M. Javaid Iqbal
PhD (Leeds, UK)

Department of Plant Agriculture
University of Guelph, 
Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1, Canada.

E-mail: iqbal@uoguelph.ca

INTERESTS

Research coordination and management. Research facility management, research lab design, development, automation software writing and deployment.  Plant and soil science research especially plant physiology,  growth regulation, early disease detection using chlorophyll fluorescence and photosynthesis bioassays for environmental studies using closed and open environment. DL-gene and carbon partitioning studies in common beans. Photography, 3D imaging and analysis.

Qualifications

MBA candidate from Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Team Based Project Management, Queen’s School of Business, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Business Information Technology, Metropolitan University of Leeds, Leeds, UK

PhD, School of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK                      

MSc (Hon), Soil Science, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan

BSc (Hon), Agriculture, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan

Canadian Association of University Research Administrators (CAURA)

Canadian Society of Plant Physiologists

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

 Beninger, C.W., M.M. Abou-Zaid, A.L.E. Kistner, R.H. Hallett, M.J. Iqbal, B. Grodzinski and J.C. Hall. 2004. A flavanone and two phenolic acids from Chrysanthemum morifolium with phytotoxic and insect growth regulating activity. Journal of Chemical Ecology 30 (3): 589-606

 Hannah, M.A., Iqbal, M.J. and Sanders, F.E. 2001. Adaptation to long-term cold-girdling in genotypes of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). Journal of Experimental Botany. 52:1123-1127.

 Hannah, M.A., Iqbal, M.J. and Sanders, F.E. 2000. The DL-gene system in common bean: a possible mechanism for control of root-shoot partitioning. New Phytologist. 147:487-496.

 CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Iqbal, M.J., Leonardos, ED. and Grodzinski, B. 2007. Biotron – Plant Productivity Module, design and development. Canadian Society of Plant Physiologists Meeting, the University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada. December 1, 2007. 

Iqbal, MJ., Leonardos, ED. and Grodzinski, B. 2004. Does externally supplied sucrose act as an alternative to photosynthates or a signal which can alleviate root growth failure in the common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) dwarf plants? Proceedings of 13th International Congress of Photosynthesis Montréal, Canada. August 29 - September 03, 2004.

 Iqbal, M.J., Sanders, F.E. and Grodzinski, B. 2004. The effects of plant growth regulators and DL-gene system on the root shoot partitioning in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). Paper presented at Canadian Society of Plant Physiologists Annual Meeting, Guelph, ON, Canada, June 19-22, 2004.

 Iqbal, M.J., Hannah, M.A., Boutraa, T. and Sanders, F.E. 2000. The DL-genes: a possible system for resource allocation study in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). Paper presented at Society of Experimental Biology Annual Meeting, University of Exeter, UK. March 27-31, 2000