National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering

(NIBGE)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Publications

 

 

Chapters in Books/ Proceedings/ Popular Articles/ Manuals

 

Daniell, H. and Khan, M.S. (2003) Engineering the chloroplast genome for biotechnology applications . N. Stewart ed. Transgenic Plants: Current Innovations and Future Trends Chapter 5 of 28 pages, Horizon Press UK.


Hafeez, F. Y., Zafar, Y. and Khalid, A. M. (2003) Manual on Modern Techniques in Bio-technology. NIBGE, Faisalabad, Pakistan. ISBN. 469-81 89-07-6

Hafeez, F. Y. (2003) Article on Biofertilizer in Urdu daily newspaper “Commercial News” 20 th Aug., 2003.

Hafeez, F. Y. (2003) Article on Biofertilizer Technology “ Need of the day” DAWN, 27 th Oct. 2003.

Khan, Q. M. and Barrett, T. . A Laboratory Manual of Molecular Diagnosis of Rinderpest & Other Morbilliviruses.

Parvez, S., Shahid, R., Ahmed, M.N. and Rajoka, M. I . (2001) Influence of ammonium concentration on citric acid and biomass production from sugar-cane molasses by 2-Deoxyglucose-resistant mutant strains of Aspergillus niger . In: Environment and Industrial Biotechnology.(BOOK), Published by Horizon Scientific Press Ltd., London, UK. Chapter 10, pp131-142,
Rahman, M . (2002) Cotton Biotechnology; A hope for sustained production. Science & Technology section, The Nation, May 19, 2002.
Raza, A., Haque, A., Qureshi, J. A. (2002) Polymerase Chain Reaction. In Clinical Biochemistry, eds. Dr. Khalil-ur-Rehman and Dr. Zahoor-ul-Hassan , Career Books Publishers, 22-Urdu Bazar, Lahore. pp182-186 .

Zafar, Y., Arif, M. (2003) DNA crackdown on Basmati Exporters. Dawn, 2 nd June 2003.

 

Publications in International Referred Journals / Proceedings

 

Ahmad, T., Hafeez, F.Y. and Malik, K.A. (2001) Residual effect of nitrogen fixed by Mungbean ( Vigna radiata ) and blackgram ( Vigna mungo ) on subsequent rice and wheat crop. Aust. J. Expt. Agri. 41: 245-248.

Ahmad, Z., Ghauri, M. A., Anwar, M.A., Iqbal, M., Rehman, M., Akhtar, K. and Khalid, A. M. (2002) Transformation of Plasmids of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans Encoding Ampicillin Resistance to Escherichia coli Strain DH5-α for Detecting Copper Tolerance Genes on Such Plasmids. Resource and Environmental Biotechnology, 3: 185-191

Ali, S., Haq, I., Qadeer, M.A. and Rajoka, M.I. (2003) Mutation of Aspergillus oryzae for improved production of 3, 4-dihydroxy pheny1-L-alanine (L-DOPA) from L-tyrosine. App. Biochem. Biotechnol . (submitted)

Amin, I., Mansoor, S., Iram, S., Khan, M. A., Hussain, M., Zafar, Y., Bull, S. E., Briddon, R. W. and Markham, P.G. (2002) Association of a monopartite begomovirus Producing subgenomic DNA and a distinct DNA beta on Croton bonplandianus showing yellow vein symptoms in Pakistan. Plant Disease 86, 444

Asad, S., Haris, W. A. A., Bashir, A., Zafar, Y., Malik, K. A., Malik N.N. and Lichtenstein, C.P. (2003) Transgenic tobacco expressing geminiviral RNAs are resistant to the serious viral pathogen causing cotton leaf curl disease. Archives of Virology (in press).

Bokhari, S. A., Afzal, A. J., Rashid, M.H. and Rajoka, M.I. (2002) Coupling of surface carboxymethylcellulase with aniline via chemical modification: Extreme thermostabilization in aqueous and water-miscible organic mixtures. Biotechnology Progress 18(2):276-281

Briddon, R. W., Bull, S., Mansoor, S., Amin, I. and Markham, P.G. (2002) Universal Primers for the PCR-mediated amplification of DNA b ; a satellite associated with some Monopartite begomoviruses. Molecular Biotechnology 20: 315-318

Briddon, R. W., Mansoor, S., Bedford, I. D., Pinner, M. S., Saunders, K., Stanley, J., Zafar, Y., Malik, K.A. and Markham, P.G. (2001) Identification of DNA components required for induction of cotton leaf curl disease. Virology. 285: 234-243

Briddon, R. W., Bull, S. E., Amin, I., Mansoor, S., Bedford, I. D., Dhawan, P., Rishi, N., Siwatch, S.S., Abdel-Salam, A.M. and Markham, P.G. (2003) Diversity of DNA b : a Sate-llite molecule associated with some monopartite begomoviruses. Virology. (in press)

Daniell, H., Khan, M.S. and Allison, L. (2002) Milestones in chloroplast genetic engineering: an environmentally friendly era in biotechnology. Trends in Plant Science 7: 84-91

Ghauri, M. A., Khalid, A. M., Grant, S., Heaphy, S. and Grant, W. D. (2003) Phylogenetic analysis of different isolates of sulfobacillus spp. isolated from uranium rich environments and recovery of genes using integron specific primers. Extremophiles, 7: 341-345

Gull, M., Hafeez, F.Y. and Malik, K. A. (2004) Phosphate-uptake and growth promotion of chickpea ( Cicer arietinum L.) by co-inoculation of mineral phosphate solubilizing bacteria and a mixed rhizobial culture. Aust. J. Exp. Agri . Vol. 44 (3): (in press)

Hafeez, F.Y., Naeem, F., Naeem, R., Zaidi, A.H. and Malik, K.A. (2003) Bacteriocin production by Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar viciae and its activity against selected microflora . Environ. Exp. Botany (In press)

Hafeez, F.Y., Hameed, S., Ahmad, T. and Malik, K. A. (2001) Competition between effective and less-effective strains of Bradyrhizobium spp. for nodulation on Vigna radiata. Biol. Fert. Soil . 33(5): 382-386.

