Muhammad Ishfaq Khan

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Agricultural University, Peshawar | AUP · Department of Weed Science

The influence of dry leachates of Acasia saligna was tested on the seedling growth, photosynthesis, biochemical attributes, and gene expression of the economically important crops, including wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), radish (Raphanus sativus L.), barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) and arugula (Eruca sativa L.). Different concentrations (5%, 10%, 15%,...

Drought stress is a major environmental concern that limits crop growth on a large scale around the world. Significant efforts are required to overcome this issue in order to improve crop production. Therefore, the exciting role of beneficial microorganisms under stress conditions needs to be deeply explored. In this study, the role of two biotic e...

Field experiments were conducted on wheat during 2017–2018 and 2018–2019 under rainfed conditions. The statistical significance between treatment means was determined at 5% significance level. Data were recorded on weed density, protein, fat and ash contents of wheat grains. Weed density in shallow tillage was highest (20.67 m⁻²) while it was lowes...

The present study was conducted in laboratory conditions at the Department of Weed Science, University of Agriculture, Peshawar, Pakistan during 2013 to evaluate wheat biotypes against the allelopathy of three problematic weeds. Wheat biotypes were collected from six districts viz, Peshawar, Kohat, Mardan, Mansehra, Swat and Chitral and were evalua...

Three different studies were carried out in the Department of Weed Science, The University of Agriculture Peshawar, in January 2016 to examine the impacts of polluted water from various sources, water depths and rhizome size on the resprouting ability and establishment of common cattail rhizomes fragments after mechanical control. These experiments...

The effect of weed control in chickpea crop was assessed during 2011–12 and 2012-–13 in two-year experimentation at Ahmad Wala Research Station district Karak, Pakistan. Both experiments were laid out in a randomized complete block design with split-split-plot arrangement, each treatment replicated four times. Five chickpea varieties were selected...

The studies of metal oxides in environmental remediation of chemical and biological pollutants are gaining colossal importance. Herein, we report the facile synthesis of multifunctional copper oxide nanosheets (CuO NS) using an aqueous extract of Rhazya stricta. The phytochemical investigation of R. stricta indicated the presence of saponins, tanni...

Soybean is a legume crop enriched with proteins and oil. It is frequently exposed to anthropogenic and natural flooding that limits its growth and yield. Current study applied gel-free proteomic techniques to unravel soybean response mechanism to flooding stress. Two-days-old soybeans were flooded for 4 days continuously and root samples were colle...

A field experiment was conducted at the New Developmental Research Farm, the University of Agriculture Peshawar during rabi season 2016-17. A wheat variety Ata-Habib was selected to check its performance by adopting methods of sowing and mixed tank herbicides application. The experiment was arranged in split-plot with randomized complete block (RCB...

Herbicide resistance another Hot agronomic trait for plant Genome editing

The studies of metal oxides in environmental remediation of chemical and biological pollutants are gaining huge importance. Herein, we report the facile synthesis of multi-functional copper oxide nanosheets (CuO NS) using an aqueous extract of Rhazya stricta. The phytochemical investigation of R. stricta indicated the presence of saponins, tannins,...

Experiments were conducted at three different ecological zones of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan i.e. Agronomy Research Farm Peshawar, Agriculture Research Center Swat and Karak Farmers Field, during summer season, 2017-2018 to 2018-2019. Randomized complete block design with split plot arrangement having four replications was applied for...

Abiotic stresses hamper plant growth and productivity. Climate change and agricultural malpractices like excessive use of fertilizers and pesticides have aggravated the effects of abiotic stresses on crop productivity and degraded the ecosystem. There is an urgent need for environment-friendly management techniques such as the use of arbuscular myc...

Solanum rostratum Dunal, commonly known as buffalobur, is an invasive species in China. It caused significant damage to natural ecosystem, agricultural production and human health in many countries. Seed and fruit morphology of S. rostratum were examined using Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and stereomicroscope. The seed surface of S. rostratum...

Controlling Asphodelus tenuifolius in chickpea crop is a big challenge for the grower in the southern districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa-Pakistan. Keeping in view the yield losses due to weeds a research was conducted at Ahmadwala Research Station “District Karak” to control to A. tenuifolius. Herbicides, mulches and allelopathic weed extracts were ev...

