Department:  Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics

Position:  Associate Professor

HEC Approved Supervisor:  YES

Research Intersts:  Member of research group “Maize and pulses” of the Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan. Development of inbred lines and maintenance of elite germplasm of maize with a high degree of genetic diversity for population improvement, identification and evaluation of maize germplasm with quality attributes for the development of hybrids of industrial importance, study of drought tolerance based diversity among maize accessions at molecular level. Molecular marker study for wilt resistance in chickpea, use of molecular, physiological and biochemical markers in the study of biotic and abiotic stresses in pulses.

Publications:  

1. Ahsan, M., A. Farooq, I. Khaliq, Q. Ali, M. Aslam and M. Kashif. , 2013, Inheritance of various yield contributing traits in maize (Zea mays L.) at low moisture condition. , Afr. J. Agric. Res., 8(4), 413-420
2. , 2011, 1. Sodium chloride tolerance in rice (Oryza sative L.) at early seedling growth: genotypic variability, identification and selection" , Pakistan Journal of Botany , 43(6), 2701-2705
3. Saad Mustafa, Dr. Ahsan and Dr. Aslam, 2011, 2. Genetics of Drought Tolerance Traits in Maize” (Zea mays L.), , ,
4. , 2009, Estimation of genetic distance between 10 maize accessions with varying response to different levels of soil moisture, Genet. Mol. Res., 8, 1459-1465
5. Aslam, M., f.S. Awan, I.A. Khan and A.I. Khan. , 2009, Estimation of genetic distance between 10 maize accessions with varying response to different levels of soil moisture. , , 8(4):, 1459-1465
6. , 2008, Contribution of various leaf morpho-physiological parameters towards grain yield in maize, Int. J. Agric. Biol., 10, 546-550
7. , 2008, Comparative evaluation and correlation estimates for grain yield and quality attributes in maize, Pak. J. Bot., 40, 2361-2367
8. Ahsan, M., M.Z. Hader, M. Saleem and M. Aslam. , 2008, Contribution of various leaf morpho-physiological parameters towards grain yield in maize., Int. J. Agri. Biol. , 10:00, 546-550
9. Saleem, M., M. Ahsan, M. Aslam and A. Majeed., 2008, Comparative evaluation and correlation estimates for grain yield and quality attributers in maize., Pak. J. Bot. , 40:00:00, 2361-2367.
10. , 2007, Gene action and progeny performance of for various traits in maize , Pak. J. Agric. Sci., 44, 608-613
11. , 2006, Assessment of water stress tolerance in different maize accessions at germination and early growth stage., Pak. J. Bot., 38, 1571-1579
12. , 2000, Interrelationship and variability studies for grain yield and its various components in chickpea, J. Agric. Soc. Sci., 1, 266-269
13. Dr. Muhammad Aslam, 2000, 1. Assessment of Physio-genetic Traits for Drought Tolerance in maize(Methods, Evaluation, Line × tester, Heterosis, Gene action), , ,

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