Educational Background

MSc. Thesis:

Evaluation the effects of water stress and cutting on growth parameters, forage yield & quality of pearl millet (Pennisetum americanum L. Leek Var. Nutrifeed).

Ph.D. Thesis:

Phenotypic analysis and gene expression profiling of rice (Oryza sativa L.) mutants with altered responses to salt stress.

Working Experience

Research interests

• Physiology and molecular breeding of crop plants under environmental (abiotic) stresses, with focus on drought and salinity in cereals and oil seed crops.

Professional membership

• National Drought Mitigation Committee of Iran                                        2000-2003

• Editorial board of Drought and Drought Periods Journal                           2000-2003
• Crop Science Society of the Philippines                                                   2004-Present
• Genetics and MBB Society of the UPLB                                                    2003-Present
• Iranian Biotechnology Society                                                                2008-Present          
• Board member, Biosafety Society of Iran                                                 2008-Present
• Editorial Board of Journal of Biosafety                                                     2008-Present
• Board member, Iranian Crop and Plant Breeding Sciences Society              2014-Present
• Board member, Iranian Biotechnology Society                                          2016-Present

Conferences

2000

• NAKHODA, B., Daneshian, J. and Hashemi-Dezfuli, A. 2000. Effects of water stress on growth parameters, some morphological and physiological characteristics of pearl millet (Pennisetum americanum L. Leek Var. Nutrifeed). The Sixth Crop Science Conference of Iran. Babolsar - Iran.
• NAKHODA, B., Daneshian, J. and Hashemi-Dezfuli, A. 2000. Effects of cutting on growth parameters, some morphological and physiological characteristics of pearl millet (Pennisetum americanum L. Leek Var. Nutrifeed). The Sixth Crop Science Conference of Iran. Babolsar - Iran.
• NAKHODA, B., Daneshian, J. and Hashemi-Dezfuli, A. 2000. Effects of cutting on forage yield and quality of pearl millet (Pennisetum americanum L. Leek Var. Nutrifeed). The Sixth Crop Science Conference of Iran. Babolsar - Iran.

2002

• NAKHODA, B. 2002. Application of expert systems in agricultural research and production. Keynote speech. August 13-18, 7th Crop Science Conference of Iran.

2005

• NAKHODA BABAK, LEUNG HEI, EGDANE JAMES, and ISMAIL ABDELBAGI M. 2005.  Isolation and characterization of IR64 knockout mutants with altered responses to salt stress. The 5^th Rice Genetics Symposium, November 19-24, Manila, Philippines.

2006

• NAKHODA BABAK, LEUNG HEI, EGDANE JAMES, and ISMAIL ABDELBAGI M. 2006.  Isolation and characterization of rice mutant lines with altered responses to salt stress. The 36^th Crop Science Conference of the Philippine, May 8-12, Peurto Princesa city, Palawan, Philippines.
• NAKHODA BABAK, LEUNG HEI, EGDANE JAMES, and ISMAIL ABDELBAGI M. 2006.  Morphological, physiological and biochemical evaluation of IR64 mutant lines under saline and normal conditions. The 2^nd International Rice Congress, October 9-13, New Delhi, India.

2008

• NAKHODA BABAK, LEUNG HEI, EGDANE JAMES, and ISMAIL ABDELBAGI M. 2008.  Responses of tolerant and sensitive rice mutants to salt stress at seedling stage. 5^th International Crop Science Conference, April 13-18, Jejo, Korea.
• NAKHODA BABAK, LEUNG HEI, EGDANE JAMES, Mendioro Merlyn S., Mackill David, and ISMAIL ABDELBAGI M. 2008.  Novel IR64 mutant lines with contrasting phenotypes under salt stress. International Symposium on Induced Mutation in Plants, August 12-15, Vienna, Austria.
• NAKHODA BABAK, LEUNG HEI, EGDANE JAMES, Mendioro Merlyn S., Mackill David, and ISMAIL ABDELBAGI M. 2008.  Field evaluation of IR64 mutants with altered responses to salt stress under saline and normal conditions. International Symposium on Induced Mutation in Plants, August 12-15, Vienna, Austria.
• Nakhoda B, Katimbang M, Egdare J, Zantua R, Thomson M, et al. 2008. Knockout mutant population for forward and reverse genetics for salt tolerance in rice. Philippine Journal of Crop Science (Philippines)

