Topic Plants
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Effect of Some Biostimulants on Agronomic,
Physiological, and Quality Traits
of Wheat Plants (Triticum aestivum L.)
under Water Deficit Stress Conditions
Khadiga Alharbi,
Hany Gharib,
Eman Mohamed,
Basma Elsamahy,
Rania Khedr,
Abdalla Darwish,
Nadi AL-Hharbi,
Tasahil Albishi,
Afaf Rashed,
Ayman Mohamed,
Khaled Abdelaal
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2025;34(6):7501-7517
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Coriandrum sativum Mediated Synthesis
of Mn3O4 Nanoparticles:
Structural and Antibacterial Studies
Irum Hanif,
Misbah Naz,
Affifa Tajammal,
Tauqeer Ahmad,
Shabbir Hussain,
Zeeshan Mustafa,
Gull Yasmeen,
Ayesha Kiran,
Khalid Mashay Al-Anazi,
Mohammad Abul Farah,
Amjad Islam
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2025;34(6):7103-7111
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Interactive Effect of Zinc and Phosphorus
Application on Growth and Yield of Bt. Cotton
Muhammad Usman,
Hafiz Mohkum Hammad,
Muhammad Sohail Shahzad,
Allah Ditta Abid,
Adeel Anwar,
Musarrat Shaheen,
Saeed Ahmad,
Muhammad Nadeem Shah,
Muhammad Bilawal Junaid,
Imran Haider,
Muhammad Akhtar,
Munirah Abdullah Al-Dosary
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2025;34(6):6781-6789
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Characterization of Physio-Biochemical Properties
for Leaf Rust in Wheat Associated with Yield
Losses and Disease Resistance Patterns
Lekkala Venkata Ravishankar,
Mukesh Kumar Pandey,
Bushra Rasool,
Nisar Ahmad Dar,
Amit Kumar Maurya,
Ranbir Singh,
Rokayya Sami,
Abeer A. Abu-Zaid,
Fahad A. Mashwal,
Mahmoud Helal,
Ammar Al-Farga
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2025;34(6):6751-6761
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Combined Application of Nitrogen
and Sulfur Improves Growth, Oil,
and Bio-Diesel Production from Soybean
Faran Muhammad,
Li Daji,
Masood Iqbal Awan,
Athar Mahmood,
Sana Sadaf,
Ahmed Mukhtar,
Muhammad Dilawaiz Khan,
Haroon Shahzad,
Muhammad Aamer,
Muhammad Umair Hassan,
Mahmoud F. Seleiman,
Majed Alotaibi,
Muhammad Mahmood Iqbal
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2025;34(6):6729-6739
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
First Report of Leaf Spot of Conocarpus
lancifolius Caused by Alternaria burnsii
Roshaan Ahmed,
Muhammad Raheel,
Liaqat Ali,
Waqas Ashraf,
Muhammad Naveed Aslam,
Muhammad Faisal,
Muneeb Anwer,
Muhammad Talha Ikram,
Tayyaba Afzal,
Rashid Iqbal,
Allah Ditta,
Atta Ur Rehman,
Humaira Rizwana,
Islem Abid
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2025;34(5):6017-6026
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Germination Ecology of Red Sprangletop:
a Problematic Weed of Direct-Seeded Rice
Muhammad Ehsan Safdar,
Muhammad Sikander Hayyat,
Hussam F. Najeeb Alawadi,
Muhammad Mansoor Javaid,
Athar Mahmood,
Basharat Ali,
Muhammad Nawaz,
Muhammad Ather Nadeem,
Amjed Ali,
Rashad Mukhtar Balal,
Abeer Hashem,
Alanoud Alfagham,
Javid A. Parray,
Elsayed Fathi Abd_Allah
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2025;34(5):6347-6356
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Eco-Friendly Approach for Synthesis of Silver
Nano-Particles Using Aqueous Leaf Extract
of Kalanchoe pinnata as Antimicrobial Agents
Mansi Guleriya,
Somya Sinha,
Kumud Pant,
Prateek Gururani,
Nilay Singh,
Janhvi Mishra Rawat,
Naveen Chandra Joshi,
Sarah González Henao,
Debasis Mitra,
Rokayya Sami,
Helal F. Al-Harthi,
Roqayah H. Kadi,
N.I. Aljuraide,
Ruqaiah I. Bedaiwi
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2025;34(5):6163-6176
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Screening of Biosurfactants Producing
Fungi from Infected Citrus sinensis (L.)
