Dr Asfa Batool

Tel:+86-13919000854

asfa_batool@yahoo.com

batool@lzu.edu.cn

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION

THESIS INFORMATION

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

As a research fellow worked in following projects:

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

As a research fellow worked in following projects:

WORK EXPERIENCE

Worked as aPostdoctoral Research Fellowat Department of Geography, College of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu, China

AWARDS AND HONOURS:

²Lanzhou University Scholarship (September, 2012 - December, 2013)

²CSC Chinese Government Scholarship (September, 2014 - July, 2017)

²Presidential scholarship of Lanzhou University, China (September, 2017 - December, 2017)

REVIEWER

uCrop Science

uPakistan Journal of Botany

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

1.Xiao-Feng Zhang, Chong-Liang Luo, Hong-Xu Ren, Run-Zi Dai, David Mburu, Levis Kavagi, Kiprotich Wesly, Aggrey B. Nyende,Asfa Batool,You-Cai Xiong.2020. “Fully biodegradable film to boost rainfed maize (Zea maysL.) production in semiarid Kenya: An environmentally friendly perspective”.European Journal of Agronomy,119, 126124.

2.Chong-Liang Luo, Xiao-Feng Zhang, Hai-Xia Duan, David M. Mburu, Levis Kavagi, Minha Naseer, Run-Zi Dai, Aggrey B. Nyende,Asfa Batool,You-Cai Xiong.2020.“Allometric relationship and yield formation in response to planting density under ridge-furrow plastic mulching in rainfed wheat”. Field Crops Research,251, 107785.

3.Wei Wang, Zheng-Guo Cheng, Meng-Ying Li, Bao-Zhong Wang, Ji-Yuan Li, Wei Wang, Yong-Zhong Su,Asfa Batool,You-Cai Xiong.2020.“Increasing periods after seeding under twice-annually harvested alfalfa reduces soil carbon and nitrogen stocks in a semiarid environment”. Land Degradation & Development, 2020, 1-11.

4.Fahad Nasir, Lei Tian, Ji Li, Shasha Luo,Asfa Batool,Ali Bahadur, Weiqian Li, Yingzhi Gao, Chunjie Tian.2020.“In-silicotranscriptome study of the rice (Oryza sativa) strigolactone-deficient (dwarf17) mutant reveals a potential link of strigolactones with various stress-associated pathways”.Pakistan Journal of Botany,52, 1-7.

5.Asfa Batool,Zheng-Guo Cheng, Nudrat Aisha Akram, Guang-Chao Lv, Jun-Lan Xiong, Ying Zhu,Muhammad Ashraf, You-Cai Xiong.2019.“Partial and full root-zone drought stresses account for differentiate root-sourced signal and yield formation in primitive wheat”. Plant Methods, 15, 1-14.

6.Ali Bahadur*,Asfa Batool*,Fahad Nasir*, Shengjin Jiang, Qin Mingsen, Qi Zhang, Jianbin Pan, Yongjun Liu, Huyuan Feng.2019. “Mechanistic insights into arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi-mediated drought stress tolerance in plants”. International Journal of Molecular Sciences,20, 1-18, (*, equally contributed).

7.Asfa Batool,Nudrat Aisha Akram, Zheng-Guo Cheng, Guang-Chao Lv, Muhammad Ashraf, Muhammad Afzal, Jun-Lan Xiong, Jian-Yong Wang, You-Cai Xiong.2019.“Physiological and biochemical responses of two spring wheat genotypes to non-hydraulic root-to-shoot signalling of partial and full root-zone drought stress”. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 139, 11-20.

8.Shaohua Shi, Lei Tian, Fahad Nasir, Ali Bahadur,Asfa Batool, Shasha Luo, Fan Yang, Zhichun Wang, Chunjie Tian.2019. Response of microbial communities and enzyme activities to amendments in saline-alkaline soils. Applied Soil Ecology, 135, 16-24.

9.Fahad Nasir, Lei Tian, Shaohua Shi, Ali Bahadur,Asfa Batool,Lina Ma, Yingzhi Gao, Chunjie Tian.2019.Asian cultivated rice domestication suppresses the expression of abiotic stress-and reactive oxygen species scavenging-related genes in roots.Pakistan Journal of Botany, 51,49-54.

