubashar Ahmad Malik bearing Regd. No. 2007-ag-2373 a PhD student of the Department of Entomology, UAF has successfully defended his PhD synopsis on 25-06-2014. The title of his synopsis was “Biochemical properties of entomopathogenic fungi and their combination with new chemistry insecticides against Asian palm weevil”.

20. Miss Qudsia Jaffar, Regd. No. 2009-ag-1186, PhD Biochemistry student of the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry has successfully defended her synopsis entitled “Isolation, Cloning and Expression of Anticancer Peptides from Some Medicinal Plants” as required under the rules on 27-06-2014.

21. Thesis defense of Mr. Muhammad Yasir, Regd. No. 2007-ag-136 student of PhD Chemistry student of the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry has successfully defended his thesis entitled “Investigation on the Antioxidant & Antimutagenic Potential of Selected Indigenous Medicinal Plants” as required under the rules on 27-06-2014.

22. Mr. Muhammad Naveed, Regd. No. 2006-ag-1520, a PhD student of Department of Entomology has successfully defended the synopsis of PhD thesis research on 28-06-2014 as required under the rules. After incorporations of the suggestions of participants and subsequent approval by the Supervisory Committee, the title of the research has been finalized as “Population abundance of fruit flies their economic indemnities and integration with eco-friendly management practices”.

23. Mr. Farooq Arshad, Regd. No. 2006-ag-1353, a PhD student of Department of Entomology has successfully defended the synopsis of PhD thesis research on 28-06-2014 as required under the rules. After incorporations of the suggestions of participants and subsequent approval by the Supervisory Committee, the title of the research has been finalized as “Quantitative analysis and integrated pest management (IPM) based mitigation of pesticide residues in cucurbitaceous vegetables of Punjab, Pakistan”.

24. Mr. Muhammad Azam Khan, Regd. No. 2006-ag-1390, PhD student of the Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics has successfully defended his PhD synopsis titled “Breeding for ABA response in drought tolerance at pre and post anthesis stages in wheat” in the Postgraduate Lab. on 28-06-2014. As per suggestions given by the teachers/participants during presentation of the synopsis a minor change has been made in the title as “Gene mapping for reproductive stage drought tolerance in bread wheat in relation to ABA”.

25. Mr. Saif-ur-Rehman, Regd. No. 2006-ag-1906, a PhD student of Department of Entomology has successfully defended the synopsis of PhD thesis research on 27-06-2014 as required under the rules. After incorporations of the suggestions of participants and subsequent approval by the Supervisory Committee, the title of the research has been finalized as “Silicon based induced resistance and its integration with chemical control in cotton against Bemisia tabaci (Aleyrodidae: Homoptera)”.

26. Mr. Muhammad Avais Tahir, Regd. No. 91-ag-1175, a PhD student of Agricultural Economics has successfully defended his thesis entitled “Economic Analysis of Irrigation Induced Land Degradation in a Conjuctive Water Use Environment” held on 27-06-2014.

27. Mr. Sheraz Ahmed Regd. No. 2004-ag-1080 a PhD student of National Institute of Food Science & Technology, UAF has successfully defended his PhD thesis on 26-06-2014. The title of his thesis was “Development of sportsman drink through fermentation technology”.

28. Mr. Maqbool Ahmad, Regd. No. 86-ag-1364, PhD student of the Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics has successfully defended his PhD thesis on 24-06-2014. The title of his PhD thesis is “Combining ability and gene action studies of maize (Zea mays L.) under water deficit conditions.

29. Hafiz Arslan Anwar Regd. No. 2005-ag-1757, a PhD student of the Department of Plant Pathology, has successfully defended his PhD synopsis at University level on 21-06-2014. The title of his synopsis was “Analysis of drought and rust diseases tolerance conferred by endophytes in wheat crop”.

30. Mr. Saif Ali, Regd. No. 2007-ag-1979, a PhD student, Department of Agronomy, has successfully defended his PhD synopsis on 07-06-2014. The title of his synopsis is “Growth and yield response of Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa wild) genotypes under various tillage practices, planting densities and sowing methods”.

31. Mr. Shahid Bashir Regd. No. 2004-ag-2084, a PhD student of National Institute of Food Science and Technology, UAF has successfully defended his PhD thesis on 25-06-2014. The title of his thesis was “Characterization and utilization of spirulina for food applications”.

32. Ms. Zaib-un-Nisa Regd. No. 2004-ag-1005 a PhD student of National Institute of Food Science & Technology, UAF has successfully defended her PhD thesis on 26-06-2014. The title of her thesis was “Optimization of quality attributes of multigrain sourdough bread using Response Surface Methodology”.

33. Miss, Umara Sahar Rana, Regd. No. 2006-ag-1392, PhD student of the Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics has successfully defended her PhD synopsis titled “TILLING M2 and M3 population of cotton for drought and salinity tolerance” in the Postgraduate Lab. on 27-06-2014. As per suggestions given by the teachers/participants during presentation of synopsis a minor change has been made in the title “TILLING mutant population of cotton for drought and salinity tolerance genes”.

34. Mr. Muhammad Rizwan, Regd. No. 2005-ag-1751, PhD student of the Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics has successfully defended his PhD synopsis titled “Estimation of combining ability for the development of local hybrids in sunflower (Helianthus annuus L” in the Postgraduate Lab. on 28-06-2014. As per suggestions given by the teachers/participants during presentation of the synopsis a minor change has been made in the titled “Phenotypic and molecular analyses of breeding material for developing hybrids in sunflower (Hellianthus annuus L.)”.

35. Mr. Kashif Rashid, Regd. No. 2006-ag-1367, PhD student of the Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics has successfully defended his PhD synopsis titled “Assessment of water deficit tolerance in wheat through physio-morphic indices” in the Postgraduate Lab. on 28-06-2014. As per suggestions given by the teachers/participants during presentation of the synopsis a minor change has been made in the title as “Genetics of water deficit tolerance in wheat”.

36. Mr. Shouket Zaman Khan, Regd. No. 2007-ag-2286, a PhD student of Department of Entomology has successfully defended the synopsis of PhD thesis research on 27-06-2014 as required under the rules. After incorporations of the suggestions of participants and subsequent approval by the Supervisory Committee, the title of the research has been finalized as “Screening of commercially grown citrus cultivars for citrus greening disease in Pakistan, Phenology and management of Asian citrus psyllid (Diaphorina citri), the vector of citrus greening”.

37. Mr. M. Zahid Mukhtar, Regd. No. 2005-ag-1599, PhD student of Institute of Horticultural Sciences has successfully defended his synopsis on 17-06-2014. The title of his synopsis is “Improving germination stand establishment and quality of flower in petunia by exogenious application of thiourea”.

AUCTION NOTICE Crop Produce charri Fodder 30-kanal at Sq. No. 24 & 20-kanal at Sq. No. 45 will be sold by open auction at Postgraduate Agricultural Research Station (PARS) on 05-07-2014 at 11:00 am. The persons who are interested may come and bid. One third of the totla price will be recovered on the spot, and the remaining amount will be received after the approval of competent authority.

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