The Department of Plant Protection was established in 1977 with the advent of Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam, Pakistan. It is one of the most important disciplines of agriculture with a mission to develop and undertake educational and research programs that foster the creation and adoption of agricultural plant protection systems that are profitable, environmentally sound and sustainable. Through its qualified graduates, it plays a pivotal role in providing technical backstopping to agricultural research and extension systems. The department also imparts training / education in community IPM through the Farmer Field School (FFS) approach.
The Department offers B.Sc. Agri. (Hons.) degree in Plant Protection. In addition, it has a very strong postgraduate program offering M.Sc. Agri. (Hons.) and Ph.D. degrees in Plant Protection. The academic programs are designed to equip the students with new techniques and principles of crop protection in order to improve crop management to be translated in a socially viable, competitive and profitable agriculture for the farmers. The faculty members are actively engaged in different research programs, funded by national and international organizations. To facilitate the postgraduate students, three laboratories i.e., IPM Laboratory, Plant Diseases Diagnostic & Research Laboratory and Biocontrol Laboratory have set up which are moderately equipped. The practical trainings emphasize identification of agriculturally useful natural enemies (insects and micro-organisms) and mass production of biological control agents for field application. The department aims to introduce organic farming in order to rationalize the use of pesticides to conserve the environment, irrigation, soil and to minimize the health hazards.
| ACADEMIC STAFF | ||
| Jan Muhammad Mari | Ph.D. (SAU) | Professor & Chairman |
| Abdul Ghani Lanjar | Ph.D. (SAU) | Professor |
| Abdul Mubeen Lodhi | Ph.D. (KU) | Professor |
| Imtiaz A. Nizamani | Ph.D. (SAU) | Associate Professor |
| Muhammad Ali Khanzada | Ph.D. (KU) | Associate Professor |
| Muahmmad Ibrahim Khaskheli | Ph.D. (China) | Associate Professor |
| Khalid Hussain Qureshi | M.Sc. (Agri.) Hons | Assistant Professor |
| Sajjad Hussain Khuhro | Ph.D. (China) | Assistant Professor (IPFP) |
| Abdul Waheed Solangi | Ph.D (China) | Assistant Professor (IPFP) |
| Sayed Sohail Shah | Ph.D (China) | Assistant Professor (IPFP) |
| COURSES OFFERED | ||
| CODE | TITLE OF COURSE | C. HRS |
| TERM-III | ||
| PPT-401 | Fundamentals of Plant Protection | 3(2+1) |
| TERM-IV | ||
| PPT-402 | Introduction to Pest Management | 3(2+1) |
| TERM-V | ||
| PPT-501 | Insect Classification | 3(2+1) |
| PPT-503 | Pests of Field Crops | 3(2+1) |
| PPT-505 | Plant Nematology | 3(2+1) |
| PPT-507 | Pest Ecology | 3(2+1) |
| PPT-509 | Introductory Acarology | 3(2+1) |
| AHV-501 | Animal Husbandry | 3(2+1) |
| TERM-VI | ||
| PPT-502 | Introduction to Weed Science | 3(2+1) |
| PPT-504 | Pests of Fruits, Vegetables & Ornamentals | 3(2+1) |
| PPT-506 | Principles of Plant Disease Management | 3(2+1) |
| PPT-508 | Pesticides & their Application Techniques | 3(2+1) |
| PPT-514 | Biostatistics | 3(2+1) |
| TERM-VII | ||
| PPT-601 | Principles of Plant Protection | 3(2+1) |
| PPT-603 | Biological Control | 3(2+1) |
| PPT-605 | Vertebrate Pest Management | 3(2+1) |
| PPT-607 | Post-harvest Pest Management | 3(2+1) |
| PPT-611 | Field IPM (For Non-Major) | 3(2+1) |
| TERM-VIII | ||
| PPT-602 | Urban Pest Management | 3(2+1) |
| PPT-604 | Range and Forest Pest Management | 3(2+1) |
| PPT-606 | Scientific Writing and Presentation | 2(1+1) |
| PPT-610 | Internship / Project | 4(0+4) |