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Dr. Raza Ahmad

Dr. Raza Ahmad

Tenured Professor/Chairperson

Area of Interest: Plant /Environmental Biotechnology, Computational Biotechnology

Email: [email protected]

HEC Approved PhD Supervisor

Academics / Degrees

  • Post Doc, 2012, Plant systems engineering research center, Korea research institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (www. kribb.re.kr), Daejon, South Korea
  • Ph. D. Biological Sciences, 2008, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejon (South Korea). www.kaist.ac.kr 
  •   M.Sc. (Hons) Agri. Entomology. 2002. Dept. of Agri. Entomology, University of Agriculture Faisalabad
    (Pakistan).
    www.uaf.edu.pk
  • B.Sc. (Hons)
    Agri. Entomology, 1999
    University College of Agriculture Bahauddin
    Zakariya University Multan (Pakistan).
    www.bzu.edu.pk

Research Interests

·
Plant Systems Engineering

·
Photosynthesis

·
Environmental Biotechnology

Awards

  • Awarded  Korea Research Foundation  Scholarship for PhD studies in South
    Korea, 2004
  • University
    Grants Commission merit Scholar Ship holder during 1999-2001
  • First
    Prize in Poster Competition during International Conference held at
    Faisalabad, Pakistan, 2006
  • Best
    Poster Award at BG21 symposium, South Korea, 2007
  • Post-Doc
    Fellow Ship at Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology,
    Daejon, South Korea 2010
  • Best
    paper “
    Development
    of selection marker-free transgenic plants with enhanced tolerance to
    oxidative stress. J. Plant Biology. 51 (6) 401-407”

    awarded by The Botanical Society of Korea, 2011
  • Research
    Productivity Awards from COMSATS Institute of Information Technology,
    Pakistan

Research Projects

  1. Molecular and
    morphological characterization of choline oxidase expressing potato
    plants. Funded by COMSATS. Completed. Amount 0.2 Million Pak Rupees
    (Principal Investigator). Completed
  2. Transformation of
    potato plants expressing Glcd1 gene. Funded by CIIT 2015-16. Funded by
    COMSATS. Completed. Amount 0.2 Million Pak Rupees (Co-Principal
    Investigator, PI is my PhD student)-completed
  3. Improvement in Potato
    Plant Photosynthesis by Engineering Novel Cyanobacterila Carbon Dioxide
    Concentrating Mechanism: Funded By Higher Education Commission of
    Pakistan, 2016-2019. Amount 3.58 Million Pak Rupees (Principal
    Investigator) completed.
  4. Genetic Engineering of
    Lycopersicum esculantum for Enhanced Salt Stress Tolerance through Cell
    Signalling Molecule Involved in Salt Tolerance:  Funded By Higher Education Commission
    of Pakistan, 2016-19. Amount 3.301 Million Pak Rupees (Co-Principal
    Investigator) on going
  5. Improvement of carotenoid
    contents in potato plants for commercial cultivation.  Funded by Pakistan Science Foundation.
    (Principal Investigator). Amount 3.01 million. 

