PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY
Area of research: Biotechnology, Genetic Engineering, Agriculture
Theme: Plant Biotechnology, Genetic Engineering, Plant Microbiology, Plant Genetics, Plant Breeding, Plant Pathology, Agriculture Biotechnology, Botany, Plant Virology
SDGs covered: SDG 1: No Poverty; SDG 2: Zero Hunger; SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being
Faculty Members:
Dr. Muhammad Ali, Dr. Muhammad Irfan Fareed, Aqib Nazar
Description: Novel crop varieties play more important roles in agriculture production, which are definitely up to the exploration and application of some key germplasm resources. Up to date, crop germplasm and variety have been mainly developed by conventional strategies, which are always time-consuming. Using the aforementioned techniques, the period for breeding new crop varieties and germplasms can be greatly shortened. Therefore, we are focusing on plant biotechnology for collectively reporting the achievements on the applications of fast plant biotechnology technologies in genetic improvement and functional genomics study in various plants.
National Collaborators: Government College University,Lahore, University of Okara; University of Lahore;Minhaj University,Lahore,
International Collaborators: McGill University, Canada; Sungkyunkwan University, Korea;University of Science & Technology,China;University of Padua, Italy.
Students:Sidra Shabir, InayatUllah, Awais, Noman Aziz, Maria,
Relevant Publications:
1. Wahla, A. Q., Anwar, S., Fareed, M. I., Ikram, W., Ali, L., Alharby, H. F.,& Ali, S. (2023). Immobilization of metribuzin-degrading bacteria on biochar: Enhanced soil remediation and bacterial community restoration. Frontiers in Microbiology, 13.
2. Hussain, A., Asif, N., Pirzada, A.R. et al. Genome wide study of cysteine rich receptor like proteins in Gossypium sp.. Sci Rep 12, 4885 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-08943-1
3. H. ULLAH, “SauaedaFruticusa is Hyperaccumulator of Chromium and Lead”, JTES, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 13-17, Oct. 2022.
4. Ali, M., Hameed, S. & Tahir, M. Luteovirus: insights into pathogenicity. Arch Virol 159, 2853–2860 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-014-2172-6
5. Ali, M., Anwar, S., Shuja, M.N. et al. The genus Luteovirus from infection to disease. Eur J Plant Pathol 151, 841–860 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10658-018-1425-8