Publications by authors named "Ali Qaiser Khan"
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- Different upland cotton cultivars from China and Pakistan show varying resistance to cotton leaf curl disease (CLCuD) and heat, with significant genetic differences identified through 175 SNPs and 82 InDel loci linked to yield and fiber quality.
- Elite alleles found in Pakistani cotton accessions indicate a strong adaptation to local climatic conditions, suggesting tailored breeding could improve cotton varieties in diverse environments.
- The research highlights how unique genetic adaptations in Pakistani accessions, particularly for resisting CLCuD and high temperatures, may enhance the overall resilience of upland cotton and inform global breeding strategies.
Nitrogen (N) is one of the indispensable factors in rice growth and development. China holds a premier position in the production of rice and at the same time also faces higher N fertilizer costs along with serious damage to the environment. A better solution is much needed to address these issues, without disrupting the production of rice as an important cereal, while minimizing all the deleterious effects on the environment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCotton leaf curl disease (CLCuD) in Pakistan and northwestern India is caused by monopartite begomoviruses in association with an essential, disease-specific satellite, Cotton leaf curl Multan betasatellite (CLCuMB). Following a recent upsurge in CLCuD problems in Sindh province (southern Pakistan), sequences of clones of CLCuMB were obtained from Sindh and Punjab province (central Pakistan), where CLCuD has been a problem since the mid-1980s. The sequences were compared to all sequences of CLCuMB available in the databases.
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