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Dr. Yasar Sajjad

Dr. Yasar Sajjad

Associate Professor

Area of Interest: Stress Physiology, Plant Tissue Culture

Email: [email protected]

HEC Approved PhD Supervisor

Academics / Degrees

  • PhD, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan, 2014
  • M.Sc.(Hons.), University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan, 2008
  • B.Sc.(Hons.), University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan, 2006

Profile / Bio

  • May. 2014 to Continued: Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences COMSATS, Abbottabad, Pakistan
  • Jun. 2012 to Dec. 2012: Visiting PhD scholar, University of Pierre and Marie Curie, Paris, France
  • Oct. 2011 to Feb. 2012: Teaching Assistant, Institute of Horticultural Sciences, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
  • May. 2008 to Apr. 2011: Research Associate, Institute of Horticultural Sciences, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan

Research Interests

  • Micropropagation
  • In vitro Production
    of Plant Secondary Metabolites
  • Plant Stress Physiology
  • Indoor VOCs Detoxification

Awards

Awards
Indigenous scholarship for PhD by Higher Education Commission, Islamabad, Pakistan
  • University merit scholarship from University of Agriculture, Faisalabad during year 2006-07

Research Projects

  • Evaluating the remediation of indoor air pollutants by
    indoor plants, 3.7 M by HEC, Completed.
  • Enhancing propagation strategy for selected indoor
    environment cleaning plants,   0.5 M by HEC,
    Completed.

 

Students Supervised

  •       Effect of VOCs on antioxidative response and
    analysis of VOCs responsive genes in indoor plants. Taimoor Khan, Fall 2021
  •     Effect of Benzene on Indoor Plants and
    Phylogenetic Analysis of Stress Related Genes. Memoona Bibi, Spring 2021   
  •      Effect of Elicitors on production of secondary
    metabolites in Anethum graveolens. Shahida Parveen, Fall 2020
  •        In Vitro Conservation 6of Geranium wallichianum
    by Using Slow Growth Method and Assessment of Biochemical Changes. Zubair
    Ashraf , Spring 2020
  •      In vitro regeneration of indigenously threatened
    and medicinally important plant-Geranium wallichianum. Ali Masood     , Spring 2019
  •      Application of Salicylic Acid to Alleviate Air
    Pollution Stress in Roadside Grown Herbaceous Plants. Ahmed Shah, Fall 2018
  •     Growth Evaluation of Selected Indoor Plants
    Consequent to Sewage Sludge and Different Growing Media. Nida Nazir, Spring
    2017         

