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Dr Usman Irshad

Dr Usman Irshad

Tenured Professor

Area of Interest: Soil Microbiology, Microbial Ecology, Ecosystem functioning

Email: [email protected]

HEC Approved PhD Supervisor

Academics / Degrees

  • PostDoc, 2016, INRS University of Quebec
    Montreal Canada
  • PhD, Centre International d’Etudes Supérieures En Sciences Agronomiques, Montpellier France, 2011
  • MS, University Montpellier II, Montpellier France, 2008
  • M.Sc. (Hons.), Institute of Soil and Environmental Sciences University of Agriculture Faisalabad Pakistan, 2007
  • B.Sc. (Hons.), Institute of Soil and Environmental Sciences University of Agriculture Faisalabad Pakistan, 2005
Professional or Work Related Certifications: 
 

Certification

Year

Organization/ Country

Transition to
latest version of QMS ISO 9001:2015

2018

CUI,
CONSTECH-PAKISTAN

Establishment of
Lab in COMSATS from my NRPU Research project

2017

HEC and COMSATS
Abbottabad Pakistan

QCBS Excellence
Award Funding

2016

Quebec Center for
Biodiversity Science, Montreal, Quebec CANADA

Invitation award as
a young scientist for Phosphorus week

2014

UMR Eco& Sols,
Montpellier FRANCE

HEC Approved
Supervisor

2018, 2012

Higher Education
Commission, Islamabad, PAKISTAN

Scholarships
letters for MS leading to PhD study in France from 2007-2011

2007

French Embassy and Higher
Education Commission, Islamabad, PAKISTAN

Profile / Bio

PROFESSIONAL AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
  • May 2012 to Continued: Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Abbottabad, Pakistan
  • Sep. 2008 to Dec. 2012: PhD Scholar INRA-SupAgro, UMR-Functional Ecology and Biogeochemistry
  • Jul. 2008 to Aug. 2008: Research Associate, INRA-SupAgro,UMR-Rhizosphere and Symbiosis, Montpellier France
  • Jan. 2008 to Jun. 2008: Internship trainee INRA-SupAgro, UMR Rhizosphere and Symbiosis, Montpellier France
  • Mar. 2005 to May. 2005: Internship trainee National agriculture research centre, Soil microbiology Section, Islamabad, Pakistan
Professional Trainings Attended: 
 
  • PostDoc Training (01-01-2016 to
    31-08-2016) INRS (IAF-Armand Frappier) Montreal Canada, University of Quebec,
    Canada.
  • Workshop on “Young
    Scientist Workshop on phosphorus” Montpellier (8-31-2014 to
    8-31-2014). Montpellier France. CIRAD France
  • Seminar “Reflexives research
    methods and linguistics”  Balaruc, France  (3/15/2010-3/19/2010)
  • Practical training at the National
    Institute for Agricultural Research in Montpellier, France (01-01-2008 to
    31-08-2018) UMR Eco & Sols Montpellier SupAgro France. INRA France
  • Internship Training (01-06-2006 to
    27-06-2007) University of Agriculture. Faisalabad, Pakistan. Pak US need based
    scholarship.
  • Practical training at the National
    Agricultural Research Centre, Islamabad, Pakistan (03-03-2005 to 30-05-2005) NARC
    Islamabad

Associations

  • Member, International Society for Microbial Ecology
  • Member, Soil Science Society of Pakistan

Research Interests

Microbial food web and Phosphorus
cycling, Trophic relationships in micro and macro fauna

Awards

  • Awarded US need based merit Scholarship by US Ambassador in 2005 for M.Sc. (Hons.) studies
  • Awarded Oversees Scholarship by the Higher Education Commission, Islamabad, Pakistan for PhD studies in France

Research Projects

Funded research projects

No.

