Curriculum Vitae

CAREER PPORTUNITY
Energetic, innovative, accepting and meeting challenges of life as adventurist.
Devoted to the Jobs ever assigned, committed to the goals allocated and courageous enough
to achieve the objectives. Always accommodative and adjustable to the changed
circumstances, self-motivated and desirous to work as team member with sportsman spirit.

PERSONAL DETAIL:-

Name Muhammad Noor

Father Name Muhammad Hussain

Designation Assistant Professor, Hazara University, Mansehra

Date of Birth 25-03-1987

Domicile Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan

Religion Islam

Marital status Married

Village Salak P/O: Katti Garhi.
Postal Address
District & Tehsil: Mardan, KP Pakistan
Cell No. +92-302-5258528
+92-312-5258528
E-mails m.noor@uoswabi.edu.pk
noor_pbg49@yahoo.com

Academic Record:-

Year 2012:- Ph.D Agriculture with Specialization in “Plant Breeding and

Genetics” From The University of Agriculture Peshawar, Pakistan
(Thesis Title “Genetic analysis for desirable attributes in
popcorn”).
Year 2010:- M.Sc (Hons) Agriculture with Specialization in “Plant Breeding
and Genetics” From The University of Agriculture Peshawar,
Pakistan in 1st division.
Year 2008:- B.Sc (Hons) Agriculture with Specialization in “Plant Breeding
and Genetics” From The University of Agriculture Peshawar,
Pakistan in 1st division.
 Year 2002:- F.Sc (Pre-medical) from Govt. Post Graduate College Mardan,
District: Mardan, KP Pakistan in 1st division.
Year 2000:- Matric (Science) from Government Higher Secondary School
Lund Khawar, District: Mardan, KP Pakistan in 1st division.

Skills:-
Languages:-
 English
 Urdu
 Pashto

Computer:-
 SAS
 SPSS
 SigmaPlot
 Statistix
 Mini Tab
 MSTATC
 MS Word
 MS Excel
 Power Point &
 Internet user

Conferences & Workshops:-

 Attended national workshop on “Statistical techniques for Agricultural, Biological
and Environmental Sciences” held on 16th May, 2017. Organized by University of
Swabi, Sponsored by Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan.
 Attended national workshop on “Statistical techniques for Agricultural, Biological
and Environmental Sciences” held on 16th May, 2017. Organized by University of
Swabi, Sponsored by Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan.
 Organized three days international conference national workshop on “Statistical
techniques for Agricultural, Biological and Environmental Sciences” held on 16th
May, 2017. Organized by University of Swabi, Sponsored by Higher Education
Commission (HEC) of Pakistan.
 Attended national workshop on “Statistical techniques for Agricultural, Biological
and Environmental Sciences” held on 16th May, 2017. Organized by University of
Swabi, Sponsored by Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan.
 Completed course on “Wheat Quality Training Program” from 9-11 April, 2015.
Organized by International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT) and
Wheat research Institute Faisalabad, Pakistan.
 Completed “Wheat Improvement Training Course”. Held at Wheat Research
Institute (WRI), Ayub Agricultural Research Institute (AARI), Faisalabad, Pakistan
from 1st March to 15th May, 2015. Organized by joint efforts of CIMMYT-Pakistan
and WRI.
 Training course on “Standardization of Stem rust note taking and
 evaluation of germplasm with emphasis on emerging threats of Yellow
rust and Leaf rust”. Held at Kenya Agricultural Research and Livestock
Organization (KARLO), Njoro organized by combined cooperation of CIMMYT,
ICARDA, BGRI, USDA, Cornell University and KARLO from September 23rd to
October 3rd 2014.
 Statistical course “Genetic Analysis and Plant Breeding” held on November 24-30,
2013. Organized by CIMMYT in cooperation with the General Directorate of
Agriculture Research and Policy, Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock,
Turkish Republic.
 Statistical course “Statistical Analysis of Plant Breeding Trials” held on
November 17-23, 2013. Organized by CIMMYT in cooperation with the General
Directorate of Agriculture Research and Policy, Ministry of Food, Agriculture and
Livestock, Turkish Republic.
 International workshop on “Web-based tools for Plant Science Research” held on
March 16th – 19th 2007. Organized by the Joint Higher Education Links Programme
at the Department of Agronomy The Agricultural University, Peshawar, Pakistan.

 International workshop on “World Earth Day Seminar” 22rd April, 2009. Under the
Auspices of SWIM (Society of Water Integration & Management), Department of
Water Management, The Agricultural University, Peshawar, Pakistan.

