Dr. MUHAMMAD ADNAN BUKHARI
Associate Professor
PhD Agronomy
Other Websites
ORCID: https://orcid.org/my-orcid?orcid=0000-0002-5088-732XResearch Supervision Capacity
About Me
My current research is focused on better understanding of the physiological limitations to productivity of different field crops under various abiotic stresses. One goal of my research is to identify the morphological/physiological and biochemical characteristics that can impart enhanced tolerance of abiotic stresses such as drought, salinity and excessive heat. Identify potential environmental limitations of new, alternative, and traditional crops and characterize physiological mechanisms of acclimation and tolerance of these crops to environmental stresses. To develops new and alternative crops and cropping systems for the yield enhancement of Pakistan. Overall goal is to increase efficiency and economic returns of cropping systems in the Pakistan.
Contact Info
Research Publication
1. Alamri, Amnah M. and Alharby, Hesham F. and Naeem, Muqads and Bukhari, Muhammad Adnan and Ahmad, Zahoor and Mahmood Alvi, Abid and Majrashi, Ali and Alharbi, Basmah M. 2025. “Enhancing photosynthetic efficiency and antioxidant activity in camelina under cadmium stress through foliar silicon application.” Journal of Plant Nutrition 48. https://doi.org/10.1080/01904167.2025.2460193
2. Ramzan, Musarrat and Shah, Anis Ali and Ahmed, Muhammad Zaheer and Bukhari, Muhammad Adnan and Ali, Liaqat and Casini, Ryan and Elansary, Hosam O. 2023. “Exogenous application of glutathione and gamma amino-butyric acid alleviates salt stress through improvement in antioxidative defense system and modulation of CaXTHs stress-related genes.” South African Journal of Botany 157. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2023.04.008
3. Khurshid, Nouman and Bukhari, Muhammad Adnan and Ahmad, Tanveer and Ahmad, Zahoor and Jatoi, Wajid Nasim and Abbas, Syed Mohsin and Latif, Amir and Raza, Amber and Aurangzaib, Muhammad and Hashem, Abeer and Avila-Quezada, Graciela Dolores and Abd_Allah, E. 2023. “Exogenously applied nicotinic acid alleviates drought stress by enhancing morpho-physiological traits and antioxidant defense mechanisms in wheat.” Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 263. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2023.115350
4. Abbas, Syed Farhat and Bukhari, Muhammad Adnan and Raza, Muhammad Aown Sammar and Abbasi, Ghulam Hassan and Ahmad, Zahoor and Alqahtani, Mashael Daghash and Almutairi, Khalid F. and Abd_Allah, Elsayed Fathi and Iqbal, Muhammad Aamir. 2023. “Enhancing Drought Tolerance in Wheat Cultivars through Nano-ZnO Priming by Improving Leaf Pigments and Antioxidant Activity.” Sustainability 15. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15075835
5. Ahmad, Zahoor and Barutçular, Celaleddin and Zia Ur Rehman, Muhammad and Sabir Tariq, Rana Muhammad and Afzal, Muhammad and Waraich, Ejaz Ahmad and Ahmad, Adeel and Iqbal, Muhammad Aamir and Bukhari, Muhammad Adnan and Ahmad, Khalil and El Sabagh, Ayman a. 2022. “Pod shattering in canola reduced by mitigating drought stress through silicon application and molecular approaches-A review.” Journal of Plant Nutrition 46. https://doi.org/10.1080/01904167.2022.2027972
6. Bukhari, Muhammad Adnan and Yousaf, Muhammad and Ahmad, Zahoor and Rafay, Muhammad and Shah, Adnan Noor and Abbas, Asad and Shah, Anis Ali and Javed, Talha and Afzal, Muhammad and Ali, Sikandar and Abdullah, Mustafa I. B. 2022. “Enhancing drought stress tolerance in Camelina (Camelina sativa L.) through exogenous application of potassium.” Physiologia Plantarum 174. https://doi.org/10.1111/ppl.13779
