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Scientific Publications & Intellectual Property

NIGAB scientists have authored over 500 research papers in leading peer-reviewed international journals with cumulative impact factor exceeding 800, alongside filing patents on novel transgenic vectors, tissue culture protocols, and animal diagnostic assays.

Scientific Output

Peer-reviewed publications

NIGAB scientists publish across plant molecular biology, genomics, animal biotechnology and bioinformatics in national and international journals.

2021

Influence of humic acid and phosphorus doses on flowering attributes of tuberose under lath house conditions.

Ghani A., Jan I., Nadeem S., Abbas Z., et al. — Bioscience Research 18(3): 2501–2507.

2020

Drought stress tolerance in transgenic wheat conferred by expression of a dehydration-responsive element-binding 1A gene.

Mehmood K., Arshad M., Ali G.M., Shah S.H., Zia M.A., Qureshi A.A. — Applied Ecology and Environmental Research 18(2): 1999–2024.

2020

Estimation of morphological and molecular diversity of seventy-two advanced Pakistani cotton genotypes using simple sequence repeats.

Shoukat S., Anwar M., Ali S., Begum S., Aqeel M., Zia M.A., Shah S.H., Ali G.M. — Applied Ecology and Environmental Research 18(2): 2043–2056.

2020

Functional characterization of Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinase (MAPKK) gene in halophytic Salicornia europaea against salt stress.

Rehman N., Khan M.R., Abbas Z., Rafique R.S., Zaynab M., Qasim M., Noor S., Inam S., Ali G.M. — Environmental and Experimental Botany 171.

2019

Evolution of Deeper Rooting 1-like homoeologs in wheat entails the C-terminus mutations as well as gain and loss of auxin response elements.

Ashraf A., Rehman O.U., Muzammil S., Leon J., Naz A.A., Rasool F., Ali G.M., Zafar Y., Khan M.R. — PLoS ONE 14(4): e0214145.

2017

What are farmers really planting? Measuring the presence and effectiveness of Bt cotton in Pakistan.

Spielman D.J., Zaidi F., Zambrano P., Khan A.A., Ali S., Cheema H.M.N., Nazli H., Khan R.S.A., Iqbal A., Zia M.A., Ali G.M. — PLoS ONE 12(5): e0176592.

500+ publication records

Listed across NIGAB research programmes and individual scientist profiles, spanning 2005 to date.

Sequences at NCBI

Novel gene sequences isolated at NIGAB are deposited with GenBank accession numbers for the international research community.

International collaboration

Joint publications and breeding programmes with partners in China and beyond under the Sino-Pak initiative.

Partner with Pakistan’s national genomics institute

Whether you need reference-grade GMO testing, DNA fingerprinting for export quality assurance, or a research collaboration, NIGAB’s laboratories and scientists are available to the public and private sector.