Hafeez, F.Y. ( 2002) BioPower Commercial Biofertilizer for Sustainable Agriculture, Grasland and Turf, Chinese Grassland Society & Co. (English & Chinese)
Hafeez, F. Y., Safdar, M. E., Chaudhry, A. U. and Malik, K. A. (2004) Rhizobial Inoculation Improves Seedling Emergence, Nutrient Uptake and Growth of Cotton, Aust. J. Exp. Agri . 44 (1): (in press)
Hafeez, F. Y., Gull, M., Talib, S. and Malik, K. A. (2004) Efficacy of various phosphate solubilizing bacteria for growth promotion of wheat. J. Plant Nutrition & Soil Sci . (submitted)

Hafeez, F. Y., Yasmin, S., Ariani, D., Dorjyn, N. B. D., Rahman, M., Malik, K. A. and Zafar, Y. (2003) Characterization and Genetic Diversity of Plant Growth Promoting Bacteria (PGPB) from geographically different regions. Biol. Fertil. Soil . (submitted after review)

Hameed, S., Yasmin, S., Rehman, M., Zafar, Y., Hafeez, F.Y., & Malik, K.A. (2004) Rhizobium, Brady rhizobium and Agrobacterium strains isolated from cultivated legumes. Biol. Fertil. Soil .(Accepted)

Hanif, A., Yasmin, A. and Rajoka, M. I., (2003) Production, repression and derepression of ß-cellobiosidase synthesis in Aspergillus niger . Biores. Technol. (In press)

Haque, A., Naeem, A., Peerzada, A., Raza, A., Bashir, S. and Abbas, G. (2001) Utility of PCR in diagnosis of problematic cases of typhoid. Jap. J. Inf. Dis . 54 (6): 237-239

Haq, I , Khurshid, S., Ali, S., Ashraf, H., Qadeer, M. A. and Rajoka, M. I. (2001) Mutation of Aspergillus niger for hyperproduction of citric acid following fermentation of blackstrap molasses. World J. Microbiol. Biotechnol.. 17 : 35-37

Haq, I., Idrees, S. and Rajoka, M. I. (2002) Production of lipases by Rhizopus oligosporous by solid-state fermentation. Process Biochem. 37 : 637-64 1

Hussain, M., Mansoor, S., Amin, I., Iram, S., Zafar, Y., Malik, K. A. and Briddon, R. W. (2003) First report of cotton leaf curl disease affecting chili peppers. New Disease Reports [http://www.bspp.org.uk/ndr/], Volume 7

Iqbal, Z., Rashid, M. H., Jabbaar, A., Malana, M.A., Khalid, A.M. and Rajoka, M.I. (2003) Kinetics of enhanced thermostability of extracellular glucoamylase from Arachniotus sp. Biotechnol. Lett. 25 (in press).

Hussain, I., Brust, M., Papworth, A. J. and Cooper, A.I. (2003) Synthesis of novel gold nanoparticles using sodium acrylate and its polymer. Accepted in Langmuir. An American Chemical Society Journal

Khan, S.H., Kiani, M.A.Tariq, Hashmi, A.S., Latif, F., Rajoka, M.I. (2003). Semi-pilot scale production and evaluation of Candida utilis-fermented rice polishing in broiler chicks. Animal Feed Science & Technology (accepted)

Latif, F., Waheed, S., Alam, M.Z. and Rajoka, M.I. (2003). Effect of supplementation of fibre degrading enzymes in broiler rations having different levels of sunflower oil meal on their performance. World J. Microbiol.Biotechnology (Submitted)

Latif, F. and Rajoka, M.I. (2001) Production of ethanol and xylitol from corn cobs by yeasts. Biores. Technol. 77 : 57-63

Leahy, J.G., Khalid, Z. M., Quintero, E. J., Jones-Meehan, J. M., Heidelberg, J. F., Batchelor, P. J. and Colwell, R. R. (2003) Concentrations of Hexadecane and Inorganic Nutrients Modulate the Production of Extracellular Membrane-Bound Vesicles, Soluble Protein, and Bioemulsifier by Acinetobacter venetianus RAG-1 and Acinetobacter sp. strain HO1-N. Canadian J Microbiology 49: 569-575

Mansoor, S., Saqib, M., Hussain, M., Briddon, R. W., Malik, K. A. and Zafar, Y. (2002) Development of gene expression and gene silencing vectors based on cotton leaf curl virus for functional genomics in cotton. The Third ICGI Workshop. Cotton Science 14: 45

Mansoor, S., Briddon, R. W., Zafar, Y. and Stanley, J. (2003) Geminivirus Disease complexes: an emerging threat. Trends in Plant Sciences 8: 128-134

Mansoor, S., Amin, I., Hussain, M., Zafar, Y., Bull, S., Briddon, R. W. and Markham, P. G. (2001) Association of a disease complex involving a begomovirus, DNA 1 and a distinct DNA beta with leaf curl disease of okra in Pakistan. Plant Disease. 85: 922

Mansoor, S., Briddon, R.W., Bull, S. E, Bedford, I. D., Bashir, A., Hussain, M., Saeed, M., Zafar, Y., Malik, K. A., Fauquet, C. and Markham, P. G. (2003) Cotton leaf curl disease is associated with multiple monopartite begomoviruses supported by single DNA b . Archives of Virology (in press)

