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Shafqat Farooq
Country of origin: Pakistan Currently in: Pakistan, Islamabad General field of specialization: Agricultural Sciences-
Degrees
1998 Doctorate Agricultural Sciences -
Current Research Activities
Agricultural Sciences
writing reviews on current trends in science and technology
Publications resulting from Research:
1. Farooq S, Niazi MLK, Iqbal N and Shah TM (1989). Salt tolerance potential of wild resources of tribe Triticeae-II. Screening of species of the genus Aegilops. Plant & Soil 119, 255-260. (Int. with Imp. Factor)
2. Farooq S, Iqbal N and Shah TM (1990). Promotion of homoeologous pairing in the hybrids of Triticum aestivum x Aegilops variabilis. Genome 33, 825-828. (Int. with Imp. Factor)
3. Farooq S, Arif M and Iqbal N (1995). Utilization of RAPD markers for identification of cultivated and wild rice species. Pak J Bot. 27: 127-138. (Int. with Imp. Factor)
4. Farooq S, Shah TM, Arif M and Iqbal N (1996). Inheritance of RAPD markers in the F1 interspecific hybrids of rice. Pak J Bot. 28: 51-59. (Int. with Imp. Factor)
5. Farooq S and Azam F (2001). Co-existence of salinity and drought tolerance in Triticeae. Hereditas 135: 205- 210. (Int. with Imp. Factor)
6. Farooq S and Azam F (2001). Production of low input and stress tolerant wheat germplasm through the use of biodiversity residing in the wild relatives. Hereditas 135: 211-215. (Int. with Imp. Factor)
7. Farooq S and F Azam, (2006). Cell membrane stability technique for screening salt tolerant wheat genotypes. J. Pl. Physiol. 163: 629-637. (Int. with Imp. Factor)
8. Arshad R, Farooq S, and Azam F (2006). Rhizospheric bacterial diversity: is it partly responsible for water deficiency tolerance in wheat? Pak. J. Bot., 38: 1751-1758. (Int. with Imp. Factor
9. Farooq S, and Azam F. (2007). A new allopolyploid wheat for stressed lands and poverty alleviation. Field Crop Res., 100:369-373. (Int. with impact factor).
10. Iqbal N, Farooq S, Arshad R and Hameed A (2009). Differential accumulation of high and low molecular weight heat shock protein in Basmati rice (Oryza sativa L.). Genetic Resources and Crop evolution 57: 65-70. (Int. with impact factor)
Current profession
Providing fee consultancy services to resource poor farmer where ever they are and students writing policy documents on agriculture in Pakistan writing awareness lecture for students on current challenges on science and technology
Affiliations
Pakistan Botanical SocietyPakistan Chemical SocietyPakistan Nuclear SocietyPakistan Society for Biochemistry