The focus of the Wheat Biotechnology lab is to explore the natural diversity of the genetic alteration in wheat crop and its transformation with desired traits for sustainable agricultural growth.

Selected Publications

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(1). Morphological diversity and traits association in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)
(2). An ethylmethane sulfonate mutant resource in pre-green revolution hexaploid wheat
(3). Heat shock protein and aquaporin expression enhance water conserving behavior of citrus under water deficits and high temperature conditions
(4). Evaluation of citrus rootstocks against drought, heat and their combined stress based on growth and photosynthetic pigments
(5). Heritability, genetic gain and detection of gene action in hexaploid wheat for yield and its related attributes
(6). Mitigation effects of selenium on accumulation of cadmium and morpho-physiological properties in rice varieties
(7). Climate change and citrus
(8). Selection of Pakistani and CIMMYT wheat lines for better grain yield and quality
(9). Genome wide analysis of citrus sinensis heat shock proteins
(10). Nanobioremediation of insecticides and herbicides
(11). Pedigree and SSR data analysis reveal dominant prevalence of few parents in pedigrees of Pakistani wheat varieties
(12). Comparative phylogenomic insights of KCS and ELO gene families in Brassica species indicate their role in seed development and stress responsiveness
(13). Male sterility systems and their applications in hybrid wheat breeding
(14). Genotyping-by-Sequencing Based Molecular Genetic Diversity of Pakistani Bread Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Accessions
(15). Biochemical base of resistance in citrus against canker disease
(16). American-European Journal of Agric
(17). Optimization of Regeneration and Agrobacterium-Mediated Transformation Protocols for Bi and Multilocular Varieties of Brassica rapa
(18). Advances in Molecular Markers to Develop Soybean Cultivars with Increased Protein and Oil Content
(19). Genetic Inheritance of Stripe Rust (Puccinia Striiformis) Resistance in Bread Wheat Breeding Lines at Seedling and Maturity Stages
(20). Identification and characterization of morphophysiological and yield-oriented traits for drought improvement in wheat.