Mansoor, S., Amin, I., Iram, S., Hussain, M., Zafar, Y., Malik, K. A. and Briddon, R. W. (2003) The breakdown of resistance in cotton to cotton leaf curl disease in Pakistan. New Disease Reports [http://www.bspp.org.uk/ndr/], Volume 7

Mirza, M. S., Ahmad, W., Latif, F., Huarat, J. Bally, R., P. Normond and Malik, K.A. (2001) Isolation, partial classification and the effect of plant growth promoting bacteria (PGPB) on microprapagated sugarcane in vitro. Plant and Soil, 237: 47-54

Mirza, M.S., Ahmad, W., Latif, F., Haurat, J., Bally, R., Normand, P. and Malik, K. A. (2001) Isolation and beneficial effects of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) on micro-propagated sugarcane. Plant and Soil 237: 47-54

Mukhtar, S., Rahman. M. and Zafar, Y. (2002) Assessment of genetic diversity among wheat cultivars using random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) analysis. Euphytica 128: 417-425

Mushtaq, N., Yasmin, S., Hameed, S., Malik, K. A. and Hafeez, F.Y. (2004) Genetic Diversity, Immunological Detection and Ultrastructural Localization of Cotton Rhizosphere Associated PGPRs. Plant and Soil (submitted).

Parvez, S., Rajoka, M. I and Khalid, A. M. (2003 ) Development of stress response probiotic Lactobacillus delbruckii culture. African Journal of Biotechnology (Submitted)

Parvez, S., Huma, T., and Mukhtar, Z. (2003) Lactic acid Production in batch from Sugar cane-molasses by Lactobacillus delbruckii mutant strain in defined medium. Food Technology and Biotechnology (submitted)

Parvez, S. Mukhtar, Z. and Rajoka M. I. ( 2003 ) Biolistic Transformation of structural genes for ß-glucosidase from Cellulomonase biazotae into Saccharomyces cerevisiae. African Journal of Biotechnology Vol. 2.(11)

Rahman, M., Malik, T. A., Hussain, D. and Zafar, Y. (2003 ) Inheritance of Host plant resistant mechanism against cotton leaf curl virus disease (CLCD) in cotton. American Journal of Phytopathalogy (Submitted).

Rahman, M., Hussain, D. and Zafar, Y. (2002) Estimation of genetic divergence among elite cotton ( Gossypium hirsutum L.) cultivars / genotypes by DNA fingerprinting technology. Crop Science 42: 2137-2144

Rahman, M,. Malik, T.A., Aslam, N., Asif, M., Ahmad, R., Khan, I. A. and Zafar, Y. (2002) Optimization of PCR Conditions to Amplify Microsatellite Loci in Cotton ( Gossypium hirsutum L.). Int. J. Agric. Biol. 2(4): 282-284

Rahman, M, Aslam, N., Asif, M., Malik, T. A., Malik, K. A. and Zafar, Y. (2002) Identification of DNA markers for Cotton Leaf Curl Virus Disease (CLCD) in Cotton ( Gossypium hirsutum L.). Cotton Science 14: 17

Rahman, M, Asif, M., Ali, I., Randhawa, S. A., Malik, T. A., Malik, K. A. and Zafar, Y.(2002) Isolate a Gene for Velvet Hairiness in Cotton ( Gossypium hirsutum L.) by Map-Base Cloning. Cotton Science 14: 5

Rajoka, M. I., Shoukat, F., Ghauri, M.T., and Shahid, R. (2003) Kinetics of ß-glucosidase production by Saccharomyces cerevisiae recombinants harboring heterologous bgl genes. Biotechnol Lett. 25 : 945-948

Rajoka, M. I., Khan, S., Shahid, R., Latif, F.(2003) Carbon and nitrogen sources and fermentation temperature regulation of a thermostable ß-glucosidase production by an indigenous culture of Kluyveromyces marxianus. Appl. Biochem.Biotechnol (in press)

Rajoka, M. I., Ashraf, Y., Rashid, M. H. and Khalid A. M. (2003) Kinetic and thermodynamic studies of native and mutated extracellular endoglucanases produced by Cellulomonas biazotea. Protein & Peptide Letters 10 : 1-8

Rajoka, M. I., Kiani, M. A. T., Khan, S. H. I., Awan, M.S., Hashmi, A. S. (2003) Production of single cell protein from rice polishing by Candida utilis. World J. Microbiol. Biotechnol (accepted)

Rajoka, M. I. Khan, S. and Shahid, R. (2003) Substrate source and temperature regulation of ß-galactosidase production by Kluyveromyces marxianus. Food Technol & Biotechnol. (accepted) 41:315-319

Rajoka, M. I., Durrani, I. S., Khalid, A. M. (2003) Kinetics of improduction and thermostability of an intracellular ß-glucosidase from a mutant-derivative of Cellulomonas biazotea. Biotechnol. Lett. (accepted)

Rajoka, M.I. and Yasmin, A. (2003) Production of ethanol from ra maize starch using glucoamylase produced by a mutant of Aspergillus niger. Lett. Appl. Microbiol . (accepted)

Rajoka, M.I., Khan, S. and Shahid, R. (2003) Kinetic parameters and thermodynamic values of a thermotolerant B-xylosidase production by Kluyveromyces J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol . (Submitted)

Rajoka, M.I. Khan, S.H., Kiani, M.A.T., Awan, M.S., Hashmi, A.S. (2003) Bioprocess variables for enhanced production of protein concentrate hjaving low RNA content through fermentation of rice polishing with Candida utilis. J. Chem. Technol. Biotechnol. (Submitted)

Saleem, M., Rashid, M.H., Jabbar, A., Parveen, R., Khalid, A.M. and Rajoka, M.I. (2003) Immobilization significantly altered the kinetic and thermodynamic properties of purified endoglucanase from Araxchniotus citrinus. Process Biochem. (Submitted)