 Seminar on “Development of Sustainable and Collaborative Research Networks”

September 29-30, 2010. Organized by Department of Agronomy, The Agricultural
University, Peshawar, Pakistan.

 International Symposium on “Institutional Linkages for Agriculture Development

in Pakistan” December 20-21, 2010. Organized under the HEC sponsored project.

 “International Conference on Climate Change: A Challenge for Agriculturists”

May 28-30, 2011. The University Peshawar Pakistan.

Experience:-
 Working as “Assistant Professor” in the Department Agriculture, Hazara
University, Mansehra, Since November, 2018.
 Working as “Assistant Professor” in the Department Agriculture, The University of
Swabi, from April, 2017 to November, 2018.
 Worked as “Research Associate“ in International Maize and Wheat Improvement
Center (CIMMYT), Pakistan from August, 2013 to April 2017.
 Submitted Ph.D. Thesis with title “Genetic analysis for desirable attributes in
popcorn”.
 Worked as Research Assistant in HEC funded project titled “Production and
Development of Local Maize Hybrid” at The Agricultural University Peshawar
Pakistan, from January, 2011 to July, 2013.
 Submitted M.Sc (Hons) Thesis with title “Half-sib families for yield and yield
 related traits in maize variety Phari”.
 Worked as “Teaching Assistant” in the Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics,
The University of Agriculture Peshawar under National Internship Program from
July, 2010 to June, 2011.
 Worked as Research Fellow in HEC funded project titled “Production of modified
Double Cross Maize Hybrid as Source of Low Cost Seed” at The Agricultural
University Peshawar, Pakistan, from 1st July, 2007 to 30th June, 2009.
 Worked as Research Assistant from May, 2007 to June, 2008 in the project titled as
“Cooperative research Program on fodder Crops”.
 Submitted an internship report on “ Performance of half-sib families in maize
variety Phari” at The Agricultural University Peshawar, Pakistan from May 2008
to December 2008 (Academic requirement for the degree of B.Sc (Hons) Agriculture,
Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics).

