The department has the following future plans:
- Identification of Superior Bulls of Nili and Nili-Ravi Breeds for Increasing Milk Production through selection, breeding values and genome analyses
- Genetic engineering of fiber trait genes to improve staple length in cotton.
- Improvement of Fiber Quality in Upland Cotton through Introgression using DNA Markers
- Engineering Potato Against Frost and Viruses
- Genetic Improvement of potato cultivars for delay in sweetening, tolerant to late blight and frost
- Development of Doubled Haploid Maize Hybrid for Water Limited Field Conditions
- Developing short duration, high yielding, and disease resistant mungbeans
- Enhancing growth and productive performance in native Aseel chicken employing integrated selective breeding and identification of growth markers for poverty alleviation in rural areas
- Expression of cell-wall degrading enzymes in higher plant chloroplasts for bioethanol production from lignocellulosic plant biomass
- The Cholistan Desert Medicinal Plants Characterization and Cultivation
- Collection, Characterization and Maintenance of Germplasm for Indigenous Forest, Medicinal and Endangered Plants in Punjab
- Impact of Managed Pollination by Apis Mellifera L. on Different Crops Yield
- Modification of sugarcane stripper for removing the trash from sugarcane
- Assessment of Biomass Production and Development of Rangelands in DG Khan and Cholistan (Punjab) by Reseeding of Grasses Dry Aforestation of Fodder Trees
- Use of distillery waste product as a growth promoter in early weaned buffalo calves
- Standardization of microbiology based quality control testing for value addition and for enhancing export potential of locally produced frozen bull semen
- Establishment of sustainable and cost effective seed drying and storage technology in Pakistan Dehydration and preservation of fruits, vegetables and crops using solar energy
- Utilization of poultry farm litter and dead birds compost as livestock feed ingredient and agriculture fertilizers.
- Nutritional enhancement of Agricultural wastes and its use in Animal feeding
- Safety and functional assessment of lactococcal probiotics for public use
- Isolation, characterization and commercial development of indigenous dairy starter culture
- Milk production potential of camel and isolation of therapeutic components for treating the metabolic diseases