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Viruses | 2014

Functional Characterization of a Bidirectional Plant Promoter from Cotton Leaf Curl Burewala Virus Using an Agrobacterium-Mediated Transient Assay

Muhammad Ashraf; Ahmad Ali Shahid; Abdul Qayyum Rao; Kamran Shehzad Bajwa; Tayyab Husnain

The C1 promoter expressing the AC1 gene, and V1 promoter expressing the AV1 gene are located in opposite orientations in the large intergenic region of the Cotton leaf curl Burewala virus (CLCuBuV) genome. Agro-infiltration was used to transiently express putative promoter constructs in Nicotiana tabacum and Gossypium hirsutum leaves, which was monitored by a GUS reporter gene, and revealed that the bidirectional promoter of CLCuBuV transcriptionally regulates both the AC1 and AV1 genes. The CLCuBuV C1 gene promoter showed a strong, consistent transient expression of the reporter gene (GUS) in N. tabacum and G. hirsutum leaves and exhibited GUS activity two- to three-fold higher than the CaMV 35S promoter. The CLCuBuV bidirectional genepromoter is a nearly constitutive promoter that contains basic conserved elements. Many cis-regulatory elements (CREs) were also analyzed within the bidirectional plant promoters of CLCuBuV and closely related geminiviruses, which may be helpful in understanding the transcriptional regulation of both the virus and host plant.


Iranian Journal of Biotechnology | 2015

Molecular and Biochemical Characterization of Cotton Epicuticular Wax in Defense Against Cotton Leaf Curl Disease

Muhammad Azmat Ullah Khan; Ahmad Ali Shahid; Abdul Qayyum Rao; Kamran Shehzad Bajwa; Adnan Muzaffar; Tahir Rehman Samiullah; Idrees Ahmad Nasir; Tayyab Husnain

BACKGROUND Gossypium arboreumis resistant to Cotton leaf curl Burewala virus and its cognate Cotton leaf curl Multan beta satellite (CLCuBuV and CLCuMB). However, the G. arboreum wax deficient mutant (GaWM3) is susceptible to CLCuV. Therefore, epicuticular wax was characterized both quantitatively and qualitatively for its role as physical barrier against whitefly mediated viral transmission and co-related with the titer of each viral component (DNA-A, alphasatellite and betasatellite) in plants. OBJECTIVES The hypothesis was the CLCuV titer in cotton is dependent on the amount of wax laid down on plant surface and the wax composition. RESULTS Analysis of the presence of viral genes, namely alphasatellite, betasatellite and DNA-A, via real-time PCR in cotton species indicated that these genes are detectable in G. hirsutum, G. harknessii and GaWM3, whereas no particle was detected in G. arboreum. Quantitative wax analysis revealed that G. arboreum contained 183 μg.cm-2 as compared to GaWM3 with only 95 μg.cm-2. G. hirsutum and G. harknessii had 130 μg.cm-2 and 146 μg.cm-2, respectively. The GCMS results depicted that Lanceol, cis was 45% in G. harknessii. Heptadecanoic acid was dominant in G. arboreum with 25.6%. GaWM3 had 18% 1,2,-Benenedicarboxylic acid. G. hirsutum contained 25% diisooctyl ester. The whitefly feeding assay with Nile Blue dye showed no color in whiteflies gut fed on G. arboreum. In contrast, color was observed in the rest of whiteflies. CONCLUSIONS From results, it was concluded that reduced quantity as well as absence of (1) 3-trifluoroacetoxytetradecane, (2) 2-piperidinone,n-|4-bromo-n-butyl|, (3) 4-heptafluorobutyroxypentadecane, (4) Silane, trichlorodocosyl-, (5) 6- Octadecenoic acid, methyl ester, and (6) Heptadecanoicacid,16-methyl-,methyl ester in wax could make plants susceptible to CLCuV, infested by whiteflies.


Frontiers in Plant Science | 2015

Stable transformation and expression of GhEXPA8 fiber expansin gene to improve fiber length and micronaire value in cotton

Kamran Shehzad Bajwa; Ahmad Ali Shahid; Abdul Qayyum Rao; Aftab Bashir; Asia Aftab; Tayyab Husnain

Cotton fiber is multigenic trait controlled by number of genes. Previous studies suggest that one of these genes may be responsible for switching cotton fiber growth on and off to influence the fiber quality produced from a cotton seed. In the present study, the Gossypium hirsutum GhEXPA8 fiber expansin gene was introduced into local cotton variety NIAB 846 by using an Agrobacterium-mediated gene transformation. The neomycin phosphotransferase (NPTII) gene was used as a selection marker for screening of putative transgenic cotton plants. Integration and expression of the fiber expansin gene in cotton plants was confirmed with molecular techniques including Southern blot analyses, real-time PCR. Cellulose assay was used for measurement of cellulose contents of transgenic cotton fiber. The data collected from 3 years of field performance of the transgenic cotton plants expressing GhEXPA8 showed that significant improvement has been made in fiber lengths and micronaire values as compared to control G. hirsutum variety NIAB 846 cotton plants. Statistical techniques were also used for analysis of fiber and agronomic characteristics. The results of this study support improvement of cotton fiber through genetic modification.


Frontiers in Plant Science | 2015

Transformation and Evaluation of Cry1Ac+Cry2A and GTGene in Gossypium hirsutum L.

