CURRICULUM VITAE Dr.

KALEEM TARIQ

Current Address: Agriculture Department, Abdual Wali Khan

University, Mardan.

Current Position: Assistant Professor of Entomology, Agriculture

department, Abdual Wali Khan University Mardan.
E-mail: drkaleem@awkum.edu.pk or
kaleem.arain@webmail.hzau.edu.cn

Area of Interest:

 microRNA mediated Insect Pest management

Development of bio-pesticides using RNA interference (RNAi)
Post-transcriptional regulation of different biological functions of insects

Education

2016: PhD in Agricultural Entomology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, P.R. China

Area of Research: Post-transcriptional regulation of Spermatogenesis through microRNA

2012: M.Sc (Hons)/ M.Phil. Agricultural Entomology, University College of Agriculture,

Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan
2008: B.Sc (Hons) Agriculture Entomology, University College of Agriculture, Bahauddin Zakariya
University, Multan, Pakistan

AWARD

Awarded MERIT SCHOLARSHIP 2012-2015 by China Scholarship Council for Ph. D studies in China

Research Project submitted for funding

Title: Evaluation of Insecticidal Potency of RNAi-based Ecdysone Receptor knockdown in

Diamondback moth Plutella xylostella under Laboratory and Field Conditions.

Skills

Expertise in major Molecular biology techniques: molecular cloning, Primer and probe
designing, generation and maintenance of cell culture, cell transfection and
transformation, Luciferase reporter assay, in situ hybridization, gel electrophoresis
analysis, restriction. digest, Site Directed Mutagenesis, Real-Time PCR, DNA, RNA, miRNA
mRNA etc extraction and analysis, RT-PCR, protein expression purification and detection
via ELISA, Western Blot and enzymatic assays etc, gene silencing through RNAi, gene
mutation, florescence microscopy, sperm viability assay, immunocytochemistry
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Publications

1- Kaleem Tariq, Christoph M, Summar S, Peng W, Zhang H; miR-8-3p regulates mitoferrin in

the testes of Bactrocera dorsalis to ensure normal spermatogenesis. Scientific Reports, 2016,
6:22565 | DOI: 10.1038/srep22565.

2- Kaleem Tariq, Peng Wei, Saccone G, Zhang H; Identification, characterization and

target gene analysis of testicular microRNAs in the oriental fruit fly Bactrocera dorsalis.
Insect Molecular Biology, 2015 doi:10.1111/imb.12196.

3- Kaleem Tariq, Mah Noor, Saeed S, Zhang H. The effect of ultraviolet-A radiation
exposure on the reproductive ability, longevity, and development of the Dialeurodes citri
(Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) F1 generation. Environmental Entomology, 2015, DOI:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvv133.
4- H. yao, W. Zheng, K. Tariq, H. Zhang; Functional and numerical responses of three
species of predatory phytoseiid mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) to Thrips flavidulus
(Thysanoptera:Thripidae). Neotropical Entomology, 2014, 43:437–445.

5- Peng Wei, KaleemTariq, Zhang H; Identification and characterization of sex-biased

microRNAs in
Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel). PlosOne, 2016 .

6. Muhammad Faisal Anwar Malik, Kaleem Tariq, Afsari S. Qureshi, Muhammad Rashid
Khan,Muhammad Ashraf, Gul Naz and Asad Ali. Analysis of genetic diversity of soybean germplasm
from five different origins using RAPD markers. Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Section B — Soil
& Plant Science, 2016. doi.org/10.1080/09064710.2016.1236213.

7- Kaleem Tariq, Mah Noor, Backus, E. A., Adil Hussain., Asad Ali., Peng, Wei and Hongyu
Zhang.The toxicity of flonicamid to cotton leafhopper, Amrasca biguttula (Ishida) is by disruption of
ingestion: an EPG study. Pest Management Science, 2016. doi:10.1002/ps.4508
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8- Asad Ali1, Denis J., Wright1 and Kaleem Tariq. Resistance to Peach-Potato Aphid,
Myzuspersicae Sulzer (Hemiptera: Aphididae) in Potato Cultivars. Gesunde Pflanzen, 2016.
DOI 10.1007/s10343-016-0374-4

9- Different Insecticides Alone and Along With Adjuvant against Cotton Whitefly Bemisia tabaci in
Multan, Pakistan. American-Eurasian Journal of Agricultural & Environmental
Sciences.2016. 16 (6): 1071-1078, 2016
ISSN 1818-6769
10- Marium Fatima, Muhammad Tariq, Kaleem Tariq, Gul Naz, Zeeshan Anwar, Asim
Gulzar, Asad Ali, Arshad Ali Khan, Isma Khursheed, Jawad Ali Shah,
Asim Gulzar, Kawsar Ali and Muhammad Nadeem. Effect of Thiacloprid and Imidacloprid on the
Haemocytes of American Bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera. American-Eurasian Journal of
Toxicological Sciences.2016. 8 (3): 139-143.

11- Ahmad-Ur-Rahman Saljoqi, Isma Khurshid, Asad Ali, Kaleem Tariq and Gul Naz. Field
Evaluation of the Varietal Response Towards Myzus persicae (Sulzer) and its Associated
Natural Enemies in Potato Crop. American-Eurasian Journal of Agricultural &
Environmental Sciences.2016. 16 (6): 1058-1065.
12. Kaleem Tariq, Asad Ali, Gul Naz, Zeeshan Anwar, Arshad Ali Khan, Ibadullah Jan, Isma
Khursheed, Jawad Ali Shah, Kawsar Ali, Muhammad Nadeem, Asim Gulzar and Zahid
Ali Butt. Field Evaluation of Yellow Sticky Traps for the Control of Citrus Whitefly Dialeurodes citri
(Ashmead) (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) in Citrus Orchard of Pakistan. World Journal of
Zoology.2016. 11 (2): 110-116.

13- Sana Barkat, Asim Gulzar, Muhammad Tariq, Muhammad Javaid Asad, Raja Tahir Mahmood,
Asad Ali3 and Kaleem Tariq.Effect of insecticides on susceptibility and esterase activity of
spodoptera litura (NOCTUIDAE:LEPIDOPTERA). Pakistan Entomologist, 2016. 38(1):33-38.

14. Ahmad-Ur-Rahman Saljoqi, Muhammad Nadeem, Kaleem Tariq, Asad Ali,

Gul Naz, Hayat Badshah, Imtiaz Ali Khan and Sadur-Rehman. Seasonal Abundance of Aphids and
Their Associated Natural Enemies with Respect to Planting Dates in Wheat Crop of Pakistan.
American-Eurasian Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences.2016.16 (6): 1071-1078.