Title

Status

Participation

PI/Co-PI

Donor agency

Amount M PKR

1

Utilisation of complex network of microbial
interactions for mobilisation of soil phosphorus inaccessible for plant
growth

Ongoing

 

Principal Investigator

HEC

2.70

 

 

2

Phosphorus use improvement in legume
cereal based agricultural system

Approved

International

Collaborator

Other than HEC/CIIT

Local
government Sichuan province China

5.50

Chinese
Yuan

(300000)

3

Isolation and identification of bacterial grazer
nematodes: their effect on rhizo-bacterial communities and phosphorus uptake
by pine seedlings

Completed

Principal Investigator

HEC

0.5

4

Metabolic bases of soil biota interactions and
their biocontrol potential for host plant

Ongoing

Co- Principal Investigator

HEC

0.5

5

Isolation and characterization of carbamate
hydrolase from indigenous bacterial species

Completed

Co- Principal Investigator

CIIT

0.2

Total
amount received as Pi and Co-Pi in 5 and half years

(2012-2018)

9.4
M PKR

 

Submitted Projects as PI and Co-PI:
 

6

Innovative microbial multitrophic interaction-based approaches to
rapidly adapt

wheat to saline stress

Submitted

Principal
Investigator

HEC

6.37MPKR

(63700)

7

Enzyme based degradation of Chlorinated pesticides
and determination of complete pathway of selected Chlorinated pesticides

Submitted

Co-
Principal Investigator

HEC

3.65MPKR

(36500)

Total
amount expected

10.02M PKR (100200)

 

Students Supervised

BS projects Supervised: 

No.

Student Name

Thesis title

Status

Registered/

Completed

 

1

Adeline Becquer

Microbial Functional Biology

 

Completed

2010

2

Qirrat
Sajjad

 

Salinity bacteria and nematodes

 

Completed

2013

3

Bushra Haroon

 

Phosphorus leaching

 

Completed

2013

4

Jumria Jonathan

 

Temperature  change and microbial food web

 

Completed

2013

 

MS Students Supervised: 
 

No.

Student Name

Thesis title

PhD/

MS

Supervisor/

Co-Supervisor

Status

Registered/

Completed

1

Muhammad
Nadeem

Behaviour of Grazer Nematodes in
Functioning of Sanitizing Bacteria and Fungi under Heavy Metal Stress

PhD

Supervisor

Registered

2018-2022

2

Saba Ahmed

Developement of P based biofertlizer
from scratch waste with the use of microbial consortia

PhD

Supervisor

Registered

2016-2020

3

Moniba
Zahid Mehmood

Variation in Nematode Community
Composition modified by Industrialization & Urbanization

PhD

Co-Supervisor

Registered

2018-2022

4

Safwan
Awan

Trophic interactions in wheat
rhizosphere

MS

Supervisor

In Progress

5

Shahrukh
Malik

Determination of Secondary Roles
Performed by Organic Phosphorus Mineralizing Microbes in Plant Growth

MS

Supervisor

Completed

6

Rabia
Jalil Khan

 

Assessment of Phosphorus Impact on
local Community and Soil Health of Phosphate Mining Zone

 

MS

Supervisor

Completed

2015

7

Palwasha
Rehman

Growth Improvement of Pine Seedlings
through Phosphorus Nutrition by Underground Prey-Predator

MS

Supervisor

Completed

2014

8

Imran
Salim

Quality assessment and heavy metals
impact on soil and community health by the use of industrial waste and tube
well water for irrigation in hattar

MS

Supervisor

Completed

2013

9

Muhammad
Nadeem

Behaviour of Grazer Nematodes in
Functioning of Sanitizing Bacteria and Fungi under Heavy Metal Stress

MS

Co-Supervisor

Completed

10

Moniba
Zahid Mehmood

Variation in Nematode Community
Composition modified by Industrialization & Urbanization

MS

Co-Supervisor

Completed

11

Sumera
Bibi

Diversity Analysis of Soil Mineral
and Organically Bound Phosphorus Microbiome in Galliyat Region Abbottabad

MS

Co-Supervisor

Completed

 

