Synergistic Long-Term Temperate Climate Nitrogen Removal Performance in Open Raceway Pond and Horizontal Subsurface Flow Constructed Wetland Operated Under Different Regimes - Raana Fahim; Xiwu Lu; Ghulam Ahmad Jilani; Hasan Mahdi; Muhammad Aslam (Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 2020)

Production analysis of broiler farming in central Punjab, Pakistan - Naeem Ur Rahman; Shahid Mehmood; Sohail Ahmad; Arshad Javid; Athar Mahmud; Jibran Hussain; Muhammad Shabir Shaheen; Muhammad Usman; Syed Ghulam Mohayud Din Hashmi (Tropical Animal Health and Production, 2020)

Hazards of nitrogen fertilizers and ways to reduce nitrate accumulation in crop plants - Moddassir Ahmed; Muhammad Rauf; Muhammad Akhtar; Zahid Mukhtar; Nasir Ahmad Saeed (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020)

An unintended challenge of microplastic pollution in the urban surface water system of Lahore, Pakistan - Muhammad Irfan; Abdul Qadir; Mehvish Mumtaz; Sajid Rashid Ahmad (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020)

A study on the seasonal transfer of two metals from pasture to animals: health risk assessment - Zafar Iqbal Khan; Mubeen Akhtar; Kafeel Ahmad; Asma Ashfaq; Muhammad Nadeem; Humayun Bashir; Mudasra Munir; Ifra Saleem Malik (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020)

Flood hazards and factors influencing household flood perception and mitigation strategies in Pakistan - Dilshad Ahmad; Muhammad Afzal (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020)

Sodium arsenite toxicity on hematology indices and reproductive parameters in Teddy goat bucks and their amelioration with vitamin C - Muhammad Zubair; Maqbool Ahmad; Muhammad Kashif Saleemi; Shafia Tehseen Gul; Mushtaq Ahmad; Christopher Joseph Martyniuk; Qudrat Ullah; Saqib Umar (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020)

Dose and duration-dependent toxicological evaluation of lead acetate in chicks - Saeeda Hussain; Shaukat Ali; Shumaila Mumtaz; Hafiz Abdullah Shakir; Farooq Ahmad; Hafiz Muhammad Tahir; Mazhar Ulhaq; Muhammad Adeeb Khan; Muhammad Tariq Zahid (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020)

Type 1 Fimbriae and Motility Play a Pivotal Role During Interactions of Salmonella typhimurium with Acanthamoeba castellanii (T4 Genotype) - Talha Mannan; Muhammad Wasim Rafique; Muhammad Haroon Bhatti; Abdul Matin; Irfan Ahmad (Current Microbiology, 2020)

Effect of Organic Manure and Mineral Fertilizers on Bioaccumulation and Translocation of Trace Metals in Maize - Kinza Wajid; Kafeel Ahmad; Zafar Iqbal Khan; Muhammad Nadeem; Humayun Bashir; Fu Chen; Ilker Ugulu (Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2020)

Effect of biochar and phosphate solubilizing bacteria on growth and phosphorus uptake by maize in an Aridisol - Muhammad Arif Ali; Muhammad Mustansar Ajaz; Muhammad Rizwan; Muhammad Farooq Qayyum; Muhammad Arshad; Sajjad Hussain; Niaz Ahmad; Muhammad Amjad Qureshi (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2020)

Characterization of regional hydrological drought using improved precipitation records under multi-auxiliary information - Zulfiqar Ali; Ijaz Hussain; Muhammad Faisal; Marco Andreas Grzegorczyk; Ibrahim M. Almanjahie; Amna Nazeer; Ishfaq Ahmad (Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 2020)

Resistance to Chilo infuscatellus (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea) in transgenic lines of sugarcane expressing Bacillus thuringiensis derived Vip3A protein - Saman Riaz; Idrees Ahmad Nasir; Muhammad Umar Bhatti; Olawale Samuel Adeyinka; Nida Toufiq; Iqra Yousaf; Bushra Tabassum (Molecular Biology Reports, 2020)

Selective and simultaneous detection of cadmium, lead and copper by tapioca-derived carbon dot–modified electrode - Musa Yahaya Pudza; Zurina Zainal Abidin; Suraya Abdul-Rashid; Faizah Md Yasin; Ahmad Shukri Muhammad Noor; Jaafar Abdullah (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020)

Oxidative stress risk assessment through heavy metal and arsenic exposure in terrestrial and aquatic bird species of Pakistan - Shamsa Kanwal; Naeem Akhtar Abbasi; Muhammad Jamshed Iqbal Chaudhry; Sajid Rashid Ahmad; Riffat Naseem Malik (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020)

Short stay, long impact: ecological footprints of sojourners - Qing Ye; Muhammad Azfar Anwar; Rongting Zhou; Fahad Asmi; Intikhab Ahmad (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020)

Association of intronic polymorphisms (rs1549339, rs13402242) and mRNA expression variations in PSMD1 gene in arsenic-exposed workers - Saqiba Ahmad; Bushra Arif; Zertashia Akram; Malik Waqar Ahmed; Asad Ullah Khan; Muhammad Zahid Hussain; Faisal Rahman; Mahmood Akhtar Kayani; Ishrat Mahjabeen (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020)

Environmental risk assessment of diclofenac residues in surface waters and wastewater: a hidden global threat to aquatic ecosystem - Hafsa Hanif; Amir Waseem; Sundas Kali; Naveeda Akhtar Qureshi; Muhammad Majid; Mazhar Iqbal; Tofeeq Ur-Rehman; Muhammad Tahir; Sohail Yousaf; Muhammad Mazhar Iqbal; Imtiaz Ahmad Khan; Mazhar Iqbal Zafar (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2020)

Litter decay in rangeland sites with varying history of human disturbance: a study with Hazargangi Chiltan mountain - Imran Khan; Shamim Gul; Sarfraz Ahmad; Gul Bano Rehman; Agha Waqar Yunus; Iram Gul; Imran Ali; Ali Akbar; Muhammad Islam (Journal of Mountain Science, 2020)

Transcriptomic analysis of root specific drought mediated response of G. arboreum and G. hirsutum - Zarnab Ahmad; Sajjad Sadique; Muhammad B. Sarwar; Bushra Rashid; Sameera Hassan; Sultana Rasheed; Khurram Bashir; Motoaki Seki; Tayyab Husnain (Biologia, 2020)

Diverse and dynamic roles of F-box proteins in plant biology - Nur-Athirah Abd-Hamid; Muhammad-Izzat Ahmad-Fauzi; Zamri Zainal; Ismanizan Ismail (Planta, 2020)

Identification and validation of superior housekeeping gene(s) for qRT-PCR data normalization in Agave sisalana (a CAM-plant) under abiotic stresses - Muhammad Bilal Sarwar; Zarnab Ahmad; Batcho Agossa Anicet; Moon Sajid; Bushra Rashid; Sameera Hassan; Mukhtar Ahmed; Tayyab Husnain (Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants, 2020)

Exogenous Selenium-Instigated Physiochemical Transformations Impart Terminal Heat Tolerance in Bt Cotton - Muhammad Farrukh Saleem; Muhammad Asif Kamal; Muhammad Shahid; Amna Saleem; Amir Shakeel; Shakeel Ahmad Anjum (Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 2020)

Approaches in Enhancing Thermotolerance in Plants: An Updated Review - Shafaqat Ali; Muhammad Rizwan; Muhammad Saleem Arif; Rehan Ahmad; Mirza Hasanuzzaman; Basharat Ali; Afzal Hussain (Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, 2020)

Allelopathic Crop Water Extracts Application Improves the Wheat Productivity Under Low and High Fertilizer Inputs in a Semi-Arid Environment - Ali Ahsan Bajwa; Ahmad Nawaz; Muhammad Farooq (International Journal of Plant Production, 2020)

Achieving environmental sustainability through information technology: “Digital Pakistan” initiative for green development - Hassan Ahmad Nizam; Khalid Zaman; Khan Burhan Khan; Rubeena Batool; Muhammad Adnan Khurshid; Alaa Mohamd Shoukry; Mohamed A. Sharkawy; Fares Aldeek; Jameel Khader; Showkat Gani (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020)

Characterization of phenolic compounds in two novel lines of Pisum sativum L. along with their in vitro antioxidant potential - Nausheen Nazir; Mohammad Nisar; Sajjad Ahmad; Syed Fazal Wadood; Tour Jan; Muhammad Zahoor; Manzoor Ahmad; Abid Ullah (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020)

Organochlorine pesticides in the surrounding soils of POPs destruction facility: source fingerprinting, human health, and ecological risks assessment - Syeda Nazish Ali; Mujtaba Baqar; Mehvish Mumtaz; Uzma Ashraf; Muhammad Naveed Anwar; Abdul Qadir; Sajid Rashid Ahmad; Abdul-Sattar Nizami; Huang Jun (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020)

