Dr Allah Bakhsh
FACULTY
Dr. Allah Bakhsh is a renowned researcher who leads the cotton breeding program at CEMB.
His primary focus is on utilizing both conventional and non-conventional approaches to develop climate-resilient cotton varieties. With over 100 peer-reviewed research articles published in international and national journals, he has also edited a book titled Potato Production Worldwide.
Furthermore, Dr. Allah Bakhsh serves as the editor of SCI-indexed journals such as PLOS ONE, Frontiers in Plant Sciences, Frontiers in Genetics, and the Journal of Cotton Research. He acknowledges the significant impact of transgenic technology on agriculture and has achieved notable success in this realm. Through plant transformation technologies, he has developed insect-resistant cotton varieties that express the cry gene from Bacillus thuringiensis.
Dr. Allah Bakhsh’s fascination with exploring alternate sources of insect and disease resistance in crop plants is evident. He is particularly engrossed in RNA interference and genome editing technologies to combat insect pests and diseases effectively.
Following the completion of his PhD from the University of Punjab in 2010, Dr. Allah Bakhsh has served at various universities, including the University of Ankara (Turkey), the University of Bologna (Italy), and Nigde Omer Halisdemir University (Turkey) over an 11-year period.
Presently, he is spearheading the seed biotechnology laboratories at CEMB alongside Prof. Dr. Abdul Qayyum Rao. Together, they employ modern molecular tools to engineer insect pest and disease resistance traits in crop plants.
Dr. Allah Bakhsh’s research interests span a wide spectrum, encompassing the breeding of climate-resilient cotton varieties, the engineering of biotic stress tolerance traits in economically significant crop plants, the development of dsRNA-based biopesticides for improved insect pest management, and the regulatory aspects of GM cotton.
Area(s) of Research:
Plant Molecular Biology, Plant Breeding and Genetics, Plant Tissue Culture, RNA Interference, Transgenic Technology, Insecticide Resistance, Genome Editing
Selected Publications:
- Cardi T, Murovec J,Bakhsh A, Boniecka J, BruegmannT et al. (2023). “CRISPR/Cas-mediated plant genome editingoutstanding challenges a decade after implementation”. Trends in Plant SciencesDOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2023.05.012
- Yasmeen A, Bakhsh A, Ajmal S, Muhammad M, Sadaqat S, Awais M, Azam S, Latif A, Shahid N, Rao AQ (2023). CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genomeediting in diploid and tetraploid potatoes. Acta Physiologiae Plantarum45:32. DOI:10.1007/s11738-022-03513-4
- Saeed F, Hashmi MH, Aksoy E, Demirel U, Bakhsh A(2023). Identification and characterization of RNA Polymerase II (RNAP) C-Terminal Domain Phosphatase-like 3(SlCPL3)in tomatounder biotic stress. Molecular Biology Reports,DOI: 10.1007/s11033-023-08564-5
- SaeedF, ChaudhryUK, RazaA, Charagh S, Bakhsh Aet al.(2023).Developing future heat-resilient vegetable crops.Functionaland IntegrativeGenomics23:47, DOI: 10.1007/s10142-023-00967-8
- Aasim M, Ali SA, Aydin S, Bakhsh A, Sogukpinar C, Karataş M, Khawar KM, Aydin ME(2023). Artificial Intelligence-Based Approaches to Evaluate and Optimize Phytoremediation Potential of In vitro Regenerated Aquatic Macrophyte –Ceratophyllum demersumL.Environmental Science and Pollution Research30: 40206–40217DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-25081-3
- HashmiMH, Saeed F, DemirelU, Bakhsh A(2022).Establishment of highly efficient and reproducible Agrobacterium mediated transformation systemfor tomato(Solanum LycopersicumL.). In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology Plant58:1066-1076, DOI: 10.1007/s11627-022-10300-w
- YasmeenA, Shakoor S, Azam S, Bakhsh A, Shahid N, LatifA, Shahid AA, HusnainT, Rao AQ (2022).CRISPR/Cas-mediated knockdown of vacuolar invertase gene expression lowers the cold-induced sweetening inpotatoes. Planta 256:107, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00425-022-04022-x
- Tariq M, Tabassum B, Bakhsh A, FarooqAM, Qamar Z, Akram F, NazF, RaoAQ, Malik K, Nasir IA(2022). Heterologous expression of cry1Ia12 insecticidal gene in cotton encodes resistance against pink bollworm,Pectinophora gossypiella (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae); an alternate insecticidal genefor insect pest management. Molecular Biology Reports49:10557-10564, DOI:10.1007/s11033-022-07824-0
- Baloch FS, Aasim M, Mustafa Z, Bakhsh A, Katrici R, NadeemMA, Ali SA,Akgur O, Chung SK (2022). Innovation in the breeding of common bean through acombined approach of in vitroregeneration and machine learning algorithms. Frontiers in Genetics13:897696,DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2022.897696
- Kaleem UllahRM, Gökçe A, Bakhsh A, Salim M, Wu HY, Naqqash MN(2022). Insight into useof eco-friendly synergists in resistance management of Leptinotarsa decemlineata(Coleoptera:Chrysomelidae).Insects 13:846, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13090846