Shoukat, F., Ghauri, M. T., Shahid, R., Parvez, S., Rajoka, M. I. (2002) Kinetics of ß-glucosidase production by Escherichia coli recombinants harboring heterologous bgl genes. Biotechnol Lett. 24 : 1803-1806

Yasmin, S., Bakar, M. A. R., Malik, K. A. and Hafeez, F.Y. (2004) Isolation, characterization and beneficial effects of rice associated PGPBs from Tanzania. J. of Basic Microbiology (submitted)

 

Publications in National Referred Journals / Proceedings

 

Asif, M., Rahman, M. and Zafar, Y. (2003) DNA fingerprinting studies of some wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.) genotypes by RAPD analysis. Pak J. Bot . (Submitted)

Hafeez, F.Y. (2002) Biofertilizer ( BioPower ): Development, use and Economic Importance in Leguminous & Cereal Crop. In Procceedings of Orientation Training/Workshop on Saline Agriculture, November, 2002 , NIAB, Faisalabad. (submitted).

Hafeez, F.Y. Hameed, S., Zaidi, A. H. and Malik, K.A. (2002) Biofertilizers for Sustainable Agriculture. In Proceeding of National Workshop on Techniques for Sustainable Agricultural 2001, NIAB, Faisalabad, Pakistan 67-73. ISBN; 969-8038-09-4

Hameed, A., Malik, S. A., Fazli-Rabi, Sharif, A., Ahmad, N., Nurgis, F., Ali, S., Qureshi, J. A. (2002) Epidemiology of Diabetes mellitus in and around Faisalabad. Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences .

5(8): 878-880

Hameed, A., Malik, S. A., Fazli-Rabi, Sharif, A., Ahmad, N., Nurgis, F., Ali, S., Qureshi, J. A. (2002)

Diabetes Complications: Influence of Age, Sex, Family History, Duration, Glycemic Controle and Obesity.

On line Journal of Biological Sciences . 2(10):710-714

Hina, N., Ahmad, S., Khan, Q. M. and Khalil-ur-Rehman (2003) Determination of LC-50 of cyhalothrin in Fish. Indus Journal of Plant Science , 2(2): 134-136, April 2003

Hussain, M., Ashraf, M., Saleem , M. and Hafeez, F.Y. (2002) Isolation and characterization of rhizobial strains from alfalfa ( Medicago sp.). Pak. J. Agri. Sci., Univ. of Agric. Faisalabad. Vol. 39(1): 32-34

Khalid, Z. M. (2002) Pollution and Solution. An invited lecture on Environment Day jointly organized by EPA Faisalabad and Institute for Environmental Sciences. Paper also appeared in popular e-digest Energy Environment and Energy, July 2002 2(7): 46-49

Khan, M.S. (2001) Utilizing heterologous promoters to express green fluorescent protein from jellyfish in tobacco chloroplasts. Pak. J. Botany 33: 43-52

Khan, M.S., Zafar, Y. and Malik, K. A. (2001) Plastid genome engineering: a new road to develop environment friendly transgenic plants. Proc. Pak. Acad. Sci . 38: 250-261

Khan, M. S. and Gray, J. C. (2001) Tobacco chloroplast open reading frame ycf10: deletion and consequences. Pak. J. Bio. Sci. 4: 208-214

Naeem, F., Ashraf, M., Hafeez, F. Y. and Malik, K. A. (2004) Competitiveness of Introduced Rhizobium strains for nodulation in fodder legumes in Pakistan. Pakistan J. of Botany . ( accepted)

Rabia, Ahmad, S., Anwar-ul-Haq and Bhatti , H. N. (2003) Toxicity of Chlorpyrifos in Fish. Indus Journal of Plant Science , 2(2): 158-161, April 2003

Rahman, M., Malik, T. A., Iqbal, M. J., Zafar, Y. and Malik, K. A. (2003) Gene tagging for salinity resistance in wheat by RAPD. Pak J Botany (Accepted)

Rahman, M. and Zafar, Y. (2001) Genotyping of four varieties of lentil ( Lens culinaris Medik) by DNA fingerprinting. Pak J Bot . 33 (4): 423-428

Raza, A., Haque, A., Khurshid, S., Qureshi. J. A., Jamil, A. and Sheikh M. A. (2003) In vitro relationship between differing levels of virulence and antibiotic resistance in Salmonella typhi. International Journal of Agriculture and Biology , University of Agriculture, Faisalabad. (Accepted for 5(4) 2003 issue)

 

Publications in Interantional Referred Conferences

 

Ahmad, N., Sharif, A., Shafique, M., Ali, S., Nurgis, F., Hameed, A., Qureshi, J. A. (2003) Clinical and Molecular Studies of Hepatitis C Virus in and around Faisalabad, at 7 th International Conference, Trends in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology held at the Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology University of the Punjab, Lahore. April 2-5, 2003

Akram. A., Parveen, R., Rajoka, M. I., Latif, F. (2003) Partial purification and characterization of xylanase components of Chaetomium thermophile , Trends in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology . Abstract p. 87

Ali, S., Ahmad, N. et al . (2003) Studies on hepatitis B in diabetic subjects. International Conferenceof PSBMB at Lahore. April. 2-5. Abstract. 67

Ali, S., Hameed, A., Nurgis, F., Ahmad, N., Qureshi, J. A. (2003) Studies on Hepatitis B Virus in Diabetic and Nondiabetic Subjects. Poster presented at 7 th International Conference, Trends inBiochemistry and Molecular Biolog y held at the Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology University of the Punjab, Lahore. April 2-5, 2003