Spatio-temporal changes in the six major glaciers of the Chitral River basin (Hindukush Region of Pakistan) between 2001 and 2018 - Jawaria Gul; Sher Muhammad; Shi-yin Liu; Siddique Ullah; Shakeel Ahmad; Huma Hayat; Adnan Ahmad Tahir (Journal of Mountain Science, 2020)
Glaciers in the northern Pakistan are a distinctive source of freshwater for the irrigation, drinking and industrial water supplies of the people living in those regions and downstream. These glaciers are under a direct global warming impact as indicated in many previous studies. In this study, we estimated the glacier dynamics in terms of Equilibrium Line Altitude (ELA), mass balance and the snout position variation using remote sensing data between 2001 and 2018. Six glaciers, having area ≥ 20 km 2 each, situated in the Chitral region (Hindukush Mountains) were investigated in this study. Digital Elevation Model (DEM) and available cloud-free continuous series of Landsat and Sentinel the entire study area was a retreat of -231 ± 140 m. No obvious relationship was found between the glacier variation trends and the available gauged climatic data possibly due to the presence of debris cover in ablation zones of all the studied glaciers which provides insulation and reduces the immediate climatic effects.

Lipids as biomarkers of brain disorders - Ghulam Hussain; Haseeb Anwar; Azhar Rasul; Ali Imran; Muhammad Qasim; Shamaila Zafar; Muhammad Imran; Syed Kashif Shahid Kamran; Nimra Aziz; Aroona Razzaq; Waseem Ahmad; Asghar Shabbir; et al. (Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 2020)

Photocatalytic Performance of Zinc Ferrite Magnetic Nanostructures for Efficient Eriochrome Black-T Degradation from the Aqueous Environment under Unfiltered Sunlight - Ikramullah; Nisar Ali; Farman Ali; Zeshan Ali Sheikh; Muhammad Bilal; Iftikhar Ahmad (Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 2020)

Microzonation map of the Abbottabad basin and immediate surroundings - Sarfraz Khan; Muhammad Waseem; Muhammad Asif Khan; Zahid Hussain; Waqas Ahmed; Ahmad Hamad Khaliq; Nisar Bin Umair; Mian Luqman Hussain (Journal of Seismology, 2020)

Molecular characterization and phylogenetic analysis of Pantoea stewartii subspecies stewartii causing bronzing disease of jackfruit in Malaysia based on cps and hrp gene sequences - Rohaya Ibrahim; Noor Wahida Ismail-Suhaimy; Tan Shu-Qing; Siti Izera Ismail; Nuraizat Abidin; Mansor Hakiman; Daljit Singh Karam; Muhammad Saiful Ahmad-Hamdani; Mohd Termizi Yusof; Dzarifah Zulperi (Journal of Plant Pathology, 2020)

First report of Nigrospora sphaerica causing leaf spot of date palm in Pakistan - Muhammad Waqar Alam; Abdul Rehman; Shahbaz Ahmad; Mubeen Sarwar; Aamir Nawaz; Samiya Mahmood Khan; Sajid Ali; Sidra Aslam; Abdul Mannan (Journal of Plant Pathology, 2020)

Characteristically Insights, Artificial Neural Network (ANN), Equilibrium, and Kinetic Studies of Pb(II) Ion Adsorption on Rice Husks Treated with Nitric Acid - Sami Ullah; Mohammed Ali Assiri; Abdullah Ghodran Al-Sehemi; Mohamad Azmi Bustam; Muhammad Sagir; Firas Ayad Abdulkareem; Muhammad Rafi Raza; Muhammad Ayoub; Ahmad Irfan (International Journal of Environmental Research, 2020)

Revealing heterogeneous causal links among financial development, construction industry, energy use, and environmental quality across development levels - Munir Ahmad; Gul Jabeen; Muhammad Khizar Hayat; Rana Ejaz Ali Khan; Shoaib Qamar (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020)

Adaptations in Imperata cylindrica (L.) Raeusch. and Cenchrus ciliaris L. for altitude tolerance - Khawaja Shafique Ahmad; Ambreen Wazarat; Ansar Mehmood; Muhammad Sajid Aqeel Ahmad; Majid Mahmood Tahir; Fahim Nawaz; Haroon Ahmed; Mohsin Zafar; Aneela Ulfat (Biologia, 2020)

TAC1, an unclassified bacteriophage of the family Myoviridae infecting Acinetobacter baumannii with a large burst size and a short latent period - Muhammad Asif; Iqbal Ahmad Alvi; Rabia Tabassum; Shafiq Ur Rehman (Archives of Virology, 2020)

Delineation of regional groundwater vulnerability using DRASTIC model for agricultural application in Pakistan - Aamir Shakoor; Zahid M. Khan; Hafiz U. Farid; Muhammad Sultan; Ijaz Ahmad; Naveed Ahmad; Muhammad H. Mahmood; Muhammad U. Ali (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2020)

Fabrication and Characterization of Thiolated Chitosan Microneedle Patch for Transdermal Delivery of Tacrolimus - Zulcaif Ahmad; Muhammad Imran Khan; Muhammad Irfan Siddique; Hafiz Shoaib Sarwar; Gul Shahnaz; Syed Zajif Hussain; Nadeem Irfan Bukhari; Irshad Hussain; Muhammad Farhan Sohail (AAPS PharmSciTech, 2020)

Applications of microalga Chlorella vulgaris in aquaculture - Muhammad Talba Ahmad; Mohamed Shariff; Fatimah Md. Yusoff; Yong Meng Goh; Sanjoy Banerjee (Reviews in Aquaculture, 2020)
Microalgae biomass is used in aquaculture as feed, growth enhancers and immunostimulants. Chlorella vulgaris is an important species with a good biomolecular composition. Commercially, it is one of the most commonly used microalga in aquaculture. Several studies confirmed its ability to improve nutrition, immunity, aquatic bioremediation, amelioration of stress, disease resistance of fish and inhibits bacterial quorum sensing when used appropriately. Despite claims of its benefits, C. vulgaris is reported to have unfavourable effects when incorporated in diets at higher inclusion levels. In addition, its rigid cell wall might restrict the access of digestive enzymes to the intracellular components for proper digestion and assimilation. Thus, this review discusses the role of C. vulgaris and its importance in aquaculture with emphasis on its environmental requirements, morphology, pigments, digestibility, dynamics on growth performance, antibacterial activity, bacterial quorum sensing, immunomodulatory effect, anti‐stress effect, gut microbiome, aquatic bioremediation and its safety as food or feed.

In-vitro and in-silico anticancer potential of taxoids from Taxus wallichiana Zucc - Mughal Qayum; Muhammad Nisar; Abdur Rauf; Imran Khan; Waqar Ahmad Kaleem; Muslim Raza; Nasiara Karim; Munawar Ahmad Saleem; Saud Bawazeer; Sengul Uysal; Gokhan Zengin; Saqib Jahan; et al. (Biologia Futura, 2020)
Introduction Natural products derived from medicinal plants provide beneficial cancer chemotherapeutic drugs. Bioactive constituents from plants are explored for their anticancer properties. Methods Three known compounds (deacetylbaccatin III, tasumatrol B, and taxawallin J) were isolated from Taxus wallichiana . Compounds were screened against four cancer cell lines, such as eA498, HepG2, NCI-H226, and MDR 2780AD. Cytotoxic activity was evaluated using MTT assay against cancer cell lines. Results Tasumatrol B showed good cytotoxic activity conducted for the improvement of inhibiting potential of these compounds against the cancer drug target protein (EGFR tyrosine kinase enzyme). The docking study showed that all compounds have binding affinities and interaction profile with the receptor tyrosine kinase. Discussion The study suggests that these compounds could be used for the discovery of novel inhibitors against the target receptors for the treatment of cancer.

