122       Li L, Liu J, Hassan MA, Wang D, Wang K, Fei S, Zeng J, Rasheed A, Xia X, He Z, He Y. (2025) High-throughput phenotyping discovers new stable loci controlling senescence rate in bread wheat. The Crop Journal  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cj.2025.04.011

121       Li L, Hassan MA, Wang D, Wan G, Beegum S, Rasheed A, Xia X, He Y, Zhang Y, He Z, Liu J. (2025) RGB imaging and computer vision-based approaches for identifying spike number loci for wheat. Plant Phenomics 13:100051 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plaphe.2025.100051

120       Yan Y, Wang ML, Zhang Z, Liu G, Wei WX, Shi XT, Lan C, Zhang X, Xu S, Baloch FS, Rasheed A. (2025) Suppressing wheat sucrose phosphate synthase 1-B protects wheat against stripe rust. Journal of Advanced Research https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jare.2025.04.048

119       Gao S, Yu T, Rasheed A, Wang J, Crossa J, Hearne S, Li H. (2025) Fast‐forwarding plant breeding with deep learning‐based genomic prediction. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology  https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.13914

118       Khalid M, Khalid Z, Ahmed Z, Hickey L, Rasheed A, Gul A, Amir R. (2025) Genome-wide association of root growth angle, seminal root numbers, and leaf area in the synthetic hexaploid wheat diversity panel. Plant Gene 43:100507 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plgene.2025.100507

117       Rasheed A, Liu J, Appels R, He Z. (2025) Mobilizing Triticeae diversity from gene banks to farmer’s field. Molecular Plant 8(4):566-9  10.1016/j.molp.2025.03.006 

116       Majeed K, Sufyan M, Abbasi K, Ahsan R, Bux H, Zakria M, Fayyaz M, Mirza JI, Ali M, Rasheed A*, He Z. (2025) Stripe rust resistance in historical wheat cultivars at seedling and adult plant stages and tagging effective resistance genes using molecular markers. Journal of Plant Pathology 1-2 10.1007/s42161-025-01832-2

115       Shaheen A, Li Z, Yang Y, Xie J, Zhu L, Li C, Nie F, Wang M, Wang Y, Rasheed A, Li H. Genetic regulation of wheat plant architecture and future prospects for its improvement. New Crops 2:100048 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ncrops.2024.100048

114       Wang M, Li Z, Wang H, Zhao J, Zhang Y, Lin K, Zheng S, Feng Y, Zhang YE, Teng W, Tong Y. (2024) A quantitative computational framework for allopolyploid single-cell data integration and core gene ranking in development. Molecular Biology and Evolution msae178. https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msae178

113       Awan MJ, Amin I, Rasheed A, Saeed NA, Mansoor S. (2024) Knockout mutation in TaD27 enhances number of productive tillers in hexaploid wheat. Frontiers in Genome Editing 26:1455761 https://doi.org/10.3389/fgeed.2024.1455761

112       Qayyum H, Tian W, Gong X, Zhi L, Raza A, Xia X, Gou J, He Z, Rasheed A. (2024) Modern wheat varieties demonstrated higher grain yield and health-promoting ferulic acid than old varieties in Pakistan. ACS Food Science & Technology 4(11):2699-706 https://doi.org/10.1021/acsfoodscitech.4c00617

111       Cheng, S., Feng, C., Wingen, L.U. et al. (2024) Harnessing landrace diversity empowers wheat breeding. Nature 632, 823–831. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07682-9

110       Farooq MA, Gao S, Hassan MA, Huang Z, Rasheed A, Hearne S, Prasanna B, Li X, Li H (2024) Artificial intelligence in plant breeding. Trends in Genetics 40(10) 891-908 10.1016/j.tig.2024.07.001

109       Sun M, Tong J, Dong Y, Pu Z, Zheng J, Zhang Y, Zhang X, Hao C, Xu X, Cao Q, Rasheed A, Ali MA, Cao S, Xia X, He Z, Ni Z, Hao Y (2024) Molecular characterization of QTL for grain zinc and iron concentrations in wheat landrace Chinese Spring. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 137, 148. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-024-04661-6

108       Awan MJA, Farooq MA, Naqvi RZ, Karamat U, Bukhari SAR, Waqas MAB, Mahmood MA, Buzdar MI, Rasheed A, Amin I, Saeed NA, Mansoor S (2024) Deciphering the differential expression patterns of yield-related negative regulators in hexaploid wheat cultivars and hybrids at different growth stages. Molecular Biology Reports 51, 537. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11033-024-09454-0

107       Khan MA, Tian Y, Qayyum H, Iltaf B, Danyal Y, Farroq MA, Ilyas MK, Mahmood Z, Rehman S, Liu J, Rasheed A* (2024) Allelic variation in major genes and quantitative trait loci associated with grain number in historical spring wheat cultivars. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution https://doi.org/10.1007/s10722-024-02029-9

106       Rauf A, Sher MA, Farooq U, Rasheed A, Sajjad M, Jing RL, Khan Z, Attia K, Mohammed AA, Fiaz MS, Chen J, Rehman SU (2024) An SNP based genotyping assay for genes associated with drought tolerance in bread wheat. Molecular Biology Reports 51, 527  https://doi.org/10.1007/s11033-024-09481-x

