Impact of grazing on soil, vegetation and ewe production performances in a semi-arid rangeland - Muhammad Islam; Abdul Razzaq; Shamim Gul; Sarfraz Ahmad; Taj Muhammad; Sawsan Hassan; Barbara Rischkowsky; M. N. M. Ibrahim; Mounir Louhaichi (Journal of Mountain Science, 2018)

Earliness index deters Pectinophora gossypiella incidence on advanced cultivars of Bt cotton - Muhammad Rafiq Shahid; Muhammad Shakeel; Muhammad Farooq; Muhammad Shahid Arain; Chaudhary Muhammad Shahid Hanif; Haichen Yin; Muhammad Akram; Saghir Ahmad (Arthropod-Plant Interactions, 2018)

Physiological responses of wheat to drought stress and its mitigation approaches - Zahoor Ahmad; Ejaz Ahmad Waraich; Sajjad Akhtar; Shazia Anjum; Tanveer Ahmad; Wajid Mahboob; Osama Bin Abdul Hafeez; Terence Tapera; Maryke Labuschagne; Muhammad Rizwan (Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 2018)

Effect of breeding method and season on pregnancy rate and embryonic and fetal losses in lactating Nili-Ravi buffaloes - Arslan Qayyum; Usman Arshad; Muhammad Rizwan Yousuf; Nasim Ahmad (Tropical Animal Health and Production, 2018)

Seed priming with sorghum extracts and benzyl aminopurine improves the tolerance against salt stress in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) - Ali Ahsan Bajwa; Muhammad Farooq; Ahmad Nawaz (Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants, 2018)

Sugarcane bagasse-derived biochar reduces the cadmium and chromium bioavailability to mash bean and enhances the microbial activity in contaminated soil - Saqib Bashir; Qaiser Hussain; Muhammad Akmal; Muhammad Riaz; Hongqing Hu; Shahzada Sohail Ijaz; Muhammad Iqbal; Shaukat Abro; Sajid Mehmood; Munir Ahmad (Journal of Soils and Sediments, 2018)

Modification of Osmolytes and Antioxidant Enzymes by 24-Epibrassinolide in Chickpea Seedlings Under Mercury (Hg) Toxicity - Parvaiz Ahmad; Mohammad Abass Ahanger; Dilfuza Egamberdieva; Pravej Alam; Mohammed Nasser Alyemeni; Muhammad Ashraf (Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, 2018)

Association of textile industry effluent with mutagenicity and its toxic health implications upon acute and sub-chronic exposure - Muhammad Furqan Akhtar; Muhammad Ashraf; Aqeel Javeed; Aftab Ahmad Anjum; Ali Sharif; Mohammad Saleem; Ghulam Mustafa; Moneeb Ashraf; Ammara Saleem; Bushra Akhtar (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2018)

Ag@MnxOy: an effective catalyst for photo-degradation of rhodamine B dye - Muhammad Saeed; Aziz Ahmad; Rajender Boddula; Inamuddin; Atta ul Haq; Aisha Azhar (Environmental Chemistry Letters, 2018)

Bio-monitoring of Tissue Accumulation and Genotoxic Effect of Heavy Metals in Cyprinus carpio from River Kabul Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan - Muhammad Siraj; Muhammad Khisroon; Ajmal Khan; Farrah Zaidi; Ahmad Ullah; Ghani Rahman (Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2018)

Current status and future possibilities of molecular genetics techniques in Brassica napus - Muhammad Afzal; Salem Safer Alghamdi; Muhammad Habib ur Rahman; Awais Ahmad; Tahir Farooq; Mukhtar Alam; Imtiaz Ali Khan; Hidayat Ullah; Wajid Nasim; Shah Fahad (Biotechnology Letters, 2018)

Beating cold by being tough: impact of elevation on leaf characteristics in Phleum himalaicum Mez. endemic to Himalaya - Khawaja Shafique Ahmad; Mansoor Hameed; Abdul Hamid; Fahim Nawaz; Bushra Hafeez Kiani; Muhammad Sajid Aqeel Ahmad; Jiabin Deng; Farooq Ahmad; Imtiaz Hussain; Sana Fatima (Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 2018)

Recent trends in ring opening of epoxides with sulfur nucleophiles - Sajjad Ahmad; Ameer Fawad Zahoor; Syed Ali Raza Naqvi; Muhammad Akash (Molecular Diversity, 2018)

Antiplatelet activity, molecular docking and QSAR study of novel N′-arylmethylidene-3-methyl-1-phenyl-6-p-chlorophenyl-1H-pyrazolo[3,4-b] pyridine-4-carbohydrazides - Ayesha Ramzan; Sara Siddiqui; Ahmad Irfan; Abdullah G. Al-Sehemi; Aftab Ahmad; Francis Verpoort; Adeel H. Chughtai; Misbahul A. Khan; Munawar A. Munawar; Muhammad Asim Raza Basra (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2018)

Preparation, characterization, and dye removal study of activated carbon prepared from palm kernel shell - Juan Rafael García; Ulises Sedran; Muhammad Abbas Ahmad Zaini; Zainul Akmar Zakaria (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2018)

Lead Concentrations in Soils and Some Wild Plant Species Along Two Busy Roads in Pakistan - Noreen Khalid; Mumtaz Hussain; Hillary S. Young; Muhammad Ashraf; Mansoor Hameed; Rashid Ahmad (Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2018)

Regional climate assessment of precipitation and temperature in Southern Punjab (Pakistan) using SimCLIM climate model for different temporal scales - Asad Amin; Wajid Nasim; Muhammad Mubeen; Saleem Sarwar; Peter Urich; Ashfaq Ahmad; Aftab Wajid; Tasneem Khaliq; Fahd Rasul; Hafiz Mohkum Hammad; Muhammad Ishaq Asif Rehmani; Hussani Mubarak; et al. (Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 2018)

Correction to: Strategic crossing of biomass and harvest index—source and sink—achieves genetic gains in wheat - Matthew P. Reynolds; Alistair J. D. Pask; William J. E. Hoppitt; Kai Sonder; Sivakumar Sukumaran; Gemma Molero; Carolina Saint Pierre; Thomas Payne; Ravi P. Singh; Hans J. Braun; Fernanda G. Gonzalez; Ignacio I. Terrile; et al. (Euphytica, 2018)
The original article was corrected. Author Muhammad Kundi should instead read: Muhammad Sohail.

Spatial-temporal variations in surface ozone over Ushuaia and the Antarctic region: observations from in situ measurements, satellite data, and global models - Mohd Shahrul Mohd Nadzir; Matthew J. Ashfold; Md Firoz Khan; Andrew D. Robinson; Conor Bolas; Mohd Talib Latif; Benjamin M. Wallis; Mohammed Iqbal Mead; Haris Hafizal Abdul Hamid; Neil R. P. Harris; Zamzam Tuah Ahmad Ramly; Goh Thian Lai; et al. (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2018)

Radiation efficiency and nitrogen fertilizer impacts on sunflower crop in contrasting environments of Punjab, Pakistan - Wajid Nasim; Ashfaq Ahmad; Asad Amin; Muhammad Tariq; Muhammad Awais; Muhammad Saqib; Khawar Jabran; Ghulam Mustafa Shah; Syeda Refat Sultana; Hafiz Mohkum Hammad; Muhammad Ishaq Asif Rehmani; Muhammad Zaffar Hashmi; et al. (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2018)

Palm Olein Emulsion: a Novel Vehicle for Topical Drug Delivery of Betamethasone 17-Valerate - Kausar Ahmad; Thazin Win; Juliana Md Jaffri; Khadijah Edueng; Muhammad Taher (AAPS PharmSciTech, 2018)

Suppression of PGE2 production via disruption of MAPK phosphorylation by unsymmetrical dicarbonyl curcumin derivatives - Mohd Fadhlizil Fasihi Mohd Aluwi; Kamal Rullah; Md. Areeful Haque; Bohari M. Yamin; Waqas Ahmad; Muhammad Wahab Amjad; Sze Wei Leong; Nurul Amira Fahmizar; Juriyati Jalil; Faridah Abas; Nor Hadiani Ismail; Ibrahim Jantan; et al. (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2017)

Combined Applications of Aminoethoxyvinylglycine with Salicylic Acid or Nitric Oxide Reduce Oxidative Stress in Peach During Ripening and Cold Storage - Mohammad Javed Tareen; Zora Singh; Ahmad Sattar Khan; Nadeem Akhtar Abbasi; Muhammad Naveed (Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, 2017)

Excessive use of nitrogenous fertilizers: an unawareness causing serious threats to environment and human health - Moddassir Ahmed; Muhammad Rauf; Zahid Mukhtar; Nasir Ahmad Saeed (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2017)