Awareness and current knowledge of epilepsy - Asmat Ullah Khan; Muhammad Akram; Muhammad Daniyal; Naheed Akhter; Muhammad Riaz; Naheed Akhtar; Mohammad Ali Shariati; Fozia Anjum; Samreen Gul Khan; Abida Parveen; Saeed Ahmad (Metabolic Brain Disease, 2020)

In situ immobilization of Cr and its availability to maize plants in tannery waste–contaminated soil: effects of biochar feedstock and pyrolysis temperature - Muhammad Imran Rafique; Adel R. A. Usman; Munir Ahmad; Abdelazeem Sallam; Mohammad I. Al-Wabel (Journal of Soils and Sediments, 2020)

Genotyping of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from sepsis patients in Pakistan and detection of antibodies against staphylococcal virulence factors - Stefan Monecke; Muhammad Ali Syed; Mushtaq Ahmad Khan; Shehzad Ahmed; Sadia Tabassum; Darius Gawlik; Elke Müller; Annett Reissig; Sascha D. Braun; Ralf Ehricht (European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, 2020)

Spatial prioritization of willingness to pay for ecosystem services. A novel notion of distance from origin’s impression - Sufyan Ullah Khan; Guobin Liu; Minjuan Zhao; Hsiaoping Chien; Qian Lu; Arshad Ahmad Khan; Muhammad Abu Sufyan Ali; Misbahullah (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020)

Modeling heterogeneous dynamic interactions among energy investment, SO2 emissions and economic performance in regional China - Munir Ahmad; Zhen-Yu Zhao; Muhammad Irfan; Marie Claire Mukeshimana; Abdul Rehman; Gul Jabeen; Heng Li (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020)

Assessment of noise pollution and its effects on human health in industrial hub of Pakistan - Zia Ur Rahman Farooqi; Muhammad Sabir; Junaid Latif; Zubair Aslam; Hamaad Raza Ahmad; Iftikhar Ahmad; Muhammad Imran; Predrag Ilić (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020)

Glycinebetaine alleviates the chromium toxicity in Brassica oleracea L. by suppressing oxidative stress and modulating the plant morphology and photosynthetic attributes - Rehan Ahmad; Shafaqat Ali; Muhammad Abid; Muhammad Rizwan; Basharat Ali; Asif Tanveer; Irfan Ahmad; Muhammad Azam; Muhammad Awais Ghani (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020)

Role of cotton sticks biochar in immobilization of nickel under induced toxicity condition and growth indices of Trigonella corniculata L. - Uzma Younis; Subhan Danish; Saeed Ahmad Malik; Niaz Ahmed; Tariq Muhammad Munir; Muhammad Khalid Rasheed (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020)

Study of land cover/land use changes using RS and GIS: a case study of Multan district, Pakistan - Sajjad Hussain; Muhammad Mubeen; Waseem Akram; Ashfaq Ahmad; Muhammad Habib-ur-Rahman; Abdul Ghaffar; Asad Amin; Muhammad Awais; Hafiz Umar Farid; Amjad Farooq; Wajid Nasim (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2020)

Correction to: Characterization, the Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Activity of Exopolysaccharide Isolated from Poultry Origin Lactobacilli - Muhammad Shahid Riaz Rajoka; Hafiza Mahreen Mehwish; Hafiz Fakhar Hayat; Nazim Hussain; Sobia Sarwar; Humaira Aslam; Ahmad Nadeem; Junling Shi (Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins, 2019)

Characterization, the Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Activity of Exopolysaccharide Isolated from Poultry Origin Lactobacilli - Muhammad Shahid Riaz Rajoka; Hafiza Mahreen Mehwish; Hafiz Fakhar Hayat; Nazim Hussain; Sobia Sarwar; Humaira Aslam; Ahmad Nadeem; Junling Shi (Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins, 2019)

Effects of Plant Growth Regulators on Seed Filling, Endogenous Hormone Contents and Maize Production in Semiarid Regions - Irshad Ahmad; Muhammad Kamran; Xiangping Meng; Shahzad Ali; Bayasgalan Bilegjargal; Tie Cai; Tiening Liu; Qingfang Han (Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, 2019)

Alpha-Tocopherol-Induced Regulation of Growth and Metabolism in Plants Under Non-stress and Stress Conditions - Muhammad Sadiq; Nudrat Aisha Akram; Muhammad Ashraf; Fahad Al-Qurainy; Parvaiz Ahmad (Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, 2019)

Harnessing natural colorants from algal species for fabric dyeing: a sustainable eco-friendly approach for textile processing - Muhammad Azeem; Naeem Iqbal; Riffat Ayesha Mir; Shahid Adeel; Fatima Batool; Ali Ahmad Khan; Sadaf Gul (Journal of Applied Phycology, 2019)

Supplemental potassium mediates antioxidant metabolism, physiological processes, and osmoregulation to confer salt stress tolerance in cabbage (Brassica oleracea L.) - Waqas Ahmad; Chaudhary Muhammad Ayyub; Muhammad Asif Shehzad; Khurram Ziaf; Muhammad Ijaz; Ahmad Sher; Tahira Abbas; Jamil Shafi (Horticulture, Environment, and Biotechnology, 2019)

Nanocarrier-mediated co-delivery systems for lung cancer therapy: recent developments and prospects - Muhammad Asim Farooq; Md Aquib; Daulat Haleem Khan; Sana Ghayas; Anam Ahsan; Muhammad Ijaz; Parikshit Banerjee; Maqsood Ahmed Khan; Muhammad Masood Ahmad; Bo Wang (Environmental Chemistry Letters, 2019)

Numerical investigation of the flow characteristics through discontinuous and layered vegetation patches of finite width in an open channel - Usman Ghani; Naveed Anjum; Ghufran Ahmed Pasha; Muhammad Ahmad (Environmental Fluid Mechanics, 2019)

Recent advances in the delivery of disulfiram: a critical analysis of promising approaches to improve its pharmacokinetic profile and anticancer efficacy - Muhammad Asim Farooq; Md Aquib; Daulat Haleem Khan; Zahid Hussain; Anam Ahsan; Mirza Muhammad Faran Ashraf Baig; Dickson Pius Wande; Muhammad Masood Ahmad; Hafiz Muhammad Ahsan; Jiang Jiajie; Bo Wang (DARU Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2019)

Improved transdermal delivery of cetirizine hydrochloride using polymeric microneedles - Muhammad Sohail Arshad; Sana Hassan; Amjad Hussain; Nasir Abbas; Israfil Kucuk; Kazem Nazari; Radeyah Ali; Suleman Ramzan; Ali Alqahtani; Eleftherios G. Andriotis; Dimitris G. Fatouros; Ming-Wei Chang; et al. (DARU Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2019)

Probing the effect of various lipids and polymer blends on clopidogrel encapsulated floating microcarriers - Saba Irshad; Ikram Ullah Khan; Syed Haroon Khalid; Sajid Asghar; Muhammad Irfan; Ikrima Khalid; Nadeem Sabir; Adnan Ali; Ahmad Nawaz Khan; Abid Mehmood Yousaf; Talib Hussain; Yasser Shahzad (DARU Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2019)

Arsenic Contamination in Rice Grown Under Anaerobic Condition in Arid Agriculture: Assessment and Remediation - Muhammad Mahmood-ul-Hassan; Munazza Yousra; Rizwan Ahmad; Sair Sarwar (Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2019)

DNA barcoding of Haplophyllum gilesii (Hemsel.) C. C. Townsend from the Gilgit-Baltistan Province of Pakistan - Bushra Khan; Habib Ahmad; Jan Alam; Muhammad Shahid Nadeem; Aziz Ud-Din; Inam Ullah; Shafee Ur Rehman; Khushi Muhammad (Brazilian Journal of Botany, 2019)

Thidiazuron-induced efficient biosynthesis of phenolic compounds in callus culture of Ipomoea turbinata Lagasca and Segura - Waqar Ahmad; Adnan Zahir; Muhammad Nadeem; Muhammad Zia; Christophe Hano; Bilal Haider Abbasi (In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Plant, 2019)

Comparative study of the genetic basis of nitrogen use efficiency in wild and cultivated barley - Jawad Munawar Shah; Sidra tul Muntaha; Essa Ali; Azhar Abbas Khan; Syed Hassan Raza Zaidi; Ahmad Naeem Shahzad; Zeshan Hassan; Ahmad Nawaz; Muhammad Rashid; Syed Asad Hussain Bukhari (Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants, 2019)

Impact assessment of land use change on surface temperature and agricultural productivity in Peshawar-Pakistan - Imran Khan; Tehseen Javed; Ahmad Khan; Hongdou Lei; Ihsan Muhammad; Imad Ali; Xuexi Huo (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2019)

Total retail goods consumption, industry structure, urban population growth and pollution intensity: an application of panel data analysis for China - Zeeshan Khan; Muhammad Shahbaz; Manzoor Ahmad; Fazli Rabbi; Yang Siqun (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2019)

Impact of invasive plant species on the livelihoods of farming households: evidence from Parthenium hysterophorus invasion in rural Punjab, Pakistan - Ali Ahsan Bajwa; Muhammad Farooq; Ahmad Nawaz; Lava Yadav; Bhagirath Singh Chauhan; Steve Adkins (Biological Invasions, 2019)

Household vulnerability and resilience in flood hazards from disaster-prone areas of Punjab, Pakistan - Dilshad Ahmad; Muhammad Afzal (Natural Hazards, 2019)