10.Jianfeng Zhang, Fahad Nasir, Lei Tian, Ali Bahadur,Asfa Batool, Lina Ma, Xue Zhou, Shixiong Zhao Chunjie Tian.2018.Impact of ecological factors on the diversity and community assemblage of the bacteria harbored in the rhizosphere ofHippophae rhamnoides. International journal of agriculture & biology, 20, 1632-1640.

11.Abdul Waheed, Ali Bahadur, Abdul Majid, Fahad Nasir, Mohib Shah,Asfa Batool.2018. Survey of medicinal plants and patterns of knowledge in district Swabi/ Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. International Journal of Phytomedicine, 10, 100-110(Corresponding author).

12.Asfa Batool,Nudrat Aisha Akram, Guang-Chao Lv, Jun-Lan Xiong, Tao Tian, Jian-Yong Wang, Zheng-Guo Cheng, Yan Yi, Jing Wen, You-Cai Xiong.2018.Root-to-shoot communication and its signal cross talk in plants: A physiological and agronomic perspective. Pakistan Journal of Botany, 50, 2059-2067.

13.Liu Ying-xia, Wang Jian-yong, Cheng Zheng-guo,Asfa Batool,Zhu Ying, Chen Ying-long, Wang Jing, Xiong You-cai.2017. Growth plasticity and yield formation in dryland wheat (Triticum aestivum) under artificial selection. Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology, 28, 3805-3814(In Chinese with English abstract).

14.Jianfeng Zhang, Fahad Nasir, Yufeng Kong, Lei Tian,Asfa Batool, Ali Bahadur, Xiujun Li, Chunjie Tian.2017. Drought stress shapes the root-associated bacterial and fungal community structure in soybean genotypes. Pakistan Journal of Botany, 49, 1933-1942.

15.Wen-Xuan Si, Pu-Fang Li, Muhammad Ashraf, Fei Mo, Xiao-Jie Hui,Asfa Batool,Javaid Mansoor, Muhammad Afzal, Jian Zhang, Feng-Min Li.2017.“Mirco-field rain-harvesting farming system in semiarid Pakistan: a critical topic to address”. Pakistan Journal of Botany. 49, 1217-1221.

16.Asfa Batool,Amin Shah, Ali Bahadur.2017.“Ethnopharmacological relevance of traditional medicinal flora from Semi-Tribal areas in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab, Pakistan”. Pakistan Journal of Botany, 49, 691-705 (Corresponding author).

17.Ali Bahadur, Rizwan Ahmad, Aftab Afzal, Huyuan Feng, Vishandas Suthar,Asfa Batool,Aman Khan, Muhammad Mahmood-ul-Hassan.2017. “The influences of Cr-tolerant rhizobacteria in phytoremediation and attenuation of Cr (VI) stress in agronomic sunflower (Helianthus annuusL.) Chemosphere, 179, 112-119

18.Ali Bahadur, Aftab Afzal, Rizwan Ahmad, Fahad Nasir, Aman Khan, Vishandas Suthar, Gul Jan,Asfa Batool,Muhammad Amir Zia, MuhammadMahmood-ul-Hassan.2016."Influence of metal resistant rhizobacteria on the growth ofHelianthus annuusL. in Cr (VI)-contaminated soil", Water, Air, & Soil Pollution 227:467, DOI 10.1007/s11270-016-3174-7.

19.Jianyong Wang, Pufang Li, Zhengguo Cheng,Asfa Batool,Guangchao Lv, Ying Zhu,Youcai Xiong.2015.Plant ideotype and growth redundancy in dryland wheats. Acta Ecologica Sinica, 35, 1-15 (In Chinese with English abstract).

20.Bai Xue, Junlan Xiong,Asfa Batool,Hai-yan Kong, Rui-yue Tan, You-cai Xiong.2015.Interactive effects of polyamines and NO in plants’ adaptation to diverse stresses.Journal of Lanzhou University (Natural Sciences), 51, 397-404 (In Chinese with English abstract).

21.Ying Zhu, Junlan Xiong, Guangchao Lv,Asfa Batool,Zhaobin Wang, Pufang Li, Youcai Xiong.2015.Effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and plant symbiosis on plant water relation and its mechanism. Acta Ecologica Sinica, 35, Doi: 10.5846/stxb201306091556 (In Chinese with English abstract).

22.Ruiyue Tan, Junlan Xiong, Wentao Hu, Hao Zhu, Haiyan Kong, Shiv Kumar Agrawal,Asfa Batool,Youcai Xiong.2015.Recent progress on the neurolathyrism mechanisms. Acta Biophysica Sinica, 31, 3-12 (In Chinese with English abstract).