Journal Publications

1. Gulzar Akhtar,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=491" title="Dr. Yasar Sajjad">Y.Sajjad</a> Evaluation of new cultivars of Gladiolus grandiflorus grown in subtropical conditions, for their postharvest performance and growth traits, New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science, 2025
2. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=491" title="Dr. Yasar Sajjad">Y.Sajjad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a> ). Growth Dilatory Effects of PEG and Sucrose on Geranium wallichianum: An In Vitro Approach for Conservation, Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, 2025
3. Zahid Ahmad Khan,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=500" title="Dr. Abdul Rehman Khan">Abdul Rehman Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=493" title="Shahid Masood Shah">S.M.Shah</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=491" title="Dr. Yasar Sajjad">Y.Sajjad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=131" title="Dr. Raza Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=114" title="Dr. Muhammad Bilal">M.Bilal</a>,Aiman Saleem,Hifza Imtiaz Azacytidine Induced Epigenetic Variations Improve Fruit Quality and Yield in Tomato Grown under Soil Conditions, Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2024
4. <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=135" title="Dr. Rafiq Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=141" title="Dr. Muhammad Shahzad">M.Shahzad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=491" title="Dr. Yasar Sajjad">Y.Sajjad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=130" title="Dr. Amjad Hassan">A.Hassan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=496" title="Abdul Nazir">A.Nazir</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=497" title="Dr. Khalid Ahmad">K. Ahmad</a> Evaluation of morphological and biochemical variations in peas under two widespread abiotic stresses , Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 2024
5. Hifza Imtiaz,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=491" title="Dr. Yasar Sajjad">Y.Sajjad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=130" title="Dr. Amjad Hassan">A.Hassan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=500" title="Dr. Abdul Rehman Khan">Abdul Rehman Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=5852" title="Ghazal Khurshid">Khurshid.G</a> Insight into physiological and biochemical markersagainst formaldehyde stress in spider plant (Chlorophytum comosumL.), Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2024
6. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=135" title="Dr. Rafiq Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=491" title="Dr. Yasar Sajjad">Y.Sajjad</a> Aflatoxins in Wheat Grains: Detection and Detoxification through Chemical, Physical, and Biological Means, Life, 2024
7. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=130" title="Dr. Amjad Hassan">A.Hassan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=135" title="Dr. Rafiq Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=138" title="Dr. M. Maroof Shah">M.Shah</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=491" title="Dr. Yasar Sajjad">Y.Sajjad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=123" title="Dr. Muhammad Shahzad (ES)">M. Shahzad</a> Real time expression and in silico characterization of pea genes involved in salt and water-deficit stress, Molecular Biology Reports, 2024
8. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=376" title="Dr. Arshad Mehmood Abbasi">Dr. AM Abbasi</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=491" title="Dr. Yasar Sajjad">Y.Sajjad</a> Genome-wide Identification of NAC Transcription Factors and Regulation of Monoterpenoid Indole Alkaloid Biosynthesis in Catharanthus roseus. , Frontier in Plant Science, 2023
9. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=376" title="Dr. Arshad Mehmood Abbasi">Dr. AM Abbasi</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=491" title="Dr. Yasar Sajjad">Y.Sajjad</a> Industrial wastewater irrigation increased higher heavy metals uptake and expansins, metacaspases, and cystatin genes expression in Parthenium and maize. , Environmental Monitoring Assessment , 2023
10. Jawad Ahmad,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=130" title="Dr. Amjad Hassan">A.Hassan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=491" title="Dr. Yasar Sajjad">Y.Sajjad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=131" title="Dr. Raza Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=138" title="Dr. M. Maroof Shah">M.Shah</a> Genome-wide identification and characterization of wall-associated kinases, molecular docking and polysaccharide elicitation of monoterpenoid indole alkaloids in micro-propagated Catharanthus roseus, J Plant Res, 2023
11. Iqra Mehboob,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=138" title="Dr. M. Maroof Shah">M.Shah</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=717" title="Dr. Ayesha Baig">A. Baig</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=491" title="Dr. Yasar Sajjad">Y.Sajjad</a> An efficient virus-induced gene silencing of PDS gene in Solanum lycopersicum (cv. Rio Grande) and its functional analysis, Brazilian Journal of Botany, 2023
12. Taimoor Khan,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=491" title="Dr. Yasar Sajjad">Y.Sajjad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=130" title="Dr. Amjad Hassan">A.Hassan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=493" title="Shahid Masood Shah">S.M.Shah</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=500" title="Dr. Abdul Rehman Khan">Abdul Rehman Khan</a> Evaluating the antioxidative defense response of selected indoor plants against benzene and formaldehyde, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2023
13. Ali Masood,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=491" title="Dr. Yasar Sajjad">Y.Sajjad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=130" title="Dr. Amjad Hassan">A.Hassan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=138" title="Dr. M. Maroof Shah">M.Shah</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=493" title="Shahid Masood Shah">S.M.Shah</a> In vitro propagation of Geranium wallichianum: An indigenously threatened medicinal plant in Pakistan, Kuwait Journal of Science, 2023
14. Gulzar Akhtar,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=491" title="Dr. Yasar Sajjad">Y.Sajjad</a> Chitosan-Induced Physiological and Biochemical Regulations Confer Drought Tolerance in Pot Marigold (Calendula officinalis L.), Agronomy, 2022