Ellis–van Creveld syndrome and profound deafness resulted by sequence variants in the EVC / EVC2 and TMC1 genes - Muhammad Umair; Heide Seidel; Ishtiaq Ahmed; Asmat Ullah; Tobias B. Haack; Bader Alhaddad; Abid Jan; Afzal Rafique; Tim M. Strom; Farooq Ahmad; Thomas Meitinger; Wasim Ahmad (Journal of Genetics, 2017)

Nitrogen-regulated changes in total amino acid profile of maize genotypes having contrasting response to nitrogen deficit - Arshid Hussain Ganie; Altaf Ahmad; Peerzada Yasir Yousuf; Renu Pandey; Sayeed Ahmad; Ibrahim M Aref; Muhammad Iqbal (Protoplasma, 2017)

Strategic crossing of biomass and harvest index—source and sink—achieves genetic gains in wheat - Matthew P. Reynolds; Alistair J. D. Pask; William J. E. Hoppitt; Kai Sonder; Sivakumar Sukumaran; Gemma Molero; Carolina Saint Pierre; Thomas Payne; Ravi P. Singh; Hans J. Braun; Fernanda G. Gonzalez; Ignacio I. Terrile; et al. (Euphytica, 2017)
To accelerate genetic gains in breeding, physiological trait (PT) characterization of candidate parents can help make more strategic crosses, increasing the probability of accumulating favorable alleles compared to crossing relatively uncharacterized lines. In this study, crosses were designed to complement “source” with “sink” traits, where at least one parent was selected for favorable expression of biomass and/or radiation use efficiency—source—and the other for sink-related traits like harvest-index, kernel weight and grains per spike. Female parents were selected from among genetic resources—including landraces and products of wide-crossing (i.e. synthetic wheat)—that had been evaluated in Mexico at high yield potential or under heat stress, while elite lines were used as males. Progeny of crosses were advanced to the F 4 generation within Mexico, and F 4 -derived F 5 and F 6 generations were yield tested to populate four international nurseries, targeted to high yield environments (2nd and 3rd WYCYT) for yield potential, and heat stressed environments (2nd and 4th SATYN) for climate resilience, respectively. Each nursery was grown as multi-location yield trials. Genetic gains were achieved in both temperate and hot environments, with most new PT-derived lines expressing superior yield and biomass compared to local checks at almost all international sites. Furthermore, the tendency across all four nurseries indicated either the superiority of the best new PT lines compared with the CIMMYT elite checks, or the superiority of all new PT lines as a group compared with all checks, and in some cases, both. Results support—in a realistic breeding context—the hypothesis that yield and radiation use efficiency can be increased by improving source:sink balance, and validate the feasibility of incorporating exotic germplasm into mainstream breeding efforts to accelerate genetic gains for yield potential and climate resilience.

Economic assessment of conventional and conservation tillage practices in different wheat-based cropping systems of Punjab, Pakistan - Muhammad Shahzad; Mubshar Hussain; Muhammad Farooq; Shahid Farooq; Khawar Jabran; Ahmad Nawaz (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2017)

Heavy metal phytoextraction—natural and EDTA-assisted remediation of contaminated calcareous soils by sorghum and oat - Muhammad Mahmood-ul-Hassan; Vishandas Suthar; Rizwan Ahmad; Munazza Yousra (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2017)

Chemical speciation and bioavailability of rare earth elements (REEs) in the ecosystem: a review - Aysha Masood Khan; Nor Kartini Abu Bakar; Ahmad Farid Abu Bakar; Muhammad Aqeel Ashraf (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2017)

Bioherbicidal activity of allelopathic bacteria against weeds associated with wheat and their effects on growth of wheat under axenic conditions - Tasawar Abbas; Zahir Ahmad Zahir; Muhammad Naveed (BioControl, 2017)

Molecular and biologic characterization of a phytoplasma associated with Brassica campestris phyllody disease in Punjab province, Pakistan - Jam Nazeer Ahmad; Samina J. N. Ahmad; Muhammad Aslam; Muhammad Aijaz Ahmad; Nicoletta Contaldo; Samanta Paltrinieri; Assunta Bertaccini (European Journal of Plant Pathology, 2017)

Synthesis of piperazine functionalized magnetic sporopollenin: a new organic-inorganic hybrid material for the removal of lead(II) and arsenic(III) from aqueous solution - Naqhiyah Farhan Ahmad; Muhammad Afzal Kamboh; Hamid Rashidi Nodeh; Siti Nadiah Binti Abd Halim; Sharifah Mohamad (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2017)

Wheat productivity responses in the rice-based system under different no-till techniques and nitrogen sources - Muhammad Hamid Rafiq; Riaz Ahmad; Abdul Jabbar; Hassan Munir; Muzzammil Hussain (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2017)

Satellite-based rainfall estimation and discharge measurement of Middle Indus River, Pakistan - Syed Muhammad Zubair Younis; Muhammad Majid; Ahmad Ammar (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2017)

Determinants of flood risk mitigation strategies at household level: a case of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, Pakistan - Ashfaq Ahmad Shah; Jingzhong Ye; Muhammad Abid; Raza Ullah (Natural Hazards, 2017)

In vitro propagation, genetic stability, and secondary metabolite analysis of wild lavender (Lavandula coronopifolia Poir.) - Wesam Al Khateeb; Razan Kanaan; Tamam El-Elimat; Muhammad Alu’datt; Jamil Lahham; Ahmad El-Oqlah (Horticulture, Environment, and Biotechnology, 2017)

Exogenous silicon application alleviates salt stress in okra - Tahira Abbas; Abdul Sattar; Muhammad Ijaz; Muhammad Aatif; Samina Khalid; Ahmad Sher (Horticulture, Environment, and Biotechnology, 2017)

Effect of Rheology and Poloxamers Properties on Release of Drugs from Silicon Dioxide Gel-Filled Hard Gelatin Capsules—A Further Enhancement of Viability of Liquid Semisolid Matrix Technology - Misbah Sultana; Mobashar Ahmad Butt; Tariq Saeed; Rizwan Mahmood; Saeed ul Hassan; Khalid Hussain; Syed Atif Raza; Muhammad Ahsan; Nadeem Irfan Bukhari (AAPS PharmSciTech, 2017)

Disaster risk management in agriculture: tragedies of the smallholders - Raza Ullah; Ganesh P. Shivakoti; Farhad Zulfiqar; Muhammad Nadeem Iqbal; Ashfaq Ahmad Shah (Natural Hazards, 2017)

Nitrogen and plant population change radiation capture and utilization capacity of sunflower in semi-arid environment - Muhammad Awais; Aftab Wajid; Muhammad Usman Bashir; Muhammad Habib-ur-Rahman; Muhammad Aown Sammar Raza; Ashfaq Ahmad; Muhammad Farrukh Saleem; Hafiz Mohkum Hammad; Muhammad Mubeen; Umer Saeed; Muhammad Naveed Arshad; Shah Fahad; et al. (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2017)

Manganese nutrition improves the productivity and grain biofortification of fine grain aromatic rice in conventional and conservation production systems - Aman Ullah; Muhammad Farooq; Asif Nadeem; Abdul Rehman; Saeed A. Asad; Ahmad Nawaz (Paddy and Water Environment, 2017)

Development of Eudragit RS 100 Microparticles Loaded with Ropinirole: Optimization and In Vitro Evaluation Studies - Prince Muhammad Kashif; Asadullah Madni; Muhammad Ashfaq; Mubashar Rehman; Muhammad Ahmad Mahmood; Muhammad Imran Khan; Nayab Tahir (AAPS PharmSciTech, 2017)

Ethnoveterinary health management practices using medicinal plants in South Asia – a review - Shanoo Suroowan; Faisal Javeed; Mushtaq Ahmad; Muhammad Zafar; Mehwish Jamil Noor; Sadaf Kayani; Ali Javed; Mohamad Fawzi Mahomoodally (Veterinary Research Communications, 2017)

Prevalence of antibodies to Neospora caninum in the serum of camels (Camelus dromedarius) from central Punjab, Pakistan - Muhammad Mudasser Nazir; Muhammad Oneeb; Muhammad Mazhar Ayaz; Fehmeeda Bibi; Atif Nisar Ahmad; Abdul Waheed; Muhammad Afzal Sajid; Muhammad Tauseef Sultan; Ghulam Yasin; David S. Lindsay (Tropical Animal Health and Production, 2017)

Effect of Ferrule Height and Post Length on Mechanical Stress and Displacement of Endodontically Treated Maxillary Central Incisor: A Finite Element Analysis - Muhammad Ikman Ishak; Aisyah Ahmad Shafi; Mohammed Rafiq Abdul Kadir; Eshamsul Sulaiman (Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering, 2017)

