Ahmad Ali

Cell. 0092-334-5495028
E-mail: draali@uswat.edu.pk; aali_swat@yahoo.com

Father’s Name: Shah Kamin Khan

Date of Birth: March 3, 1980
N.I.C No: 15601-0972135-1
Permanent address: Sambat, Matta, Swat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Present Position:
 Assistant Professor (IPFP), Center for Plant Sciences and Biodiversity, University of
Swat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (September 20, 2013 till June 30, 2014)
 Assistant Professor (Regular), Center for Plant Sciences and Biodiversity, University
of Swat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (July 01, 2014 till date)
 In-Charge, Department of Environmental and Conservation Sciences, University of
Swat (February 14, 2017 till June 20, 2018).
Academic Background:
 Ph. D Botany 2013 “Utilization of the Triticeae Primary Gene Pool to Improve
Drought Tolerance in Bread Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)” from PMAS Arid
Agriculture University Rawalpindi.
 M. Phil Botany 2008 “Morphological and Physiological Studies of Ethnobotanically
Important Grasses of Potohar Region” from PMAS Arid Agriculture University
Rawalpindi
 M.Sc. Botany 2002: University of Peshawar, Pakistan
 B.Sc (Che. Zoo. Bot.) 1999: University of Peshawar, Pakistan
 F.Sc. (Pre-Medical) 1997: B.I.S.E Swat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
 S.S.C (Matric) 1995: B.I.S.E Swat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Scholarships Availed:
 IRSIP Scholarship for Six Months to Cereal Research Centre, Foggia, Italy
 HEC Indigenous 5000 Fellowship for MS leading to PhD
 Merit scholarship at M.Phil level
 Travel Grant availed for presentation of research paper in CBB4 at Budapest
Hungary.
Research Project:
Currently Awarded Research Project from Higher Education Commission (HEC) Pakistan.
The title of the research project is “Molecular and physiological evaluation of stay green
wheat genotypes for drought tolerance”.
Publications:
1. Ahmad Ali, Muhammad Arshad, Anna Maria Mastrangelo, Pasquale de Vita, Alvina
Gul Kazi and Abdul Mujeeb-kazi. 2013. Comparative assessment of glutenin
composition and its relationship with grain quality traits in bread wheat and synthetic
derivatives. Pakistan Journal of Botany 45(SI): 289-296.

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2. Madeeha Khalid, Tariq Mahmood, Awais Rasheed, Alvina Gul Kazi, Ahmad Ali and
Abdul Mujeeb-kazi A. 2013. Glu-DT1 allelic variation in synthetic hexaploid wheats
derived from durum cultivar ‘Decoy’ × Aegilops tauschii accessional crosses.
Pakistan Journal of Botany 45(SI): 409-414.
3. Madiha Sadiq, Rehana Asghar, Rahmatullah Qureshi and Ahmad Ali. 2013. Study
of polypeptides induced by drought stress in some local varieties of barley from
Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Botany 45(4): 1251-1254.
4. Rabia Amir, Nasir M. Minhas, Alvina Gul Kazi, Sumaira Farrukh, Ahmad Ali, Hadi
Bux and Abdul Mujeeb-Kazi. 2014. Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of
wheat landraces of Pakistan. Emirates Journal of Food and Agriculture 26(2): 157-
163.
5. Misbah Safdar, Hadi Bux, Alvina Gul Kazi, Abdul Wajid Channa, Ahmad Ali, Zahid
Akram and Abdul Mujeeb-Kazi. 2013. Molecular evaluation of D-genome based
double haploid mapping population of wheat using SSR Primers. Pakistan Journal of
Biotechnology 10(2): 27–35.
6. Ahmad Ali, Muhammad Arshad, S. M. Saqlan Naqvi, Awais Rasheed, Manzoor
Ahmad, Hassan Sher, Sammer Fatima, Alvina Gul Kazi and Abdul Mujeeb-Kazi.
2014. Exploitation of synthetic derived wheats through osmotic stress responses for
drought tolerance improvement. Acta Physiologiae Plantarum 36(9): 2453-2465.
