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Plant Science and Agronomy
Pakistan
2025

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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
67
Citations
18141
World Ranking
814
National Ranking
11

Research.com Recognitions

  • 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:

  • Bacteria
  • Agriculture
  • Botany

Zahir Ahmad Zahir spends much of his time researching Agronomy, Rhizobacteria, Rhizosphere, Inoculation and Salinity. His work carried out in the field of Agronomy brings together such families of science as Agriculture, Chlorophyll, Nutrient and Stomatal conductance. His Rhizobacteria research incorporates elements of Pseudomonas fluorescens, Axenic and Shoot, Botany, Horticulture.

His Pseudomonas fluorescens study incorporates themes from Dry weight, Sativum, Field capacity and Pseudomonas. Zahir Ahmad Zahir has included themes like Rhizobia and Halotolerance in his Botany study. His Rhizosphere research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Vigna and Abiotic component.

His most cited work include:

  • Screening plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria for improving growth and yield of wheat. (582 citations)
  • The role of mycorrhizae and plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) in improving crop productivity under stressful environments. (416 citations)
  • Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria: Applications and Perspectives In Agriculture (382 citations)

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

His scientific interests lie mostly in Agronomy, Rhizobacteria, Horticulture, Inoculation and Rhizosphere. His studies in Agronomy integrate themes in fields like Rhizobia and Nutrient. His Rhizobacteria study combines topics in areas such as Pseudomonas fluorescens, Salinity and Botany, Shoot, Biofertilizer.

His work in Horticulture covers topics such as Pseudomonas which are related to areas like Fertilizer. His Inoculation research incorporates themes from Axenic and Poaceae. Zahir Ahmad Zahir has included themes like Biotechnology, Soil health and Microbial inoculant in his Rhizosphere study.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Agronomy (52.94%)
  • Rhizobacteria (37.65%)
  • Horticulture (27.06%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2018-2021)?

  • Rhizobacteria (37.65%)
  • Horticulture (27.06%)
  • Inoculation (22.94%)

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

His primary scientific interests are in Rhizobacteria, Horticulture, Inoculation, Agronomy and Shoot. His Rhizobacteria research includes elements of Weed, Botany, Canary grass and Bioassay. The various areas that Zahir Ahmad Zahir examines in his Horticulture study include Pseudomonas fluorescens, Rhizosphere, Stomatal conductance and Transpiration.

Zahir Ahmad Zahir interconnects Serratia ficaria, Symbiosis, Salinity and Mesorhizobium ciceri in the investigation of issues within Inoculation. Much of his study explores Agronomy relationship to Nutrient. His studies deal with areas such as Soil contamination and Bioremediation as well as Shoot.

Between 2018 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Phytoremediation: Environmentally sustainable way for reclamation of heavy metal polluted soils. (148 citations)
  • Perspectives of potassium solubilizing microbes in sustainable food production system: A review (30 citations)
  • Burkholderia phytofirmans PsJN and tree twigs derived biochar together retrieved Pb-induced growth, physiological and biochemical disturbances by minimizing its uptake and translocation in mung bean (Vigna radiata L.). (22 citations)

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

  • Bacteria
  • Agriculture
  • Botany

His main research concerns Horticulture, Transpiration, Soil contamination, Biofertilizer and Nitrogen fixation. The study of Horticulture is intertwined with the study of Rhizosphere in a number of ways. The concepts of his Transpiration study are interwoven with issues in Chlorophyll, Shoot and Stomatal conductance.

His Biofertilizer research is included under the broader classification of Agronomy. His research combines Rhizobacteria and Nutrient. The Rhizobacteria study combines topics in areas such as Pseudomonas fluorescens, Salinity, Compost, Serratia ficaria and Pseudomonas putida.

Best Publications

  • Screening plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria for improving growth and yield of wheat.

    A. Khalid;M. Arshad;Z.A. Zahir

  • The role of mycorrhizae and plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) in improving crop productivity under stressful environments.

    Sajid Mahmood Nadeem;Maqshoof Ahmad;Zahir Ahmad Zahir;Arshad Javaid

  • Phytoremediation: Environmentally sustainable way for reclamation of heavy metal polluted soils.

    Sana Ashraf;Qasim Ali;Zahir Ahmad Zahir;Sobia Ashraf

  • Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria: Applications and Perspectives In Agriculture

    Zahir A Zahir;Muhammad Arshad;William T Frankenberger

  • Relationship between in vitro production of auxins by rhizobacteria and their growth-promoting activities in Brassica juncea L.

