Molecular Plant Pathology

Genetic diversity of pathogens

Application of green nano-particles for disease control

Expression profiling of defense-related genes

Transgenic research for disease control

Biocontrol of plant diseases

2021

1.  Ali M, Haroon U, Khizar M, Chaudhary HJ, Munis MFH. 2021. Scanning electron microscopy of bio-fabricated Fe₂O₃ nanoparticles and their application to control brown rot of citrus. Microscopy Res. and Techniques, 84(1):101-110. IF=2.11

2.    Liaquat F, Qunlu L, Arif S, Haroon U, Saqib S, Zaman W, Jianxin S, Shengquan C, Li LX, Akbar M, Munis MFH. 2021. Isolation and characterization of pathogen causing brown rot in lemon and its control by using ecofriendly botanicals. Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology (accepted). IF= 1.646

3.     Qunlu L, Liaquat F, Munis MFH, Arif S, Haroon U, Ashraf M, Saqib S, Zaman W, Shengquan C. 2021. PacBio Single-molecule long-read Sequencing Reveals Genes Tolerating Manganese Stress in Schima superba Saplings. Frontiers in Genetics.

doi:10.3389/fgene.2021.635043. IF=3.789

4.   Amna, Mahmood T, Khan UN, Amin B, Javed MT, Mehmood S, Farooq MA, Sultan T, Munis MFH, Chaudhary HJ. 2021. Characterization of bio‐fabricated silver nanoparticles for distinct anti‐fungal activity against sugarcane phytopathogens. Microscopy Res and Techniques. ttps://doi.org/10.1002/jemt.23708. IF=2.11

5.      Ali J, Ali F, Ahmad I, Rafique M, Munis MFH, Hassan SW, Sultan T, Iftikhar M, Chaudhary HJ. 2021. Mechanistic elucidation of germination potential and growth of Sesbania sesban seedlings with Bacillus anthracis PM21 under heavy metals stress: An in vitro study. Ecotoxicol. Environ. Saf. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2020.111769. IF = 4.872

2020

6.      Khizar M, Shi J, Saleem S, Liaquat F, Ashraf M, Latif S, Haroon U, Hassan SW, Rehman SU, Chaudhary HJ, Quraishi UM, Munis MFH. 2020. Resistance associated metabolite profiling of Aspergillus leaf spot in Cotton through non-targeted metabolomics. PLoS ONE, 15(2): e0228675, IF = 2.740

7.    Islam AU, Javed MW, Akram M, Rahman J, Tahir M, Munis MFH, Farooq ABU. 2020. First report of apple mosaic virus in peach in Pakistan. J. Plant Pathol, 1-1. IF = 1.152.

8.   Rafique M, Ortas I, Rizwan M, Chaudhary HJ, Gurmani AR, Munis MFH. 2020. Residual effects of biochar and phosphorus on growth and nutrient accumulation by maize (Zea mays L.) amended with microbes in texturally different soils. Chemosphere, doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.124710. IF = 5.778

9.      Rasool A, Nasim W, Xiao T, Ali W, Shafeeque M, Sultan SR, Fahad S, Munis MFH, Chaudhary HJ. 2020. Microbial diversity response in thallium polluted riverbank soils of the Lanmuchang. Ecotoxicol. Environ. Saf. 187, p. 109854. IF = 4.872.

10.  Zainab N, Din BU, Javed MT, Afridi MS, Mukhtar T, Kamran MA, Khan AA, Ali J, Jatoi WN, Munis MFH, Chaudhary HJ. 2020. Deciphering metal toxicity responses of flax (Linum usitatissimum L.) with exopolysaccharide and ACC-deaminase producing bacteria in industrially contaminated soils. Plant Physiol. Biochem. doi: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2020.04.039. IF = 3.720.

11.  Menhas S, Hayat K, Niazi NK, Zhou P, Amna, Bundschuh J, Naeem M, Munis MFH, Yang X, Chaudhary HJ. 2020. Microbe-EDTA mediated approach in the phytoremediation of lead-contaminated soils using maize (Zea mays L.) plants. Int. J. Phytoremediation, 1-13. IF = 2.528.

12.  Din BU, Amna, Rafique M, Javed MT, Kamran MA, Mehmood S, Khan M, Sultan T, Munis MFH, Chaudhary HJ. 2020. Assisted phytoremediation of chromium spiked soils by Sesbania Sesban in association with Bacillus xiamenensis PM14: A biochemical analysis. Plant Physiol. Biochem. 146:249-258. IF = 3.720.

13.  Sunera, Saqib S, Uddin S, Zaman W, Ullah F, Ayaz A, Asghar M, Rehman SU, Munis MFH, Chaudhary HJ. 2020. Characterization and phytostimulatory activity of bacteria isolated from tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum L.) rhizosphere. Microbial Pathogen. 103966. IF = 2.914.