Students Supervised

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MS: 17

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PhD (Supervisor): 02

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PhD (Co-Supervisor):
02

Journal Publications

1. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=717" title="Dr. Ayesha Baig">A. Baig</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=137" title="Dr. Irum Shahzadi">I.Shahzadi</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=119" title="Dr. Maria Siddique">M.Siddique</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=131" title="Dr. Raza Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=143" title="Dr. Jamshaid Hussain">J.Hussain</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=5855" title="Samina Khalid">Samina Khalid</a> Exploring Different Roles of StWRKY4 and StWRKY56 in Transgenic Potato Against Salt Stress, Life, 2025
2. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=117" title="Dr. Syed Tatheer Alam Naqvi">S.Naqvi</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=131" title="Dr. Raza Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a> A DNase from halophilic bacterium Bacillus pacificus targets two notorious biofilms of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 and Staphylococcus aureus, Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology, 2025
3. Zahid Ahmad Khan,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=500" title="Dr. Abdul Rehman Khan">Abdul Rehman Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=493" title="Shahid Masood Shah">S.M.Shah</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=491" title="Dr. Yasar Sajjad">Y.Sajjad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=131" title="Dr. Raza Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=114" title="Dr. Muhammad Bilal">M.Bilal</a>,Aiman Saleem,Hifza Imtiaz Azacytidine Induced Epigenetic Variations Improve Fruit Quality and Yield in Tomato Grown under Soil Conditions, Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2024
4. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=131" title="Dr. Raza Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=500" title="Dr. Abdul Rehman Khan">Abdul Rehman Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=5852" title="Ghazal Khurshid">Khurshid.G</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=737" title="Dr. Iftikhar Zeb">Iftikhar Zeb</a> Stimulatory effects of smoke solution and biogas digestate slurry application on photosynthesis, growth, and methylation profiling of solanum tuberosum, Plant Signaling & Behavior, 2024
5. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=143" title="Dr. Jamshaid Hussain">J.Hussain</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=117" title="Dr. Syed Tatheer Alam Naqvi">S.Naqvi</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=131" title="Dr. Raza Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=138" title="Dr. M. Maroof Shah">M.Shah</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=737" title="Dr. Iftikhar Zeb">Iftikhar Zeb</a> Cyclic guanosine monophosphate improves salt tolerance in Solanum lycopersicum, Journal of Plant Research, 2024
6. Jawad Ahmad,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=130" title="Dr. Amjad Hassan">A.Hassan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=491" title="Dr. Yasar Sajjad">Y.Sajjad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=131" title="Dr. Raza Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=138" title="Dr. M. Maroof Shah">M.Shah</a> Genome-wide identification and characterization of wall-associated kinases, molecular docking and polysaccharide elicitation of monoterpenoid indole alkaloids in micro-propagated Catharanthus roseus, J Plant Res, 2023
7. Kainat Saeed,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=117" title="Dr. Syed Tatheer Alam Naqvi">S.Naqvi</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=131" title="Dr. Raza Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=126" title="Dr. Muhammad Ali">M.Ali</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=737" title="Dr. Iftikhar Zeb">Iftikhar Zeb</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=717" title="Dr. Ayesha Baig">A. Baig</a>,SYED Kamarn ul Hassan Naqvi,Ismat Nawaz,Sania Riaz,Abdullah Adil Characterization of alkaline metalloprotease isolated from halophilic bacterium Bacillus cereus and its applications in various industrial processes, Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências | Annals of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences, 2023
8. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=126" title="Dr. Muhammad Ali">M.Ali</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=131" title="Dr. Raza Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=641" title="Dr. Umer Rashid ">U. Rashid</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=737" title="Dr. Iftikhar Zeb">Iftikhar Zeb</a> Prediction of Phytochemicals for Their Potential to Inhibit New Delhi Metallo β-Lactamase (NDM-1), Pharmaceuticals, 2023