2009

• Zeinalabedini M., M. Khayam-Nekoui, B. Nakhoda, and P. Martínez-Gómez. 2009. Identification of self-incompatibility and self-compatibility alleles in almond and some Prunus species using simple and multiplex PCR. 20^th Crop Science Conference of the Philippines, May 18-23, 2009, Silliman University, Dumaguete, Philippines.
• Babak Nakhoda, Fariborz Abbasi, Amir-Hossein Shirani-Rad, Mahmoud Khorrami-Vafa, and Ghasem Mohammadi-Nejad. 2009. Physiological, morphological, and biochemical aspects of water stress on yield, and yield components of bread wheat genotypes. The 3^rd International Conference on Drought (InterDrought III), Oct. 11-16, Shanghi, China.
• Babak Nakhoda, Fariborz Abbasi, Amir-Hossein Shirani-Rad, Ahmad Yusefi, Ebrahim Mamnouie, and Ghasem Mohammadi-Nejad. 2009. Physiological, morphological, and biochemical aspects of water stress on yield, and yield components of barley genotypes. The 3^rd International Conference on Drought (InterDrought III), Oct. 11-16, Shanghi, China.
• Babak Nakhoda, Harkamal Walia, Xinping Cui, Tim Close, Merlyn S. Mendioro, Hei Leung, and Abdelbagi M. Ismail. 2009. Comparative transcriptional profiling of two contrasting IR64 mutants and wild type parent under control and salt stress treatments during vegetative stage. The 6^th International Symposium of Rice Genetics (RG6), Nov. 16-19, Metro-Manila, Philippines.

2010

• Katimbang, M., Nakhoda, B., Egdane, J., Thomson, M., Leung, H., Ismail, A., 2010. Genetic analysis of IR64 mutants contrasting in their tolerance to salt stress. Philippine Journal of Crop Science 35.
• Ghaffari, A., Gharechahi, J., Nakhoda, B., Khodarahmi M., Hosseini-Salekdeh, G. 2010. Proteome analysis of two contrasting rice mutants and wild type parent under control and salt stress conditions at the vegetative stage. Human Proteome World Congress. Sydney, Australia.

