Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi (PMAS-AAUR) and Magnus Kahl Seeds (MKS) Australia signed a memorandum of understanding here on Friday regarding development of hybrid onion seed at the university campus. MKS is an Australian based international plant breeding company with specialty in onion hybrid seed production. Faculty members and students from PMAS-AAUR will collaborate with R&D staff of MKS in a 4-years project.  The university will extend its lab facilities, glass houses and fields to MKS staff and MKS, in turn, will provide lab equipments and consumable to the department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, PMAS-AAUR.  MKS will also sponsor a PhD study in this project. Prof. Dr. Rai Niaz Ahmad, Vice Chancellor, PMAS-AAUR and Mr. Shehryar Nawabi, Director, MKS  signed MoU on behalf of their respective organizations.

Speaking at the occasion, Prof. Dr. Rai Niaz Ahmed, Vice Chancellor, appreciated the interest and investment of MKS  in Pakistan and expressed his desire for further widening of horizons of collaboration between  organizations. Mr. Shehryar Nawabi, Director, MKS pledged his continuous support for research endeavors of the university.