Barcoding Life

Prof. Dr. Siddra Ijaz is currently serving as a professor at the Centre of Agricultural Biochemistry and Biotechnology (CABB), University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan. She is the medalist in her postgraduate studies. She has made significant research contributions, publishing more than 80 papers with an impact factor above 110, 12 books, and over 55 book chapters on well-recognized and well-renowned publishing platforms, including Springer Nature and Taylor and Francis Group. She has served as the managing editor of the international impact factor journal Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Sciences. She has supervised and co-supervised 11 PhD students and over 100 MPhil students. She had been a member of the National Curriculum Revision Committee from 2013 to 2014. She is the head of the ‘Molecular Biology of Plant Disease Resistance Laboratory’ at CABB, UAF, and the curator of the Fungal Molecular Biology Laboratory Culture Collection (FMB-CC-UAF), an affiliated member of the World Federation for Culture Collections (WFCC). She has expertise in molecular biology, and her research focuses on unlocking the genetics involved in plant disease resistance through R gene identification and functional characterization for the exploration of resistance pathways and plant disease management. She has made colossal contributions to fungal taxonomy by reporting novel species of fungal pathogens in plants. She is working with a strong belief in the philosophy that disease resistance gene identification and the exploration of resistance pathways in plants are critical components of ensuring food security, as they play a significant role in mitigating crop losses caused by diseases. She has been awarded more than Rs. 50 million in research grants from different national and international funding agencies.Prof. Dr. Imran Ul Haq is a professor in the Department of Plant Pathology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan. He has supervised more than 40 graduate students and established the Fungal Molecular Biology Laboratory Culture Collection (FMB-CC-UAF); he is an affiliated member of the World Federation for Culture Collections (WFCC). He has published more than 60 articles, 11 books, four laboratory manuals, and several book chapters. He has made significant contributions to fungal taxonomy by reporting novel species of fungal pathogens in plants. His research interests are fungal molecular taxonomy and nanotechnology integration with other control strategies for sustainable plant disease management.Dr. Hayssam Mohamed Ali is working at the Botany and Microbiology Department, College of Science, King Saud University. Dr. Hayssam M. Ali has a ‘WORLD RANKING OF TOP 2% SCIENTISTS’ according to the Stanford Scientists’ Ranking released by Stanford University in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. He has more than 350 published papers, 20 published books, and he has reviewed more than 1,700 papers in highly impacted journals. He is interested in studying plant physiology, biotic and abiotic stresses, sustainability, environmental stresses, plant biotechnology, crop improvement, plant breeding, forestry, and plant biology.

• About the Editors List of Contributors Chapter 1 Use of DNA Barcoding for Protecting and Exploring PlantBiodiversity and Socioeconomic Impact Siddra Ijaz, Muhammad Asif Saddique, Zakia Habib, and Hayssam Mohamed AliChapter 2 Fungal DNA Barcoding for Species Identification Barbaros Cetinel, Ceren Cer, Aqsa Saleem, Imran Ul Haq, and Siddra IjazChapter 3 DNA Barcoding in Insects: Taxonomy and Biodiversity Muhammad Umair Sial, Rashad Rasool Khan, Jam Nazeer Ahmad, Zain ul Abdin, Muhammad Arshad, and Muhammad Naveed AnwarChapter 4 DNA Barcoding of Viruses Tuaseef Tariq, Nabeeha Aslam Khan, Imran Ul Haq, Saira Azmat, Muhammad Waris, Ahmad Nisar, and Hayssam Mohamed AliChapter 5 Mapping Bacterial Biodiversity Using DNA Barcoding Amjad Abbas, Muhammad Usman, Muhammad Huzaifa Tanveer, Aysha Khalid, Muhammad Ehetisham-Ul-Haq, Amer Habib, Muhammad Zulkiffal, and Muhammad Amjad AliChapter 6 DNA Barcoding and Marine Biodiversity Muhammad Hassan Jahanzaib, Nazia Ehsan, and Hayssam Mohamed AliChapter 7 DNA Barcoding in Animals for Integrative Taxonomy and Biodiversity Humaira Muzaffar, Ghulam Hussain, Arslan Iftikhar, Misbah Ijaz, Muhammad Tahir Mohyud-din, Faiza Hassan, Misbah Batool, Shawana Iqbal, Ansha Ghaffar, Muhammad Mushahid, and Mahrukh BabarChapter 8 Prospects of DNA Barcoding in Protists for Exploring and Conserving Their Biodiversity Imran Ul Haq, Siddra Ijaz, Muhammad Asif Saddique, Ayesha Ashfaq, and AbdullahChapter 9 DNA Barcoding of Plant Parasitic Nematodes: Status and Prospects Muhammad Amjad Ali, Malaika Tariq, Usman Arshad, Abdelfattah A. Dababat, Cemal Kurt, Ikhlas Shafique, Muhammad Jabran, and Amjad AbbasIndex