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Assistant Professor
Institute of Sustainable Halophyte Utilization
University of Karachi, Karachi-75270.
Phone (Off): 92-21-99261317 ext. 3333
salmang@uok.edu.pk
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| Detailed
Curriculum Vitae |
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MAJOR
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Ecology and ecophysiology of salt tolerant
grasses: Seed germination, dormancy, growth,
photosynthesis, Sustainable halophyte utilization.
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EDUCATION
Ph.D. Botany. 2002. University
of Karachi, Karachi.
Effect of salinity on the germination, dormancy,
growth and osmoregulation of
halophytic grasses from Karachi. Department
of Botany, University of Karachi.
Adviser: Prof. Dr. M. Ajmal Khan.
M.Sc., Botany/Plant
Ecology. 1991. University of Karachi, Karachi.
Project: Seed banks of coastal shrub communities.
Adviser: Prof. Dr. M. Ajmal Khan.
B.Sc. (Hons.), Botany.
1990. University of Karachi, Karachi.
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MEMBERSHIP
OF SOCIETIES
2006 onwards - International Society
for Halophyte Utilization (ISHU)
2000 onwards - Pakistan Botanical Society.
1998 - 2006 - College Teachers Botanical Society
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| ACADEMIC
AWARDS / HONORS |
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| 2007 |
Cash
award of Research Productivity Allowance (RPA)
from Pakistan Council for Science and Technology,
Islamabad. |
| 2005 |
Ranked
among the biologists of Pakistan by Pakistan
Council of Science and Technology, Islamabad
in their publication entitled "Productive
Scientists of Pakistan-2005" based on
Information Science Institute, Baltimore,
US "Journal Citation Report (JCR)". |
| 2004: |
Cash
award of Research Productivity Allowance (RPA)
from Pakistan Council for Science and Technology,
Islamabad. |
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Selected
as HEC Approved Supervisor for PhD level students
by the Higher Education Commission, Islamabad.
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| 2003: |
Ranked
among the biologists of Pakistan by Pakistan
Council of Science and Technology, Islamabad
in their publication entitled "Productive
Scientists of Pakistan-2003" based on
Information Science Institute, Baltimore,
US "Journal Citation Report (JCR)". |
| 2003: |
Cash award of as
Research Productivity Allowance (RPA) from
Pakistan Council for Science and Technology,
Islamabad. |
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| ACADEMIC
ACTIVITIES |
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2006
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Member,
Editorial Board - World Sciences Journal (International
Digital Organization for Scientific Information,
Canada) |
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2005 |
Reviewer - HEC
Research Projects, Islamabad. |
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2003
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Manuscript
Reviewer - Pakistan Journal of Botany, Pakistan. |
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2003
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Manuscript Reviewer
- Egyptian Journal of Desert Research, Cairo. |
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| PUBLICATIONS |
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- Ahmed,
M. Z, S. A. Gilani, A. Kikuchi, S. Gulzar,
M. A. Khan and K. N. Watanabe. 2011.
Population diversity of Aeluropus lagopoides:
A potential cash crop for saline land.
Pak. J. Bot., 43(1): 595-605, 2011.
- Aziz, I., B. Gul, S. Gulzar and M.A.
Khan. 2010. Seasonal variations in plant
water status of four desert halophytes
from semi-arid region of Karachi. Pakistan
Journal of Botany (accepted for publication).
- Qasim, M., S. Gulzar, Shinwari, Z.K.
and Khan, M.A. 2010. Traditional ethnobotanical
uses of halophytes From Hub, Balochistan.
Pakistan Journal of Botany. Pakistan Journal
of Botany, 42: 1543-1551.
- Qasim, M., S. Gulzar and M.A. Khan.
2009. Halophytes as medicinal plants.
In: Proceedings of International workshop
on "Urbanization, land use, land
degradation and environment", (28th
September to 2nd October, 2009), Pamukkale
University Denizli, Turkey. (accepted
for publication).
- Hameed,
A., M.Z. Ahmed, S. Gulzar and M.A. Khan.
2009. Effect of disinfectants in improving
seed germination of Suaeda fruticosa
under saline conditions. Pakistan
Journal of Botany, 41: 2639-2644.
- Gulzar,
S., M.A. Khan and Xiaojing Liu. 2007.
Seed germination strategies of Desmostachya
bipinnata: A fodder crop for saline
soils. Rangeland Ecology and Management,
60: 401-407.
- Gulzar, S. and M.A. Khan. 2006. Comparative
salt tolerance of perennial grasses. In
M.A. Khan and D.J. Weber (eds.), Ecophysiology
of High Salinity Tolerant Plants. pp.
239-253. Springer, The Netherlands.
- Aziz,
I, S. Gulzar, M. Noor and M.A. Khan. 2005.
Seasonal variation in water relations
of Halopyrum mucronatum (L.) Stapf.,
growing near Sandspit, Karachi. Pakistan
Journal of Botany, 37: 141-148.
- Gulzar,
S., M.A. Khan, I.A. Ungar and Xiaojing
Liu. 2005. Influence of salinity on
growth and osmotic relations of Sporobolus
ioclados. Pakistan Journal of Botany,
37: 119-130.
- Shaukat,
S.S. and S. Gulzar. 2004. Seed germination
of three leguminous species and a comparison
of germination velocity measures. International
Journal of Biology and Biotechnology,
1: 161-166.
- Khan,
M.A. and S. Gulzar. 2003. Light, salinity
and temperature effects on the seed germination
of perennial grasses. American Journal
of Botany. 90: 131-134.
- Gulzar,
S., M.A. Khan and I.A. Ungar. 2003.
Effects of Salinity on growth, ionic content
and plant-water relations of Aeluropus
lagopoides. Communications in Soil
Science and Plant Analysis, 34: 1657-1668.
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Gulzar, S., M. A. Khan and I.A. Ungar.
2003. Salt tolerance of a coastal
salt marsh grass. Communications in Soil
Science and Plant Analysis, 34: 2595-2605.
- Khan,
M.A. and S. Gulzar. 2003. Germination
responses of Sporobolus ioclados:
a potential forage grass. Journal of Arid
Environments, 53: 387-394.
- Gulzar,
S. and M.A. Khan. 2002. Alleviation
of salinity-induced dormancy in perennial
grasses. Biologia Plantarum, 45: 617-619.
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Gulzar, S. and M.A. Khan. 2001. Seed
germination of a halophytic grass Aeluropus
lagopoides. Annals of Botany, 87:
319-324.
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Gulzar, S., M.A. Khan and I.A. Ungar.
2001. Effect of temperature and salinity
on the germination of Urochondra setulosa.
Seed Science & Technology, 29: 21-29.
- Aziz, I., Agha F. and S. Gulzar. 1999.
Practical Botany for B.Sc. Part-II (Paper-IV).
Imran Publishers, Karachi, Pakistan. pp.44.
- Gulzar, S. and M.A. Khan. 1998. Diurnal
water relations of inland and coastal
halophytic populations from Pakistan.
Journal of Arid Environments, 40: 295-305.
- Siddiqui, Z.S., Ahmed, S. and S. Gulzar.
1997. Effect of Topsin-M (Methyl-Thiophenate)
and Bayleton (Triademiphon) on seedling
growth, biomass, nodulation and phenolic
content of Sesbania sesban (L.)
Merril. Bangladesh Journal of Botany,
26: 127-130.
- Gulzar,
S. and M.A. Khan. 1994. Seed banks
of coastal shrub communities. Ecoprint,
1:1-6.
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