15. Adeel Arshad,Gulzar Akhtar,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=491" title="Dr. Yasar Sajjad">Y.Sajjad</a> Foliar application of chitosan improves plant biomass, physiological and biochemical attributes of rose (Gruss-an-Teplitz), Kuwait Journal of Science, 2022
16. <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=135" title="Dr. Rafiq Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=491" title="Dr. Yasar Sajjad">Y.Sajjad</a> Differential variations in total flavonoid content and antioxidant enzymes activities in pea under different salt and drought stresses , Scientia Horticulturae, 2021
17. Gulzar Akhtar,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=491" title="Dr. Yasar Sajjad">Y.Sajjad</a> Do natural leaf extracts involve regulation at physiological and biochemical levels to extend vase life of gladiolus cut flowers? , Scientia Horticultuzrae, 2021
18. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=136" title="Dr. Sarfraz Shafiq">S.Shafiq</a>,Asim Ali,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=491" title="Dr. Yasar Sajjad">Y.Sajjad</a>,Qudsia Zeb,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=123" title="Dr. Muhammad Shahzad (ES)">M. Shahzad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=500" title="Dr. Abdul Rehman Khan">Abdul Rehman Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=380" title="Dr. Rashid Nazir">R.Nazir</a>,Emilie Widemann The Interplay between Toxic and Essential Metals for Their Uptake and Translocation Is Likely Governed by DNA Methylation and Histone Deacetylation in Maize, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2020
19. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=491" title="Dr. Yasar Sajjad">Y.Sajjad</a>,MUHAMMAD JAFAR JASKANI,ASIM MEHMOOD,MUHAMMAD QASIM,GULZAR AKHTAR ALLEVIATION OF GLADIOLUS (GLADIOLUS GRANDIFLORUS) CORM DORMANCY THROUGH APPLICATION OF 6-BENZYLAMINOPURINE AND GIBBERELLIC ACID, Pak. J. Bot., 2020
20. Sarfraz Shafiq,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=4826" title="Dr. Asim Ali">Ali A</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=491" title="Dr. Yasar Sajjad">Y.Sajjad</a> Lead, Cadmium and Zinc Phytotoxicity Alter DNA Methylation Levels to Confer Heavy Metal Tolerance in Wheat., International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2019
21. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=491" title="Dr. Yasar Sajjad">Y.Sajjad</a> In vitro root and shoot formation of Rosa centifolia using plant growth regulators., Philippine Journal of Crop Science, 13th August , 2018
22. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=491" title="Dr. Yasar Sajjad">Y.Sajjad</a>,M. Asif,Muhmmad Qasi, M.J. Jaskani APPLICATION OF PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS IN ORNAMENTAL PLANTS: A Review, Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Sciences June 30 2017 , 2017
23. Faizan Ullah,Ishtiaq Hussain,Ghulam Raza,Mazhar Iqbal,Muhammad Adil,Muhammad Ali,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=491" title="Dr. Yasar Sajjad">Y.Sajjad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=497" title="Dr. Khalid Ahmad">K. Ahmad</a>,Naseer Ahmad Soybean (Glycine max) Extracts Impacts on Plant and Soil Biology, 19 july,2016, 2016
24. Muhammad Jafar Jaskani, Ahsan Akram,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=491" title="Dr. Yasar Sajjad">Y.Sajjad</a>,Gulzar Akhtar Effect of Antioxidants, Amino Acids and Plant Growth Regulators on in vitro Propagation of Rosa centifolia, march 2016, 2016
25. S. Luo,N. M. Ahmad,C. Dong,T. Mahmood,M. J. Jaskani,P. Sharp,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=491" title="Dr. Yasar Sajjad">Y.Sajjad</a>,A. Mehmood Molecular variability and phylogenetic relationships of guava (Psidium guajava L.) cultivars using inter-primer binding site (iPBS) and microsatellite (SSR) markers, Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 14 September 2015, 2015
26. Muhammad Qasim,Asim Mehmood,Naseer Ahmad,Gulzar Akhtar,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=491" title="Dr. Yasar Sajjad">Y.Sajjad</a>,J. Jaskani Pre-Plant Soaking of Corms in Growth Regulators Influences the Multiple Sprouting, Floral and Corm Associated Traits in Gladiolus grandiflorus L, Journal of Agricultural Science, August 2015, 2015
27. Muhammad Qasim,Gulzar Akhtar,Asim Mehmood,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=491" title="Dr. Yasar Sajjad">Y.Sajjad</a>,Muhammad Jafar Jaskani Foliar Application of Growth Bioregulators Influences the Floral, Corm Associated Traits and Chemical Constituents of Gladiolus grandiflorus L, Korean Journal of Horticultural Science & Technology,, 2015
28. Gulzar Akhtar,Ahsan Akram,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=491" title="Dr. Yasar Sajjad">Y.Sajjad</a>,Hasan Sardar,Kaleem Naseem,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=493" title="Shahid Masood Shah">S.M.Shah</a> Potential of plant growth regulators on modulating rooting of Rosa centifolia, American Journal of Plant Sciences 6(5), 2015
29. Bouteau, H.E.M,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=491" title="Dr. Yasar Sajjad">Y.Sajjad</a>,J. Bazin,N. Langlade,S.M. Cristescu,S. Balzergue,E. Baudouin,C. Bailly Reactive oxygen species, abscisic acid and ethylene interact to regulate sunflower seed germination, Plant Cell and Environment, 2014
30. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=491" title="Dr. Yasar Sajjad">Y.Sajjad</a>,M.J. Jaskani,M.Y. Ashraf,M. Qasim ,and R. Ahmad Response of morphological and physiological growth attributes to foliar application of plant growth regulators in gladiolus “White Prosperity”. , Pak. J. Agri. Sci., 2014
31. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=491" title="Dr. Yasar Sajjad">Y.Sajjad</a>,M.J. Jaskani,A. Mehmood,I. Ahmad ,H. Abbass Effect of colchicine on in vitro polyploidy induction in african marigold (Tagetes erecta)., Pak. J. Bot., 2013
32. A. Mehmood,M.J. Jaskani,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=491" title="Dr. Yasar Sajjad">Y.Sajjad</a>,I. Ahmad ,Z. Hussain In vitro germination of hybrid embryos from interploidal crosses of citrus, Pak. J. Bot., 2011

Conference Publications

1. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=135" title="Dr. Rafiq Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=491" title="Dr. Yasar Sajjad">Y.Sajjad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=5860" title="Imran Hussain">Imran Hussain</a> Vermi Fertilizer as a Sustainable Alternative to Synthetic Fertilizers: Impacts on Wheat Yield and Soil Fertility, , 2025
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