Prof. Dr. Ihsanullah Daur

Education

PhD & Post Doc

Area of Specialization

Agronomy and sustainable crop production; crop physiology and environmental stress management; arid land agriculture and climate resilience; medicinal and aromatic crops; plant nutrition, biostimulants and plant-microbe interactions.

Professional Responsibilities

Teaching and research in agricultural sciences; graduate research supervision and mentoring; curriculum development; and agricultural outreach. International research collaboration and professional engagement in natural resource management, sustainable crop production and climate-resilient agriculture. Member of Plant ACT and Life Member of the Pakistan Botanical Society.

Research Projects

Advancing sustainable and climate-resilient agriculture

1. Sustainable production of potential medicinal plants under drought conditions
2. Medicinal and aromatic plants: conservation and phytochemical exploration
3. Feed value of blue panic (Panicum antidotale Retz.) grass at different growth stages under various levels of humic acid in saline condition
4. Forage crop adaptation and adoption for sustainable livestock feed production
5. Hydroponic forage production
6. Beneficial rhizobacteria and biostimulants for crop productivity and stress tolerance
7. Isolation, identification and sequencing of rhizosphere microbes for crop growth promotion and stress tolerance
8. Soil amendments, crop nutrition and efficient use of water and nutrients
9. Sustainable crop production under drought, salinity and arid conditions

Awards

Research awards for scientific contributions; a competitive doctoral research scholarship; and academic distinction in undergraduate and postgraduate studies.

Publications

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