105       Naseer S, Sun M, Bibi B, Qayyum H, Khan MR, Hao C, Zhang X, Hao Y, Rasheed A*, He Z, (2024) Transcriptomics of developing grains reveals putative candidate genes for grain zinc and iron in bread wheat cultivar Zincol-2016. Journal of Cereal Science 118:103966 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcs.2024.103966

104       Khan MA, Tian Y, Qayyum H, Rasheed A*, He ZH (2024) Allelic variation in Puroindoline genes in synthetic hexaploid wheats and development of allele-specific PCR markers for new soft-texture allele. Cereal Research Communications https://doi.org/10.1007/s42976-024-00497-4

103       Cao S, Liu B, Wang D, Rasheed A, Xie L, Xia X, He Z (2024) Orchestrating seed storage protein and starch accumulation toward overcoming yield–quality trade‐off in cereal crops. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.13633

102       Zaman Z, Iqbal R, Jabbar A, Zahra N, Saleem B, Kiran A, Maqbool S, Rasheed A, Naeem MK, Khan MR. (2024) Genetic Signature Controlling Root System Architecture in Diverse Spring Wheat Germplasm. Physiologia Plantarum176(1):e14183.

101       Morgounov A, Babkenov A, Ben C, Chudinov V, Dolinny Y, Dreisigacker S, Fedorenko E, Gentzbittel L, Rasheed A, Savin T, Shepelev S. (2024) Molecular Markers Help with Breeding for Agronomic Traits of Spring Wheat in Kazakhstan and Siberia. Genes 15(1):86.

100       Sun M, Luo Q, Zheng Q, Tong J, Wang Y, Song J, Zhang Y, Pu Z, Zheng J, Liu L, Zhou A. (2023) Molecular characterization of stable QTL and putative candidate genes for grain zinc and iron concentrations in two related wheat populations. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 136:217 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-023-04467-y

99         Chen T, Li L, Liu D, Tian Y, Li L, Zeng J, Rasheed A, Cao S, Xia X, He Z, Liu J. (2023) Genome wide linkage mapping for black point resistance in a recombinant inbred line population of Zhongmai 578 and Jimai 22. Journal of Integrative Agriculture. 2024 Jan 3.

98         Tahir T, Rasheed A, Kayani S, Shahzad A. (2023) High-throughput digital imaging analysis for grain morphology of historical wheat cultivars of Pakistan. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution. 2023 Dec 11:1-0. [Citations: 1]

97         Maqbool S, Naseer S, Zahra N, Rasool F, Qayyum H, Majeed K, Jahanzaib M, Sajjad M, Fayyaz M, Naeem MK, Khan MR. Rasheed A*, Li H (2023) RNAseq of diverse spring wheat cultivars released during last 110 years. Scientific Data. [Citations: 1]

96         Rabieyan E, Darvishzadeh R, Mohammadi R, Gul A, Rasheed A, Akhar FK, Abdi H, Alipour H. (2023) Genetic diversity, linkage disequilibrium, and population structure of tetraploid wheat landraces originating from Europe and Asia. BMC Genomics 14;24(1):682. [Citations: 2]

95         Yan Y, Li XM, Chen Y, Wu TT, Ding CH, Zhang MQ, Guo YT, Wang CY, Zhang J, Zhang X, Rasheed A. (2023) Phosphorylation of KAT-2B by WKS1/Yr36 redirects the lipid flux to jasmonates to enhance resistance against wheat stripe rust. Journal of Genetics and Genomics. 50(11):872-82. [Citations: 1]

94         Li L, Hassan MA, Song J, Xie Y, Rasheed A, Yang S, Li H, Liu P, Xia X, He Z, Xiao Y (2023). UAV-based RGB imagery and ground measurements for high-throughput phenotyping of senescence and QTL mapping in bread wheat. Crop Science 00, 00–00. https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.21086.

93         Maqbool S, Saeed F, Maqbool A, Khan MI, Ali M, Rasheed A*, Xia XC, He ZH (2023) Genome-wide association study for phosphate responsive root hair length and density in bread wheat. Current Plant Biology 35–36, 100290, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpb.2023.100290.

92         Ali A, Ullah Z, Sher H,  Rasheed A (2023) Water stress effects on stay green and chlorophyll fluorescence with focus on yield characteristics of diverse bread wheats. Planta 257, 104 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00425-023-04140-0. [Citations: 3]

91         Tong J, Zhao C, Sun M, Fu L, Song J, Liu D, Zhang Y, Zheng J, Pu Z, Liu L, Rasheed A. (2022) High resolution genome wide association studies reveal rich genetic architectures of grain zinc and iron in common wheat (Triticum aestivum l.). Frontiers in Plant Science 16;13:840614 [Citations: 14]

90         Yan Y, Wang ML, Guo YT, Ding CH, Niu KX, Li XM, Sun C, Dong Z, Cui D, Rasheed A, Hao C, Zhang X, Guo G, Ni Z, Sun Q, Chen F, Gou JY (2023), HSP90.2 promotes CO₂ assimilation rate, grain weight and yield in wheat. Plant Biotechnology Journal 21: 1229-1239. https://doi.org/10.1111/pbi.14032.

