This station was established in 1945 when Sardar Lal Bhadar Singh selected this area due to its favorable climate which is hot and dry. In 1945 suckers of different varieties were brought from Basra (Iraq) and planted here. Present day Date Palm Research Sub-Station Jhang was taken as Ayub Agricultural Research Institute, Faisalabad during the year 1960-61 and has preserved the germplasm of 44 varieties of Date palm including Ajwa, Amer, Barhee, Mejdool, Khalas etc. Total area is 52 Acres. The main objectives of the research station are the selection and acclimatization of local and exotic varieties of dates to provide the pedigree plants to the farmers at cheaper rates, to find out the causes of various disorders & diseases in dates and their control etc. The sub station have introduced the instrument “Pollinator” in 1981 and achieved award of PKR. 25,000 and certificates from Governor of Punjab. 37 research papers have been published of this Sub-Station, round about 47,342 date palm trees have been provided to the farmers up to 2009 - 2010, approved the four varieties of four date palm by Federal Seed Certification and Registration Department, Islamabad during the last year.
