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Plant Science and Agronomy
Pakistan
2026

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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
80
Citations
19617
World Ranking
426
National Ranking
6

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Pakistan Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Pakistan Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Pakistan Leader Award

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Botany
  • Enzyme
  • Bacteria

Muhammad Hamayun mainly focuses on Botany, Gibberellin, Abscisic acid, Plant use of endophytic fungi in defense and Shoot. Endophyte and Gibberellic acid are among the areas of Botany where Muhammad Hamayun concentrates his study. His Gibberellin study incorporates themes from Phosphate and Strain.

His Abscisic acid research includes elements of Chlorophyll, Horticulture and Abiotic stress. His work deals with themes such as Salicylic acid, Salinity and Plant physiology, which intersect with Horticulture. His research in Plant use of endophytic fungi in defense intersects with topics in Gibberella fujikuroi, Cultivar and Penicillium citrinum.

His most cited work include:

  • Endophytic fungi produce gibberellins and indoleacetic acid and promotes host-plant growth during stress. (260 citations)
  • Endophytic fungal association via gibberellins and indole acetic acid can improve plant growth under abiotic stress: an example of Paecilomyces formosus LHL10 (196 citations)
  • Plant growth promotion and Penicillium citrinum (180 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His primary areas of investigation include Botany, Horticulture, Gibberellin, Plant use of endophytic fungi in defense and Shoot. Muhammad Hamayun combines subjects such as Salicylic acid, Jasmonic acid and Abscisic acid with his study of Botany. His work in Abscisic acid covers topics such as Food science which are related to areas like Antioxidant and Nutrient.

His research integrates issues of Proline, Salinity and Agronomy in his study of Horticulture. His studies deal with areas such as Cultivar, Calcium, Strain, Oryza sativa and Gibberellic acid as well as Gibberellin. Muhammad Hamayun has included themes like Gibberella fujikuroi, Bioassay, Fungus and Penicillium in his Plant use of endophytic fungi in defense study.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Botany (44.93%)
  • Horticulture (28.99%)
  • Gibberellin (26.57%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2019-2021)?

  • Horticulture (28.99%)
  • Food science (10.14%)
  • Antioxidant (4.35%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Muhammad Hamayun spends much of his time researching Horticulture, Food science, Antioxidant, Botany and Sunflower. His Horticulture research incorporates themes from Proline, Stomatal conductance and Aspergillus niger. His work investigates the relationship between Proline and topics such as Gibberellic acid that intersect with problems in Abscisic acid.

Endophyte and Xanthium strumarium are the core of his Botany study. In his study, Penicillium glabrum is strongly linked to Plant use of endophytic fungi in defense, which falls under the umbrella field of Sunflower. His work carried out in the field of Shoot brings together such families of science as Salicylic acid and Superoxide dismutase.

Between 2019 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Silicon Confers Soybean Resistance to Salinity Stress Through Regulation of Reactive Oxygen and Reactive Nitrogen Species. (12 citations)
  • Phytohormones producing rhizobacterium alleviates chromium toxicity in Helianthus annuus L. by reducing chromate uptake and strengthening antioxidant system. (8 citations)
  • Yucasin and cinnamic acid inhibit IAA and flavonoids biosynthesis minimizing interaction between maize and endophyte Aspergillus nomius (5 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Botany
  • Enzyme
  • Bacteria

His primary scientific interests are in Horticulture, Sunflower, Antioxidant, Helianthus annuus and Rhizosphere. His research brings together the fields of Jasmonic acid and Horticulture. His work deals with themes such as Plant use of endophytic fungi in defense, Indole-3-acetic acid and Aspergillus niger, which intersect with Antioxidant.

Muhammad Hamayun works mostly in the field of Indole-3-acetic acid, limiting it down to topics relating to Food science and, in certain cases, Chromate conversion coating and Photosynthesis. His Helianthus annuus study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Glycine, Inoculation, Chromium toxicity and Endophytic fungus. Muhammad Hamayun has included themes like Superoxide dismutase, Catalase, APX, Abscisic acid and Salicylic acid in his Rhizosphere study.

Best Publications

  • Endophytic fungi produce gibberellins and indoleacetic acid and promotes host-plant growth during stress.

