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Dr. Muhammad Saleem
Professor,
Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics,
University of Agriculture, Faisalabad.
Qualification : Ph.D.
Field of Specialization: Pulses / Maize Breeding & Genetics
Number of Research publications :
55
Number of Ph.D students supervised :
6
(2 completed, 2 submitted thesis, 2 in progress)
Number of M.Sc. students supervised : 110
(105 completed, 5 in progress)
• B.Sc. (Hons) Agri. in Plant Breeding and Genetics from University
of Agriculture, Faisalabad in 1973.
• M.Sc. (Hons) Agri. in Plant Breeding and Genetics from University
of Agriculture, Faisalabad in 1976.
• Awarded “Sir William Roberts Scholarship” for
the year 1980-84 for the study of Ph.D.
• Completed Ph.D from University College of North Wales, Bangor,
UK. in 1984.
• Worked as Research Officer, from 22/10/1973 to 26/1/1977
in Cereal Section (Wheat Directorate) AARI, Faisalabad.
• Appointed as Lecturer in 1977, Assistant Professor in 1985,
Associate Professor in 1995 and Professor in 2004 in the Dept. of Plant
Breeding and Genetics, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad.
• Teaching graduate and postgraduate courses on Genetics and
Plant Breeding, conducting and supervising postgraduate / departmental research
on pulses/maize breeding and genetics for yield improvement and disease
resistance.
• Participated in ten weeks training “Crop Research Management
Programme” in USA under MART project sponsored by USAID.
• Completed as P.I. the research project entitled “Evolution
of gram varieties resistant to blight and wilt” funded by Punjab Agricultural
Research Coordination Board in 1992
• Executed as P.I. a research programme entitled “Cooperative
Research Programme on Pulses” sponsored by PARC from 1990 to 2000.
• Completed as P.I. research project entitled “Breeding
chickpea for improvement in yield and disease resistance” sponsored
by UGC in 1997.
• Completed research project sponsored by UGC on mungbean entitled
“Breeding mungbean for high yield potential, early maturity and improved
physiological efficiency” as P.I. in 1998.
• Completed as P.I. research project entitled “Morphogenetic
analysis of seed yield parameters and inheritance of yellow mosaic virus
in mungbean (Vigna readiata L. Wilczek) sponsored by UGC in 2002.
• Completed research project entitled “ Evaluation of
drought related traits and improved yield potential in maize germplasm”
funded by UGC 2003.
• Awarded a research project entitled “ DNA markers for
wilt (Fusarium oxysporum) resistant genes in chickpea ” for Rs. 2.893
million by PARC under Agricultural Linkages Programme.
