Dr. Abid Khan, is working as an Assistant professor in the Department of Horticulture at the University of Haripur, Pakistan since 2019. I did my PhD under the supervision of Prof. 巩振辉 in 2018 from 西北农林科技大学. I got my M.Sc. (Hons) and B.Sc. (Hons) degrees from University of Agriculture Peshawar, Pakistan. I have worked in University of Agriculture Peshawar as a Lecturer for two semesters. My current engagements at University of Haripur are teaching as well as research activities. During my teaching career, I taught different courses in the university. While in research activities I have supervised/co-supervised more than 10 M. Phil students. My research mainly focuses on biotic and abiotic stresses of plants especially vegetable crops. I worked on pepper, tomato, and Arabidopsis plants, while some collaboration with apple research group as well. Biotic (Phytophthora capsici, Botrytis cinerea and Colletotrichum spp.) & Abiotic (Heat, salt and drought) stresses; Plant molecular biology; Plant stress physiology; Gene expression and resistance genes transformation; Identification and functional characterization of genes; Tomato pollen and fruit development under normal or stress condition; Some knowledge of single cell/ nucleus sequencing.