Dr. Riffat Siddique

Assistant Professor
Department of Botany
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Profile
Research Publications

Experience

Lecturer of Botany (BPS-18) 29^th March 2008 to 12^th September 2017, LCWU
Assistant Professor of Botany (BPS-19 Adhoc) 12^th September to date, LCWU
15 years of teaching experience 5 years of research experience

Honor and Awards

HEC Indigenous Scholarship holder in PHD from 2012 till 2016. HEC approved Supervisor.

Memberships

Member of Botanical Society of LCWU
Member of Horticultural Society of LCWU
Editorial member of Journal Plantarum, Department of Botany,LCWU.
Member of Discipline committee, Department of Botany,LCWU.
Member of Departmental Quran Khawani funds committee
Member of cleanliness committee, Department of Botany, LCWU.

Graduate Students /Postdocs/ Undergraduate Students/Honour Students

10 BS Students supervised

6 MS students were Co-Supervised 3 MS students were Co- Supervised

Service Activity

Teaching
Research and thesis supervision
Publications and presentations
Annual stock checking
Admission duty
Discipline duty
Co- organizer of floral art competition
Co- organizer of departmental workshops (local as well as International)
Convocation Duty

Workshops / Conferences/Seminar/Courses Organized/Attended

Oral presentations at 38th All Pakistan Science Conference Energy Crisis and Their Solutions in Pakistan at College of Earth and Environmental Sciences University of The Punjab, Quaid-i- Azam Campus, Lahore under the auspices of Pakistan Association for the Advancement of Science (PAAS). On 10th and 11th December 2018.

i- Comparision of Antioxidant Activities of Different Commercial Varieties of TEA by Using DPPH Method. Riffat Siddique, Noor ul Ain, Hannan Mukhtar and Farah Khan.

Abstract published in proceedings.

ii Phytochemical Analysis of some varieties of BRASSICA Oleracea L. Hannan Mukhtar, Saba Gulzar, Riffat Siddique and Farah Khan. Abstract Published in proceedings.

