Habibur Rahman, PhD

Professor, Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sci - Ag, Food & Nutri Sci Dept

Contact

Professor, Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sci - Ag, Food & Nutri Sci Dept
Email
hrahman@ualberta.ca
Phone
(780) 492-3869
Address
416G Agriculture/Forestry Centre
9011 116 St NW
Edmonton AB
T6G 2P5

Overview

Area of Study / Keywords

Canola Genetics & Molecular Breeding


About

Degree

PhD, Copenhagen University (formerly, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University), Denmark

Job/Research Area 

Canola Genetics & Molecular Breeding


Research

Major Responsibilities/Research Interests 

Research involves aspects of plant genetics and breeding related to the development of canola germplasm to meet the present and future demand by producers for increased seed/oil yield, better agronomy, disease resistance, and improved seed oil and meal quality. This includes applying conventional breeding methods, molecular markers, genomics and other 'omics' tools and techniques, and biotechnology including cell and tissue culture. Broadening the genetic base of canola and introgression of traits including disease resistance through wide hybridization is an important aspect of my research program. 


Teaching

PLSc 365: Genetic Improvement of Crop Plants

AFNS 565: Plant Breeding

AFNS 601: Seminar in Plant Science

Courses

AFNS 500 - Individual Study

Project or reading course under the supervision of a Faculty member requiring preparation of a comprehensive report. Prerequisite: consent of Department. Note: May be taken more than once provided the topic is different.


PL SC 352 - Invasive Alien Plants: Biology and Control

Biology and ecology of invasive alien species in cropped, disturbed, and natural environments. Methods of control of weedy species, including biological, cultural, mechanical, and chemical and an introduction to the herbicide mechanism of action and environmental impacts. Prerequisite: PL SC 221 recommended.


PL SC 365 - Genetic Improvement of Crop Plants

An introduction to the basic principles and concepts applied for the genetic improvement of crop plants. This will also include different plant breeding methods and tools used for the development of crop cultivars. Not to be taken if credit received for PL SC 465. Prerequisites: BIOL 107 or PL SC 221.


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Featured Publications

Kebede B, Habibi G, Rahman H

Crop & Pasture Science. 2024 May; 75 10.1071/CP23307


Rahman H

Canadian Journal of Plant Science. 2023 July; 104 10.1139/cjps-2023-0060


Ferdausi A, Megha S, Liu Y, Rahman H

Journal of Plant Pathology. 2023 June; 105 10.1007/s42161-023-01444-8


Silicon ameliorates clubroot responses in canola (Brassica napus): A “multi-omics”-based investigation into possible mechanisms

Sarkar A, Kisiala A, Adhikary D, Basu U, Emery RJN, Rahman H, Kav NNV

Physiologia Plantarum. 2023 March;


Identification and expression analysis of C2H2 zinc finger protein gene reveals their role in stress tolerance in Brassica napus

Kaur K, Megha S, Wang Z, Kav NNV, Rahman H

Genome. 2023 February;


Adhikary D, Kisiala A, Sarkar A, Basu U, Rahman H, Emery N, Kav NNV

Molecular Omics. 2022 November; 18 10.1039/d2mo00251e


Megha S, Wang Z, Kav NNV, Rahman H

BMC Genomics. 2022 October; 23 (107) 10.1186/s12864-022-08920-y


Sarkar A, Joshi R, Basu U, Rahman H, Kav NNV

In: Genome Editing Technologies for Crop Improvement" (eds: Kaijun Zhao, Rukmini Mishra, Raj Kumar Joshi), Springer Nature. 2022 August; 10.1007/978-981-19-0600-8_17


Nikzad A, Kebede B, Megha S, Buchwaldt M, Parkin IAP, Rahman H

Crop Science. 2022 August; 63 (1):55-73 10.1002/csc2.20824


Genetic and molecular analysis reveals that two major loci and their interaction confer clubroot resistance in canola introgressed from rutabaga

Wang Z, Megha S, Kebede B, Kav NNV, Rahman H

The Plant Genome. 2022 May;


Kawalpreet Kaur, Yingyi Liu, Habibur Rahman

Agronomy. 2022 May; 12 10.3390/agronomy12051225


Adhikary D, Mehta D, Uhrig RG, Rahman H and Kav NNV

Front. Plant Sci.. 2022 March; 13 (860393) 10.3389/fpls.2022.860393


Jiang J, Kebede B, Rahman H

Can J Plant Sci. 2022 January; 102 10.1139/cjps-2021-0204


Jiang J, Kebede B, Rahman H

Can J Plant Sci. 2022 January; 102 10.1139/cjps-2021-0204


Hasan J, Shaikh R, Basu, U, Rahman H

Crop Science. 2021 August; 61 (6):4112-4127


3. Hasan J, Shaikh R, Megha S, Herrmann DT, Kebede B, Rahman H.

Euphytica. 2021 July; 217 (160)