2011

• Farsi, M. Zeinolabedini, M., Imani, A., Nakhoda, B., Majidian, P., Dabbab, M., Mardi, M. 2011. Study of genetic diversity of selected Iranian almond germplasms using fluorescent-AFLP markers. XIII Eucarpia symposium on fruit breeding and genetics.
• M., Dabbab, M.Zeinolabedini, J. Dejampour, P., Majidian, B. Nakhoda, M. Farsi, M. Mardi, A. Imani. 2011. DNA fingerprinting of new Iranian apricots released from breeding programs. XIII Eucarpia symposium on fruit breeding and genetics.
• P. Majidian, M. Zeinolabedini, J. Dejampour, B. Nakhoda, B. Krska, B. Nakhoda, M. Dabbab, M. Farsi, M. Mardi, A. Imani. 2011. Evaluation of genetic relationships of some apricot cultivars and genotypes using fluorscent-AFLP markers. XIII Eucarpia symposium on fruit breeding and genetics.
• Askarypour N, Tohidinejad E, Mohammadi-nejad G, Fotokian MH and Nakhoda, B^*. 2011. The effect of drought stress and biologic fertilizers on Fenugreek. The International Symposium on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants. Dec.15-18, 2011, Empress Hotel, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
• Askarypour N, Tohidinejad E, Mohammadi-nejad G, Fotokian MH and Nakhoda B^*. 2011. Evalution of drought tolerance induction by biologic fertilizer in Fenugreek. The International Symposium on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants. Dec.15-18, 2011, Empress Hotel, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
• Fotokian, Sharifi, Khayyam, Davoodi, Hasanlu, Habibi, Ghanbari, kordnaeij, Mohammadi nejad, Nakhoda B., and Ramazani. 2011. Effects of growth regulators and explants on callus induction and organogenesis in Hypericum perforatum. The International Symposium on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants. Dec.15-18, 2011, Empress Hotel, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
• Asma Adhami, tohidinejad, Mohammadi-nejad, Fotokian and Nakhoda, B. 2011. The effect of drought and priming of salysilic acid and manganese sulphate on Fenugreek. The International Symposium on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants. Dec.15-18, 2011, Empress Hotel, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
• Leili Mirhosseini, Babak Nakhoda, Mohammadi-nejad, Bahramnejad, Tohidinejad, Fotokian. 2011. Evaluation of Cumin landraces under drought stress based on some agronomic traits. The International Symposium on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants. Dec.15-18, 2011, Empress Hotel, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
• Sardooie-Nasab, S., Mohammadi-nejad, G., Zebarjadi, A., Nakhoda, B., Mardi, M., Tabatabaie, M.T., Sharifi, G., Amini, A., Majidi, E. 2011. Evaluation of genetic diversity in wheat promising lines using SSR markers. The 7th national Congress on Biotechnology, September 12-14, 2011, Tehran-Iran.
• Sardooie-Nasab, S., Mohammadi-nejad, G., Zebarjadi, A., Nakhoda, B., Mardi, M., Tabatabaie, M.T., Sharifi, G., Amini, A., Majidi, E. 2011. Study the allelic variation of QTLs responsible for salinity tolerance in bread wheat. The 7th national Congress on Biotechnology, September 12-14, 2011, Tehran-Iran.
• Sharifi I, Fotokian M, Kordenaeij A, Ramazani S, Hasanlu T, et al. 2011. Effects of Growth Regulators and Explants on Callus Induction and Organogenesis in Hypericum perforatum. International Symposium on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants 1023:241-7
• Dejampour J, Krska B, Nakhoda B, Mardi M, Majidian P, Zeinalabedini M. 2011. Evaluation of Genetic Relationships of Some Apricot Accessions Using Fluorescent-AFLP Markers. XIII Eucarpia Symposium on Fruit Breeding and Genetics 976:265-9

2012

• Vazan S., Rajabi F. , Askari H., Nakhoda B., Torabi S. 2012. Effect of salinity on Na⁺ and K⁺ compartmentation in salt tolerant and sensitive wheat genotypes. AgroEnvironment 2012. Wageningen University, Netherlands.
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Journal articles

2000

• Nakhoda B, Dezfouli A, Banisadr N. 2000. Water stress on forage yield and quality of pearl millet [Pennisetum americanum (L.) Leek. var. Nutrifeed]. Iranian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 31:701-12

2010

• Mamnouie E, Fotouhi Ghazvini R, Esfahani M, Nakhoda B. 2010. The effects of water deficit on crop yield and the physiological characteristics of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) varieties. Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology 8:211-9

2011

• MOHAMMADI NG, SINGH R, REZAIE M, ARZANI A, NAKHODA B, et al. 2011. FINE-MAPPING OF A MAJOR EFFECT QTL RESPONSIBLE FOR SALINITY TOLERANCE (SALTOL) IN RICE.
• Tabatabaie SM, Nakhoda B, Mohammadi-Nejad G, Yousefi K, Mousavi SR. 2011. Evaluation of Some Salt Tolerance Criteria in Wheat Lines. J. Appl. Environ. Biol. Sci 1:500-6

2012

• Nakhoda B, Leung H, Mendioro MS, Mohammadi-nejad G, Ismail AM. 2012. Isolation, characterization, and field evaluation of rice (Oryza sativa L., Var. IR64) mutants with altered responses to salt stress. Field Crops Research 127:191-202
• ALAVI S, NAKHODA B, MAJIDI I, ARDAKANI M, ESMAEILZADEH M, et al. 2012. THE EFFECT OF TERMINAL DROUGHT STRESS ON CARBOHYDRATE NON-STRUCTURE IN ADVANCED LINES OF BREAD WHEAT GENOTYPES.
• Alipoor B, Moradi F. 2012. Relationship between drought stress and some antioxidant enzymes with cell membrane and chlorophyll stability in wheat lines. Afr J Microbiol Res 6:617-23
• Asadi M, Mohammadi-Nejad G, Golkar P, Naghavi H, Nakhoda B. Assessment of salinity tolerance of different promising lines of bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.).

