Faculty Member Profile
Dr. Rifat Hayat
Associate Professor
HEC Approved Supervisor
Post Doc (Rothamsted Research, UK - 2013)
Post Doc (The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - 2009)
PhD (PMAS-AAUR - 2005)
Specialization
Soil Microbiology
20 years of experience
Affiliation
Department of Soil Science, Institute of Soil & Environmental Sciences.
WoS/ ORCID / Google Scholar /Scopus / ResearchGate/Personal Web
ORCID: (0000-0002-4087-5333)
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=KqEDek4AAAAJ&hl=en
PMAS-AAUR: https://uaar.edu.pk/faculty-profile/?fid=YYe
Research Group
Soil Microbiology
Research Interest
- Soil Molecular Microbiology
- Bacterial systematic
- Soil Metagenomics & Transcriptomics
No. of Research Projects
On Going
0
Completed
10
Research Supervision
PhD
5
MPhil/MS/M.Sc.(Hons)
20
Technologies Developed/Patent/IP etc.
1. Biofertilizer for Pulses and Wheat
2. Vermicompost
3. Vermiwash/VermiTea
Area(s) of Consultancy Services
Organic Farming; Bio-organic fertilizer.
Bio-fertilizer Biotechnology.
Soil & Forest Ecosystem Management.
Grant Proposal Development & Project Management.
Total Publications: 65
Research Papers (Latest Ten)
- Rifat Hayat, Ajmal Khan, Muhammad Awais, Muhammad Farhan, Umair Ahmad, Abdul Manan, Abdul Basit, Muhammad Talal Yasin Asad, Shah Nawaz, Usama Hafeez. 2026. The Silent Sink: A Comprehensive Review of Microplastic Accumulation in Agricultural Soils and its Impact on Crop Physiology. Indus Journal of Bioscience Research. 4(1):90-102. (2026)
- Aqeela Batool, Samreen Shehzadi, Dilawar Hussain, Riffat Hayat, Shumaila Zubair. 2026. Environmental applications of agricultural waste-derived biochars for soil improvement and lead adsorption. Acta agriculturae Slovenica, 122/2, 1–10. (2026)
- Muhammad Shahzad, Rifat Hayat, Ghulam Mujtaba, Waseem Ur Rehman and Muhammad Nadeem. 2025. Biofertilizers in sustainable agriculture: mechanisms, applications, and future prospects. Discover Agriculture. 3:224 https://doi.org/10.1007/s44279-025-00318-0 (2025)
- Sadia Bashir, Tayyaba Arshad, Habib-ur-Rehman Athar, Rifat Hayat. 2025. Synergistic Effect of Biochar on the Growth, Photosynthesis and Antioxidant System of Laginaria siceraria Under Drought Stress. Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition; https://doi.org/10.1007/s42729-025-02365-4 (2025)
- Alveena Mumtaz, Farah Naz, Gulshan Irshad and Rifat Hayat. 2024. Characterization of Erwinia amylovora causing twig blight of loquat tree in loquat growing areas of Punjab and KPK, Pakistan. International Journal of phyopathology. 13(01)-11-23. (2024)
- Azhar Mahmood Aulakh, Ghulam Qadir, Fayyaz Ul Hassan, Rifat Hayat, Tariq Sultan, Riffat Bibi, Sarfraz Ahmed, Muhammad Younas and Muhammad Iftikhar. 2023. Role of Resilient soil microbial consortium on growth and yield attributes of chickpea under water stress. Egyptian Journal of Agronomy. 45(1): 99-110. (2023)
- Muhammad Ehsan , Rizwan Latif , Abdul Latif , Obaid Rehman , Muhammad Akram , Arsalan Wasif , Madiha Khan , Rifat Hayat , Iftikhar Ahmed , Waqas Naseem . 2023. Soil governance and integrated plant nutrient management for agricultural production and sustainable ecosystem in district Chakwal, Pakistan. FAO. 2023. Soils, where food begins – Proceedings of the Global Symposium on Soils for Nutrition, 26–29 July 2022. Rome. https://doi.org/10.4060/cc6728en (2023)
- Rizwan Ali Sheirdil, Asma Hassan, Rifat Hayat, Xiao-Xia Zhang, Maira Taimoor, Lubna Ayub Durani, Saad Mir, and Ali Sultan Khan.2022.Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) inoculation through characterization and identification of soil bacteria. Journal of Plant Nutrition. 46(6):929- 942.https://doi.org/10.1080/01904167.2022.2144367. (2022)
- Nosheen Akhtar, Noshin Ilyas, Zia-ur-Rahman Mashwani, Rifat Hayat, Humaira Yasmin, Ahmed Noureldeen, Parvaiz Ahmad . 2021. Synergistic effects of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria and silicon dioxide nano- particles for amelioration of drought stress in wheat. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 166:160-176. (2021)
- Ghulam Mujtaba, Rifat Hayat, Qaiser Hussain and Mukhtar Ahmed. 2021. Physio‐Chemical Characterization of Biochar, Compost and Co‐Composted Biochar Derived from Green Waste. Sustainability,13,4628. https://doi.org/10.3390/su1309462 ;www.mdpi.com/jo urnal/sustainability. (2021)
Books (Latest Ten)
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