23.Hao-liang Deng, Hong Zhou, Heng-jia Zhang, Fei Mo, Tong Yang, Wei-ping Kong, Pan-pan Lu, Xiao-ting Yang, Qiang Meng, Hong Zhao, Run-yuan Wang, Neil C Turner, Shan Wu, Ying Zhu, Xiao-feng Zhang,Asfa Batool,You-cai Xiong.2015.Evolution and adaptive management of farming tillage system under climate change in the Loess Plateau. Chinese Journal of Agrometeorology, 36, 393-405 (In Chinese with English abstract).

24.Pu-Fang Li, Zheng-Guo Cheng, Bao-Luo Ma, Jairo A Palta, Hai-Yan Kong, Fei Mo, Jian-Yong Wang, Ying Zhu, Guang-Chao Lv,Asfa Batool, Bai Xue, You-Cai Xiong.2014.Dryland wheat domestication changed the development of aboveground architecture for a more self-Structure canopy. PLoS ONE,9,e95825. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0095825.

25.Xiao-E Liu, Hong-Mei Jiang, Hai-Yan Kong, Guo-Jun Sun, Zheng-Guo Cheng,Asfa Batool,You-Cai Xiong and Xiao-Gang Li.2014.Eco-physiological role of root-sourced signal in three genotypes of spring wheat cultivars: A cue of evolution. Pakistan Journal of Botany, 46: 1217-1224.

26.Jun-lan Xiong, Xue Bai,Asfa Batool, Hai-yan Kong, Tan Rui-yue, Ya-fu Wang, Zhi-xiao Li, You-cai Xiong.2014.Ecological function and application of toxin β-ODAP in grass pea (Lathyrus sativusL.). Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology, 25, 1-10 (In Chinese with English abstract).

27.Hui-li Wang, Tao Tian, Jian-yong Wang,Asfa Batool,Xu-zhe Zhao, Fei Mo, Nudrat Aisha Akram, Bai Xue, Pu-fang Li, Xiaofeng Zhang, You-cai Xiong.2014.Rainwater resource utilization and ecosystem sustainability in arid agricultural areas: A review on 2013 international workshop on arid agriculture and ecosystem sustainability. Chinese Journal of ecology, 33, 3127-3136 (In Chinese with English abstract).

28.Hong Zhou, Hengjia Zhang, Fei Mo,Asfa Batool,Hong Zhao, Runyuan Wang, Shan Wu, Haoliang Deng, Ma Baoluo, Youcai Xiong.2014.Ecological process of water transformation in furrow and ridge mulching system in oat field under extreme drought scenario.Acta Ecologica Sinica, 34, 1757-1771 (In Chinese with English abstract).

29.Shan Wu, Fei Mo, Hong Zhou,Asfa Batool,Hong Zhao, Hao-liang Deng, Ying-long Chen, You-cai Xiong, Heng-jia Zhang.2014.Research progress of soil-water dynamics model applied in SPAC system. Agricultural Research in the Arid Areas, 32, 100-109 (In Chinese with English abstract).

30.Xu-zhe Zhao, Hui-li Wang, Guang-qiang Fu, Fei Mo,Asfa Batool,Shao-ming Wang, You-cai Xiong.2014.Sustainable management of arid ecosystem under climate change：A review on the 11th International Conference on Drylands Development. Arid Land Geography, 37, 1147-1154 (In Chinese with English abstract).

31.Asfa Batool,Muhammad Ashraf, Nudrat Aisha Akram and F. Al-Qurainy.2013.Salt-induced changes in the growth, key physicochemical and biochemical parameters, enzyme activities, and levels of non-enzymatic anti-oxidants in cauliflower (Brassica oleraceaL.). Journal of Horticultural Science & Biotechnology, 88, 231-241.

32.Guang-qiang Fu, Zhi-hua Li, Jian-yong Wang, Shao-ming Wang, Hui-li Wang,Asfa Batool,You-cai Xiong.2013.Effects of seasonal freeze thawing on water and salt movement in saline lands. Arid Land Geography, 36, 645-654 (In Chinese with English abstract).