Research Publication:-
1 Evaluation of half sib families for maturity and grain yield attributes. 2010
Muhammad Noor, Hidayat ur Rahman, Durrishahwar, S.M.A. Shah, M. Iqbal and
Ihteramullah. Sarhad J. Agric. 26(4): 545-549. ISSN: 1016-4383
2 Heritability estimates for yield and related traits based on test cross progeny
performance of resistant maize inbred lines. 2011. Farhan Ali , Mareeya Muneer,
Hidayatur Rahman, Muhammad Noor, Durrishahwar, Jianbing yan, Sabina Shaukat.
J. food, Agri. & Env. 9(3&4): 438-443. (Impact factor = 0.2). ISSN: 14590263,
14590255
3 Heterotic effects for yield and protein content in white quality protein maize.
2011. Ikramullah, Iftikhar Hussain Khalil, Muhammad Noor and Mohammad
Kausar Nawaz Shah. Sarhad J. Agric. 27 (3): 403-409. ISSN: 1016-4383
4 Heterosis for yield and agronomic attributes in diverse maize germplasm. 2012.
Farhan Ali , Irfan Ahmed Shah, Hidayat ur Rahman, Mohammad Noor,
Durrishahwar, Muhammad Yasir Khan, Ihteram Ullah and Jianbing Yan. Aus. J.
Crop Sci. 6(3):455-462. (Impact factor = 1.02). ISSN: 1835-2707
5 Characterization of pearl millet germplasm for various morphological and
fodder yield parameters. 2012. Irfan Ahmed Shah, Hidayat-ur-Rahman, Syed
Mehar Ali Shah, Zahir Shah, Saeed ur Rahman, Ihteramullah and Muhammad Noor.
Pak. J. Bot., 44(1): 273-279. (Impact factor = 0.69). ISSN: 2070-3368
6 Potential of Sunflower (Helianthus annus L.) Double Cross Hybrid as a
commercial production-grain cultivar. 2012. Salman Ahmad, Muhammad Noor,
Ikramullah, Ihteramullah, Farhan Ali, Waheed Murad, Durrishahwar and Khilwat
Afridi. Int. Res. J. Agri. Sci. and Soil. Sci. 2(3): 094-097. ISSN: 2251-0044
7 Heritability estimates for maturity and morphological traits based on testcross
progeny performance of maize. Farhan Ali, Durrishahwar, Mareeya Muneer,
Waseem Hassan, Hidayat ur Rahman, Muhammad Noor, Tariq Shah, Iltaf Ullah,
Muhammad Iqbal, Khilwat Afridi and Hidayat Ullah. ARPN J. Agri. and Bio. Sci.,
May, 2012, Vol. 7 No. 5. 294-301. ISSN: 1990-6145
8 Genotypic association among yield and related attributes in mungbean
genotypes. Sabra Begum, Muhammad Noor, Gulam Hassan, Hidayat ur Rahman,
Durrishawar, Hidayat Ullah and Masood Jan. Int. Res. J. Agric. Sci. Soil Sci. 2012
2(5): 188-193. ISSN: 2251- 0044
9 Accumulation of desirable alleles for southern leaf blight (SLB) in maize (Zea
mays L.) under the epiphytotic of Helminthosporium maydis. 2012. Farhan Ali,
Mareeya Muneer, Jie Xu, Durrishahwar, Hidayat ur Rahman, Yanli Lu, Waseem
Hassan, Hidayat Ullah, Muhammad Noor, Iltaf Ullah, Jianbing Yan. Aus. J. Crop
Sci. 6(8):1283-1289. (Impact factor = 1.02). ISSN: 1835-2707
10 Response of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) cultivars to nitrogen levels.
2012. Nasir Mehmood, Gohar Ayub, Ihteram Ullah, Naveed Ahmad, Muhammad
Noor, Amir Muhammad Khan, Saeed Ahmad, Ammara Saeed and Farzana. Pure
Appl. Bio. 1(3): 63-67. ISSN: 2304-2478
11 Evaluation of yield and yield contributing traits in bread wheat (Triticum
aestivum l.) under rainfed condition. 2012. Ayaz Khan, Fida Mohammad,
Muhammad Noor. Annals of Agrarian Science 10(1): 32. ISSN: 1512-1887
12 Change in heritability estimates due to half-sib family selection in the maize
variety Pahari. 2013. Muhammad Noor, Durrishahwar, Hidayat ur Rahman, Farhan
Ali, Muhammad Iqbal, Irfan Ahmad Shah and Ihteramullah. Genet. Mol. Res. 12 (2):
1872-1881. (Impact factor = 0.98). ISSN: 1676-5680
13 Heritability estimates and yield performance of half sib families derived from
maize variety sarhad white. 2013. Kaleem Ullah, Hidayat ur Rahman, Muhammad
Noor, Monsif ur Rehman, Muhammad Iqbal and Sanaullah. Sarhad J. Agric. 29(1):
29-32. ISSN: 1016-4383
14 Heritability estimates and correlations among flowering and yield related traits
in mungbean genotypes. 2013. Sabra Begum, Muhammad Noor, Hidayat ur
Rahman, Durrishahwar, Hidayat Ullah, Alia and Farhan Ali. British Journal of
Applied Science & Technology 3(3): 472-481. ISSN: 2231-0843
15 Evidence of improving yield and morphological attributes via half-sib family
recurrent selection in maize. 2013. Muhammad Noor, Hidayatur Rahman,
Muhammad Iqbal, Irfan Ahmed Shah, Ihteramullah, Durrishahwar and Farhan Ali.
American Journal of Experimental Agriculture 3(3): 557-570. ISSN: 2231-0606
16 Line x tester analysis for grain yield and yield related traits in maize variety
sarhad-white. 2013. Hidayat ur Rahman, Asif Ali, Zahir Shah, Muhammad Iqbal,
Muhammad Noor and Amanullah. Pak. J. Bot. 45(SI): 383-387. (Impact factor =
0.69). ISSN: 2070-3368
17 Germplasm diversity of wheat under different water stress and weedy
conditions. 2013. Ihteram Ullah, Iftikhar Hussain Khalil, Irfan Ahmad Shah, Waheed
Murad, Nasir Mehmood, Muhammad Amin and Muhammad Noor. Pak. J. Weed
Sci. Res., 19(3): 315–325. ISSN: 1815-1094
18 Change in growth and productivity of burgundy due to rock phosphate, vam
and rhizobium inoculation. 2013. Tabassum Yaseen, Farrukh Hussain, Hidayat ur
Rahman and Muhammad Noor. Sarhad J. Agric. 29(4): 537-542. ISSN: 1016-4383
19 Effect of mannitol induced drought stress on seedling traits and protein profile
of two wheat cultivars. 2014. Ihteram Ullah, Nabeela Akhtar, Nasir Mehmood, Irfan
Ahmed Shah and Muhammad Noor. J. Ani. Plant Sci. 24(4): 1246-1251 (Impact
factor = 0.407) ISSN: 1018-7081
