Publications

 Selected Publications

The COMSATS Wheat Lab contributes to high-impact research in wheat genomics, phenomics, molecular breeding, bioinformatics, and AI-driven crop improvement.

1. Anam, M., Khan, Z., Sher, M. A., Sajjad, M., Naeem, M. K., Zhang, Z., Javeed, S., Javeria, F., Chen, J., & Rehman, S. U. (2026). Pangenome assisted characterization of TaBAM genes and association of TaBAM16 with NDVI in wheat. Theor Appl Genet 139, 132 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-026-05242-5  

2.  Naeem, M.K., Sajjad, M., Zahir, A. et al. (2026). Identification of genetic factors regulating anther size in wheat under heat stress environment. BMC Plant Biology. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-025-08025-0 

3. Rehman S, X Mao, Y Li, J Wang, M Sajjad, Z Khan, Z Zhang, U Waheed, M U Hasnain, J Chen, Ruilian Jing. 2025. Overexpression of TaSnRK2.9s Improves Plant Growth and Development in Rice (Oryza sativa L.). Plant Breeding.10:1–11 https://doi.org/10.1111/pbr.13271

4. Akila Wijerathna-Yapa, Ruchi Bishnoi, Buddhini Ranawaka, et al., including Sajjad, M. (2024). Rice–wheat comparative genomics: Gains and gaps. The Crop Journal, 12(3), 656–669.

5. Khalid, Z., Saeed, Z., Naeem, M.K. Sajjad*, M.  Anther size quantification in wheat using deep learning under normal and heat stress conditions. WheatOmics 2, 2 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1007/s44412-025-00006-2 

6.  Rasheed, A., Maqbool, S., Naseer, S., et al., including Sajjad, M. (2023). RNAseq of diverse spring wheat cultivars released during last 110 years. Scientific Data, 10, 884.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02769-w 

7. Khan, I., Wu, J., & Sajjad, M. (2022). Pollen viability-based heat susceptibility index (HSIpv): A useful selection criterion for heat-tolerant genotypes in wheat. Frontiers in Plant Science, 13. https://doi:10.3389/fpls.2022.1064569  

8. Arain S, M. Meer, M. Sajjad, H Yasmin. 2021. Light contributes to salt resistance through GAI protein regulation in Arabidopsis thaliana.  Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 159 (2021) 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plaphy.2020.12.004 

9. Shoaib, M., Yang, W., Shan, Q. Sun L, Wang D, Sajjad M, Li X,·Sun J, Liu D, Zhan K, Zhang A. 2020. TaCKX gene family, at large, is associated with thousand-grain weight and plant height in common wheat. Theor Appl Genet (2020). 133, 3151–3163 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-020-03661-6  

10. Sajjad M, X. Ma, W. Yang, Ji. Sun D. Liu and A. Zhang, 2017. TaFlo2-A1, an ortholog of rice Flo2, is associated with thousand grain weight in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). BMC Plant Biology. 17:164, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-017-1114-3 

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