33.Fei Mo, Hong Zhou, Jianyong Wang, Hong Zhao, Hengjia Zhang, Shan Wu, Yinglong Chen, Tong Yang, Haoliang Deng,Asfa Batool,Runyuan Wang, Simon Nzou Nguluu, Fengmin Li, Youcai Xiong.2013.Development and application of micro-field rain-harvesting technologies. Transactions of the Chinese Society of Agricultural Engineering, 298, 1-17(In Chinese with English abstract).

PROCEEDING PAPERS

²Fei Mo, Hong Zhou, Jianyong Wang, Mohamed A.S. Abdel-Monem, Simon Nzou Nguluu, Tong Yang, Haoliang Deng, Shan Wu,Asfa Batool, Emerita Njiru, Feng-Min Li, You-Cai Xiong. Introducing Chinese rainfed agricultural system to Kenya: A promising strategy to cope with climate change and food security.2013. Proceedings of the 11th International Dryland Science Congress, Beijing, March 21-24, 2013.

²P.F. Li, Z.G. Cheng, B.L. Ma, Y.L. Chen, H.Y. Kong, J.Y. Wang, G.J. Xiao, G.C. Lv,B. Asfaand Y.C. Xiong. Down-to-up biomass shift optimizes energy allocation, water use and yield formation in dryland wheats. Proceedings of 2013 International Workshop on Dryland Agriculture and Ecosystem Sustainability, October 14-18,2013, Lanzhou University, China, pp 212-223.

CONFERENCES / SYMPOSIA ATTENDED

1.International forum on“2018 Forum on Ecological Civilization of the University Alliance of Belt & Road”held on 23-25 September, 2018 at Lanzhou University, China.

2.International workshop on“Phylogenetic comparative methods on human culture”held on 22-23 April, 2018 at Lanzhou University, China.

3.International workshop on“Evolutionary models of human conflict and cooperation”held on 2 December, 2017 at Lanzhou University, China.

4.International Symposium on“The Belt and Road’’ Bio-health Agricultureheld from 22 to 24 July, 2017 at Northwest A & F University, China.

5.International forum on“The Belt and Road Microbiome”held from 14 to 16 April, 2017 at Lanzhou University, China.

6.International Conference entitled as“7^thInternational Crop Science Congress”held from 14 to 19 August, 2016 in Beijing, China.

7.International workshop on“Behavioural ecology of Herding Populations”held on 21 May, 2016 at Lanzhou University, China.

8.International workshop on“Land Degradation and Ecological Restoration of the Loess Plateau”organized atLanzhou University, Chinaon 17-21^stAugust, 2015.

9.International Seminar on“Climate System and Climate Change (ISCS)”held on 20-31 July, 2015 at Lanzhou University, China.

10.International Training Workshopon “Application of Methane Production Using Common Agricultural Wastes”held from July 21, to August 9, 2014 at School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, P.R. China.

11.Presented a lecture as invited speaker on“Non-hydraulic root-sourced signal and cross talk in different ploidy wheats”in a three-day workshop on “Dryland Agriculture and Ecosystem Sustainability” organized atLanzhou University, Chinaon 16-18th October, 2013.

12.National Conference on“TRENDS IN BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY”held on 21 February, 2012 at Department of Biochemistry, QUAID-I-AZAM University Islamabad.

13.International Symposium on“Strategies for Conservation of Endangered Ecosystems”held on 16-18 April, 2012 at Department of Botany, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad,Pakistan.

14.Certificate of Participation in 6^thyoung leaders’ summitheld on 29^thJanuary 2012 at Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan auditorium Faisalabad, Pakistan.

15.International Chemistry Conferenceheld on 21-23 November, 2011 at Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan.

COMPUTING KNOWLEDGE

Well versed and proficient in using window operating systems and research applications. Obtained Degree of Window Application with Specialization in Software from American International College, Lahore, Pakistan. Have knack of using Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel, and Power-Point). I have solid experience with the statistics software SPSS, Origin, Sigma plot, smatr2, GenStat and R package software.

LANGUAGES KNOWN:

English (Fluent,written and spoken, passed IELTS test)

Chinese (Fluent,spoken, reading and writing, passed Chinese courses with high scores)

Native languages Urdu, Saraike and Punjabi

PERSONAL DETAIL:

NameAsfa Batool

Date of Birth25-12-1985

NationalityPakistani

GenderFemale

Marital Status Single

CONTACT AND MAILING ADDRESS:

Permanent Home Address Mohallah Alam Khan Khel, P/O Mochh, Teh & Distt Mianwali, Punjab, Pakistan

Contact No: +92-331-5545387;+92-305-7177437