Response of cotton genotypes to water and heat stress: from field to genes - Muhammad Iqbal; Sami Ul-Allah; Muhammad Naeem; Muhammad Ijaz; Abdul Sattar; Ahmad Sher (Euphytica, 2017)

Biological control of broad-leaved dock infestation in wheat using plant antagonistic bacteria under field conditions - Tasawar Abbas; Zahir Ahmad Zahir; Muhammad Naveed; Zubair Aslam (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2017)

Environment polluting conventional chemical control compared to an environmentally friendly IPM approach for control of diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (L.), in China: a review - Muhammad Shakeel; Muhammad Farooq; Wajid Nasim; Waseem Akram; Fawad Zafar Ahmad Khan; Waqar Jaleel; Xun Zhu; Haichen Yin; Shuzhong Li; Shah Fahad; Saddam Hussain; Bhagirath Singh Chauhan; et al. (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2017)

Retraction Note to: Estimation of Anticipated Performance Index and Air Pollution Tolerance Index and of vegetation around the marble industrial areas of Potwar region: bioindicators of plant pollution response - Mehwish Jamil Noor; Shazia Sultana; Sonia Fatima; Mushtaq Ahmad; Muhammad Zafar; Maliha Sarfraz; Masour A. Balkhyour; Sher Zaman Safi; Muhammad Aqeel Ashraf (Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 2017)

Retraction Note to: Release, deposition and elimination of radiocesium (137Cs) in the terrestrial environment - Muhammad Aqeel Ashraf; Ayesha Masood Khan; Mushtaq Ahmad; Shatirah Akib; Khaled S. Balkhair; Nor Kartini Abu Bakar (Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 2017)

Molecular genetic analysis of consanguineous families with primary microcephaly identified pathogenic variants in the ASPM gene - MUZAMMIL AHMAD KHAN; CHRISTIAN WINDPASSINGER; MUHAMMAD ZEESHAN ALI; MUHAMMAD ZUBAIR; HADIA GUL; SAFDAR ABBAS; SAADULLAH KHAN; MUHAMMAD BADAR; RAMZI M. MOHAMMAD; ZAFAR NAWAZ (Journal of Genetics, 2017)

Classification of ankle joint movements based on surface electromyography signals for rehabilitation robot applications - Maged S. AL-Quraishi; Asnor J. Ishak; Siti A. Ahmad; Mohd K. Hasan; Muhammad Al-Qurishi; Hossein Ghapanchizadeh; Atif Alamri (Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing, 2017)

Current advancements of magnetic nanoparticles in adsorption and degradation of organic pollutants - Mazhar Ul-Islam; Muhammad Wajid Ullah; Shaukat Khan; Shehrish Manan; Waleed Ahmad Khattak; Wasi Ahmad; Nasrullah Shah; Joong Kon Park (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2017)

Biochar soil amendment on alleviation of drought and salt stress in plants: a critical review - Shafaqat Ali; Muhammad Rizwan; Muhammad Farooq Qayyum; Yong Sik Ok; Muhammad Ibrahim; Muhammad Riaz; Muhammad Saleem Arif; Farhan Hafeez; Mohammad I. Al-Wabel; Ahmad Naeem Shahzad (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2017)

Rainfall Extremes: a Novel Modeling Approach for Regionalization - Muhammad Uzair Qamar; Muhammad Azmat; Muhammad Adnan Shahid; Daniele Ganora; Shakil Ahmad; Muhammad Jehanzeb Masud Cheema; Muhammad Abrar Faiz; Abid Sarwar; Muhammad Shafeeque; Muhammad Imran Khan (Water Resources Management, 2017)

CDK5RAP2 interaction with components of the Hippo signaling pathway may play a role in primary microcephaly - Salil K. Sukumaran; Maria Stumpf; Sarah Salamon; Ilyas Ahmad; Kurchi Bhattacharya; Sarah Fischer; Rolf Müller; Janine Altmüller; Birgit Budde; Holger Thiele; Muhammad Tariq; Naveed Altaf Malik; et al. (Molecular Genetics and Genomics, 2017)

Appraisal for site specific plant nutrient management through spatial variability and mapping in hilly areas of northern Pakistan - Munir Ahmad; Dost Muhammad; Maria Mussarat; Abid Ali Khan; Shah Faisal Khan; Muhammad Waqas Javed (Journal of Soils and Sediments, 2017)

Arsenic uptake, accumulation and toxicity in rice plants: Possible remedies for its detoxification: A review - Hafiz Faiq Bakhat; Zahida Zia; Shah Fahad; Sunaina Abbas; Hafiz Mohkum Hammad; Ahmad Naeem Shahzad; Farhat Abbas; Hesham Alharby; Muhammad Shahid (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2017)

Generating Synthetic Rainfall Total Using Multivariate Skew-t and Checkerboard Copula of Maximum Entropy - Noor Fadhilah Ahmad Radi; Roslinazairimah Zakaria; Julia Piantadosi; John Boland; Wan Zawiah Wan Zin; Muhammad Az-zuhri Azman (Water Resources Management, 2017)

Changes in rubisco, cysteine-rich proteins and antioxidant system of spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) due to sulphur deficiency, cadmium stress and their combination - Rita Bagheri; Javed Ahmad; Humayra Bashir; Muhammad Iqbal; M. Irfan Qureshi (Protoplasma, 2017)

Expression studies of chitinase gene in transgenic potato against Alternaria solani - Anwar Khan; Idrees Ahmad Nasir; Bushra Tabassum; Khadija Aaliya; Muhammad Tariq; Abdul Qayyum Rao (Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC), 2017)

Biochar for crop production: potential benefits and risks - Mubshar Hussain; Muhammad Farooq; Ahmad Nawaz; Abdullah M. Al-Sadi; Zakaria M. Solaiman; Salem S. Alghamdi; Ume Ammara; Yong Sik Ok; Kadambot H. M. Siddique (Journal of Soils and Sediments, 2017)

Promotive role of 5-aminolevulinic acid on chromium-induced morphological, photosynthetic, and oxidative changes in cauliflower (Brassica oleracea botrytis L.) - Rehan Ahmad; Shafaqat Ali; Fakhir Hannan; Muhammad Rizwan; Muhammad Iqbal; Zaidul Hassan; Nudrat Aisha Akram; Saliha Maqbool; Farhat Abbas (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2017)

A new irregular monoterpene acetate along with eight known compounds with antifungal potential from the aerial parts of Artemisia incisa Pamp (Asteraceae) - Mamoon Ur Rashid; Muhammad Alamzeb; Saqib Ali; Zafar Ali Shah; Ishrat Naz; Ashfaq Ahmad Khan; Dima Semaan; Mohammad Rafiullah Khan (Natural Product Research, 2017)

Incorporation of estradiol benzoate to CIDR protocol improves the reproductive responses in crossbred dairy heifers - Muhammad Usman Mehmood; Ahmad Qamar; Abdul Sattar; Liaquat Ahmad; Nasim Ahmad (Tropical Animal Health and Production, 2017)

Use of TALEs and TALEN Technology for Genetic Improvement of Plants - Zulqurnain Khan; Sultan Habibullah Khan; Muhammad Salman Mubarik; Bushra Sadia; Aftab Ahmad (Plant Molecular Biology Reporter, 2017)

Optimizing the phosphorus use in cotton by using CSM-CROPGRO-cotton model for semi-arid climate of Vehari-Punjab, Pakistan - Asad Amin; Wajid Nasim; Muhammad Mubeen; Muhammad Nadeem; Liaqat Ali; Hafiz Mohkum Hammad; Syeda Refat Sultana; Khawar Jabran; M. Habib ur Rehman; Shakeel Ahmad; Muhammad Awais; Atta Rasool; et al. (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2017)

Equilibrium modeling of cadmium biosorption from aqueous solution by compost - Iftikhar Ahmad; Muhammad Javed Akhtar; Iram Bashir Khan Jadoon; Muhammad Imran; Muhammad Imran; Shahid Ali (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2017)

Prospective study of avian influenza H9 infection in commercial poultry farms of Punjab Province and Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan - Mamoona Chaudhry; Maqbool Ahmad; Hamad Bin Rashid; Bakhat Sultan; Haroon Rashid Chaudhry; Aayesha Riaz; Muhammad Shabir Shaheen (Tropical Animal Health and Production, 2017)

RETRACTED ARTICLE: Beta-cyanoalanine synthase pathway as a homeostatic mechanism for cyanide detoxification as well as growth and development in higher plants - Hafiz Mamoon Rehman; Zahid Hussain Shah; Muhammad Amjad Nawaz; Muhammad Qadir Ahmad; Seung Hwan Yang; Kang Hee Kho; Gyuhwa Chung (Planta, 2017)

