Sunny Ahmar

Graduate From: Huazhong Agriculture University Wuhan, China.

Program entry year: 2020

Research interests: Plant breeding and Genetics, CRISPR/Cas9, Speed Breeding,

Research Areas Of Expertise

• Plants Tissue Culture Techniques
• Transformation of Plants
• cDNA synthesis
• CRISPR/Cas9 technology/knock out
• sgRNA analysis
• Gene Cloning
• RNA & DNA analysis
• Primer designing & CRISPR edit primer designing
• Transgenic Plant analysis
• SDS-PAGE analysis/Hi-tom screening of Mutant plants
• RT-PCR & QRT-PCR

Publications:

1. Sunny Ahmar, Sumbul Saeed, Muhammad Hafeez Ullah Khan, Shahid Ullah Khan, Freddy Mora, Muhammad Kamran, Aroosha Faheem, Ambreen Maqsood, Muhammad Rauf, Saba Saleem, and Ki-Hong Jung*. A Revolution towards Gene-editing Technology and its Application for Crop Improvement.2020. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 21(16), 5665. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms21165665 (IF: 4.55).

2. Sunny Ahmar, Gill RA, Jung KH, Faheem A, Qasim MU, Mubeen M, Zhou W. Conventional and Molecular Techniques from Simple Breeding to Speed Breeding in Crop Plants: Recent Advances and Future Outlook. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2020 Jan;21(7):2590. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms21072590 (IF: 4.55).

3. Kamran, Muhammad, Aasma Parveen, Sunny Ahmar*, Zaffar Malik, Sajid Hussain, Muhammad Sohaib Chattha, Muhammad Hamzah Saleem, Muhammad Adil, Parviz Haidari, and Jen-Tsung Chen. “An Overview of Hazardous Impacts of Soil Salinity in Crops, Tolerance Mechanisms, and Amelioration through Selenium Supplementation.” International Journal of Molecular Sciences 21, no. 1 (2020): 148. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms21010148 (IF: 4.55). (Correspondence Author).

4. Tahir Mahmood ^1,2$, Muhammad Abdullah^1,4S,Sunny Ahmar ^1S, Muhammad Yasir¹, Muhammad Shahid Iqbal^1,2,7, Muhmmad Yasir², Shoaib ul Rehman^{8 6}, Sulaiman Ahmed⁵, Rashid Mehmood Rana1, Abdul Ghafoor^{6 7}, Muhammad Kausar Nawaz Shah^1*, Xiongming Du^2*, and Freddy Mora-Poblete^{8 *}.”Incredible role of osmotic adjustment in grain yield 3 sustainability under water scarcity conditions in 4 Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) “ Plants https://doi.org/10.3390/plants9091208 (IF: 2.70) (Equal Contribution).

5. Shahid Ullah Khan, Muhammad Hafeez Ullah Khan, Sunny Ahmar, Churchman Fan*, Comprehensive study and multipurpose role of the CLV3/ESR-related (CLE) genes family in plant growth development”. 2020. Journal of Cellular Physiology. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcp.30021 (IF: 5.54).