Ali, S., Hameed, A., Nurgis, F., Ahmad, N., Hussain, W., Qureshi, J. A. (2003) Polymerase Chain reaction (PCR): A More Reliable Method for HBV Diagnosis. Poster presented at 7 th International Conference, Trends in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology held at the Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology University of the Punjab, Lahore. April 2-5, 2003

Anwar, M. A., Ghauri, M. A., Iqbal, M., Rehman, M., Akhtar, K. and Khalid, A. M (2002) Process Upscaling for Biodepyritization of Coal Using Locally Isolated Strains of Acidophilic Chemolithotrophic Bacteria. Poster presented at the Fourth International Congress “ Extremophiles 2002”, held at Naples, Italy, from September 22 to 26

Anwar, M. A., Tabassum, H., Hafeez, A., Ghauri, M. A., Rehman, M., Akhter, K. and Khalid , A. M. (2002) Optimization of process variables for microbial depyritization of coal by acidophilic moderate thermophiles. Poster presented at the 4 th International Congress “Extremophiles 2002 ”, held at Naples, Italy , from September 22 to 26, 2002

Anwar, M.A., Chaudhry, S. M., Tausif, M., Akhtar, K., Rehman, M., Hameed, S., Ghauri, M.A. and Khalid, A. M. (2003) Bacterial adhesion to mineral surfaces during pyrite biooxidation. Abstract pp. 48. Poster presented at the 7 th International Conference on Trends in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, held at University of the Punjab, Lahore , Pakistan, from April 2-5, 2003

Anwar, M. A., Saleem, M., Raouf, S., Ghauri, M. A., Tabassum, H., Akhtar, K., Rehman, M. and Khalid, A. M. (2003) Effect of cyanide ions on the oxidation of various energy sources by acidophilic chemolithotrophic bacteria. Abstract pp. 91. Paper presented at the 7 th International Conference on Trends in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, held at University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan, from April 2-5, 2003.

Atta, S., Faiz, M. and Khan, Q. M. (2003) Comet Assay To Detect Changes In DNA In Meat Samples Preserved By Radiation. International Animal Nutrition Conference , Lahore, 19-20, 2003, p35

Arif, M., Vijayakumar, C. H. M., Yu, S. B., Fu, B.Y., Maghirang, R., Domingo, J., Ali, J., Gao Y. M., Anjum, A., Zafar, Y., Khush, G. S. and Li, Z. K. (2002) Presented a poster entitled “Molecular mapping of genes/QTLs for rice grain quality traits using advanced backcross populations” in 24 th International Rice Research Conference held at Beijing, China from 16-20 September

Asad, S., Bashir, A., Haris, W. A. A., Zafar, Y., Malik, K. A., Malik, N. N. and Lichtenstein, C. P. (2001) Expression of antisense RNA of viral genes confers resistance against cotton leaf Curl disease in cotton. Presented in 3 rd International Geminivirus Symposium: A meeting on plants single-stranded DNA viruses and their insect vectors. July 24-28, John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK

Briddon, R. W., Bull, S. E., Bedford, I. D., Mansoor, S., Zafar, Y., Malik, K. A. and Markham, P.G. (2001) Analysis of DNA beta., an essential component of cotton leaf disease. 3 rd International Geminivirus Symposium, John Innes Center, Norwhich Norfolk, UK 24- 28 July 2001

Bull, S., Briddon, R. W., Amin, I., Mansoor, S., Bedford, I. D., Abdul-Salam, A. A., Siwatch., S. S., Rishi, N., Dhawan, P., Zafar, Y., Malik, K. A. and Markham, P.G. (2001) Diversity of DNA b ., a satellite molecule essential for the symptom induction by a No. of monopartite begomoviruses. 3 rd International Geminivirus Symposium , John Innes Center, Norwhich Norfolk, UK 24- 28 July 2001

Domingo, J., Arif, M., Vijayakumar, C. H. M., Ali, J., Gao, B. Y., Fu, Y. M., Maghirang, R. and Li, Z.K. (2002) A new gene for complete resistance and QRLs for partial resistance to Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae in rice. Poster presentation at 24 th International Rice Research Conference held at Beijing, China from 16-20 September

Gao, Y. M., Xu, J. L., Vijayakumar, C. H. M., Fu, B. Y., Luo, L.J., Mei, H.W., Ali, J., Domingo, J., Maghirang, R., Zhao, M. F., Arif, M., Lafitte, R., Ismail, M., Gregorio, G., Yanagihara, S. and Li. Z.K. (2002) Discovery of genes/QTLs by linkage disequlibrium in rice introgression lines. Poster presentation at 24 th International Rice Research Conference held at Beijing, China from 16-20 September

Hafeez, F.Y. 2003 . Importance of Biofertilizer ‘BioPower' for sustainable agriculture in leguminous and cereal crops. Paper presented in IAEA Laboratories , Seibersdorf, Austria on 03-04-2003

Hafeez, F. Y., Safdar, M. E., Ali, Z., Ullah A. and Malik, K. A. (2002) Isolation and characterization of rhizobial and PGPR strains from rhizoshere of cotton and their effect on growth of cotton Gossypium hirsutum ). Poster presented at 9 th International Congress of Soil Science 18-20 March, 2002, NIAB, Faisalabad , Pakistan. Abstracts p. 34

Hafeez, F. Y., Gull, M., Saleemi, M., Talib, S., Hameed, S. and Malik, K.A. . (2002) Effect of phosphate-solublizing bacteria on the growth of chickpea, lentil and wheat, isolated from different crops. Poster presented at 9 th International Congress of Soil Science 18-20 March, 2002 , NIAB, Faisalabad, Pakistan

Hameed, S., Mubeen, F., Malik, K. A. and Hafeez, F.Y. (2003) Molecular and immunogold labeling to confirm co-occupancy of Agrobacterium with Rhizobium strain in legume roots.Poster presented in 7 th PSBMB Conferene April 2-5, 2003 at Lahore. Abst. p. 96

