Faculty & Staff
Dr. Gulshan Irshad
Associate Professor
Ph.D
Department of Plant Pathology
Phone : +92-51-9292123  
Mobile : +923015351111  
Fax :
Email : [email protected], [email protected]
Address : Department of Plant Pathology, University of Arid Agriculture Murree Road Rawalpindi.
Work Experience : 8 Year(s)
Research Interest :
  • Mycology
  • Mushroom Cultivation & Biology
  • Seed and Post- harvest Pathology
  • Aeromycology
  • Molecular Phylogenetics
  • Bio-management of Fungal Diseases of Fruit Crops.
  • Total Publications : 70
    Publications (Latest Ten)
    1. Khan, G., Irshad, G., Gleason, M. L., Naz, F., Mayfield, D., & Shokanova, A. (2022). First report of Fusarium sporotrichioides Initiating Fusarium fruit rot on peaches in Pakistan. Plant Disease, (ja). [Impact factor 4.443].

    2. Zohaib Asad, M. Ashfaq, M Inam Ul Haq, Gulshan Irshad, M. Azam Khan, Current status and Molecular Characterization of Zucchini Yellow Mosaic Virus (ZYMV) Infecting Ridge group (Luffa Acutangula L.) in different region of Punjab,Pakistan.2022. Pak. J. Bot., 54(2): DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.30848/PJB2022-2(21). [Impact factor 0.97]

    3. Tahira Nisa, Muhammad Inam-ul-haq , Tariq Mukhtar , Muhammad Azam khan and Gulshan Irshad. Incidence and severity of common scab of potato caused by streptomyces scabies in punjab, pakistan. 2022. Pak. J. Bot., 54(3): 723-729, 2022. Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.30848/pjb2022-2(36). [Impact factor 0.97].

    4. Beenish Gul, Farah Naz, Aliya Tariq, Zain Haider, Gulshan Irshad and Ali Meesam, first report of powdery mildew caused by Podosphaera xanthii on round zucchini in Pakistan". 2022. Journal of Plant Pathology. [Impact Factor=0.81].

    5. Salman Ghuffar, Gulshan Irshad, Farah Naz and Muhammad Azam Khan. Studies of Penicillium species associated with blue mold disease of grapes and management through plant essential oils as non-hazardous botanical fungicides. 2021. The journal Green Processing and Synthesis. https://doi.org/10.1515/gps-2021-0007. [Impact factor 2.83]

    6. M. Z. Ahmed, S. Ghuffar, G. Irshad, B. Parveen, M. U. Yasin, N. Mehmood, M. Asif, U. Sabtain, A. Qayyum, Z. Hassan., Identification of Elsinoeampelina Associated with Grapevine causing Anthracnose disease in Pothwar Region of Pakistan. 2021. Journal of Plant cell biotechnology and molecular biology. 22(49): [Impact Factor 0.39].

    7. M. F. Aslam , Gulshan Irshad, Farah Naz and Muhammad Azam Khan .Evaluation of the antifungal activity of essential oils against Alternaria alternata causing fruit rot of Eriobotrya japonica. 2022. Turkish Journal of Biochemistry, https://doi.org/10.1515/tjb-2021-0225. [Impact factor 0.35].

    8. G. irshad, M. maryam, S. ghuffar, M. S. Saeed, M. Shehzad, S. sardar, M. Naeem, A. mehmood, T. akbar, X. chang. Synergistic effect of chitosan with selected plant essential oil to inhibit the aspergillus niger development in apricot (Prunus armeniaca l.). 2021. Journal of Plant cell biotechnology and molecular biology. 22(57): [Impact Factor 0.39]

    9. M. Naeem, M. Munir, H. Li, M. A. Raza, C. Song, X. Wu, G. Irshad, M. H. B. Khalid, W. Yang, X. Chang. Transcriptional Responses of Fusarium graminearum Interacted with Soybean to Cause Root Rot. 2021. Journal of Fungi. [Impact Factor 4.6]

    10. S. Ghuffar, M. Z. Ahmad, G. Irshad, M. A. Zeshan, A. Qadir, H. A. Anwaar, M. Z. Mansha, H. M. Asadullah, U. Farooq, A. Abdullah. 2020. First Report of Aspergillus niger Causing Black Rot of Grapes in Pakistan. Plant Disease Accepted. [Impact Factor. 4.43]