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89         Maqbool S, Ahmad S, Kainat Z, Khan MI, Maqbool A, Hassan MA, Rasheed A*, He ZH (2022) Root system architecture of historical spring wheat cultivars is associated with alleles and transcripts of major functional genes. BMC Plant Biology https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-022-03937-7. [Citations: 8]

88         Wang K, Abid MA, Rasheed A, Crossa J, Hearne S, Li H (2022) DNNGP, a deep neural network-based method for genomic prediction using multi-omics data in plants. Molecular Plant https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molp.2022.11.004. [Citations: 17]

87         Fei S, Hassan MA, Xiao Y, Rasheed A, Xia X, Ma Y, Fu L, Chen Z, He Z. (2022) Application of multi-layer neural network and hyperspectral reflectance in genome-wide association study for grain yield in bread wheat. Field Crops Research 289:108730 doi: 10.1016/j.fcr.2022.108730. [Citations: 6]

86         Khan A, Ali A, Ullah Z, Ali I, Kaushik P, Alyemeni M, Rasheed A, Sher H. (2022) Exploiting the drought tolerance of wild Elymus species for bread wheat improvement. Frontiers in Plant Science. 13 doi: 10.3389/fpls.2022.982844 [Citations: 13]

85         Hassan MA, Fei S, Li L, Jin Y, Liu P, Rasheed A, Shawai RS, Zhang L, Ma A, Xiao Y, He Z. (2022) Stacking of Canopy Spectral Reflectance from Multiple Growth Stages Improves Grain Yield Prediction under Full and Limited Irrigation in Wheat. Remote Sensing 14(17):4318 doi: 10.3390/rs14174318 [Citations: 1]

84         Mahmood Z, Ali M, Mirza JI, Fayyaz M, Majeed K, Naeem MK, Aziz A, Trethowan R, Ogbonnaya FC, Poland J, Quraishi UM. Rasheed A* (2022) Genome-wide association and genomic prediction for stripe rust resistance in synthetic-derived wheats. Frontiers in Plant Science 13:66 [Citations: 10]

83         Maqbool S, Saeed F, Raza A, Rasheed A*, He Z. (2022) Association of Root Hair Length and Density with Yield-Related Traits and Expression Patterns of TaRSL4 Underpinning Root Hair Length in Spring Wheat. Plants 11(17):2235 doi: 10.3390/plants11172235 [Citations: 3]

82         Khan MI, Kainat Z, Maqbool S, Mehwish A, Ahmad S, Suleman HM, Mahmood Z, Ali M, Aziz A, Rasheed A*, Li H. Genome-wide association for heat tolerance at seedling stage in historical spring wheat cultivars. Frontiers in Plant Science 2022;13 doi:10.3389/fpls.2022.972481 [Citations: 4]

81         Li L, Hassan MA, Yang S, Jing F, Yang M, Rasheed A, Wang J, Xia X, He Z, Xiao Y. (2022) Development of image-based wheat spike counter through a Faster R-CNN algorithm and application for genetic studies. The Crop Journal 10(5):1303-11. Doi: 10.1016/j.cj.2022.07.007 [Citations: 15]

80         Shan D, Ali M, Shahid M, Arif A, Waheed MQ, Xia X, Trethowan R, Tester M, Poland J, Ogbonnaya FC, Rasheed A*. (2022) Genetic networks underlying salinity tolerance in wheat uncovered with genome-wide analyses and selective sweeps. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 135(9):2925-41 doi: 10.1007/s00122-022-04153-5 [Citations: 6]

79         Ali M, Danting S, Wang J, Sadiq H, Rasheed A, He Z, Li H. (2022) Genetic Diversity and Selection Signatures in Synthetic-Derived Wheats and Modern Spring Wheat. Frontiers in Plant Science. 13 doi: 10.3389/fpls.2022.877496 [Citations: 2]

78         Awan JA, Rasheed A, Nasir S, Mansoor S (2022) Aegilops tauschii presents a genetic roadmap for hexaploid wheat improvement. Trends in Genetics 38(4): 307-309 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tig.2022.01.008 [Citations: 10]

77         Zhang GL, Zhou PC, Gong YL, Li XM, Yan Y, Rasheed A, Ibba MI, Gou JY (2022) Boosting the antioxidant potential of pasta by a premature stop mutation in wheat keto-acythiolase-2. Food Chemistry 385(15): 132634 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2022.132634 [Citations: 4]

76         Aasma, Asad S, Fayyaz M, Majeed K, Ali Sajid, Liu Jindong, Rasheed A, Wang Y (2022) Genetic Variability and Aggressiveness of Tilletia indica Isolates Causing Karnal Bunt in Wheat. Journal of Fungi 8(3):219 https://doi.org/10.3390/jof8030219 [Citations: 3]

75         Maqbool S, Hassan MA, Xia X, York LM, Rasheed A, He Z (2022), Root system architecture in cereals: progress, challenges, and perspective. Plant Journal 110(1): 23-42 https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.15669 [Citations: 43]

74         Hanif U, Gul A, Amir R, Munir F, Sorrells ME, Gauch HG, Mahmood Z, Subhani A, Imtiaz M, Alipour H, Rasheed A, He Z (2022) Genetic gain and G×E interaction in bread wheat cultivars representing 105 years of breeding in Pakistan. Crop Science 62, 178– 191. https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.20655 [Citations: 7]

73         Awan JA, Pervaiz K, Rasheed A, Amin I, Saeed NA, Dhugga KS, Mansoor S (2022) Genome-edited wheat- current advances for the second green revolution. Biotechnology Advances 60: 108006 [Citations: 18]

