Muhammad Iqbal

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
• 2011 - Fellow of Pakistan Academy of Sciences

Overview

Best Publications

• Food security and food production systems

  John R. Porter;Liyong Xie;Andrew J. Challinor;Kevern Cochrane

  1658
  Citations

• Removal and recovery of heavy metals from aqueous solution using papaya wood as a new biosorbent

  A Saeed;M W Akhter;M Iqbal

  972
  Citations

• The Anticancer, Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Properties of the Sesquiterpene β-Caryophyllene from the Essential Oil of Aquilaria crassna

  Saad S Dahham;Yasser M Tabana;Muhammad A Iqbal;Mohamed B K Ahamed

  859
  Citations

• FTIR spectrophotometry, kinetics and adsorption isotherms modeling, ion exchange, and EDX analysis for understanding the mechanism of Cd2+ and Pb2+ removal by mango peel waste.

  Muhammad Iqbal;Asma Saeed;Saeed Iqbal Zafar

  771
  Citations

• Application potential of grapefruit peel as dye sorbent: Kinetics, equilibrium and mechanism of crystal violet adsorption

  Asma Saeed;Mehwish Sharif;Muhammad Iqbal

  638
  Citations

• Modulation of glutathione and its related enzymes in plants’ responses to toxic metals and metalloids—A review

  Naser A. Anjum;Iqbal Ahmad;Iram Mohmood;Mário Pacheco

  477
  Citations

• Gibberellic acid mediated induction of salt tolerance in wheat plants: Growth, ionic partitioning, photosynthesis, yield and hormonal homeostasis

  Muhammad Iqbal;Muhammad Ashraf;Muhammad Ashraf

  422
  Citations

• Biosorption of lead, copper and zinc ions on loofa sponge immobilized biomass of Phanerochaete chrysosporium

  M. Iqbal;R.G.J. Edyvean

  404
  Citations

• Phytoremediation of Heavy Metals: Physiological and Molecular Mechanisms

  Ruqaya Jabeen;Altaf Ahmad;Muhammad Iqbal;Muhammad Iqbal

  389
  Citations

• Lipids and proteins--major targets of oxidative modifications in abiotic stressed plants.

  Naser A. Anjum;Adriano Sofo;Antonio Scopa;Aryadeep Roychoudhury

  384
  Citations

• Removal and recovery of nickel(II) from aqueous solution by loofa sponge-immobilized biomass of Chlorella sorokiniana: characterization studies.

  N Akhtar;J Iqbal;M Iqbal

  382
  Citations

• Cellular Mechanisms in Higher Plants Governing Tolerance to Cadmium Toxicity

  Girish. Choppala;Saifullah.;Nanthi. Bolan;Sadia. Bibi

  370
  Citations

• Nitrate accumulation in plants, factors affecting the process, and human health implications. A review

  Shahid Umar Anjana;Muhammad Iqbal

  356
  Citations

• Expression and function of Toll-like receptors in chicken heterophils.

  Michael H Kogut;Muhammad Iqbal;Haiqi He;Victoria Philbin

  319
  Citations

• Synthesis and characterization of sulfonated poly(acrylene ether sulfones)

  B. C. Johnson;I. Yilgör;C. Tran;M. Iqbal

  310
  Citations

• Expression patterns of chicken Toll-like receptor mRNA in tissues, immune cell subsets and cell lines.

  Muhammad Iqbal;Victoria J. Philbin;Adrian L. Smith

  287
  Citations

• A genetic bottleneck in the 'evolution under domestication' of upland cotton Gossypium hirsutum L. examined using DNA fingerprinting

  M.J. Iqbal;O.U.K. Reddy;K.M. El-Zik;A.E. Pepper

  278
  Citations

• Promoting the productivity and quality of brinjal aligned with heavy metals immobilization in a wastewater irrigated heavy metal polluted soil with biochar and chitosan.

  Veysel Turan;Shahbaz Ali Khan;Mahmood-ur-Rahman;Muhammad Iqbal

  243
  Citations

• Effect of limestone, lignite and biochar applied alone and combined on cadmium uptake in wheat and rice under rotation in an effluent irrigated field.

  Muhammad Zia ur Rehman;Hinnan Khalid;Fatima Akmal;Shafaqat Ali

  240
  Citations

• Advances in microbe-assisted reclamation of heavy metal contaminated soils over the last decade: A review.

