Editorial Team

Editor-in-Chief

Prof. Dr. Mushtaq Ahmad (TI)
Director QAU Botanical Garden and Herbarium (ISL), Director Biodiversity and Bioenergy Research Center, Fellow The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), Fellow The Islamic World Academy of Sciences (IAS), & Fellow Pakistan Academy of Sciences (PAS), Department of Plant Sciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan
Research Interests: Interdisciplinary biology, Ecology & Climate, Plant biodiversity, Biofuels, Renewables, Dryland agriculture, Medicinal plants, Biomass technology & Nanotechnology
Contact Number: +92-51-90643010; +92-3005599117
Email: mushtaq@qau.edu.pk; mushtaqflora@hotmail.com
Profile Links: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=iFA5H9sAAAAJ&hl=en
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Editor

Dr. Muhammad Rafiq Shahid
Agricultural Research Wing, Cotton Research Institute (CRI), Multan, Pakistan
Research Interests: Agricultural Entomology
Email: editor.jpps@jplantps.org
Profile Links: https://sciprofiles.com/profile/305675
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rafiq-Shahid-2
https://scholar.google.com.pk/citations?user=ZgeVIe8AAAAJ&hl=en

Associate Editors

Dr. Mona Hassan Soliman Hussein
Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza 12613, Egypt
Research Interests: Plant Physiology and Biochemistry
Contact Number: +20-1112999773; +966-55 844 4737
Email: hmona@sci.cu.edu.eg; monahsh3344@gmail.com
Profile Links: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9102-4790
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https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&authuser=4&user=kgF6VuEAAAAJ

Dr. Qaisar Abbas
Regional Agricultural Research Institute (RARI), Bahawalpur, Pakistan
Research Interests: Insect pest biology, ecology and toxicology, Integrated pest management of various crops
Contact Number: +92-3326794687
Email: abbas603@gmail.com
Profile Links: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3196-7877
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=BUTOTo8AAAAJ&hl=en

Prof. Dr. Iqtidar Hussain
Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Gomal University, Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan
Research Interests: Crop technology, Allelopathy in crop production, Climate change
Contact Number: +92-966856330; +92-3459873851
Email: driqtidar@gu.edu.pk; iqtidarhussain453@yahoo.com
Profile Links: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6353-1958
http://gu.edu.pk/index.php/member-agronomy/
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Iqtidar_Hussain6
https://sciprofiles.com/profile/1333212
https://independent.academia.edu/IqtidarHussain14

Dr. Noosheen Zahid
Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Poonch Rawalakot, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan
Research Interests: Horticulture, Postharvest pathology, Microbiology
Contact Number: +92-302-7489383
Email: noosheen.zahid@upr.edu.pk
Profile Links: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=dFZOo0kAAAAJ&hl=en
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Noosheen-Zahid-4
https://upr.edu.pk/faculty-members/noosheen-zahid

Prof. Dr. Hamid Reza Asghari
Agronomy and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering, Shahrood University of Technology, Shahrood, Iran
Research Interests: Soil ecology, Mycorrhiza, Soil biological fertility, Biochar
Contact Number: +98-23 32544021; +98-912 273 4282
Email: hamidasghari@gmail.com
Profile Links: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1650-5540
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=uPyhkKQAAAAJ&hl=en
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https://sciprofiles.com/profile/2290933

Dr. Maryam
Department of Environmental Sciences, The Government Sadiq College Women University, Bahawalpur, Pakistan
Research Interests: Horticulture
Contact Number: +92-3331682278
Email: drmaryam@gscwu.edu.pk; maryamuaf1472@gmail.com
Profile Links: https://www.gscwu.edu.pk/index.php?page=18
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=vWoyq9YAAAAJ&hl=en

Dr. Alamdar Hussain
Department of Botany, University of Baltistan Skardu -16400, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Research Interests: Forest ecology, Dendrochronolgy, Climatology, Hydrology, Seismology and Environmental geology, Environmental issues (Biodiversity and conservation, water pollution), Forest management, Taxonomy, Ethno-botany
Contact Number: +92-5815960072; +92-3129242735
Email: alamdar.hussain@uobs.edu.pk; alamdaralasri@gmail.com
Profile Links: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=vU1FCt8AAAAJ
https://uobs.edu.pk/?view=article&id=250:dr-alamdar-hussain&catid=50&highlight=WyJhbGFtZGFyIl0=