72         Zaheer M, Rehman SU, Khan SH. Shahid S, Rasheed A, Naz R, Sajjad M. (2022) Characterization of new COBRA like (COBL) genes in wheat (Triticum aestivum) and their expression analysis under drought stress. Molecular Biology Reports 49, 1379–1387 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11033-021-06971-0 [Citations: 10]

71         Hassan MA, Yang M, Rasheed A, Tian X, |Reynolds M, Xia XC, Xiao Y, He ZH (2021) Quantifying senescence in bread wheat using multispectral imaging from an unmanned aerial vehicle and QTL mapping, Plant Physiology, 187(4) 2623-2636  https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiab431 [Citations: 21]

70         Morgounov A, özdemir F, Keser M, Akin B, Dababat AA, Dreisigacker S, Golkari S, Koc E, Küçükçongar M, Muminjanov H, Nehe A, Rasheed A, Roostaei M, Sehgal D, Sharma R. (2021) Diversity and Adaptation of Currently Grown Wheat Landraces and Modern Germplasm in Afghanistan, Iran, and Turkey. Crops 1(2):54-67. https://doi.org/10.3390/crops1020007 [Citations: 10]

69         Shaukat M, Sun M, Ali M, Mahmood T, Naseer S, Maqbool S, Rehman S, Mahmood Z, Hao Y, Xia X, Rasheed A, He Z. (2021) Genetic Gain for Grain Micronutrients and Their Association with Phenology in Historical Wheat Cultivars Released between 1911 and 2016 in Pakistan. Agronomy 11(6):1247 doi.org/10.3390/agronomy11061247 [Citations: 12]

68         Nehe AS, Foulkes MJ, Ozturk I, Rasheed A, York L, Kefeuver SC, Ozdemir F, Morgounov A (2021) Root and canopy traits and adaptability genes explain drought tolerance responses in winter wheat. Plos One 16(4): e0242472 doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0242472 [Citations: 19]

67         Hanif U, Alipour H, Gul A, Jing Li, Darvishzadeh R, Amir R, Munir F, Siddiqui S, Ghafoor A, Ilyas M, Bernardo A, Paul S, Bai G, Sonder K, Zhonghu H, Rasheed A, Li H (2021) Characterization of genetic basis of local adaptation of wheat landraces from Iran and Pakistan using GWAS. Plant Genome 14: e20096 doi.org/10.1002/tpg2.20096 [Citations: 10]

66         Husenov B, Muminjanov H, Dreisigacker S, Otambekova M, Akin B, Subasi K, Rasheed A, Shepelev S, Morgounov A (2021) Genetic diversity and agronomic performance of wheat landraces currently grown in Tajikistan. Crop Science doi: 10.1002/csc2.20463 [Citations: 6]

65         Li J, Li D, Zavala Espinosa C, Trejo Pastor V, Rasheed A, Palacios Rojas N, Wang J, Santacruz Varela A, Carolina de Almeida Silva N, Schnable PS, Costich DE. (2020) Genome-wide analyses reveal footprints of divergent selection and popping-related traits in CIMMYT’s maize inbred lines. Journal of Experimental Botany doi: 10.1093/jxb/eraa480 [Citations: 10]

64         Morgounov A, Pozherukova V, Kolmer J, Gultyaeva E, Abugalieva A, Chudinov V, Kuzmin O, Rasheed A, Rsymbetov A, Shepelev S, Ydyrys A. Genetic basis of spring wheat resistance to leaf rust (Puccinia triticina) in Kazakhstan and Russia. Euphytica 216(11):1-5. [Citations: 19]

63         Tong J, Sun M, Wang Y, Zhang Y, Rasheed A, Li M, Xia X, He Z, Hao Y (2020) Dissection of Molecular Processes and Genetic Architecture Underlying Iron and Zinc Homeostasis for Biofortification: From Model Plants to Common Wheat. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 21(23):9280 doi: 10.3390/ijms21239280 [Citations: 26]

62         McCouch S, Navabi ZK, Abberton M, Anglin NL, Barbieri RL, Baum M, Bett K, Booker H, Brown GL, Rasheed A, Bryan GJ, Cattivelli L. (2020) Mobilizing Crop Biodiversity. Molecular Plant 13(10):1341-4. [Citations: 65]

61         Fu L, Wu J, Yang S, Jin Y, Liu J, Yang M, Rasheed A, Zhang Y, Xia XC, Jing R, He ZH, Xiao Y (2020) Genome-wide association for water-soluble carbohydrate content in bread wheat. Theoretical and Applied Genetics doi: 10.1007/s00122-020-03640-x [Citations: 24]

60         Yang M, Hassan MA, Xu K, Zheng C, Rasheed A, Jin X, Zhang Y, Xia XC, Xiao Y, He ZH (2020) Assessment of water and Nitrogen use efficiencies through UAV-based multispectral phenotyping in winter wheat. Frontiers in Plant Science 11: 927 doi: 10.3389/fpls.2020.00927 [Citations: 56]

59         Zhu Z, Chen L, Zhang W, Yang L, Zhu W, Li J, Liu Y, Tong H, Fu L, Liu JD, Rasheed A, Xia XC, He ZH, Hao YF, Gao C (2020) Genome-wide association analysis of Fusarium head blight resistance in Chinese Elite wheat lines. Frontiers in Plant Science 11: 206 doi: 10.3389/fpls.2020.0206 [Citations: 53]

