Faculty & Staff
Dr. S. M. Saqlan Naqvi
Professor / Dean (HEC Approved Supervisor)
Ph. D
Phone : +92-51-4845623  
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Fax : +92-51-9290160
Email : [email protected]
Address : PMAS-Arid Agriculture University, Murree Road, Rawalpindi
Work Experience : 35 Year(s)
Research Interest :
  • Regulation of gene expression in plants during biotic/abiotic stresses
  • Construction of transgenic plants for improved agricultural productivity
  • Total Publications : 97
    Publications (Latest Ten)
    1. F. Muni, S. Hayashi, J. Batle, S.M.S. Naqvi, T. Mahmood. (2015) Germin-like protein 2 gene promoter from rice is responsive to fungal infectivity in transgenic potato plants. Funct Integr Genomic

    2. A. Jabeen, K. Naeem, N. Siddique, M.A. Abbas, A. Ali, S.M.S. Naqvi,. (2015). Protection and Efficacy of Cell Culture Propagated Montanide Adjuvant Based Inactivated Vaccine Against Hydropericardium Syndrome in Poultry. Kafkas Univ Vet Fak Derg. 21(4):471-476

    3. A. Jabeen, K. Naeem, N. Siddique, M.A. Abbas, A. Ali, S.M.S. Naqvi,. (2015). Cloning, Sequencing and Bioinformatic Analysis of Hypervariable Region of Hexon Gene of Avian Adenovirus Int J Agric Biol:17(4):833-837

    4. Ahmad Ali, M. Arshad, S.M.S. Naqvi, A. Rasheed, G. Kazi, A. Mujeeb-Kazi. (2015) Comparative assessment of synthetic derived and conventional bread wheat advanced lines under osmotic stress and implications for molecular analysis". Plant Mol Biol Reporter.; DOI:10.1007/s11105-015-0884-8

    5. T. Yasmin, T. Mahmood, M.Z. Hyder and S.M.S. Naqvi. 2015. A germin-like protein gene of rice exhibits superoxide dismutase activity in transformed Nicotiana tabacum. Biol Plant, 59 (3): 456-462 [DOI 10.1007/s10535-015-0524-z]

    6. S. Batool, M. Gulfraz, A. Akram, S.M.S. Naqvi, Ihsan-ul-Haq, B. Mirza, M.Sh. Ahmad. (2015). Evaluation of antioxidant potential and HPLC based identification of phenolics in Polygonum amplexicaule extract and its fractions. Pak. J. Pharm. Sci., 28(2):431-435

    7. W. Akhtar, A. Rasheed, Z.K. Shinwari, S.M.S. Naqvi, T. Mahmood. (2014). Genetic characterization of different pakistani date palm varieties. Pak. J. Bot., 46(6): 2095-2100

    8. F. Shamim, S.M.S. Naqvi, H.R. Athar, A. Waheed. (2014). Screening and selection of tomato genotypes/cultivars for drought tolerance using multivariate analysis. Pak. J. Bot., 46(4):1165-1178

    9. F. Khan, R. Boelens, S.M.S. Naqvi, H. van Ingen, (2014). Structural basis of nucleic acid binding by Nicotiana tabacum glycine-rich RNA binding protein: implications for its RNA chaperone function. Nucl. Acid Res., 42(13):8705-8718 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gku468

    10. Ahmed Ali, S.M. Saqlan Naqvi, M. Ahmad, H. Sher, S. Fatima, A.G. Qazi, A. Rashid, A.M. Qazi. (2014) Exploitation of synthetic derived wheats through osmotic stress responses for drought tolerance improvement. Acta Physiol Plant. 36(9):2453-2465. DOI 10.1007/s11738-014-1618-5