Faculty & Staff
Dr. Munir Ahmad
Assistant Professor (HEC Approved Supervisor)
Ph.D
Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics
Phone : 051-9292097  
Mobile : 0300-5581682  
Fax :
Email : [email protected]
Address : Assistant Professor, Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics, PMAS- Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Work Experience : 14 Year(s)
Research Interest :
  • Cereal crops improvement for abiotic stress tolerance & quality improvement
  • Development of climate change resilient wheat breeding material
  • Total Publications : 33
    Publications (Latest Ten)
    1. Naqi, S., Aamir Hamid Khan, Rashid Mehmood Rana, Muhammad Imran Hamza, Marcin Kiedrzynski, Muhammad Naveed Tahir, Munir Ahmad, Shah Saud, Shah Hassan, Shah Fahad. 2024. Inheritance of Cell Membrane Stability and Yield Components under Drought and Salinity Stress in Bread Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Journal of Plant Growth Regulation. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00344-024-11580-9. (IF= 3.9)

    2. Khan, A., M. Ahmad, M. Y. Shani, M. K. R. Khan, M. Rahimi & D. K.Y. Tan. 2024. Identifying the physiological traits associated with DNA marker using genome wide association in wheat under heat stress. Scientific Reports. 14:20134. doi.org/10.1038/s41598- 024-70630-0. (IF= 3.8)

    3. Ahmed, M., R. Hayat, M. Ahmad, M. ulHassan, A. M. S. Kheir, F. ulHassan, M. H. urRehman, F. A. Shaheen, M. A. Raza, and S. Ahmad. 2022. Impact of Climate Change on Dryland Agricultural Systems: A Review of Current Status, Potentials, and Further Work Need. International Journal of Plant Production. Published online 20, May 2022. (IF= 2.609)

    4. Khan, A., M. Ahmad, M. Ahmed, K. S.Gill and Z.Akram. 2021. Association analysis for agronomic traits in wheat under terminal heat stress. Saudi.J.Biol.Sci., 28(12): 7404-7415. (IF=4.219)

    5. Khurshid, M., M. Ahmad, G. Shabbir & M. S. Ahmad. 2021. Molecular genetic dissection of grain yield and quality traits in bread wheat through association mapping. Fresenius Environmental Bulletin. 30(10/2021), 11416-11423. (IF= 0.553)

    6. Khurshid, M., & M. Ahmad, 2021. Prevalence of puroindoline genes and their impact on quality traits in a diverse germplasm of wheat genotypes. AGRIVITA Journal of Agricultural Science, 43(3), 454-465. https://doi.org/10.17503/agrivita.v43i3.3018. (IF= 0.235)

    7. Khan, A., M. Ahmad, M. Ahmed and M. I. Hussain. 2021. Rising Atmospheric Temperature Impact on Wheat and Thermotolerance Strategies. Plants 2021, 10, 43. https://doi.org/10.3390/ plants10010043. (IF= 2.762)

    8. Khan, A., M. Ahmad, M. Kausar N. Shah and M. Ahmed. 2020. Performance of wheat genotypes for morpho-physiological traits using multivariate analysis under terminal heat stress. Pak. J. Bot., 52(6): 1981-1988. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.30848/PJB2020-6(30). (IF= 0.80)

    9. Khan, A., M. Ahmad, M. K. N. Shah and M. Ahmed. 2020. Genetic manifestation of physio- morphic and yield related traits conferring thermotolerance in wheat. Pak. J. Bot., 52(5): 1545-1552, 2020. (IF= 0.80)

    10. Ibrar D, R Ahmad, M. A. Khan, A Javaid, Z Ahmed, M Ahmad, T Mahmood (2020). Population structure, linkage disequilibrium and association mapping study through SSR markers in sunflower (Helianthus annuus). Intl J Agric Biol 24:51-58. (IF=0.822)