58         Ali M, Zhang Y, Rasheed A, Wang J, Zhang L (2020) Genomic prediction for grain yield and yield-related traits in Chinese winter wheat. International Journal of Molecular Science 21: 1342 doi: 10.3390/ijms21041342 [Citations: 36]

57         Yang F,  Liu J,  Guo Y, He ZH, Rasheed A, Wu L, Cao S, Nan H, Xia XC (2020) Genome-wide association mapping for adult-plant resistance to stripe rust in common wheat. Plant Disease  doi: PDIS-10-19-2116-RE [Citations: 8]

56         Rasheed A*, Takumi S, Hassan MA, Imtiaz M, Ali M, Morgunov A, Mahmood T, He ZH (2020) Appraisal of wheat genomics for gene discovery and breeding applications: a special emphasis on advances in Asia. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 133: 1503-1520 [Citations: 12]

55         Hao Y, Rasheed A, Zhu Z, Wulff B, He ZH (2019) Harnessing wheat Fhb1 for Fusarium resistance. Trends in Plant Science 25(1): 1-3 doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2019.10.006 [Citations: 52]

54         Li J, Chen GB, Rasheed A, Li D, Sonder K, Espinosa CZ, Wang J, Costich DE, Schnable PS, Hearne SJ, Li H (2019). Identifying loci with breeding potential across temperate and tropical adaptation via EigenGWAS and EnvGWAS. Molecular Ecology 28(15): 3544-3560 doi: 10.111/mec.15169  [Citations: 24]

53         He ZH, Xia XC, Zhang Y, Zhang Y, Xiao Y, Chen X, Li S, Hao Y, Rasheed A, Xin Z, Zhuang Q, Yang E, Fan Z, Yan J, Sing RP, Braun J-C (2019). China-CIMMYT collaboration enhances wheat improvement in China. Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering 6(3): 233-239 doi: 10.15302/J-FASE-2019254 [Citations: 7]

52         Khalid M, Afzal F, Gul A, Amir R, Ahmed Z, Subhani A, Xia XC, He ZH, Rasheed A* (2019) Molecular characterization of 87 functional genes in wheat diversity panel and their association with phenotypes under well-watered and water-limited conditions. Frontiers in Plant Science 10: 717 doi: 10.3389/fpls.2019.00717 [Citations: 52]

51         Liu J, Rasheed A, He ZH, Imtiaz M, Arif A, Mahmood T, Ghafoor A, Siddiqui S, Ilyas MK, Wen W, Gao F, Xie C, Xia XC (2019) Genome-wide variation patterns between landraces and cultivars uncover divergent selection during modern wheat breeding. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 132 (9): 2509-2523 doi: 10.1007/s00122-019-03367-4 [Citations: 41]

50         Li F, Wen W, Liu JD, Zhang Y, Cao S, He ZH, Rasheed A, Jin H, Zhang C, Yan J, Zhang P, Wan Y, Xia XC (2019) Genetic architecture of grain yield in bread wheat based on genome-wide association studies. BMC Plant Biology 19: 168 doi: 10.1186/s12870-019-1781-3 [Citations: 171]

49         Afzal F, Li H, Gul A, Subhani A, Ali A, Mujeeb-Kazi A, Ogbonnaya F, Trethowan R, Xia XC, He ZH, Rasheed A* (2019) Genome-Wide Analyses Reveal Footprints of Divergent Selection and Drought Adaptive Traits in Synthetic-Derived Wheats. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics 9(6): 1957-1973 doi: 10.1534/g3.119.400010 [Citations: 38]

48         Hassan A, Mengjiao Y, Fu L, Rasheed A, Zheng B, Xia XC, Xiao XY, He ZH (2019) Accuracy assessment of plant height using unmanned aerial vehicle for quantitative genomic analysis in bread wheat. Plant Methods 15: 37 doi: 10.1186/s13007-019-0419-7 [Citations: 105]

47         Mujeeb-Kazi A, Munns R, Rasheed A, Ogbonnaya F, Ali N, Hollington P, Dundas I, Saeed N, Wang R, Rengasamy P, Saddiq MS, Leon JL, Ashraf M, Rajaram S (2019) Breeding strategies for structuring salinity tolerance in wheat. Advances in Agronomy 155: 121-187 doi: 10.1016/bs.agron.2019.01.005 [Citations: 72]

46         Rasheed A, Xia XC (2018) From molecular markers to genome-based breeding in wheat. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 132(3): 767-784 doi: 10.1007/s00122-019-03286-4 [Citations: 119]

45         Rasheed A*, Jin H, Xiao YG, Zhang Y, Hao Y, Zhang Y, Hickey L, Morgounov A, Xia XC, He ZH (2019) Allelic effects and variations for key bread-making quality genes in bread wheat using high-throughput molecular markers. Journal of Cereal Science 85(1): 305-309 doi: 10.1016/j.jcs.2018.12.004 [Citations: 36]

44         Hassan MA, Yang M, Rasheed A, Yang G, Reynolds M, Xia XC, Xiao YG, He ZH (2018) A rapid monitoring of NDVI across the wheat growth cycle for grain yield prediction using a multi-spectral UAV platform. Plant Science 282(5): 95-103doi: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2018.10.022  [Citations: 344]

