Faculty Member Profile
Dr. Farah Naz
Associate Professor
HEC Approved Supervisor
Ph.D. Plant Pathology (PMAS-AAUR, 2006)
Specialization
Plant Pathology
21 years of experience
Affiliation
Department of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, PMAS-Arid Agriculture University
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Research Group
Fungal Plant Pathology
Research Interest
- Fungal Molecular Biology
- Fungal plant pathology
- Genetic variation in plant pathogenic fungi
- Soil-borne diseases
- On-farm participatory research
- Integrated disease management
- Plant disease diagnosis
No. of Research Projects
On Going
1
Completed
4
Research Supervision
PhD
11
MPhil/MS/M.Sc.(Hons)
52
Area(s) of Consultancy Services
I offer consultancy services in fungal plant disease diagnosis, identification, and management, with expertise in molecular and morphological characterization of plant pathogens. I also provide guidance on sustainable disease control strategies, including the use of biological antagonists and integrated disease management approaches for crops, fruit trees, and vegetable ecosystems.
Total Publications: 21
Research Papers (Latest Ten)
- Beenish Gul, Farah Naz *, Mathews L. Paret, Fanny Iriarte, Zain Haider, Gulshan Irshad, Muhammad Azam Khan. (2025). Morpho Molecular diversity and host range dynamics of squash powdery mildew pathogens prevailing in Pothwar Plateau, Pakistan. Journal of Plant Pathology [IF = 2.2]. (2025)
- Husnain, S. K., , Farah Naz ., Inam-Ul-haq, M., Akram, Z., Anser, R., Alum, A., & Abbaszadegan, M. (2025). Geographical Distribution, Morphology, And Phylogenetic Analysis of Fusarium Proliferatum, The Causal Agent of Olive Wilt In Pothohar, Pakistan. Plant Protection, 9(1), 151-161. https://doi.org/10.33804/pp.009.01.5575. [IF 2.2] (2025)
- Naseem M., A. N. Chaudhry, G. Jilani, Farah Naz, T. Alam & D. M. Zhang. (2024). Biosynthesis and Characterization of Extracellular Polymeric Substances from Divergent Microbial and Ecological Bioresources. Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering. 49, pages 9043–9052. [IF 2.5]. (2024)
- Alveena Mumtaz, Farah Naz, Gulshan Irshad, Riffat Hayat. (2024). Characterization of Erwinia amylovora causing twig blight of loquat tree in loquat growing areas of Punjab and KPK, Pakistan. Int. J. Phytopathol. 13 (01) 11-23. DOI: 10.33687/Phytopath.013.01.4605. (HEC Recognized Journal) (2024)
- M. Shahid, Farah Naz , Sadia Sana, Gulshan Irshad, Muhammad Azam Khan. (2024). Assessment and characterization of Colletotrichum species causing bitter rot disease of apple in quetta Int. J. Phytopathol. 13 (02) 2024. 109-123 DOI: 10.33687/phytopath.013.02.5097. (2024)
- Irshad, G., Farah Naz & Hafiz, A. A. (2023). Suppression of Fusarium sporotrichioides initiating peach fruit rot with microencapsulated antifungal sachet of clove essential oil tablets. European Journal of Plant Pathology, 1-15. [IF 2.24] (2023)
- Khan, G. E. L., Irshad, G., Gleason, M. L., Farah Naz ., Mayfield, D., & Shokanova, A. (2023). First Report of Fusarium sporotrichioides Initiating Fusarium Fruit Rot on Peaches in Pakistan. Plant Disease, 107(4), 1241. [IF 4.5]. (2023)
- Naseem M. A.N. Chaudhry, G. Jilani, Farah Naz , · Tajwar Alam, ·Dong-Mei Zhang. “Biosynthesis and Characterization of Extracellular Polymeric Substances from Divergent Microbial and Ecological Bioresources”. Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-023-08601-2 . . [IF= 2.807] . (2023)
- Ali Meesam, Farah Naz , Beenish Gul, Khadija Umar, Zain Haider. (2023). First report of powdery mildew caused by Podosphaera xanthii on Cucumis melo in Pakistan. Journal of Plant Pathology. [IF= 1.12] . https://doi.org/10.1007/s42161-023-01477. (2023)
- T. Bukhari, R. M. Rana. Mahmood Ul Hassan1, Farah Naz. Muhammad Sajjad. (2022) Genetic diversity and marker trait association for Phytophthora resistance in chilli. Molecular Biology Reports . 49:5717–5728 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11033-022- 07635-3 . [IF=2.6]. (2022)
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