14.  Amna, Xia Y, Farooq MA, Javed MT, Kamran MA, Mukhtar T, Ali J, Tabassum T, ur-Rehman S, Munis MFH, Sultan T, Chaudhary HJ. 2020. Multi-stress tolerant PGPR Bacillus xiamenensis PM14 activating sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L.) red rot disease resistance. Plant Physiol. Biochem. 151: 640-649. IF = 3.720.

15.  Khizar M, Haroon U, Ali M, Arif S, Shah IH, Chaudhary HJ, Munis MFH. 2020. Aspergillus tubingensis causes leaf spot of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) in Pakistan. Phyton- Int. Journal of Exp. Botany, DOI: 10.32604/phyton.2020.08010. IF = 0.329.

16.  Ali M, Haroon U, Khizar M, Chaudhary HJ, Munis MFH. 2020. Facile single step preparations of phyto-nanoparticles of iron in Calotropis procera leaf extract to evaluate their antifungal potential against Alternaria alternata. Current Plant Biology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpb.2020.100157.

17.  Hayat K, Menhas S, Bundschuh J, Zhou P, Niazi NK, Amna, Hussain A, Hayat S, Ali H, Wang J, Khan AA, Ali A, Munis MFH, Chaudhary HJ. 2020. Plant growth promotion and enhanced uptake of Cd by combinatorial application of Bacillus pumilus and EDTA on Zea mays L. Int. J. Phytoremediation, 1-13. IF = 2.528.

18.  Liaquat F, Haroon U, Munis MFH, Arif S, Khizar M, Ali W, Shengquan C, Qunlu L. 2020. Efficient recovery of metal tolerant fungi from the soil of industrial area and determination of their biosorption capacity. Env. Tech. & Inn. DOI: 10.1016/j.eti.2020.101237,  IF = 3.356.

19.  Liaquat F, Munis MFH, Haroon U, Arif S, Saqib S, Zaman W, Khan AR, Shi J, Che S, Liu Q. 2020. Evaluation of Metal Tolerance of Fungal Strains Isolated from Contaminated Mining Soil of Nanjing, China." Biology (Basel) 9, no. 12 (2020): 469. IF = 3.796

20.  Liaquat F, Munis MFH, Arif S, Haroon U, Shengquan C, Qunlu L. 2020. Cd-tolerant SY-2 strain of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia: a potential PGPR, isolated from the Nanjing mining area in China. 3 Biotech, doi: 10.1007/s13205-020-02524-7, IF = 1.798

2019

21.  Alam T, Munis MFH. 2019. Alternaria alternata causing leaf and fruit spot of olive in Pakistan. Plant Disease, https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-08-18-1448-PDN. IF = 3.809.

22.  Saqib S, Zaman W, Ullah F, Majeed I, Ayaz A, Munis MFH. 2019. Organometallic assembling of chitosan‐Iron oxide nanoparticles with their antifungal evaluation against Rhizopus oryzae. Applied Organometallic Chemistry. 33:11 e5190. IF = 3.140.

23.  Amna, Din BU, Sarfraz S, Xia Y, Kamran MA, Javed MT, Sultan T, Munis MFH, Chaudhary HJ. 2019. Mechanistic elucidation of germination potential and growth of wheat inoculated with exopolysaccharide and ACC- deaminase producing Bacillus strains under induced salinity stress. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf. 183: 109466. IF = 4.872.

24.  Liaquat F, Munis MFH, Arif S, Liu Q. 2019. Presence of Aspergillus tubingensis causing leaf spot disease of Hellebores species in Shanghai, China. Plant Disease. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-07-18-1226-PDN. IF=3.809.

25.  Arif S, Munis MFH, Liaquat F, Shah IH, Zhang Y. 2019. Leaf rot caused by Rhizopus oryzae on pak choy (Brassica campestris ssp. chinensis) in China. Phytopathologia Mediterranea 58(1): 213-217. IF = 2.037.

26.  Saqib S, Munis MFH, Zaman W, Ullah F, Shah SN, Ayaz A, Farooq M, Bahadur S. 2019. Synthesis, characterization and use of iron oxide nano particles for antibacterial activity. Microscopy research and technique. doi: 10.1002/jemt.23182. IF = 2.117. 

27.  Liaquat F, Liu Q, Arif S, Shah IH, Chaudhary HJ, Munis MFH. 2019. First report of brown rot caused by Rhizopus arrhizus on tomato in Pakistan. J. Plant Pathol. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42161-019-00320-8. IF=1.152.