43         Hassan MA, Yang M, Rasheed A, Jin X, Xia XC, Xiao YG, He ZH (2018) Time-series multispectral indices from unmanned aerial imagery reveal senescence rate in bread wheat. Remote Sensing 10: 809 doi: 10.3390/rs10060809 [Citations: 135]

42         Khalid M, Gul A, Amir R, Ali M, Afzal F, Quraishi UM, Ahmed Z, Rasheed A (2018) QTL mapping for seedling morphology under drought stress in wheat cross synthetic (W7984)/Opata. Plant Genetic Resources 16(4): 359-366 doi: 10.1017/S1479262118000023 [Citations: 13]

41         Rasheed A, Ogbonnaya F, Lagudah E, Appels R, He ZH (2018) Goatgrass genome diversity for wheat improvement. Nature Plants 4(2): 56-58 doi: 10.1038/s41477-018-0105-1 [Citations: 30]

40         Li H, Rasheed A*, Hickey L, ZH He (2018) Fast-forwarding genetic gain. Trends in Plant Sciences 23(3): 184-186 doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2018.01.007 [Citations: 199]

39         Liu JD, He ZH, Rasheed A, Weie W, Yan J, Zhang P, Wan Y, Zhang Y, Xie C, Xia XC (2017) Genome-wide association mapping of black point reaction in common wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). BMC Plant Biology 17: 220. doi: 10.1186/s12870-017-1167-3 [Citations: 109]

38         Almas F, Hassan MA, Bibi A, Ali M, Lateef S, Mahmood T, Rasheed A, Quraishi UM (2017) Identification of genome-wide single-nucleotide polymorphisms associated with tolerance to chromium toxicity in spring wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Plant and Soil 422(1-2) 371-384 doi: 10.1007/s11104-017-3436-1 [Citations: 13]

37         Rasheed A, Mujeeb-Kazi A, Ogbonnaya FC, He ZH, Rajaram S (2017) Wheat genetic resources in post-genomics era: promise and challenges. Annals of Botany 121(4): 603-616 doi: 10.1093/aob/mcx148  [Citations: 105]

36         Aziz A, Mahmood T, Shazadi K, Mahmood Z, Mujeeb-Kazi A, Rasheed A* (2017) Genotypic variation and genotype x environment interaction for yield-related traits in synthetic hexaploid wheats under a range of optimal and heat-stressed environments. Crop Science 58(1): 295-303 doi: 10.2135/cropsci2017.01.0035 [Citations: 35]

35         Li J, Rasheed A, Guo Q, Dong Y, Liu JD, Xia XC, Zhang Y, He ZH (2017) Genome-wide association mapping of starch granule size distribution in common wheat. Journal of Cereal Science 77(9): 211-218 doi: 10.1016/j.jcs.2017.08.016  [Citations: 14]

34         Rasheed A, Hao YF, Xu YB, Xia XC, Varshney RK, He ZH (2017) Crop breeding chips and genotyping platforms: progress, challenges and perspectives. Molecular Plant 10(8): 1047-1064. doi: 10.1016/j.molp.2017.06.008 [Citations: 416]

33         Ogbonnaya F, Rasheed A, Emeka O, Jighly A, Taddesee W (2017) Genome-wide association mapping for agronomic and physiological traits in wheat in a range of heat stress environments. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 130(9): 1819-1835. doi: 10.1007/s00122-017-2927-z [Citations: 108]

32         Afzal A, Reddy B, Gul A, Khalid M, Subhani A, Shazadi K, Quraishi UM, Ibrahim AMH, Rasheed A* (2017) Physiological, biochemical and agronomic traits associated with drought tolerance in synthetic-derived wheat diversity panel. Crop and Pasture Science 68(3): 213-224. doi: 10.1071/CP16367[Citations: 22]

31         Gao FM, Ma DY, Yin GH, Rasheed A, Dong Y, Xiao YG, Xia XC, Wu XX, He ZH (2017) Genetic progress in grain yield and physiological traits in Chinese wheat cultivars of Southern Yellow and Huai Valley Winter Wheat Zone since 1950. Crop Science 57: 760-773. doi: 10.2135/cropsci2016.05.0362 [Citations: 130]

30         Dong Y, Zhang Y, Liu JD, Rasheed A, Xiao YG, Fu LP, Yan J, Wen W, Zhang Y, Jing RL, Xia XC, He ZH (2016) Genome-wide association of stem water soluble carbohydrates in bread wheat. Plos One 11(11): e0164293 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0164293 [Citations: 40]

29         Rasheed A, Wen W, Gao FM, Zhai SN, Jin H, Liu JD, Guo Q, Zhang YJ, Dreisigacker S, Xia XC, He ZH (2016) Development and validation of high-throughput KASP assays for functional genes in wheat. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 129(10): 1843-1860 doi: 10.1007/s00122-016-2743-x [Citations: 391]

28         Ilyas M, Rasheed A, Mahmood T (2016) Functional characterization of germin and germin-like protein genes in various plant species using transgenic approaches. Biotechnology Letters 38(9):1405-1421 doi: 10.1007/s10529-016-2129-9  [Citations: 38]