Metagenomic analysis of drinking water samples collected from treatment plants of Hyderabad City and Mehran University Employees Cooperative Housing Society - Junaid Ahmed Kori; Rasool Bux Mahar; Muhammad Raffae Vistro; Huma Tariq; Ishtiaq Ahmad Khan; Ramesh Goel (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2019)

Zinc-lysine prevents chromium-induced morphological, photosynthetic, and oxidative alterations in spinach irrigated with tannery wastewater - Ihsan Elahi Zaheer; Shafaqat Ali; Muhammad Rizwan; Firdaus-e- Bareen; Zohaib Abbas; Syed Asad Hussain Bukhari; Leonard Wijaya; Mohammed Nasser Alyemeni; Parvaiz Ahmad (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2019)

The nexus of fiscal policy instruments and environmental degradation in China - Peng Yuelan; Muhammad Waqas Akbar; Muhammad Hafeez; Manzoor Ahmad; Zeenat Zia; Sana Ullah (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2019)

The residual level of isoprothiolane in paddy field surface water and its acute toxicity level on freshwater prawn, Macrobrachium lanchesteri - Muhammad Radzi Abd Rahman; Harlina Ahmad; Widad Fadhullah (Paddy and Water Environment, 2019)

Socio-political and ecological stresses on traditional pastoral systems: A review - Khurshid Muhammad; Nafees Mohammad; Khan Abdullah; Somuncu Mehmet; Ahmad Khan Ashfaq; Rashid Wajid (Journal of Geographical Sciences, 2019)

Feedstock-induced changes in composition and stability of biochar derived from different agricultural wastes - Tayyba Kanwal Choudhary; Khalid Saifullah Khan; Qaiser Hussain; Munir Ahmad; Muhammad Ashfaq (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2019)

An overview of climate change and variability impact studies in Nigeria - Da’u Abba Umar; Mohammad Firuz Ramli; Ahmad Zaharin Aris; Wan Nor Azmin Sulaiman; Muhammad Amar Zaudi; Abubakar Ibrahim Tukur (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2019)

Bioethanol Mill Wastewater Purification by Combination of Coagulation-Flocculation and Microbial Treatment of Trametes versicolor INACC F200 - Ajeng Arum Sari; Tony Hadibarata; Ummu Hanifah; Ahmad Randy; Feni Amriani; Puspa Dewi N. Lotulung; Hasbi Yasin; Asep Saefumillah; Muhammad Ilyas (Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 2019)

Evaluation of physiological markers for assessing drought tolerance and yield potential in bread wheat - Tauqeer Ahmad Yasir; Allah Wasaya; Mubshar Hussain; Muhammad Ijaz; Muhammad Farooq; Omer Farooq; Ahmad Nawaz; Yin-Gang Hu (Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants, 2019)

Interactive Effect of Zinc Fertilization and Cultivar on Yield and Nutritional Attributes of Canola (Brassica napus L.) - Abdul Manaf; Muhammad Raheel; Ahmad Sher; Abdul Sattar; Sami Ul-Allah; Abdul Qayyum; Qaisar Hussain (Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 2019)

Application of Uniconazole Improves Photosynthetic Efficiency of Maize by Enhancing the Antioxidant Defense Mechanism and Delaying Leaf Senescence in Semiarid Regions - Irshad Ahmad; Muhammad Kamran; Wennan Su; Wang Haiqi; Shahzad Ali; Bayasgalan Bilegjargal; Shakeel Ahmad; Tiening Liu; Tie Cai; Qingfang Han (Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, 2019)

Vulnerability, well-being, and livelihood adaptation under changing environmental conditions: a case from mountainous region of Pakistan - Laila Shahzad; Arifa Tahir; Faiza Sharif; Waqas Ud Din Khan; Muhammad Ansar Farooq; Azhar Abbas; Zulfiqar Ahmad Saqib (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2019)

Impact of biochar prepared from leaves of Populous euphratica on soil microbial activity and mung bean (Vigna radiata) growth - Muhammad Akmal; Tanveer Ahmed Gondal; Khalid Saifullah Khan; Qaiser Hussain; Mukhtar Ahmad; Muhammad Subtain Abbas; Hafeez Ullah Rafa; Shahab Ahmad Khosa (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2019)

Comparative effect of mesquite biochar, farmyard manure, and chemical fertilizers on soil fertility and growth of onion (Allium cepa L.) - Mumtaz Khan; Kaneez Fatima; Rehan Ahmad; Rafia Younas; Muhammad Rizwan; Muhammad Azam; Zain ul Abadin; Shafaqat Ali (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2019)

A framework to identify homogeneous drought characterization regions - Zulfiqar Ali; Ijaz Hussain; Muhammad Faisal; Alaa Mohamd Shoukry; Showkat Gani; Ishfaq Ahmad (Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 2019)

A genome-wide approach to the comprehensive analysis of GASA gene family in Glycine max - Muhammad Zulfiqar Ahmad; Aiman Sana; Arshad Jamil; Jamal Abdul Nasir; Shakeel Ahmed; Muhammad Uzair Hameed; Abdullah (Plant Molecular Biology, 2019)

First report of Geotrichum candidum causing postharvest sour rot of carrot in Punjab, Pakistan - Akhtar Hameed; Muhammad Waqar Alam; Abdul Rehman; Khalid Naveed; Muhammad Atiq; Nasir Ahmed Rajput; Sohaib Sarfraz; Nadia Liaqat; Faizan Ahmad Tahir (Journal of Plant Pathology, 2019)

Green algae, Cladophora glomerata L.–based natural colorants: dyeing optimization and mordanting for textile processing - Riffat Ayesha Mir; Shahid Adeel; Muhammad Azeem; Fatima Batool; Ali Ahmad Khan; Sadaf Gul; Naeem Iqbal (Journal of Applied Phycology, 2019)

Evaluation of the air pollution tolerance index of ornamentals growing in an industrial area compared to a less polluted area - Iftikhar Ahmad; Bilal Abdullah; John Martin Dole; Muhammad Shahid; Khurram Ziaf (Horticulture, Environment, and Biotechnology, 2019)

Assessment of nematodes in Punjab Urial (Ovis vignei punjabiensis) population in Kalabagh Game Reserve: development of a DNA barcode approach - Amna Arshad Bajwa; Jordan Patrick Cuff; Muhammad Imran; Saher Islam; Riffat Mansha; Kamran Ashraf; Arman Khan; Muhammad Imran Rashid; Muhammad Yasir Zahoor; Waseem Ahmad Khan; Habib Ur Rehman; Asif Nadeem; et al. (European Journal of Wildlife Research, 2019)

Spatial heterogeneity of ecosystem services: a distance decay approach to quantify willingness to pay for improvements in Heihe River Basin ecosystems - Sufyan Ullah Khan; Imran Khan; Minjuan Zhao; Hsiaoping Chien; Qian Lu; Muhammad Abu Sufyan Ali; Arshad Ahmad Khan; Shah Fahad (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2019)

Evaluation of toxic potential of metals in wheat crop grown in wastewater-contaminated soil in Punjab, Pakistan - Zafar Iqbal Khan; Kafeel Ahmad; Fauzia Batool; Kinza Wajid; Naunain Mehmood; Asma Ashfaq; Humayun Bashir; Muhammad Nadeem; Saif Ullah (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2019)

Public health risk of heavy metal residues in meat and edible organs of broiler in an intensive production system of a region in Pakistan - Muhammad Abbas; Naila Chand; Rifat Ullah Khan; Nazir Ahmad; Urooba Pervez; Shabana Naz (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2019)

Revealing long- and short-run empirical interactions among foreign direct investment, renewable power generation, and CO2 emissions in China - Munir Ahmad; Zhen-Yu Zhao; Abdul Rehman; Muhammad Shahzad; Heng Li (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2019)

Carbon mineralization in subtropical dryland soil amended with different biochar sources - Sehar Sultan; Khalid Saifullah Khan; Muhammad Akmal; Zammurad Iqbal Ahmed; Qaiser Hussain; Shahab Ahmad Khosa (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2019)

Physiological and biochemical attributes of bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) seedlings are influenced by foliar application of silicon and selenium under water deficit - Abdul Sattar; Mumtaz Akhtar Cheema; Ahmad Sher; Muhammad Ijaz; Sami Ul-Allah; Ahmad Nawaz; Tahira Abbas; Qasim Ali (Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 2019)

Estimation of Canal Water Deficit Using Satellite Remote Sensing and GIS: A Case Study in Lower Chenab Canal System - Muhammad Mohsin Waqas; Usman Khalid Awan; Muhammad Jehanzeb Masud Cheema; Ishfaq Ahmad; Matlob Ahmad; Sikandar Ali; Syed Hamid Hussain Shah; Allah Bakhsh; Muhammad Iqbal (Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, 2019)

