About

Dr. Muhammad Umair Riaz did his PhD Forestry from The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan in 2022 on “Morphological, Ethno-Botanical and Phytochemical Investigations of Genus Ziziphus found in the Southern Punjab, Pakistan”. Dr. Muhammad Umair has published his research papers in well reputed journals like, Plants, International Journal of Plant Production and Frontiers in Plant Sciences. He is currently serving as Lecturer in the Department of Forestry, Range and Wildlife Management, Faculty of Agriculture and Environment, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur.

Awards and Honors

1. Received Shields and certificates for excellent performance in managing different events in the The Islamia University of Bahawalpur

Publications

Impact Factor Journals:

1. “Variations in Morphological Characters and Antioxidant Potential of Different Plant Parts of Four Ziziphus Mill. Species from the Cholistan”, Plants MDPI (2021).
2. “Morpho-physiological growth performance and phytoremediation capabilities of selected xerophyte grass species toward Cr and Pb stress” Frontiers in Plant Sciences (2022). 
3. “Soil Nitrogen Transformation Process Influenced by Litterfall Manipulation in Two Subtropical Forest Types” Frontiers in Plant Sciences (2022).  
4. “Leaf Area Regulates the Growth Rates and Seed Yield of Soybean (Glycine max L. Merr.) in Intercropping System” International Journal of Plant Production (2022).
5. “A Study on Propagation Techniques and Their efficacy rate in Prosopis cineraria (L) Druce; a Multipurpose Tree of Cholistan Desert Pakistan”, Journal of Applied Ecology and Environmental Research, Budapest, Hungry (2020).   
6. “Growth Parameters and Antioxidant Enzymes Activities in Selected Halophytic Grass Species against Salinity Stress Cholistan Rangeland Pakistan”, Pakistan Journal of Botany (2021).

HEC Recognized Journals:

1. “Biochemical changes in Conocarpus species under saline soils of Lal Suhanra National Park, Bahawalpur” (Published), Pakistan Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology (2021).
2. “Phytochemical evaluation and antioxidant activities in flower and leaves of Cassia fistula and Terminalia arjuna”, Pakistan Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology (2021).

Conference Papers/Abstracts:

1. “Avifauna diversity in protected areas of Bahawalpur, Punjab, 3^rd International Conference on Emerging Trends in Earth and Environmental Sciences, (2021).
2. “Economical Evaluation of Lal Suhanra National Park”,1^st International STEM Conference (2021).