{"id":2,"date":"2012-06-08T19:09:54","date_gmt":"2012-06-09T00:09:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.brandonu.ca\/ahmad\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2014-03-10T15:47:16","modified_gmt":"2014-03-10T20:47:16","slug":"dr","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/people.brandonu.ca\/ahmad\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Faiz Ahmad"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-6\" title=\"Dr. Faiz Ahmad\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/people.brandonu.ca\/ahmad\/files\/2012\/06\/ahmad.jpg\" width=\"220\" height=\"270\" \/>Courses:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>15:162 Biology I<\/li>\n<li>15:263 Plant Science<\/li>\n<li>15:282 Genetics Principles<\/li>\n<li>15:293 Plant and Microbial Breeding<\/li>\n<li>15:474 DNA Technology: Principles and Applications<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Academic Qualifications:<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Ph.D.\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0 (Crop Science : Plant Genetics and Breeding)\u00a0\u00a0 University of Saskatchewan (1988), Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada<\/p>\n<p><strong>M.Sc.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 (Crop Science : Plant Genetics and Breeding)\u00a0\u00a0 University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (1984), Canada<\/p>\n<p><strong>M.Sc.<\/strong> (Agriculture)\u00a0\u00a0 (Plant Genetics and Breeding)\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gbpuat.ac.in\/acads\/cag\/genetics.htm\">G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology<\/a> (1980), Pantnagar, India<\/p>\n<p><strong>B.Sc.\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0 (Botany, Zoology, Chemistry)\u00a0\u00a0 Gorakhpur University (1977), Gorakhpur, India<\/p>\n<h2>Other Positions Held:<\/h2>\n<p><strong>(Sabbatical Leave) Visiting Scientist-Pulse Program<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 Crop Development Centre &amp; Plant Science Department, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada<\/p>\n<p><strong>Research Scientist\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0 Forage Crop Genetics and Breeding, Agriculture &amp; Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada<\/p>\n<p><strong>Associate Research Scientist\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0 Universit\u00e9 Laval, Ste-Foy, Qu\u00e9bec, Canada<\/p>\n<p><strong>Research Associate<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 Dept. of Agronomy, U of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, USA<\/p>\n<p><strong>NSERC Canadian Government Laboratory Visiting Fellow<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 Agriculture &amp; Agri-Food Canada, Ste-Foy, Qu\u00e9bec, Canada<\/p>\n<h2>Research Interests:<\/h2>\n<p>Genetics of food and medicinal plants, molecular cytogenetics, genetic conservation, plant biotechnology, plant molecular biology, plant tissue culture, wide hybridization and alien gene introgression, doubled haploid technology.<\/p>\n<p>McNeil D, Ahmad F, Abbo S, Bahl PN 2007. <em>Genetics and Cytogenetics.<\/em> In Yadav S S, Redden R, Chen W and Sharma B (eds) : Chickpea Breeding and Management. CAB International Publishing, Oxfordshire, UK.<\/p>\n<p>Vipulananthan N and Ahmad F 2007. <em>Genetic Analysis in the interspecific hybrid Phalaris minor for parental species determination.<\/em> Paper presented at the 2007 Prairie University Biology Symposium (PUBS), Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Balasubramanian P, Ahmad F, Vandenberg A and Hucl PJ 2006. <em>Barriers to interspecific hybridization of common bean with Phaseolus angustissimus A. Gray and P. filiformis Bentham.<\/em> Journal of Genetics and Breeding 59 : 321-327.<\/p>\n<p>Ahmad F 2005. <em>An analysis of interspecific crossability among the six tertiary gene pool annual species of Cicer L.<\/em> Presented at the Fourth International Food Legume Research Conference. Oct 18-22, 2005, New Delhi, India, In Kharkwal M C (ed) : 4th International Food Legume Research Conference &#8211; Abstracts. IARI, New Delhi, India, pp 45.<\/p>\n<p>Ahmad F, Gaur P M and Croser J S 2005. <em>Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.).<\/em> In Singh R J and Jauhar P P (eds) : Genetic Resources, Chromosome Engineering, and Crop Improvement, Volume 1 : Grain Legumes. CRC Press, Boca Raton, USA, pp 187-217.<\/p>\n<p>Ahmad F, and Slinkard AE 2004. <em>The extent of embryo and endosperm growth following interspecific hybridization between Cicer arietinum L. and related annual wild species.<\/em> Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 51 : 765-772.