Controlling Asphodelus tenuifolius in chickpea crop is a big challenge for the grower in the southern districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa-Pakistan. Keeping in view the yield losses due to weeds a research was conducted at Ahmadwala Research Station “District Karak” to control to A. tenuifolius.Herbicides, mulches and allelopathic weed extracts were eva...

Generalmente, los herbicidas (pesticidas) tienen el potencial de contaminar el medio ambiente. Agua subterránea, estanques, lagos y ríos se ven fuertemente afectados por la contaminación de éstos. Los herbicidas que encuentran su camino en los ríos, arroyos y lagos acabar envenenando la vida marina y tener un efecto adverso en la industria pesquera...

Increased pollution poses a serious threat to the crop productivity of economically important crops. One of the major sources of air pollution is the fluoride ion (F) coming from brick kilns and other industries. F accumulates in plants and interferes with various metabolic activities. The present study was conducted to find out the effect of diffe...

The present study was performed for the analysis of antimicrobial and antioxidant properties of wild edible plants: Amaranthus thunbergii, Caralluma edulis, Allium astrosanguineum, Rumex patientia and Portulaca oleracea. Which were collected from the arid region of South Waziristan Agency (FATA), Pakistan. The experiment was performed for antibacte...

Ethnobotanical study was conducted in district Dir upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan during 2014 to explore the benefits of the wild flora and indigenous knowledge from the local residents about the uses of the plants. During survey, the indigenous information about the local ethnobotanical uses of plants was gathered through questionnaire method...

Allelopathic effects of the four weed species viz., Sorghum halepense L., Trianthema portulacastrum L., Parthenium hysterophorus L. and Xanthium strumarium L. were examined on maize (Zea mays L.) cultivars (Azam and Jalal) under greenhouse experiment. The experiment was arranged in completely randomized design (CRD) with factorial arrangements with...

Generally herbicides (pesticides) have the potential to pollute the environment. Ground water, ponds, lakes and rivers are strongly affected by herbicide pollution. The herbicides that find their way into rivers, streams and lakes end up poisoning the marine life and have an adverse effect on the fishing industry. So in field studies, the phytotoxi...

The present research work describes the effects of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-d)/Benzylaminopurine (BAP) ratio on callus induction, total phenolic and ascorbic acid production, and antioxidant activities in leaf-derived calli of Crataegus azarolus (hawthorn). The supplementation of 1.0 mg/L 2,4-d and 1.0 mg/L BAP to MS medium was found to...

Studies different herbicides and plant extracts for controlling weeds in wheat crop were conducted at Malakander Research Farm, Khyber Pukhtunkhwa Agricultural University Peshawar, during Rabi season 2008. The experiment was laid out in randomized complete block design having four replications. The experiment was comprised of two herbicides and two...

Nutritional composition of sixteen weeds was investigated to determine their nutritional potential for livestock consumption in Pakistan. Analysis of dry matter, ash, crude fiber, acid detergent fiber, nutrient detergent fiber and crude protein were conducted in Dicanthium annulatum, Cynodon dactylon, Avena fatua, Convolvulus arvensis, Sorghum hale...

In the study area (Karak) there is a lot of scope of growing irrigated chickpea because the farming community is growing this crop for centuries and is already an established crop of the region. Once established, this practice will bring considerably higher returns which will ultimately raise the living standards of the farming community and will t...

Wild onion (Asphodelus tenuifolius Cav.) is a major weed of chickpea in the sandy tract of Pakistan and elsewhere in the world, but its biology and physiology is less understood. Seeds of its four biotypes were collected from Bannu, Karak, Bhakkar and Mianwali districts of Pakistan for a series of laboratory experiments. Seeds were treated with a r...

Growing chickpea in sustainable systems requires the use and development of more adaptable genotypes which can adjust to the package of technology in vogue. Legumes are poor competitors with weeds. Hence repeated experiments were undertaken for quantifying the tolerance of chickpea cultivars with pre emergence herbicide pendimethalin 330E and post...

The ecological starting point for crop health requires knowledge of what is in the soil (microbes, insects, weed seeds, etc.), methods to prevent herbicides resistance build up in the crop, and knowledge to maximize the plants ability to defend itself. The focus of most current crop production practices is weed control with little effort applied by...

Laboratory studies were conducted to compare the biotypes of wild oats collected across North West Frontier Province (NWFP) and Federal capital areas of Pakistan. The wild oats biotypes included were named by their area from where collected i.e., Mardan, Malakand, Karak, D.I.Khan, NARC-Islamabad, Charsada, Peshawar, Swat and Kohat. The data were re...