27         Hanif M, Gao FM, Liu JD, Wen WE, Zhang YJ, Rasheed A, Xia XC, He ZH, Cao SH (2016) TaTGW6-A1, an ortholog of rice TGW6, is associated with grain weight and yield in bread wheat. Molecular Breeding 36:1 doi: 10.1007/s11032-015-0425-z [Citations: 112]

26         Rasheed A, Mahmood T, Xia XC, Bux H, Quraishi UM, Mahmood Z, Mirza JI, Mujeeb-Kazi A, He ZH (2016) Comparison of alleles at economically important loci in wheat landraces and cultivars from Pakistan. Crop Science 56(1): 287-301 doi:10.2135/cropsci2015.01.0015  [Citations: 27]

25         Khan Z, Qazi J, Rasheed A, Mujeeb-Kazi A (2016) Diversity in D genome synthetic hexaploid wheat association panel for seedling emergence traits under salinity stress. Plant Genetic Resources doi: 10.1017/S1479262116000198 [Citations: 12]

24         Gao FM, Liu JD, Wen WE, Rasheed A, Xia XC, He ZH (2015) QTL mapping for agronomic traits in Zhonghou8592B/Chinese Spring population. Frontiers in Plant Science 6:1099. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2015.01099 [Citations: 230]

23         Ain Q, Rasheed A, Anwar A, Mahmood T, Mahmood T, Xia XC, He ZH, Mujeeb-Kazi A, Quraishi UM (2015) Genome-wide association analysis for grain yield in historical wheat cultivars from Pakistan under rainfed conditions. Frontiers in Plant Science 6:743 doi: 10.3389/fpls.2015.00743 [Citations: 152]

22         Ali I, Sardar Z, Rasheed A, Mahmood T (2015) Molecular characterization of the puroindoline-a and b alleles in synthetic hexaploid wheats and in silico functional and structural insights into Pina-D1. Journal of Theoretical Biology 376(7): 107. doi: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2015.04.001 [Citations: 26]

21         Ali A, Arshad M, Naqvi SMS, Sher H, Kazi AG, Mujeeb-Kazi A, Rasheed A* (2015) Comparative assessment of synthetic-derived and conventional bread wheat advanced lines under osmotic stress and implications of molecular analysis. Plant Molecular Biology Reporter 33(6): 1907-1917 doi:10.1007/s11105-015-0884-8  [Citations: 23]

20         Gul A, Rasheed A, Afzal F, Napar AA, Ali A, Jamil M, Khalid M, Bux H, Mujeeb-Kazi A. Characterization of synthetic hexaploids derived from same Aegilops tauschii accessions and different durum cultivars. Cytologia 80(4):427-40 [Citations: 12]

19         Ilyas M, Mahmood T, Ali A, Babar M, Mujeeb-Kazi A, Rasheed A* (2015) Characterization of D genome diversity for tolerance to boron toxicity in synthetic hexaploid wheat and in silico analysis of candidate genes. Acta Physiologiae Plantarum 37(2): 17. doi: 10.1007/s11738-014-1765-8 [Citations: 17]

18         Seher M, Shabbir G, Rasheed A, Kazi AG, Mahmood T, Mujeeb-Kazi A (2015) Performance of diverse wheat genetic stocks under moisture stress condition. Pakistan Journal of Botany 47(1): 21-26 [Citations: 18]

17         Zegeye H, Rasheed A*, Makdis F, Badebo A, Ogbonnaya FC (2014) Genome-wide association for stripe rust resistance at seedling and adult plant stages in synthetic hexaploids. PLoS One 9(8): e105593 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0105593 [Citations: 202]

16         Ali A, Arshad M, Naqvi SM, Fatima S, Sher H, Kazi AG, Rasheed A*, Mujeeb-Kazi A (2014) Exploitation of synthetic derived wheats through osmotic stress responses for drought tolerance improvement. Acta Physiologiae Plantarum 36(9): 2453-2465 doi: 10.1007/s11738-014-1618-5 [Citations: 17]

15         Hanif U, Rasheed A, Kazi AG, Munir M, Mujeeb-Kazi A (2014) Analysis of genetic diversity in synthetic wheat assemblage (Triticum turgidum × Aegilops tauschii; 2n=6x=42; aABBDD) for winter wheat breeding. Cytologia 79(4): 485-500 doi: 10.1508/cytologia.79.485  [Citations: 6]

14         Rasheed A, Xia XC, Ogbonnaya FC, Mahmood T, Zhang Z, Mujeeb-Kazi A, He ZH (2014) Genome-wide association for grain morphology in synthetic hexaploid wheats using digital imaging analysis. BMC Plant Biology 14: 128 doi: 10.1186/1471-2229-14-128  [Citations: 144]

13         Rasheed A, Xia XC, Mahmood T, Yan YM, Appels R, He ZH (2014) Wheat storage proteins: recent advances in molecular genetics, diversity and breeding applications. Journal of Cereal Science 60(1): 11-24 doi: 10.1016/j.jcs.2014.01.020 [Citations: 185]

12         Kazi AG, Rasheed A, Bux H, Napar AA, Ali A, Mujeeb-Kazi A (2014) Cytological, phenological and molecular characterization of B(S)-genome synthetic hexaploids (2n=6x=42; AABBSS). Cereal Research Communication 43(2): 179-188 [Citations: 10]