    Muhammad Waqas;Abdul Latif Khan;Muhammad Kamran;Muhammad Hamayun

  • Bacterial endophyte Sphingomonas sp. LK11 produces gibberellins and IAA and promotes tomato plant growth

    Abdul Latif Khan;Muhammad Waqas;Sang-Mo Kang;Ahmed Al-Harrasi

  • Silicon Regulates Antioxidant Activities of Crop Plants under Abiotic-Induced Oxidative Stress: A Review

    Yoon-Ha Kim;Yoon-Ha Kim;Abdul L. Khan;Muhammad Waqas;Muhammad Waqas;In-Jung Lee

  • Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria reduce adverse effects of salinity and osmotic stress by regulating phytohormones and antioxidants in Cucumis sativus

    Sang-Mo Kang;Abdul Latif Khan;Muhammad Waqas;Young-Hyun You

  • Silicon mitigates heavy metal stress by regulating P-type heavy metal ATPases, Oryza sativa low silicon genes, and endogenous phytohormones.

    Yoon-Ha Kim;Abdul Latif Khan;Duk-Hwan Kim;Seung-Yeol Lee

  • Endophytic fungal association via gibberellins and indole acetic acid can improve plant growth under abiotic stress: an example of Paecilomyces formosus LHL10

    Abdul Latif Khan;Abdul Latif Khan;Muhammad Hamayun;Sang-Mo Kang;Yoon-Ha Kim

  • Plant growth promotion and Penicillium citrinum

    Sumera Afzal Khan;Sumera Afzal Khan;Muhammad Hamayun;Hyeokjun Yoon;Ho-Youn Kim

  • Inoculation of abscisic acid-producing endophytic bacteria enhances salinity stress tolerance in Oryza sativa

    Raheem Shahzad;Abdul Latif Khan;Saqib Bilal;Muhammad Waqas;Muhammad Waqas

  • Methyl jasmonate alleviated salinity stress in soybean

    Ji Young Yoon;Muhammad Hamayun;Su-Kyung Lee;In-Jung Lee

  • Seed-borne endophytic Bacillus amyloliquefaciens RWL-1 produces gibberellins and regulates endogenous phytohormones of Oryza sativa

    Raheem Shahzad;Muhammad Waqas;Abdul Latif Khan;Sajjad Asaf

  • Effect of silicon on growth and salinity stress of soybean plant grown under hydroponic system

    S. K. Lee;E. Y. Sohn;M. Hamayun;J. Y. Yoon

  • Silicon Application to Rice Root Zone Influenced the Phytohormonal and Antioxidant Responses Under Salinity Stress

    Yoon Ha Kim;Abdul Latif Khan;Muhammad Waqas;Jae Kyoung Shim

  • Plant growth promoting endophytic fungi Asprgillus fumigatus TS1 and Fusarium proliferatum BRL1 produce gibberellins and regulates plant endogenous hormones

    Lubna Bilal;Sajjad Asaf;Muhammad Hamayun;Humaira Gul

  • Gibberellins Producing Endophytic Fungus Porostereum spadiceum AGH786 Rescues Growth of Salt Affected Soybean.

    Muhammad Hamayun;Anwar Hussain;Sumera A. Khan;Ho Youn Kim

  • Gibberellin production and phosphate solubilization by newly isolated strain of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus and its effect on plant growth.

    Sang-Mo Kang;Gil-Jae Joo;Muhammad Hamayun;Chae-In Na

  • Gibberellins producing endophytic Aspergillus fumigatus sp. LH02 influenced endogenous phytohormonal levels, isoflavonoids production and plant growth in salinity stress

    Abdul Latif Khan;Abdul Latif Khan;Muhammad Hamayun;Yoon-Ha Kim;Sang-Mo Kang

  • IAA producing fungal endophyte Penicillium roqueforti Thom., enhances stress tolerance and nutrients uptake in wheat plants grown on heavy metal contaminated soils.

    Muhammad Ikram;Niaz Ali;Gul Jan;Farzana Gul Jan

  • Exogenous gibberellic acid reprograms soybean to higher growth and salt stress tolerance.

    Muhammad Hamayun;Sumera Afzal Khan;Abdul Latif Khan;Abdul Latif Khan;Jae-Ho Shin

  • Endophytic fungi promote plant growth and mitigate the adverse effects of stem rot: an example of Penicillium citrinum and Aspergillus terreus

    Muhammad Waqas;Abdul Latif Khan;Muhammad Hamayun;Raheem Shahzad

  • Cladosporium sphaerospermum as a new plant growth-promoting endophyte from the roots of Glycine max (L.) Merr.