Hydrous ferric oxide nanoparticles hosted porous polyethersulfone adsorptive membrane: chromium (VI) adsorptive studies and its applicability for water/wastewater treatment - Norfadhilatuladha Abdullah; Norhaniza Yusof; Muhammad Hafiz Abu Shah; Syarifah Nazirah Wan Ikhsan; Zhi-Chien Ng; Subrata Maji; Woei Jye Lau; Juhana Jaafar; Ahmad Fauzi Ismail; Katsuhiko Ariga (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2019)

Residues of endosulfan in cotton growing area of Vehari, Pakistan: an assessment of knowledge and awareness of pesticide use and health risks - Ashfaq Ahmad; Muhammad Shahid; Sana Khalid; Habiba Zaffar; Tatheer Naqvi; Arshid Pervez; Muhammad Bilal; Muhammad Arif Ali; Ghulam Abbas; Wajid Nasim (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2019)

Health risk assessment of drinking arsenic-containing groundwater in Hasilpur, Pakistan: effect of sampling area, depth, and source - Riaz Ahmad Tabassum; Muhammad Shahid; Camille Dumat; Nabeel Khan Niazi; Sana Khalid; Noor Samad Shah; Muhammad Imran; Samina Khalid (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2019)

A contingent valuation approach to evaluating willingness to pay for an improved water pollution management system in Dhaka City, Bangladesh - Farhana Sehreen; Muhammad Mehedi Masud; Rulia Akhtar; Md. Razu Ahmad Masum (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2019)

Haunch retrofitting technique for seismic upgrading deficient RC frames - Naveed Ahmad; Junaid Akbar; Muhammad Rizwan; Bashir Alam; Akhtar Naeem Khan; Abdul Lateef (Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 2019)

New insights on sand dust storm from historical records, UAE - Yousef Nazzal; Alina Barbulescu; Fares Howari; Ahmad Yousef; Ahmed A. Al-Taani; Fatima Al Aydaroos; Muhammad Naseem (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2019)

Domestic water consumption under unimproved water supply in semi-arid region of northern Nigeria - Muhammad Tajuri Ahmad; Hussaini A. Daura (Sustainable Water Resources Management, 2019)

Retraction Note to: Support vector regression methodology for prediction of output energy in rice production - Marziye Yousefi; Benyamin Khoshnevisan; Shahaboddin Shamshirband; Shervin Motamedi; Mohd Hairul Nizam Md. Nasir; Muhammad Arif; Rodina Ahmad (Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment, 2019)

Quantification of spatial temporal variability of snow cover and hydro-climatic variables based on multi-source remote sensing data in the Swat watershed, Hindukush Mountains, Pakistan - Muhammad Naveed Anjum; Yongjian Ding; Donghui Shangguan; Junguo Liu; Ijaz Ahmad; Muhammad Wajid Ijaz; Muhammad Imran Khan (Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, 2019)

Improving the Productivity and Profitability of Late Sown Chickpea by Seed Priming - Muhammad Farooq; Mubshar Hussain; Muhammad Imran; Imran Ahmad; Muhammad Atif; Salem S. Alghamdi (International Journal of Plant Production, 2019)

Variants in KIAA0825 underlie autosomal recessive postaxial polydactyly - Irfan Ullah; Naseebullah Kakar; Isabelle Schrauwen; Shabir Hussain; Imen Chakchouk; Khurram Liaqat; Anushree Acharya; Naveed Wasif; Regie Lyn P. Santos-Cortez; Saadullah Khan; Abdul Aziz; Kwanghyuk Lee; et al. (Human Genetics, 2019)

Opportunities and challenges in the remediation of metal-contaminated soils by using tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.): a critical review - Muhammad Zia ur Rehman; Muhammad Rizwan; Muhammad Irfan Sohail; Shafaqat Ali; Aisha A. Waris; Hinnan Khalid; Asif Naeem; Hamaad Raza Ahmad; Arslan Rauf (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2019)

RETRACTED ARTICLE: Trends of electronic waste pollution and its impact on the global environment and ecosystem - Rida Akram; Natasha; Shah Fahad; Muhammad Zaffar Hashmi; Abdul Wahid; Muhammad Adnan; Muhammad Mubeen; Naeem Khan; Muhammad Ishaq Asif Rehmani; Muhammadd Awais; Mazhar Abbas; Khurram Shahzad; et al. (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2019)

Sewage waste water application improves the productivity of diverse wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cultivars on a sandy loam soil - Muhammad Ijaz; Abdul Waheed; Sami Ul-Allah; Ahmad Nawaz; Allah Wasaya; Abdul Sattar; Ahmad Sher (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2019)

Toxicological effects of toxic metals (cadmium and mercury) on blood and the thyroid gland and pharmacological intervention by vitamin C in rabbits - Rida Khan; Shaukat Ali; Shumaila Mumtaz; Saiqa Andleeb; Mazhar Ulhaq; Hafiz Muhammad Tahir; Muhammad Khalil Ahmad Khan; Muhammad Adeeb Khan; Hafiz Abdullah Shakir (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2019)

Access to clean technologies, energy, finance, and food: environmental sustainability agenda and its implications on Sub-Saharan African countries - Sanil S. Hishan; Sasmoko; Aqeel Khan; Jamilah Ahmad; Zainudin Bin Hassan; Khalid Zaman; Muhammad Imran Qureshi (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2019)

A systematic review on global pollution status of particulate matter-associated potential toxic elements and health perspectives in urban environment - Muhammad Ubaid Ali; Guijian Liu; Balal Yousaf; Habib Ullah; Qumber Abbas; Mehr Ahmad Mujtaba Munir (Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 2019)

Evaluation of Potential Toxic Metals Accumulation in Wheat Irrigated with Wastewater - Kafeel Ahmad; Kinza Wajid; Zafar Iqbal Khan; Ilker Ugulu; Hafsa Memoona; Madiha Sana; Khalid Nawaz; Ifra Saleem Malik; Humayun Bashir; Muhammad Sher (Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2019)

Taxonomic significance of leaf epidermis in tribe Trifolieae L. (Leguminosae; Papilionoideae) in Pakistan - Neelam Rashid; Muhammad Zafar; Mushtaq Ahmad; Mir Ajab Khan; Khafsa Malik; Shazia Sultana; Syed Nasar Shah (Plant Biosystems, 2019)

Different ambient management intervention techniques and their effect on milk production and physiological parameters of lactating NiliRavi buffaloes during hot dry summer of subtropical region - Mehtab Ahmad; Jalees Ahmed Bhatti; Muhammad Abdullah; Rahman Ullah; Qurat ul Ain; Muhammad Sajid Hasni; Mahboob Ali; Abdul Rashid; Imran Qaisar; Ghazunfar Rashid; Rafi Uddin (Tropical Animal Health and Production, 2019)

The first report on serotyping of bluetongue virus in small ruminants of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan - Amir Iftikhar Malik; Muhammad Ijaz; Tahir Yaqub; Muhammad Zubair Shabir; Muhammad Avais; Awais Ghaffar; Ahmad Ali; Shahid Hussain Farooqi; Khalid Mehmood (Tropical Animal Health and Production, 2019)

Toxicological potential of cobalt in forage for ruminants grown in polluted soil: a health risk assessment from trace metal pollution for livestock - Zafar Iqbal Khan; Nimra Arshad; Kafeel Ahmad; Muhammad Nadeem; Asma Ashfaq; Kinza Wajid; Humayun Bashir; Mudasra Munir; Bushra Huma; Hafsa Memoona; Madiha Sana; Khalid Nawaz; et al. (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2019)

Engineered biochar composites with zeolite, silica, and nano-zerovalent iron for the efficient scavenging of chlortetracycline from aqueous solutions - Munir Ahmad; Adel R. A. Usman; Muhammad Imran Rafique; Mohammad I. Al-Wabel (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2019)

Empirics on influencing mechanisms among energy, finance, trade, environment, and economic growth: a heterogeneous dynamic panel data analysis of China - Munir Ahmad; Zhen-Yu Zhao; Muhammad Irfan; Marie Claire Mukeshimana (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2019)

Role of phosphorous mining in mobilization and bioaccessibility of heavy metals in soil-plant system: Abbottabad, Pakistan - Afshan; Sajjad Ahmad; Muhammad Imran; Rab Nawaz; Muhammad Arshad; Muhammad Ejaz Ul Islam Dar; Muhammad Hussnain Siddque; Muhammad Nadeem; Liaqat Ali (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2019)

Correction to: Effect of foliar applications of silicon and titanium dioxide nanoparticles on growth, oxidative stress, and cadmium accumulation by rice (Oryza sativa) - Muhammad Rizwan; Shafaqat Ali; Muhammad Zia ur Rehman; Sumaira Malik; Muhammad Adrees; Muhammad Farooq Qayyum; Saud A. Alamri; Mohammed Nasser Alyemeni; Parvaiz Ahmad (Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 2019)