Journal Publications

1. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=139" title="Dr. Usman Irshad">U.Irshad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=116" title="Dr. Adnan Ahmad Tahir">A.Tahir</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=149" title="Awais Arefeen">A.Arefeen</a> Soil disturbance alters nematode ecological indices through distinct fungal and bacterial pathways , Soil and Environment 01 June, 2026
2. MUHAMMAD JAVED,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=139" title="Dr. Usman Irshad">U.Irshad</a> SYNERGISTIC EFFECT OF QUERCETIN, INDOLE ACETIC ACID, AND ZINC FERRITE NANOPARTICLES ON PEA GROWTH UNDER SALT STRESS , Pak. J. Bot. 20 December, 2025
3. Misbah Hareem,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=139" title="Dr. Usman Irshad">U.Irshad</a> Optimizing chili production in drought stress: combining Zn-quantum dot biochar and proline for improved growth and yield, Scientific Reports, 2024
4. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=135" title="Dr. Rafiq Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=376" title="Dr. Arshad Mehmood Abbasi">Dr. AM Abbasi</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=123" title="Dr. Muhammad Shahzad (ES)">M. Shahzad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=139" title="Dr. Usman Irshad">U.Irshad</a> 32. Combination of melatonin and plant growth promoting rhizobacteria improved the growth of Spinacia oleracea L. under the arsenic and cadmium stresses. M. Asif, R. Ahmad, A. Pervez, D.A.A. Farraj, M.S. Elshikh, Muhammad Shahzad, U. Irshad, A.M. Abbasi, (2023), Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology, 2023
5. M. Awais,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=380" title="Dr. Rashid Nazir">R.Nazir</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=113" title="Dr. Faridullah">Faridullah</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=402" title="Akhtar Iqbal">Dr. Akhtar Iqbal</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=110" title="Dr. Muhammad Irshad">M.Irshad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=122" title="Dr. Farhan Hafeez">F.Hafeez</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=139" title="Dr. Usman Irshad">U.Irshad</a> Proficient Lignocellulolytic Novel Bacterial Isolates from Diversified Galiyat Forests of Lower Himalaya, Forests, 2023
6. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=380" title="Dr. Rashid Nazir">R.Nazir</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=122" title="Dr. Farhan Hafeez">F.Hafeez</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=110" title="Dr. Muhammad Irshad">M.Irshad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=402" title="Akhtar Iqbal">Dr. Akhtar Iqbal</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=139" title="Dr. Usman Irshad">U.Irshad</a> Removal of Antibiotic Resistance Genes, Class 1 Integrase Gene and Escherichia coli Indicator Gene in a Microalgae-Based Wastewater Treatment System, Antibiotics, 2022
7. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=139" title="Dr. Usman Irshad">U.Irshad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=110" title="Dr. Muhammad Irshad">M.Irshad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=713" title="Dr. Rafiq Ahmad ">Dr. Rafiq Ahmad</a> Organic amendment plus inoculum drivers: Who drives more P nutrition for wheat plant fitness in small duration soil experiment, Plos one 13 April, 2022
8. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=139" title="Dr. Usman Irshad">U.Irshad</a> Richness of Rhizosphere Organisms Affects Plant P Nutrition According to P Source and Mobility, Agriculture, 2021
9. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=140" title="Dr. Bilal Zafar Amin">B.Amin</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=122" title="Dr. Farhan Hafeez">F.Hafeez</a>,Hina Aman,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=513" title=" Dr Muhammad Azeem">M. Azeem</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=402" title="Akhtar Iqbal">Dr. Akhtar Iqbal</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=139" title="Dr. Usman Irshad">U.Irshad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=380" title="Dr. Rashid Nazir">R.Nazir</a> Characterization and Cellulolytic Enzyme Potential of P Solubilizers from Pine Forests of Lower Himalaya, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE & BIOLOGY, 2020
10. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=139" title="Dr. Usman Irshad">U.Irshad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=380" title="Dr. Rashid Nazir">R.Nazir</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=109" title="Dr. Arshid Pervez">A.Pervez</a> The Fate of Lead (Pb) in Multitrophic Interactions Among Bacteria, Fungi, and Bacterivorous Soil Nematodes, Clean Soil Air and Water, 2020
