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Dr. GHULAM RAZA

graza4@gmail.com


Principal Scientist
Work Phone: +92-41-9201316-20, Ext:3309
Fax Phone: +92-41-9201472
Cell/Direct Phone: 0092-3437706360		 Dr. GHULAM RAZA

 

Qualification

  • PhD (Biotechnology): 2013, NIBGE, Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad, Pakistan
  • M. Phil. (Biotechnology): 2004, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan
  • M.Sc. Biochemistry: 2001, Pir Mehar Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
  • Postdoc Fellowship: February 2011 to July 2013, University of Melbourne, Australia

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Development of climate-resilient soybeans using integrated approaches
  • Engineering soybean and sugarcane for valuable agronomic traits
  • Enhancing soybean genetic pool
  • Soybean genomics
  • Evaluating soybean and sugarcane in different agro-ecological zones of Pakistan
  • Cell, tissue, and organ culture of different crop plants

 

 Research Grants

  • Soybean PARB Project No. 830 (2018-2023) “Breeding soybean for adaptation and high yield in the current scenario of climate change in Punjab” Cost: Rs. 16.905 million, Punjab Agricultural Research Board (PARB)
  • Soybean PARB Project No. 20/350 (2021-2026) “Development of soybean in Pakistan to reduce the import bills” Cost: Rs. 17.670 million, Punjab Agricultural Research Board (PARB)

 