7. Sammer Fatima, Muhammad Arshad, Sumbal Khalil Chaudhari, Ahmad Ali,
Muhammad Shoaib Amjad and Rehana Kausar. 2014. Utilization of synthetics for
drought tolerance in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). International Journal of
Biosciences 5(1): 104-112.
8. Hassan Sher, Ali Aldosari, Ahmad Ali and Hugo J. de Boer. 2014. Economic benefits
of high value medicinal plants to Pakistani communities: an analysis of current
practice and potential. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 10: 1-16.
9. Muhammad Ilyas, Tariq Mahmood, Ahmad Ali, Muhammad Babar, Awais Rashhed
and Abdul Mujeeb-Kazi. 2015. Characterization of D genome diversity for tolerance
to boron toxicity in synthetic hexaploid wheat and in silico analysis of candidate
genes. Acta Physiologiae Plantarum 37(2):17. Doi 10.1007/s11738-014-1765-8
10. Alvina Gul Kazi, Awais Rasheed, Hadi Bux, Abdul Aziz Napar, Ahad Ali and
Abdul Mujeeb-Kazi. 2015. Cytological, phenological and molecular characterization
of B(S)-genome synthetic hexaploids (2n=6x=42; AABBSS). Cereal Research
Communication 43(2): 179-188.
11. Hassan Sher, Ali Aldosari, Ahmad Ali and Hugo J. de Boer. 2015. Indigenous
knowledge of folk medicines among tribal minorities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,
northwestern Pakistan. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 166: 157-167.
12. Ahmad Ali, Muhammad Arshad, S.M. Saqlan Naqvi, Awais Rasheed, Hassan
Sher, Alvina Gul Kazi and Abdul Mujeeb-Kazi. 2015. Comparative assessment of
synthetic derived and conventional bread wheat advanced lines under osmotic stress
and implications for molecular analysis. Plant Molecular Biology Reporter, 33(6):
1907-1917.
13. Alvina Gul,·Awais Rasheed,·Fakiha Afzal,·Abdul Aziz Napar, Ahmad Ali,
Muhammad Jamil, Maria Khalid,·Hadi Bux,·and Abdul Mujeeb-Kazi. 2015.
Characterization of synthetic hexaploids derived from same Aegilops tauschii
accessions and different durum cultivars. Cytologia 80(4): 427–440.
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 14. Khola Rafique, Chaudhary Abdul Rauf, Alvina Gul, Hadi Bux, Ahmad Ali, Rabia
Asma Memon, Sumaira Farrakh and Abdul Mujeeb-Kazi. 2017. Evaluation of D-
genome synthetic hexaploid wheats and advanced derivatives for powdery mildew
resistance. Pakistan Journal of Botany 49(2): 735-743.
15. Hidayat Ullah, Habib Ahmad, Armghan Shahzad, Ahmad Ali, Ghulam Muhammad
Ali. 2016. Evaluation of allelic variation for HMW glutenin subunits through SDS-
PAGE in diverse bread wheats International Journal of Biosciences 9(1): 203-214.
16. Ahmad Ali, Anna Maria Mastrangelo, Pasquale De Vita, Giovanni Laido, Daniale
Marone, Muhammad Arshad M, S.M. Saqlan Naqvi, Hassan Sher, Awais Rasheed
and Abdul Mujeeb-Kazi. 2017. Screening drought adaptive phenological traits in
conventional and synthetic derived bread wheat germplasm and its implications for
association mapping. Cereal Research Communications 45(Sl): 1–112.
17. Fakiha Afzal, Ahmad Ali, Zahid Ullah, Hassan Sher, Alvina Gul, Abdul Mujeeb-Kazi and
Muhammad Arshad. 2018. Terminal drought stress adaptability in synthetic-derived
bread wheat is explained by alleles of major adaptability genes and superior
phenology, International Journal of Agriculture and Biology. 20(7): 1623-1631. doi:
10.17957/IJAB/15.0680.