7. Farooq, Taimoor Hassan and Bukhari, Muhammad Adnan and Irfan, Muhammad Shahid and Rafay, Muhammad and Shakoor, Awais and Rashid, Muhammad Haroon U. and Lin, Yang and Saqib, Muhammad and Malik, Zaffar and Khurshid, Nouman. 2022. “Effect of Exogenous Application of Nicotinic Acid on Morpho-Physiological Characteristics of Hordeum vulgare L. under Water Stress.” Plants 11. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11182443
8. Hussain, Sajjad and Qin, Shujing and Nasim, Wajid and Bukhari, Muhammad Adnan and Mubeen, Muhammad and Fahad, Shah and Raza, Ali and Abdo, Hazem Ghassan and Tariq, Aqil and Mousa, B. G. and Mumtaz, Faisal and Aslam, Muhammad. 2022. “Monitoring the Dynamic Changes in Vegetation Cover Using Spatio-Temporal Remote Sensing Data from 1984 to 2020.” Atmosphere 13. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos13101609
9. Farman, Muhammad and Nawaz, Fahim and Majeed, Sadia and Javeed, Hafiz Muhammad Rashad and Ahsan, Muhammad and Ahmad, Khawaja Shafique and Aurangzaib, Muhammad and Bukhari, Muhammad Adnan and Shehzad, Muhammad Asif and Hussain, Muhammad Baqir. 2021. “Silicon Seed Priming Combined with Foliar Spray of Sulfur Regulates Photosynthetic and Antioxidant Systems to Confer Drought Tolerance in Maize (Zea mays L.).” Silicon 14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12633-021-01505-6
10. Yousaf, Muhammad and Bashir, Saqib and Raza, Hasnain and Shah, Adnan Noor and Iqbal, Javaid and Arif, Muhammad and Bukhari, Muhammad Adnan and Muhammad, Sadiq and Hashim, Sarfraz and Alkahtani, Jawaher and Alwahibi, Mona S. and Hu, Chengxiao. 2021. “Role of nitrogen and magnesium for growth, yield and nutritional quality of radish.” Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences 28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sjbs.2021.02.043
11. Javed, Muhammad Babar and Malik, Zaffar and Kamran, Muhammad and Abbasi, Ghulam Hassan and Majeed, Asma and Riaz, Muhammad and Bukhari, Muhammad Adnan and Mustafa, Adnan and Ahmar, Sunny and Mora-Poblete, Freddy and Rafay, Muhammad and Bukhari, Syed Asad. 2021. “Assessing Yield Response and Relationship of Soil Boron Fractions with Its Accumulation in Sorghum and Cowpea under Boron Fertilization in Different Soil Series.” Sustainability 13. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13084192
12. Bukhari, Muhammad Adnan and Sharif, Muhammad Shahzad and Ahmad, Zahoor and Barutçular, Celaleddin and Afzal, Muhammad and Hossain, Akbar and Sabagh, Ayman EL. 2020. “Silicon Mitigates the Adverse Effect of Drought in Canola (Brassica napus l.) Through Promoting the Physiological and Antioxidants Activity.” Silicon 13. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12633-020-00685-x
13. Bukhari, Muhammad Adnan and Ahmad, Zahoor and Ashraf, M. Yasin and Afzal, Muhammad and Nawaz, Fahim and Nafees, Muhammad and Jatoi, Wajid Nasim and Malghani, Naveed Aslam and Shah, Adnan Noor and Manan, Abdul. 2020. “Silicon Mitigates Drought Stress in Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Through Improving Photosynthetic Pigments.” Silicon 13. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12633-020-00797-4