High intrinsic seed Zn concentration improves abiotic stress tolerance in wheat - Muhammad Faran; Muhammad Farooq; Abdul Rehman; Ahmad Nawaz; Muhammad Kamran Saleem; Nauman Ali; Kadambot H. M. Siddique (Plant and Soil, 2019)

Bait attractants based on artificial fruit-essence for trapping and monitoring Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae) females in Peshawar-Pakistan - Muhammad Shehzad Khan; Farman Ullah; Hayat Badshah; Bashir Ahmad; Inayat Ali Shahjehan; Paul-André Calatayud (Phytoparasitica, 2019)

Combined use of biochar and zinc oxide nanoparticle foliar spray improved the plant growth and decreased the cadmium accumulation in rice (Oryza sativa L.) plant - Shafaqat Ali; Muhammad Rizwan; Shamaila Noureen; Sarwat Anwar; Basharat Ali; Muhammad Naveed; Elsayed Fathi Abd_Allah; Abdulaziz A. Alqarawi; Parvaiz Ahmad (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2019)

Assessment of flood-induced changes in soil heavy metal and nutrient status in Rajanpur, Pakistan - Farhan Hafeez; Noman Zafar; Rashid Nazir; Hafiz Muhammad Rashad Javeed; Muhammad Rizwan; Faridullah; Saeed Ahmad Asad; Akhtar Iqbal (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2019)

A comprehensive review on environmental transformation of selenium: recent advances and research perspectives - Habib Ullah; Guijian Liu; Balal Yousaf; Muhammad Ubaid Ali; Samina Irshad; Qumber Abbas; Rafay Ahmad (Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 2019)

Combined application of biochar and PGPR consortia for sustainable production of wheat under semiarid conditions with a reduced dose of synthetic fertilizer - Muhammad Ijaz; Muhammad Tahir; Muhammad Shahid; Sami Ul-Allah; Abdul Sattar; Ahmad Sher; Khalid Mahmood; Mubshar Hussain (Brazilian Journal of Microbiology, 2019)

Genome-wide identification and expression analyses of WRKY transcription factor family members from chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) reveal their role in abiotic stress-responses - Muhammad Waqas; Muhammad Tehseen Azhar; Iqrar Ahmad Rana; Farrukh Azeem; Muhammad Amjad Ali; Muhammad Amjad Nawaz; Gyuhwa Chung; Rana Muhammad Atif (Genes & Genomics, 2019)

Climate change evidence and community level autonomous adaptation measures in a canal irrigated agriculture system of Pakistan - Muhammad Tousif Bhatti; Waqas Ahmad; Muhammad Azeem Shah; Muhammad Shahzad Khattak (Climate and Development, 2019)

Roles of potential plant hormones and transcription factors in controlling leaf senescence and drought tolerance - Sumira Jan; Nazia Abbas; Muhammad Ashraf; Parvaiz Ahmad (Protoplasma, 2019)

Chemogenic silver nanoparticles enhance lignans and neolignans in cell suspension cultures of Linum usitatissimum L. - Adnan Zahir; Muhammad Nadeem; Waqar Ahmad; Nathalie Giglioli-Guivarc’h; Christophe Hano; Bilal Haider Abbasi (Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC), 2019)

Seismic hazard assessment of Afghanistan - Muhammad Waseem; Abdul Lateef; Irshad Ahmad; Sarfraz Khan; Waqas Ahmed (Journal of Seismology, 2019)

Phosphonium-based hydrophobic ionic liquids with fluorous anions for biodiesel production from waste cooking oil - Z. Ullah; M. A. Bustam; Z. Man; A. S. Khan; A. Sarwono; N. Muhammad; M. Farooq; S. N. Shah; P. Ahmad; S. Haider (International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 2019)

Effect of foliar applications of silicon and titanium dioxide nanoparticles on growth, oxidative stress, and cadmium accumulation by rice (Oryza sativa) - Muhammad Rizwan; Shafaqat Ali; Muhammad Zia ur Rehman; Sumaira Malik; Muhammad Adrees; Muhammad Farooq Qayyum; Saud A. Alamri; Mohammed Nasser Alyemeni; Parvaiz Ahmad (Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 2019)

Input Selection of Wavelet-Coupled Neural Network Models for Rainfall-Runoff Modelling - Muhammad Shoaib; Asaad Y. Shamseldin; Sher Khan; Muhammad Sultan; Fiaz Ahmad; Tahir Sultan; Zakir Hussain Dahri; Irfan Ali (Water Resources Management, 2019)

Analysis of wheat farmers’ risk perceptions and attitudes: evidence from Punjab, Pakistan - Dilshad Ahmad; Muhammad Afzal; Abdur Rauf (Natural Hazards, 2019)

IL-22 in hepatocyte’s survival of Pakistani patients with end stage liver disease: an insight into IL 22 mediated hepato-regenerative pathway - Muhammad Saalim; Saleha Resham; Sobia Manzoor; Hassam Ahmad; Tariq Ali Bangash; Amir Latif; Shahla Jaleel (Molecular Biology Reports, 2019)

Rainfall-runoff modeling at Jinsha River basin by integrated neural network with discrete wavelet transform - Muhammad Tayyab; Jianzhong Zhou; Xiaohua Dong; Ijaz Ahmad; Na Sun (Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, 2019)

Probabilistic seismic hazard assessment of Peshawar District, Pakistan - Ahmad Hammad Khaliq; Muhammad Waseem; Sarfraz Khan; Waqas Ahmed; Muhammad Asif Khan (Journal of Earth System Science, 2019)

Composting of municipal solid waste by different methods improved the growth of vegetables and reduced the health risks of cadmium and lead - Ghulam Mustafa Shah; Nadia Tufail; Hafiz Faiq Bakhat; Iftikhar Ahmad; Muhammad Shahid; Hafiz Mohkum Hammad; Wajid Nasim; Atika Waqar; Muhammad Rizwan; Renjie Dong (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2019)

Alleviative role of exogenously applied mannitol in maize cultivars differing in chromium stress tolerance - Ume Habiba; Shafaqat Ali; Muhammad Rizwan; Muhammad Ibrahim; Afzal Hussain; Muhammad Rizwan Shahid; Saud A. Alamri; Mohammed Nasser Alyemeni; Parvaiz Ahmad (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2019)

Renal toxicity of heavy metals (cadmium and mercury) and their amelioration with ascorbic acid in rabbits - Shaukat Ali; Sidra Hussain; Rida Khan; Shumaila Mumtaz; Nasra Ashraf; Saiqa Andleeb; Hafiz Abdullah Shakir; Hafiz Muhammad Tahir; Muhammad Khalil Ahmad Khan; Mazhar Ulhaq (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2019)

Ecophysiological response of early stage Albizia lebbeck to cadmium toxicity and biochar addition - Muhammad Talha Bin Yousaf; Muhammad Farrakh Nawaz; Hammad Fayyaz Khawaja; Sadaf Gul; Shafaqat Ali; Irfan Ahmad; Fahd Rasul; Muhammad Rizwan (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2019)

Detection of mineral alteration induced by hydrocarbon microseepages by using remotely sensed data in the Fateh Jang area of the Northern Potwar region of Pakistan - Ayesha Habib; Muhammad Khubaib Abuzar; Ijaz Ahmad; Urooj Shakir; Syed Amer Mahmood; Mumtaz Ali Khan; Muhammad Fahad Mahmood (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2019)

Occurrence of Aflatoxin M1 in raw and processed milk and assessment of daily intake in Lahore, Multan cities of Pakistan - Mateen Ahmad; Muhammad Awais; Shinawar Waseem Ali; Hafiz Azhar Ali Khan; Muhammad Riaz; Asif Sultan; Muhammad Shakeel Bashir; Adnan Ishtiaq Chaudhry (Food Additives & Contaminants Part B-Surveillance, 2019)

Assessment of genetic diversity in round gourd (Praecitrullus fistulosus) germplasm of Pakistan considering morphological characters - Adeel Shahid; Chaudhary Muhammad Ayyub; Mazhar Abbas; Rashid Ahmad (Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 2019)

Optimizing irrigation and nitrogen requirements for maize through empirical modeling in semi-arid environment - Ishfaq Ahmad; Syed Aftab Wajid; Ashfaq Ahmad; Muhammad Jehanzeb Masud Cheema; Jasmeet Judge (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2019)

Plant growth promoting bacteria: role in soil improvement, abiotic and biotic stress management of crops - Abdul Majeed; Zahir Muhammad; Habib Ahmad (Plant Cell Reports, 2018)