7. Muhammad Hafeez Ullah Khan, Limin Hu, Zhu Miaoshan, Zhai Yungu, Shahid Ullah Khan Sunny Ahmar, Olalekan Amoo, Zhang Kunpeng, Churchman Fan*, YongmingZhou¹.Targeted mutagenesis of EOD3 gene in napus L. regulates seed production. 2020. Journal of Cellular Physiology. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcp.29986 (IF: 5.54).
8. Maqsood, A.; Wu, C.; Ahmar, S.; Wu, H. Cytological and Gene Profile Expression Analysis Reveals Modification in Metabolic Pathways and Catalytic Activities Induce Resistance in Botrytis cinerea Against Iprodione Isolated from Tomato. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2020, 21, 4865. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms21144865  (IF: 4.55).
9. Muhammad Uzair Qasim, Qing Zhao, Muhammad Shahid, Rana Abdul Samad, Sunny Ahmar, Jian Wu, Chuchuan Fan, Yongming Zhou*, 2020. Identification of QTLs containing resistance genes for Sclerotinia stem rot in Brassica napus using comparative transcriptomic studies Frontier in Plant Sciences. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2020.00776  (IF 4.40).
10. Altaf, Muhammad Ahsan; Shahid, Rabia; Ren, Ming-Xun; Mora-Poblete, Freddy; Arnao, MB; Naz, Safina; Anwar, Muhammad; Altaf, Muhammad Mohsin; Shahid, Sidra; Shakoor, Awais; Sohail, Hamza; Ahmar, Sunny; Kamran, Muhammad; Chen, Jen-Tsung. 2020. “Phytomelatonin: An overview of the importance and mediating functions of melatonin against environmental stresses” Physiologia Plantarum https://doi.org/10.1111/ppl.13262  (IF: 4.1).
11. Carlos Maldonado, Freddy Mora, Rodrigo Contreras- Soto, Sunny Ahmar, Jen-Tsung Chen, Antônio Teixeira do Amaral Júnior and Carlos Alberto Scapim. 2020. Genome-wide prediction of complex traits in two economically important plant species through Deep Learning and Bayesian Regularized Neural Network. Frontiers in Plant Science. (IF: 4.4).
12. Freddy Mora-Poblete, Paulina Ballesta, Marco Molina-Montenegro, Roslyn Gleadow, Sunny Ahmar and Felipe Jiménez-Aspee. 2020. After 17 dry seasons: genomic heritability, genome-wide prediction and association for cyanogenic glycosides, sugars, proline and pigments in Eucalyptus cladocalyx. Physiologia Plantarum. (IF: 4.1) (Accepted).
13. Guangqi Gao; Jinhong Kan; Congcong Jiang; Sunny Ahmar; Jing Zhang; Ping Yang. 2020. Genome-wide diversity analysis of TCP transcription factors revealed the cases of selection from wild to cultivated barley, Functional & Integrative Genomics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10142-020-00759-4  (IF: 3.05).
14. Maqsood, A.; Wu, H.; Kamran, M.; Altaf, H.; Mustafa, A.; Ahmar, S.; Hong, N.T.T.; Tariq, K.; He, Q.; Chen, J.-T. Variations in Growth, Physiology, and Antioxidative Defense Responses of Two Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) Cultivars after Co-Infection of Fusarium oxysporum and Meloidogyne incognita. Agronomy 2020, 10, 159. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy10020159 (IF 2.60).
15. Hira Zulfiqar, Muhammad Shahbaz, Muhammad Ahsan, Muhammad Nafees, Hammad Nadeem, Muhammad Akram, Ambreen Maqsood, Sunny Ahmar, Muhammad Kamran, Saud Alamri, Manzer H. Siddiqui, Shah Saud & Shah Fahad. Strigolactone (GR24) Induced Salinity Tolerance in Sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) by Ameliorating Morpho-Physiological and Biochemical Attributes Under In Vitro Conditions. J Plant Growth Regul (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00344-020-10256-4 (IF: 2.67).
16. Azhar Hussain, Maqshoof Ahmad, Muhammad Nafees, Zafar Iqbal, Muhammad Luqman, Moazzam Jamil, Ambreen Maqsood, Freddy Mora-Poblete, Sunny Ahmar, Jen-Tsung Chen*.2020. Bacillus and Paenibacillus bacterial species for wheat biofortification. Plos One (IF: 2.7) (Accepted).
17. Naveed, M.; Sajid, H.; Mustafa, A.; Niamat, B.; Ahmad, Z.; Yaseen, M.; Kamran, M.; Rafique, M.; Ahmar, S.; Chen, J.-T. Alleviation of Salinity-Induced Oxidative Stress, Improvement in Growth, Physiology and Mineral Nutrition of Canola (Brassica napus L.) through Calcium- Fortified Composted Animal Manure. Sustainability 2020, 12, 846. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12030846  (IF 2.57).
