Hafiz Munir

Nuclear Institute for Food and Agriculture · Plant Breeding & Genetics Division

Seed quality (i.e., emergence energy, viability, physical purity, size, weight) is a critical factor that influences the yield of crops. Poor seed quality can lead to reduced germination rates, lower plant populations, and, ultimately, lower crop yields. On the other hand, seed priming is suggested to be an effective technique for improving seeds g...

Under the current climate change scenario, water stress is one of the key factors that reduce the production of crops. Gibberellic acid (GA3) is an efficient endogenous plant hormone that shows a vital role in plant growth and development. Production of canola (Brassica napus L.) and its oil contents are severely affected under drought stress. The...

Citation: Elahi, N.N.; Raza, S.; Rizwan, M.S.; Albalawi, B.F.A.; Ishaq, M.Z.; Ahmed, H.M.; Mehmood, S.; Imtiaz, M.; Farooq, U.; Rashid, M.; et al. Foliar Application of Gibberellin Alleviates Adverse Impacts of Drought Stress and Improves Growth, Physiological and Biochemical Attributes of Canola (Brassica napus L.). Sustainability 2023, 15, 78. ht...

The investigation pertaining to heritability and genetic advance in cotton genotypes for some quantitative and qualitative traits were undertaken. The results indicated highly significant differences among the parents and F1 crosses for all the traits. Plant height and seed cotton yield per plant displayed moderate to higher estimates of heritabili...

The investigation pertaining to heritability and genetic advance in cotton genotypes for some quantitative and qualitative traits were undertaken. The results indicated highly significant differences among the parents and F1 crosses for all the traits. Plant height and seed cotton yield per plant displayed moderate to higher estimates of heritabili...

An experiment was conducted to investigate the effect of humic acid (HA) applied at 0, 0.5 and 1.0 kg ha-1 with standard dose of NPK fertilizer (40-60-80 kg ha-1) on the cured leaves yield (kg ha-1) and concentrations of macro nutrients Nitrogen (N), Phosphorus (P) and Potassium (P) in Flue Cured Virginia (FCV) Tobacco variety Speight G-28 at the T...

The present study was undertaken to evaluate rapeseed mutants for yield and yield components at an early stage of entry selection in a non-replicated trial. Sixty five mutant entries were selected from gamma irradiated population of 1.0, 1.2 and 1.4 K Gys. and planted in augmented incomplete block design in four blocks. The data on days to 50% flow...

Morphological data pertaining to different attributes were recorded in M4 and M5 generations of gamma irradiated castorbean to study correlations, path analysis and some genetic parameters. Significant and positive correlation of capsule yield per plant with seed yield was observed. Hundred seed weight showed positive but non significant phenotypic...

To optimize the exploitation of plant genetic resources for improvement of oilseed crops in Pakistan, seed quality characterization of germplasm of rapeseed is being executed at Nuclear Institute for Food and Agriculture (NIFA), Peshawar. The aim of this study was to determine the feasibility of using Near Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) to identify s...

Twenty seven desirable mutants of castorbean were evaluated in M 5 generation at Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology, Faisalabad, Pakistan during 2007-08. Estimation of different genetic parameters alongwith correlation coefficient, path and cluster analyses were done in castorbean mutants on quantitative traits. The results showed positi...

The investigation pertaining to heritability and genetic advance in cotton genotypes for some quantitative and qualitative traits were undertaken. The results indicated highly significant differences among the parents and F₁ crosses for all the traits. Plant height and seed cotton yield per plant displayed moderate to higher estimates of...

Two promising cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) lines viz., AEHM-74/11/89 and AEC-76/3/89 along with three commercial check varieties Chandi 95, NIAB-78 and Rehmani were evaluated for their yield performance under five contrasting environments having different agro-climatic conditions in the Sindh province. The genotypes were evaluated for their mean...

Stability in yield of seed cotton over wide range of environments has long been desired by plant breeders. To determine the possible effects of environment and genotypic differences for yield, three advanced strains/genotypes of cotton viz. AEHM-4/4/89, AEH-2/90, AENB-10/87 alongwith two commercial checks viz., NIAB-78 and Rehmani were tested over...

Phenotypic and genotypic variance, heritability (h²), genetic advance (GA), correlation coefficients and path coefficient analysis were conducted for yield and yield components in eight genotypes of wheat under rain fed conditions. High heritability estimates coupled with increasingly high genetic advance were observed for plant height,...