Potential of rutabaga (Brassica napus var. napobrassica) gene pool for use in the breeding of hybrid spring Brassica napus canola

Shiranifar B, Hobson N, Kebede B, Yang R-C, Rahman H

Plant Breeding. 2021 April; 40


Comparative transcriptome analysis of canola carrying clubroot resistance from 'Mendel' or Rutabaga and the development of molecular markers

Summanwar A, Farid M, Basu U, Kav N, Rahman H

Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology. 2021 March; 114


Hasan J, Megha S, Rahman H

Genome. 2021 March; 64


Inheritance of resistance to the newly evolved Plasmodiophora brassicae pathotypes in Brassica napus L.

Shaikh R, Farid M, Rahman H

Can J Plant Pathol. 2021 January; 43 (2):256-266


Evaluation of Brassica oleracea accessions for resistance to Plasmodiophora brassicae and identification of genomic regions associated with resistance

Farid M, Yang R-C, Kebede B, Rahman H

Genome. 2020 October; 63


Mapping of seed quality traits in the C genome of Brassica napus by using a population carrying genome content of B. oleracea and their effect on other traits

Rahman H, Kebede B

The Plant Genome . 2020 June;


Identification of lncRNAs in response to infection by Plasmodiophora brassicae in Brassica napus and development of lncRNA-based SSR markers

Summanwar A, Basu U, Kav N, Rahman H

Genome. 2020 June; 63


Study of the genetic structure of a Brassica napus canola population derived from six interspecific crosses of B. napus × B. oleracea

Nikzad A, Kebede B, Bhavikkumar J, Rahman H

Can J Plant Sci. 2020 June;


Non-coding RNAs as emerging targets for crop improvement: a review

Summanwar A, Basu U, Rahman H, Kav N

Plant Science. 2020 May; 297


Potential of rutabaga (Brassica napus var. napobrassica) gene pool for use in the breeding of B. napus canola

Shiranifar B, Hobson N, Kebede B, Yang R-C, Rahman H

Crop Science. 2020 February; 60


Potential of the C genome of the different variants of Brassica oleracea for heterosis in spring B. napus canola

Nikzad A, Kebede B, Pinzon J, Bhavikkumar J, Wang X, Yang R-C, Rahman H

Front Plant Sci . 2020 January; 10


QTL mapping of root and aboveground biomass in the Brassica C genome using a B. napus population carrying genome content introgressed from B. oleracea

Kebede B, Rahman H

Molecular Breeding. 2019 December; 39


Potential of the C-genome of different variants of Brassica oleracea for the improvement of agronomic and seed quality traits of B. napus canola

Nikzad A, Kebede B, Pinzon J, Bhavikkumar J, Yang R-C, Rahman H

Crop Science. 2019 October; 59


Identification of lncRNAs responsive to infection by Plasmodiophora brassicae in clubroot-susceptible and resistant Brassica napus lines carrying resistance introgressed from rutabaga

Summanwar A, Basu U, Rahman H, Kav N

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 2019 May; 32


Fine mapping of the major QTL for seed coat color in Brassica rapa var. Yellow Sarson by use of NIL populations and transcriptome sequencing for identification of the candidate genes

Zhao H, Basu U, Kebede B, Qu C, Li J, Rahman H

PLoS ONE. 2019 February; 14


Association of fusarium wilt susceptibility with clubroot resistance of the winter Brassica napus canola cv. Mendel

Rahman H, Franke C

Can J Plant Path. 2019 January; 41


Introgression of allelic diversity from genetically distinct variants of Brassica rapa into Brassica napus canola and inheritance of the B. rapa alleles

Attri R, Rahman H

Crop & Pasture Sci . 2018 November; 69


Broadening the genetic base of Brassica napus canola by interspecific crosses with different variants of B. oleracea

Iftikhar R, Wang X, Rahman H

Euphytica. 2018 July; 314


Resynthesis of Brassica juncea for resistance to Plasmodiophora brassicae pathotype 3

Hasan MJ, Rahman H

Breeding Science . 2018 July; 68


Molecular mapping of QTL alleles of Brassica oleracea affecting days to flowering and photosensitivity in spring Brassica napus