18. Nafees, M.; Jafar Jaskani, M.; Ahmad, I.; Maryam; Ashraf, I.; Maqsood, A.; Ahmar, S.; Azam, M.; Hussain, S.; Hanif, A.; Chen, J.-T. Biochemical Analysis of Organic Acids and Soluble Sugars in Wild and Cultivated Pomegranate Germplasm Based in Pakistan. Plants 2020, 9, 493. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants9040493 (IF 2.60).
19. Ahmad HI, Neves F, Ahmad MJ, Ahmar S, Elokil AA, Chen J. The domestication makeup: evolution, survival, and challenges. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 2020; 8:103. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2020.00103 (IF 2.4).
20. Ali, T.; Nafees, M.; Maqsood, A.; Naqvi, S.A.; Shahzad, U.; Haider, M.S.; Aslam, M.N.; Shafqat, W.; Hameed, M.; Khan, I.A.; Ahmar, S.; Jafar Jaskani, M.; Chen, J.-T. Contribution of Root Anatomical Characteristics in Fruit Profile of Pomegranate Genotypes to Expand Production Area in Pakistan. Agronomy 2020, 10, 810. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy10060810 (IF 2.60).
21. Muhammad Hamza Saleem, Muhammad Kamran; Muzammal Rehman; Aasma Parveen; Sunny Ahmar; Muhammad Aqeel; Naeem Iqbal; Qasim Ali; Tariq Javed; Muhammad Hafeez Ullah Khan; Bo Wang; Lijun Liu*. 2019. Morpho-physiological, gaseous exchange response sand copper phytoextraction potential of Flax (Linum usitatissimum L.) grown in a soil differentially spiked with copper. Journal of Environmental Management. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.109994  (IF: 5.64) 
22. Saleem, M.H., Fahad, S., Khan, S.U., Ahmar, S., Khan, M.H.U., Rehman, M., Maqbool, Z. and Liu, L., 2019. Morpho-physiological traits, gaseous exchange attributes, and phytoremediation potential of jute (Corchorus capsularis L.) grown in different concentrations of copper- contaminated soil. Ecotoxicology and environmental safety, p.109915. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2019.109915  (IF 4.87).
23. Mubeen M, Iftikhar Y, Ahmar S, Abbas A, Hassan F, Murtaza M, Province H. Management of Termites Using Wood Extractives and Microbes: A Mini Review. 2019 Inst. Int. J. Life. Sci. SSN (O): 2581-8740 | ISSN (P): 2581-873.
24. Haroon M, Afzal R, Idrees F, Sunny A, Khan AS. Genome Editing and Speed Breeding; Game Changers to Boost the Crop Production. The International Journal of Biological Research (TIJOBR), ISSN Online: 2618-1444 Vol. 2(2) June-Aug, 295-300; 2019.
25. Ahmar, S., Liaqat, N., Hussain, M., Salim, M. A., Shabbir, M. A., Ali, M. Y., … & Rizwan, M. (2019). Effect of Abiotic Stresses on Brassica Species and Role of Transgenic Breeding for Adaptation. Asian Journal of Research in Crop Science, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.9734/ajrcs/2019/v3i130037
26. Ahmar, S., Siddique, S., Banoori, S.H., Watto, F.M., 2017. Nanotechnology to enhance crop growth, development and production for sustainable Agriculture. J Innov Bio-Res. 1(1): 113-121.

Scientific Collaborations

1.Prediction of cyanogenic glycosides in Eucalyptus cladocalyx trees  through spectral reflectance parameters

Prof. Dr. Freddy Mora The University of Talca, Chile.

2.Plant-growth-promoting Bacillus and Paenibacillus species improve the nutritional status of Triticum aestivum L

Prof. Jen-Tsung Chen, Department of Life Sciences, National University of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

3.Genome-wide comparative analysis of TIFY gene family in Zea mays and Solanum lycopersicum

Dr. Parviz Heidari, Faculty of Agriculture, Shahrood University of Technology, Shahrood Iran

CONFERENCES

1. 5th International conference on “Genomics and Crop Genetics Improvement-Molecular Breeding (March, 2018)” at Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, P.R. China.
2.   6th International conference on “Genomics and Crop Genetics Improvement-Molecular Breeding (October, 2019)” at Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, P.R. China.

    HONORS AND AWARDS

   Winner of “Chinese Government Scholarship (CGS) Funded by China Scholarship Council (CSC)” from 2017-2020 for master degree.