9. Sobia Zaman,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=131" title="Dr. Raza Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=117" title="Dr. Syed Tatheer Alam Naqvi">S.Naqvi</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=130" title="Dr. Amjad Hassan">A.Hassan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=138" title="Dr. M. Maroof Shah">M.Shah</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=143" title="Dr. Jamshaid Hussain">J.Hussain</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=299" title="Dr. Aziz Ullah Sayal">Aziz Ullah Sayal</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=376" title="Dr. Arshad Mehmood Abbasi">Dr. AM Abbasi</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=738" title="Khadim Shah">K. Shah</a>,Bakht Zaman Determination of genetic diversity, sinigrin contents, and elicitors-induced enhancement of sinigrin in Nasturtium officinale L., Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry, 2022
10. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=737" title="Dr. Iftikhar Zeb">Iftikhar Zeb</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=126" title="Dr. Muhammad Ali">M.Ali</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=131" title="Dr. Raza Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a> In-situ microaeration of anaerobic digester treating buffalo manure for enhanced biogas yield, Renewable Energy, 2022
11. Ummara Waheed,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=119" title="Dr. Maria Siddique">M.Siddique</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=131" title="Dr. Raza Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=137" title="Dr. Irum Shahzadi">I.Shahzadi</a> Fruit drop in cotton: some causes, Journal of Agriculture and Food, 2021, 2021
12. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=131" title="Dr. Raza Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=737" title="Dr. Iftikhar Zeb">Iftikhar Zeb</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=143" title="Dr. Jamshaid Hussain">J.Hussain</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=717" title="Dr. Ayesha Baig">A. Baig</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=138" title="Dr. M. Maroof Shah">M.Shah</a> Expression of cyanobacterial genes enhanced CO2 assimilation and biomass production in transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana, PeerJ, 2021
13. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=633" title="Dr. Habiba Zaffar">H.Zaffar</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=117" title="Dr. Syed Tatheer Alam Naqvi">S.Naqvi</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=126" title="Dr. Muhammad Ali">M.Ali</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=131" title="Dr. Raza Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a> Kinetic Modeling of Endosulfan Degradation by Mixed Bacterial Culture, Soil and Sediments Contamination, An international Journal, 2021
14. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=131" title="Dr. Raza Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,Ghazal Khurshid,Anum Zeb Abbasi,M. Farhan Khalid,Mahnoor Naseer Gondal,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=117" title="Dr. Syed Tatheer Alam Naqvi">S.Naqvi</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=138" title="Dr. M. Maroof Shah">M.Shah</a>,Safee Ullah Chaudhary A cyanobacterial photorespiratory bypass model to enhance photosynthesis by rerouting photorespiratory pathway in ­C3 plants, Scientific Reports, 2020
15. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=131" title="Dr. Raza Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a> Remediating Effect of Smoke Solution on Shoot of Two Rice Cultivars Under Lead Contaminated Water, Fresenius Environmental Bulletin, 2020
16. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=143" title="Dr. Jamshaid Hussain">J.Hussain</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=138" title="Dr. M. Maroof Shah">M.Shah</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=717" title="Dr. Ayesha Baig">A. Baig</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=117" title="Dr. Syed Tatheer Alam Naqvi">S.Naqvi</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=131" title="Dr. Raza Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=114" title="Dr. Muhammad Bilal">M.Bilal</a> Evaluation of salt tolerance in Eruca sativa accessions based on morpho-physiological traits, PeerJ, 2020
17. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=717" title="Dr. Ayesha Baig">A. Baig</a>,Iftikhar Zaman,Nadia Gul,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=138" title="Dr. M. Maroof Shah">M.Shah</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=131" title="Dr. Raza Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=137" title="Dr. Irum Shahzadi">I.Shahzadi</a>,Sofia Baig Conservation of an Endangered Medicinal Tree Species Taxus wallichian through Callus Induction and Shoot Regeneration, PTCB, 28th June 2020, 2020
18. Areeqa Mustafa,Muhammad Ibrahim,M. Asif Rasheed,Sumaira Kanwal,Annum Hussain,Asma Sami,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=131" title="Dr. Raza Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,Zhu Bo Genome-wide analysis of four Enterobacter cloacae complex type strains: Insights into virulence and niche adaptation’, Scientific Reports, 2020
19. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=633" title="Dr. Habiba Zaffar">H.Zaffar</a>,Mughees M,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=131" title="Dr. Raza Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=717" title="Dr. Ayesha Baig">A. Baig</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=138" title="Dr. M. Maroof Shah">M.Shah</a>,Saadia Afsar morphophysiological response of hybrid maize (zea mays l.) to salt stress in combination with exogenous calcium applications, 6-5-2020, 2020
20. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=143" title="Dr. Jamshaid Hussain">J.Hussain</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=131" title="Dr. Raza Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a> Genome-wide identification and expression analysis of SnRK2 gene family in mungbean (Vigna radiata) in response to drought stress. , Crop & Pasture Science, 2020
21. Mazhar Iqbal,Azhar Hussain,Sania Riaz,Azhar Rashid,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=117" title="Dr. Syed Tatheer Alam Naqvi">S.Naqvi</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=131" title="Dr. Raza Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=494" title="Ismat Nawaz">I. Nawaz</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=143" title="Dr. Jamshaid Hussain">J.Hussain</a>,Anum Fareed Immobilized cells of a novel bacterium increased the degradation of N-methylated carbamates under low temperature conditions, Heliyon, 2019
22. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=138" title="Dr. M. Maroof Shah">M.Shah</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=131" title="Dr. Raza Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=361" title="NIGHAT FATIMA">Dr. Nighat Fatima</a> Bioactivity-guided isolation of rosmarinic acid as the principle bioactive compound from the butanol extract of Isodon rugosus against the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum., PloS ONE, 2019
23. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=131" title="Dr. Raza Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=117" title="Dr. Syed Tatheer Alam Naqvi">S.Naqvi</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=143" title="Dr. Jamshaid Hussain">J.Hussain</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=138" title="Dr. M. Maroof Shah">M.Shah</a> The expression of cyanobacterial glycolate–decarboxylation pathway genes improves biomass accumulation in Arabidopsis thaliana, Plant Biotechnology Reports, 2019
24. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=131" title="Dr. Raza Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=494" title="Ismat Nawaz">I. Nawaz</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=117" title="Dr. Syed Tatheer Alam Naqvi">S.Naqvi</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=138" title="Dr. M. Maroof Shah">M.Shah</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=143" title="Dr. Jamshaid Hussain">J.Hussain</a> Successful Callogenesis from Leaf and Petiole of Bergenia ciliata (Haw.) Sternb and Antibacterial Activity of Callus Extracts., Pakistan Journal of Botany, 2019
25. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=633" title="Dr. Habiba Zaffar">H.Zaffar</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=131" title="Dr. Raza Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=109" title="Dr. Arshid Pervez">A.Pervez</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=117" title="Dr. Syed Tatheer Alam Naqvi">S.Naqvi</a> A newly isolated Pseudomonas sp. can degrade endosulfan via hydrolytic pathway, 10-09-2018, 2018
26. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=138" title="Dr. M. Maroof Shah">M.Shah</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=635" title="Ummarah Waheed Khan">U.W.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=131" title="Dr. Raza Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a> COMPARISON OF AGROBACTERIUM MEDIATED WHEAT AND BARLEY TRANSFORMATION WITH NUCLEOSIDE DIPHOSPHATE KINASE 2 (NDPK2) GENE , Pak J Bot, 2016
27. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=138" title="Dr. M. Maroof Shah">M.Shah</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=131" title="Dr. Raza Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a> The insecticidal potential of botanical extracts for management of Peach fruit fly, Bactrocera zonata Saunders, 1842 (Diptera: Tephritidae), Türk. entomol. derg, 2016
28. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=131" title="Dr. Raza Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a> Trends of Climate Change in the Lower Indus Basin Region of Pakistan: Future Implications for Agriculture, Int J Climate Chang Strat. Manag., 2016
29. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=131" title="Dr. Raza Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=632" title="Misbah Bilal">M.Bilal</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=138" title="Dr. M. Maroof Shah">M.Shah</a> Improvement of biomass accumulation of potato plants by transformation of cyanobacterial photorespiratory glycolate catabolism pathway genes , Plant Biotechnology Reports, 2016
30. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=138" title="Dr. M. Maroof Shah">M.Shah</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=137" title="Dr. Irum Shahzadi">I.Shahzadi</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=131" title="Dr. Raza Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a> GENETIC DIVERSITY ANALYSIS OF TAGETES SPECIES USING PCR BASED MOLECULAR MARKERS, Pak J Bot, 2016
