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Sajid Fiaz
PeerJ Author
670 Points

Contributions by role

Author 370
Editor 300

Contributions by subject area

Agricultural Science
Biotechnology
Genetics
Plant Science
Biochemistry
Genomics
Bioinformatics
Computational Biology
Molecular Biology

Sajid Fiaz

PeerJ Author

Summary

Dr. Sajid Fiaz, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics at The University of Haripur, Pakistan. He received his PhD in Crop Genetics and Breeding from the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences in 2019.

Dr. Fiaz’s research interests include Marker Assisted Selection, Mutation Breeding, QTL Mapping and Genome Editing for yield and quality traits development in cereals. He is actively supervising under-graduate and post-graduate students, and has been awarded with a Start-Up Research Grant Project from Higher Education Commission of Pakistan worth 1.0 Million PKR.

Dr. Fiaz has published more than 127 research and review articles and 11 book chapters with prestigious scientific journals such as the International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Frontiers in Plant Sciences, Plant Physiology and Biochemistry and Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences. He is working as academic editor for PLOS ONE, review editor for Frontiers in Genetics and has edited special issues with Plants-MDPI, GM Crops and Food, and Frontiers in Plant Sciences.

Agricultural Science Bioengineering Biotechnology Plant Science

Past or current institution affiliations

University of Lahore

Work details

Assistant Professor

The University of Haripur
August 2020
Plant Breeding and Genetics
Responsible for teaching both undergraduate and postgraduate students. Designing project and lab activities, to create a conducive learning environment.

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PeerJ Contributions

  • Articles 3
  • Edited 2
July 10, 2023
Evaluation of sugarcane promising clones based on the morphophysiological traits developed from fuzz
Bilal Saleem, Muhammad Uzair, Muhammad Noman, Kotb A. Attia, Muqing Zhang, Mona S. Alwahaibi, Nageen Zahra, Muhammad Kashif Naeem, Arif A. Mohammed, Sajid Fiaz, Itoh Kimiko, Muhammad Ramzan Khan
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15646 PubMed 37456879
April 7, 2022
Alleviation of drought stress by root-applied thiourea is related to elevated photosynthetic pigments, osmoprotectants, antioxidant enzymes, and tubers yield and suppressed oxidative stress in potatoes cultivars
Muhammad Hamzah Saleem, Xiukang Wang, Abida Parveen, Shagufta Perveen, Saqib Mehmood, Sajid Fiaz, Sajjad Ali, Sajjad Hussain, Muhammad Adnan, Naeem Iqbal, Aishah Alatawi, Shafaqat Ali
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13121 PubMed 35415014
July 27, 2021
ptxD/Phi as alternative selectable marker system for genetic transformation for bio-safety concerns: a review
Richard Dormatey, Chao Sun, Kazim Ali, Sajid Fiaz, Derong Xu, Alejandro Calderón-Urrea, Zhenzhen Bi, Junlian Zhang, Jiangping Bai
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11809 PubMed 34395075

Academic Editor on

April 17, 2023
Genome-wide identification and co-expression network analysis of Aux/IAA gene family in Salvia miltiorrhiza
Bin Huang, Yuxin Qi, Xueshuang Huang, Peng Yang
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15212 PubMed 37090108
March 7, 2023
Functional verification of the JmLFY gene associated with the flowering of Juglans mandshurica Maxim.
Jiayou Cai, Ruoxue Jia, Ying Jiang, Jingqi Fu, Tianyi Dong, Jifeng Deng, Lijie Zhang
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14938 PubMed 36908820