Health risk assessment of heavy metals in wheat using different water qualities: implication for human health - Zafar Iqbal Khan; Kafeel Ahmad; Sidrah Rehman; Samra Siddique; Humayun Bashir; Asma Zafar; Muhammad Sohail; Salem Alhajj Ali; Eugenio Cazzato; Giuseppe De Mastro (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2017)

Historical and projected changes in the Southern Hemisphere Sub-tropical Jet during winter from the CMIP5 models - Sheeba Nettukandy Chenoli; Muhammad Yunus Ahmad Mazuki; John Turner; Azizan Abu Samah (Climate Dynamics, 2017)

Rutin Attenuates Carfilzomib-Induced Cardiotoxicity Through Inhibition of NF-κB, Hypertrophic Gene Expression and Oxidative Stress - Faisal Imam; Naif O. Al-Harbi; Mohammed M. Al-Harbia; Hesham M. Korashy; Mushtaq Ahmad Ansari; Mohamed M. Sayed-Ahmed; Mahmoud N. Nagi; Muzaffar Iqbal; Md. Khalid Anwer; Imran Kazmi; Muhammad Afzal; Saleh Bahashwan (Cardiovascular Toxicology, 2017)

Enhancement of phenolic compounds production in in vitro grown Rumex cyprius Murb. - Wesam Al Khateeb; Muhammad Alu’datt; Haifa Al Zghoul; Razan Kanaan; Ahmad El-Oqlah; Jamil Lahham (Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 2017)

Influence of Metal-Resistant Rhizobacteria on the Growth of Helianthus annuus L. in Cr(VI)-Contaminated Soil - Ali Bahadur; Aftab Afzal; Rizwan Ahmad; Fahad Nasir; Aman Khan; Vishandas Suthar; Gul Jan; Asfa Batool; Muhammad Amir Zia; Muhammad Mahmood-ul-Hassan (Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 2016)

Spatial distribution of natural γ radiation exposure and its relationship to soil types - Ahmad Termizi Ramli; Mohammad Syazwan Mohd Sanusi; Muhammad Hisyam Lee; Sallehuddin Sahrone; Nor Zati Hani Abu Hanifah (Natural Hazards, 2016)

Characterization of a salt resistant bacterial strain Proteus sp. NA6 capable of decolorizing reactive dyes in presence of multi-metal stress - Naila Abbas; Sabir Hussain; Farrukh Azeem; Tanvir Shahzad; Sajjad Haider Bhatti; Muhammad Imran; Zulfiqar Ahmad; Zahid Maqbool; Muhammad Abid (World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2016)

Salt-stress-responsive chloroplast proteins in Brassica juncea genotypes with contrasting salt tolerance and their quantitative PCR analysis - Peerzada Yasir Yousuf; Altaf Ahmad; Ibrahim M. Aref; Munir Ozturk; Hemant; Arshid Hussain Ganie; Muhammad Iqbal (Protoplasma, 2016)

Comparative enzyme inhibition study of 1-deazapurines - Iftikhar Ali; Ajmal Khan; Amjad Hussain; Umar Farooq; Muhammad Ismail; Viqar Hyder; Viqar U. Ahmad; Viktor O. Iaroshenko; Hidayat Hussain; Peter Langer (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2016)

Biochar enhances the cadmium tolerance in spinach (Spinacia oleracea) through modification of Cd uptake and physiological and biochemical attributes - Uzma Younis; Saeed Ahmad Malik; Muhammad Rizwan; Muhammad Farooq Qayyum; Yong Sik Ok; Muhammad Hasnain Raza Shah; Rabia Abdur Rehman; Niaz Ahmad (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2016)

Carnivores’ diversity and conflicts with humans in Musk Deer National Park, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan - Shakeel Ahmad; Shoaib Hameed; Hussain Ali; Tauheed Ullah Khan; Tahir Mehmood; Muhammad Ali Nawaz (European Journal of Wildlife Research, 2016)

Aluminum and Chromium Toxicity in Maize: Implications for Agronomic Attributes, Net Photosynthesis, Physio-Biochemical Oscillations, and Metal Accumulation in Different Plant Parts - Shakeel Ahmad Anjum; Umair Ashraf; Imran Khan; Mohsin Tanveer; Muhammad Farrukh Saleem; Longchang Wang (Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 2016)

The Effect of Chelating Agents on Enhancement of 1,1,1-Trichloroethane and Trichloroethylene Degradation by Z-nZVI-Catalyzed Percarbonate Process - Muhammad Danish; Xiaogang Gu; Shuguang Lu; Xiang Zhang; Xiaori Fu; Yunfei Xue; Zhouwei Miao; Ayyaz Ahmad; Muhammad Naqvi; Abdul Sattar Qureshi (Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 2016)

Synthesis, in vitro potential and computational studies on 2-amino-1, 4-dihydropyrimidines as multitarget antibacterial ligands - Muhammad Jawad Ahmad; Syed Fahad Hassan; Riffat Un Nisa; Khurshid Ayub; Muhammad Shahid Nadeem; Samina Nazir; Farzana Latif Ansari; Naveeda Akhtar Qureshi; Umer Rashid (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2016)

The potential of precision surface irrigation in the Indus Basin Irrigation System - Arif A. Anwar; Waqas Ahmad; Muhammad Tousif Bhatti; Zia Ul Haq (Irrigation Science, 2016)

Erratum to: Pcal_0768, a hyperactive 4-α-glucanotransferase from Pyrobaculum calidifontis - Sumaira Mehboob; Nasir Ahmad; Naeem Rashid; Tadayuki Imanaka; Muhammad Akhtar (Extremophiles, 2016)

RETRACTED ARTICLE: Floristic and ethnoecological diversity in various habitats of a semi-arid area in the Chakwal district (Pakistan), with special emphasis on medicinal plants - Mehwish Jamil Noor; Mushtaq Ahmad; Muhammad Zafar; Maliha Sarfraz; Ismail Yusoff; Yatimah Alias; Muhammad Aqeel Ashraf (Plant Ecology, 2016)

Pcal_0768, a hyperactive 4-α-glucanotransferase from Pyrobacculum calidifontis - Sumaira Mehboob; Nasir Ahmad; Naeem Rashid; Tadayuki Imanaka; Muhammad Akhtar (Extremophiles, 2016)

AM1 is a potential ABA substitute for drought tolerance as revealed by physiological and ultra-structural responses of oilseed rape - Muhammad Shahbaz Naeem; Lulu Dai; Farooq Ahmad; Ashfaq Ahmad; Jun Li; Chunlei Zhang (Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 2016)

Phenolic, flavonoid contents, anticholinesterase and antioxidant evaluation of Iris germanica var ; florentina - Farhat Ullah; Muhammad Ayaz; Abdul Sadiq; Abid Hussain; Sajjad Ahmad; Muhammad Imran; Anwar Zeb (Natural Product Research, 2016)

Angiogenic potential of extracellular matrix of human amniotic membrane - Siti Nurnasihah Md Hashim; Muhammad Fuad Hilmi Yusof; Wafa’ Zahari; Khairul Bariah Ahmad Amin Noordin; Thirumulu Ponnuraj Kannan; Suzina Sheikh Abdul Hamid; Khairani Idah Mokhtar; Azlina Ahmad (Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, 2016)

Prediction of Protein Submitochondrial Locations by Incorporating Dipeptide Composition into Chou’s General Pseudo Amino Acid Composition - Khurshid Ahmad; Muhammad Waris; Maqsood Hayat (The Journal of Membrane Biology, 2016)

Differential Effects of Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria on Maize Growth and Cadmium Uptake - Iftikhar Ahmad; Muhammad Javed Akhtar; Hafiz Naeem Asghar; Umber Ghafoor; Muhammad Shahid (Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, 2016)

Osmoregulation and antioxidant production in maize under combined cadmium and arsenic stress - Shakeel Ahmad Anjum; Mohsin Tanveer; Saddam Hussain; Babar Shahzad; Umair Ashraf; Shah Fahad; Waseem Hassan; Saad Jan; Imran Khan; Muhammad Farrukh Saleem; Ali Ahsan Bajwa; Longchang Wang; et al. (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2016)

Use of RSM modeling for optimizing decolorization of simulated textile wastewater by Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain ZM130 capable of simultaneous removal of reactive dyes and hexavalent chromium - Zahid Maqbool; Sabir Hussain; Tanvir Ahmad; Habibullah Nadeem; Muhammad Imran; Azeem Khalid; Muhammad Abid; Fabrice Martin-Laurent (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2016)

Relationship between in vitro characterization and comparative efficacy of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria for improving cucumber salt tolerance - Sajid Mahmood Nadeem; Maqshoof Ahmad; Muhammad Naveed; Muhammad Imran; Zahir Ahmad Zahir; David E. Crowley (Archives of Microbiology, 2016)