An experiment was conducted at Agricultural Research Station Ahmad Wala, Karak, Khyber Pakhtunkhawa-Pakistan, during rabi season 2006-07 for elaborating the effect of weeding methods on the yield and yield components of chickpea. The experimental design was Randomized Complete Block (RCB) with split plot arrangement. The experiment was replicated f...

An experiment was conducted at Agricultural Research Farm, NWFP Agricultural University, Peshawar to study the effect of different mulches for controlling weeds in edible pea (Pisum sativum L.). The treatments comprised of 5 mulches: white polyethylene, black polyethylene, wheat straw, newspaper, and saw dust as well as hand weeding and a weedy che...

A field experiment was conducted to determine the effect of wild oat densities on wheat yield, its components and protein content under varying nitrogen regimes, at Malkandher Research Farm, NWFP Agricultural University, Peshawar Pakistan during winter 2004-5. The experiment was laid out in randomized complete block design under a split-plot arrang...

Genetic diversity of 10 biotypes of wild oats (Avena species) which differ in certain morphological and physiological characters were analyzed using 9 Randomly Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) and 2 Simple Sequence Repeat (SSR) primer sets. RAPD and SSR primers revealed different levels of genetic polymorphisms among the various biotypes. Range of...

A field experiment was conducted to determine the effect of wild oat (Avena fatua) densities on wheat (Triticum aestivum) yield, its components and protein content under varying nitrogen regimes, at the Agricultural Research Farm, North West Frontier Province Agricultural University, Peshawar, Pakistan, during winter 2004-5. The experiment comprise...

Field studies were undertaken at Malkandher Research Farm, NWFPAgricultural University, Peshawar during Rabi 2002-03, to investigate theeffectiveness of different herbicides including new molecules tribenuron-methyland thifensulfuron-methyl against grasses and broadleaf weeds. Theexperiment was data out in randomized complete block design with four...

Allelopathy is now recognized as an interesting aspect of biological science and is gaining popularity worldwide. To investigate the allelopathic potential of weeds, an experiment was undertaken at the Department of Weed Science, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Agricultural University Peshawar, Pakistan during September 2010. Water extracts of Poa annua, Impera...

The focus of most current crop production practices is weed control with little effort applied by herbicides. Cropping practices that degrade soil and limit genetic diversity contribute to increasing weed populations. Field experiments were initiated at Agricultural Research Farm, NWFP Agricultural University, Peshawar during Rabi 2004-05 to figure...

Herbicides are an integral part of farmer's cultural practices world-wide. An experiment was conducted at the department of Weed Science, NWFP Agricultural University Peshawar Pakistan during 2005-06 in Completely Randomized Design with split-split plot arrangements, to investigate the effect of different herbicides rates on fresh and dry biomass o...

A laboratory study was conducted during 2004-05 in Weed Science Research Laboratory, Department of Weed Science, NWFP Agricultural University, Peshawar. To analysis the growth of different biotypes of wild oats collected across NWFP and Federal capital. The tested wild oats biotypes included Mardan, Malakand, Karak, D.I.Khan, NARC-Islamabad, Charsa...

The focus of most current crop production practices is weed control with little effort applied by herbicides. Cropping practices that degrade soil and limit genetic diversity contribute to increasing weed populations. Field experiments were initiated at Agricultural Research Farm, NWFP Agricultural University, Peshawar during Rabi 2004-05 to figure...

Herbicides are an integral part of farmer's cultural practices world-wide. An experiment was conducted to investigate the effect of different herbicides rates on wild onion growth stages. Two herbicides, isoproturon and fenoxaprop-p-ethyl were used each having four doses including an untreated check. Each biotype was subjected 4 doses of each herbi...

This study aims to determine dose requirements of herbicides for controlling Asphodlus tenuifolius on farmer's field in chickpea during 2005-06 and 2006-07. Five herbicides pendimethalin, s-metolachlor, fenoxaprop-p-ethyl, MCPA and isoproturon with four doses were studied in the trials. MCPA produced phytotoxic effect on both weed and crop and also...

To test the efficacy of herbicides on wild onion (A. tenuifolius) growth stages a pot experiment was conducted at the Department of Weed Science, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Agricultural University Peshawar, Pakistan during 2005-06 and 2006-07 using Completely Randomized design with factorial arrangement and each treatment replicated twice. Four biotypes (B...