Brief Statement of Research Interest

Molecular genetics
Plant Virology
Bioinformatics

Publications

Shaheen, Shabnum, Moneeza Abbas, Riffat Siddique, Zaryab Khalid, Tahira Alyas, Sana Khalid, Jawaher Alzahrani, Nadia Ghani, Sobia Sarwar, Asif Kamal, Moona Nazish, Maximilian Lackner. 2025. GC-MS, FTIR, XRD, UV-Vis, and HPLC profiling of the natural bioactive constituents of Lemna minor extract and its in-vitro antimicrobial and anti-parasitic activities against pathogenic organisms. Kuwait Journal of Science.
Samia Anwar, Riffat Siddique, Shakeel Ahmad, Muhammad Zeshan Haider, Haider Ali, Adnan Sami, Rosa Sanchez Lucas, Muhammad Shafiq, Bader Un Nisa, Bilal Javed, Jannat Akram, Javaria Tabassum and Muhammad Arshad 2024. Genome wide identification and characterization of Bax inhibitor-1 gene family in cucumber (Cucumis sativus) under biotic and abiotic stress. BMC genomics, 25(1), 1032.
Khalid, R. Siddique, H. Mukhtar, M. Nawaz, Hurria and Munazza. 2024. Master virus effect on metabolic and biological activities in tomato leaves. Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences 34(1), 186-198.
Shabnum Shaheen, Sana Khalid, Riffat Siqqique, Muneeza Abbas, Tehreema Ifikhar, Iram Ijaz , Sobia Sarwar , Sarah Abdul Razak, Muhammad Hamza Riaz, Reem
Aljowaie , Mohamed S. Elshikh Asif Kamal. 2023. Comparative taxonomical, biological and pharmacological potential of healthy and geminivirus infected leaves of Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L.: First report. Microbial Pathogenesis, 185: 106428.
Jannat Akram, Rifat Siddique, Muhammad Shafq, Bushra Tabassum, Muhammad Tariq Manzoor, Muhammad Arshad Javed, Samia Anwar, Bader Un Nisa, Muhammad Hamzah Saleem, Bilal Javed, Tabarak Malik, Abd El-Zaher M. A. Mustafa and Baber Ali. 2023. Genome-wide identification of CCO gene family in cucumber (Cucumis sativus) and its comparative analysis with A. thaliana. BMC Plant Biology, 23(1): 640.
Shabnum Shaheen, Muhammad Asaf Khan, Muhammad Naveed Shahid, Zeeshan Shamim, Bilal Rasool, Khadim Hussain, Sana Khalid, Nidaa Harun, Riffat Siddique, Romaisha Sonia, Farah Khan. 2021. Morphological and palynological assessment of taxonomically problematic genus Paspalum based on light and scanning electron microscopy. Microscopy Research and Technique.
Unaiza Wahab, Muhammad Sajjad, ShabnumShaheen, Riffat Siddique, Muhammad Ashfaq, Muhammad Umer and Farah Khan. 2020. Effects of different plant growth regulators on In vitro growth of Aloe vera L. Bangladesh Journal of Botany, 49(1): 159-162.
Shabnum Shaheen, Rozina Fateh, Sidra Younis, Nidaa Harun, Mehwish Jaffer, Khadim Hussain, Muhammad Ashfaq, Riffat Siddique, Hannan Mukhtar, Farah Khan. 2020. Light and scanning electron microscopic characterization of thirty endemic Fabaceae species of district Lahore, Pakistan. Microscopy Research and Technique. 83(12): 1507-1529.
Shabnum Shaheen, Palwasha Khan, Sehrish Sadia, Mehwish Jaffer, Sana Khalid, Riffat Siddique, Hannan Mukhtar, Tehreema Iftikhar, Samina Sarwar, Sobia Ilyas and Farah 2020. Light microscopy and scanning electron microscopy of bacterial colonies isolated from rasmalai samples from different markets of Lahore. Microscopy Research and Technique. 83(11): 1417-1426.
Sana Khalid^, RiffatSiddique, ShabnumShaheen, Muhammad NaveedShahid, ZeeshanShamim, Khalil Ahmad Khan, Çiğdem ULUBAŞ SERÇE^. Current understanding of an Emerging Coronavirus using in silico approach: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome- Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). Brazilian Journal of Biology. 83, p.e247237.
Riffat Siddique, Soha Nadeem^, Ibrahim Aliyu Dabai And Atiq Ur 2019. Phytochemical profiling of tamarind (Tamarindus indica) seeds, leaves and pulp. ^; Journal plantarum.
Sana Khalid, ShabnumShaheen, AmmaraIshfaq, Riffat Siddique. 2019. Performance study of exotic variety of potato (Solanumtuberosum ) for processing industry under the agro-climatic condition of Lahore-Pakistan. Pure and Applied Biology (PAB), 8(4), 2262-2268.
Riffat Siddique, Imran Amin, Attique-Ur- Rehman, Shahid Mansoor and Farah Khan. 2016. Response of Ty resistant tomato cultivars to Begomoviruses and their Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry. Pakistan Journal of Science. 68(4)

Book Chapters

Smart Plant Breeding for Vegetable Crops in Post- Genomic Era: “Smart Plant Breeding for Potato in Post- Genomic Era”. Sana Khalid, Riffat Siddique, Allah Bakhsh. Book Chapter. Springer Nature. (September, 2022).
Cell Signaling Response Under Plants Stress. Jannat Akram, Muhammad Zeshan Haider, Muhammad Shafq, Adnan Sami, Muhammad Tariq Manzoor, Sajid Ali, Muhammad Saleem Haider, Muhammad Adnan Shahid, and Riffat Siddique. (2024). In Molecular Dynamics of Plant Stress and its Management (pp. 447-474). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore.

Selected Professional Presentations

Nil

Department of Botany

Botany