Phytochemistry of Daphne oleoides - Muhammad Riaz; Asma Saleem; Shabana Siddique; Bilal Ahmad Khan; Mohammad Nur-e-Alam; Syed Shahzad-ul-Hussan; Ghulam Abbas Miana; Muhammad Qayyum Khan (Natural Product Research, 2016)

Tissue specific metal characterization of selected fish species in Pakistan - Mukhtiar Ahmed; Taufiq Ahmad; Muhammad Liaquat; Kashif Sarfraz Abbasi; Ibrahim Bayoumi Abdel Farid; Muhammad Jahangir (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2016)

Toxicity Appraisal of Untreated Dyeing Industry Wastewater Based on Chemical Characterization and Short Term Bioassays - Muhammad Furqan Akhtar; Muhammad Ashraf; Aqeel Javeed; Aftab Ahmad Anjum; Ali Sharif; Ammara Saleem; Bushra Akhtar; Abdul Muqeet Khan; Imran Altaf (Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2016)

Synergism of polyamines and plant growth regulators enhanced morphogenesis, stevioside content, and production of commercially important natural antioxidants in Stevia rebaudiana Bert - Shahid Akbar Khalil; Nasir Kamal; Muhammad Sajid; Nisar Ahmad; Roshan Zamir; Naveed Ahmad; Shahid Ali (In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Plant, 2016)

Morpho-anatomical and physiological adaptations to high altitude in some Aveneae grasses from Neelum Valley, Western Himalayan Kashmir - Khawaja Shafique Ahmad; Mansoor Hameed; Sana Fatima; Muhammad Ashraf; Farooq Ahmad; Mehwish Naseer; Noreen Akhtar (Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 2016)

Foliar NK application mitigates drought effects in sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) - Rai Altaf Hussain; Rashid Ahmad; Fahim Nawaz; Muhammad Yasin Ashraf; Ejaz Ahmad Waraich (Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 2016)

Risk factors associated with Mycobacterium bovis skin positivity in cattle and buffalo in Peshawar, Pakistan - Irfan Khattak; Muhammad Hassan Mushtaq; Mansur ud Din Ahmad; Muhammad Sarwar Khan; Mamoona chaudhry; Umer Sadique (Tropical Animal Health and Production, 2016)

Reproductive capacity of Heterodera schachtii on Thlaspi arvense, Capsella bursa-pastoris and varying populations of Chenopodium album - Muhammad Ahmad; Somayyeh Sedaghatjoo; Andreas Westphal (Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection, 2016)

Correlation studies on nitrogen for sunflower crop across the agroclimatic variability - Wajid Nasim; Hatem Belhouchette; Muhammad Tariq; Shah Fahad; Hafiz Mohkum Hammad; Muhammad Mubeen; Muhammad Farooq Hussain Munis; Hassan Javed Chaudhary; Imran Khan; Faisal Mahmood; Tauqeer Abbas; Fahd Rasul; et al. (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2016)

Salt stress-induced modulations in the shoot proteome of Brassica juncea genotypes - Peerzada Yasir Yousuf; Altaf Ahmad; Arshid Hussain Ganie; Muhammad Iqbal (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2016)

A review of the pollen analysis of South Asian honey to identify the bee floras of the region - Mehwish Jamil Noor; Mushtaq Ahmad; Muhammad Aqeel Ashraf; Muhammad Zafar; Shazia Sultana (Palynology, 2016)

Comparative efficacy of ANN and ANFIS models in estimating biosurfactant production produced by Klebseilla sp. FKOD36 - Zulfiqar Ahmad; Muhammad Arshad; David Crowley; Benyamin Khoshnevisan; Marziye Yousefi; Muhammad Imran; Sabir Hussain (Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment, 2016)

Spectral decomposition application for analyzing the structure and the reservoir potential: a case study of Penobscot, Nova Scotia offshore, Canada - Shazia Asim; Salman Ahmad; Peimin Zhu; Muhammad Tayyab Naseer; Mehwish Butt (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2016)

RETRACTED ARTICLE: 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, 2015)

Comparative Assessment of Synthetic-derived and Conventional Bread Wheat Advanced Lines Under Osmotic Stress and Implications for Molecular Analysis - Ahmad Ali; Muhammad Arshad; S. M. Saqlan Naqvi; Awais Rasheed; Hassan Sher; Alvina Gul Kazi; Abdul Mujeeb-Kazi (Plant Molecular Biology Reporter, 2015)

Study of physio-psychological effects on traffic wardens due to traffic noise pollution; exposure-effect relation - Shamas Tabraiz; Saeed Ahmad; Iffat Shehzadi; Muhammad Bilal Asif (Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering, 2015)

Determination of arsenic contents in groundwater of District Rahim Yar Khan Southern Punjab, Pakistan - Muhammad Tariq Mahar; Muhammad Yar Khuhawar; Taj Muhammad Jahangir; Mushtaq Ahmad Baloch (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2015)

Distribution of Natural Uranium in Surface and Groundwater Resources: A Review - Amir Waseem; Hussain Ullah; Muhammad Khawar Rauf; Ijaz Ahmad (Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, 2015)

Effects of in situ habitat quality and landscape characteristics in the oil palm agricultural matrix on tropical understory birds, fruit bats and butterflies - Badrul Azhar; Chong Leong Puan; Najjib Aziz; Muhammad Sainuddin; Nurfatin Adila; Sohaimi Samsuddin; Siti Asmah; Muhamad Syafiq; Syafiq A. Razak; Ahmad Hafizuddin; Ainil Hawa; Syari Jamian (Biodiversity and Conservation, 2015)

Use of statistical and GIS techniques to assess and predict concentrations of heavy metals in soils of Lahore City, Pakistan - Nayab Alam; Sajid Rashid Ahmad; Abdul Qadir; Muhammad Imran Ashraf; Calvin Lakhan; V. Chris Lakhan (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2015)

FRET-based genetically-encoded sensors for quantitative monitoring of metabolites - Mohd. Mohsin; Altaf Ahmad; Muhammad Iqbal (Biotechnology Letters, 2015)

Synthesis, characterization and theoretical calculations of (1,2-diaminocyclohexane)(1,3-diaminopropane)gold(III) chloride complexes: in vitro cytotoxic evaluations against human cancer cell lines - Said S. Al-Jaroudi; Muhammad Altaf; Abdulaziz A. Al-Saadi; Abdel-Nasser Kawde; Saleh Altuwaijri; Saeed Ahmad; Anvarhusein A. Isab (BioMetals, 2015)

An overview of phytochrome: An important light switch and photo-sensory antenna for regulation of vital functioning of plants - Abdul Qayyum Rao; Muhammad Azmat Ullah Khan; Naila Shahid; Salah ud Din; Ambreen Gul; Adnan Muzaffar; Saira Azam; Tahir Rehman Samiullah; Fatima Batool; Ahmad Ali Shahid; Idrees Ahmad Nasir; Tayyab Husnain (Biologia, 2015)

Solvent Effect on the Photolysis of Riboflavin - Iqbal Ahmad; Zubair Anwar; Sofia Ahmed; Muhammad Ali Sheraz; Raheela Bano; Ambreen Hafeez (AAPS PharmSciTech, 2015)

Estimated daily intake and health risk of heavy metals by consumption of milk - Amir Ismail; Muhammad Riaz; Saeed Akhtar; Tariq Ismail; Zulfiqar Ahmad; Muhammad Saad Hashmi (Food Additives & Contaminants Part B-Surveillance, 2015)

Isolation, structure elucidation and enzyme inhibition studies of a new hydroxy ester and other compounds from Berberis jaeschkeana Schneid stem - Muhammad Alamzeb; M. Rafiullah Khan; Mamoon-Ur-Rashid; Saqib Ali; Ashfaq Ahmad Khan (Natural Product Research, 2015)

Baseline susceptibility and resistance stability of Earias vittella fabricius (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) to cypermethrin, deltamethrin and spinosad - Muhammad Tahir Jan; Naeem Abbas; Sarfraz Ali Shad; Muhammad Rafiq; Mushtaq Ahmad Saleem (Phytoparasitica, 2015)

Cancer initiating properties of erythrosine supplemented with sub necrotic dose of diethyl nitrosamine: potential effects on biochemical parameters of liver, Vitamin C and E - Firoz Anwar; Rajbala Singh; Gohar Mushtaq; Abdul Rehman Al-Maliki; Abdullah Sabih; F. A. Al-Abbasi; Aftab Ahmad; Muhammad Afzal; Imran Kazmi; Ruqaiyah Khan (Molecular & Cellular Toxicology, 2015)

