Asif Ali Khan

• Doctor of Philosophy
• PostDoc Position at Jiangsu University

This study aimed to develop bioactive nanoemulsion (NE)-impregnated polysaccharide films to extend the shelf life of mushrooms. A stable and well-dispersed NE was prepared using 5 wt% soy protein (SP) and 10 % (v/v) lavender essential oil (LEO) through 10 min of ultrasound treatment, resulting in a droplet size of 152.3 nm, a polydispersity index (...

This study aims to address the gap in the existing literature by investigating the impact of food production and the role of economic governance, such as government effectiveness and regularity quality along with population and economic growth as a control indicator, on food-related CO2 emissions in China. Our analysis employs principal component a...

Plants are subjected to various biotic and abiotic stresses that significantly impact their growth and productivity. To achieve balanced crop growth and yield, including for leafy vegetables, the continuous application of micronutrient is crucial. This study investigates the effects of different concentrations of copper sulphate (0, 75, 125, and 17...

Edible mushrooms are an important food source with high nutritional and medicinal value. They are a useful source for studying phylogenetic evolution and species divergence. The exploration of the evolutionary relationships among these species conventionally involves analyzing sequence variations within their complete mitochondrial genomes, which r...

Advanced molecular approaches for improving crop yield and quality lie in their comprehensive analysis of the latest advancements in molecular techniques that can be applied to enhance crop production. This review paper provides an in-depth analysis of the latest developments in advanced molecular approaches aimed at enhancing crop yield and qualit...

Microplastics are a significant environmental challenge, with growing concerns about their prevalence in soil ecosystems. It may affect the physicochemical characteristics of soil, cycling of nutrients, and a variety of mi crobial organisms. In addition, microplastics affect greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, including carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide,...

In the face of escalating environmental challenges, plants encounter complex combinations of abiotic stresses that pose severe threats to their growth and survival. Recent advancements have shed light on the multifaceted role of melatonin, revealing its intricate interplay with redox regulation and epigenetic signaling in plant stress responses....

Background Mushrooms are considered as next-generation healthy food components. Owing to their low-fat content, high-quality proteins, dietary fiber, and rich source of nutraceuticals. They are ideally preferred in formulation of low-caloric functional foods. In this view, the breeding strategies of mushroom Auricularia cornea (A. cornea) focusing...

A two-year experiment was carried out at Shenyang Agricultural University’s research field area in China to evaluate the impact of the combined application of straw mulch (0 and 8 t ha−1) and biochar (0, 4, 12, and 36 t ha−1) on the morphological traits and grain development of rainfed maize during 2018 and 2019. The results showed that straw mulch...

The inability of humans and many farm animals to synthesize certain amino acids has long triggered tremendous interest in increasing the levels of these so-called essential amino acids in crop plants. Hence, a two-year field experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of straw mulch (8 t ha−1) and biochar applied at various rates (0, 4, 12, 36...

Oyster mushrooms (white oyster and Phoenix oyster) are edible, delicious and having medicinal properties. This study aimed to estimate the role of thiourea (TU) enriched with cotton waste for production of Pleurotus ostreatus (P1) and Pleurotus sajor-caju (P3). Undiluted cotton waste was used as control (T1=100% cotton waste) and accretion along di...

Gloeostereum incarnatum has edible and medicinal value and was first cultivated and domesticated in China. We sequenced the G. incarnatum monokaryotic strain GiC-126 on an Illumina HiSeq X Ten system and obtained a 34.52-Mb genome assembly sequence that encoded 16,895 predicted genes. We combined the GiC-126 genome with the published genome of G. i...

Agaricus bisporus, generally known as the button mushroom, is commercially cultured and consumed worldwide for their unique flavour, texture, and culinary qualities. The objective of this study was to assess the textural profile together with the Phenolic contents, antioxidant, antibacterial and elemental composition of wild and commercially cultiv...

Auricularia cornea, jelly mushroom, is a popular ingredient of traditional Chinese cuisine. This study aimed at evaluating the growth, yield, biological efficiency, total phenolic and flavonoid contents, the antioxidant activity, elemental composition, and molecular structure of the wild and domesticated strain Ac24 and the commercially cultivated...

An efficient in vitro system provides considerable opportunities to regenerable target tissues in plants. The large scale multiplication of newly released sugarcane varieties still remains inexplicit. Here, we investigate the response of three different sugarcane varieties (CP 77400, CP2086, and M 93) towards the onset of callus induction and adven...

BACKGROUND This study aimed to evaluate the possibility of cotton waste enrichment with glycine betaine (GB) for production of two strains (P9, P10) of king oyster (Pleurotus eryngii). Cotton waste was used as (100%) control (T0 = cotton waste) and augmented with various combinations of GB, (T1 = 2 mmol L⁻¹, T2 = 4 mmol L⁻¹, T3 = 6 mmol L⁻¹, T4 = 8...

Color is an important quality attribute of fungi, and a useful marker for classification, genetic, and molecular research. However, there is much debate over which enzymes play key regulatory roles in pigment synthesis pathways among different fungi and even within the same species. Auricularia cornea is the most widely cultivated mushroom in the g...

Agaricus bisporus is well known for its nutraceutical properties. To meet consumer market demand, there is an urgent need for new strains with disease resistance and a diverse nutrient profile for commercial cultivation. Wild germplasm resources provide a good source for the breeding of new strains for this purpose. In this study, we evaluated the...

Citation: Ikramullah., A. Rab, J. Rahman, M. Jehangir and M. Ilyas. 2017. Effect of soaking durations and sowing dates on the germination and seedlings growth of peach stones. Int. J. Agri and Env. Res., 3(1): 106-111. Abstract The research work was conducted at Agriculture Research Institute North Mingora (Swat) during 2013-14 to study the effect...

A field experiment was carried out at Agricultural Research Farm, the University of Swabi during 2014. The studies were carried out to observe the effect of various bulb sizes i.e. >3, 2-3 and <2 cm diameter and phosphorus levels i.e. 0, 150, 300 and 450 kg ha on growth, flowering and bulblets production of tuberose 1 (Polianthes tuberosa L.). The...