2018

28.  Sani SGAS, PL Chang, A Zubair, N Carrasquilla-Garcia, M Cordeiro, RV Penmetsa, MFH Munis, SV Nuzhdin, DR Cook, EJ von Wettberg. 2018. Genetic diversity, population structure and genetic correlation with climatic variation in Chickpea (Cicer arietinum) landraces from Pakistan. Plant Genome, 123:149-159. IF = 3.847.

29.  Manghwar H, Hussain A, Ullah A, Gul S, Ali M, Shaban M, Sani SGAS, Chaudhary HJ, Munis MFH. 2018. Expression analysis of defense related genes in wheat and maize against Bipolaris sorokiniana. Physiol. Mol. Plant Path. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmpp.2018.04.002, IF = 1.646.

30.  Munis MFH, Shicheng X, Hakim, Chaudhary HJ, Masood S, Farooq ABU. 2018.  Diagnosis of Fusarium graminearum in soil and plant samples of Wheat by real-time PCR. Romanian Biotechnological Letters, 23:14035-42. IF = 0.765.

31.  Hakim, Ullah A, Hussain A, Shaban M, Khan AH, Alariqi M, Gul S, Jun Z, Lin S, Li J, Jin S, Munis MFH 2018. Osmotin: A plant defense tool against biotic and abiotic stresses. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 123:149-159. IF =3.720.

2017

32.  Arif S, Liaquat F, Khizar M, Shah IH, Inam W, Chaudhary HJ, Farooq ABU, Munis MFH. 2017. First report of Rhizopus oryzaecausing fruit rot of yellow oleander in Pakistan. Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07060661.2017. 1363819. IF =1.236.

33.  Gillani RA, Shenaz N, Matloob S, Haq F, Ngah WSW, Nasim W, Munis MFH, Rehman A, Chaudhary HJ. 2017. Biosorption of Cr (III) and Pb (II) by endophytic Agrobacterium tumefaciens 12b3: equilibrium and kinetic studies. Desalination and Water Treatment, 67: 206-214. IF =0.854.

34.  Ali B, Munis MFH, Chaudhary HJ. 2017. Influence of endophytic Bacillus pumilus and EDTA on the phyto-extraction of Cu from soil by using Cicer arietinum. International Journal of Phytoremediation. 19(1):14-22. IF = 2.528.

2016

35.  Liaquat F,  Arif S,  Ashraf M, Chaudhary HJ, Munis MFH, Farooq ABU 2016. Aspergillus niger causes fruit rot of lemon and grapefruit in Pakistan. Plant Disease, http://dx.doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-02-16-0199-PDN. IF=3.809.

36.  Liaquat F, Arif S, Khan AR, Shah IH, Chaudhary HJ, Munis MFH. 2016. First report of Fusarium rot caused by Fusarium oxysporum on grapefruit in Pakistan. J. Plant Path. http://dx.doi.org/10.4454/JPP.V98I3.069. IF=1.152.

37.  Masood S, Iqbal M, Chaudhary HJ, Munis MFH. 2016. Subcellular compartmentation of sugars in wheat leaves under the influence of salinity and boron toxicity. Journal of Plant Nutrition, DOI: 10.1080/15435075.20015.1088855. IF = 1.132.

38.  Wajid N, Hatem B, Muhammad T, Shah F, Hafiz MH, Muhammad M, MFH Munis et al. 2016. Correlation studies on nitrogen for sunflower crop across the agroclimatic variability. Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res. 4:3658-3670. IF = 3.056.

39.  Gilani RA, Rafique M, Rehman A, Munis MFH, Rehman SU, Chaudhary HJ. 2016. Biodegradation of chlorpyrifos by bacterial genus Pseudomonas. J. Basic Microbiol. 56(2):105-119. IF = 1.909. 

40.  Sirajuddin, Khan A, Ali L, Chaudhary HJ, Munis MFH, Bano A, Masood S. 2016. Bacillus pumilus alleviates boron toxicity in tomato (Lycopersicum esculentum L.) due to enhanced antioxidant enzymatic activity. Sci. Hort. 200:178-185. IF = 2.769.

41.  Muhammad N, Hakim, Quraishi UM, Chaudhary HJ, Munis MFH. 2016. Indole-3-Acetic acid induces biochemical and physiological changes in Wheat under drought stress conditions. Philipp. Agric. Sci. 99(1):19-24. IF = 0.326

42.  Ziaf K, Munis MFH, Zhang X, Li J, Zhang J, Ye Z. 2016. Characterization of ERD15 gene from cultivated tomato (Solanum lycopersicum). Pak. J. Agri. Sci. 53(1): 27-33. IF = 0.663

43.  Kamran MA, Eqani SAMAS, Bibi S, Xu R, Amna, Munis MFH, Katsoyiannis A, Bokhari H, Chaudhary HJ. 2016. Bioaccumulation of nickel by E. sativa and role of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPRs) under nickel stress. Ecotoxico. Environ. Saf. 126: 256-263. IF = 4.872.