Mutation of ATF6 causes autosomal recessive achromatopsia - Muhammad Ansar; Regie Lyn P. Santos-Cortez; Muhammad Arif Nadeem Saqib; Fareeha Zulfiqar; Kwanghyuk Lee; Naeem Mahmood Ashraf; Ehsan Ullah; Xin Wang; Sundus Sajid; Falak Sher Khan; Muhammad Amin-ud-Din; Joshua D. Smith; et al. (Human Genetics, 2015)

An optimal approach for the development of precise regional geoid in Pakistan through a comparative study with least square collocation and FFT techniques - Sadiq Muhammad; Ahmad Zulfiqar (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2015)

Potato Starch as a Coagulant for Dye Removal from Textile Wastewater - Muhammad Shahzad Zafar; Muhammad Tausif; Muhammad Mohsin; Syed Waqas Ahmad; Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq (Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 2015)

Serological prevalence of contagious bovine pleuropneumonia in agro-pastoral areas of Nigeria - Abubakar Suleiman; Mohammed Bello; Asabe A. Dzikwi; Ahmad Muhammad Talba; Hafsat Ali Grema; Yaqub Ahmed Geidam (Tropical Animal Health and Production, 2015)

The Early Cambrian Khewra Sandstone, Salt Range, Pakistan: endorsing southern Indian provenance - Mubashir Jehangiri; Muhammad Hanif; Muhammad Arif; Irfan U. Jan; Sajjad Ahmad (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2015)

Photosynthesis and growth responses of mustard (Brassica juncea L. cv Pusa Bold) plants to free air carbon dioxide enrichment (FACE) - Kamal Ruhil; Sheeba; Altaf Ahmad; Muhammad Iqbal; Baishnab C. Tripathy (Protoplasma, 2015)

Alleviation of chromium toxicity by glycinebetaine is related to elevated antioxidant enzymes and suppressed chromium uptake and oxidative stress in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) - Shafaqat Ali; Aaifa Chaudhary; Muhammad Rizwan; Hafiza Tania Anwar; Muhammad Adrees; Mujahid Farid; Muhammad Kashif Irshad; Tahir Hayat; Shakeel Ahmad Anjum (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2015)

Gibberellic acid in combination with pressmud enhances the growth of sunflower and stabilizes chromium(VI)-contaminated soil - Muhammad Saleem; Hafiz Naeem Asghar; Muhammad Yahya Khan; Zahir Ahmad Zahir (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2015)

Hydrological response to environment change in Himalayan watersheds: Assessment from integrated modeling approach - Zulfiqar Ahmad; Arshad Ashraf; Muhammad Zaheer; Humaira Bashir (Journal of Mountain Science, 2015)

Using larger benthic foraminifera for the paleogeographic reconstruction of Neo-Tethys during Paleogene - Sajjad Ahmad; Wahid Jalal; Fahad Ali; Muhammad Hanif; Zaheen Ullah; Suleman Khan; Asghar Ali; Irfan U. Jan; Khaista Rehman (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2015)

Geochemical and organic petrographic characteristics of low-rank coals from Thar coalfield in the Sindh Province, Pakistan - Abrar Ahmad; Mohammed Hail Hakimi; Muhammad Nawaz Chaudhry (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2015)

Tomato ( Solanum lycopersicum ) Carotenoids and Lycopenes Chemistry; Metabolism, Absorption, Nutrition, and Allied Health Claims—A Comprehensive Review - Rashida Perveen; Hafiz Ansar Rasul Suleria; Faqir Muhammad Anjum; Masood Sadiq Butt; Imran Pasha; Sarfraz Ahmad (Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 2015)

RETRACTED ARTICLE: Estimation of Anticipated Performance Index and Air Pollution Tolerance Index and of vegetation around the marble industrial areas of Potwar region: bioindicators of plant pollution response - Mehwish Jamil Noor; Shazia Sultana; Sonia Fatima; Mushtaq Ahmad; Muhammad Zafar; Maliha Sarfraz; Masour A. Balkhyour; Sher Zaman Safi; Muhammad Aqeel Ashraf (Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 2015)

Impact of rapid urbanization on microclimate of urban areas of Pakistan - Adnan Ahmad Tahir; Adnan Muhammad; Qaisar Mahmood; Sheikh Saeed Ahmad; Zahid Ullah (Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health, 2015)

A new rosane-type diterpenoid from Stachys parviflora and its density functional theory studies - Umar Farooq; Khurshid Ayub; Muhammad Ali Hashmi; Rizwana Sarwar; Afsar Khan; Mumtaz Ali; Manzoor Ahmad; Ajmal Khan (Natural Product Research, 2015)

Geochemical assessment of metal pollution and ecotoxicology in sediment cores along Karachi Coast, Pakistan - Azhar Mashiatullah; Muhammad Zaman Chaudhary; Nasir Ahmad; Nisar Ahmad; Tariq Javed; Abdul Ghaffar (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2015)

A new isoquinoline alkaloid with anti-microbial properties from Berberis jaeschkeana Schneid. var. jaeschkeana - Muhammad Alamzeb; M. Rafiullah Khan; Saqib Ali; Ashfaq Ahmad Khan (Natural Product Research, 2015)

Heterogeneous data management and modeling for the gravimetric geoid model: a review study in Pakistan - Muhammad Sadiq; Zulfiqar Ahmad (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2015)

Evaluating pasture and soil allowance of manganese for Kajli rams grazing in semi-arid environment - Zafar Iqbal Khan; Kafeel Ahmad; Muhammad Ashraf; Syed Ali Hassan Naqvi; Alireza Seidavi; Nudrat Aisha Akram; Vito Laudadio; Vincenzo Tufarelli (Tropical Animal Health and Production, 2015)

Piercing and incubation method of in planta transformation producing stable transgenic plants by overexpressing DREB1A gene in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum Mill.) - Sabir Hussain Shah; Shaukat Ali; Sohail Ahmad Jan; Jalal-Ud-Din; Ghulam Muhammad Ali (Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC), 2015)

Lipids and proteins—major targets of oxidative modifications in abiotic stressed plants - Naser A. Anjum; Adriano Sofo; Antonio Scopa; Aryadeep Roychoudhury; Sarvajeet S. Gill; Muhammad Iqbal; Alexander S. Lukatkin; Eduarda Pereira; Armando C. Duarte; Iqbal Ahmad (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2015)

Bioactive constituents from Croton sparsiflorus Morong - Durre Shahwar; Naeem Ahmad; Asma Yasmeen; Muhammad Akmal Khan; Sami Ullah; Rahman Atta-ur (Natural Product Research, 2015)

Tissue engineering of articular cartilage: From bench to bed-side - Rozlin Abdul Rahman; Muhammad Aa’zamuddin Ahmad Radzi; Norhamiza Mohamad Sukri; Noorhidayah Md Nazir; Munirah Sha’ban (Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, 2015)

Application of GIS for the identification and demarcation of selective heavy metal concentrations in the urban groundwater - Sobia Ashraf; Farhat Abbas; Muhammad Ibrahim; Umer Rashid; Shoaib Khalid; Hammad Raza Ahmad; Khalid Rehman Hakeem; Tahir Majeed (Journal of Geographical Sciences, 2015)

Characterization of D-genome diversity for tolerance to boron toxicity in synthetic hexaploid wheat and in silico analysis of candidate genes - Muhammad Ilyas; Tariq Mahmood; Ahmad Ali; Muhammad Babar; Awais Rasheed; Abdul Mujeeb-Kazi (Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 2015)

Assessment of groundwater vulnerability to anthropogenic pollution and seawater intrusion in a small tropical island using index-based methods - Nura Umar Kura; Mohammad Firuz Ramli; Shaharin Ibrahim; Wan Nor Azmin Sulaiman; Ahmad Zaharin Aris; Adamu Idris Tanko; Muhammad Amar Zaudi (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2015)

Anthocyanin production in the hyperaccumulator plant Noccaea caerulescens in response to herbivory and zinc stress - Saeed Ahmad Asad; Said Muhammad; Muhammad Farooq; Aftab Afzal; Martin Broadley; Scott Young; Helen West (Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 2015)

A Question Mark on Iron Deficiency in 185 Million People of Pakistan: Its Outcomes and Prevention - Anwaar Ahmed; Asif Ahmad; Nauman Khalid; Angel David; Mansoor Abdullah Sandhu; Muhammad Atif Randhawa; Hafiz Ansar Rasul Suleria (Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 2014)

RETRACTED ARTICLE: Release, deposition and elimination of radiocesium (137Cs) in the terrestrial environment - Muhammad Aqeel Ashraf; Ayesha Masood Khan; Mushtaq Ahmad; Shatirah Akib; Khaled S. Balkhair; Nor Kartini Abu Bakar (Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 2014)

Time-course changes in growth and biochemical indices of mung bean [Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek] genotypes under salinity - Syed Hammad Raza; Muhammad Bilal Ahmad; Muhammad Arslan Ashraf; Fahad Shafiq (Brazilian Journal of Botany, 2014)