Agung Nugroho Puspito; Abdul Qayyum Rao; Muhammad Hafeez; Muhammad Shahzad Iqbal; Kamran Shehzad Bajwa; Qurban Ali; Bushra Rashid; Muhammad A. Abbas; Ayesha Latif; Ahmad Ali Shahid; Idrees Ahmad Nasir; Tayyab Husnain

More than 50 countries around the globe cultivate cotton on a large scale. It is a major cash crop of Pakistan and is considered “white gold” because it is highly important to the economy of Pakistan. In addition to its importance, cotton cultivation faces several problems, such as insect pests, weeds, and viruses. In the past, insects have been controlled by insecticides, but this method caused a severe loss to the economy. However, conventional breeding methods have provided considerable breakthroughs in the improvement of cotton, but it also has several limitations. In comparison with conventional methods, biotechnology has the potential to create genetically modified plants that are environmentally safe and economically viable. In this study, a local cotton variety VH 289 was transformed with two Bt genes (Cry1Ac and Cry2A) and a herbicide resistant gene (cp4 EPSPS) using the Agrobacterium mediated transformation method. The constitutive CaMV 35S promoter was attached to the genes taken from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) and to an herbicide resistant gene during cloning, and this promoter was used for the expression of the genes in cotton plants. This construct was used to develop the Glyphosate Tolerance Gene (GTGene) for herbicide tolerance and insecticidal gene (Cry1Ac and Cry2A) for insect tolerance in the cotton variety VH 289. The transgenic cotton variety performed 85% better compared with the non-transgenic variety. The study results suggest that farmers should use the transgenic cotton variety for general cultivation to improve the production of cotton.


Frontiers in Plant Science | 2017

Molecular Approaches for High Throughput Detection and Quantification of Genetically Modified Crops: A Review

Ibrahim Bala Salisu; Ahmad Ali Shahid; Amina Yaqoob; Qurban Ali; Kamran Shehzad Bajwa; Abdul Qayyum Rao; Tayyab Husnain

As long as the genetically modified crops are gaining attention globally, their proper approval and commercialization need accurate and reliable diagnostic methods for the transgenic content. These diagnostic techniques are mainly divided into two major groups, i.e., identification of transgenic (1) DNA and (2) proteins from GMOs and their products. Conventional methods such as PCR (polymerase chain reaction) and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) were routinely employed for DNA and protein based quantification respectively. Although, these Techniques (PCR and ELISA) are considered as significantly convenient and productive, but there is need for more advance technologies that allow for high throughput detection and the quantification of GM event as the production of more complex GMO is increasing day by day. Therefore, recent approaches like microarray, capillary gel electrophoresis, digital PCR and next generation sequencing are more promising due to their accuracy and precise detection of transgenic contents. The present article is a brief comparative study of all such detection techniques on the basis of their advent, feasibility, accuracy, and cost effectiveness. However, these emerging technologies have a lot to do with detection of a specific event, contamination of different events and determination of fusion as well as stacked gene protein are the critical issues to be addressed in future.


Electronic Journal of Biotechnology | 2013

Cloning and chloroplast-targeted expression studies of insect-resistant gene with ricin fusion-gene under chloroplast transit peptide in cotton

Sarfraz Kiani; Arfan Ali; Kamran Shehzad Bajwa; Adnan Muzaffar; Muhammad Ashraf; Tahir Rehman Samiullah; Ahmad Ali Shahid; Tayyab Husnain


Australian Journal of Crop Science | 2013

Expression of Calotropis procera expansin gene CpEXPA3 enhances cotton fibre strength

Kamran Shehzad Bajwa; Ahmad Ali Shahid; Abdul Qayyum Rao; Muhammad Sarfraz Kiani; Muhammad Ashraf; Abdelhafiz Adam Dahab; Allah Bakhsh; Ayesha Latif; Muhammad Azmat Ullah Khan; Agung Nugroho Puspito; Asiya Aftab; Aftab Bashir; Tayyab Husnain


Australian Journal of Crop Science | 2013

Genetic diversity assessment of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) genotypes from Pakistan using simple sequence repeat markers

Abdelhafiz Adam Dahab; Muhammad Saeed; Bahaeldeen Babiker Mohamed; Muhammad Ashraf; Agung Nugroho Puspito; Kamran Shehzad Bajwa; Ahmad Ali Shahid; Tayyab Husnain


BMC Research Notes | 2015

Herbicide-resistant cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) plants: an alternative way of manual weed removal

Ayesha Latif; Abdul Qayyum Rao; Muhammad Azmat Ullah Khan; Naila Shahid; Kamran Shehzad Bajwa; Muhammad Ashraf; Malik Adil Abbas; M. Azam; Ahmad Ali Shahid; Idrees Ahmad Nasir; Tayyab Husnain


Australian Journal of Crop Science | 2013

Molecular characterization and phylogenetic analysis of a variant of highly infectious cotton leaf curl Burewala virus associated with CLCuD from Pakistan

Muhammad Ashraf; Ahmad Ali Shahid; Bahaeldeen Babiker Mohamed; Abdelhafiz Adam Dahab; Kamran Shehzad Bajwa; Abdul Qayyum Rao; Muhammad Azmat Ullah Khan; Muhammad Ilyas; Muhammad Saleem Haider; Tayyab Husnain

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Adnan Muzaffar

University of the Punjab

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University of the Punjab

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