Rahman H, Bennett RA, Kebede B

PLoS ONE. 2018 January; 13


UA AlfaGold Clearfield herbicide-tolerant spring Brassica napus canola developed from winter × spring canola cross

Rahman H

Can J Plant Sci. 2017 July; 97


Mapping of days to flower and seed yield in spring oilseed Brassica napus carrying genome content introgressed from B. oleracea

Rahman H, Bennett RA, Kebede B

Molecular Breeding. 2017 January; 37


Patterns of heterosis in three distinct inbred populations of spring Brassica napus canola

Rahman H, Bennett RA, Yang R-C, 2016

Crop Sci. 2016 August; 56


Genetics and molecular mapping of resistance to Plasmodiophora brassicae pathotypes 2, 3, 5, 6 and 8 in rutabaga (Brassica napus var. napobrassica)

Hasan MJ, Rahman H

Genome. 2016 June; 59


Mapping of the clubroot disease resistance in spring Brassica napus canola introgressed from European winter canola cv. ‘Mendel’

Fredua-Agyeman R, Rahman H

Euphytica. 2016 June; 211


Oilseeds in North America

McVetty PBE, Lukow OM, Hall LM, Rajcan I, Rahman H

In Encyclopedia of Food Grains, 2nd Edition, Wrigley C, Corke H, Seetharaman K, Faubion J (eds.). 2016 June; 1


Genome-wide identification of SSR markers in the Brassica A genome and their utility in breeding

Hobson N, Rahman H

Can J Plant Sci. 2016 May; 96


Down regulation of the IND gene causes male sterility in canola (Brassica napus L.)

El-Mezawy A, Al-Forkan M, Wu L, Weselake RJ, Shah S, Rahman H

Biocatalysis & Agric Biotech . 2016 February; 6


Broadening genetic diversity in Brassica napus canola: Development of canola quality B. napus lines from B. napus × B. oleracea var. alboglabra interspecific cross

Rahman H, Bennett RA, Ginette S-S

Can J Plant Sci. 2015 January; 95


Development and characterization of low α-linolenic acid Brassica oleracea lines bearing a novel mutation in a ‘class a’ FATTY ACID DESATURASE 3 gene

Singer S, Weselake RJ, Rahman H

BMC Genetics. 2014 August; 15


Fredua-Agyeman R, Coriton O, Huteau V, Parkin IAP, Chèvre A-M, Rahman H

Theor Appl Genet. 2014 January; 127


Rahman H, Kebede B, Zimmerli C, and Yang R-C

Crop Sci. 2014 January; 54


Rahman H, Peng G, Yu F, Falk KC, Kulkarni M, Selvaraj G

Can J Plant Path. 2014 January; 36 (S1):122–134


Kebede B, Rahman H

Plant Breed. 2014 January; 133


Rahman H, Harwood J, Weselake R

Lipid Tech. 2013 January; 25


Rahman H

Can J Plant Sci. 2013 January; 93


Rahman H, Singer SS, Weselake RJ

Theor Appl Genet. 2013 January; 126


Rahman H, Kebede B

J Oilseed Brassica. 2012 January; 3


Hasan MJ, Strelkov SE, Howard RJ, Rahman H

Can J Plant Sci. 2012 January; 92


Kebede B, Cheema K, Greenshields DL, Li C, Selvaraj G, Rahman H

Genome. 2012 January; 55


Bennett RA, Séguin-Swartz G, Rahman H

Crop Sci. 2012 January; 52


Rahman MH, Stringam GR, Degenhardt DF

Can J Plant Sci. 2011 January; 91


Rahman MH, Bennett RA, Yang R-C, Thiagarajah MR

Euphytica. 2011 January; 177


Rahman H, Shakir A, Hasan MJ

Can J Plant Sci. 2011 January; 91


Navabi ZK, Stead KE, Pires JC, Xiong Z, Sharpe AG, Parkin IAP, Rahman MH, Good AG

Genetics. 2011 January; 187


Navabi ZK, Parkin IAP, Pires CJ, Xiong Z, Thiagarajah MR, Good AG, Rahman MH

Genome. 2010 January; 53


Kebede B, Thiagarajah MR, Zimmerli C, Rahman MH

Crop Sci. 2010 January; 50


Navabi ZK, Strelkov SE, Good AG, Thiagarajah MR, Rahman MH

Can J Plant Path. 2010 January; 32


Ham BJ, Spaner D, Rahman MH, Yeh FC, Yang R-C

Current Topics Genet. 2010 January; 4