Imran ul Haq Editor

Dr. Imran Ul Haq is a Plant Pathologist and specialized in Fungal Molecular taxonomy. Currently he is Associate Professor and in-charge of Fungal Molecular Biology Laboratory as well as Fungal Molecular Biology Laboratory Culture Collection (FMB-CC-UAF), in the Department of Plant Pathology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan. He is running different research projects funded by national and international agencies. His research interests are fungal molecular taxonomy, integration of nanotechnology with other control strategies for sustainable plant disease management. He has authored three Laboratory manuals, more than 50 research publications in well reputed, peer reviewed, high impacted national and international journals and book chapters. He is also author of a book “Recombinant DNA Technology”.  Dr. Siddra Ijaz is a Molecular Biologist and is currently serving as Assistant Professor in the Center of Agricultural Biochemistry and Biotechnology (CABB), University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan. She has several competitive research grants funded by national as well as international agencies, and established Molecular Biology Laboratory. Her research focus includes plant genome engineering using transgenic technologies, genome editing through CRISPR/Cas9 and nanobiotechnology. She has authored two books “Molecular Basis of Life” and “Recombinant DNA Technology” as well as book chapters. She has more than 40 publications in impact factored scientific Journals.