Zakir Hossain, Ph.D.
Project development and implementation
Data analysis, manuscript preparation, and publishing
Current research and/or projects
Develop biological agents to control root rot of pulse crops
Apply transcriptomics and metabolomics approaches to elucidate the molecular mechanism of aphanomyces root rot of field pea
Survey major diseases of pulse crops in Saskatchewan
Research and/or project statements
- Develop sustainable and environment friendly plant disease management strategy
- Apply omics approaches (transcriptomics and metabolomics) in non-model plant (pulses) research for knowledge generation that would be useful in translational research
Professional activities / interests
- Functional genomics
- Molecular biology
- Plant-microbe interactions
- Metabolomics
Education and awards
Ph.D. Plant Molecular Biology, Ehime University, Japan, 2003
M.Sc. Genetic and Plant Breeding, Institute of Postgraduate Studies in Agriculture, Bangladesh, 1997
International experience and/or work
I did postdoctoral research at the Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Germany from April 2006 to March 2008 with a Fellowship from Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. My project was focused on to develop synthetic promoter (synthetic biology) for transcriptional regulation and in vivo localization of jasmonic acid.
Key publications
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Hossain, Z., Hubbard, M., Gan, Y., Bainard, L.D. (2021). Root rot alters the root-associated microbiome of field pea in commercial crop production systems. Plant and Soil, [online] 460(1-2), 593-607. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11104-020-04779-8
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Hubbard M and Hossain Z (2020) 2020 survey of ascochyta blight in commercial chickpea fields in Saskatchewan
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Hossain, Z., Johnson, E.N., Wang, L., Blackshaw, R.E., Cutforth, H., Gan, Y. (2019). Plant establishment, yield and yield components of Brassicaceae oilseeds as potential biofuel feedstock. Industrial Crops and Products, [online] 141 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2019.111800
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Hossain, Z., Johnson, E.N., Wang, L., Blackshaw, R.E., Gan, Y. (2019). Comparative analysis of oil and protein content and seed yield of five Brassicaceae oilseeds on the Canadian prairie. Industrial Crops and Products, [online] 136 77-86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2019.05.001
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Liu, K., Johnson, E.N., Blackshaw, R.E., Hossain, Z., Gan, Y. (2019). Improving the productivity and stability of oilseed cropping systems through crop diversification. Field Crops Research, [online] 237 65-73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2019.03.020
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Molecular mechanism of bacterial antagonism to Aphanomyces euteiches in pea
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Isolation and characterization of bacteria antagonistic to Aphanomyces euteiches from lentil root and rhizosphere
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Isolation and characterization of bacteria antagonistic to Aphanomyces euteiches from lentil root and rhizosphere
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Hossain, Z., Pillai, B.V.S., Gruber, M.Y., Yu, M., Amyot, L., Hannoufa, A. (2018). Transcriptome profiling of Brassica napus stem sections in relation to differences in lignin content. BMC Genomics, [online] 19(1), http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12864-018-4645-6
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Hossain, Z., Wang, X., Hamel, C., Diane Knight, J., Morrison, M.J., Gan, Y. (2016). Biological nitrogen fixation by pulse crops on semiarid Canadian prairies. Canadian Journal of Plant Science, [online] 97(1), 119-131. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjps-2016-0185
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Hossain, Z., McGarvey, B., Amyot, L., Gruber, M., Jung, J., Hannoufa, A. (2012). DIMINUTO 1 affects the lignin profile and secondary cell wall formation in Arabidopsis. Planta, [online] 235(3), 485-498. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00425-011-1519-4
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Hossain, Z., Amyot, L., McGarvey, B., Gruber, M., Jung, J., Hannoufa, A. (2012). The translation elongation factor eEF-1Bβ1 is involved in cell wall biosynthesis and plant development in arabidopsis thaliana. PLoS ONE, [online] 7(1), http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0030425
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