Photodegradation of Moxifloxacin in Aqueous and Organic Solvents: A Kinetic Study - Iqbal Ahmad; Raheela Bano; Syed Ghulam Musharraf; Sofia Ahmed; Muhammad Ali Sheraz; Qamar ul Arfeen; Muhammad Salman Bhatti; Zufi Shad (AAPS PharmSciTech, 2014)

Rearing of Bactrocera zonata (Diptera: Tephritidae) for parasitoids production and managing techniques for fruit flies in mango orchards - S. M. M. Shah; Nazir Ahmad; Muhammad Sarwar; Muhammad Tofique (International Journal of Tropical Insect Science, 2014)

Determination of heavy metal contents in water, sediments, and fish tissues of Shizothorax plagiostomus in river Panjkora at Lower Dir, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan - Kabir Ahmad; Azizullah Azizullah; Shama Shama; Muhammad Nasir Khan Khattak (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2014)

Erratum to: The inner ramp facies of the Thanetian Lockhart Formation, western Salt Range, Indus Basin, Pakistan - Muhammad Hanif; Muhammad Imraz; Fahad Ali; Muhammad Haneef; Abdus Saboor; Shahid Iqbal; Sajjad Ahmad (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2014)

The inner ramp facies of the Thanetian Lockhart Formation, western Salt Range, Indus Basin, Pakistan - Muhammad Hanif; Muhammad Imraz; Fahad Ali; Muhammad Haneef; Abdus Saboor; Shahid Iqbal; Sajjad Ahmad (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2014)

Effect of Ascorbic Acid on the Degradation of Cyanocobalamin and Hydroxocobalamin in Aqueous Solution: A Kinetic Study - Iqbal Ahmad; Kiran Qadeer; Saima Zahid; Muhammad Ali Sheraz; Tehmina Ismail; Waqar Hussain; Izhar Ahmad Ansari (AAPS PharmSciTech, 2014)

Cadmium-tolerant bacteria induce metal stress tolerance in cereals - Iftikhar Ahmad; Muhammad Javed Akhtar; Zahir Ahmad Zahir; Muhammad Naveed; Birgit Mitter; Angela Sessitsch (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2014)

Physiological adaptative characteristics of Imperata cylindrica for salinity tolerance - Mansoor Hameed; Muhammad Ashraf; Nargis Naz; Tahira Nawaz; Riffat Batool; Sana Fatima; Farooq Ahmad (Biologia, 2014)

Exploitation of synthetic-derived wheats through osmotic stress responses for drought tolerance improvement - Ahmad Ali; Muhammad Arshad; S. M. Saqlan Naqvi; Manzoor Ahmad; Hassan Sher; Sammer Fatima; Alvina Gul Kazi; Awais Rasheed; Abdul Mujeeb-Kazi (Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 2014)

Costs of and Investment in Mate-Guarding in Wild Long-Tailed Macaques (Macaca fascicularis): Influences of Female Characteristics and Male–Female Social Bonds - Cédric Girard-Buttoz; Michael Heistermann; Erdiansyah Rahmi; Muhammad Agil; Panji Ahmad Fauzan; Antje Engelhardt (International Journal of Primatology, 2014)

A review of the stabilization of tropical lowland peats - Mohamad Tarmizi Mohamad Zulkifley; Tham Fatt Ng; John Kuna Raj; Roslan Hashim; Ahmad Farid Abu Bakar; S. Paramanthan; Muhammad Aqeel Ashraf (Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 2014)

Genetic analysis of a consanguineous Pakistani family with Leber congenital amaurosis identifies a novel mutation in GUCY2D gene - MUZAMMIL AHMAD KHAN; VERENA RUPP; MUHAMMAD AYAZ KHAN; MUHAMMAD PERVAIZ KHAN; MUHAMMAD ANSAR; CHRISTIAN WINDPASSINGER (Journal of Genetics, 2014)

Population dynamics of citrus leaf miner on different varieties of citrus in correlation with abiotic environmental factors in Sargodha District, Punjab, Pakistan - Irfan Mustafa; Muhammad Arshad; Abdul Ghani; Iftikhar Ahmad; Abu Bakar Muhammad Raza; Farzana Saddique; Saira Asif; Mobushir Riaz Khan; Haroon Ahmed (Phytoparasitica, 2014)

Synthesis, molecular docking and antiviral screening of novel N′-substitutedbenzylidene-2-(4-methyl-5,5-dioxido-3-phenylbenzo[e]pyrazolo[4,3-c][1,2]thiazin-1(4H)-yl)acetohydrazides - Sana Aslam; Matloob Ahmad; Muhammad Makshoof Athar; Usman Ali Ashfaq; John M. Gardiner; Catherine Montero; Mervi Detorio; Masood Parvez; Raymond F. Schinazi (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2014)

A distinct strain of chickpea chlorotic dwarf virus (genus Mastrevirus, family Geminiviridae) identified in cotton plants affected by leaf curl disease - Muhammad Tariq Manzoor; Muhammad Ilyas; Muhammad Shafiq; Muhammad Saleem Haider; Ahmad Ali Shahid; Rob W. Briddon (Archives of Virology, 2014)

Identification of recurrent c.742G>T nonsense mutation in ECM1 in Pakistani families suffering from lipoid proteinosis - Muhammad Nasir; Simeen Ber Rahman; Christian M. K. Sieber; Asif Mir; Amir Latif; Nafees Ahmad; Salman Akbar Malik; Abdul Hameed (Molecular Biology Reports, 2014)

Mate-guarding constrains feeding activity but not energetic status of wild male long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis) - Cédric Girard-Buttoz; Michael Heistermann; Erdiansyah Rahmi; Anna Marzec; Muhammad Agil; Panji Ahmad Fauzan; Antje Engelhardt (Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 2014)

Cloning and characterization of Na+/H+ antiporter (LfNHX1) gene from a halophyte grass Leptochloa fusca for drought and salt tolerance - Muhammad Rauf; Khurram Shahzad; Rashid Ali; Moddassir Ahmad; Imran Habib; Shahid Mansoor; Gerald A. Berkowitz; Nasir A. Saeed (Molecular Biology Reports, 2014)

Expression line approach to recombinant human epidermal growth factor into the yeast, Pichia pastoris from Huh-7 cell line - Mohsin Ahmad Khan; Faidad Khan; Nadeem Ahmad; Muhammad Islam Khan; Ahmad Usman Zafar; Tayyab Husnain (Molecular Biology Reports, 2014)

Directed Evolution of Clostridium phytofermentans Glycoside Hydrolase Family 9 Endoglucanase for Enhanced Specific Activity on Solid Cellulosic Substrate - Sajjad Ahmad; Hui Ma; Muhammad Waheed Akhtar; Yi-Heng Percival Zhang; Xiao-Zhou Zhang (BioEnergy Research, 2014)

Missense mutations (p.H371Y, p.D438Y) in gene CHEK2 are associated with breast cancer risk in women of Balochistan origin - Abdul Hameed Baloch; Shakeela Daud; Nafeesa Raheem; Muhammad Luqman; Adeel Ahmad; Abdul Rehman; Jameela Shuja; Saeeda Rasheed; Akhtar Ali; Naseebullah Kakar; Hafiz Khush Naseeb; Mohammad Alam Mengal; et al. (Molecular Biology Reports, 2014)

Inferring the contribution of sexual reproduction, migration and off‐season survival to the temporal maintenance of microbial populations: a case study on the wheat fungal pathogen P uccinia striiformis f.sp. tritici - Sajid Ali; Pierre Gladieux; Hidayatur Rahman; Muhammad S. Saqib; Muhammad Fiaz; Habib Ahmad; Marc Leconte; Angélique Gautier; Annemarie F. Justesen; Mogens S. Hovmøller; Jérôme Enjalbert; Claude de Vallavieille‐Pope (Molecular Ecology, 2014)
Understanding the mode of temporal maintenance of plant pathogens is an important domain of microbial ecology research. Due to the inconspicuous nature of microbes, their temporal maintenance cannot be studied directly through tracking individuals and their progeny. Here, we suggest a series of population genetic analyses on molecular marker variation in temporally spaced samples to infer about the relative contribution of sexual reproduction, off‐season survival and migration to the temporal maintenance of pathogen populations. We used the proposed approach to investigate the temporal maintenance of wheat yellow rust pathogen, P uccinia striiformis f.sp. tritici ( PST ), in the H imalayan region of P akistan. Multilocus microsatellite genotyping of PST isolates revealed high genotypic diversity and recombinant population structure across all locations, confirming the existence of sexual reproduction in this region. The genotypes were assigned to four genetic groups, revealing a clear differentiation between zones with and without B erberis spp., the alternate host of PST , with an additional subdivision within the B erberis zone. The lack of any differentiation between samples across two sampling years, and the very infrequent resampling of multilocus genotypes over years at a given location was consistent with limited over‐year clonal survival, and a limited genetic drift. The off‐season oversummering population in the B erberis zone, likely to be maintained locally, served as a source of migrants contributing to the temporal maintenance in the non‐ B erberis zone. Our study hence demonstrated the contribution of both sexual recombination and off‐season oversummering survival to the temporal maintenance of the pathogen. These new insights into the population biology of PST highlight the general usefulness of the analytical approach proposed.