PUBLICATIONS 
  • Rani, R., Raza, G ---et al. 2023. Genome-Wide Association Study of Soybean (Glycine max [L.] Merr.) Germplasm for Dissecting the Quantitative Trait Nucleotides and Candidate Genes Underlying Yield Related Traits. Frontiers in Plant Science, 14 https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2023.1229495
  • Rani, R., -------------- Raza, G et al 2023. Field screening of diverse soybean germplasm for determining their adaptability under long-day conditions. Agronomy 13, 2317. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13092317
  • Buzdar, M. I., ---- Raza, G--- et al. 2023. Occurrence and Characterization of Alternaria alternata causing Leaf Spot of Soybean (Glycine max) in Pakistan. Journal of Plant Pathology.
  • Rahman, S. U.,----- Raza, G, 2023. Agrobacterium-mediated transformation for the development of transgenic crops; present and future prospects. Mol Biotech. DOI: 10.1007/s12033-023-00826-8.  
  • Razzaq, M. K., ….Raza.G… et al. (2023). Molecular and genetic insights into secondary metabolic regulation underlying insect-pest resistance in legumes. Functional & Integrative Genomics, 23:217 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10142-023-01141-w,
  • Razzaq, M.K., Rani, R., Xing, G., Xu, Y., Raza, G., Aleem, M., Iqbal, S., Arif, M., Mukhtar, Z., Nguyen, H.T., Varshney, R.K., Siddique K.H.M., Gai, J. 2023. Genome-wide identification and analysis of the hsp40/J-protein family reveals its role in soybean (Glycine max) growth and development. Genes, 14, 1254. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes14061254.
  • Rani, R., Raza, G., Huseeb, M., Rizwan, M., Shimelis, H., Hamza, M., Razzaq, M. K., & Arif, M. (2023). Genetic diversity and population structure analysis in cultivated soybean (Glycine max [L.] Merr.) using SSR and EST-SSR markers: PLoS One;18(5):e0286099. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0286099. PMID: 37256876; PMCID: PMC10231820. 
  • Buzdar, M. I., Awan, M. J. A., Rahman, S. U., Naqvi, R. Z., Raza, G., Mansoor, S., & Amin, I. (2023). Seed-borne Curvularia lunata deteriorating seed health and germination of soybean. Biologia, 1-8.
  • Rahman, S. U., Raza, G., Zubair, M., Ahmed, N., Domier, L. L., Jamil, N., ... & Amin, I. (2023). Multiple begomoviruses infecting soybean; a case study in Faisalabad, Pakistan. Biologia, 1-12.
  • Rani, R., Raza, G., Ashfaq, H., Rizwan, M., Shimelis, H., Tung, M. H., & Arif, M. (2022). Analysis of genotype× environment interactions for agronomic traits of soybean (Glycine max [L.] Merr.) using association mapping. Frontiers in Genetics, 13.
  • Rahman, S.U.; McCoy, E,; Raza, G.; ,M.; Zahir A.; Amin, I.; Mansoor, S. (2022). Improvement of Soybean; A Way Forward Transition from Genetic Engineering to New Plant Breeding Technologies. Mol Biotech., https://doi.org/10.1007/s12033-022-00456- .
  • Razzaq, M. K., M. Akhter,….Raza.G… et al. (2022). "CRISPR-Cas9 based stress tolerance: New hope for abiotic stress tolerance in chickpea (Cicer arietinum)." Molecular Biology Reports 49(9): 8977-8985.
  • Rahman, S. U., Ramzan, H., Khurshid, H., Ahmad, N., Wang, K., Mukhtar, Z., & Raza, G. (2022). Role of Biotechnology for Improvement of Sugarcane. In Omics Approaches for Sugarcane Crop Improvement (pp. 33-49). CRC Press.
  • Meng, z.; Wang, q.; Khurshid, H.; Raza, G.; Han, J.; Wang, B.; Wang, K. (2021). Chromosome painting provides insights into the genome structure and evolution of sugarcane. Frontiers in Plant Science. 12: 1-13, doi: 10.3389/fpls.2021.731664.
  • Ahmad, N.; Raza, G.; Waheed, T.; Mukhtar, Z. (2020). Food Safety Issues and Challenges of GM Crops. In Policy Issues in Genetically Modified Crops, 1st ed.; Singh, P., Borthakur, A., Singh, A.A., Kumar, A., Singh, K.K., Eds. Elsevier: United Kingdom, p. 578.
  • Rahman, S.U.; Zubair, M.; Ahmed, N.; Khan, M.Z.; Raza, G.; Amin, I.; Mansoor, S. (2020). First report of pepper leaf curl Bangladesh virus (PepLCBV) associated with cotton leaf curl Multan betasatellite on kidney bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) in Pakistan. J. Plant Pathol. 10.1007/s42161-020-00494-6, doi:10.1007/s42161-020-00494-6.
  • Rahman, S. U., Zubair, M., Ahmed, N., Raza, G., Khan, M. Z., Mansoor, S., & Amin, I. (2020). Cotton leaf curl Kokhran virus in association with Chili leaf curl betasatellite infecting mungbean (Vigna radiata.) and black gram (Vigna mungo.) in Pakistan. Australasian Plant Pathology, 49, 461-465.
  • Zia, M.; Yaqoob, K.; Mannan, A.; Nisa, S.; Raza, G.; ur Rehman, R.J.V. (2020) Regeneration response of carnation cultivars in response of silver nanoparticles under in vitro conditions., 33, 11-20.
  • Cherynyshuk, D.K.; Ivachenko, L.Y.; Dogan, H.; Raza, G.; Ali, M.A.; Golokhvast, K.S.; Nawaz, M.A (2020). Dihydroquercetin increases the adaptive potential of wild soybean against copper sulfate and cadmium sulfate toxicity. Turkish Journal of Agriculture, 44.
  • Raza, G.; Singh, M.B.; Bhalla, P.L. (2020). Somatic Embryogenesis and Plant Regeneration from Commercial Soybean Cultivars. Plants, 9, 38 doi:10.3390/plants9010038.
  • Rahman S.U, Zubair M., Ahmed N., Khan MZ., Raza G., Amin I., Mansoor S. (2019). Identification of “Malvastrum yellow vein Lahore virus” a proposed new species of begomovirus in association with cotton leaf curl Multan betasatellite infecting green bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) in Pakistan. Australasian Plant Dis. Notes 14, 38 doi:10.1007/s13314-019-0369-y.
  • Raza G., Ali K., Hassan M.A., Ashraf M., Khan M.T., Khan I.A. (2019) Sugarcane as a Bioenergy Source. In: Khan M., Khan I. (eds) Sugarcane Biofuels. Springer, Cham
  • Raza G., Singh M. B., Bhalla, PL. (2017). In Vitro Plant Regeneration from Commercial Cultivars of Soybean. BioMed Research International, 2017.
  • Raza G, Ali K, Ashraf M Y, Mansoor S, Javid M, Asaad S. 2016. Over-expression of an H+-PPase gene from Arabidopsis in sugarcane improves drought tolerance, plant growth, and photosynthetic responses. Turkish Journal of Biology, 40: 109-119 DOI: 10.3906/by-1501-100.
  • Raza G, Ahmad N, Hussain M, Zafar Y, M R (2016) Role of Genetics and Genomics in Mitigating Abiotic Stresses in Soybeans. In: M M (ed) Environmental Stresses in Soybean Production, vol 2. 1st edn., pp 205-227.
  • K Ali, Raza G, Mukhtar Z, Mansoor S, Asad S. 2015. Ideal In-vitro culture and selection conditions for sugarcane transformation. Pak. J. Agri. Sci 52 (1), 43-49.
  • Khan, I.A., Raza G, Ismail M, Raza S, Seema N, Yasmine S. 2015.Assessment of contender sugarcane clones for morphological traits and biotic tolerance under Agro-climatic conditions of Tando Jam. Pakistan Journal of Botany, 47(1): 43-48.

 
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