Hameed, S., Roberts, I. M., Hafeez, F. Y., Malik, K. A. (2002) Immunogold labelling of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria and their localization in wheat and rice root rhizosphere. Paper presented at 9 th International Congress of Soil Science , 18-20 March, 2002, NIAB, Faisalabad, Pakistan

Hashmat, A. J., Afzal, M. and Khalid, Z. M. (2003) Pollution Reduction in Wastewater of a Textile Industry Through Treatment with Commercially Available Coagulants. 7th International Conference on ” Trends in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology , Lahore, 2-5 April, 2003

Heaphy, S., Ghauri, M. A., Grant, S. and Grant, W. D. (2003) Identification of integron associated ORFs from diverse environments. Poster presented at Metagenomics 2003 Conference “ From Microbial Diversity to Function” held from 12-13 June, 2003 at Darmstadt, Germany

Hussain, I., Rehman, A. and Khalid, Z. M. (2003) Removal of Aqueous Phenol by Horseradish Peroxidase (HRP) Enzyme in the Presence of Inorganic Chemicals. Abstracts 7th International Conf. on Trends in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Lahore, 2-5 April, 2003

Khalid, Z. M., Afzal, M., Nazneen, F. and Yasmeen, S. (2003) Biotechnological Solution to Highly Polluted Effluent from Leather Tanning Industries. Abstracts 7 th International Conference on Trends in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology , Lahore, 2-5 April, 2003

Khan, Q. M. and Anwar-ul-Haq, M. (2003) DNA Damage induced by Cyhalothrine in Fresh water Fish 7 th PSBMB International Conference , April 2-5, 2003, Abstract on page 95, Punjab University Lahore, Pakistan

Maghirang, R., Lafitte, R., Vijayakumar, C. H. M., Gao, B. Y. Fu, Y. M., Zhao, X. Q., Li, Z. C., Yan, S., Ali, J., Xu, J. L., Zhao, M. F., Hu, F. Y., Domingo, J., Arif, M., Cho Y. C. and Li., Z. K. (2002) Root gene QTLs and their association with drought tolerance in rice. Poster presentation at 24 th International Rice Research Conference held at Beijing, China from 16-20 September

Mansoor, S., Briddon, R. W., Saeed, M., Bashir, A., Amin, I., Tariq, M., Hussain, M., Iram, S., Zafar, Y., Malik, K. A. and Markham, P.G. (2001) Genomic component of begomoviruses associated with tomato leaf curl disease in Pakistan. 3 rd International Geminivirus Symposium , John Innes Center, Norwhich Norfolk, UK 24- 28 July 2001

Mansoor, S., Hussain, M., Musawar, Y., Khan, M. A., Iram, S., Zafar, Y., Briddon, R. W., Markham P.G. and Malik, K. A.( 2001) Strategies for broad-spectrum resistance against cotton leaf curl and tomato leaf curl disease in Pakistan. 3 rd International Geminivirus Symposium , John Innes Center, Norwhich Norfolk, UK 24- 28 July 2001

Mansoor, S., Briddon, R. W., Voinnet, O., Markham, P. G. and Baulcombe, D. (2001) Understanding the role of DNA beta in cotton leaf curl disease in Pakistan. 3 rd International Geminivirus Symposium , John Innes Center, Norwhich Norfolk, UK 24- 28 July 2001

Mubeen, F., Hussain, A., Hameed, S., Malik, K. A. and Hafeez, F.Y. (2002) Evaluation of Biofertilizer ( Biopower) , effective microorganisms (EM) and chemical fertilizers on growth of maize. Paper presented at 9 th International Congress of Soil Science 18-20 March, 2002, NIAB, Faisalabad , Pakistan. Abstracts p. 32

Mushtaq, N., Yasmin, S., Aslam, N., Hameed, S., Malik, K. A. and Hafeez, F.Y. (2003) G enetic diversity, immunological detection and ultrastructural localization of cotton rhizosphere associated PGPRs. Paper presented in 7 th PSBMB Conference , April 2-5, 2003 at Lahore. Abst. p. 53. ( Mushtaq N. got the first prize, Chughtai Award, in oral presentation in the conference)

Naeem, R., Zaidi, A. H., Hameed, S. and Hafeez, F.Y. Screening of Rhizobium leguminosarum strains for bacteriocin production and its biochemical characterization. Paper presented at 9 th International Congress of Soil Science, 18-20 March, 2002, NIAB, Faisalabad, Pakistan

Naureen, Z., Yasmin, S., Aslam, N., Hameed, S., Malik, K. A. and Hafeez, F.Y. (2003) Genetic diversity and ultra structure localization of maize rhizosphere associated PGPRs. Paper presented in 7 th PSBMB Conference, April 2-5, 2003 at Lahore. Abst. p-45

Nurjis, F., Ali, S., Hameed, A., Ahmad, N., Hussain, W., Qureshi. J. A. (2003) Studies on Diabetic Patients with HCV infection at 7 th International Conference, Trends in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology held at the Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology University of the Punjab, Lahore. April 2-5, 2003.