Hafiza Sania Saeed,
Maìra Munir,
Saima Samra,
Asim Farooq,
Hassan Mahmood,
Iftikhar Ahmad,
Muhammad Irfan Akram,
Rashid Iqbal,
Mohamed Farouk Elsadek,
Saeedah Musaed Almutairi,
Allah Ditta,
Umar Daraz
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2025;34(5):5261-5270
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Insect Pollinators and Plant Interactions;
Identification of Selected Melliferous Plants
Using Pollen Morphological Features
Shabir Ahmad,
Muhammad Zafar,
Mushtaq Ahmad,
Khalid H. Alamer,
Aqsa Abid,
Rozina Rozina,
Shaista Jabeen,
Ateef Ullah,
Hussain Shah,
Urwah Shafeeq,
Muhammad Manzoor,
Syed Waseem Gillani,
Houneida Attia
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2025;34(4):4567-4576
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Insights into Non-Additive Type of Gene Action
for Grain Yield and Yield-Related Traits
in Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)
and its Breeding Implications
Humaira Iqbal,
Muhammad Jalal Hassan,
Maqsood Qamar,
Sundas Waqar,
Muhammad Shahbaz Farooq,
Kotb A. Attia,
Arif Ahmed Mohammed,
Yaser M Hafez,
Muhammad Usman,
Samman Gul Vaseer,
Muhammad Uzair,
Muhammad Arshad
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2025;34(4):4685-4698
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Supplementation of Kelp Waste Extract
with Different Nitrogen Sources as a Promising
Technique to Enhance Growth and Lipid
Accumulation in Chlorella sorokiniana
Ali Nawaz Kumbhar,
Muhammad Qasim,
Muhammad Rizwan,
Abdul Razzaque Rajper,
Siraj Ahmed Channa,
Wang Changhai,
Iftikhar Ahmed,
Iftikhar Ali,
Sayed M Eldin,
Rashid Iqbal,
Mohamed S Elshikh,
Humaira Rizwana,
Allah Ditta
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2025;34(4):4723-4732
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Role of Native Trees in Mitigation of Fine
Particulate Matter (PM2.5) to Improve Air Quality
Mubashir Ahmad,
Maira Munir,
Saima Samra,
Zulfiqar Ali,
Sidra Safdar,
Rashid Iqbal,
Hassan Mahmood,
Iftikhar Ahmad,
Muhammad Irfan Akram,
Allah Ditta,
M. Ajmal Ali,
Mohamed Farouk Elsadek,
Umar Daraz
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2025;34(4):4557-4565
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Plant Based Antimicrobials Against Multi
Drug Resistant Bacterial Strains (MDRS)
Naila Riaz,
Faiza Zubair,
Ariana Ali,
Sobia Fiaz,
Saira Batool,
Tahira Batool,
Muhammad Naeem ul Hassan,
Bursa S. Jafarli,
Muhammad Nauman Khan,
Sana Wahab,
Aleeza Azmat,
Alevcan Kaplan,
Khaloud Mohammed Alarjani,
Mohamed S. Elsheikh,
Majid Iqbal
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2025;34(4):4799-4806
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Evaluating the Impact of Diverse Types of Green
Vegetables on Snakehead Fish (Channa striata)
Nursery through an Eco-Friendly
Aquaponic Approach
Eddy Supriyono,
Kukuh Nirmala,
Kukuh Adiyana,
Dewi Puspaningsih,
Lolita Thesiana,
Iman Rusmana,
Cecep Kusmana,
Rinny Rahmania,
Rasidi Rasidi,
Titin Kurniasih,
Wahyu Pamungkas Soengkawati,
Hessy Novita
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2025;34(4):4279-4288
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Optimizing Sunflower Growth,
Nutrient Assimilation, and Biochemical
Attributes under Salinity Stress Using
a Combination of Sulfur-Treated Biochar
and Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi
Asif Minhas,
Muhammad Ikram,
Asif Maqbool,
Haseeb Ur Rehman,
Ahsan Mehmood,
Hafiza Samra Younas,
Abdullah Ehsan,
Abdul Rauf,
Sami Al Obaid,
Mohammad Javed Ansari,
Ismail Khan
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2025;34(4):4221-4234
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Deficiency and Toxicity Evaluations of Boron
on the Biochemical Properties of Triticum Aestivum
Danyal Rasheed,
Asghar Ali,
Muhammad Shuaib,
Huma Tabassum,
Zakia Ahmad,
Muhammad Romman,
Abdur Rauf,
Abdulrahman Alshammari,
Norah A. Albekairi,
Muzammil Shah,
Muhammad Irfan
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2025;34(4):3755-3762