20 Effect of Rhizobium, VAM and Rock Phosphate Inoculation on Desmodium
adscendens. Tabassum Yaseen, Farrukh Hussain, Muhammad Noor. Accepted for
presentation in 4th international and 13th national conference of Botany, 2014 at
 Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University, Sheringal. (Impact factor = 0.69) ISSN: 2070-
3368
21 Biodiversity and biochemical study of medicinal plants collected from swat
valley of Pakistan. 2014. Inam Ullah Khan, Saleem Ullah, Muhammad Noor,
Habib Ullah, Aftab Alam and Yousaf Jamal. J. Biodiver. Biopros. Dev. 2(1):
http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2376-0214.1000138 ISSN: 2376-0214
22 Evaluation of Popcorn inbred lines for disease severity. Muhammad Noor,
Hidayat ur Rahman and Muhammad Iqbal. 2015. Pure Appl. Bio. 4(3): 288-295.
ISSN: 2304-2478
23 Screening wheat germplasm for heat tolerance in Pakistan. Accepted for poster
presentation in International Wheat Conference 20-25 September, 2015/ Sydney
Australia. ISSN:
24 Identification of heat tolerant wheat lines. 2017. Muhammad Noor, Muhammad
Imtiaz, Makhdoom Hussain, Majid Nadeem, Gulzar Ahmad, Matthew Reynolds, Ravi
Prakash Singh and Jesse Poland. 13th international Wheat Genetics Symposium 23rd-
28th April 2017, Tulln / Austria.
25 Evaluation and selection of wheat lines for biotic and abiotic stresses in Pakistan.
2018. Muhammad Noor, Muhammad Imtiaz, Makhdoom Hussain, Majid Nadeem,
Monsif ur Rehman, Matthew Reynolds, Ravi Prakash Singh and Jesse Poland. BGRI,
Technical Workshop, April 14-17, 2018, Marrakech, Morocco.
26 Grouping rice genotypes in different clusters based on their similarity index.
2016. Alia, Iftikhar Hussain Khalil, Syed Mehar Ali Shah, Durrishahwar and
Muhammad Noor. 2016. Pure Appl. Bio. 5(3): 386-391. ISSN: 2304-2478
27 Genetic and Phenotypic Associations among Maturity, Yield and Quality
Parameters in Popcorn. 2016. Muhammad Noor, Hidayat ur Rahman and
Muhammad Iqbal. American-Eurasian J. Agric. & Environ. Sci., 16 (6): 1091-1096.
ISSN: 1818-6769
28 Inheritance Study of Maturity Related Plant Traits in Two Diverse Popcorn
Groups. Muhammad Noor, Hidayat ur Rahman and Muhammad Iqbal. 2016. J.
Anim. Plant Sci. 26(6): 1732-1739. (Impact factor = 0.407). ISSN: 1018-7081
29 Effect of Calcium fortification on whole wheat flour based leavened and
unleavened breads by utilizing food industrial wastes. 2017. Muhammad Rafiullah
Khan, Said Wahab, Ihsan Mehboob Qazi, Muhammad Faiq, Afrasiab Khan Tareen,
Shah Fahad and Muhammad Noor. Asian J. Chem. 29(2): 423-430. (Impact factor
= 0.14). ISSN: 0970-7077
30 Heritability estimates for maturity and plant characteristics in popcorn.
Muhammad Noor, Hidayat ur Rahman and Muhammad Iqbal. 2017. Sarhad J. Agri.
22(3): 276-281. ISSN: 1016-4383
31 Growth response of olive cultivars to air layering. 2017. Fiaza Afzal, Muhammad
Adnan, Inayat Ur Rehman, Muhammad Noor, Ahsan Khan, Sadia Iqbal, Jawad Ali
Shah, Mushtaq Ahmad Khan, Muhammad Roman, Fazal Wahid, Shah Nawaz, Rainaz
Perveez and Fazli Subhan. 2017. Pure and Applied Bio. 6(4):1403-1409. ISSN: 1018-
7081
32 Wheat phenology and density and fresh and dry weight of weeds as affected by
potassium sources levels and tillage practices. 2018. Mushtaq Ahmad Khan, Abdul
Basir, Muhammad Adnan, Abdul Sattar Shah, Muhammad Noor, Abid Khan, Jawad
 Ali Shah, Zohaib Ali and Abdur Rahman. 2017. Pak. J. Weed Sci. Res. 23(4): 451-
462. ISSN: 1815-1094
33 In vitro biological screening of a critically endangered medicinal plant, Atropa
acuminata Royle Ex Lindlof north western Himalaya. 2018. Khaista Rahman,
Shahid Ullah Khan, Shah Fahad, Zabta Khan Shinwari, Dilfaraz Khan, Sajid Kamal,
kram Ullah, Syed Ishtiaq Anjum, Shad Man, Abdul Jamil Khan, Wasim Ullah Khan,
Muhammad Hafeez Ullah Khan, Mehmood Jan, Muhammad Adnan and Muhammad
Noor. Scientific Reports | (2018) 8(1):11028 | DOI:10.1038/s41598-018-29231-x.
(Impact factor = 4.122). ISSN: 2045-2322
34 Heritability and correlation analysis of morphological and yield traits in Maize.
2018. Abdul Saboor Khan, Hidayat Ullah, Durri Shahwar, Shah Fahad, Nadar Khan,
Muhammad Yasir, Fazli Wahid, Muhammad Adnan and Muhammad Noor. J Plant
Bio Crop Res. http://meddocsonline.org/. ISSN: 2637-7721
35 Evaluation and analysis of temperature for historical (1996–2015) and projected
(2030–2060) climates in Pakistan using SimCLIM climate model:Ensemble
application. 2018. Asad Amin, Wajid Nasim, Shah Fahad, Shaukat Ali, Shakeel
Ahmad, Atta Rasool, Nadia Saleem, Hafiz Mohkum Hammad, Syeda Refat Sultana,
Muhammad Mubeen, Hafiz Faiq Bakhat, Naveed Ahmad, Ghulam Mustafa Shah,
Muhammad Adnan, Muhammad Noor, Abdul Basir, Shah Saud, Muhammad Habib
ur Rahman and Joel O. Paz. Atmospheric Research. 213: 422-436. (Impact factor =
3.778). ISSN: 0169-8095
36 Generation mean analysis for grain yield and its components in popcorn. 2018.
Muhammad Noor, Shah Fahad, Hidayat ur Rahman, Durri Shahwar, Muhammad
Yasir, Mukhtar Alam, Hidayat Ullah, Muhammad Adnan, Yousaf Jamal, Fazli Wahid,
Farhan Ali. De Gruyter. Open Agriculture 3: 437–458. ISSN: 2391-9531
37 High-Throughput Phenotyping Enabled Genetic Dissection of Crop Lodging in
Wheat. 2019. Daljit Singh, Xu Wang, Uttam Kumar, Liangliang Gao, Muhammad
Noor, Muhammad Imtiaz, Ravi P. Singh and Jesse Poland. Frontiers Plant Sci.
10:394.doi: 10.3389/fpls.2019.00394. (Impact factor = 3.677). ISSN: 1664-462