11         Sania A, Rasheed A*, Bux H, Kazi AG, Rauf A, Mahmood T, Mujeeb-Kazi A (2014) Stripe rust resistance in Triticum durum - T. monococcum and T. durum - T. urartu amphiploids. Australasian Plant Pathology 43: 109-113 doi: 10.1007/s13313-013-0237-8 [Citations: 19]

10         Sajjad M, Khan SH, Ahmad Q, Rasheed A, Mujeeb-Kazi A, Khan IA (2014) Association mapping identifies QTLs on wheat chromosome 3A for yield related traits. Cereal Research Communications 42(2): 177-188 [Citations: 26]

9          Khalid M, Mahmood T, Rasheed A, Kazi AG, Ali A, Mujeeb-Kazi A (2013) Glu-Dt1 allelic variation in synthetic hexaploidy wheat derived from durum cultivar ‘Decoy’ x Aegilops tauschii accessional crosses. Pakistan Journal of Botany 45(SI): 409-414 [Citations: 8]

8          Mujeeb-Kazi A, Kazi AG, Dundas I, Rasheed A, Ogbonnaya FC, Bonnett D, Kishii M, Wang RC, Xu SS, Peidu C, Mahmood T, Bux H, Rizwan S. (2013) Genetic diversity for wheat improvement as a conduit to food security. Advances in Agronomy 122: 179-257. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-417187-9.00004-8 [Citations: 162]

7          Rasheed A*, Safdar T, Kazi AG, Akram Z, Mahmood T, Mujeeb-Kazi A (2012) Characterization of HMW-GS and evaluation of their diversity in Elite synthetic hexaploid wheats. Breeding Science 62: 365-370 doi: 10.1270/jsbbs.62.365 [Citations: 27]

6          Rafique K, Rasheed A*, Kazi AG, Bux H, Naz F, Mahmood T, Mujeeb-Kazi A (2012) Powdery mildew resistance in some new wheat amphiploids (2n = 6x = 42) derived from A- and S-genome diploid progenitors. Plant Genetic Resources 10(3): 165-170. doi: 10.1017/S1479262112000202 [Citations: 9]

5          Rasheed A, Mumtaz AS, Shinwari ZK (2012) Genetic characterization of novel Lr gene stack in spring wheat variety Chakwal86 and its effectiveness against leaf rust in rainfed areas of Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Botany 44(2): 507-510 [Citations: 17]

4          Kazi AG, Rasheed A, Mahmood T, Mujeeb-Kazi A. Molecular and morphological diversity with biotic stress resistances of high 1000-grain weight synthetic hexaploid wheats. Pakistan Journal of Botany 44(3):1021-8 [Citations: 26]

3          Bux H, Rasheed A, Mangrio SM, ABRO SA, Shah SJ, Ashraf M, Chen X. Comparative virulence and molecular diversity of stripe rust (Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici) collections from Pakistan and United States. International Journal of Agriculture and Biology 14:851-860  [Citations: 15]

2          Bibi A, Ajmal S, Rasheed A*, Kazi AG, Mujeeb-Kazi A (2012) High molecular weight (HMW) glutenin subunit compositions of the Elite-II synthetic hexaploid wheat sub-set (Triticum turgidum × Aegilops tauschii; 2n=6x=42; AABBDD). Plant Genetic Resources. 10(1): 1-4. doi: 10.1017/S1479262111000888 [Citations: 22]

1          Mahmood T, Siddiua A, Rasheed A, Nazar N (2011) Evaluation of genetic diversity in different Pakistani wheat landraces. Pakistan Journal of Botany 43(2): 1233-1239 [Citations: 23]

·     2023-2026. UK-CGIAR Fund (Partner from Pakistan). 1.8 million GBP

·     2023-2025. Establishing China-Pakistan Joint Wheat Molecular Breeding Lab. Science and Technology Partnership Program, MoST, China. 2 million RMB

·     2023 to 2024. Developing a 5$ genotyping-by-sequencing platform for breeding application and varietal identification in wheat. Higher Education Commission, Pakistan. 6.8 million PKR.

·     2019-2021. High-throughput SNP discovery and marker development for biofortification traits in bread wheat. National Natural Science Foundation China (NSFC). Amount: ~70,000 US$. (Principal Investigator). Completed

·       2020-2023: Molecular mapping and map-based cloning for disease resistance genes and development of disease resistant wheat germplasm. PSF-NSFC Joint Collaborative Project between Pakistan and China. Amount: 14 million PKR + 2 million RMB

·       2019: Optimizing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) based high-throughput phenotyping for physiology, grain yield and disease prediction in wheat. USAID/AIP/CIMMYT. Amount: 9000 US$

·       2017-2019. Capturing novel diversity for earliness per se and grain weight in D-genome synthetic hexaploid wheats under climate change scenario. National Natural Science Foundation (NSFC) China. Amount: ~70,000 US$. (Principal Investigator). Completed

·       2016: Development of nucleotide and digital barcodes for historical wheat cultivars for varietal identification and digital repository. US-AID’s Agriculture Innovation Program (AIP), Pakistan. Amount: 30,000 US$. (Principal Investigator). Completed

·       2014-2015. Molecular and phenomic characterization of synthetic hexaploids to enhance its breeding value for grain size and weight. Bioversity International, Italy. Amount: 20,000 US$. (Principal Investigator). Completed.