Safoora Shafi

Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China

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Reyazul Rouf Mir

Murdoch University

Mohd Anwar Khan

Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir

Mohd Tahir

Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir

Rajeev K. Varshney

Murdoch University

M. Ashraf Bhat

Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir

Waseem Ali Dar

Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir

Asif B. Shikari

Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir

Sofora Jan

Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir

Neeraj Choudhary

GNA University

Debjyoti Sen Gupta

Indian Institute of Pulses Research

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Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir

Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Jammu

Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University

Indian Council of Agricultural Research

Punjab Agricultural University

Chaudhary Charan Singh University

Bangladesh Agricultural University

Indian Institute of Pulses Research

Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology

Banaras Hindu University

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Genomics Associated Interventions for Heat Stress Tolerance in Cool Season Adapted Grain Legumes

International Journal of Molecular Sciences (2021)

Jitendra Kumar Reyazul Rouf Mir Safoora Shafi Debjyoti Sen Gupta Ivica Djalović

Cool season grain legumes occupy an important place among the agricultural crops and essentially provide multiple benefits including food supply, nutrition security, soil fertility improvement and revenue for farmers all over the world. However, owing to climate change, the average temperature is steadily rising, which negatively affects crop performance and limits their yield. Terminal heat stress that mainly occurred during grain development phases severely harms grain quality and weight in legumes adapted to the cool season, such as lentils, faba beans, chickpeas, field peas, etc. Although, traditional breeding approaches with advanced screening procedures have been employed to identify heat tolerant legume cultivars. Unfortunately, traditional breeding pipelines alone are no longer enough to meet global demands. Genomics-assisted interventions including new-generation sequencing technologies and genotyping platforms have facilitated the development of high-resolution molecular maps, QTL/gene discovery and marker-assisted introgression, thereby improving the efficiency in legumes breeding to develop stress-resilient varieties. Based on the current scenario, we attempted to review the intervention of genomics to decipher different components of tolerance to heat stress and future possibilities of using newly developed genomics-based interventions in cool season adapted grain legumes.

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10.3390/ijms23010399

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Exploration, collection and characterization of Kala zeera (Bunium persicum Boiss. Fedtsch.) germplasm from northwestern Himalayas

Plant Genetic Resources (2022)

Mohd Anwar Khan Suhail Altaf Safoora Shafi Bilal Ahmad Bhat Waseem Ali Dar

Abstract A study was conducted to collect and characterize the indigenous Kala zeera ( Bunium persicum Boiss. Fedtsch.) accessions from the hills of northwestern Himalayan sates of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand. Around 1000 accessions were collected during this exploration mission, out of which diversity of 252 accessions was established through morphological characterization. The morpho-agronomic characterization and the analysis of trait data revealed significant variability in number of branches per plant, number of umbelets per umbel, number of seeds per plant, seed yield per plant and 1000 seed weight. The collection and characterization of these diverse accessions can prove useful in future Kala zeera improvement programmes in the world as this is the first such comprehensive report of the crop from northwestern Himalayan region of India.

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10.1017/s1479262122000028

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Fertigation with alpha-tocopherol enhances morphological, physiological, and antioxidant responses in radish (Raphanus sativus L.) under drought stress

BMC Plant Biology (2025)

Muhammad Shahbaz Chishti Muhammad Shahbaz Muhammad Kaleem Safoora Shafi Anam Mehmood

Water scarcity is a foremost environmental concern and is expected to hasten in the forthcoming years due to severe fluctuations in weather patterns worldwide. The present work was designed to explore the potential role of alpha-tocopherol (α-Toc), a form of vitamin E, on the morphological, physio-biochemical, and cellular antioxidant responses of two radish genotypes grown under drought conditions (38 ± 3% of field capacity). The individual and combined applications of α-Toc (100 ppm) were used as T0- Control, T1- Control + TF (TF-alpha-tocopherol), T2- Drought (D), and T3- D + TF with three replications. In general, drought conditions cause a marked reduction in, growth traits such as root length (RL), shoot dry weight (SDW), and shoot fresh weight (SFW). However, the sole and combined applications of α-Toc significantly enhanced the SDW, SFW, and RL in both radish genotypes. Drought stress causes a significant upsurge in hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and lipid peroxidation (LPX) in leaves. At the same time, exogenous fertigation of α-Toc protects the membranes by reducing the level of LPX, enhancing antioxidants such as catalase (CAT) and peroxidase (POX) to scavenge the reactive oxygen species (ROS), and enhancing the osmolyte as total soluble proteins to maintain cell internal osmotic potential. Also, the α-Toc enhanced the photosynthetic pigments and significantly increased photosynthetic activity in the Early Milo (G2) as compared to Laal Pari (G1) genotype under drought, enhancing water use efficiency by maintaining transpiration rate and stomatal conductance. The α-Toc also regulates the beneficial inorganic ions (K+, Ca2+, and PO₄³⁻) in the shoots of both genotypes. Our present findings demonstrate the potential role of α-Toc in mitigating drought stress and infer that it can enhance plant growth under drought conditions.