Correction to: Preparation, optimization and pharmacological evaluation of 99mTc-4-hydroxy-3-(2-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzylideneamino) benzoic acid complex: as a novel potential radiopharmaceutical agent with hepatobiliary excretion - Muhammad Usman Akbar; Tanveer Hussain Bokhari; Samina Roohi; Khalid Mahmood Zia; Muhammad Razeen Ahmad; Saira Hina; Muhammad Sohaib (Molecular Biology Reports, 2018)

Brassinosteroids Regulate Growth in Plants Under Stressful Environments and Crosstalk with Other Potential Phytohormones - Mohammad Abass Ahanger; Muhammad Ashraf; Andrzej Bajguz; Parvaiz Ahmad (Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, 2018)

Arsenic Level and Risk Assessment of Groundwater in Vehari, Punjab Province, Pakistan - Muhammad Shahid; Muhammad Khalid; Camille Dumat; Sana Khalid; Nabeel Khan Niazi; Muhammad Imran; Irshad Bibi; Iftikhar Ahmad; Hafiz Mohkum Hammad; Riaz Ahmad Tabassum (Exposure and Health, 2018)

The trade-environment nexus in light of governance: a global potential - Rizwana Yasmeen; Yunong Li; Muhammad Hafeez; Haseeb Ahmad (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2018)

Bioremediation of tannery effluent by Cr- and salt-tolerant bacterial strains - Sobia Ashraf; Muhammad Naveed; Muhammad Afzal; Sana Ashraf; Khadeeja Rehman; Azhar Hussain; Zahir Ahmad Zahir (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2018)

Assessment of Trace Metal and Metalloid Accumulation and Human Health Risk from Vegetables Consumption through Spinach and Coriander Specimens Irrigated with Wastewater - Zafar Iqbal Khan; Ilker Ugulu; Kafeel Ahmad; Sumaira Yasmeen; Ijaz Rasool Noorka; Naunain Mehmood; Muhammad Sher (Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2018)

Sugarcane waste straw biochar and its effects on calcareous soil and agronomic traits of okra - Muhammad Riaz; Mumtaz Khan; Shafaqat Ali; Muhammad Daud Khan; Rehan Ahmad; Muhammad Jamil Khan; Muhammad Rizwan (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2018)

Yeast-extract improved biosynthesis of lignans and neolignans in cell suspension cultures of Linum usitatissimum L. - Muhammad Nadeem; Bilal Haider Abbasi; Laurine Garros; Samantha Drouet; Adnan Zahir; Waqar Ahmad; Nathalie Giglioli-Guivarc’h; Christophe Hano (Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC), 2018)

Redox balance and DNA fragmentation in arsenic-exposed occupational workers from different industries of Pakistan - Maryam Raza; Ishrat Mahjabeen; Muhammad Fahim; Waqar Ahmad Malik; Asad Ullah Khan; Mahmood Akhtar Kayani; Ayesha Khan; Zertashia Akram (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2018)

Seed filling in maize and hormones crosstalk regulated by exogenous application of uniconazole in semiarid regions - Irshad Ahmad; Muhammad Kamran; Shahzad Ali; Tie Cai; Bayasgalan Bilegjargal; Tiening Liu; Qingfang Han (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2018)

Adsorption-desorption and leaching potential of glyphosate and aminomethylphosphonic acid in acidic Malaysian soil amended with cow dung and rice husk ash - Jamilu Garba; Abd Wahid Samsuri; Radziah Othman; Muhammad Saiful Ahmad Hamdani (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2018)

Erosion potential assessment of watersheds through GIS-based hypsometric analysis: a case study of Kurram Tangi Dam - Wasif Yousaf; Syed Ghulam Mohayud-Din-Hashmi; Usman Akram; Urooj Saeed; Sajid Rashid Ahmad; Muhammad Umar; Ambreena Mubashir (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2018)

Yield Forecasting of Spring Maize Using Remote Sensing and Crop Modeling in Faisalabad-Punjab Pakistan - Ishfaq Ahmad; Umer Saeed; Muhammad Fahad; Asmat Ullah; M. Habib ur Rahman; Ashfaq Ahmad; Jasmeet Judge (Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, 2018)

Hydrocarbon source rock potential evaluation of the Late Paleocene Patala Formation, Salt Range, Pakistan: Organic geochemical and palynofacies approach - Nasar Khan; Naveed Anjum; Mansoor Ahmad; Muhammad Awais; Naqib Ullah (Journal of Earth System Science, 2018)

Application of paclobutrazol: a strategy for inducing lodging resistance of wheat through mediation of plant height, stem physical strength, and lignin biosynthesis - Muhammad Kamran; Irshad Ahmad; Xiaorong Wu; Tiening Liu; Ruixia Ding; Qingfang Han (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2018)

Seismic fragility functions for code compliant and non-compliant RC SMRF structures in Pakistan - Naveed Ahmad; Asif Shahzad; Qaisar Ali; Muhammad Rizwan; Akhtar Naeem Khan (Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 2018)

Silicon-mediated growth and yield improvement of sunflower (Helianthus annus L.) subjected to brackish water stress - Syed Azhar Hussain; Muhammad Ansar Farooq; Javaid Akhtar; Zulfiqar Ahmad Saqib (Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 2018)

Preparation and Evaluation of Skin Wound Healing Chitosan-Based Hydrogel Membranes - Sarfaraz Ahmad; Muhammad Usman Minhas; Mahmood Ahmad; Muhammad Sohail; Orva Abdullah; Syed Faisal Badshah (AAPS PharmSciTech, 2018)

Estimation of wind speed using regional frequency analysis based on linear‐moments - Muhammad Fawad; Ishfaq Ahmad; Falaq Ali Nadeem; Ting Yan; Aamar Abbas (International Journal of Climatology, 2018)
The quantiles of annual maximum wind speed (AMWS) can be estimated for different meteorological stations of interest by using at‐site frequency analysis and extreme value theory. These estimates are of immense importance for the codification of wind speed. However, the historical data of wind speed at the number of meteorological stations are sometimes unavailable and often insufficient due to the shorter length, especially in developing countries like Pakistan. The scarcity of the data increases the uncertainty of the quantiles estimates regarding policy implications. To cope with the problem, an approach of Regional Frequency Analysis (RFA) is opted here. In this study, RFA of AMWS using linear‐moments (L‐moments) is carried out by considering wind speed data of nine meteorological stations of province Punjab, Pakistan. No station is found to be discordant. A single homogenous region is constituted from these nine stations using a subjective approach based on their geographical locations. Heterogeneity measures justify that these nine stations of Punjab form a single homogeneous region. Regional quantiles estimates are found through the most appropriate probability distribution among generalized normal (GNO), generalized logistic (GLO), Pearson Type 3 (P3), generalized Pareto (GPA), Weibull (WEI), log Pearson Type 3 (LP3) and generalized extreme value (GEV) distributions. Z ‐statistic and L‐moment ratio diagram suggest that GLO and GNO distributions are better choices than others. Robustness of both distributions is evaluated through relative bias (RB) and relative root mean square error (RRMSE). Findings indicate that overall, GLO distribution is better than GNO. Further, we also find at‐site quantiles from dimensionless quantities (regional quantiles) using the sample mean and median as scaling factors. Quantiles' estimates calculated from this study can be used in codified structural designs for policy implications.

Evidence of genetically diverse virulent mating types of Phytophthora capsici from Capsicum annum L. - Kiran Nawaz; Ahmad Ali Shahid; Louis Bengyella; Muhammad Nasir Subhani; Muhammad Ali; Waheed Anwar; Sehrish Iftikhar; Shinawar Waseem Ali (World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2018)

Terminal drought and seed priming improves drought tolerance in wheat - Tahira Tabassum; Muhammad Farooq; Riaz Ahmad; Ali Zohaib; Abdul Wahid; Muhammad Shahid (Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants, 2018)

Synthesis of Symmetric Bridged Bis-Pyrazolone Based Metal Complex Acid Dyes and their Applications on Leather - Muhammad Ayaz; Muhammad Ayaz; Farman Ali; Aamer Saeed; Asma Khurshid; Ghulam Shabir; Tanveer Ahmad; Syed Asad Raza Kazmi; Hassan Ali Khan (Journal of Fluorescence, 2018)

Novel candidate genes and variants underlying autosomal recessive neurodevelopmental disorders with intellectual disability - Regie Lyn P. Santos-Cortez; Valeed Khan; Falak Sher Khan; Zaib-un-Nisa Mughal; Imen Chakchouk; Kwanghyuk Lee; Memoona Rasheed; Rifat Hamza; Anushree Acharya; Ehsan Ullah; Muhammad Arif Nadeem Saqib; Izoduwa Abbe; et al. (Human Genetics, 2018)

