Department:  Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Plant Pathology

Position:  Assistant Professor

HEC Approved Supervisor:  NO

Research Intersts:  Detection and identification of mycoflora associated with seed of economically important crops. Extraction of different mycotoxins from freshly harvested and stored grains. We are mainly focusing on development of safe seed storage house and management strategies to overcome seed borne and post-harvest problems through integrated approaches.

Publications:  

1. Atiq.M., A. Karamat., S.T. Sahi., A. Habib., A. Nawaz., and W. Hussain, 2013, Screening of potato varieties/ cultivars against black scurf disease of potato”. , Pak. J. Phytopathology , 25, 27-30
2. Habib A., S. T. Sahi, N. Javed and S. Ahmad,, 2011, Prevalence of seed-borne fungi on wheat during storage and its impact on seed germination., Pak. J. Phytopathol., 23 (1), 42-47
3. Ullah M. H., M. Aslam Khan, S. T. Sahi and A. Habib, , 2011, Evaluation of antagonistic fungi against charcoal rot of sunflower caused by Macrophomina phaseolina (Tassi) Goid., African J. Environmental Sci. and Technol., 5(8), 616-621
4. Sahi S. T., M. U. Ghazanfar, M. Afzal, W. Wakil and A. Habib, 2010, Influence of inoculation with Ascochyta lentis on mineral contents (Na, Ca, Mg, Zn, Cu and Fe) of susceptible and resistant lines of lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.). , Pak. J. Bot. , 39, 375-382
5. Ghazanfar, M.U., A. Habib and S.T. Sahi. , 2009, Screening of rice germplasm against Pyriculario oryzae, the cause of rice blast disease., , 21(1):, 41-44.

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amer.habib@uaf.edu.pk