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Director: Prof. Dr. Shahina Fayyaz

 

 

National Nematological Research Centre (NNRC), University of Karachi is a leading research and teaching institute dedicated to the generation, acquisition and propagation of knowledge about Nematology in Pakistan.

Nematology is a highly specialized field and requires services of specialists in dealing with nematode diseases and other pests. NNRC is the only research as well as academic centre,which is solely associated with the study and research of Nematology in the country. The main objective of  NNRC is to promote the subject of Nematology so as to generate highly trained manpower through M. Phil / Ph. D degree program A Ph.D. programme in Nematology at the institution which commence in 2009, is aimed at imparting a full range of knowledge, awareness and expertise in Nematology to meet the challenges of the new millennium.

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The nematology research programme includes work on the molecular taxonomy, biology, pathogenicity, population dynamics, control of plant parasitic nematodes, use of marine nematodes as pollution indicators, entomopathogenic nematodes, the beneficial nematodes in the biological control of insect pests of agriculturally important crops as biopesticides and their mass production, use of free-living soil nematodes as bio fertilizers and more importantly the human nematology which is going to be established soon.

 

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