    Muhammad Hamayun;Sumera Afzal Khan;Nadeem Ahmad;Dong-Sheng Tang

  • Ameliorative symbiosis of endophyte (Penicillium funiculosum LHL06) under salt stress elevated plant growth of Glycine max L.

    Abdul Latif Khan;Muhammad Hamayun;Yoon-Ha Kim;Sang-Mo Kang

  • Pure culture of Metarhizium anisopliae LHL07 reprograms soybean to higher growth and mitigates salt stress

    Abdul Latif Khan;Abdul Latif Khan;Muhammad Hamayun;Sumera Afzal Khan;Sang-Mo Kang

  • Complete Chloroplast Genome of Nicotiana otophora and its Comparison with Related Species.

    Sajjad Asaf;Abdul L. Khan;Abdur R. Khan;Muhammad Waqas;Muhammad Waqas

  • Salinity stress resistance offered by endophytic fungal interaction between Penicillium minioluteum LHL09 and glycine max. L.

    Abdul Latif Khan;Muhammad Hamayun;Nadeem Ahmad;Javid Hussain

  • Gibberellin production and plant growth promotion from pure cultures of Cladosporium sp. MH-6 isolated from cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.).

    Muhammad Hamayun;Sumera Afzal Khan;Abdul Latif Khan;Gauhar Rehman

  • In vitro production of IAA by endophytic fungus Aspergillus awamori and its growth promoting activities in Zea mays

    Asif Mehmood;Anwar Hussain;Muhammad Irshad;Muhammad Hamayun

  • Halotolerant bacteria mitigate the effects of salinity stress on soybean growth by regulating secondary metabolites and molecular responses.

    Muhammad Aaqil Khan;Atlaw Anbelu Sahile;Rahmatullah Jan;Sajjad Asaf

  • Phytohormones enabled endophytic fungal symbiosis improve aluminum phytoextraction in tolerant Solanum lycopersicum: An examples of Penicillium janthinellum LK5 and comparison with exogenous GA3.

    Abdul Latif Khan;Abdul Latif Khan;Muhammad Waqas;Javid Hussain;Ahmed Al-Harrasi;Ahmed Al-Harrasi

  • Secondary Metabolites from Inula britannica L. and Their Biological Activities

    Abdul Latif Khan;Javid Hussain;Muhammad Hamayun;Syed Abdullah Gilani

  • Gibberellin-producing Promicromonospora sp. SE188 improves Solanum lycopersicum plant growth and influences endogenous plant hormones

    Sang-Mo Kang;Abdul Latif Khan;Abdul Latif Khan;Muhammad Hamayun;Javid Hussain;Javid Hussain

  • A new strain of Arthrinium phaeospermum isolated from Carex kobomugi Ohwi is capable of gibberellin production

    Sumera Afzal Khan;Muhammad Hamayun;Ho-youn Kim;Hyeok-jun Yoon

  • An endophytic isolate of the fungus Yarrowia lipolytica produces metabolites that ameliorate the negative impact of salt stress on the physiology of maize.

    Farzana Gul Jan;Muhammad Hamayun;Anwar Hussain;Gul Jan

  • Endophytic infection alleviates biotic stress in sunflower through regulation of defence hormones, antioxidants and functional amino acids

    Muhammad Waqas;Abdul Latif Khan;Abdul Latif Khan;Muhammad Hamayun;Muhammad Hamayun;Raheem Shahzad

Frequent Co-Authors

In-Jung Lee
In-Jung Lee Kyungpook National University
Abdul Latif Khan
Abdul Latif Khan University of Houston
Sumera Afzal Khan
Sumera Afzal Khan University of Peshawar
Sang-Mo Kang
Sang-Mo Kang Kyungpook National University
Anwar Hussain
Anwar Hussain Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan
Zabta Khan Shinwari
Zabta Khan Shinwari Quaid-i-Azam University
Sajjad Asaf
Sajjad Asaf University of Nizwa
Muhammad Aaqil Khan
Muhammad Aaqil Khan Henan University
Raheem Shahzad
Raheem Shahzad University of Haripur
Ramalingam Radhakrishnan
Ramalingam Radhakrishnan Jamal Mohamed College

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