<\/p>\n<p>Li HJ, Conner RL, Chen Q, Graf RJ, Laroche A, Ahmad F, Kuzyk AD 2004. <em>Promising genetic resources for resistance to wheat streak mosaic virus and the wheat curl mite in wheat-Thinopyrum partial amphiploids and their relatives.<\/em> Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 51 : 827-835.<\/p>\n<p>Ahmad F, and Slinkard AE 2003. <em>Limitations to bridge-species facilitated alien gene transfers in chickpea: pre-fertilization events.<\/em> Journal of Genetics and Breeding 57 : 69-74.<\/p>\n<p>Balasubramanian P, Ahmad F, Vandenberg A, Hucl P 2003. <em>Barriers to interspecific hybridization in Phaseolus backcrosses.<\/em> Poster presented at the North American Pea Improvement Association\/Bean Improvement Conference, Oct 24-30, Sacramento, USA.<\/p>\n<p>Chen Q, Conner RL, Li HJ, Sun SC, Ahmad F, Laroche A and Graf R 2003. <em>Molecular cytogenetic discrimination and reaction to wheat streak mosaic virus and the wheat curl mite in Zhong series of wheat-Thinopyrum intermedium partial amphiploids.<\/em> Genome 46 : 135 145.<\/p>\n<p>Croser JS, Ahmad F, Clarke HJ, and Siddique KHM 2003. <em>Use of wild Cicer in chickpea improvement- progress, constraints and prospects.<\/em> Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 54 : 429-444.<\/p>\n<p>Lulsdorf M, Ahmad F, Banniza S, Warkentin T and Vandenberg A 2003. <em>Development of new and effective sources of ascochyta blight resistance in chickpea.<\/em> Poster presented at the conference &#8220;Pulse Days-2003&#8221;, Jan 6-7, Saskatoon, Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Navid E L and Ahmad F 2003. <em>Genetic analysis and characterization of commercially relevant Echinacea species using traditional, molecular and cytological techniques.<\/em> Poster presented at the 2003 Prairie University Biology Symposium (PUBS), Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Chen Q, Conner RL and Ahmad F 2002. <em>Genomic in situ hybridization as a means of analyzing chromosome pairing in Triticum aestivum x Thinopyrum ponticum hybrids.<\/em> Journal of Genetics and Breeding 56 : 237-244.<\/p>\n<p>Ahmad F, Lulsdorf M, Balasubramanian P, Tullu A, Warkentin T, and Vandenberg A 2002. <em>Using wild related species of pulse crops : limitations and prospects for crop improvement.<\/em> Poster presented at the conference &#8220;Pulse Days-2002&#8221;, Jan 7-8, Saskatoon, Canada, pp 77.<\/p>\n<p>Tullu A, Buchwaldt L, Lulsdorf M, Ahmad F, Banniza S, Warkentin T, Ta\u2019ran B, Sarkar A, Valkoun J, Barlow B, Breitkrutz C, McHale S and Vandenberg A 2002. <em>Exploitation of the wild species of lentil for better disease resistance in Canadian lentil varieties.<\/em> Poster presented at the conference &#8220;Pulse Days-2002&#8221;, Jan 7-8, Saskatoon, Canada, pp 83.<\/p>\n<p>Chen Q, Conner RL, Laroche A and Ahmad F 2001. <em>Molecular cytogenetic evidence for a high level of chromosome pairing among different genomes in Triticum aestivum-Thinopyrum intermedium hybrids.<\/em> Theoretical and Applied Genetics 102 : 847-852.<\/p>\n<p>Chen Q, Eudes F, Conner RL, Graf R, Comeau A, Collin J, Ahmad F, Zhou R, Li H, Zhao Y and Laroche A 2001. <em>Molecular cytogenetic analysis of a durum wheat x Thinopyrum distichum hybrid used as a new source of resistance to Fusarium head blight in the greenhouse.<\/em> Plant Breeding 120 : 375-380.<\/p>\n<p>Ahmad F 2000. <em>A comparative study of chromosome morphology among the nine annual species of Cicer L.<\/em> Cytobios 101 : 37-53.<\/p>\n<p>Ahmad F and Chen Q 2000. <em>Meiosis in Cicer L. species : the relationship between chiasma frequency and genome length.<\/em> Cytologia 65 : 161-166.<\/p>\n<p>Ahmad F, Comeau A, Chen Q, Collin J and St-Pierre CA 2000. <em>Radiation induced wheat-rye translocations in triticale : optimizing the dose using fluorescence in situ hybridization.<\/em> Cytologia 65 : 1-6.<\/p>\n<p>Ahmad F, Comeau A and Chen Q 2000. <em>Monitoring alien chromatin in Triticeae wide hybrids by in situ molecular-cytogenetic procedure.<\/em> Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Genetics Society of Canada, June 14-17, Vancouver, Canada.<\/p>\n<h2>Additional Materials:<\/h2>\n<p>A pair of rye chromosomes substituting in a 2n=42 wheat genome<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/people.brandonu.ca\/ahmad\/files\/2012\/06\/rye_chromosomes_ahmad.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-39\" title=\"Rye Chromosomes\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/people.brandonu.ca\/ahmad\/files\/2012\/06\/rye_chromosomes_ahmad-300x205.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/people.brandonu.ca\/ahmad\/files\/2012\/06\/rye_chromosomes_ahmad-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/people.brandonu.ca\/ahmad\/files\/2012\/06\/rye_chromosomes_ahmad.jpg 680w\" 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