11. Mahnoor Asif,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=109" title="Dr. Arshid Pervez">A.Pervez</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=112" title="Dr. Qaisar Mahmood">Q.Mahmood</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=139" title="Dr. Usman Irshad">U.Irshad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=135" title="Dr. Rafiq Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a> Melatonin and plant growth promoting rhizobacteria alleviate the cadmium and arsenic stresses and increase the growth of Spinacia oleracea, Plant, Soil and Environment, 2020
12. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=112" title="Dr. Qaisar Mahmood">Q.Mahmood</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=412" title="Dr. Malik Tahir Hayat">M. Tahir</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=118" title="Dr. Zulfiqar Ahmad Bhatti">Z. A. Bhatti</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=113" title="Dr. Faridullah">Faridullah</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=110" title="Dr. Muhammad Irshad">M.Irshad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=139" title="Dr. Usman Irshad">U.Irshad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=114" title="Dr. Muhammad Bilal">M.Bilal</a> Allium cepa assay based comparative study of selected vegetables and the chromosomal aberrations due to heavy metal accumulation, Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences, 2020
13. Hafiz Muhammad Ansab Jamil,Awais Ahmed,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=135" title="Dr. Rafiq Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=139" title="Dr. Usman Irshad">U.Irshad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=376" title="Dr. Arshad Mehmood Abbasi">Dr. AM Abbasi</a> Identification and inoculation of fungal strains from Cedrus deodara rhizosphere involve in growth and alleviation of high nitrogen stress, Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences, 524-534, 2020
14. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=139" title="Dr. Usman Irshad">U.Irshad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=380" title="Dr. Rashid Nazir">R.Nazir</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=109" title="Dr. Arshid Pervez">A.Pervez</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=117" title="Dr. Syed Tatheer Alam Naqvi">S.Naqvi</a> Bacterial feeder Nematodes: Facilitator or competitor for Plant Phosphorus in soil, Journal of soil science and plant nutrition, 2019
15. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=139" title="Dr. Usman Irshad">U.Irshad</a> Bacterial subspecies variation and nematode grazing change P dynamics in the wheat rhizosphere, Frontiers in Microbiology, Frontiers in Microbiology, 2018
16. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=110" title="Dr. Muhammad Irshad">M.Irshad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=139" title="Dr. Usman Irshad">U.Irshad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=112" title="Dr. Qaisar Mahmood">Q.Mahmood</a> FRACTIONATION OF PHOSPHORUS IN SOILS AMENDED WITH POULTRY MANURE CO-COMPOSTED WITH SUGARCANE AND CABBAGE WASTES, BIOSCIENCE JOURNAL, 2018
17. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=135" title="Dr. Rafiq Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=123" title="Dr. Muhammad Shahzad (ES)">M. Shahzad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=139" title="Dr. Usman Irshad">U.Irshad</a> Metabolic profiling to elucidate genetic elements due to salt stress , CLEAN, Soil, Air, Water, 2017
18. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=110" title="Dr. Muhammad Irshad">M.Irshad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=139" title="Dr. Usman Irshad">U.Irshad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=122" title="Dr. Farhan Hafeez">F.Hafeez</a> Changes in plant nutrients during composting of cow manure with poplar leaf litter, Compost Science and Utilization, 2017
19. Waseem Hayat,Hina Aman,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=380" title="Dr. Rashid Nazir">R.Nazir</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=139" title="Dr. Usman Irshad">U.Irshad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=513" title=" Dr Muhammad Azeem">M. Azeem</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=402" title="Akhtar Iqbal">Dr. Akhtar Iqbal</a> Analysis of ecological attributes of bacterial phosphorus solubilizers, native to pine forests of Lower Himalaya, Applied Soil Ecology, 2017
20. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=139" title="Dr. Usman Irshad">U.Irshad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=380" title="Dr. Rashid Nazir">R.Nazir</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=402" title="Akhtar Iqbal">Dr. Akhtar Iqbal</a> Novel P-Solubilizers from Calcium Bound Phosphate Rich Pine Forest of Lower Himalaya, Geomicrobiology Journal, 2017
21. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=117" title="Dr. Syed Tatheer Alam Naqvi">S.Naqvi</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=114" title="Dr. Muhammad Bilal">M.Bilal</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=139" title="Dr. Usman Irshad">U.Irshad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=138" title="Dr. M. Maroof Shah">M.Shah</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=143" title="Dr. Jamshaid Hussain">J.Hussain</a> Biodegradation of organophosphorus insecticides by indigenous soil bacterium isolated from agricultural contaminated soil, september 2016, 2016
22. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=633" title="Dr. Habiba Zaffar">H.Zaffar</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=139" title="Dr. Usman Irshad">U.Irshad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=109" title="Dr. Arshid Pervez">A.Pervez</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=117" title="Dr. Syed Tatheer Alam Naqvi">S.Naqvi</a> Mode of action, toxicity and biodegradation of organochlorinated pesticides: A mini overview, Journal of Applied Environmental and Biological Sciences, 2016
23. Sara Khan,Habiba Zaffar,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=117" title="Dr. Syed Tatheer Alam Naqvi">S.Naqvi</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=131" title="Dr. Raza Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=500" title="Dr. Abdul Rehman Khan">Abdul Rehman Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=138" title="Dr. M. Maroof Shah">M.Shah</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=114" title="Dr. Muhammad Bilal">M.Bilal</a>,Dr. Mazhar Iqbal,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=139" title="Dr. Usman Irshad">U.Irshad</a> Biodegradation of Malathion by Bacillus licheniformis strain ML-1, Archives of Biological Sciences, 2016
24. Sara Khan,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=633" title="Dr. Habiba Zaffar">H.Zaffar</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=139" title="Dr. Usman Irshad">U.Irshad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=131" title="Dr. Raza Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=500" title="Dr. Abdul Rehman Khan">Abdul Rehman Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=138" title="Dr. M. Maroof Shah">M.Shah</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=114" title="Dr. Muhammad Bilal">M.Bilal</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=492" title="Mazhar Iqbal">M. Iqbal</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=117" title="Dr. Syed Tatheer Alam Naqvi">S.Naqvi</a> Biodegradation of malathion by Bacillus licheniformis strain ML-1, Archives of Biological Sciences, 2015
25. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=139" title="Dr. Usman Irshad">U.Irshad</a> From soil to plant, the journey of P through trophic relationships and ectomycorrhizal association, Frontiers in Plant Sciences, 2014
26. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=139" title="Dr. Usman Irshad">U.Irshad</a>,Alain Brauman,Cécile Villenave,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=136" title="Dr. Sarfraz Shafiq">S.Shafiq</a>,Claude Plassard Nitrogen and Phosphorus Flow Stimulated by Bacterial Grazer Nematodes in Mycorrhizosphere of Pinus pinaster , INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE & BIOLOGY, 2013
27. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=139" title="Dr. Usman Irshad">U.Irshad</a> Phosphorus acquisition from phytate depends on efficient bacterial grazing, irrespective of the mycorrhizal status of Pinus pinaster, Plant and Soil, 2012
28. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=139" title="Dr. Usman Irshad">U.Irshad</a> Grazing by nematodes on rhizosphere bacteria enhances nitrate and phosphorus availability to Pinus pinaster seedlings, Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 2011
29. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=139" title="Dr. Usman Irshad">U.Irshad</a> Isolation and screening of rhizobia for improving growth and nodulation of lentil (Lens culinaris Medic) seedlings under axenic conditions, Soil & Environment, 2007