Dr. Nazar Faried
Department of Horticulture, MNS-University of Agriculture, Multan, Pakistan
Research Interests: Horticulture, Greenhouse soilless, Climate-smart horticulture
Contact Number: +92-619201683; +92-3334882877
Email: nazar.farid@mnsuam.edu.pk; hnfw1118@gmail.com
Profile Links: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=WOk3qaMAAAAJ&hl=en

Dr. Zahoor Hussain
Department of Horticulture, Ghazi University, Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan
Research Interests: Horticultural Science
Contact Number: +92-337-0715978
Email: zhussain@gudgk.edu.pk; zahooruos@gmail.com
Profile Links: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=MA4kcpMAAAAJ&hl=en
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Zahoor-Hussain-6
https://orcid.org/0009-0000-8305-4562

Dr. Allah Ditta
Department of Environmental Sciences, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University Sheringal, Dir Upper, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Research Interests: Soil Science, Bioremediation and biodegradation, Carbon sequestration, Nano-nutrition of crop plants, Nano-toxicity to the soil biota, PGPR, Wastewater treatment
Contact Number: +92-333-8981229
Email: allah.ditta@sbbu.edu.pk; allah.ditta@uwa.edu.au
Profile Links: http://scholar.google.com.pk/citations?hl=en&user=zdj-uu0AAAAJ
https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=37461189900
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Allah_Ditta7
https://publons.com/researcher/J-1931-2019/
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1745-4757

Assistant Editors

Dr. Asim Muhammad
Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Crop Production Science, The University of Agriculture Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtun Khwa, Pakistan
Research Interests: Medicinal plant production, Bio-herbicides, Crop physiology, Seed technology, Crop nutrition, Stress physiology, Crop ecology, Crop modeling, Climate change
Contact Number: +92-3339883051
Email: asimmuh@aup.edu.pk
Profile Links: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=VNB1NwwAAAAJ&hl=en
https://www.linkedin.com/in/asim-muhammad-855624102/
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Asim-Muhammad-2
https://www.aup.edu.pk/staff/dr-asim-muhammad
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4018-4014

Dr. Waheed Anwar
Department of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
Research Interests: Plant Pathology, Biocontrol of plant diseases as well as insect pests, Integrated Pest Management (IPM) using different biological agents
Contact Number: +92-3347356228
Email: waheedanwar.dpp@pu.edu.pk; waheeedanwar@hotmail.com
Profile Links: https://pu.edu.pk/faculty/detail/waheed-anwar2
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=YF0NGlsAAAAJ&hl=en

Dr. Ihteram Ullah
Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics, Gomal University Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan
Research Interests: Soybean-rhizobia interaction, Plant-microbe interaction, Stress physiology, Molecular biology, Evolution, Bioinformatics, Breeding climate resilient varieties
Contact Number: +92-3339316049
Email: ihterampbg@gu.edu.pk
Profile Links: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7357-369X
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ihteram_Ullah2/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ihteram-ullah-88231026/
https://publons.com/researcher/1478429/ihteram-ullah/

Dr. Zain Mushtaq
Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
Research Interests: Soil Science, Soil Microbiology
Contact Number: +92-3477434786
Email: zain.ss@pu.edu.pk; zmushtaq60@gmail.com
Profile Links: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5588-8858
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=hQxcp4gAAAAJ&hl=en&authuser=1

Dr. Abd Ur Rehman Khalid
Department of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Poonch Rawalakot, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan
Research Interests: Molecular Plant Pathology, Integrated management of plant diseases, Basic biology and ecology of plant pathogens
Contact Number: +92-3345421804
Email: abdulrehman@upr.edu.pk
Profile Links: https://upr.edu.pk/faculty-members/abdur-rehman
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/A-Khalid
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=7BtkgkIAAAAJ&view_op=list_works