“Huanglongbing
(Citrus Greening) A Major Threat to
Citrus in Pakistan”.
Chohan,
S., Holford, P., Beattie, A., Ahmad I.,
Ullah, F. and Qamar, R.
Introduction
- Citrus decline:
Citrus decline has been recognised in
Pakistan for decades and adversely
affects the general health of plants.
The problem is widespread and is
variously attributed to edaphic
factors such as heavy clay soils, high
water tables and inadequate drainage,
deficiencies in trace elements or
deleterious actions of a range of
fungal pathogens or nematodes. While
these causes of decline do affects
citrus orchards in Pakistan, it is
likely that the main cause of decline
is due to a bacterial disease called
huanglongbing (HLB), more commonly
referred to as citrus greeting in
Pakistan.
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After obtaining an M.Sc.
in Biochemistry from the University of Peshawar, I worked
as a Scientific Officer at the National Institute of
Health, Islamabad, Pakistan. I then proceeded to USA to
work towards my Ph.D in the Department of Biochemistry &
Molecular Biology, University of North Texas, Denton,
Texas, USA.
During my stay in the US I
worked as a Research Assistant at the Department of
Biochemistry, University of North Texas and as a Research
Associate at the Department of Microbiology & Immunology,
Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine, Fort Worth, Texas,
USA. After completing my Ph.D. I came back to Pakistan and
joined Dr. A. Q. Khan Research Laboratories as a Senior
Scientific Officer and was subsequently promoted to the
position of Principal Scientific Officer. From 1998 to
2001 I worked for a while, with Dr. Chris Tyler-Smith at
the Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford,
Oxford, UK in the lab of Prof. E.M. Southern. In 2002 I
joined Shifa College of Medicine as Assistant Professor of
Biochemistry and in 2003 was promoted to the post of
Associate Professor & also appointed as the Director of
PCR Labs. In 2004 I was appointed as the Research Director
of Shifa College of Medicine. In 2005 I joined COMSATS
University as Professor of Biosciences and also served
as the Chair of the Department of Biosciences till 2008
when I was appointed as the Dean of the Faculty of
Sciences. In the meanwhile I am continuing to serve as the
Research & PCR Lab Director at the Shifa College of
Medicine.