  Muhammad Arslan Ashraf;Iqbal Hussain;Rizwan Rasheed;Muhammad Iqbal

  237
  Citations

• Sulphur protects mustard ( Brassica campestris L.) from cadmium toxicity by improving leaf ascorbate and glutathione

  Naser A. Anjum;S. Umar;A. Ahmad;M. Iqbal

  227
  Citations

• Development of polymer films by the coalescence of polymer particles in powdered and aqueous polymer-modified mortars

  M.U.K. Afridi;Y. Ohama;K. Demura;M.Z. Iqbal

  226
  Citations

• Does Seed Priming Induce Changes in the Levels of Some Endogenous Plant Hormones in Hexaploid Wheat Plants Under Salt Stress

  Muhammad Iqbal;Muhammad Ashraf;Amer Jamil;Shafiq Ur‐Rehman

  226
  Citations

• Seed Treatment with Auxins Modulates Growth and Ion Partitioning in Salt-stressed Wheat Plants

  Muhammad Iqbal;Muhammad Ashraf

  220
  Citations

• Identification and characterization of a functional, alternatively spliced Toll-like receptor 7 (TLR7) and genomic disruption of TLR8 in chickens

  Victoria J Philbin;Muhammad Iqbal;Yvonne Boyd;Marianne J Goodchild

  214
  Citations

• Biosorption characteristics of unicellular green alga Chlorella sorokiniana immobilized in loofa sponge for removal of Cr(III)

  Nasreen Akhtar;Muhammad Iqbal;Saeed Iqbal Zafar;Javed Iqbal

  206
  Citations

• Lead-induced oxidative stress and metabolic alterations in Cassia angustifolia Vahl

  M. I. Qureshi;M. Z. Abdin;S. Qadir;M. Iqbal

  204
  Citations

• Responses of Artemisia annua L. to lead and salt-induced oxidative stress

  M. Irfan Qureshi;M. Israr;M.Z. Abdin;Muhammad Iqbal

  202
  Citations

• RESPONSE OF WHEAT GROWTH AND YIELD TO VARIOUS LEVELS OF COMPOST AND ORGANIC MANURE

  Muhammad Ibrahim;Muhammad Iqbal;Ehsan Elahi Valeem

  199
  Citations

• Alleviation of nickel toxicity and an improvement in zinc bioavailability in sunflower seed with chitosan and biochar application in pH adjusted nickel contaminated soil

  Veysel Turan;Pia Muhammad Adnan Ramzani;Qasim Ali;Farhat Abbas

  195
  Citations

• Modulation of antioxidant defence system for arsenic detoxification in Indian mustard

  Ishrat Khan;Altaf Ahmad;Muhammad Iqbal

  188
  Citations

• Induction of phytochelatins and antioxidant defence system in Brassica juncea and Vigna radiata in response to chromium treatments

  Hema Diwan;Ishrat Khan;Altaf Ahmad;Muhammad Iqbal

  160
  Citations

• Nanoscale copper in the soil-plant system - toxicity and underlying potential mechanisms.

  Naser A. Anjum;Vojtech Adam;Vojtech Adam;Rene Kizek;Armando C. Duarte

  153
  Citations

• Efficacy of chitosan-coated textile waste biochar applied to Cd-polluted soil for reducing Cd mobility in soil and its distribution in moringa (Moringa oleifera L.).

  Muhammad Zubair;Pia Muhammad Adnan Ramzani;Bilal Rasool;Muhammad Asaf Khan

  147
  Citations

• Are nitrate concentrations in leafy vegetables within safe limits

  Anjana;Shahid Umar;Muhammad Iqbal;Y. P. Abrol

  146
  Citations

• Prospective usage of magnesium potassium phosphate cement combined with Bougainvillea alba derived biochar to reduce Pb bioavailability in soil and its uptake by Spinacia oleracea L.

  Iqbal Naeem;Nasir Masood;Veysel Turan;Muhammad Iqbal

  141
  Citations

• Glutathione and proline can coordinately make plants withstand the joint attack of metal(loid) and salinity stresses

  Naser A. Anjum;Ibrahim M. Aref;Armando C. Duarte;Eduarda Pereira

  136
  Citations

• Periodical Effect of Cement Dust Pollution on the Growth of Some Plant Species

  Muhammad Zafar Iqbal;Muhammad Shafig

  131
  Citations

• Toxic effects of lead and cadmium on germination and seedling growth of Albizia lebbeck (L.) Benth.

  Z. R. Farooqi;M. Z. Iqbal;M. Kabir;M. Shafiq

  130
  Citations

• Nitrogen-efficient rice cultivars can reduce nitrate pollution

  Khalid Rehman Hakeem;Altaf Ahmad;Muhammad Iqbal;Muhammad Iqbal;Salih Gucel

  128
  Citations

• Salicylic acid alleviates salinity-caused damage to foliar functions, plant growth and antioxidant system in Ethiopian mustard ( Brassica carinata A. Br.)

  Azamal Husen;Muhammad Iqbal;Sayed Sartaj Sohrab;Mohammd Kafeel Ahmad Ansari

  119
  Citations

• Improved quinoa growth, physiological response, and seed nutritional quality in three soils having different stresses by the application of acidified biochar and compost

  Pia Muhammad Adnan Ramzani;Lin Shan;Shazia Anjum;Waqas-ud-Din Khan

  118
  Citations