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Foliar LM and SEM Insights: Investigating
Epidermal Features and Its Taxonomic
Implications in Some Verbenaceae Taxa
Fazal Hadi,
Sania Dost,
Muhammad Nauman Khan,
Barkat Ullah,
Abdul Razzaq,
Khizar Hayat,
Alevcan Kaplan,
Majid Iqbal,
Syed Nasar Shah,
Sana Wahab,
Fizza Rimal Butt,
Sarah Abdul Razak,
Sezai Ercisli,
M. Ajmal Ali,
Jawaher Alkahtani
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2025;34(3):2673-2685
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Improving Maize Physiological Attributes
by Regulating Urease Activity and Zinc
Availability in Rhizosphere Through Bioactivated
Zinc-Coated Urea (Engro Zabardast Urea)
Muhammad Hasnain,
Qudsia Nazir,
Abubakar Dar,
Azhar Hussain,
Sajid Mahmood,
Ifra Saleem,
Hafiz Tanvir Ahmad,
Syed Shahid Hussain Shah,
Muhammad Asif Ali,
Muhammad Naveed,
Rashid Iqbal,
Abd El-Zaher M.A. Mustafa,
Mohamed Soliman Elshikh,
Allah Ditta
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2025;34(3):2687-2695
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Impact of Nitrogen, Sulphur, and Foliar
Applied Thiourea on Growth, Oil Yield,
and Fatty Acid Profile of Canola
Muhammad Usama Rasheed,
Wang Lihong,
Athar Mahmood,
Hafeez Ur Rehman,
Muhammad Mansoor Javaid,
Basharat Ali,
Filza Ishfaq,
Muaz Ameen,
Muhammad Umair Hassan,
Abeer Hashem,
Khalid F. Almutairi,
Elsayed Fathi Abd_Allah
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2025;34(3):2337-2347
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Atrazine-Induced Toxicity and Biochemical
Changes in Mus musculus: the Ameliorative
Efficacy of Nigella sativa L. (Ranunculaceae) Oil
Sumera Yasmeen Malik,
Muhammad Arshad,
Sajida Batool,
Saira Batool,
Fatima Iram,
Tahira Batool,
Baber Ali,
Sana Wahab,
Muhammad Nauman Khan,
Alevcan Kaplan,
Maryam Bibi,
Nasir Assad,
Shikhah K Alnemar,
Mohamed Farouk Elsadek,
Sezai Ercisli,
Majid Iqbal
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2024;33(5):5211-5220
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Discrimination of Mung Bean (Vigna Radiata L.)
Genotypes Exposed to PEG-Induced Water Deficit
Reveals the Selection Criteria for Improved
Breeding from Germination
to Seedling Development
Mohammad Rafiqul Islam,
Bikash Chandra Sarker,
Allah Ditta,
Mohammad Ashraful Alam,
Mst. Masuma Akhter,
Walid Soufan,
Karthika Rajendran,
Ayman EL Sabagh,
Disna Ratnasekera,
Chukwuma C. Ogbaga,
Md. Obaidullah Shaddam,
Mohammad Sohidul Islam
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2024;33(4):4611-4622
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Micromorphological Foliar Screening
for Identification of Moraceae Taxa using Light
Microscopy (LM) and Scanning Electron
Microscopy (SEM) Techniques
Fazal Hadi,
Urooj Jamal,
Muhammad Nauman Khan,
Abdul Razzaq,
Khizar Hayat,
Faisal Zaman,
Alevcan Kaplan,
Baber Ali,
Syed Nasar Shah,
Majid Iqbal,
Abdullah Abdullah,
Sarah Abdul Razak,
Sezai Ercisli,
Yasmeen A. Alwasel,
Doaa Bahaa Eldin Darwish
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2024;33(4):4141-4152
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Response of Onion Fresh Weight, Nutrients
Uptake, Nitrogen Use Efficiency, Yield,
and Bulb Quality to Different Nitrogen
Fertilization Levels and Plant Density
Omar Abdullah Alkhateeb,
Abd Allah Bardisi,
Hany Ismail,
Sabreen Kh. Ibrahem,
Ali Osman,
Ahmed Abou El-Yazied,
Khaled Abdelaal,
Abeer Alshammari,
Afaf Abdullah Rashed,
Ahmed Hassan Abdou,
Ehab Attaya
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2024;33(3):3045-3054
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Assessment of Antioxidant Activities
of Flaxseed (Linum usitatisimum L.) and Fennel
Seed (Foeniculum vulgare Mill.) Extracts
Sana Noreen,
Tabassum Tufail,
Huma Bader Ul Ain,
Waseem Khalid,
Asif Hanif,
Baber Ali,
Muhammad Nauman Khan,
Rashid Iqbal,
Mona Soliman Alwahibi,
Sezai Ercisli,
Mohamed S Elshikh,
Amany H. A. Abeed
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2024;33(3):3359-3366