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10.1186/s12870-025-06052-5

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Correction to: Morpho-cultural and pathogenic variability among isolates of Stemphylium vesicarium (Wallr.) E. Simmons, causing Stemphylium blight in onion collected from different geographical regions of Kashmir valley

Indian Phytopathology (2020)

Mudasir Hassan Vaseem Yousuf Z. A. Bhat Nazir Ahmad Bhat T. A. Shah

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10.1007/s42360-020-00266-3

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Grain micronutrient evaluation of wheat (

Crop and Pasture Science (2021)

Mohd Tahir Safoora Shafi Mohd Anwar Khan Farooq Ahmad Sheikh M. Ashraf Bhat

Micronutrient deficiency is a widespread food-related health problem around the world. The present study was conducted to evaluate a set of 63 advanced breeding lines of bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) for grain iron (GFe) and grain zinc (GZn) concentrations, and to characterise the germplasm set via simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers (both genic and random). Substantial variation was found for both micronutrients. GFe concentration ranged from 28.9 to 67.4 mg kg–1 and GZn from 26.3 to 56.6 mg kg–1. Molecular characterisation with six genic and 20 random SSR markers detected 168 alleles with an average of 3.170 alleles per locus. Analysis of genotypic data based on division into two subpopulations revealed 165 alleles with an average of 3.113 alleles per locus in the low GFe–GZn subpopulation, whereas in the high GFe–GZn subpopulation, 149 alleles with an average of 2.811 alleles per locus were detected. Genic SSRs detected a higher average number of alleles (3.273 alleles per locus) than random SSRs (3.143 alleles per locus). Hierarchical clustering using genic markers alone clustered the whole germplasm set into two distinct groups: one possessing low GFe–GZn genotypes, the other with high GFe–GZn genotypes. Study of marker–trait associations (MTAs) identified seven new MTAs (six for GZn and one for GFe) and validated one MTA for GZn concentration. The promising genotypes and MTAs identified during the study will prove useful in wheat bio-fortification programs in the future.

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10.1071/cp21116

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Morphological and Seed Quality Characterization of Emmer Wheat (Triticum dicoccum) germplasm

Journal of Cereal Research (2023)

Zaitoon M. Anwar Khan Reyazul Rouf Mir M. Himani Sanjay Kumar

A set of emmer wheat germplasm lines were studied for eight (08) morphological viz., days to 50% flowering, days to maturity, plant height (cm), number of tillers per plant, spike length (cm), number of spikes per plant, number of grains per spikes and grain yield per plant, and eight (08) seed quality parameters viz., grain length, grain breadth, 1000 grain weight (g), standard germination (%), electrical conductivity, seed density, seed vigour index-I, seed vigour index-II. The analysis of variance (ANOVA) of germplasm lines for morphological traits revealed that the mean square for blocks were significant for all the traits except for days to 50% flowering and number of spikes per plant. The mean square value of treatments was found significant for all traits except for spike length and days to maturity. The analysis of variance (ANOVA) for eight (08) seed quality parameters depicted highly significant differences among the genotypes for all the traits under study. The study could identify seven (07) emmer wheat genotypes showing significant and variable expression for morphological traits, twelve (12) genotypes revealed significant seed quality parameters, while twenty nine (29) genotypes were resistant to leaf blight disease. Overall the genotype EW-192 possessed significant yield traits with resistance to leaf blight, while genotypes EW-93 and EW-157 carried good seed quality parameters in combination with resistance to leaf blight. The identified sources for improvement of morphological, yield attributing and seed quality traits and leaf blight resistance could be directly used in hybridization programmes, gene transfer or introgression studies aimed at genetic improvement of bread/ emmer wheats. The sources of resistance to leaf blight identified in the study could further be tested for their effectiveness and use in gene deployment studies with ultimate goal of building a long lasting and durable leaf blight resistance in wheat.