18. Tariq Alam, Raja Asad Ali Khan, Ahmad Ali, Hassan Sher, Zahid Ullah and
Mohammad Ali. 2019. Biogenic synthesis of iron oxide nanoparticles via Skimmia
laureola and their antibacterial efficacy against bacterial wilt pathogen Ralstonia
solanacearum. Materials Science & Engineering C, 98: 101-108.
19. Fakiha Afzal, Huihui Li, Alvina Gul, Abid Subhani, Ahmad Ali, Abdul Mujeeb-Kazi,
Francis Ogbonnaya, Richard Trethowan, Xianchun Xia, Zhonghu He and Awais
Rasheed. 2019. Genome-wide analyses reveal footprints of divergent selection and
drought adaptive traits in synthetic-derived wheats. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, 9;
1957-1973.
20. Ahmad Ali, Zahid Ullah, Naveed Alam, S.M. Saqlan Naqvi, Muhammad Jamil, Hadi
Bux, and Hassan Sher. 2020. Genetic analysis of wheat grains using digital imaging
and their relationship to enhance grain weight. Scientia Agricola, 77(6): 1-10. DOI:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1678-992X-2019-0069.
21. Ahmad Ali, Zeeshan Ali, Umar M. Quraishi, Alvina Gul Kazi, Riffat N. Malik,
Hassan Sher and Abdul Mujeeb-Kazi. 2014. Integrating physiological and genetic
approaches for improving drought tolerance in crops. In. Emerging Technologies and
Management of Crop Stress Tolerance: A Sustainable Approach. Elsevier Inc. 2:315–
345. doi.org/10 1016/B 978-0-12-800875-1.00014-4; ISBN: 9780128008751 (Book
chapter).
22. Zeeshan Ali, Barkat Ali, Ashiq Mohammad, Mushtaq Ahmad, Ijaz Ahmad, Abdul
Aziz Napar, Alvina Gul Kazi, Ahmad Ali, Shamim-ul-Sibtain Shah and Abdul
Mujeeb-Kazi.. 2013. Combating water scarcity for global food security. In:
Agriculture in 21st century. (ed) Amir Raza. NOVA New York Press (ISBN: 978-1-
62948-026-8) (Book chapter).
PUBLISHED ARTICLES IN ANNUAL WHEAT NEWSLETTER
Editor: J. Raupp, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA.
 Ahmad Ali, Muhammad Arshad, Abdul Aziz Napar, Alvina Gul Kazi and Abdul
Mujeeb-Kazi. 2013. Comparative assessment of high-molecular-weight glutenin
composition and their relationship with grain quality traits in bread wheat and
synthetic derivatives. 59: 72-75.
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  Ahmad Ali, Muhammad Arshad, Abdul Aziz Napar, Alvina Gul Kazi and Abdul
Mujeeb-Kazi. 2013. Comparative assessment of low molecular weight glutenin
composition and their relationship with grain quality traits in bread wheat and
synthetic derivatives. 59: 76-79.
 Saqib Arif, Qurrat ul in Afzal, Mubarik Ahmed, Abid Hasnain, Shazia Arif, Ahmad
Ali, Nosheen Shafqat, Alvina Gul Kazi and Abdul Mujeeb-Kazi. 2013. The
relationship among pasting parameters in the presence of water-unextractable
pentosan. 59: 84-85.
 Saqib Arif, Qurrat ul in Afzal, Mubarik Ahmed, Abid Hasnain, Shazia Arif, Hadi
Bux, Abdul Aziz Napar, Nosheen Shafqat, Ahmad Ali, Alvina Gul Kazi and Abdul
Mujeeb-Kazi. 2013. (rm) The effect of water-unextractable pentosans on peak
viscosity and time to reach peak viscosity of hard wheat flours. 59: 97-98.
 Saqib Arif, Qurrat ul in Afzal, Mubarik Ahmed, Abid Hasnain, Shazia Arif, Ahmad
Ali, Nosheen Shafqat, Alvina Gul Kazi and Abdul Mujeeb-Kazi. 2013. Effects of
water-unextractable pentosans on breakdown and setback viscosities of hard wheat
flours. 59: 100-102.
