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Karachi, Pakistan

SERVICES

SARC technical expertise is utilized in many ways by various stakeholders and the industry:

• analytical facilities for the testing of pesticide residue, heavy metals, mycotoxins, proximate composition and minerals

• microbiological testing of agricultural commodities like wheat, rice, fruits, vegetables, cereals, chillies, dairy and poultry feeds to public and private sectors

• safe protocols for the storage of wheat

• control of rats in wheat, rice and sugarcane fields and public and private sector godowns

• wild boar control, PAROTRAP for sparrow and parakeet control

• feed formulations of dairy animal and camel along with commercial feed testing services to dairy farmers of peri-urban areas of Karachi

• integrated management root diseases of melon, vine decline, root rots and wilts diseases of cucurbitaceous vegetables by using organic soil amendments and bio-agents

• control of nematodes infesting cereals, fruits and vegetables

• identification of sources of resistance in wheat rusts

• national uniform yield and varietal trials on wheat and sugarcane

• genetic uplift of Red-Sindhi cattle and Kundhi buffaloes

• polyculture of fresh water fish with prawn

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