14. Bashir, Saqib and Bashir, Safdar and Gulshan, Allah Bakhsh and Khan, Muhammad Jamal and Iqbal, Javaid and Sherani, Javeria and Husain, Arif and Ahmed, Niaz and Shah, Adnan Noor and Bukhari, Muhammad Adnan and Alotaibi, Saqer S. and El-Shehawi, Ahmed M. an. 2021. “The role of different organic amendments to improve maize growth in wastewater irrigated soil.” Journal of King Saud University – Science 33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jksus.2021.101583
15. Bukhari, Muhammad Adnan and Shah, Adnan Noor and Fahad, Shah and Iqbal, Javaid and Nawaz, Fahim and Manan, Abdul and Baloch, Mohammad Safdar. 2021. “Screening of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) genotypes for drought tolerance using polyethylene glycol.” Arabian Journal of Geosciences 14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-021-09073-0
16. A. Bari, M.S. Baloch, A.N. Shah ORCID logo , A.A. Khakwani, I. Hussain, J. Iqbal 2, A. Ali, M. A. Bukhari. 2018. “Application of Various Herbicides on Controlling Large and Narrow Leaf Weeds and Their Effects on Physiological and Agronomic Traits of Wheat.” Planta daninha 38. https://doi.10.1590/S0100-83582020380100009
17. Shah, Adnan Noor and Tanveer, Mohsin and Shahzad, Babar and Yang, Guozheng and Fahad, Shah and Ali, Saif and Bukhari, Muhammad Adnan and Tung, Shahbaz Atta and Hafeez, Abdul and Souliyanonh, Biangkham. 2017. “Soil compaction effects on soil health and cropproductivity: an overview.” Environmental Science and Pollution Research 24. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-017-8421-y
18. J. IQBAL, H.A. RAUF, A.N. SHAH, B. SHAHZAD, M.A Bukhari. 2016. “ALLELOPATHIC EFFECTS OF ROSE WOOD, GUAVA, EUCALYPTUS, SACRED FIG AND JAMAN LEAF LITTER ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF WHEAT (Triticum aestivum L.) IN A WHEAT-BASED AGROFORESTRY SYSTEM.” Planta daninha 35. Doi: 10.1590/S0100-83582017350100060
19. Shah, Adnan Noor and Iqbal, Javaid and Fahad, Shah and Tanveer, Mohsin and Yang, Guozheng and Khan, Ejaz Ahmad and Shahzad, Babar and Yousaf, Muhammad and Hassan, Waseem and Ullah, Abid and Bukhari, Muhammad Adnan and Salah, Akram and Saud, Shah and Alhar. 2016. “Allelopathic Influence of Sesame and Green Gram Intercrops on Cotton in a Replacement Series.” Clean - Soil Air Water 45. https://doi.org/10.1002/clen.201500469
20. Nawaz, Fahim and Ashraf, M.Y. and Ahmad, R. and Waraich, E.A. and Shabbir, R.N. and Bukhari, M.A. 2015. “Supplemental selenium improves wheat grain yield and quality through alterations in biochemical processes under normal and water deficit conditions.” Food Chemistry 175. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2014.11.147
21. MUHAMMAD ADNAN BUKHARI1, MUHAMMAD YASIN ASHRAF2*, RASHID AHMAD1, EJAZ AHMAD WARAICH1 AND MANSOOR HAMEED. 2015. “IMPROVING DROUGHT TOLERANCE POTENTIAL IN WHEAT (TRITICUM AESTIVUM L.) THROUGH EXOGENOUS SILICON SUPPLY.” Pakistan Journal of Botany 47. http://dx.doi.org/10.30848/PJB2015-47(5)
Research and Development Projects
1. Screening, selection and optimization of silicon in wheat under osmotic stress
With: Funded by HEC-Pakistan (2015-12 - 2016-12)
Screening, selection and optimization of silicon in wheat under osmotic stress
2. PARC Project for Innovative irrigation systems to IUB
With: Funded by Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC), Islamabad (2024-05 - 2024-12)
Innovative irrigation systems
3. Enhancing Climate Resilience in South Asia and China
With: Funded by Asian Pacific Network for Global Change Research (2025-02 - 2027-01)
Collection of data
The Islamia University of Bahawalpur was established in the year 1975 by upgrading historical institute of the Jamia Abbasia.