Qureshi, J. A. (2003) Molecular Diagnostics of Pathogens. Paper presented at 7 th International Conference, Trends in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology held at the Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology University of the Punjab, Lahore. April 2-5, 2003

Qureshi, J. A. (2003) Molecular Diagnostics and Genotyping of Pathogens. 1 st International Congress on Infectious disease held at Convention Centre, Liaqat National Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan. March 28-30, 2003. P 17-18

Raouf, S., Akhtar, K., Rahman, M., Anwar, M. A., Ghauri, M. A. and Khalid, A.M. (2003) Current status of interaction of anticancer drugs with DNA: an electrochemical approach. Paper presented at International Conference on Current Trends in Radiopharmaceuticals to be held from October 21-23, 2003 at Islamabad

Rehman, M., Iqbal, M., Ghauri, M. A., Anwar, M. A., Akhtar, K. and Khalid, A. M. (2002) Microbial leaching of chalcopyrite from indigenous ores. Poster presented for Extremophiles 2002, The 4 th International Congress on extremophiles held at Naples, Italy September 22-26, 2002. p-453

Rehman, M., Ghauri, M. A., Anwar, M. A., Akhtar, K. and Khalid, A. M. (2002) Bioprocessing of lead-zinc high-grade ores. Poster presented for Extremophiles 2002, The 4 th International Cong Hress on extremophiles held at Naples, Italy September 22-26, 2002. p-452

Riffat, T., Kalsoom, A., Ghauri, M. A., Anwar, M.A., Rehman, M., Javed, N. and Khalid, A.M. Hyperproduction of Tylosin by Streptomyces fradiae through genetic manipulation. Abstract pp. 55. Poster presented at the 7 th International Conference on Trends in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology , held at University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan, from April 2-5, 2003

Saleem, M., Anwar, M. A., Ghauri, M. A., Akhtar, K., Rehman, M., Hafeez, F. Y. and Khalid, A. M. (2003) Development of polyclonal antibodies against MT13 strain of Sulfobacillus thermosulfidooxidans and determination of their specificity. Poster presented at International Conference Thermophiles 2003 held from 15-19 September, 2003 at University of Exeter, United Kingdom. p-115

Sharif, A., Hameed, A., Rabi, F., Ahmad, N., Hussain, W., Qureshi, J. A. (2003) Striking Differences in Serum/Plasma Proteins in Pakistani Diabetic Patients. Poster presented at 7 th International Conference, Trends in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology held at the Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology University of the Punjab, Lahore. April 2-5, 2003

Tahseen, R., Saeed, M. and Khalid, Z. M. (2003) Use of a Gamma Ray Mutant of an Efficient Oil Degrading Pseudomonas putida for Enhanced Biodegradation of Petroleum in Contaminated Soil. Abstracts submitted for 7th International Conference on ” Trends in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Lahore, 2-5 April, 2003

Yamin, A., Latif, F. and Rajoka, M.I. (2002) Production of ethanol from starch using glucoamylases produced by a mutant derivative of Aspergillus niger. 24 th Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Gatlingburg, Tennessee, April28-May 1, 2002

Yasmin, S., Ariani, D., Naranchimeg, D.., Delgermaa, B., Rahman, M., Zafar, Y., Malik, K. A. and Hafeez, F.Y. (2002) Genetic diversity among plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) from geographically different areas using RAPD technique. Paper presented at 9 th International Congress of Soil Science 18-20 March, 2002, NIAB, Faisalabad, Pakistan

Yasmin, S., Bakar, M. A. R., Malik, K. A. and Hafeez, F.Y. (2003) Isolation, characterization and beneficial effect of rice associated PGPRs, isolated from Tanzania. Paper presented in 7 th PSBMB Conference, April 2-5, 2003 at Lahore. Abst. p. 96

 

Publications in National Referred Conferences

 

Afzal, M. and Khalid, Z. M. (2003) Biological and Chemical Treatment of Textile Industry Effluent. Abstract 7th International Conference on ” Trends in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology ”, Lahore , 2-5 April, 2003

Arshad, M., Khan, Q. M., Iqbal, T. and Haq, A. (2002) Genotoxic effects of Doxycyclin in mice by single cell gel electrophoresis assay (comet assay) 33rd All Pakistan Science Conference , University of Agriculture Faisalabad, 25-28 December

Hafeez, F. Y., (2001) Biofertilizer ( BioPower ) Development, use and Economic Importance in Leguminous & Cereal Crop. Paper presented at D-8 Workshop on Alternate/Organic Fertilizers , 19-20 June, 2001, Islamabad, Pakistan

Hafeez, F. Y., Hameed, S., Zaidi, A. H. and Malik, K.A. (2001) Biofertilizers for sustainable agriculture. Paper presented at National workshop on Technologies for Sustainable Agriculture , 24-26 September, 2001, NIAB, Faisalabad, Pakistan

Hameed, S., Malik, K. A. and Hafeez, F.Y. (2003) Localization of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria in wheat roots. Paper presented in Workshop on Production Technology for Wheat and Sugarcane Crop Improvement. Paper presented in Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute, AARI , Faisalabad. June 05, 2003. Abst. p. 9

Hussain, I., Siddiqui, K. S., Khan, Q. M. and Khalid, Z. M. (2002 ) Removal of phenol in presences of organic solvent by isoenzyme of horse redish peroxidase. Abstract published in Ist National Conference of Biology, GC, Lahore, 28-30 March, 2002.CMA-BT-38, p47

Karim, H. A., Aslam, N., Hameed, S., Malik, K. A. and Hafeez, F. Y. (2003) Molecular characterization of typical and atypical nodule isolates from Cicer arietinum . Paper presented in 7 th PSBMB Conference , April 2-5, 2003 at Lahore. Abst. p. 47.

Khalid, Z. M. (2003) Invited Speaker at World Environment Day Celebration June 8, 2003 at Institute for Environmental Sciences, Faisalabad. Presented lecture on Biotechnological Solution to Industrial wastewater.

Khalid, Z. M. (2003) Invited Speaker for Environment Awareness Workshop, organized by EPD Faisalabad and District Government of Faisalabad and presented talk on Solution for Environment Waste.