Conference Publications

1. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=139" title="Dr. Usman Irshad">U.Irshad</a> Impact of industrialization and urbanization on nematodes abundance and diversity, , 2019
2. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=139" title="Dr. Usman Irshad">U.Irshad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=109" title="Dr. Arshid Pervez">A.Pervez</a> Diversity analysis of soil mineral and organically bound phosphorus microbiome in gallyat region abbottabad, , 2019
3. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=139" title="Dr. Usman Irshad">U.Irshad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=109" title="Dr. Arshid Pervez">A.Pervez</a> Behavior of grazing nematodes in functioning of sanitizing bacteria and fungi under heavy metal stress, , 2017
4. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=139" title="Dr. Usman Irshad">U.Irshad</a> Food web interactions in wheat rhizopshere, , 2016
5. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=139" title="Dr. Usman Irshad">U.Irshad</a> Does soil functional diversity enhance organic P cycling and plant P nutrition?Phytate mineralization as a case study., , 2015
6. Claude Plassard,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=139" title="Dr. Usman Irshad">U.Irshad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=380" title="Dr. Rashid Nazir">R.Nazir</a>,Palwasha Rehman An initiative of sustainable phosphorus use in P- rich mining zone of lower Himalaya region of Pakistan, , 2014
7. Palwasha,Wasim hayat,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=139" title="Dr. Usman Irshad">U.Irshad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=380" title="Dr. Rashid Nazir">R.Nazir</a>,Claude Plassard An initiative of sustainable phosphorus use in P- rich mining zone of lower Himalaya region of Pakistan, , 2014
8. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=139" title="Dr. Usman Irshad">U.Irshad</a> Do trophic relationships in soil enhance plant P nutrition? Phytate mineralization as a case study, , 2014
9. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=380" title="Dr. Rashid Nazir">R.Nazir</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=139" title="Dr. Usman Irshad">U.Irshad</a> Pushing the phosphorus from limiting to sustainable: Microbial drivers from lower Himalaya, , 2014
10. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=139" title="Dr. Usman Irshad">U.Irshad</a> Soil Microbial food web and nutrient flow in plant growth, , 2013
11. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=139" title="Dr. Usman Irshad">U.Irshad</a> Trophic relationships: role of bacteria, fungi and nematodes interactions on mineral nutrition from organic P and N in the rhizosphere of Pinus pinaster seedlings , , 2012
12. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=139" title="Dr. Usman Irshad">U.Irshad</a> Trophic relationships: role of bacteria, fungi and nematodes interactions on mineral nutrition from organic P and N in the rhizosphere of Pinus pinaster seedlings , , 2011
13. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=139" title="Dr. Usman Irshad">U.Irshad</a> Effect of trophic relationships in the rhizosphere on mineral nutrition of Pinus pinaster , , 2011
14. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=139" title="Dr. Usman Irshad">U.Irshad</a> Effect of trophic relationships in the rhizosphere on mineral nutrition of Pinus pinaster , , 2010
15. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=139" title="Dr. Usman Irshad">U.Irshad</a> Mycorhization et relations trophiques bactéries-nématodes dans la rhizosphère : un avantage pour la nutrition minérale du Pin maritime ?, , 2010
16. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=139" title="Dr. Usman Irshad">U.Irshad</a> Effect of trophic relationships in the rhizosphere on mineral nutrition of Pinus pinaster , , 2010
17. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=139" title="Dr. Usman Irshad">U.Irshad</a> TROPHIC RELATIONSHIPS IN THE RHIZOSPHERE: EFFECT OF FUNGAL, BACTERIAL AND NEMATODE INTERACTIONS ON MINERAL NUTRITION OF PINUS PINASTER, , 2010
18. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=139" title="Dr. Usman Irshad">U.Irshad</a> Trophic relationships in the rhizosphere of woody plants: effect of the communities of fungi, bacteria and nematodes on mineral nutrition of Pinus pinaster, , 2008
19. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=139" title="Dr. Usman Irshad">U.Irshad</a> Trophic relationships in the rhizosphere of woody plants: effect of the communities of fungi, bacteria and nematodes on mineral nutrition of Pinus pinaster, , 2008

Books and Book Chapters

1. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=139" title="Dr. Usman Irshad">U.Irshad</a> Les relations trophiques microfaune‑bactéries rhizosphériques‑mycorhizes: quel rôle dans le recyclage des nutriments (N et P)?, , 2017
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