Faculty & Staff
Muhammad Usman Raja
Assistant Professor
M. Phil
Department of Plant Pathology
Phone : +92-51-9290239  
Mobile : +92-300-5282192  
Fax :
Email : [email protected]
Address : Department of Plant Pathology, University of Arid Agirculture Rawalpindi , Pakistan.
Work Experience : 10 Year(s)
Research Interest :
  • Plant Disease Resistance
  • Total Publications : 9
    Publications (Latest Ten)
    1. Aboul-Soud, M. A.M., Chen, X., Kang, J.-G., Yun, B.-W., Raja, M.U., Malik, S.I. and Loake, G.J. (2009). Activation tagging of ADR2 conveys a spreading lesion phenotype and resistance to biotrophic pathogens. New Phytologist 183, 1163 - 1175

    2. Hong, J.-K., Yun, B.W., Kang, J.G., Raja, M.U., Kwon, E.-J., Sorhagen, S., Chu, C., Wang, Y.-Q. and Loake, G.J. (2008). Nitric oxide function and signalling in plant disease resistance. J. Exp. Bot. 59, 147-154

    3. Raja,M.U., Iram,A.,Ahmed,M.J and Irshad,G.(2006). Virulence analysis of the selected Puccinia striiformis f.sp. tritici isolates. Asian Journal of Plant Sciences 5(2) 217-220.

    4. Begum,N.,Alvi,K.Z.,Haque,M.I. and Raja,M.U.(2004).Evaluation of mycoflora associated with pea seeds and some control measures. Plant pathology jounal.3(3)

    5. Abbas,Q.,Irshad,G.,Bhutta,R.A.and Raja,M.U.(2004).Control of wheat seed borne fungi by using fungicide.PJST.Vol.1.No4+5

    6. Shafique,Y.,Khan,M.S.A.,Raja,M.U.,Arshad,M and Iqbal,S.M. and Ghafoor, A.(2004).Screening of pea (Pisum sativum L) germplasm against Ascochyta blight disease. Pakistan journal of biological sciences. 16(1) 63-65.

    7. Raja, M.U., Ayub, N., Khan, M.A. and Jamal. A. (2002). Mycorrihal and Antibacterial studies of medicinal plants of Rawalpindi and Islamabad. Pakistan Journal of Botany. 33(Special Issue): 723-727.

    8. Jamal , A., Ayub, N. and Usman.M and Khan, A.G. (2002). Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi enhance Zn and Ni uptake from contaminated soil by Soybean and Lentil. International journal of Phytoremediation. 4(3): 205-221.

    9. Ayub, N., A. Bano., S, Ramazan and Usman, M. (2000) Effect of VAM on drought tolerance and growth of Plants in comparison with the effect of growth regulators. Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences. 3(6): 957-959.