Projects:-
1. Evaluation of candidate maize (Zea mays L.) hybrids at multi-locations in
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Funded by Higher Educatio Commission (HEC) of Pakistan.

Book Chapters:-

1. Major Constraints for Global Rice Production. Shah Fahad, Muhammad Adnan,
Muhammad Noor, Muhammad Arif, Mukhtar Alam, Imtiaz Ali Khan, Hidayat
Ullah, Fazli Wahid, Ishaq Ahmad Mian, Yousaf Jamal, Abdul Basir, Shah Hassan,
Shah Saud, Amanullah, Muhammad Riaz, Chao Wu, Mushtaq Ahmad Khan and
Depeng Wang. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-814332-2.00001-0
Copyright©2019 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
2. Abiotic Stress and Rice Grain Quality. Shah Fahad, Muhammad Noor,
Muhammad Adnan, Mushtaq Ahmad Khan, Inayat Ur Rahman, Mukhtar Alam,
Imtiaz Ali Khan, Hidayat Ullah, Ishaq Ahmad Mian, Shah Hassan, Shah Saud, Hafiz
Faiq Bakhat, Hafiz Mohkum Hammad, Shakeel Ahmad and Wajid Nasim.
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-814332-2.00028-9Copyright©2019 Elsevier
Inc. All rights reserved.
References:-
1. Dr. Hidayat-Ur-Rahman
Meritorious Professor, Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics,
The University of Agriculture Peshawar, Pakistan.
E-Mail: h_rahman_pbg@yahoo.com
Cell: +92-333-9122022

2. Dr. Hidayat Ullah

Associate Professor, Department of Agriculture,
University of Swabi, Swabi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
E-Mail: drhidayat@uoswabi.edu.pk
Cell: +92-333-9196096

3. Dr. Iftikhar Hussain Khalil

Professor, Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics,
The University of Agriculture Peshawar, Pakistan.
E-Mail: drihkhalil@yahoo.com
Cell: +92-300-5989260