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Efficacy of Various Plant Extracts and Synergism
Against Domestic Species of Rice Weevil
Sitophilous Oryzae (Curculionidae: Coleoptera)
Rasheed Akbar,
Saad Afzal,
Jianfan Sun,
Brekhna Faheem,
Rehana Bibi,
Rashid Azad,
Abid Farid,
Hafiz Ishfaq Ahmad,
Farid Shokry Ataya,
Muhammad Ali Khan,
Imtiaz Ali Khan,
Amjad Usman,
Naser Ahmad Alkenani
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2024;33(3):3033-3044
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Diversity Analysis for Wheat Genotypes Against
Rust Resistant Genes
Sahir Hameed Khattak,
Sajid Ali Khan Bangash,
Imdad Kaleem,
Sania Begum,
Saima Noor,
Ghulam Muhammad Ali,
Aqsa Hafeez,
Baber Ali,
Muhammad Nauman Khan,
Alevcan Kaplan,
Majid Iqbal,
Riaz Ullah,
Akhtar Zaman,
Rehman Ullah,
Fathia A. Soudy
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2024;33(3):2129-2140
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Evaluation of Counteraction Potential of ZnO-NPs
and/or Piperacillin-Tazobactam against Multi-Drug
Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa and MCF-7
and HepG2 Cell Lines
Anum Farrukh,
Sahir Hameed Khattak,
Imdad Kaleem,
Shahid Basheer,
Sajid Ali Khan Bangash,
Ghulam Muhammad Ali,
Muhammad Nauman Khan,
Mohammad Abul Farah,
Khalid Mashay Al-Anazi,
Alevcan Kaplan,
Rehman Ullah,
Muhammad Adnan,
Muhammad Ammar Javed,
Baber Ali,
Sarah Abdul Razak
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2024;33(1):619-629
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Delving the Role of the Ameliorative Effects
of Caralluma tuberculata N.E.Br. (Apocynaceae)
on Diabetes and Its Effect on the Organs Weight
of Alloxan-Induced Adult Male Mice
Saira Batool,
Sajida Batool,
Tahira Batool,
Fatima Iram,
Tahira Almas,
Muhammad Faizan,
Nasir Assad,
Mohammed Khalid Al-Sadoon,
Muhammad Nauman Khan,
Barkat Ullah,
Alevcan Kaplan,
Baber Ali,
Majid Iqbal,
Shakeel Ahmad,
Hafsa Arif
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2024;33(1):523-531
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Effect of Chitosan and Gibberellic Acid on Fruit
Yield and Production of Peach (Prunus persica L.)
Muhammad Jiyad Khan,
Shazia Sakhi,
Naila Azam,
Zakia Ahmad,
Naila Hadayat,
Bashir Ahmad,
Fida Hussain,
Muhammad Shuaib,
Shahid Khan,
Firasat Hussain,
Aqsa Qaddus Tahir,
Baber Ali,
Muhammad Tariq Mahmood,
Abdel-Rhman Z. Gaafar
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2024;33(1):721-726
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Phytochemical Screening, Antimicrobial,
Antipellicle and Antibiofilm Activities of the Root
of Alpine Medicinal Plant (Arnebia euchroma
(Royle) I.M.Johnst.)
Barkat Ullah,
Shahana Hassan,
Muhammad Nauman Khan,
Abdul Razzaq,
Mohammad Khalid Al-Sadoon,
Sana Wahab,
Alevcan Kaplan,
Umut Çelikoğlu,
Sarah Abdul Razak,
Fethi Ahmet Ozdemir,
Aqsa Qaddus Tahir,
Majid Iqbal,
Maryam Bibi,
Baber Ali,
Doaa Bahaa Eldin Darwish
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2024;33(1):425-442
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Characterization of Barley Genotypes
and Their Biochemical Responses against Leaf
Rust (Puccinia hordei) Disease under Cold
Arid Environment
Barkat Hussain,
F. A. Mohuiddin,
Shabir H. Wani,
Imtiyaz Murtaza,
Shabir Ahmad,
Riyazaddin Mohammed,
Muneeb-ur-Rehman Muneeb-ur-Rehman,
Aasha Rana,
Ibrahim Al-Ashkar,
Md Atikur Rahman,
Allah Ditta,
Ayman El Sabagh
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2024;33(1):185-195
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Air Pollution Mitigation Potential of Dominant
Landscape Plants of an Urban Ecosystem
(Lahore City) of Pakistan: An Air Pollution
Tolerance Index (APTI) Assessment
Mahrukh Mahrukh,
Muhammad Umer Farooq Awan,
Muhammad Luqman,
Andleeb Anwar Sardar,
Hassan Nawaz,
Aneela Rasool,
Summiya Faisal,
Hira Younus,
Sarah Maryam Malik,
Muhammad Waheed,
Sohaib Muhammad
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2023;32(4):3233-3245