Diesel engine emission analysis using fuel from diverse emulsification methods - Dhani Avianto Sugeng; Wira Jazair Yahya; Ahmad Muhsin Ithnin; Muhammad Adib Abdul Rashid; Nur Salsabilla Mohd Syahril Amri; Hasannuddin Abd Kadir; Mohd Naim Abdul Halim (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2018)

Glutamic acid assisted phyto-management of silver-contaminated soils through sunflower; physiological and biochemical response - Mujahid Farid; Shafaqat Ali; Muhammad Zubair; Rashid Saeed; Muhammad Rizwan; Rasham Sallah-Ud-Din; Ahmad Azam; Rehman Ashraf; Wasim Ashraf (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2018)

Effect of ambient management interventions on the production and physiological performance of lactating Sahiwal cattle during hot dry summer - Mehtab Ahmad; Jalees Ahmed Bhatti; Muhammad Abdullah; Khalid Javed; Mehboob Ali; Ghazanfar Rashid; Rafi Uddin; Ali Hassan Badini; Mudassar Jehan (Tropical Animal Health and Production, 2018)

Flood hazards: household vulnerability and resilience in disaster-prone districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan - Ashfaq Ahmad Shah; Jingzhong Ye; Muhammad Abid; Jahangir Khan; Syed Muhammad Amir (Natural Hazards, 2018)

Genetic diversity and recombination analysis based on capsid protein gene of Chilli veinal mottle virus isolates from Pakistan - Adnan Ahmad; Muhammad Ashfaq (European Journal of Plant Pathology, 2018)

Combustion performance and exhaust emissions fuelled with non-surfactant water-in-diesel emulsion fuel made from different water sources - Mohamad Azrin Ahmad; Wira Jazair Yahya; Ahmad Muhsin Ithnin; AK Hasannuddin; Muhammad Aiman Abu Bakar; Abdul Yasser Abd Fatah; Nor Azwadi Che Sidik; Hirofumi Noge (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2018)

Effects of anthropogenic nitrogen deposition on soil nitrogen mineralization and immobilization in grassland soil under semiarid climatic conditions - Ambreen Bhatti; Jawad Ahmad; Muhammad Qasim; Muhammad Riaz; Malcolm S. Cresser (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2018)

Potential Toxic Metal Accumulation in Soil, Forage and Blood Plasma of Buffaloes Sampled from Jhang, Pakistan - Zafar Iqbal Khan; Ilker Ugulu; Sara Umar; Kafeel Ahmad; Naunain Mehmood; Asma Ashfaq; Humayun Bashir; Muhammad Sohail (Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2018)

Drought tolerance in citrus rootstocks is associated with better antioxidant defense mechanism - Sajjad Hussain; Muhammad Fasih Khalid; Muhammad Saqib; Shakeel Ahmad; Waseem Zafar; Muhammad Junaid Rao; Raphaël Morillon; Muhammad Akbar Anjum (Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 2018)

Ensembling Downscaling Techniques and Multiple GCMs to Improve Climate Change Predictions in Cryosphere Scarcely-Gauged Catchment - Muhammad Azmat; Muhammad Uzair Qamar; Shakil Ahmed; Muhammad Adnan Shahid; Ejaz Hussain; Sajjad Ahmad; Rao Arsalan Khushnood (Water Resources Management, 2018)

Characterization of beet necrotic yellow vein virus in Pakistan - Shawana Ahmad; Asad Ali; Musharaf Ahmad; Najeeb Ullah; Ume Kalsoom Afridi; Nadia Bostan; Rizwana Qureshi; Saleha Tawwab; Ijaz Ahmad; Muhammad Zubair (Journal of Plant Pathology, 2018)

Evaluation of foliar and stem susceptibility of three cultivated Solanaceous crops to Phytophthora infestans - Abdul Majeed; Zahir Muhammad; Habib Ahmad (Journal of Plant Pathology, 2018)

Trends and variations in the prescribing of secondary preventative cardiovascular therapies for non-ST elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) in Malaysia - Padmaa Venkatason; Nur Lisa Zaharan; Muhammad Dzafir Ismail; Wan Azman Wan Ahmad; Ahmad Syadi Mahmood Zuhdi (European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 2018)

Whole-exome sequencing analysis reveals co-segregation of a COL20A1 missense mutation in a Pakistani family with striate palmoplantar keratoderma - Muhammad Ismail Khan; Soyeon Choi; Muhammad Zahid; Habib Ahmad; Roshan Ali; Musharraf Jelani; Changsoo Kang (Genes & Genomics, 2018)

Sucrose synthase genes: a way forward for cotton fiber improvement - Mukhtar Ahmed; Ahmad Ali Shahid; Sidra Akhtar; Ayesha Latif; Salah ud Din; Ma Fanglu; Abdul Qayyum Rao; Muhammad Bilal Sarwar; Tayyab Husnain; Wang Xuede (Biologia, 2018)

Effects of increasing dietary protein supplies on milk yield, milk composition, and nitrogen use efficiency in lactating buffalo - Muhammad Naveed-ul-Haque; Muhammad Uzair Akhtar; Rizwan Munnawar; Saba Anwar; Anjum Khalique; Murtaza Ali Tipu; Fayyaz Ahmad; Muhammad Qamer Shahid (Tropical Animal Health and Production, 2018)

Genome-Wide Analysis of Potassium Transport-Related Genes in Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) and Their Role in Abiotic Stress Responses - Farrukh Azeem; Bilal Ahmad; Rana Muhammad Atif; Muhammad Amjad Ali; Habibullah Nadeem; Sabir Hussain; Hamid Manzoor; Muhammad Azeem; Muhammad Afzal (Plant Molecular Biology Reporter, 2018)

Metal accumulation in Raphanus sativus and Brassica rapa: an assessment of potential health risk for inhabitants in Punjab, Pakistan - Kafeel Ahmad; Asma Ashfaq; Zafar Iqbal Khan; Humayun Bashir; Muhammad Sohail; Naunain Mehmood; Yunus Dogan (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2018)

Effect of humic and fulvic acid transformation on cadmium availability to wheat cultivars in sewage sludge amended soil - Imran Rashid; Ghulam Murtaza; Zahir Ahmad Zahir; Muhammad Farooq (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2018)

Effects of water shortage in Kabul River network on the plain areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan - Mohammad Nafees; Fawad Ahmad; Muhammad Naeem Butt; Mohammad Khurshed (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2018)

Potential impacts of climate change and adaptation strategies for sunflower in Pakistan - Muhammad Awais; Aftab Wajid; Muhammad Farrukh Saleem; Wajid Nasim; Ashfaq Ahmad; Muhammad Aown Sammar Raza; Muhammad Usman Bashir; Muhammad Mubeen; Hafiz Mohkum Hammad; Muhammad Habib ur Rahman; Umer Saeed; Muhammad Naveed Arshad; et al. (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2018)

Kinetics, isotherms, and thermodynamic studies of lead, chromium, and cadmium bio-adsorption from aqueous solution onto Picea smithiana sawdust - Muhammad Mahmood-ul-Hassan; Muhammad Yasin; Munazza Yousra; Rizwan Ahmad; Sair Sarwar (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2018)

Biosorption of metal ions on lignocellulosic materials: batch and continuous-flow process studies - Muhammad Mahmood-ul-Hassan; Vishandas Suthar; Rizwan Ahmad; Munazza Yousra (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2018)

Enhancement of Dissolution and Skin Permeability of Pentazocine by Proniosomes and Niosomal Gel - Asadullah Madni; Muhammad Abdur Rahim; Muhammad Ahmad Mahmood; Abdul Jabar; Mubashar Rehman; Hassan Shah; Arshad Khan; Nayab Tahir; Aamna Shah (AAPS PharmSciTech, 2018)

Alkali-Activated Boiler Fly Ash for Ni(II) Removal: Characterization and Parametric Study - Muhammad Samiullah; Zaheer Aslam; Adeem Ghaffar Rana; Aamir Abbas; Waqar Ahmad (Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 2018)

Effects of nickel toxicity on morphological and physiological aspects of osmoregulation in Typha domingensis (Typhaceae) populations - Noreen Akhtar; Mansoor Hameed; Abdul Hamid; Fahim Nawaz; Khawaja Shafique Ahmad; Jiabin Deng; Ansar Mehmood; Claudia Segovia-Salcedo; Muhammad Muslim Shahnaz; Abdul Qadir Khan (Limnology, 2018)

First report of leaf spot caused by Phytophthora capsici on chili pepper (Capsicum frutescens L.) in Pakistan - Kiran Nawaz; Ahmad Ali Shahid; Muhammad Nasir Subhani; Sehrish Iftikhar; Waheed Anwar (Journal of Plant Pathology, 2018)