 Arif S, Afzal Q, Iqbal M, Ahmad M, Hasnain A, Kazi AG, Ali A, Mujeeb-Kazi A.
2014. Dough properties of flours obtained from different wheat varieties. 2014. 60:
61-64.
 Ahmad Ali, Muhammad Arshad, Awais Rasheed, Abdul Aziz Napar, Hassan Sher,
Roshan Ali, Alvina Gul Kazi and Abdul Mujeeb-Kazi. 2014. Association analysis of
agronomic traits in diverse wheat germplasm grown under water deficit conditions.
60: 51-53.
ABSTRACTS / CONFERENCES:
 Participated in Social Work Program during the session 1998-1999 at Government
Degree College Matta, Swat.
 Successfully completed the Participant Teacher’s Course of the Intel® Teach to the
Future Program from 27th April to 4th May, 2004.
 Participated in International Conference from 25th to 27th April, 2007.
 Attended HEC-Bahria Workshop from 7th to 8th Nov. 2007.
 Participated in 6th International Bhurban Conference on Applied Sciences and
Technology (IBCAST), held during January 19-22, 2009.
 Participated in SLUBGH Symposium from 27th to 29th March, 2009.
 Participated in International conference on "Advances in Agriculture; Prospects and
Potentials of Natural Resources in Food Security" at Rawalakot, University of Azad
Jammu and Kashmir. 11-13th Aug. 2009.
 Participated in 2nd Workshop on Bioinformatics at Muhammad Ali Jinnah University,
Islamabad held on July 25, 2011.
 Participated in COST Action FA 0905 titled “Mineral Improved Crop Production for
Healthy Food and Feed” from November 23-26, 2011 at Venice Italy.
 Participated in 12th National and 3rd International conference of Botany” at Quaid-i-
Azam University, Islamabad. 1-3 Sep. 2012.
 Ali, A., M. Arshad, S.M.S. Naqvi, A. M. Mastrangelo, P. de Vita and A. Mujeeb-
Kazi. Analysis of genetic structure in a collection of synthetic derived and
conventional bread wheat germplasm and association mapping for drought related
traits. In. Deutsche Botanikertagung 2013 at Tubingen University, Germany. Sep 30th-
Oct 04th, 2013.
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  Member of the organizing committee for “International Day for Biological
Diversity; May 22, 2014” organized by Centre for Plant Sciences and Biodiversity,
University of Swat.
 Member of the organizing committee in 2nd International Conference titled
“Conservation of medicinal and aromatic plants for improving the livelihood of
mountain communities through industrial linages” organized by CPS&B, University
of Swat in Collaboration with HEC from September 03-05, 2018.
 Ahmad Zada, Ahmad Ali, Shahzada AzizUllah Khan, Zahid Ullah and Hassan Sher.
Improvement of osmotic stress tolerance in wheat by seed priming. In. “15th National
and 6th International conference of Botany” at Quetta Pakistan. During May 9-11,
2017.
 Participated and presented scientific talk in 4th Conference of Cereal Biotechnology
and Breeding Conference (CBB4) from November 6 – 9, 2017 at Budapest, Hungary.
 Member of the organizing committee for “International Day for Biological
Diversity; May 24, 2017” organized by Centre for Plant Sciences and Biodiversity,
University of Swat.
 Participated in International Seminar titled “Crop wild relatives genetic resources of
Pakistan and their utilization” at National Agriculture Research Center (NARC),
Islamabad on November 14, 2018.
 Participated in three day workshop of master trainers titled “PhD Supervisors
Capacity Building Program” held at HEC Regional Centre, Peshawar from November
28-30, 2018.
Professional & Research experience:
 Successfully completed 23rd Master Trainers-Faculty Professional Development
Program (MT-FPDP) at HEC, Islamabad from November 10 to December 31, 2014.