31. Mehreen Khalid,Sumreen Rasul,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=109" title="Dr. Arshid Pervez">A.Pervez</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=143" title="Dr. Jamshaid Hussain">J.Hussain</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=131" title="Dr. Raza Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,Anjum Zia,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=114" title="Dr. Muhammad Bilal">M.Bilal</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=117" title="Dr. Syed Tatheer Alam Naqvi">S.Naqvi</a> Biodegradation of Organophosphorus Insecticides, Chlorpyrifos, by Pseudomonas putida CP-1, Pak J Zool, 2016
32. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=631" title="Anum Zeb Abbasi">A.Abbasi</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=632" title="Misbah Bilal">M.Bilal</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=143" title="Dr. Jamshaid Hussain">J.Hussain</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=138" title="Dr. M. Maroof Shah">M.Shah</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=130" title="Dr. Amjad Hassan">A.Hassan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=131" title="Dr. Raza Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a> ROBUST REGENERATION PROTOCOL FOR THE AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS MEDIATED TRANSFORMATION OF SOLANUM TUBEROSUM, Pakistan Journal of Botany, 2016
33. Sara Khan,Habiba Zaffar,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=117" title="Dr. Syed Tatheer Alam Naqvi">S.Naqvi</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=131" title="Dr. Raza Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=500" title="Dr. Abdul Rehman Khan">Abdul Rehman Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=138" title="Dr. M. Maroof Shah">M.Shah</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=114" title="Dr. Muhammad Bilal">M.Bilal</a>,Dr. Mazhar Iqbal,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=139" title="Dr. Usman Irshad">U.Irshad</a> Biodegradation of Malathion by Bacillus licheniformis strain ML-1, Archives of Biological Sciences, 2016
34. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=635" title="Ummarah Waheed Khan">U.W.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=131" title="Dr. Raza Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=137" title="Dr. Irum Shahzadi">I.Shahzadi</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=138" title="Dr. M. Maroof Shah">M.Shah</a> Some Important Factors Influencing Tissue Culture Response in Wheat, Sarhad Journal of Agriculture, 2015
35. M.W.Ullah,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=143" title="Dr. Jamshaid Hussain">J.Hussain</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=131" title="Dr. Raza Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=130" title="Dr. Amjad Hassan">A.Hassan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=138" title="Dr. M. Maroof Shah">M.Shah</a> . Molecular evaluation of wheat genotypes for vernalization response based on the Intron 1 deletion in VRN gene. Minerva Biotecnologica, Minerva Biotecnologica 2015, 2015
36. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=143" title="Dr. Jamshaid Hussain">J.Hussain</a>,Wajeeha Saeed,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=117" title="Dr. Syed Tatheer Alam Naqvi">S.Naqvi</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=138" title="Dr. M. Maroof Shah">M.Shah</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=131" title="Dr. Raza Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=130" title="Dr. Amjad Hassan">A.Hassan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=112" title="Dr. Qaisar Mahmood">Q.Mahmood</a> Dietary Toxicity of Lead and Hyper-Accumulation in Petroselinum crispum, July 2015, 2015
37. Sara Khan,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=633" title="Dr. Habiba Zaffar">H.Zaffar</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=139" title="Dr. Usman Irshad">U.Irshad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=131" title="Dr. Raza Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=500" title="Dr. Abdul Rehman Khan">Abdul Rehman Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=138" title="Dr. M. Maroof Shah">M.Shah</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=114" title="Dr. Muhammad Bilal">M.Bilal</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=492" title="Mazhar Iqbal">M. Iqbal</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=117" title="Dr. Syed Tatheer Alam Naqvi">S.Naqvi</a> Biodegradation of malathion by Bacillus licheniformis strain ML-1, Archives of Biological Sciences, 2015
38. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=131" title="Dr. Raza Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=143" title="Dr. Jamshaid Hussain">J.Hussain</a>,Muhammad Jamil,MyoungDuck Kim,Sang-Soo Kwak,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=138" title="Dr. M. Maroof Shah">M.Shah</a>,Shafiq-ur-Rehman GLYCINEBETAINE SYNTHESIZING TRANSGENIC POTATO PLANTS EXHIBIT ENHANCED TOLERANCE TO SALT AND COLD STRESSES, Pakistan Journal of Botany, 2014
39. Muhammad Wajid Ullah,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=143" title="Dr. Jamshaid Hussain">J.Hussain</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=131" title="Dr. Raza Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=130" title="Dr. Amjad Hassan">A.Hassan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=138" title="Dr. M. Maroof Shah">M.Shah</a> Molecular evaluation of wheat genotypes for vernalization response based on the Intron 1 deletion in vernalization gene, Minerva Biotecnologica, 2014, 2014
40. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=143" title="Dr. Jamshaid Hussain">J.Hussain</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=131" title="Dr. Raza Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=120" title="Dr. Toqeer Ahmad">T.Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=138" title="Dr. M. Maroof Shah">M.Shah</a> BIOTECHNILOGIES USED IN GENETIC TRANSFORMATION OF TRITICUM AESTIVUM: A mini overview , FUUAST J of Biology, 2013
41. Young-Pyo Lee,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=131" title="Dr. Raza Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,Haeng-Soon Lee,Sang Soo Kwak,Mustafa Nawaz Shafqa,Suk-Yoon Kwon Improved Tolerance of Cu/Zn Superoxide Dismutase and Ascorbate Peroxidase Expressing Transgenic Tobacco Seeds and Seedlings against Multiple Abiotic Stresse, Int. J. Agric. Biol, 2013
42. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=131" title="Dr. Raza Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a> Chemometric classification of advanced oxidation processes for the degradation of pharmaceuticals and personal care products., Env. Eng. Mang. J., 2013
43. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=131" title="Dr. Raza Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,Chan-Ju Lim,Suk-Yoon Kwon Glycine betaine: a versatile compound with great potential for gene pyramiding to improve crop plant performance against environmental stresses., Plant Biotechnology Reports, 2013
44. Jungeun Kim,Jae-Pil Choi,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=131" title="Dr. Raza Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,Suk-Yoon Kwon,Cheol-Goo Hur RISA: Rapid Identification of SSRs and Analysis of primers., Genes and Genomics, 2012
45. Jungeun Kim,Chan-Ju Lim,Bong-Woo Lee,Jae-Pil Choi,Sang-Keun Oh,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=131" title="Dr. Raza Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,Suk-Yoon Kwon,Jisook Ahn,Cheol-Goo Hur A genome-wide comparison of NB-LRR type of resistance gene analogs (RGA) in the plant kingdom, Molecules and Cells, 2012
46. Chan-Ju Lim,Ha Yeon Lee,Woong Bom Kim,Bok-Sim Lee,Jungeun Kim,,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=131" title="Dr. Raza Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,Hyun A Kim,So Young Yi,Cheol-Goo Hur,Suk-Yoon Kwon Screening of Tissue-Specific Genes and Promoters in Tomato by Comparing Genome Wide Expression Profiles of Arabidopsis Orthologues., Molecules and Cells, 2012
47. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=137" title="Dr. Irum Shahzadi">I.Shahzadi</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=131" title="Dr. Raza Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=130" title="Dr. Amjad Hassan">A.Hassan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=138" title="Dr. M. Maroof Shah">M.Shah</a> Optimization of DNA extraction from seeds and fresh leaf tissues of wild marigold (Tagetes minuta) for polymerase chain reaction analysis, GMR, 2010
48. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=131" title="Dr. Raza Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,Yun-Hee Kim,Myoung Duck Kim,Suk-Yoon Kwon,Kwangsoo Cho,Haeng-Soon Lee,Sang Soo Kwak Simultaneous expression of choline oxidase, superoxide dismutase and ascorbate peroxidase in potato plant chloroplasts provides synergistically enhanced protection against various abiotic stresses. , Physiol.Plantarum, 2010
49. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=131" title="Dr. Raza Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,Yun-Hee Kim,Myoung Duck Kim,Phung-Min Ngoc,Won-il Chung,Haeng-Soon Lee,Sang Soo Kwak,Suk-Yoon Kwon Development of selection marker-free transgenic plants with enhanced tolerance to oxidative stress, J. Plant Biol., 2008
50. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=131" title="Dr. Raza Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,Myoung Duck Kim,Kyung-Hwa Back,Hee-Sik Kim,Haeng-Soon Lee,Suk-Yoon Kwon,Norio Murata,Won-il Chung,Sang Soo Kwak Stress-induced expression of choline oxidase in the chloroplasts of potato plants confers enhanced tolerance to oxidative, salt and drought stresses, Plant Cell Reports, 2008

Conference Publications

1. Saira Khan,Clauvis Nji Tizi Taning, Elias Bonneure,Sven Mangelinckx,Guy Smagghe,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=131" title="Dr. Raza Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=361" title="NIGHAT FATIMA">Dr. Nighat Fatima</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=515" title="Dr. Muhammad Asif">Asif, M.</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=138" title="Dr. M. Maroof Shah">M.Shah</a> Bioactivity guided screening of plant extracts as a source of biopesticides for insect pest management, , 2019

Books and Book Chapters

1. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=131" title="Dr. Raza Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a> Corn Biotechnology, , 2013
2. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=131" title="Dr. Raza Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a> Ascorbate and Glutathione: Protectors of Plants in Oxidative Stress, , 2010