Khalil, S., Shahid, R. and Rajoka, M. I. (2000) Production of ß-galactosidase by a thermotolerant Kluyveromyces marxianus. fermentation.In: Abstrtacts 7 th National Conference of Plant Scientists. November 14-16, 2000. P . 22

Khan, Q. M. (2002 ) Comet Assay A Biomarker For Genotoxicity And Its Application In Cancer Research , Pakistan Society Of Clinical Oncology . 9 th Annual Cancer Conference 20-22 December, 2002 , Karachi, Abst# G-13

Khan, Q. M. (2002) Molecular biomarkers for environmental genotoxic risk assessment EMS on Environment & Health, October 01-03, 2002, Islamabad.

Khan, Q. M., Faiz, M. and Khalid, Z. M. (2002) Genotoxicity of medicinal plants Abstract published in Ist National Conference of Biology, GC, Lahore, 28-30 March, 2002.CMA-49, p28

Mubeen F., Hameed, S., Malik, K. A. and Hafeez, F. Y. (2003) Development of fungicide resistant biofertilizer for wheat crop improvement. Paper presented in Workshop on Production Technology for Wheat and Sugarcane Crop Improvement . Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute, AARI, Faisalabad. June 05, 2003. Abst. p. 4

Nasir, H., Khan, Q. M., Anwar-ul-Haq, M., Ahmad, S. and Bhatti, H. N. (2002) Toxicity of Cyhalothrine to moori ( Cirrhinus mrigala ) Fish, 33rd All Pakistan Science Conference , Univesirty of Agri . Faisalabad, 25-28 December.

Rabia., Anwar-ul-Haq, M., Khan, Q. M., Ahmad, S. and Bhatti H. N. (2002) Toxicity of Chlorpyrifos to Moori ( Cirrhinus mrigala ) fish, 33rd All Pakistan Science Conference, University of Agri. Faisalabad, 25-28 December.

Rajoka, M. I., Yasmin, A. and Shahid. R. (2000) .Repression, derepression and production of glucoaamylase by Aspergillus niger in submerged fermentation.In: Abstrtacts 7 th National Conference of Plant Scientists. November 14-16, 2000. P . 21

Shafiq, M. I., Asad, S., Malik , K. A. and Zafar, Y. (2003) Establishment of regeneration System for potato ( Solanum tuberosum L. cv . Desiree ). PP.94 . Presented in 7 th Biennial Conference of Trends in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology . April 2-5, Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of the Punjab, Lahore.

Tahseen, R., Saeed, M. and Khalid, Z. M. (2002) Enhanced biodegradation of petroleum in contaminated soil using a gamma ray mutant of an efficient oil degrading bacteria. For oral presentation at 3rd international & 13th National Chemistry Conference at University of Karachi , Dec. 28-31, 2002 , organized by Chemical Society of Pakistan.

 

Abstracts

 

Ali. Z., Ahmed, S., Latif, F., Rajoka, M. I. and Jamel, A. (2003) Isolation and cloning of exoglucanase gene form Trichoderma species In: Abstracts Trends in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology p.49

Durrani, I. S., Rahid, M. H., Rajoka, M. I. (2003) Purification and characterization of a ß-glucosidase Produced by a Streptomycin and deoxyglucose-Resistant Mutant Derivative of Cellulomonas biazotea . In: Abstracts Trends in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology p 58

Huma, T., Latif, F. and Rajoka, M. I. (2003) Strain improvement of cellulase- less Humicola lanuginosus for xylanase production.In: Abstracts Trends in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology .p.105

Tabassum, R., Rajoka, M. I. (2003) Purification, characterization of extracellular α- amylase produced by indigenous Bacillus licheniformis strain and cloning of α- amylase gene. In: Abstracts Trends in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. p 95

 

Technical Reports

 

Anwar, M. A., Ghauri, M. A., Rehman, M., Akhtar, K. and Khalid. A. M. (2002) Upgradation of high sulfur Pakistani coals through biotechnological process. Final Report Submitted to TWAS, Trieste, Italy

Ghauri, M. A., Anwar, M. A., Rehman, M., Akhtar, K. and Khalid, A. M. (2002) Studies on biodiversity of extremophiles and their use in bioprocess technology. Final Report Submitted to TWAS, Trieste, Italy.

Khalid, Z. M. (2002) Final Technical report of PSF Project NO./BIOTECH/P-IBGE/ENV(5) entitled, "Biotechnological Solution Of Liquid Effluent From Leather Tanning Industry, pp80

Khan, Q. M. (2002) Submitted annual report for TC-IAEA project (PAK/5/041)

Khan Q. M. (2002) An activity report on of training and research work (RT-PCR based diagnostics of morbilliviruses) carried during IAEA-fellowship at Institute for Animal Health, Surrey, UK. Report# C6/PAK/01076P(TC-IAEA/5/041) submitted to IAEA Vienna, Austria

Khan, Q. M. (2003) Final Technical Report of Pak-Kazakh Project entitled, "Biosorption based process for removal of heavy metals from industrial waste water

Rashid, S., Asad, S., Waheed, R. A. and Zafar, Y. (2001) Use of radiation/in vitro techniques for development of salt tolerant sugarcane/potato. IAEA-TECDOC-1227, 61-74

Mansoor, S., Briddon, R. W., Asad, S., Zafar, Y., Brown, J. K., Markham, P.G. and Malik, K. A. (2001)

Final Report of the Project CFC/ICAC/07 entitled “ Genome characterization of Whitefly-transmitted

Geminiviruses of Cotton and Development of Virus-resistance plants through genetic engineering and

conventional breeding”. (Technical Paper No-22.)

Zafar, Y. (2003) Final Technical Report of PSF/Biotech/P-NIBGE/(Agr)/27 project entitled “Isolation, Identification and Molecular characterization of economically important Potato Virus (PLRV) of Pakistan”. (PSF/Biotech/P-NIBGE/(Agr)/27).