Barcoding Life: For Exploring and Protecting Biodiversity
暫譯: 條碼生命：探索與保護生物多樣性

DNA 條碼技術正在徹底改變我們識別、編目和分析地球生命的方式。這種方法增強了我們對生態系統中物種多樣性和物種內遺傳變異的理解，加速了發現和我們對地球複雜生命網絡的認識。透過提供重要的遺傳見解，DNA 條碼技術成為物種保護和管理的關鍵工具。

《條碼生命：探索與保護生物多樣性》詳細探討了所有生命領域中的 DNA 條碼技術。研究人員將發現，DNA 條碼技術促進了快速的物種識別，簡化了生物多樣性研究並加速了新物種的發現。分類學家將獲得有價值的物種關係見解，使得更準確的分類和針對性的調查成為可能。政策制定者將了解 DNA 條碼技術如何指導保護優先事項，從而制定有效的策略並優化資源配置。

本書獨特地專注於以足夠的解析度保護生物多樣性，為致力於保護自然世界的利益相關者提供了 DNA 條碼技術的見解和實用應用。無論您是科學家、保護者還是決策者，本書都是您利用 DNA 條碼技術實現可持續未來的必備指南。

Prof. Dr. Siddra Ijaz is currently serving as a professor at the Centre of Agricultural Biochemistry and Biotechnology (CABB), University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan. She is the medalist in her postgraduate studies. She has made significant research contributions, publishing more than 80 papers with an impact factor above 110, 12 books, and over 55 book chapters on well-recognized and well-renowned publishing platforms, including Springer Nature and Taylor and Francis Group. She has served as the managing editor of the international impact factor journal Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Sciences. She has supervised and co-supervised 11 PhD students and over 100 MPhil students. She had been a member of the National Curriculum Revision Committee from 2013 to 2014. She is the head of the 'Molecular Biology of Plant Disease Resistance Laboratory' at CABB, UAF, and the curator of the Fungal Molecular Biology Laboratory Culture Collection (FMB-CC-UAF), an affiliated member of the World Federation for Culture Collections (WFCC). She has expertise in molecular biology, and her research focuses on unlocking the genetics involved in plant disease resistance through R gene identification and functional characterization for the exploration of resistance pathways and plant disease management. She has made colossal contributions to fungal taxonomy by reporting novel species of fungal pathogens in plants. She is working with a strong belief in the philosophy that disease resistance gene identification and the exploration of resistance pathways in plants are critical components of ensuring food security, as they play a significant role in mitigating crop losses caused by diseases. She has been awarded more than Rs. 50 million in research grants from different national and international funding agencies.

Prof. Dr. Imran Ul Haq is a professor in the Department of Plant Pathology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan. He has supervised more than 40 graduate students and established the Fungal Molecular Biology Laboratory Culture Collection (FMB-CC-UAF); he is an affiliated member of the World Federation for Culture Collections (WFCC). He has published more than 60 articles, 11 books, four laboratory manuals, and several book chapters. He has made significant contributions to fungal taxonomy by reporting novel species of fungal pathogens in plants. His research interests are fungal molecular taxonomy and nanotechnology integration with other control strategies for sustainable plant disease management.

Dr. Hayssam Mohamed Ali is working at the Botany and Microbiology Department, College of Science, King Saud University. Dr. Hayssam M. Ali has a 'WORLD RANKING OF TOP 2% SCIENTISTS' according to the Stanford Scientists' Ranking released by Stanford University in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. He has more than 350 published papers, 20 published books, and he has reviewed more than 1,700 papers in highly impacted journals. He is interested in studying plant physiology, biotic and abiotic stresses, sustainability, environmental stresses, plant biotechnology, crop improvement, plant breeding, forestry, and plant biology.

西德拉·伊賈茲教授目前擔任巴基斯坦法伊薩拉巴德農業大學農業生物化學與生物技術中心（CABB）的教授。她在研究生學習中獲得獎牌。她在研究方面做出了重要貢獻，發表了超過80篇影響因子超過110的論文，12本書籍，以及超過55章書籍，這些作品均在知名的出版平台上發表，包括Springer Nature和Taylor and Francis Group。她曾擔任國際影響因子期刊《巴基斯坦農業科學期刊》（Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Sciences）的主編。她指導和共同指導了11名博士生和超過100名碩士生。她曾於2013年至2014年擔任國家課程修訂委員會成員。她是CABB、UAF的「植物病害抗性分子生物學實驗室」的負責人，以及真菌分子生物學實驗室文化收藏（FMB-CC-UAF）的策展人，該實驗室是世界文化收藏聯合會（WFCC）的附屬成員。她在分子生物學方面具有專業知識，研究重點是通過R基因的識別和功能特徵化來解鎖植物病害抗性相關的遺傳學，以探索抗性途徑和植物病害管理。她在真菌分類學方面做出了巨大貢獻，報告了植物中真菌病原體的新物種。她堅信，識別病害抗性基因和探索植物中的抗性途徑是確保糧食安全的關鍵組成部分，因為這對減輕由疾病引起的作物損失起著重要作用。她已獲得來自不同國內外資助機構的超過5000萬盧比的研究資助。

伊姆蘭·哈克教授是巴基斯坦法伊薩拉巴德農業大學植物病理學系的教授。他指導了超過40名研究生，並建立了真菌分子生物學實驗室文化收藏（FMB-CC-UAF）；他是世界文化收藏聯合會（WFCC）的附屬成員。他發表了超過60篇文章、11本書籍、四本實驗室手冊以及幾章書籍。他在真菌分類學方面做出了重要貢獻，報告了植物中真菌病原體的新物種。他的研究興趣包括真菌分子分類學和納米技術與其他控制策略的整合，以實現可持續的植物病害管理。

哈伊薩姆·穆罕默德·阿里博士在沙特阿拉伯國王沙烏地大學科學學院的植物學與微生物學系工作。根據斯坦福大學在2021、2022、2023、2024和2025年發布的斯坦福科學家排名，哈伊薩姆·M·阿里博士的「世界排名前2%科學家」。他發表了超過350篇論文，20本書籍，並在高影響力期刊上審稿超過1700篇論文。他對植物生理學、生物和非生物壓力、可持續性、環境壓力、植物生物技術、作物改良、植物育種、林業和植物生物學等領域感興趣。