    H. N. Asghar;Z. A. Zahir;M. Arshad;A. Khaliq

  • A critical review on effects, tolerance mechanisms and management of cadmium in vegetables.

    Muhammad Rizwan;Shafaqat Ali;Muhammad Adrees;Muhammad Ibrahim

  • Effect of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria containing ACC-deaminase on maize (Zea mays L.) growth under axenic conditions and on nodulation in mung bean (Vigna radiata L.).

    B. Shaharoona;M. Arshad;Z.A. Zahir

  • Preliminary investigations on inducing salt tolerance in maize through inoculation with rhizobacteria containing ACC deaminase activity

    Sajid Mahmood NadeemS.M. Nadeem;Zahir Ahmad ZahirZ.A. Zahir;Muhammad NaveedM. Naveed;Muhammad ArshadM. Arshad

  • Drought stress amelioration in wheat through inoculation with Burkholderia phytofirmans strain PsJN

    Muhammad Naveed;Muhammad Naveed;M. Baqir Hussain;Zahir A. Zahir;Birgit Mitter

  • Fertilizer-dependent efficiency of Pseudomonads for improving growth, yield, and nutrient use efficiency of wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.)

    Baby Shaharoona;Muhammad Naveed;Muhammad Arshad;Zahir A. Zahir

  • Effectiveness of rhizobacteria containing ACC deaminase for growth promotion of peas (Pisum sativum) under drought conditions.

    Z A Zahir;A Munir;H N Asghar;B Shaharoona

  • Comparative effectiveness of Pseudomonas and Serratia sp. containing ACC-deaminase for improving growth and yield of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) under salt-stressed conditions.

    Zahir Ahmad Zahir;Usman Ghani;Muhammad Naveed;Sajid Mahmood Nadeem

  • Performance of Pseudomonas spp. containing ACC-deaminase for improving growth and yield of maize (Zea mays L.) in the presence of nitrogenous fertilizer

    Baby Shaharoona;Muhammad Arshad;Zahir A. Zahir;Azeem Khalid

  • Inducing salt tolerance in mung bean through coinoculation with rhizobia and plant-growth-promoting rhizobacteria containing 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate deaminase.

    Maqshoof Ahmad;Zahir A. Zahir;H. Naeem Asghar;M. Asghar

  • Rhizobacteria Capable of Producing ACC-deaminase May Mitigate Salt Stress in Wheat

    Sajid Mahmood Nadeem;Zahir Ahmad Zahir;Muhammad Naveed;Hafiz Naeem Asghar

  • Rhizobacteria containing ACC-deaminase confer salt tolerance in maize grown on salt-affected fields.

    Sajid Mahmood NadeemS.M. Nadeem;Zahir Ahmad ZahirZ.A. Zahir;Muhammad NaveedM. Naveed;Muhammad ArshadM. Arshad

  • Perspectives of potassium solubilizing microbes in sustainable food production system: A review

    Annum Sattar;Muhammad Naveed;Mohsin Ali;Zahir A. Zahir

  • Efficacy of Rhizobium and Pseudomonas strains to improve physiology, ionic balance and quality of mung bean under salt-affected conditions on farmer's fields.

    Maqshoof Ahmad;Zahir A. Zahir;Muhammad Khalid;Farheen Nazli

  • Bio-conversion of organic wastes for their recycling in agriculture: an overview of perspectives and prospects

    Rizwan Ahmad;Ghulam Jilani;Muhammad Arshad;Zahir A. Zahir

  • Interactive effect of biochar and plant growth-promoting bacterial endophytes on ameliorating salinity stress in maize

    Saqib Saleem Akhtar;Mathias Neumann Andersen;Muhammad Naveed;Zahir Ahmad Zahir

Frequent Co-Authors

Maqshoof Ahmad
Maqshoof Ahmad Islamia University of Bahawalpur
William T. Frankenberger
William T. Frankenberger University of California, Riverside
Muhammad Ashraf
Muhammad Ashraf University of Agriculture Faisalabad
Angela Sessitsch
Angela Sessitsch Austrian Institute of Technology
Asif Tanveer
Asif Tanveer University of Agriculture Faisalabad
Avelino Núñez-Delgado
Avelino Núñez-Delgado University of Santiago de Compostela
David E. Crowley
David E. Crowley University of California, Riverside
Muhammad Farooq
Muhammad Farooq Sultan Qaboos University
Mubshar Hussain
Mubshar Hussain Bahauddin Zakariya University
Qasim Ali
Qasim Ali Government College University, Faisalabad

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