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Institute of Soil Chmesitry And Environmental Sciences

The former Soil Chemistry Section was established with the establishment of Punjab Agricultural College Lyallpur (Faisalabad) in 1907. The limited objectives of the section were to determine the nutritional requirements of major crops. With time and according to the need new sections and directorates were emerged from this section like Biochemistry in 1954, Soil Fertility Survey and Soil Testing Institute in 1968, Soil Bacteriology in 1975 and Soil Salinity Research Institute in 1981. During restructuring phase of Ayub Agricultural Research Institute Faisalabad, the Soil Chemistry Section was upgraded  as  Institute of Soil Chemistry and Environmental Sciences in January 2009 by bringing the Soil Chemistry Section, Pesticide Quality Control Labs Faisalabad, Kala Shah Kaku, Multan, Bhalwalpur and Pesticide Residue Research Lab Kala Shah Kaku under one umbrella. With the establishment of this institute the work related to soil chemistry, the pollution problem caused by the agricultural inputs i.e. fertilizers and pesticides and pesticide quality control is being dealt more effectively and efficiently.
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