Department:  Centre of Agricultural Biochemistry and Biotechnology (CABB),

Position:  Associate Professor

HEC Approved Supervisor:  YES

Research Intersts:  Since the past eighteen years I have been engaged in the fields of plant breeding, genetics, molecular biology, and biotechnology. My career goals centre on tailoring crop varieties with better tolerance to the changing environment through breeding and genome engineering. In my earlier research at NIBGE and UC-Berkeley, I worked on the characterization of leaf curl disease and examined transgene stacking using site-specific recombinases in cotton. Before joining CABB, I also worked at the Department of Plant Breeding and genetics (UAF) where I focused on mapping genes for yield and water stress tolerance through association mapping. Currently, I am working as an Associate Professor (Tenured) at CABB in the area of cotton biotechnology with the aim to developing site-specific genome engineering technology for stacking multiple transgenes and recycling selectable marker genes. An 8.3 million rupees grant has been provided by the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan to support this activity. In addition to site-specific genome engineering, my Lab also interests in Plant Phenomics to bridge the genotype-phenotype gap for more efficient gene mapping. A 40 million rupees grant from ICT R&D Fund is currently in process.

Publications:  

1. , 2017, TaFlo2-A1, an ortholog of rice Flo2, is associated with thousand grain weight in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)., BMC Plant Biology, 17, 164
2. , 2017, Genome wide allelic pattern and genetic diversity of spring wheat genotypes through SSR markers, Int. J. Agric. Biol., 19, 1559?1565
3. , 2017, Genetic mechanism of leaf venation and stomatal traits for breeding drought tolerant lines in wheat. , Bangladesh Journal of Botany , 46, 35-41
4. , 2017, Improvement of cotton crop performance by estimating optimum sowing and picking time. , Int. J. Agric. Biol, 19, 241?247
5. , 2016, Use of TALEs and TALEN Technology for Genetic Improvement of Plants., Mol Biol Rep , ,
6. Aziz-ur-Rehman, M. Sajjad, S.H. Khan, R.J. Pe, 2013, Lower tendency of allelic variation of Glu genes and absence of 1BL-1RS translocation in modern Pakistani wheats. , Cereal Res Commun. , DOI: 10.15,
7. Sajjad M, SH Khan and RM Rana, 2013, Family and/or Friends? Gene mapping at Crossroads, American Journal of Plant Sciences, 5, 112-118
8. Aziz-ur-Rehman, M Sajjad, SH Khan, N Ahmad , 2013, Prospects of wheat breeding for durable resistance against brown, yellow and black rust fungi, International Journal of Agriculture and Biology, 15, 1209?1220
9. Sajjad M, A Ather, R Maqbool, N Iqbal, AS Khan, YQ Gu, SH Khan , 2011, Breeding for Grain Yield and HMW Glutenin Alleles in Spring Wheat , Pak. J. Bot, ,
10. Sajjad M, SH Khan, AS Khan, 2011, Exploitation of Germplasm for Grain Yield Improvement in Spring Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), Int. J. Agric. Biol, ,
11. Gulnaz S, M Sajjad I, Khaliq, AS Khan, SH Khan, 2011, Relationship among coleoptile length, plant height and tillering capacity for developing improved wheat varieties. , Int. J. Agric. Biol., 13, 130–133
12. Maqbool R, M Sajjad, I Khaliq, AU Rehman, AS Khan, SH Khan, 2010, Morphological Diversity and Traits Association in Bread Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). , American-Eurasian J. Agric. & Environ. Sci., 8, 216-224
13. Rehman OU, SH Khan, M Sajjad, 2009, Genetic diversity among cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) genotypes existing in Pakistan. , American -Eurasian J. Sustainable Agric., 3, 816-823
14. Yan X, SH Khan, T Hase, MJ Emes, CG Bowsher, 2006, Differential uptake of photosynthetic and non-photosynthetic proteins by pea root plastids. , FEBS Letters, 580, 6509-6512
15. Mansoor S, SH Khan, M Hussain, N Mushtaq, Y Zafar, KA Malik , 2000, Evidence that Watermelon Leaf Curl Disease in Pakistan Is Associated with Tomato Leaf Curl Virus-India, a Bipartite Begomovirus. , Plant Disease., 84, 102
16. Mansoor S, SH Khan, M Hussain, Y Zafar, MS Pinner, RW Briddon, J Stanley, PG Markham., 2000, Association of a Begomovirus and Nanovirus-like Molecule with Ageratum Yellow Vein Disease in Pakistan. , Plant Disease , 84, 101
17. Mansoor S, A Bashir, SH Khan, M Hussain, M Saeed, Y Zafar, P Markham, KA Malik, 1999, Rapid multiplex PCR for the specific detection of two whitefly-transmitted geminivirus species associated with cotton leaf curl disease in Pakistan. , Pak. J. Bot., 31, 115-123
18. Mansoor, S, SH Khan, A Bashir, M Saeed, Y Zafar, KA Malik, J Stanley, P Markham. , 1999, Identification of a novel circular single-stranded DNA associated with cotton leaf curl disease in Pakistan. , Virology., 9, 259:190
19. Mansoor S, M Hussain, SH Khan, A Bashir, AB Leghari, GA Panwar, WA Siddiqui, Y Zafar, KA Malik, 1998, Polymerase chain reaction-based detection of cotton leaf curl and other whitefly-transmitted geminiviruses from Sindh. , Pak. J. Biol. Sci., 1, 39-43
20. Shahzad K, MA Chowdhry, D Hussain, Z Mohy-ud-din, S Haidar, K Alam, SH Khan., 1998, Combining ability studies of yield relating traits of spring wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). , Pak. J. Biol. Sci., 1, 134-136
21. Mansoor S, SH Khan, M Saeed, A Bashir, Y Zafar, KA Malik, PG Markham., 1997, Evidence for the association of a bipartite geminivirus with tomato leaf curl disease in Pakistan., Plant Disease., 81, 958

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