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10.25174/2582-2675/2023/133480

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Genetic Dissection for Yield and Yield-Related Traits in Bread Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

Springer eBooks (2020)

Reyazul Rouf Mir Sachin Kumar Safoora Shafi

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10.1007/978-3-030-59577-7_10

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Trait Phenotyping and Genic/Random SSR Markers Characterization for Breeding Early Maturing Wheat’s for Western-Himalayas

Research Square (Research Square) (2021)

Safoora Shafi Mohd Tahir Mohd Anwar Khan M. Ashraf Bhat Uttam Kumar

Abstract The study involves evaluation of 96 wheat genotypes for early maturity and related traits and molecular characterization of trait specific candidate genotypes using 26 (20 random and 6 genic) SSR markers. Trait characterization revealed significant variation for early maturity and related traits. The analysis of genotypic data of 26 markers led to the detection of 166 alleles ranging from 2 to 8 alleles with an average of 3.8 alleles per locus. Separate analysis of genotypic data of 20 random and 06 trait specefic markers led to the identification of 118 and 51 alleles, respectively. Sub-population-wise allelic diversity in early and late maturing populations could detect a total of 167 and 144 alleles, respectively. Higher gene diversity was detected in early maturing sub-population (0.135) when compared to late maturing sub-population (0.071). Single marker analysis (SMA) revealed significant association of 05 random and 02 trait specific markers already reported for early maturity. Therefore, two trait specific markers ( Xwmc1 and Xgwm271 ) have been validated during the present study and contributed 21.36% and 10.94% phenotypic variation for early maturity, respectively. In order to breed for early maturity for Western-Himalayas, F 2 segregating populations were also developed by making crosses among spring × spring and spring × winter wheat genotypes and several important recombinants/ segregants for early maturity and related traits were identified. Overall, the findings of the present study will prove useful in future wheat improvement programs leading to development of early maturing wheat varieties.

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10.21203/rs.3.rs-217390/v1

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Screening salt-tolerant rice at the seedling and reproductive stages: An effective and reliable approach

Environmental and Experimental Botany (2021)

Raisa Tabassum Md. Tahjib‐Ul‐Arif Md. Hasanuzzaman Abdullah Al Mamun Sohag Md. Saiful Islam

10.1016/j.envexpbot.2021.104629

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Delineating meta-quantitative trait loci for anthracnose resistance in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)

Frontiers in Plant Science (2022)

Safoora Shafi Dinesh Kumar Saini Mohd Anwar Khan Vanya Bawa Neeraj Choudhary

Anthracnose, caused by the fungus Colletotrichum lindemuthianum , is one of the devastating disease affecting common bean production and productivity worldwide. Several quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for anthracnose resistance have been identified. In order to make use of these QTLs in common bean breeding programs, a detailed meta-QTL (MQTL) analysis has been conducted. For the MQTL analysis, 92 QTLs related to anthracnose disease reported in 18 different earlier studies involving 16 mapping populations were compiled and projected on to the consensus map. This meta-analysis led to the identification of 11 MQTLs (each involving QTLs from at least two different studies) on 06 bean chromosomes and 10 QTL hotspots each involving multiple QTLs from an individual study on 07 chromosomes. The confidence interval (CI) of the identified MQTLs was found 3.51 times lower than the CI of initial QTLs. Marker-trait associations (MTAs) reported in published genome-wide association studies (GWAS) were used to validate nine of the 11 identified MQTLs, with MQTL4.1 overlapping with as many as 40 MTAs. Functional annotation of the 11 MQTL regions revealed 1,251 genes including several R genes (such as those encoding for NBS-LRR domain-containing proteins, protein kinases, etc.) and other defense related genes. The MQTLs, QTL hotspots and the potential candidate genes identified during the present study will prove useful in common bean marker-assisted breeding programs and in basic studies involving fine mapping and cloning of genomic regions associated with anthracnose resistance in common beans.

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10.3389/fpls.2022.966339

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