2013

• Sharbatkhari M, Galeshi S, Shobbar Z, Nakhoda B, Shahbazi M. 2013. Assessment of agro-physiological traits for salt tolerance in drought-tolerant wheat genotypes. International Journal of Plant Production 7:437-54
• Sardouie-Nasab S, Nejad GM, Zebarjadi A, Nakhoda B, Mardi M, et al. 2013. Response of Bread Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Lines to Salinty Stress. Seed and Plant Improvment Journal 29:81-102
• Sardouie Nasab S, Mohammadi Nejad G, Nakhoda B. 2013. Assessing genetic diversity of promising wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) lines using microsatellite markers linked with salinity tolerance. Journal of Plant Molecular Breeding 2:28-39
• Majidian P, Zeinalabedini M, Dejampour J, Krska B, Nakhoda B, Mardi M. 2013. Evaluation of genetic relationships of some apricot accessions using fluorescent-AFLP markers. Acta. Hortic 976:265-70
• Azadi A, Hervan EM, Mohammadi SA, Moradi F, Nakhoda B, et al. 2013. Screening of recombinant inbred lines for salinity tolerance in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). African Journal of Biotechnology 10:12875-81
• Khodadadi M, Fotokian MH, Mohammadi-Nejad G, Bahraminejad A, Nakhoda B, et al. Genetic diversity of Iranian wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) genotypes based on cluster analysis and principal component analysis.

2014

• Abbasi S, Baghizadeh A, Mohammadi-Nejad G, Nakhoda B. 2014. Genetic Analysis of Grain Yield and Its Components in Bread Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Annual Research & Review in Biology 4:3636
• Sardouie-Nasab S, Mohammadi-Nejad G, Nakhoda B. 2014. Field Screening of Salinity Tolerance in Iranian Bread Wheat Lines. Crop Science 54:1489-96
• Ghaedrahmati M, Mardi M, Naghavi M, Majidi Heravan E, Nakhoda B, et al. 2014. Mapping QTLs associated with salt tolerance related traits in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology 16:1413-28
• Ghaffari A, Gharechahi J, Nakhoda B, Salekdeh GH. 2014. Physiology and proteome responses of two contrasting rice mutants and their wild type parent under salt stress conditions at the vegetative stage. Journal of plant physiology 171:31-44
• Masoudi, B., E. Majidi Hervan, M. Mardi, M. R. Bihamta, M. R. Naghavi, B. Nakhoda, A. Amini, S. M.T. Tabatabaei, M. H. Dehghan, M. Kazemi Alamuti, M. Farsi, and L. Karimi Farsad. 2014. Evaluation of salinity tolerance in wheat recombinant inbred lines using salinity stress tolerance indices. Journal of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, Vol. 10. No.1, 2014, 99-107

2015

• Mollaheydari Bafghi R, Mohammadi-nejad G, Nakhoda B, Abbasi S. 2015. Assessment of Genetic diversity in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) germplasm of advanced trials in Iran by microsatellite markers. Journal of Plant Molecular Breeding
• Masoudi B, Mardi M, Hervan EM, Bihamta MR, Naghavi MR, et al. 2015. QTL Mapping of Salt Tolerance Traits with Different Effects at the Seedling Stage of Bread Wheat. Plant Molecular Biology Reporter:1-14
• Azadi A, Mardi M, Hervan EM, Mohammadi SA, Moradi F, et al. 2015. QTL mapping of yield and yield components under normal and salt-stress conditions in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Plant Molecular Biology Reporter 33:102-20
• Hosseini SA, Gharechahi J, Heidari M, Koobaz P, Abdollahi S, et al. 2015. Comparative proteomic and physiological characterisation of two closely related rice genotypes with contrasting responses to salt stress. Functional Plant Biology 42:527-42

Monographs

• NAKHODA, B. 1998. An Introduction to Nutrifeed (Forage Pearl Millet). Monograph. Agricultural Research, Education, and Extension Organization publications.
• NAKHODA, B. 2000. Millets. Monograph. Agricultural Research, Education, and Extension Organization publication.