A Question Mark on Zinc Deficiency in 185 Million People in Pakistan—Possible Way Out - Nauman Khalid; Anwaar Ahmed; Muhammad Shahbaz Bhatti; Muhammad Atif Randhawa; Asif Ahmad; Rabab Rafaqat (Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 2014)

Perspective of Surface Active Agents in Baking Industry: An Overview - Asif Ahmad; Nazish Arshad; Zaheer Ahmed; Muhammad Shahbaz Bhatti; Tahir Zahoor; Nomana Anjum; Hajra Ahmad; Asma Afreen (Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 2014)

Hydrogen sulfide ameliorates lead-induced morphological, photosynthetic, oxidative damages and biochemical changes in cotton - Saima Aslam Bharwana; Shafaqat Ali; Muhammad Ahsan Farooq; Basharat Ali; Naeem Iqbal; Farhat Abbas; Muhammad Sajid Aqeel Ahmad (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2014)

Effect of heavy metal pollution on mineral absorption in sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) hybrids - Unaiza Aslam; Iftikhar Ahmad; Mumtaz Hussain; Ameer Khan; Abdul Ghani; Irfan Mustafa; Sabahat Jalal; Muhammad Anjum Aqeel; Saira Asif; Haroon Ahmed (Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 2014)

Pollen morphology of some species of the Family Asteraceae from the Alpine Zone, Deosai Plateau, northern Pakistan - Mushtaq Ahmad; Abida Bano; Muhammad Zafar; Mir Ajab Khan; Muhammad Jamshed Iqbal Chaudhry; Shazia Sultana (Palynology, 2013)

Combination of sulfamethoxazole and selenium in anticancer therapy: a novel approach - Ritu Gupta; Imran Kazmi; Muhammad Afzal; Ruqaiyah Khan; Mohit Chauhan; Fahad A. Al-Abbasi; Aftab Ahmad; Firoz Anwar (Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, 2013)

Anticancer effect of ursolic acid stearoyl glucoside in chemically induced hepatocellular carcinoma - Imran Kazmi; Anil Raj Narooka; Muhammad Afzal; Rajbala Singh; Fahad A. Al-Abbasi; Aftab Ahmad; Firoz Anwar (Journal of Physiology and Biochemistry, 2013)

Synthesis of chemically cross-linked polyvinyl alcohol-co-poly (methacrylic acid) hydrogels by copolymerization; a potential graft-polymeric carrier for oral delivery of 5-fluorouracil - Muhammad Usman Minhas; Mahmood Ahmad; Liaqat Ali; Muhammad Sohail (DARU Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2013)
Background of the Study The propose of the present work was to develop chemically cross-linked polyvinyl alcohol-co-poly(methacrylic acid) hydrogel (PVA-MAA hydrogel) for pH responsive delivery of 5-Fluorouracil (5-FU). Methods PVA based hydrogels were prepared by free radical copolymerization. PVA has been cross-linked chemically with monomer (methacrylic acid) in aqueous medium, cross-linking agent was ethylene glycol di-methacrylate (EGDMA) and benzoyl peroxide was added as reaction initiator. 5-FU was loaded as model drug. FTIR, XRD, TGA and DSC were performed for characterization of copolymer. Surface morphology was studied by SEM. pH sensitive properties were evaluated by swelling dynamics and equilibrium swelling ratio at low and higher pH. Results FTIR, XRD, TGA and DSC studies confirmed the formation of new copolymer. Formulations with higher MAA contents showed maximum swelling at 7.4 pH. High drug loading and higher drug release has been observed at pH 7.4. Conclusions The current study concludes that a stable copolymeric network of PVA was developed with MAA. The prepared hydrogels were highly pH responsive. This polymeric network could be a potential delivery system for colon targeting of 5-FU in colorectal cancers.

Genetic diversity and population structure of Moringa oleifera - Umbreen Shahzad; M. Awais Khan; Muhammad Jaffar Jaskani; Iqrar Ahmad Khan; Schuyler S. Korban (Conservation Genetics, 2013)

Tree species as a potential source of bio-herbicides for controlling Parthenium hysterophorus L. - Muhammad Ehsan Safdar; Asif Tanveer; Abdul Khaliq; Muhammad Shahbaz Naeem; Salman Ahmad (Natural Product Research, 2013)

Correction for Irrelevant Absorption in Multicomponent Spectrophotometric Assay of Riboflavin, Formylmethylflavin, and Degradation Products: Kinetic Applications - Iqbal Ahmad; Kiran Qadeer; Kefi Iqbal; Sofia Ahmed; Muhammad Ali Sheraz; Syed Abid Ali; Tania Mirza; Ambreen Hafeez (AAPS PharmSciTech, 2013)

Polypharmacy (herbal and synthetic drug combination): a novel approach in the treatment of type-2 diabetes and its complications in rats - Rupinder Kaur; Muhammad Afzal; Imran Kazmi; Iqbal Ahamd; Zubair Ahmed; Babar Ali; Sayeed Ahmad; Firoz Anwar (Journal of Natural Medicines, 2013)

Absorption and Fluorescence Emission Attributes of a Fluorescent dye: 2,3,5,6-Tetracyano-p-Hydroquinone - Muhammad Zahid; Günter Grampp; Asim Mansha; Ijaz Ahmad Bhatti; Sadia Asim (Journal of Fluorescence, 2013)

Cytotoxic, phytotoxic, and mutagenic appraisal to ascertain toxicological potential of particulate matter emitted from automobiles - Khaleeq Anwar; Sohail Ejaz; Muhammad Ashraf; Imran Altaf; Aftab Ahmad Anjum (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2013)

Monitoring trace elements generated by automobiles: air pollutants with possible health impacts - Khaleeq Anwar; Sohail Ejaz; Muhammad Ashraf; Nisar Ahmad; Aqeel Javeed (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2013)

Application of the CSM-CERES-Rice model for evaluation of plant density and irrigation management of transplanted rice for an irrigated semiarid environment - Shakeel Ahmad; Ashfaq Ahmad; Hakoomat Ali; Abid Hussain; Axel Garcia y Garcia; Muhammad Azam Khan; Muhammad Zia-Ul-Haq; Mirza Hasanuzzaman; Gerrit Hoogenboom (Irrigation Science, 2013)

The nutritional value of peanut hay (Arachis hypogaea L.) as an alternate forage source for sheep - Muhammad Tahir Khan; Nazir Ahmad Khan; Melkamu Bezabih; Muhammad Subhan Qureshi; Altafur Rahman (Tropical Animal Health and Production, 2013)

Photodegradation and Stabilization of Betamethasone-17 Valerate in Aqueous/Organic Solvents and Topical Formulations - Saif-ur-Rehman Khattak; Dilnawaz Shaikh; Iqbal Ahmad; Khan Usmanghani; Muhammad Ali Sheraz; Sofia Ahmed (AAPS PharmSciTech, 2013)

Investigation of equine influenza virus in two geographical regions of Pakistan - Muhammad Sajid; Mansur-ud-Din Ahmad; Muhammad Athar Khan; Muhammad Aftab Anjum; Muhammad Hassan Mushtaq (Tropical Animal Health and Production, 2013)

Metal pollution and ecological risk assessment in marine sediments of Karachi Coast, Pakistan - Azhar Mashiatullah; Muhammad Zaman Chaudhary; Nasir Ahmad; Tariq Javed; Abdul Ghaffar (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2013)

Complete nucleotide sequences of two begomoviruses infecting Madagascar periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus) from Pakistan - Muhammad Ilyas; Kiran Nawaz; Muhammad Shafiq; Muhammad Saleem Haider; Ahmad Ali Shahid (Archives of Virology, 2013)

A novel WDR62 mutation causes primary microcephaly in a Pakistani family - Mazhar Mustafa Memon; Syed Irfan Raza; Sulman Basit; Rizwana Kousar; Wasim Ahmad; Muhammad Ansar (Molecular Biology Reports, 2013)

Breast Cancer Proteome Takes More Than Two to Tango on TRAIL: Beat Them at Their Own Game - Ammad Ahmad Farooqi; Sundas Fayyaz; Muhammad Tahir; Muhammed Javed Iqbal; Shahzad Bhatti (The Journal of Membrane Biology, 2012)