44.  Haq F, Ali H, Shuaib M, Badshah M, Hassan SW, Munis MFH, Chaudhary HJ. 2016. Recent progresses in bioethanol production from lignocellulosic materials. Int. J. Green Energy. DOI:10.1080/15435075.2015.1088855. IF = 1.388.

2015

45.  Ullah A, Mushtaq H, Ali H, Munis MFH, Javed MT, Chaudhary HJ. 2015. Diazotrophs-assisted phytoremediation of heavy metals: a novel approach.  Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res. 22(4): 2505-2514. IF = 3.056.

46.  Kamran MA, Syed JH, Eqani SAMAS, Munis MFH, Chaudhary HJ. 2015. Effect of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria inoculation on cadmium (Cd) uptake by Eruca sativa. Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res. 22 (12): 9275-9283. IF = 3.056. 

47.  Amna, Masood S, Syed JH, Munis MFH, Chaudhary HJ. 2015. Phyto-extraction of nickel by Linum usitatissimum inassociation with Glomus intraradices. Int. J. Phytoremediation. 17 (10): 981-987. IF = 2.528.

48.  Amna, Ali N, Masood S, Mukhtar T, Kamran MA, Rafique M, Munis MFH, Chaudhary HJ. 2015. Differential effects of cadmium and chromium on growth, photosynthetic activity, and metal uptake of Linum usitatissimum in association with Glomus intraradices. Environ. Monit. Assess. 187(6):45-57. IF = 1.903.

49.  Ullah A, Heng S, Munis MFH, Fahad S, Yang X. 2015. Phytoremediation of heavy metals assisted by plant growth promoting (PGP) bacteria: A review. Environ. Exp. Bot. 117: 28-40. IF = 4.027.

50.  Hakim, Naz S, Gul S, Chaudhary HJ, Munis MFH. 2015. First report of Rhizopus oryzae causing fruit rot of Citrus medica L. in Pakistan. J. Plant Pathol. 97(1). IF=1.152

51.  Hakim, Naz S, Liaquat F, Gul S, Chaudhary HJ, Munis MFH. 2015. Presence of Bacillus pumilus causing fruit rot of Ficus lacor in Pakistan. J. Plant Pathol. 97(3). IF=1.152

2014

52.  Kamran MA, Mufti R, Mubariz N, Syed JH, Bano A, Javed MT, Munis MFH, Chaudhary HJ. 2014. The potential of the flora from different regions of Pakistan in phytoremediation: a review. Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res. 21(2): 801-812. IF = 3.056.

53.  Ibrahim T, Bano A, Chaudhary HJ, Imran M, Mehmood Z, Hassan SW, Muhammad N, Naqvi SAH, Munis MFH. 2014. Evaluation of different inoculation methods for the infection of H. sativum in Wheat. Philipp. J. Crop Sci. 39: 27-33. IF = 0.132.

2012

54.  Nasim W, Ahmad A, Hammad HM, Chaudhary HJ, Munis MFH. 2012. Effect of nitrogen on growth and yield of sunflower under semiarid conditions of Pakistan. Pak. J. Bot. 44(2): 639-648. IF = 0.800.

2010

55.  Munis MFH, Tu L, Ziaf K, Tan J, Deng F, Zhang X (2010). Critical osmotic, ionic and physiological indicators of salinity tolerance in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) for cultivar selection. Pak. J. Bot. 42(3), 1685-1694. IF = 0.800.

56.  Munis MFH, Tu L, Deng F, Tan J, Xu L, Xu S, Long L, Zhang X (2010). A thaumatin-like protein gene involved in cotton fiber secondary cell wall development enhances resistance against Verticillium dahliae and other stresses in transgenic tobacco. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 393(1), 38-44. IF = 2.985.

-  Poster presentation in 4th Annual UC Davis Postdoctoral Research Symposium April 23^rd, 2018, University of California, Davis, USA

-    Participated in UC Davis Plant Science Symposium, April 16^th, 2018, University of California, Davis, USA

-   “Oral presentation” and “Session Chairing” in “10^th Annual International Conference on Agricultural Research” 10-13 July 2017, Athens, Greece.

-     Participated in “International Cotton Genome Initiative (ICGI) Research Conference” Anyang, China on July 8-11, 2008.

-   Organized “12^th national and 3^rd international conference of Botany”, at Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan on September 1-3, 2012.

-  Attended three day training workshop on “Communication skills” at Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan on September 19-21, 2012.

-  Participated in conference entitled “Contemporary issues in biosciences” University of Wah, Pakistan on March 29, 2017.

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