Dr. Zahid Hameed Siddiqui
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Dr. Zahid Hameed Siddiqui

Assistant Professor
University of Tabuk, Saudi Arabia

Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Botany from Hamdard University, New Delhi, India

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Biography

Dr. Zahid Siddiqui is currently working as an assistant professor at the University of Tabuk, KSA. He has completed his Ph.D. in Botany from Hamdard University, India. His main areas of interest focus on plant biotechnology and plants and the environment. His area of expertise includes plant tissue culture, transformation, molecular biology, and metabolomics. He has 43 publications in journals.

Area of Interest:

Plant Biology
100%
Plant Biotechnology
62%
Plant Bioactive compounds
90%
Plant Physiology
75%
Plant Biochemistry
55%

Research Publications in Numbers

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Selected Publications

  1. Khan, M.N., M. Mobin, Z.K. Abbas, K.A. AlMutairi and Z.H. Siddiqui, 2017. Role of nanomaterials in plants under challenging environments. Plant Physiol. Biochem., 110: 194-209.
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  2. Khosla, R. and Z.H. Siddiqui, 2016. Basics of Environmental Sciences. Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi, India.
  3. Wattal, R.K. and Z.H. Siddiqui, 2015. Effect of Elevated Levels of Carbon Dioxide on the Activity of RuBisCO and Crop Productivity. In: Crop Production and Global Environmental Issues, Hakeem, K.R. (Ed.). Springer, Netherland, ISBN: 978-3-319-23161-7, pp: 241-256.
  4. Parween, T., S. Jan, Mahmooduzzafar, T. Fatma and Z.H. Siddiqui, 2014. Selective effect of pesticides on plant: A review. Crit. Rev. Food Sci. Nutr., 10.1080/10408398.2013.787969.
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  5. Siddiqui, Z.H., A. Mujib, Mahmooduzzafar, J. Aslam, K.R. Hakeem and T. Parween, 2013. In vitro production of secondary metabolites using elicitor in Catharanthus roseus: A case study. In: Crop Improvement. Hakeem, K.R., P. Ahmad and M. Ozturk (Ed.). Springer US., USA., ISBN: 978-1-4614-7027-4, pp: 401-419.
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  6. Aslam, J., Z.H. Siddiqui and Z. Ali, 2013. Somatic Embryogenesis In Ornamentals And Fruit Yielding Plants. In: Somatic Embryogenesis And Genetic Transformation In Plants. Aslam, J., P.S. Srivastava and M.P. Sharma (Ed.). Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi, India, ISBN: 978-81-8487-227-9, pp: 39-74.
  7. Siddiqui, Z.H. and A. Mujib, 2012. Accumulation of vincristine in calcium chloride elicitated Catharanthus roseus cultures. Nat. Prod. J., 2: 307-315.
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  8. Mujib, A., A. Ilah, J. Aslam, S. Fatima, Z.H. Siddiqui and M. Maqsood, 2012. Catharanthus roseus alkaloids: Application of biotechnology for improving yield. Plant Growth Regul., 68: 111-127.
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  9. Maqsood, M., A. Mujib, Z.H. Siddiqui and Dipti, 2012. Application of Protoplast Technology in Catharanthus roseus: A Tool to Improve Alkaloid Yield. In: Recent Progress in Medicinal Plants: Ethnomedicine and Therapeutic Validation, Studium Press, USA., ISBN-13: 9781933699226, pp: 1-14.
  10. Maqsood, M., A. Mujib and Z.H. Siddiqui, 2012. Synthetic seed development and conversion to plantlet in Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don. Biotechnology, 11: 37-43.
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  11. Siddiqui, Z.H., A. Mujib and M. Maqsood, 2011. Liquid overlaying improves somatic embryogenesis in Catharanthus roseus. Plant Cell Tissue Org. Cult., 104: 247-256.
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  12. Maqsood, M., A. Mujib and Z.H. Siddiqui, 2011. Protplast technology and its application in catharanthus roseus: A possibility in improving yield of alkaloids. Prog. Med. Plants Vol. 32. (In Press). .
  13. Hakeem, K., R. Chandna and Z.H. Siddiqui, 2011. Understanding Plant Processes through Proteomics: Unraveling the Hidden Truth. Lap Lambert Publishing, Germany, ISBN-13: 978-3-8454-2485-9, Pages: 136.
  14. Siddiqui, Z.H., A. Mujib, M.A. Ahmad and A. Ali, 2010. Fungal Elicitors: A Potent Approach for Enhancing Secondary Metabolites in Cultured Cells. In: Fungal Biochemistry and Biotechnology. Gupta, V.K., M. Tuohy, R.K. Gaur (Ed.). Lap Lambert Academic Publishing AG and CO. KG, Germany., ISBN: 978-3-8433-5800-2, pp: 88-104.
  15. Aslam, J., S.H. Khan, Z.H. Siddiqui, Z. Fatima and M. Maqsood et al., 2010. Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don. An important drug: It's applications and production. Pharma. Globale (IJCP) Vol. 4. .
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  16. Siddiqui, Z.H., A. Mujib, S. Fatima and R. Kapoor, 2009. Somatic embryogenesis and genetic improvement of selected ornamentals (chrysanthemum, euphorbia, cadmium and cyclamen)- A review. Floricult. Ornament. Biotechnol., 3: 1-9.
  17. Fatima, S., A. Mujib, S.A. Nasim and Z.H. Siddiqui, 2009. Cryopreservation of embryogenic cell suspensions of Catharanthus roseus L. (G) Don. Plant Cell Tiss. Org. Cult., 98: 1-9.
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