 Proficient in basic techniques of Botany/Molecular Biology/Biotechnology like Stress
Physiology, Chlorophyll fluorescence, DNA/RNA Extraction, PCR, cDNA cloning,
RT-PCR, Gradient PCR, Protein Expression, SDS-PAGE, Agarose Gel
Electrophoresis, QTL Mapping, Association Mapping, Marker Assisted Selection,
Genomic Selection.
 Proficient in using different bioinformatics tools like Primer 3, Graphical Codon
Usage Analysis, BLAST, CLUSTAL W, NEB CUTTER, and RESTRICTION
MAPPER etc.
Students Supervised/Under Supervision
BS and M.Sc. Botany
S.No. Name Research Topic Session Status
The effect of seed priming on germination
01 Ahmad Zada 2011-15 Supervised
characteristics of wheat
Leaf epidermal anatomy of Pooideae
02 Akhtar Nawab 2012-14 Supervised
(Poaceae) from Marghazar Swat, Pakistan
Bud development in six varieties of apple
03 Fazal E Haq 2012-14 Supervised
under agro climatic conditions of Swat
04 Nida Alam Leaf epidermal anatomy of selected dicot 2012-14 Supervised
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 flora of Marghazar, Swat, Pakistan
Study of leaf surface micromorphology of
05 Saba Gul 2012-14 Supervised
weeds associated with tomato crop
Double sigmoidal growth in stony fruits
06 Zakir Ullah 2012-14 Supervised
focusing on peaches (Prunus persica l.)
Characterization of wheat seed
07 Gulab Khan germination behavior using bio priming 2013-17 Supervised
with Trichoderma strains and Potassium
Effect of seed bio-priming and Cu doses
on germination characteristics of wheat
08 Mahboob Ali 2013-17 Supervised
(Triticum aestivum l.) under laboratory
conditions
Effect of Copper, Boron and Trichoderma
hirzanium on grain quality and yield
09 Saeed Anwar 2013-17 Supervised
characteristics of bread wheat (Triticum
aestivum L.)
Combined effect of selected
micronutrients and Trichoderma
10 Ajab Khan 2015-17 Supervised
harzianum on grain quality and yield of
wheat
Characterization of high molecular weight
glutenin subunits (HMW-GS) and
11 Ali Shah 2014-18 Supervised
evaluation of their diversity in diverse
bread wheat germplasm
Comparative effects of Hydro and Iron
priming on germination and seedling
12 Aisha Ali 2016-18 Supervised
morpho phyisological attributes of wheat
(Triticum aestivum l.)
Comparative effects of Hydro and Iron
priming on germination and seedling
13 Sumbal 2016-18 Supervised
morpho phyisological attributes of wheat
(Triticum aestivum l.)
Morpho-Physiological and Biochemical
14 Syed Rahim evaluation of Avena wild relatives for 2017-19 Supervised
salinity tolerance
Morpho-Physiological and Biochemical
15 Nisar Ahmad evaluation of Avena wild relatives for 2017-19 Supervised
salinity tolerance
M.Phil and Ph.D Botany
S.No. Name Research Topic Session Status
01 Muhammad Quantitative ethnobotanical studies of 2013-15 Supervised
Ajmal Talang Valley, Swat Pakistan
02 Kashmala Syed Biogenic synthesis of Silver nanoparticles 2018-21 In
and its inhibitory action against selected progress
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 Phytopathogens
03 Maaz Ahmad Biogenic synthesis and characterization of 2018-20 In
Silver nanoparticles from Polygonatum progress
geminiflorum, a high valued medicinal plant
04 Ajab Khan Morpho-Physiological and biochemical 2018-20 In
characterization of wheat wild relatives progress
05 Abdul Wakeel Enironmental impact assessment of 2018-20 In
invasive Parthenium hysterophorus and progress
Xanthium strumarium using IUCN criteria
Research Interest:
 Developing strategies to improve wheat production/yield in rainfed areas
 Genetic analysis of quantitative traits related to grain yield and quality of cereals,
resistance to biotic and abiotic stress by means of linkage maps and association
mapping.
 Functional analysis of abiotic stress regulated genes.